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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.
Calculator Caterpillar's range of activity ideas to support math, reasoning and problem solving.
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Navigator Narwhal's outdoor - in activity ideas for preschool and early years play.

 



   Early learning goals
Creative development - the sparks of cognitive ignition    
Creative development
                                 Children's CD area of learning  

 



NB: This is an overview summary of the ELGs
They are the September 2008 goals published for children's expected, anticipated levels of attainment at the end of the UK's EYFS.

green   Respond in a variety of ways to what they see, hear, smell, touch and feel.

green   Express and communicate their ideas, thoughts and feelings by using a widening range of materials, suitable tools, imaginative and role-play, movement, designing and making, and a variety of songs and musical instruments.

green   Explore colour, texture, shape, form and space in two or three dimensions.

green   Recognise and explore how sounds can be changed, sing simple songs from memory, recognise repeated sounds and sound patterns and match movements to music.

green   Use their imagination in art and design, music, dance, imaginative and role-play and stories.
 
Source: Early Learning Goals Statutory Framework
Background from QCA

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