Early Years Blog
A hub for everything early years, EYFS and nursery education.
In our blog you’ll find inspiration for activities, news, events and advice from early years experts.
Messy play ideas using mud
Children in their early years love messy play activities, especially ones including mud! But it’s not just fun, there’s actually a number of key benefits.
Schemas in early years
Schemas in early years can be described as patterns of repeated behaviours, which often occur in play. Some baby schemas include transforming and rotating.
Easy Father’s Day crafts: Tie card and bookmark
Mrs Mactivity has some great ideas for simple Father’s Day activities. This one will take you through the step by steps of how to create a tie card.
4 easy Father’s Day crafts and activities
Let the little ones say thank you with these 4 easy Father’s day craft activities, including cards, photo frames and baking!
Mental health and wellbeing in the workplace
We all recognise the importance of mental health and wellbeing, both at home and in the workplace, so we’ve come up with some activities to improve them!
The big freeze: Outdoor ice play ideas
Kids love ice cube activities, or anything with ice play. Outdoor learning and play ideas like this, especially in spring are great for pre-schoolers.
Child led learning: Tuff spot tray ideas for early years
We appreciate child led learning in early years and tuff spot trays are a great idea to get started and encourage the children to be creative.
Ideas for creating a sensory play tray with loose parts
Loose parts play is a fairly new phenomenon in early years. Sensory play trays are a great way to get started with loose parts. Here’s how to create one.
7 spring nature activities for early years kids
From nature play with toddlers, to covering many aspects of the EYFS, the outdoors during spring creates the perfect opportunity for nature activities.
Benefits of exercise for mental health and wellbeing
Exercise and wellbeing go hand in hand, and although we often associate working out with physical changes to our body, the benefits that exercise can have for our mental health and wellbeing is far greater. Many more of us are already taking steps to increase our...
Small world play outdoors: Learning benefits
Small world play outdoors has many benefits to learning in early childhood and allows for extensive language development, confidence, and collaboration.