Create pictures on the sand with seaweed, shells, pebbles and other beach finds. Take pictures of your creations to print and display. Make marks or write your name in the sand. What shapes can you make? If you can’t get to a real beach most of these activities can also be done at the setting or home too, and remember activities can be adapted for children of all ages. Babies can simply enjoy exploring the feel of the sand, pebbles, driftwood, seaweed etc. 3. Make a mini beach Lucy and Tom at the Seaside– Follow Lucy and Tom’s adventures at the beach and enjoy Shirley Hughes’ delightful illustrations in this beautifully told story.

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Want some fun, free early years learning activities to do with your children that are linked to the EYFS areas of learning? Look no further! These Kinderly activities are intended to inspire early years practitioners with ideas based on children’s existing interests and fascinations or to ignite the spark of new ones. Next time you go to the beach can you build a sandcastle? Can you make some model flags for your sandcastle? Verse 1 : they hold hands in a long line. The child at the end (Arch) holds one hand against a wall to make an arch; the child at the other end is Leader. As they sing the first verse (repeating as often as necessary), Leader leads the line through the Arch. When Arch goes under his or her own arm, he or she twists round with arms crossed. Leader then takes the line through the arch formed between Arch and his or her partner, and so on. This continues until all the children have twisted round and crossed arms. Leader then crosses arms and joins hands with Arch to form a ring. Pro tip: Topics should not be followed slavishly; they need to meet the needs and reflect the interests of the children first and foremost. Practitioners should feel able to dip in and out of the ideas provided, extending and adapting them to suit the children in their settings. 1. Talk to your children about holidays This simple idea is always a loved one! Simply hide shells and other beach treasures in the sand for children to find and sort.She also collaborated with her daughter, Clara Vulliamy, on the Dixie O'Day series; which saw Shirley with an illustrator for the first time with Shirley writing the text and Clara creating the illustrations. Wibbly Pig Likes to Have Fun– Wibbly Pig visits the beach and learns that surprises can be scary but also fun and that dropping ice cream can be sad. Areas of learning: Communication & language | Personal, social and emotional development | Literacy | Understanding the world

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Can you make your own junk model boat? Does it float? Can you add a sail and blow it to make it go? Shirley Hughes was born in West Kirby, near Liverpool, in 1927, and studied fashion and dress design at Liverpool Art School, before continuing her studies at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art in Oxford. She started her career as a freelance illustrator in London, illustrating other writers' work, including Noel Streatfeild, Alison Uttley, Ian Seraillier and notably Dorothy Edwards's My Naughty Little Sister series.Can you make your own ice lollies or ice-cream. Tinned fruit makes delicious lollies. If you don’t have any lolly moulds just use a plastic cup. Try out the ice-cream recipe below. Areas of learning: Mathematics | Personal, social and emotional development | Literacy | Understanding the world | Expressive arts and design Missing number worksheets to fill in the numbers on the sandcastles plus blank versions for you to add your own numbers Help the children to clap with a steady beat. Once they are familiar with the song they could try the traditional game (it works best if adults are Arch and Leader).