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Pre School, Teachers, Parents and Childcarers
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Activities for the Under Fives, Foundation Stage & Early Years
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Please see our resource Characters for a selection of their free play ideas ..
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 Colouring  Activity Sheets  PaperCrafts  Clipart .. and more Free !!
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Plug Boad advertising for Preschool Crafts and WAH Business websites.
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Brand new Mini eTopic resource for the Summer ..
Paw Print Lions and Jungle activities
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News From the Store   Book Review Competitions Dates for your Diary Take Part
Seasonal Activities Special Features *NEW Additional Crafts Topic Keywords Our Text Links
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  Our Early Years Forums focus on network support and information ~ Completely free, they give all Early Years Professionals ~ Parents, Childminders, Teachers, PreSchool, Nursery and Toddler groups the chance to question & answer .. discover & plan !!
 So if you have an interest in Child care, Pop in and say 'Hi' you'll be made very welcome !!
Once Registered we also have a free Games Arcade for members to enjoy.
Live Chatroom facility coming soon ...
Click for the past ... 3 Days | 4 Days | 5 Days or the Past Weeks posts !
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 Silkysteps Free Monthly eNewsletter ~ Keep ahead of everything happening on Silkysteps with our Monthly newsletter - new activities, forum updates and Early years news all delivered straight to your inbox !
For a Sample of our Newsleter ~ Please take a look HERE
Registration for our newsletter is separate to your forum membership and your Store account !
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b e d - for baby
Hand rhyme poster for interactive play
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Summer Planning ideas for
Pre school and Other Craft activity sessions
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 See all our other BEST SELLER Downloadable
Craft eBook Titles
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 Summer Jungles and Ocean Mermaids ...
Lifecycles Craft eBooks ~ Butterfly & Plant and Chicken & Frog
and our Lily Pad Frogs Mini eTopic to use with Playdough Frog activity idea
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Chinese New Year
Winter Christmas Around The World Christmas Ourselves
Crafts Bk 1 Crafts Bk 2 Harvest Time Clothes
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Creative Road Safety Craft projects for all ages!
 Road Safety Craft eBook ~ Crafts, colouring & activity sheets !!
A practical craft ebook that has been used in Preschool, KS1, Guiding & Scouting groups to introduce basic Road Safety skills to the youngest children.
If your planning requires simple craft and hands on project work .. then you'll find this eBook a great resource.
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Preschool and Children's Book review List
Featured Book:
Ready for Bed - Jane Johnson & Illustrated by Gaby Hansen
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Please see all Listed Competitions on this page
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Please see our Early Years'Dates for your Diary' section
and add more valuable campaign ideas to your planning calendar !!
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These links are to help Silkysteps readers visit and put forward thoughts, views and opinions:
See how policy influences working practice and how you can contribute:
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 DCSF Consultations - how does the Department for Children, Schools and Families want your help ...
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Ofsted Consultations - Get involved, find out what's new and pass on your thoughts ..
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Summer sun and warmer days of fun ...
First day of summer is 21st June
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For more Spring time resources please see this thread of our forum
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Enjoy the Summer with these activity ideas ...
Ice Cream Collage - craft activity ideas with outline temple
Ocean and Jungle Craft eBooks from our Store
Under the Ocean activity Sheets
Summer time Number line - make a feature out of your Parents display area !
Summer forum for a range of ideas
Bucket Spade Outline collage and craft templates
Strawberry Fruits - Collage Template
Sports Day certificates - Print and adapt to your own outdoor summer fun and games !
 Out in the Play Garden:
Organic aphid control + Lady Bug & Birds !!
Composting together
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Children In The Picture
 This Inclusion poster is a great resource to help promote diversity in all types of settings.
You can Order it for £5.00 inc P&P by emailing inthepicture@scope.org.uk
Inclusion & Wellbeing information from Sure Start
More about Richard Johnson and his wonderful Illustrations.
For activity ideas please see our range of Themes and Topics forums.
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Hospital Radio Activity Ideas ~ have you thought of ways to help support the local volunteers working  in your hospital radio stations?
 You can find contact details of your local station on the HBA ~ Hospital Broadcasting Association's website.
 Our Early Learning Planning ideas can help your Children discover what Hospital Radio is all about .. from Radio station role play corners to Mixing console cookery !!
Activity Sheets ~ Radio Listener ~ Request Sheets Print, write, tear off & enjoy !!
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Birds ~ Activities and play ideas for Children and adults to find out how to protect, care and enjoy !!
 Keeping an eye on our native and international migratory friends is great fun and important for noticing changes to their habitats and routines!
Involving our Children in the lives of birds is a perfect start to protecting their futures.
These Activities are ideal for hands on learning ...
 Playdough Bird Nests ~ great activity from Magical Mammoth's page!
Sakalava Rail ~ a collage craft from Mischief Mouse.
 Videoing or watching birds nesting digitally can be easily set up in your Preschool or Foundation unit with the CCTV Bird Box kits from Handykam.
To build and assemble your own observatory please see HandyCam CCTV Website for more information.
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TheSnailTrail.co.uk ~ Join the snail trail and discover what GALS can do for your  Childrens' learning horizons.
 Giant African Land Snails are a great addition to any learniing environment ~ home or classroom ..
Lesson plan for introducing GALS to your children.
Contact The Snail Trail ~ feel free to drop TheSnailTrail a line if you have any specific questions regarding GALS.
Download and print their free Breeding Awareness Poster, display it on your notice boards and help spread the word of responsible ownership with them!
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SillyBooks.net ~ Where Pen is put to Paper and wonderful Illustrations come to life.
 Sillybooks is a stunning website full of original interactive stories, games, music, puzzles and more ~ it's updated frequently so be sure to pop back !
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Head Lice ~ for information, Colouring pictures and activity play ideas that can be printed out and enjoyed !!
 Distribute the booklets to your parents and display on notice boards for everyones information...
NEW A4 Head lice Rhyme Poster has been added to the PDF - April 2008
Our Bug busting day forum has many more ideas on how to break the cycle of infestation ..
Heads craft activity from our 'All about us' Forum.
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The National Children's Bureau recycling campaign.
 New Mobile ?
Help raise money for the NCB by recycling your old ones through them !!
Click here to order your pre~paid post bags and to Support their work.
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Bear Flashcards - numbers 1 - 10
This set was made some time ago and can be downloaded at the bottom of the linked page:
Compliment the Cards with seasonal number lines from Calculator Caterpillar's page
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Fairy Caverns and Enchanted light hearted fun ...
 Our Garden Fairies Craft Activity
 Role Play home corner and other ideas from our Early years forum.
Loves me Loves me not colouring picture
Moondust Fairies Craft eKit from our Download store...
Daisy Chain Fairies coming soon ..
Ribbons and bows treasure basket activity
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Dinosaur Romps
 Dinosaur hand puppet - outdoor and indoor stomping role play !!
Dinosaur colouring pictures and Paint activity bases
Our Dinosaurs activity ideas Forum
We're Going on a bear hunt - adapt this well loved rhyme to a Dinosaur theme ..
Mixed with a Minibeast Theme and you have a great outdoor play adventure ..
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These keywords are linked to various resources around Silkysteps.
The activity and play suggestions can be used to help build on new or exisiting Pre school and Craft session Planning.
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