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
Events, Competitions & Grants	EY's Downloadable Documents
Work in General	OFSTED
Policy Planning Research	Finance & Fees
Early Learning activities	PSE Wellbeing Health Safeguarding
Staff Partnerships	Childminding
Parent, Baby & Toddler	Playwork + Out of Hours
Hospital play specialisms	Training, Qualifications & CPD
ERR & induction standards	Level 2 Cert & NVQ
Level 3 Diploma & NVQ	Lv 5 Diploma & NVQ 4 CCLD
EYs Foundation Degree	Assessor & tutor forum
Websites :- Business and Personal	Silkysteps Newsletters
Review & Recommend ..	Community Fundraising
Themes & Topics	~* YOUR COUNTY *~

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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
Books & Stories	Birds
Conservation & the world around us.	Clothes
Circus	Colours, Shapes, Numbers & Letters
Countries & Traditions	Fantasy, Mythological and Mystical Folklore!
Feelings & emotions	Flowers, Plants & Trees
Fruit & Vegetables	Homes
Historic Periods	ICT - Information, Communication & Technology
Inclusion	Lifecycles
Language and Communication	Materials
Music	Magic......
Names	Native Americans
Needlecraft	Rhymes & Poems
People	Pirates
Powers & Forces	Recipes
Space	Summer
Spring	Sport & Physical play
Science and process	Toys
Transport	The Senses
Tools & Implements	Transitions
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 and Crops
Jungle or Rainforest	Minibeasts and where they can be found....
Moorlands	Open Pastures and woodlands
Pond life	Places of interest
The Desert	The Ocean
The Sky	The Arctic
The Riverbank	The Garden
Zoos and safaris

Birthdays and Anniversaries	Bonfire Night
Yule - 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