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A complete lesson plan and activity for baking Pumpkin Pancakes! This is suitable for Nursery, Reception and Year 1 children. The lesson plan first guides you with teaching a carpet session on baking, discussing the ingredients and process with the children. Areas of Learning/ Learning Objectives are included to show what the children are learning from this plan. However, these are just examples as there are many Learning Objectives which could be applicable. The Areas of Learning are tak

Everything you need to create your own bug hotel. This lesson plan clearly presents how to easily build your own bug hotel while teaching children about wildlife. The Bug Hotel lesson plan and resources teach Math and Science. This is recommended for children in Pre-Kindy, Kindergarten and First Grade although it can easily be adapted for Second Grade. The Bug Hotel lesson plan clearly explains "What the children are learning" with each activity included. This is excellent for responding to sen

Intervention Pack 3 – Supporting Learning in Kindergarten/ Early Years Intervention Pack 3 is a professionally designed resource containing 50 practical activities to support learning in maths, writing, and reading for children in the early years. This pack is ideal for use by teachers, assistants and volunteers, offering a straightforward, ready-to-use solution for delivering effective interventions. Each activity has been carefully planned to help children develop key skills, while also provi

The NEW Digital Phonics Assessment Tracker 2 (2020) is designed to assess children in Phonics across Phases 2-6. It is a digital file which opens on any tablet (for example iPad or Galaxy) with an installed pdf reader. Simply tap the screen to enter a ‘tick’ beside each phoneme/ word/ sentence to signify that the child is secure in that area. The tracker allows the user to tick each box as the child demonstrates competence in the required task, but should a child regress and need further sup

This resource will suggest ideas for resources in curriculum areas around your classroom. With a focus on continuous provision, this resource will tell you what should be available for the children in areas such as the reading area, creative area, sensory area etc. Aimed especially to support Newly Qualified Teachers and new to Kindergarten teachers, this resource will save you heaps of time planning what resources are needed where. FREE: An on-entry assessment for numeracy FREE: An on-entry ass

Complete Pumpkin Bundle which includes The Pumpkin Life Cycle Resource Pack, Measuring Pumpkins and Pumpkin Pancakes. This complete pack includes lesson plans, presentations and resources ready to use for children in EYFS, Year 1, Kindergarten and 1st-grade children. The lessons in this pack can also be purchased separately. Life Cycle of a Pumpkin:A complete lesson plan including resources for teaching your pre-schoolers, Kindergarten and Nursery and Reception children about the life cycl

Introducing the Ultimate Time-Saver for EYFS Teachers: Our Bank of Report Writing Statements! Are you tired of spending countless hours crafting individualised reports for each of your early years students? Look no further! Our comprehensive bank of report writing statements is here to revolutionise your report writing process and save you valuable time. With our extensive collection of differentiated statements, tailored specifically for the EYFS curriculum in England, you'll have a wealth of o

This resource will enable you to take your children on an effective bug hunt in the garden of your setting. This resource will enable you to explore four different avenues to bug hunting while teaching children about habitats, names of insects/minibeasts, management of personal safety as well as fostering the development of confidence, independence, team work and communication and language.

This complete intervention pack includes activities for finger gym, numeracy, and writing. It is designed for support staff (assistants) to grab and deliver targeted support without the stress of them having to plan it. It is also great for newly qualified teachers or new to Kindergarten teachers! This complete pack is organized in such a way to allow the person delivering the interventions to list the children involved and annotate notes to support further development including the children's n

This complete intervention pack includes over 40 NEW activities for finger gym, numeracy, and writing ready-planned to boost learning. It is designed for support staff (LSAs and TAs) to grab and deliver targeted support without the stress of them having to plan it. It is also great for NQTs or new to Early Years teachers! This complete pack is organized in such a way to allow the person delivering the interventions to list the children involved and annotate notes to support further develo

A complete lesson plan and activity for teaching Reception children about measurement. The lesson plan guides you with teaching how to estimate and find out by measuring with units such as interlocking cubes (ideal units for young children). It also teaches children positional and mathematical language when, for example, identifying relative position and comparison (bigger than, the same as, next to). Areas of Learning/ Learning Objectives are included to show what the children are learnin

A complete lesson plan for to develop creative story writing through small world play outside. This lesson plan will guide you to setting up your environment in a way that will inspire the children and develop their imagination. This lesson plan is for an approximate 2 hour session but has the possibility to be extended to a second session. Ideas for extension are included. This lesson plan fosters creativity, independence, confidence building and autonomy and is excellent for developing frie

Included in this bundle is: A long Observation Proforma with key prompts to make observing simple. A Reading Observation Proforma with key prompts to make observing reading simple. Numeracy Assessment Grid for recording on-entry baseline and termly progress in Numeracy Phonics/Literacy Assessment grid for recording on-entry baseline and termly progress in phonics A shape assessment grid for recording children's knowledge of simple 2d shapes. All these products are available to download individu

A 4-page leaflet comprising a bank of activities for parents to engage with their child to help their learning. The activities all involve using playdough to help the child develop in the key areas of learning such as Speaking & Listening, Mathematics, Personal, Social and Emotional Development etc. The leaflet is extremely useful for parents of children from 1-5. The leaflet also serves to assist planning in the classroom and can be particularly useful for teaching assistants when leading inter

A completed risk assessment for having a fire with your children either on the school grounds or off-site.

This lesson plan/ activity will guide you through having a fire with your children. It is intended for children aged 4-8 but can easily be extended for slightly elder children. The activity follows the Forest School approach to fire making and is an ideal means to introduce fire to children. the fire making is in a Kelly Kettle (Storm Kettle) and the plan guides you through the process of getting the children involved (gathering fuel) in order to boil water for their own hot chocolate! I have fo

A lesson observation sheet for Early Years. I have called this a Learning Story as it allows the observer to write down exactly what is happening with a view of recording the learning. There is an extensive bank of prompts on the sheet to make observing easy for the assistant as well as the teacher. The prompts include "Is the child interested?", "Does the child take turns?", "Does the child express needs and feelings in an appropriate way?" etc. This helps to guide the observer to spot achievem

A booklet to send home to your parents during the first week of school. This booklet will serve as a great transition between the home and school for the child as it will allow them to draw pictures and (with help from an adult) answer the questions about themselves such as what they can do and what they like to play with. This All About Me booklet serves September well as generally, Kindergartens focus on learning about ourselves and each other. This gives each child a great opportunity to stan

This lesson plan/ activity will guide you through cooking on an open fire with your children. It is intended for children aged 4-10 but can easily be extended for slightly elder children. The activity follows the Forest School approach to fire making. The plan guides you through the process of getting the children involved (gathering fuel) and having them prepare and cook the food (Camp Fire Pizza!). I recommend this session be carried out when the practitioner has complete confidence in the beh

A complete lesson plan including resources for teaching your Nursery and Reception children about the life cycle of a pumpkin. The lesson plan guides you with teaching the life cycle of a pumpkin and it also includes a PowerPoint as a visual aid. There are also worksheets included which are differentiated. Learning Objectives are included to show what the children are learning from this plan. The Areas of Learning are taken from Development Matters.