TRANSFORM HOW YOU SING WITH YOUR PRESCHOOLERS IN JUST FIVE MINUTES! This free, five minute video shares with you a simple but highly effective technique. Discover how, with very little planning, you can enhance preschool children’s learning whenever you’re singing with them. It’s so simple you’ll be able to try it out in class tomorrow! Learn how easy it is to create the imaginary world of any nursery rhyme for the children to explore and as they pretend, observe the progression of their Language and Literacy skills and their Personal, Social and Emotional Development. Even if you consider yourself to be naturally shy or have no drama experience, you’ll find this simple drama approach to singing incredibly easy, after all, drama is just another word for play! WHO’S THIS RESOURCE FOR? Anyone working with preschool children. WHAT MAKES THIS RESOURCE SPECIAL? Once you learn this technique, you can employ it whenever you like with no need for extra resources - it’s a little bit of Pyjama Drama magic that you can use whenever, wherever! PLUS, as a teacher using our techniques, you can join our online community of like-minded teachers, ‘The Pyjama Drama Learning Academy’ on Facebook, where you can share ideas and meet other teachers who are using imaginative play to unlock potential in their preschoolers. www.pyjamadramalearning.com

This action song teaches children about the weather while developing their physical skills and musical awareness. As they take on the role, firstly of the sunshine knocking on the door of the sleepy children and then of storm chasing people back home to safety, they also learn to recognise when the music changes and indicates another change in the weather!

Written to support preschool children as they develop their numeracy skills, this song supports simple number sequencing from one to five, as well as simple subtraction. . By singing along while watching the video, children’s comprehension is extended as numbers are visually reinforced.

This pack includes eight Pyjama Drama games are perfect for Circle Time and can be played with preschoolers in both large or small groups. These games have been played and enjoyed countless times the world over, so we know they do what we set out for them to do - enable children to develop key skills, and meet specific learning objectives while having lots of fun! Even if you’ve never done drama before, or consider yourself to be naturally shy, you’ll be able to easily deliver these games and reap the benefits time and time again. Our games and activities support the ethos of the EYFS and include lifetime membership to our online support forum - ‘The Pyjama Drama Learning Academy’ on Facebook plus direct email support from an experienced drama teacher. www.pyjamadramalearning.com

Written to support preschool children as they develop their numeracy skills, this song supports simple number sequencing from one to five, as well as helping them learn how to count back one at a time. By singing along while watching the video, children’s comprehension is extended as numbers are visually reinforced.

‘Staying Cyber Safe’ is a drama and play Activity Pack to help children in Key Stage 1 (ages 5 - 7) learn how to stay safe online. Complete with four easy to deliver drama games plus four extension activities and original music, learning how to stay safe online has never been so much fun! THE ‘CYBER SAFE’ SONG AND MUSIC VIDEO At the heart of your Activity Pack is the ‘Cyber Safe’ song, written to be sung time and again and to help children remember the four simple rules they should follow in order to stay safe online (the ‘Cyber Safe’ rules). In addition to the music track is our original music video which is an integral part of this resource. RULE 1: When online, don’t share your name with anyone - using a nickname’s much more fun! RULE 2: Remember that when online, sometimes people lie. This is why you should never share details like your number or where you live. RULE 3: When online don’t be cruel - be nice to people, like you are at school. RULE 4: When online, if something makes you feel, ‘No way!’ tell a trusted adult straight away. FOUR DRAMA GAMES Your pack contains four easy to deliver drama games, each designed to teach one of the four ‘Cyber Safe’ rules (above). You won’t need any complicated equipment to play our drama games, nor a huge space. All games can be played in your classroom although you may, at times, wish to move a few tables or chairs out of the way, or play outside. Each game is physical, fun, and not only helps children learn how to stay safe online, but also targets the development of important skills: Communication Concentration Confidence Cooperation FOUR EXTENSION TASKS Your pack also contains four printable activities; extension tasks that aim to cement each of the four ‘Cyber Safe’ rules. DIFFERENTIATION Whatever their ability, all children will be able to join in and participate in all our games and therefore differentiation is by outcome. Where appropriate, other activities have been differentiated by task. JOIN OUR SUPPORT NETWORK Join ‘The Pyjama Drama Learning Academy’ on Facebook to meet other professionals who are using a more drama-based, imaginative approach to teaching. Ask for advice, share ideas and generally get inspired, because after all, great teachers never stop learning! You can also email sarah@pyjamadramalearning.com at any time. www.pyjamadramalearning.com

In this action song children look through their binoculars to see what’s in the sky above. Designed to support their physical development, children take on a number of different roles as they zoom like an airplane, dance like a kite, fly like a magic carpet and more.

This catchy song and music video is perfect for preschool children learning the days of the week. By singing along while watching the video, children’s comprehension of the days of the week is visually reinforced.

‘The Way I Feel’ is a six week ‘well-being’ Activity Pack with training videos and lifetime support. Teach preschoolers to recognise and manage emotions through drama and play! CURRICULUM LINKS: This pack supports both the EYFS and the California Preschool Learning Foundations. Both versions are included for you to choose the correct download for you. EYFS: Learning Outcomes with links to the three Prime Areas of Learning (Communication & Language, Physical Development, Personal, Social & Emotional Development) and to the Specific Area of Learning (Expressive Arts & Design). CA PRESCHOOL LEARNING FOUNDATIONS: Learning Outcomes with links to the Learning Foundations (Language & Literacy, Physical Development, Social - Emotional Development and Visual and Performing Arts) This is so much more than your average preschool resource! DOWNLOAD: Your six week well-being resource includes: Six original weekly activities and six original weekly extension tasks (including games, songs, rhymes, movement and music activities and a ‘play at home’ task) Five supporting printable worksheets One supporting original music video Seven supporting original music tracks Supporting printable lyrics Six teacher demonstration videos LIFETIME SUPPORT: Join our online support group (The Pyjama Drama learning Academy) to meet other like-minded professionals who are using our unique approach to learning Ongoing email support from your tutor, Pyjama Drama Learning cofounder, Sarah Rijnen WHAT MAKES THIS RESOURCE SO DIFFERENT? Central to this pack is Gary, a mixed up tree frog who, along with his friends, is learning how to manage and understand his own big feelings. As the teacher, you will introduce this imaginary character to your preschoolers along with the help of our original music video, ‘Mixed Up Frog’. Before you know it, you’ll have a whole classroom full of ‘Garys’ who will help the children to learn to recognise and manage their own feelings. NERVOUS ABOUT DRAMA? Don’t be - Drama is just another word for play! If you can capture a child’s attention when you sing a nursery rhyme, or can make them laugh by putting on a silly voice when you’re reading a story, you have absolutely nothing to be nervous about! [www.pyjamadramalearning.com]

All about new shoes, this action song for preschool children develops their physical skills as they tap their new shoes in time to the music - speeding up as the music speeds up and slowing down when the music slows down.

Written to support preschool children as they develop their numeracy skills, this song supports simple number sequencing from one to ten. By singing along while watching the video, children’s comprehension is extended as number sequencing is visually reinforced.

‘The Dragon Jive’ targets children’s physical development as they (and all the other dragons!) learn to dance.

Written to support preschool children as they develop their numeracy skills, this song supports simple number sequencing from one to five, as well as taking away one number at a time. By singing along while watching the video, children’s comprehension is extended as number sequencing is visually reinforced.

Perfect for supporting the topic, ‘People Who Help Us’, this song is written to help preschool children practise saying one very important word, thank-you!

Written for preschool children, this song and music video introduces young children to a range of mini beasts - Doug the Slug, Gail the Snail, Vern the Worm and Ida the Spider.

This song creates the imaginary world of a snowy day and aims to develop children’s physical skills as they put on their warm clothes and go outside together to kick, twirl and dance in the snow!