Some of the activities available to the children

(additional activities, not listed here, are brought in as part of weekly projects)

Personal, social and emotional development
Exercises to foster self-esteem and independence
•    Carrying
•    Pouring
•    Folding
•    Cutting
•    Sewing
•    Washing hands
•    Preparing fruit
•    Dressing frames
•    Polishing
•    Washing
•    Sweeping
Exercises to foster grace and courtesy
Story books
Dress-up clothes
Kitchen, including accessories (outside)
Table and chairs (outside)
Playhouse (outside)

Communication, language and literacy
Books
•    Story books
•    Information books
•    Poetry
•    Reading schemes
Objects for sound games
Puppets
Sandpaper letters
Large movable alphabet
Writing materials
Electronic notepad
Games for teaching parts of speech eg nouns, verbs
Materials for role-play
Outside chalk board
“Office” equipment (outside)

Maths
Quantity games
Building bricks
Geometric shapes and solids
Cylinder blocks
Pink tower
Broad stair
Number rods
Spindle box
Cards and counters
Tessellations
Various exercises for addition, subtractions, multiplication, division
Decimal system
Sandpaper numbers

  Understanding the world
Geography
•    Sun file
•    Food chain
•    Solar system
•    Land, air and water
•    Globes
•    Continent map
•    Continents folders and boxes
•    Puzzle maps
•    Volcano, inc terminology cards
•    Land forms
•    Cartography exercises
•    Flags
•    Earth’s structure
Biology
•    Microscope
•    Woodland box
•    Wormery
•    Sea box
•    Rock basket
•    Wild animals
•    Domestic animals
•    Matching cards of animals, birds, insects, fish, plants
•    Terminology cards of animals, birds, insects, fish, plants
•    Life cycles of animals, birds, insects, fish, plants
•    Matching animals to continents
•    Leaf cabinet
•    Animal kingdom
Science
•    Animate and inanimate
•    Glass tablets
•    Magnets
•    Sinking and floating
•    Weighing
•    Air
•    Gravity
•    Electricity
•    Magnifying glass
History
•    Calendars
•    Timelines
•    Clock
•    Pre-historic timeline

Physical development
See PSED exercises
Tricycles, scooters
Climbing frame
Sand/water tray with accessories
Balancing beam
Large wooden construction blocks
Balls
Equipment for gardening
Lego
Brio train

Expressive arts and design
Easel
Paints
Glue
Card
Junk modelling
Clay
Play dough
Craft cabinet
Musical instruments
Scarves
Music CDs
Dress-up clothes
Puppets
Props for drama