Activities to do at Home and Online
Downloadable activities from the Children's University site with ideas to support children's learning. They are ideal for summer holidays activities.
Drama Toolkit
A one stop shop for drama that aims to take out the frustration of coming up with original drama lessons, session plans and schemes of work
Elmo at the Farm
Explore the farm, plant and water seeds and round up the baby animals.
Peep and the Big Wide World
The animated series Peep and the Big Wide World has games aimed at teaching science and maths to preschoolers.
Storynory
Free audio books, including classic fairy tales, myths, verse, Bible stories and original stories for children. Download mp3 files, burn to CD, subscribe to kids' podcast. The only downside is that there is advertising at the end of the stories.
Dienes and Coins
Useful place value teaching resources for use on an interactive whiteboard. They cover hundreds, tens and ones and UK money. With some you will need to drag the Dienes blocks to represent the number you want. Please note the decimals section is faulty.
Listen and Play The Billy Goats Gruff
An EYFS resource from the BBC which has songs, rhymes and listening games as well as the story The Billy Goats Gruff.
Snorts and Crosses
A Peppa Pig version of the Noughts and Crosses game. It is a two player game where you need to make a line with either the Peppa Pig or Daddy Pig characters.
Listen and Play The Little Red Hen
A BBC EYFS resource with songs, rhymes and listening games to join in with and the story of The Little Red Hen. It has teachers' notes and a download option.
Phonics Bloom
Phonics Bloom create interactive online phonics games to help teach children the relationship between letters and sounds and develop the skills needed to read and write.
