Minibeast Spotting and identifying leaves
Look out of your window, in your garden or on a walk at the different shapes and sizes of leaves and see if you can work out what they are. Leaf identity worksheet or Minibeast identity worksheet.
Rainbow Scavenger Hunt
Use your garden, outdoor space and daily exercise to hunt for objects to make a colourful rainbow. Rainbows are a sign of hope – display your rainbow so other people can enjoy it! Here’s some ideas on how you can create beautiful rainbows Rainbow Scavenger Hunt
Bird Spotting
Take a look at these worksheets to see if you can tick off any birds that you spot in your garden or on a walk Spring bird scavenger hunt Bird spotting guide
Get Bee-sy!
Celebrate World Bee Day: Did you know Bee crafts
Home & Habitats – “Sharing a Shell”
“When crab finds a shiny new shell, he doesn’t want to share his new home with anyone, but he soon starts to miss his friends. Perhaps being alone might not be best after all!” Enjoy reading the story then learn about rhyming words and patterns. Why not make your own rockpool? Sharing a Shell Make a rockpool
Sounds of Summer
5 easy ways to engage young children with music in the outdoors: Listening walk Dance & movement What can you hear?
Oceans
We’re celebrating our beautiful oceans and reminding everyone of the major role they have in our everyday life. We have 2 science experiments for Early Years children, we hope you enjoy them. Ocean in a bottle Frozen Ocean
The snail and the whale
This is the story of how one tiny snail saves the day. See our activity sheets for lots of fun things to do: maths, reading, art & music. Make a whale (click image) Whale & snail Colouring Colour by numbers
Butterflies
Flutter, Flutter, Flutter-By – Midsummer is a great time to see butterflies, moths and caterpillars. These activities are to help younger children find out more. Butterfly detective Art butterflies
Mud Glorious Mud
Playing in mud can be really good fun, it’s also great for developing language and using the senses! Here are some of our favourite activities for inspiring younger children to have fun with mud! Mud fun