bookish EYFS activities✨

Autumn - Little Moons Library on Instagram: "APPLE PIE🍎 . This activity is entirely inspired by @ourplaydaze - thank you!🥰 I set up this sensory tray filled with oats, cinnamon sticks and dried apples for Luna to pretend play with. Luna loves turning any activity into kitchen role play so this was right up her street. She loved scooping, pouring, mixing and making dinner for her babies. I left this out for a few days as she was really enjoying it! . 🥧 jar tray is from @drawmelincoln 🥧 playdo

Autumn - Little Moons Library on Instagram: “MOLE HILL🐾🌿 . I’m back from my holiday and we are straight back into play! Todays set up is inspired by Julia Donaldson’s newest addition…”

Autumn - Little Moons Library on Instagram: "STRAWBERRY JAM🍓 . We went strawberry picking last week and decided to make some jam! . Luna helped me slice the strawberries and mix them with sugar and lemon juice. While I brought it to a boil, Luna played with this breakfast role play . Luna loves role play activities so she spent ages with this one! I popped some lovely scented play dough into our jar tray as jam, then gave Luna some cardboard bread (sealed with mod podge) and a DIY toaster so...

Autumn - Little Moons Library on Instagram: "STICKMAN STORY BASKET 🪵 . Do you class stickman as a Christmas book? We tend to read it a lot more during the festive season! . I haven’t done a story basket for a while so I set this one up for Luna using our stunning stickman inspired resources! I also made a stickman out of cardboard to use as a prop while we read the story. Luna enjoyed exploring the basket, she used the crayons to draw her own version of stickman, organised the slices into...

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Autumn - Little Moons Library on Instagram: "LEMONADE 🍋 . The perfect treat on these hot summer days is homemade lemonade! . Luna and I made lemonade from scratch! Keep an eye out for a reel on how we did it👀 . While we were waiting for our syrup to cool, I set this sensory activity up for Luna to explore. I put some lemon scented yellow rice into a tray and gave Luna some scoops, cups and a lemon ice cube tray to pretend to make her own lemonade . 🍋 Wooden jar tray is from DrawMe Lincoln 🍋

Autumn - Little Moons Library on Instagram: "PENGUIN FEED & FILL 🐟🐧 . Luna loves to know what different animals eat so I set this table up so we could talk about penguins and what they eat! I created a sensory puzzle table insert from cardboard and encouraged Luna to fill each space with the correct colours. Luna also used the magnetic wand to go fishing for the pipe cleaner fish to feed to the Penguin! . 💙 Magnetic wand from @the.future.image - - - - #bookplaybingo - winter #playinjanuary...

Autumn - Little Moons Library on Instagram: "SHARKS 🦈 . Today is #sharkawarenessday so the perfect time to prompt conversations on keeping our oceans clean! . I made this shark cardboard insert for our flisat table with some cardboard fish and cardboard rubbish. I encouraged Luna to feed the shark with food that is good for him, as we discussed the rubbish that isn’t good for him! . 🦈 Lanka Kade shark, Tickit cascade, colour panel and loose parts are from TFI (tagged in photo) - use code...

Autumn - Little Moons Library on Instagram: "SUNFLOWER ART🌻 . Continuing on with some sunflower play, we looked at the infamous Van Gogh and his sunflower painting. I set up this invitation to create for Luna and we had so much fun painting, gluing, colouring and making sunflowers out of playdough! Swipe to see her finished artwork! . 🌻 Wooden sunflower from DrawMe Lincoln 🌻 YD rollers and flower tray and Kinfolk Pantry sunflower cutter is from TFI 🌻 Yellow playdough is from Hello Playdough

Autumn - Little Moons Library on Instagram: "GEESE MIGRATION🪶 . Have you heard the honk of the geese as they fly to warmer climes? Luna has been asking what is making that noise so I thought I’d set up a Canadian goose activity! I made a sensory puzzle with Luna enjoyed filling with beans, chickpeas and kernels. We also spoke about how they fly in a V formation which Luna demonstrated with her hands! We paired this play with our Slow Down book and A Year in the Wild book (which we’ve had out...

Autumn - Little Moons Library on Instagram: "HOUSE PLANTS 🪴 . We were kindly gifted the book My First Book of House Plants and it is such an adorable little read! It provides the cutest illustrations and information about caring for some popular plants that are perfect for indoor spaces. Luna loves the snake plant and the teddy bear vines! . I’ve been ill with tonsillitis this week and in need of rest so I quickly put together this activity to pair with our book. Using our green play dough...

Autumn - Little Moons Library on Instagram: "WEATHER 🌧 . What’s the weather like today? The Weather Girls takes you through the different seasons and the different types of weather you might experience! Luna and I have been talking about the weather recently. So when we received this book, I knew this fun playdough set up would go down a treat. I wanted to take the mirror outside but of course it was raining so we did it indoors instead. Luna really enjoyed talking about the different types...

Autumn - Little Moons Library on Instagram: "DRAGONFLY🪷 . Dragonflies are one of my favourite insects so when I saw this board I just knew I had to get it! I gave Luna the board alongside some dyed salt for Luna to fill. She enjoyed scooping and sweeping them into place and telling me the colours. Then we used some of our flower crayons to colour in our dragonfly printable from @raising_dinos as we read some facts about them! . 🪷 Brands are tagged in the photo (use code LUNA10)🪷...