by EYR Team | Oct 7, 2024 | Health & Wellbeing, Inspiration, Primary School Ideas
Children don’t have long break times, usually between 20-30 minutes. So how can they be encouraged to use this time to do something active? We’ve put together a list of traditional and engaging playground games, ideal for the schools and for helping...
by EYR Team | Jun 10, 2024 | Early Years Development, Health & Wellbeing, Inspiration, Primary Learning
Icebreakers can range from games and questions to creative challenges that bring children together. In this blog, we present 20 icebreaker physical education games that can help bring shy children out of their shells or break the ice with new groups of children as...
by EYR Team | Jul 17, 2023 | Early Years Ideas, Health & Wellbeing, Learning & Development, SEN Support
For children of all ages and abilities, sensory rooms and gardens offer a variety of benefits through immersive multi-sensory environments. These specially designed therapeutic spaces are typically housed in purpose-built rooms and allow children with sensory...
by EYR Team | Jun 26, 2023 | Health & Wellbeing, Primary Resources, Primary School Ideas, Teachers' Corner
It has been proven that music plays a key role in brain development as it contributes to learning language, motor, emotional intelligence and collaboration skills. With early years educators constantly on the lookout for innovative ways to create engaging and...
by EYR Team | May 1, 2023 | Health & Wellbeing, Learning & Development
As an early years educator, you may have heard about or witnessed first-hand, the benefits that music can have in educational settings. But have you considered music therapy? In the last few years, many mainstream schools have been investing their annual funding...
by EYR Team | Apr 25, 2022 | Early Years Development, Health & Wellbeing
This blog has been written with the help of EYR industry expert Emily Hanson. A qualified EYFS teacher with an M.Ed in Education from the University of Cambridge. To learn more about Emily, visit her website or follow her on Instagram. The two year check up – a...
