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Preschool activities & Early Years resources
Developed for childcare providers, parents, children & play learning |
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On our character pages Silkysteps has many activities and links for planning,
with focus crafts & play suggestions that use a range of ideas & tactile materials.
Please note that only the store has resources that can be purchased. |
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A few of Silkysteps free resource pages .. |
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 Colouring  Preschool Crafts  Craft Templates  Clipart
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 Activity packs  Activity Sheets  & Playdough activities
Diary date activities:  Beans Game for Spring
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Early years articles and Early Years Outdoor play + outdoor-in play .. please read on for more !!
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Early Years Forums  Sign up for Silkysteps Early Years Newsletter Latest Resource Competitions and Preschool Book Review Seasons Activities - Preschool planning ideas Take Part: regulation & policy Special Features Additional craft Activities Text Links
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Silkysteps Craft resources
All our Early years resources to view on one page - mini topics, crafts, outlines and eBooks ..
Individual pages:
Mini Topics  Craft Books  Craft kits Outlines & Templates
These resources are all developed in-house and are designed for Preschool, Home and Early years settings.
Helping to promote your interactive crafting activities, display & parent's notice board areas
Newest store resource:
Snack Dragon's fruit outlines and suggestions for learning outcomes.
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Summer time 
Ocean mermaids & Jungle role play ..
Harvest time resources for the Autumn
 Jungle Crafts eBook Winter Craft activities
Christmas Around The World Christmas craft eBook
Chinese New Year downloadable craft eBook
Ocean craft eBook Harvest Time Crafts Bk Crafts Bk 2
Ourselves - all about me crafts Clothes Road Safety crafts
Butterfly & Plant Chicken & Frog Lifecycles Craft eBooks |
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 Elephant's stew Mini topic  Bouncy Squirrels Mini topic - numberline
  
Silkysteps Image Map - Navigate through our craft resources with a little more ease ..
Plug Boad advertising for Preschool Crafts and Business websites.
Independant unaffiliated screenshots for visitors to browse excellent resources for home and Preschool
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Preschool early years community ~ Completely free, they give all Early Years Professionals ~ Parents, Childminders, Teachers, PreSchool, Nursery and Toddler groups the chance to question & answer - discover & plan !!
Click for the past ... 3 Days | 4 Days | 5 Days or the Past Weeks posts !
Silkysteps monthly Early Years eNewsletter ~
Sign up and keep ahead of everything happening on Silkysteps - new activities, forum updates and Early years news all delivered straight to your inbox !
Newsletter focus will be on activities suitable for Library craft and reading sessions, Hospital and outdoor playwork, charity & voluntary campaign work, fundraising and play led learning - all ideas and news come straight from an Early Years direction!!
For a Sample of our previous Newsletters ~ Please take a look HERE
NB: Registration for our newsletter is separate to your forum membership and store account |
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Slither the Snake extension activity
Display and print full colour characters for your paint play
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Enjoy some of the Early years focussed features we have on Silkysteps ..
  
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 Please visit our Early Years competitions and prizes for play on this page
Preschool 'Dates for your Diary' includes campaigns and awareness events that can help imform your planning and setting provision. |
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and other networks that invite participation
Policy and research
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 Better Regulation: from BERR - see how you can help improve restrictive regulation ..
DCSF Consultations - how does the Department for Children, Schools and Families want your help ...
Ofsted Consultations - Get involved, find out what's new and pass on your views .. |
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Seasonal Activities - Summer time play
 Castles - in the sand, to live in and to build ..
Under the sea - activity sheet set
Yellow sun collage craft
 Seasonal numberlines
Treasures for the seasons rhyming sheet
Sand tray socks - fill a corner of your preschool with sand, socks and spoons ..
Treasure hunt sheets - enjoy your outdoors or indoors explorative play
Cow Hitch Knot great outdoors and in - use fences, lines and poles to attach lengths of thread to - watch them catch the sun and blow in the wind .. |
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Our areas of Interest - Preschool: involvement, home and community |
Preschool and Early years book list titles
The links for purchasing these books are in association with our Amazon affiliate account.
Please, copy and paste the book title to search using your own independant supplier.
Book titles are based on personal experience and recommendations.
Wherever possible links to learning resources, reviews and additional information has been included.
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 Children In The Picture
 This Inclusion poster is a great resource to help promote diversity in all types of settings.
You can order it for οΎ£5.00 inc P&P by emailing inthepicture@scope.org.uk
Inclusion & Wellbeing information from Sure Start
More about Richard Johnson and his wonderful Illustrations
For activity ideas please see our range of Themes and Topics forums. |
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Hospital Radio Activity Ideas
Have you thought of ways your Early Years setting can help support and network with the local volunteers working in your hospital radio stations?
 You can find contact details of your local station on the HBA ~ Hospital Broadcasting Association's website.
To introcduce concepts and plan activities for any links you hope to build please feel free to use and adapt these suggestions:
Early Learning Play Planning
Activity Sheets ~ Radio Listener ~ Request Sheets Print, write, tear off & enjoy !! |
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Birds and Preschool, activities for home, nursery and foundation ...
Visit our affiliate merchant Handykam.co.uk for details on how to record, watch and combine technology with the nesting, hatching and day to day lives of your local birds ..
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These activities are a few play ideas to help explore protection, care and conservation of the birds we see regularly in and around our gardens ..
Watching and naming native and international migratory friends can be great fun and important for noticing changes to their habitats and routines -
UK's RSPB's A-Z of birds
Birds of New Zealand
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Wherever possible involve the Children and interested adults in the lives of your birds and help secure a corner of your outdoor and indoor play for feathery awareness.
Playdough Bird Nests ~ an interactive activity from Magical Mammoth's Playdough page
Sakalava Rail ~ a craft collage activity from Mischief Mouse.
Our Birds forum - many activity ideas for a holistic approach and tactile play ..
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Links to Handykam are in association with Birdbox camera Affiliate account.
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 The-Snail-Trail.co.uk
Giant African Land Snails - GALS
 Join the snail trail and discover what GALS can do for your Childrens' learning horizons.
Giant African Land Snails are a great addition to any learniing environment ~ home or classroom ..
Lesson and activity plans for introducing GALS to your Preschool and Early Years children.
Download and print their free Breeding Awareness Poster, display it on your notice boards and help spread the word of responsible ownership with them! |
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 SillyBooks.net
Where Pen is put to Paper and wonderful Illustrations come to life.
Sillybooks is a stunning website run by some pretty amazing people - Full of original interactive stories, games, music, puzzles and much more. It's updated frequently so be sure to pop back and see what's been newly published! |
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Molly's Secret - Join Molly the frilled lizard as she heads off in search of some food and along the way meets a goanna, possum, bush rat, frog, kukaburro, crocodile and .. Sly Snake.
Wonderfully read and a great listen.
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 Head Lice in your setting ?
Please click through for our free Headlice and nit activity pack - information, colouring pictures and preschool play ideas that can be printed out and enjoyed by your whole group and extended community.
Distribute the booklets or individual pages to your parents and display on notice boards for everyones information...
Our Bug busting day forum has lots of ideas on how to break the cycle of infestation and play ideas to openly discuss any problems ..
Heads craft activity from our 'All about us' Forum. |
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 Slither the snake - an interactive activity for paint and role play ..
Download 5 new coloured Slithers and enjoy displaying your role play paint stampers ..
Slither Snake extention
Use alongside our foil snake idea from the store's Jungle Craft eBook |
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 Dinosaur hand puppet - outdoor and indoor stomping role play !!
Dinosaur colouring pictures and Paint activity bases
Our Dinosaurs activity ideas Forum
We're Going on a bear hunt - adapt this well loved rhyme to a Dinosaur theme ..
Mixed with a Minibeast Theme and you have a great outdoor play adventure ..
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Resource and activity links
Outdoor lunar landings
Cath Smith's Deaf Sign article Hospital Playwork The Nature of Children's Play
National Bed month play and Early Years planning activities
Whipped snow recipe Rhyming Sheets Cow Hitch Knot |
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Health and Safety tips from the UK's HSE ...
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Myth of the month from the HSE - Health and Safety Executive |
