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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.


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About

A very warm welcome :)

Silkysteps is a website based in the UK offering ideas and printables that support children in play, and adults in their promotion of play.
 
All the organising, pixel drawings, illustrations, uploading and editing is conducted by myself, Ruth Grimes so please accept my most sincere apologies for any typing errors you're almost certainly going to encounter.

Silkysteps - developing play
The site began back in early 2006 and continues to grow daily. Hindered only by my depth of t'internet knowledge I hope the site is something  visitors will find relevant and most importantly, useful.


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Why the name silkysteps?

Two words joined as one, they hold the site & personal thought processes together!

Separated, Silky is a fictional cat character leading the way foward.

 ...... steps were and are this adventure .. the world of business, childcare, crafting, networking and the many ways it all fits together.

The layout of the original website - way back when, saw 14 characters take category leads for a range of ideas and printables aimed at supporting preschool practitioner's planning. The current site is an evolution of this, moving to a format I hope proves a little more accessible.


The majority of site content is my own work based on 18 years of experience gained in a community preschool way down south in Cornwall. Contributions, knowledge and opinion expands on this virtual collection, within the forum and as credit notices on pages where content has been shared by others  - Thank you so much xx


Some of the characters have a less visible presence on the site now but reside with equal prominence behind the scenes in resource development. Throughout the site links are provided to help broaden the information offered. Links to amazon.co.uk are in association with the site's affiliate account and purchases made in the store help towards silkysteps costs.

Please enjoy the website and feel free to get in touch whenever the need arises.

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Silky the website cat - clipart Mischief Mouse - craft activity ideas  Spindle Spider - colouring, black line images Inky Bear - mark making printable sheets for cut 'n' paste, collage, communication and language ..  Calculator caterpillar - numbers, adding, subtraction, division, shape, measurement, size ..  Magical Mammoth - recipes, edible and to play with .. Navigator Narwhal - outdoor games and play ideas. Errol Eagle - theatre role play, protector of the stage, rhythm and rhyme .. Fiesty Firefly and a variety of template printables
Hope Hedgehog - articles for play, research, activity ideas, learning and develoment  Stitch Squirrel - sewing projects and stitch guides Omni Orangutan- led a category for activity packs
Silky, Pixel, Mischief Mouse, Spindle Spider, Inky Bear, Calculator Caterpillar,
Magical Mammoth, Navigator Narwhal, Errol Eagle, Fiesty Firefly, Hope Hedgehog, Stitch Squirrel, Omni Orangutan, Tinpot bot

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