Nursery and Preschool Planning Toolkit

A comprehensive Nursery and Preschool Planning Toolkit designed to support practitioners working with children aged approximately 2 to 4 years in nurseries, preschools, school nursery classes, child minding settings and other Early Years provision in England.
This practical resource supports responsive, child centred planning without creating unnecessary paperwork. Practitioners can select the pages that suit their setting, using observations, children’s interests and family knowledge to identify meaningful learning priorities and plan purposeful enhancements.

The 37-page toolkit includes:

• EYFS curriculum and development guidance
• Inclusive planning and SEND considerations
• Annual planning overview
• Termly learning priorities
• Termly experiences and partnership planning
• Weekly planning and reflection templates
• 16 continuous provision planners, including construction, blocks, small world, role play, home corner, reading, mark making, maths, creative, playdough, sensory, sand, water, investigation, fine motor and outdoor provision
• Children’s interest planning
• Enhancement tracker
• Observation-to-next-step template
• Key person and group priorities
• Parent partnership planner
• Planning and reflection audit
• Completed worked examples to demonstrate how the templates can be used in practice

The toolkit also considers SEND, accessibility, children learning English, sensory needs and differentiation, helping practitioners think about barriers, adaptations and individual support when planning provision.

Completed examples demonstrate the planning process from intent and implementation through to impact, reflection and next steps, making this particularly useful for practitioners who are developing their confidence with EYFS planning.
deal for:
Nursery practitioners
Preschool practitioners
EYFS teachers
Nursery classes
Childminders
Early Years leaders
SENCOs
Students and ECTs
Setting managers