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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.
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Navigator Narwhal's outdoor - in activity ideas for preschool and early years play.

 
UK Early Years framework links

This page contains links to each of the UK's home nation early years curriculum frameworks and guidance materials that help pedagogs implement the framework and evidence their best practice.

England - Northern Ireland - Scotland - Wales

ENGLAND


EYFS 2014 - is the name of this nations early years framework

Inspectorate is OFSTED

   Early Years outcomes and 2003 Every Child Matters 5 positive outcomes

  Welfare standards of care are contained within the EYs framework document

National guidance
- 2012 development matters

Nutritional
guidance
2012 Eat better start better - England children's food trust .org.uk

 First Steps Nutrition - Vegan Infants and Under 5s
 
NEW 13.11.2017 Menu planning and recipes for early years settings



  NORTHERN IRELAND

  Foundation stage - name of this nations early years framework

  Inspectorate ETI  

  Minimum standards of care for children under 12

Nutritional
 guidance - 2013 Nutrition matters for early years - NI public health



  SCOTLAND

   Pre-birth to three and curriculum for excellence - name of this nations early years frameworks

  Inspectorate The Care Inspectorate

  Care standards for Early Education and childcare for children up to the age of 16

Nutritional
guidance - 2007 Nutritional guidance for Early Years - Scotland.gov.uk

--------------- Getting it right for every child scotland.gov.uk

 
  WALES
  Foundation phase - name of this nations early years framework

It is possible a setting could also be following the BTTM Birth to Three Matters framework that was superseded in England by the EYFS framework in 2008
- please download the BTTM framework and other materials here

  Inspectorate EYSTN

National minimum standards of care for regulated childcare and children under 8

Special Educational Needs Code of Practice

National Participation Standards


Nutritional
 guidance - 2009 Food and health guidelines Wales.gov.uk