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Mischief Mouse's collection of craft activities for preschool and early years.
Printable resources to help support play - colouring, mark making, labelling, promoting, engaging and extending..
Magical Mammoth's recipes to play with and recipes to eat ..
Stitch Squirrel provides a little tree space for some needle and thread projects  - handmade resources to support learning and development.
Activities for math - Calculator caterpillar's activity ideas to support children's numeracy, reasoning and problem solving play.
Hope Hedgehog invites visitors to take a look through some articles of interest ...
Navigator Narwhal's outdoor - in activity ideas for preschool and early years play.
Welcome to silkysteps & a range of Preschool activity ideas.
All resources have been developed for providers of early years childcare, children, parents and for enjoying all areas of play. Please browse for planning suggestions that include titled focussed crafts, themed pages, ideas for research, creative projects & activities that aim to promote the use of tactile materials, loose media and parts in children's play.
Shop for a range of preschool printable resources .. News, updates, adds and information on the latest happenings .. Story time book titles for preschool and home
Free resource ideas for the seasons Diary dates for preschool planning, learning and awareness of campaign initiatives .. Early years forum for activity and professional development resources
Areas of silkysteps ..
Click to read the early learning goal summaries
The new 2012 EYFS document links and early learning goals
Ideas to support home - setting communications
Playdough activity titles - click to view ideas for themed dough play
Playdough activity titles - click to view ideas for themed dough play
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 Lily pad frogs mini topic and dough frog moods ..
 
Plan for your spring lifecycle activities with a lily pad frogs resource..
Rabbit carrots  
Links for Early years and older children's areas of interests...
 
Enjoy spring, the seed sowing season .. Sweet tasting carrot seeds on amazon and deep planter grow bags
Carrot orange Spring themed books and lifecycles for preschool
Carrot orange Silkysteps spring store titles 
Carrot orange  Swapping easter egg hunts for a spring time carrot search .. show children what seeds can grow into ... 
Carrot orange  Carrot leaf collage craft activity 
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Yellow star guide Dr Hadwen Trust find information that supports children's and practitioner's understanding of how some medical institutes use animals, what alternatives are possible and how the DHT actively invites participation.
Show children how animals are currently involved with testing regimes and the alternatives that are available ..
Request newsletters for your school that enable information sharing
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ther links of interest:
 Cruelty free : page of website links for readers interest
 Animal friendly product sourcing - links page

Spring time    
Yellow star guide Handykam wildlife, bird nest cam and camera kits
Handykam produce a range of wildlife camera kits that bring an awareness of the outdoors in, for children's viewing, knowledge and understanding. A great way to interact with technology  - ICT and nature ..
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Handykam camera kits - seasonal viewing for all weathers
Rabbit carrots      
Sillybooks.net Yellow star guide Sillybooks.net Music, stories, books, puzzles, and games. A wonderful website run by wonderful people. Drop by and have a look at all the resources .
Spring time  
Dinosaur model making .. Yellow star guide Dinosaur stomping activities
  An early preschool craft idea published on Under5's.co.uk
  Add to junk modelling, paper leaves, sheet made caves and dinosaur storytimes..
  Bumpus jumpus dinosaurumpus  
Daffodil flowers for spring
 
Risk assessment information from the HSE 
Carrot orange Leading to Excellence from Ofsted

I'm a child let me be International perspectives on early learning  People you may meet
International perspectives © Wendy Ellyatt 2008 written for and hosted on the OpenEYEcampaign website.

Carrot orange     Understanding childhood.net downloadable leaflets Carrot orange
 
 Enjoy spring, the seed sowing season ..
Let me be by Peter Dixon
International perspectives on early learning
People and professional titles, roles, responsibilities, help and advice.
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