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This is a fantastic resource for anyone wishing to develop their outdoor provision. Add environmental print, develop an outdoor role play area and organise equipment with these 30 useful resources.

All resources are in pdf format unless otherwise stated. I would recommend laminating cards that are going to be used outside so that they have 1cm of extra laminate around them.

 General Resources

ELG Cards for Outdoor Area

A set of 10 A4 cards showing the relevant stepping stones and early learning goals for areas of outdoor provision. Great for showing the learning that is happening as the children play and to support adults who are observing. The cards have a colourful rainbow border and are in primary sassoon font. The areas included are ‘Bikes and Scooters’, ‘Gardening Area’, ‘Music Area’, ‘Role Play Area’, ‘Numeracy Area’, ‘Investigation Area’, ‘Sand Area’, ‘Water Tray’, ‘Small Equipment’ and ‘Construction Area’.

Exercise Poster

Encourage children to think about the effect that exercise has on their body with this colourful A4 poster. It asks ‘How do you feel . . .’ ‘. . . when you are resting?’, ‘. . . when you are running?’ and ‘. . . when you have been exercising?’

Musical Instrument Cards

A set of 5 A5 cards showing percussion instruments. The name of the instrument and how you play it are written in primary sassoon font.

Outdoor Area Cards

17 A4 cards for you to label your different zones with. Each card has a blue border and colourful illustration.

Equipment Labels

Create environmental print and support your children to keep the toys organised with these attractive labels. Included are ‘hoops’, ‘balls’, ‘bubbles’, ‘blocks’, ‘picnic set’ and more. There are 3 labels on an A4 page – 24 in total. Each one has a rainbow border and an accompanying illustration. This resource is a Word document and is fully editable. There are also 3 blank cards included for you to adapt to suit your setting.

Name Labels

30 name cards (6 on an A4 page), each with a mini beast illustration. They are editable (in a Word document) so that you can type the names of your children in. Create a display close to your door to outside and ask children to put their names up as they go out.

Outdoor Play Display

This resource contains 20 A5 cards showing different activities that children may take part in when playing outside. Each card has an illustration and matching red border. Also included is an A4 card asking "When you play outside, can you . . ?" Simply print the cards and laminate if you wish to. The cards are brightly coloured and could be used to create an instant display close to the outdoor area. They will also help to create meaningful environmental print for the children to refer to.

Numeracy Resources

Number Birds

A great way of encouraging numeral recognition – hide these 10 numbered birds in the trees and send your children ‘bird watching’.

Number Targets

This resource contains 20 cards showing numerals 1 – 20 on a red or blue background (2 on an A4 page). Perfect for aiming beanbags or balls at.

10 Green Bottles

Create an easy display in the numeracy area by hanging these 10 numbered green bottles. The first verse of the song is included, typed in green primary sassoon font.

Action Number Cards

Get moving and counting with a set of 6 ‘action’ cards. Each one asks the children to do a number of a certain movement e.g. ‘5 claps’, ‘1 stamp’. The actions are all phonically regular words. There are 3 cards on an A4 page.

Bike Number Plates

Give each bike and scooter its own number and encourage numeral recognition from 0 – 9. This resource contains 10 attractive yellow, ‘license plate’ style cards that could easily be attached using pipe cleaners or cable ties.

Parking Space Numbers

Children can match the number on their bike or scooter to their ‘reserved’ parking space using these numbered cards.

Number Flowers

9 daffodils (3 on an A4 page) each with a numeral in the centre of the flower.

Positional Language Cards

A useful resource to use when working with the children on obstacle courses and treasure hunts. There are 14 rainbow bordered cards each showing a different positional word.

Sock Number Line

Practice counting in twos with these cards showing pairs of socks. They would be good for pegging on a washing line. The cards also show numerals going up in twos.

Shape Cards

8 cards showing different 2-D shapes. The font used is comic sans and there are two cards on a page.

 Literacy/Role Play

Archaeology Role Play Pack

Come and be an archaeologist in the digging area. There are badges to print out, vocabulary cards showing the tools you may need and forms to record important finds.

Butterfly Letter Cards

Create a colourful display with these 26 alphabet cards, showing each letter in lower and upper case. There are 6 cards on an A4 page, ready for you to print and laminate.

Construction Role Play

Add some environmental print to the construction area with these signs, labels and vocabulary cards. There are 24 cards in total.

Phonic Action Words

Ask your children to use their phonic skills to use the letter cards to spell each of the actions shown on these A6 cards. Included are 6 illustrations of actions (clap, hop, jump, run, hit, splash) and 22 phoneme cards needed to spell them. I have used this activity on a washing line with my class.

Treasure Hunt

Set up a treasure hunt around the outdoor area with 9 colourful ‘clue’ cards. The cards read ‘Can you see a’ and then give the name of an object. Use them to make a trail from one object to another. Fantastic for practising reading reception high frequency words in context. 

Garden Area

Gardening Tool Vocabulary Cards

9 cards showing the name of a gardening tool and accompanying picture. There are 2 cards on an A4 page.

Growing Signs

A set of 8 signs to label growing areas with. Plant strawberries, bean, peas, carrots, flowers, potatoes, sunflowers and lettuces then mark each one with one of these illustrated cards.

Mini Beast Cards

10 illustrated cards (2 on an A4 page) each showing a different mini beast. The font used is primary sassoon. They would be ideal promote discussion and extend vocabulary.

Parts of a Flower

An A4 sheet showing a flower and six labels to place by different parts of the plant.

Parts of a Tree

4 colourful cards showing the main parts of a tree – trunk, branches, roots and leaves. 

Weather

Weather Clothes

3 cards asking ‘What do we wear when it’s sunny / it’s cold/ it rains? Around the question are labelled pictures of clothing and products.

Weather Rhyme Cards

5 brightly coloured A4 cards each with a rhyme associated with the weather. Included are ‘I hear Thunder’, Incey Wincey Spider’, ‘I Can Sing a Rainbow’ ‘Rain, Rain’ and ‘It’s Raining, It’s Pouring.  

Weather Words 

A great set of illustrated vocabulary cards showing different types of weather. They would be ideal to use as part of a daily weather display.

Also included on the CD is all the software needed to view the resources e.g. Adobe Reader. 

This item will be sent by first class post at no additional cost. 

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