Irresistible early Years ideas for your indoor and outdoor provision....

Here are 16 creative ways to make your garden edging more exciting and unique.

CONTINUOUS PROVISION The work I am doing at the moment with settings on how they are managing their continuous provision is having some really positive impact on attainmentso I thought...

Take one child (and a Mum!) in wellie boots, a tray of bright paints and lots of cardboard sheets. Dip feet in paint and walk, stomp, dance, jump and run to your heart’s content! Create a beautiful, rainbow, mess of colours. Examine the lovely patterns created from the prints and compare them! Find other things...Read More »

I have often professed my love of the dollar stores for finding some great art materials-cheap! That's where I picked up a bunch of these HUGE plastic fly swatters. They are light weight and flexible making for a wonderful gross motor painting tool for young children. It really encourages children to use their whole bodies as they reach and stretch and slap the easel with the large "brush". We poured tempura paint onto trays and set them on the ground in front of our large outdoor…

I just couldn't get enough of the delights of Hampshire last week so I am back again! Tomorrow is the celebration day for the LFSP project where everyone gets to...

Enchanting and fascinating, you'll probably be making a fairy garden of your own very soon.

Painting with spray bottles. EYFS

Ask anyone over 30 to recount their most treasured memories of childhood play, and few will be indoors. Independent play, outdoors, and varied, is what we remember. As things stand,…

Designer paints, wallpapers, tiles and fabrics, unique handmade items, homeware and gifts in Muswell Hill North London.