How to Help your Child

Below is a list of useful learning websites, that support the areas for learning outlined in the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework. We hope that you enjoy exploring these activities together with your child.

Please remember to ask your child’s keyworker any questions you may have about supporting the individual needs of your child.

Personal, Social and Emotional

Early Impact Learning

https://earlyimpactlearning.com/21-circle-time-games-for-preschool-that-actually-work/

21 fun circle time games to support sharing and communication

BBC Feelings

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/pshe-eyfs-ks1-feeling-brave/z7vrwty

Fun videos for children to learn and talk about feelings.

Communication and Language

Phonics play

www.phonicsplay.co.uk

Tiny Happy People
https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-people
Simple ideas and activities to help you develop your child’s communication skills.

Words for Life

https://wordsforlife.org.uk/

You can sign up to the Words for Life newsletter and get activities each week to help your child learn.

Ceebeebies

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies

Simple games and stories

NSPCC

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/support-for-parents/look-say-sing-play/

Fun and easy tips to help bring more singing, looking and playing into the days routines.

Audible

https://stories.audible.com/start-listen

All children’s audiobooks are available for free while early years settings are closed.

Physical Development

Boogie Beebies

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mvsc

Videos that get younger children up and dancing with CBeebies presenters.

Muddy Faces

https://muddyfaces.co.uk/outdoor-hub

A range of health and wellbeing activities and resources that can be completed outdoors.

Cosmic Yoga

https://cosmickids.com/

Fun interactive stories told through the means of yoga.

Dough Disco

https://www.spreadthehappiness.co.uk/dough-disco/

Great, interactive dancing for children’s hands. Perfect for strengthening the muscles needed to hold a pen.

IMoves

https://imoves.com/the-imovement

Fun activities to support physical and mental wellbeing.

Change for Life

https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/activities

Great activities to support physical wellbeing.

NHS Potty Training

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/baby/babys-development/potty-training-and-bedwetting/how-to-potty-train/

Guidance and advice to support children who are potty training.

Maths

NRICH

https://nrich.maths.org/early-years

A range of activities, some are interactive and some are to be completed offline. Activities are categorised by age range (age 3+).

Numberjacks

http://www.numberjacksmissiontolearn.co.uk/

Fun maths video and games.

Top Marks

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games

A range of interactive maths games categorised by age group (age 3+).

Understanding the World

Hungry Little Minds

https://hungrylittleminds.campaign.gov.uk/

Simple, fun activities for children 0-5 years old.

Bloomsbury Early Years

https://www.bloomsburyearlyyears.com/coronavirus-free-access

A great range of activities across all areas of EYFS learning.

Muzzy

https://www.muzzybbc.com/#

MUZZY is a simple and fun set of animated stories featuring Muzzy and friends in a range of languages. These stories use the natural immersion method, which is modelled after the way children learn their first language.

Parent Learning Support

A Better Start

http://www.smallstepsbigchanges.org.uk/biglittlemoments

Ideas, video and support for more information about building young brains.

PACEY

Schemas | PACEY

Information and activities to support essential brain development in young children.