We’ve got some lovely holiday activities for you to try this month. But before you and the children get too wrapped up in your holiday plans, it would be great if you would spare some time to fill in our simple online survey for your chance to win £700 of early years resources.
Happy holidays! Read more.
Globetrotting
Set up your own travel agents and let the children enjoy planning a holiday
By Jenni Tavener — early years teacher and writer.
Getting to know you
Practical activities are a great way for staff to bond and learn to support each other. Sue Cowley suggests some fun ideas for successful team building
By Sue Cowley — educational author, presenter and trainer.
Happy Father’s Day
To celebrate Father’s Day, we meet three dads who spent a day at their children’s nursery
Reading escapes
This month’s theme for the 2008 National Year of Reading focuses on holiday reading and what better book to link this to than Mr Bear’s Holiday by Debi Gliori (Orchard Books)
By Jenny Morris— writer and teacher who has run her own nursery school.
Also this month
More great articles published this month.
This month's resources
Stay safe in the sun poster
A beautifully-illustrated poster simply outlining how to keep safe in the sun and to help children understand the importance of taking care of themselves in hot weather
We're going on holiday poster
Personalise this A1 poster with the children’s photographs and use to motivate discussions and child-initiated play related to going on holiday
We're going on holiday song
‘We’re going on holiday’ song and multimedia poster showing postcards of animals and landmarks of the countries visited
Bags and cases
Copy on to card, laminate, then cut out the bags and use the cards to play a matching game
Holiday pictures
Cut out and use these pictures as flexible resources to support your ‘Holidays’theme
Other resources this month
This month's calendar
| Calendar for May 2008 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Be Nice to Nettles Week | Science through stories | Fruity Friday |
Latest news
Dive into Hector’s World 13 May 2008
CEOP launch a new online safety programme
Early years specialist receives OBE 12 May 2008
A leading Government adviser on childcare has received an honorary OBE
Early Literacy Programmes working 12 May 2008
Institute of Education research shows ‘Reading Recovery’ participants getting higher than average results for their age
Parents prefer informal chats to parents’ evenings 9 May 2008
Government survey finds parents want more involvement in children’s education via informal chats
Free book for NYR Coordinators 7 May 2008
Scholastic are giving a free copy of their title You Can Make the most of the National Year of Reading to every Local Authority Coordinator for the National Year of Reading
Give-Aways
Every month, we give away hundreds of pounds worth of free resources. Click here for your chance to win one of the great prizes on offer this month!
Coming up next month…
Keep your eyes peeled for the July issue of Nursery Education PLUS including…
- Exciting ‘On the farm’ activities.
- Fantastic EYFS articles including planning guidance; FAQs; and advice on helping young children reach the early learning goal for ‘Handwriting’.
- New Nursery rhyme series complete with interactive resources.
PLUS!
- Meet Old MacDonald in our fab poster and online song.
- Farm animals poster and online sounds game… and much more!
Is there a theme you want us to cover or a topic you’d like more advice on? Then get in touch and let us know!
2008 National Year of Reading
Fun activities to help you and the children join in the 2008 National Year of Reading
April – ‘Read all about it’ – Blanche and Rocky by Stephen Gulbis
May – ‘Mind and body’ – Maisy Goes to Hospital by Lucy Cousins
June – ‘Reading escapes’ – Mr Bear’s Holiday by Debi Gliori
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