First Five Years

⭐️ Fun, simple & engaging ideas for children 0-5years. ⭐️Supporting parents to foster a love of learning through play.

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Research suggests that being immersed first-hand with objects, situations or environments helps children to develop a deeper awareness of what is happening.
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🌑Tiddly Winks🌑

This classic #game is a great way to practice #handandeyecoordination and #counting as well as develop an awareness of #scientific and #mathematical concepts. This can be made out of anything, but buttons are brilliant and further aid #colourrecognition. #eyfs

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👕🧦Peg Pull🧦👕
You don’t need a lot to challenge and intrigue a baby. This peg pull helps build muscles in the arms, core and hand of a baby. Whilst also being so simple to set up and can be a quick way to entertain whilst on holiday or at a grandparents house.

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🧁Matching Muffin Cases🧁
Snap is a game that most child can remember from their childhood. Make a simple first version with just a few muffin cases and a pen. It’s brilliant for promoting #personalsocialandemotionaldevelopment, #game play and some #mathematical skills.
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🎱Number Skittles 🎱

A really simple set up whilst also being lots of fun.
Its a great idea to play if you have a friend over or even if you’re out and about at the park or beach.
It helps promote #physicaldevelopment, coordination and #numberrecognition. #eyfs #earlyyears

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What an awesome #sensory experience! So #fun and so many benefits! #development #learningexperience

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🧩Homemade Jigsaw🧩

A homemade #jigsaw is fun to do and allows your child to begin to understand familiar patterns, text and products. You can use most things you can find in your cardboard #recycling and it’s quick and easy to do. #puzzle #eyfs #earlyyears

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✍🏿 Disappearing Writing ✍🏿

Now it’s a bit warmer #outside this great activity can be done on the floor or walls and develops #finemotor skills, #Markmaking and #letterrecognition. Whilst also supporting children to understand how letters are formed. #eyfs #earlyyears

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🛁 Glow In The Dark Bath 🛁

Is #bath time a boring choir? This sensory bath will keep the tears at bay whilst also working on things such as #brain development, #colour recognition, #gross and fine motor skills, #spatial awareness, #speech and language and so much more.

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🦢 Feather threading 🦢
Open ended objects help support #creativity and #criticalthinking. This take on a #threading activity allows #children to observe properties of objects whilst enhancing coordination, control and fine motor skills. #eyfs #earlyyears

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🩹Sticky Tape Peel🩹
Something so simple and so mundane to us adults is so much fun to a #baby. Keeps them entertained longer than #toys, whilst also working on #coremuscles, #coordination and control. All of which help them develop #skills from #walking to writing one day. #eyfs

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✍️ Sand Paper Writing ✍️
Some #children naturally take an interest in #markmaking and for others it can be quite a chore. Make it more inviting for them by mixing up some of the materials they can use to make marks on. Sandpaper is fun, intriguing and experiments with texture.

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👶🏼👶🏾 #TummyTime Mat 👶🏿👶🏽
When #babies spend frequent short periods of time on their tummies it helps to build the muscles needed to help them crawl and eventually walk. Whilst also strengthening neck, leg and arm muscles and supporting coordination and control. #eyfs #earlyyears

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🕷 Sticky Web Game 🕷
This is a great #physical activity to keep little ones entertained #outside. It helps develop #gross and #coremuscles as well as #handandeyecoordination, #perseverance, #resilience and #mathematical concepts. #eyfs #earlyyears #learningthroughplay

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🐜 Bug Hunt 🐜
This is a great way for #children to be observant of their surroundings, whilst learning names, colours, features and characteristics of animals. It also opens up conversations about the world around them.#eyfs #earlyyears