Home sweet home
Have fun acting out familiar scenarios in your role-play home
By Jenni Tavener — early years teacher and writer.
EYFS: A Unique Child: 1.3 Keeping Safe
This month we look at Commitment 1.3 Keeping Safe. The focus is for practitioners to ensure that young children are not only kept safe, but learn to manage risk to keep themselves safe
By Jane Cole – is a recently retired Foundation Stage regional advisor and is currently an early childhood consultant.
Going to market
Set up a role-play market square where the children can pretend to buy and sell a selection of produce
By Jenni Tavener— early years teacher and writer.
Also this month
More great articles published this month.
This month's resources
Dress up Ted game
Help dress Nursery Ted in his different role-play outfits. Click on the items of clothing and drag them onto Nursery Ted. See if you can complete all six outfits!
Let's pretend poster
Read this delightful rhyme and talk about the accompanying images on this captivating poster to motivate the children’s interest in dressing up and taking on different roles
Role-play Ted poster
This charming poster introduces our teddy bear character, Nursery Ted, dressed for different roles. Display it to encourage discussion about occupations and enhance imaginative role play
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star musical stars activity
In this interactive matching game, the eight stars all look the same, but each one has a different sound. Invite the children to click on all of the stars in turn, and listen to the sounds they make. Can they match the star in the sky to the star in the box below that sounds the same? This fun activity is great for developing listening skills.
What Shall I Wear Today? song
Invite the children to sing along and carry out actions to this great song about what to wear today
Dragon in the cave activity
Colour in and cut out the dragon’s face. Tape a long strip of fabric to the back to create a body. Glue orange tissue to the mouth to create flames. Use your dragon puppet in the role-play area.
Going shopping activity
How many fruit and vegetables are in the shopping basket? Count them and write the correct number against each picture
Other resources this month
Latest news
MMR vaccine catch-up campaign 7 Aug 2008
Extra MMR vaccine and more funds are to be made available to vaccinate every child up to the age of 18 against measles
Booktrust announces Early Years Awards shortlist 30 Jul 2008
Booktrust announces the shortlist for their fifth annual Early Years Awards
Lego comes out on top 29 Jul 2008
A new poll reveals the UK’s top toy of the last 35 years
Parents worry about helping children learn 29 Jul 2008
Parents don’t feel they have the knowledge and skills needed to help with their child’s education according to a General Teaching Council for England (GTC) survey.
Literacy targets too advanced for toddlers 28 Jul 2008
Top authors and education experts have written a letter to The Times, calling on the Government to scrap its new compulsory literacy targets for England’s under-fives.
This month's calendar
| Calendar for Oct 2008 | ||
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| 15 | 16 | 17 |
| London Film Festival | Walt Disney Company Founded | Silent Protest |
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