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Foundation Stage Planning | Focus Plans | Birth to Three Planning Guidance | Play Plans

Foundation Stage Planning
The Under5s Guide to the Early Years Foundation Stage | Topic Webs & Medium Term Plans |
Planning for the Foundation Stage | Planning Archive | Your Planning | Ofsted Guidance: How to be Outstanding

Early Learning Activities & Games
Alphabet | Numbers | Shapes | Pencil Control | Counting | Matching | Spot the Difference | Count & Colour Shapes | Farmyard Pairs

Early Years Themes
Christmas| Chinese New Year | Valentine's Day| Mother's Day | Easter | Father's Day | Grandparent Day |
Harvest Festival | Autumn | Halloween | Spring | Minibeasts | Holi | Diwali | Wesack | Hanukkah | Goldilocks | Ourselves |
The Outdoor Environment | Bonfire Night | Colours

Pre-School Crafts
Penguin Painting | Squishy Sheep | Bird Nest | Peek a Boo Game | Frog's Lunch | Dinosaur Puppet| Garden Faeries | Where's Nurse | Rainbow | Time to Sweep | Slither the Snake | Playdo Recipe

Rhymes and Songs
Five Little Caterpillars | Ten Green Bottles | Old McDonald's Counting Song | Twinkle Twinkle Little Star | Five Little Speckled Frogs| Tweenies Find A Song (BBC)

Additional Needs
For families of children with special needs | British Sign Language and Makaton | Hidden, Special or Additional Needs |
Let's Sign with Young People | Living with ADHD

Product and Book Reviews
Warm Up with the Sticky Kids | MyABCD | Jasper's Beanstalk | The Very Hungry Caterpillar | Glub the Sub | Early Reading Direct | Registed Childminding | Top Tips for Tiny Tots

Early Learning Resources
Christmas Activities | Introducing IT | Health & Happiness | Shopping | Down on the Farm | Water Play | The Bus Ride | Painting | Printing | Puddles | Newspaper Dolls | Gingerbread People | Capacity | Floating & Sinking | Dominoes | Colouring Fun | Activities for Home (BBC) | Singing Sacks | Activity Packs | Fun with Monkeys | Puppets | Discovering Potatoes | Fish | Fun with Fruit and Veg | Birthdays

Information and Events
Events and Festivals | Childminding Networks | NSPCC's Child Protection Programme| Downloads |
Free Educational Resource from the NCDL | Birth to Three Does Matter | Educating the Under5s at Home | Toddler Groups | Multicultural Resources on a Budget ! | Childcare Choices | Displays | Childcare Vouchers - A Guide | Tantrums |
The Big World on our Doorstep | Knowledge & Understanding for Childcare Awards | Children Playing in Safety |
The Importance of Play

Foundation Stage and Childcare Policy
Early Years Education | The Foundation Stage | Early Learning Goals | ICT | Childcare Policy | Information for Parents (BBC) | What Price Childcare ? | Selling a New Model | Quality Time| A Response to Steve Biddulph | The Quiet Revolution |
Home Based Child Carers | Racial Equality Resource List |

Links
Sites for Teachers | Best of the Web for Teachers | Sites for Parents | Finding Childcare | Careers in Childcare |
Early Years Educational Resources | Special Needs & Children's Health | General Education |
Approaches to Early Years Education | Families and Parents | Early Years Associations | School, Nursery and Childminder Sites |

The Business
Accreditation | Pros and Cons of Childminding | Inland Revenue - Starting a Business | Inland Revenue - PAYE | Minimum Wage | Working Times Directive | Office Supplies |

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