Welcome to Silkysteps Early Years discussion forums ~ If you have any questions or experiences about working within the Early Years sector then please use this area to post and chat. Everyone is welcome from all corners of Childcare ~ Preschool Practitioners, KS1 Teachers, Childminders, Parents, Playworkers ...

Early Years News	The Lounge
Grants, Offers & Competitions	Downloadable Documents
Work in General	OFSTED
Policy & Planning	Finance & Fees
Early Learning	PSE - Wellbeing & Health
People, Partnerships & Staffing	Childminding
Parent, Baby & Toddler	Playwork + Out of Hours
Training, Qualifications & CPD	NVQ 2 CCLD
NVQ 3 CCLD	NVQ 4 CCLD
Websites :- Business and Personal	Silkysteps Newsletters
Review & Recommend ..	Community Fundraising
Themes & Topics	~* YOUR COUNTY *~

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Need something fun for your parents AGM or Local Quiz evening ~ We have adult and child related fundraising event ideas in this forum ~Topics range from - Competition ideas ~ Quiz formats ~ Charity status issues and general information ... So please post your questions and experiences in here ...

Follow our members as they help publish what Early Years involvement is about ... The newest Blog entry posted will appear here -------->

Air - Blog from Australia

Ruth - Blog test

An 'everyday' collection of themes that compliment all educational curriculum planning and adds excitement and enthusiasm to home and play activities.

All about me	Animals
Autumn & Fall	Artists
Birds	Books & Stories
Conservation & the world around us.	Clothes
Circus	Colours, Shapes, Numbers & Letters
Countries & their traditions	Fantasy, Mythological and Mystical Folklore!
Feelings & emotions	Flowers, Plants & Trees
Fruit & Vegetables	Homes
Historic Periods	ICT - Information, Communication & Technology
Lifecycles	Languages
Materials	Music
Magic......	Names
Native Americans	Needlecraft
Rhymes & Poems	Silkysteps Nursery Rhyme Poll 2006
People	Pirates
Powers & Forces	Recipes
Space	Summer
Spring	Sport
Science and processes.....	Toys
Transport	The Senses
Tools & Implements	Water
Weather	Winter

Entire ecosystems revolve around location and sustasinability..... these following topics are a great way to explore particular conditions of living.

Beach	Pets - Homes and Roles
Dinosaurs & the prehistoric world.	Farms
Jungle or Rainforest	Minibeasts and where they can be found....
Moorlands	Open Pastures and woodlands
Pond life	Places of interest
The Garden	The Desert
The Ocean	The Sky
The Arctic	The Riverbank
Zoos and safaris

Birthdays and Anniversaries	Bonfire Night
Christmas	Chinese New Year
Diwali	Easter
Halloween	Harvest time
Hanukkah	Holi
Thanksgiving	Weddings

There are an enormous collection of individual celebratory days. We have included the most popular and well known ones - but if you know of more or want to begin one!! - then please drop us a line :D

St. Patricks 'day	St. David's day
St. Piran's day	St. George's day
St. Andrew's day	Australia day
April Fools Day	Father's day
Grandparent's day	Independence day
National Bug Busting Day	May day
Mother's day	Pancake day - Shrove Tuesday
Teacher appreciation day	Valentine's day
Miscellaneous Days & Awareness Campaigns

Fancy a trip out or need to advertise your local fundraising event? Post Details or Discover what's on near you by clicking your County Name. Use your Advert Thread to update visitors on the event ~ Times, Dates, Places, Cancellations etc. Bookmark or save the page as a favourite so that you can access your county directly in the future.

Aberdeenshire	Angus (Forfarshire)
Argyll (Includes Islay, Jura & Mull)	Ayrshire
Banffshire	Bedfordshire
Berkshire	Berwickshire
Blaenau Gwent	Bridgend
Buckinghamshire	Bute (Includes Arran)
Caerphilly	Caithness
Cambridgeshire	Cardiff
Carmarthenshire	Ceredigion
Cheshire	Clackmannanshire
Conwy	Cornwall
County Antrim	County Armagh
County Carlow	County Cavan
County Clare	County Cork
County Donegal	County Down
County Durham	County Fermanagh
County Galway	County Kerry
County Kildare	County Kilkenny
County Laois	County Leitrim
County Limerick	County Londonderry
County Longford	County Louth
County Mayo	County Meath
County Monaghan	County Offaly
County Roscommon	County Sligo
County Tipperary	County Tyrone
County Waterford	County West Meath
County Wexford	County Wicklow
Cumbria	Denbighshire
Derbyshire	Devon
Dorset	Dumbartonshire
Dumfriesshire	East Lothian
East Riding of Yorkshire	East Sussex
Essex	Fife
Flintshire	Gloucestershire
Greater London	Greater Manchester
Gwynedd	Hampshire
Herefordshire	Hertfordshire
Inverness-shire (Includes North & South Uist plus part of Lewis)	Isle of Anglesey
Isle of Wight	Kent
Kincardineshire	Kinross-shire
Kirkcudbrightshire	Lanarkshire
Lancashire	Leicestershire
Lincolnshire	Merseyside
Merthyr Tydfil	Midlothian
Monmouthshire	Moray
Nairnshire	Neath Port Talbot
Newport	Norfolk
North Yorkshire	Northamptonshire
Northumberland	Nottinghamshire
Orkney	Oxfordshire
Peeblesshire	Pembrokeshire
Perthshire	Powys
Renfrewshire	Rhondda Cynon Taff
Ross & Cromarty	Roxburghshire
Rutland	Selkirkshire
Shetland	Shropshire
Somerset	South Yorkshire
Staffordshire	Stirlingshire
Suffolk	Surrey
Sutherland	Swansea
Torfaen	Tyne & Wear
Vale of Glamorgan	Warwickshire
West Lothian	West Midlands
West Sussex	West Yorkshire
Wigtownshire	Wiltshire
Worcestershire	Wrexham