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Early Years Resources created by Early Years teachers. Tried and tested high quality resources

Early Years Resources created by Early Years teachers. Tried and tested high quality resources
Print in the Environment - Logos Alphabet
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Print in the Environment - Logos Alphabet

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A5 sized alphabet cards featuring different logos to enable discussions about print that we can see in the world around us. These will look great on display in any Early Years setting.
Play schemas
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Play schemas

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What are schemas and why are they important? A look at 8 different schemas - what the schema is, what it might look like in the child’s play, how to support and extend the schema, vocabulary to introduce/reinforce when commenting on the play schema and story suggestions. These bright A4 cards would look fantastic on display with your own photographs of children demonstrating the schema. Also a useful resource to share with parents/carers so they can support the play schema at home.
Emotions and Feelings Cards
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Emotions and Feelings Cards

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Use the cards to identify and talk about a range of emotions and feelings. Can be used as part of a display, as a focus activity or to create a lanyard/keyring resource.
Colours & Colour Mixing
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Colours & Colour Mixing

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Use for display purposes, part of your continuous provision or as a focus activity Colour names with photograph depicting colour (e.g. red - strawberries) Colour names on crayons and paintbrushes - great for displaying in the mark making and painting area. Colour mixing posters Colour mixing title for display Rainbow sheet - place in a shallow tray cover with sand and encourage mark making to reveal the colours Colour Wheel A4 poster Colour Monsters - can be used to talk about emotions relating to colours (e.g. tickled pink, feeling blue)
Calming Corner
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Calming Corner

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Create a calm corner to support children with self-regulation. This resource includes: *Calming corner A4 sign A4 posters with positive affirmations to display Affirmation circles which can be used on display and a selection can be displayed around a mirror to create an interactive aspect to your display Calming techniques A4 posters (e.g. 5 finger breathing and 5-4-3-2-1 calm) Emotions/feelings cards - real faces depicting a range of emotions/feelings
Shapes Around Us
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Shapes Around Us

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2D shape cards and 3D shape cards showing shapes in the environment - great for a sorting activity. Shape finder - simply laminate and add a lollipop sticks to encourage children to explore the environment to find 2D shapes around them.
Initial Phonemes Game - Bertha the Bus
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Initial Phonemes Game - Bertha the Bus

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Bertha the bus is driving through the zoo and needs help to find all the animals that begin with the same initial phoneme. Includes bus base board, animal cards and activity card. Activity card has ‘step down’ and ‘step up’ suggestions to adapt the activity to suit the child/children.
Birthdays Planning and Resources Pack
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Birthdays Planning and Resources Pack

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Ideas to explore the topic/theme of birthdays in the Early Years, covers the 7 areas of learning and story suggestions too. Also comes with high quality resources including; Display ‘birthdays’ bunting Birthday cupcakes - one for each month of the year Candles that can be used for display with the birthday cupcakes or as part of an activity Birthday balloons - one for each month Birthday cake playdough mat Cake and candles number cars 1-10 Birthday pairs game Birthday themed photographs Animal balloon modelling picture cards
Songs and Rhymes Posters - Transport
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Songs and Rhymes Posters - Transport

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Bright and colourful songs and rhymes posters great for any Early Years setting or even the home! Traditional and original songs/rhymes perfect for a ‘transport’ theme.
Conversation Starters
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Conversation Starters

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Photographs to use as conversation starters. Develop language and communication skills by talking about what you see in the photograph; describe using the senses; and relate to own experiences where relevant.
Schema - Connecting
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Schema - Connecting

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A look at the ‘connecting’ schema - what the schema is, what it might look like in the child’s play, how adults can support and extend the schema, vocabulary to introduce/reinforce when commenting on what the child is doing and also story suggestions. This double sided A4 resource will look great on display in your Early Years setting along with your own photographs of children demonstrating this schema. This is also a fantastic resource to share with parents/carers so they can support the schema at home too. If you like this resource please check out my full set of resource cards for 8 different schemas
Days of the Week and Weather Colourful Display Pack
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Days of the Week and Weather Colourful Display Pack

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Days of the week and weather colourful display pack. 2 different size options so you can choose the one that is suitable for your space. Rainbow coloured high quality resource will look great on display in an Early Years setting or in a child’s bedroom/playroom.
Nature Counting 1-10
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Nature Counting 1-10

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Nature Counting Cards 1-10. Count the natural objects on the card and then match to the correct numeral card.
Rhymes and Songs Poster - Under the Sea
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Rhymes and Songs Poster - Under the Sea

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Bright and colourful rhymes and songs poster that will look great in any Early Years setting or even the home! Contains original songs/rhymes sung to traditional tunes. Please check out my other rhymes and songs posters for other themes.