Bring The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse into your maths area with this fun, hands-on measuring activity!
Children use maths connecting cubes to measure how tall each of the mice are. They build a tower of cubes alongside each mouse, count carefully and compare their results.
Simply print and laminate the resource so it can be used again and again in your maths provision.
Make phonics practice fun and hands-on with this Three Little Pigs-themed Read & Cover activity!
Children read the CVC words on the cards, blend the sounds together and then cover each word using a building block or Jenga block once they have successfully read it.
Perfect for Reception phonics, continuous provision, small-group activities or independent practice.
Bring an ice cream shop to your playdough area with these fun and engaging ice cream cone templates! Children can use playdough to create their own scoops, then add a variety of loose parts to decorate their delicious-looking creations.
Use beads as toppings, string or wool as sauce, and coloured lollipop sticks as chocolate flakes to encourage children to explore different textures, colours and ways of decorating.
Children can build their own little pig houses using toilet roll tubes, straw, building blocks and sticks, then take on the role of the Big Bad Wolf and blow to see if they can knock the houses down!
After testing each material, children can record their results by adding a happy or sad face to show whether the house stayed standing or blew down.
Children will explore:
Testing different materials
Making predictions and observing what happens
Exploring strong and weak materials
Cause and effect
Recording simple results
Developing communication and scientific vocabulary
Building and problem-solving skills
Bring The Three Little Pigs to life with this fun, hands-on EYFS construction activity! Children are challenged to recreate the pigs’ three houses using straw, wood and bricks, encouraging them to explore materials, experiment with building and think carefully about how different houses are made.
This open-ended activity is perfect for continuous provision, small-group work or adult-led learning and can be adapted to suit your setting. Children can use building blocks, shredded paper or straw, lollipop sticks/matchsticks, red paint and cut-out card bricks to create their own versions of the three houses.
What children will explore:
Different materials and their properties
Construction and problem-solving
Comparing and sorting materials
Fine motor skills through cutting, sticking and building
Imaginative play and storytelling
Communication and vocabulary linked to The Three Little Pigs
Make fine motor practice fun with these engaging Funky Fingers pattern sheets! Children are encouraged to use a variety of loose parts to copy, follow and recreate the patterns, developing those all-important little finger muscles ready for writing.
Children can use pinchy fingers, tweezers or other fine motor tools to carefully place loose parts along the patterns. For an extra challenge, they can use a hooped pipe cleaner with a pom-pom to follow and trace the wriggly workout paths!
Perfect for developing:
Fine motor control and hand strength
Pincer grip and pencil readiness
Hand-eye coordination
Precision and concentration
Following patterns and pathways
Confidence using tweezers and fine motor tools
The sheets are ideal for EYFS continuous provision, morning activities, intervention groups or as part of a Funky Fingers station.
Create a bright and cheerful birthday display for your classroom with these adorable cupcake-themed months of the year!
Simply print and display the 12 monthly cupcake posters, then add children’s photographs to the correct birthday month. A fun and visual way to celebrate every child and help children become familiar with the months of the year.
Perfect for EYFS, Nursery and Reception classrooms, this display can be used all year round and makes a lovely addition to your classroom environment.