This is a set of links for early years children. If there are pages that you use frequently and would be useful to other teachers please let me know and I will add them to this list. Carol.Rainbow@Oxfordshire.gov.uk  These links open into a new window - just close them to return to this page when you are finished.

http://foundation.e2bn.net/  ICT in the Foundation Stage website from Homerton Nursery outlining principles of using ICT in the Foundation Stage and planning ideas
Clipart Northumberland LEA
The Little Red Ship A talking story with worksheets for literacy and numeracy
Stepping stones and links to ICT This document is here by courtesy of Greenwich LEA ICT Team
More useful documents from the Greenwich site
Kent NGfL Early Years section
The under five's web site links, resources, activities
Sir Robert Hitcham’s Primary School Examples of links available on the site:  What ICT equipment that can be used in the classroom with the Foundation stages, and what we think of them. The progression of ICT through the Foundation Stage

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Pupil Activities

Interactive Flash files from the Crick software house
Birmingham Grid for Learning - Early Years Activity Centre: a collection of educational activities for the young.
The Northumberland Grid for Learning - Early Years section
Little Kids - The BBC site for young children, lots of colouring games and fun linked to CBBC
The Snaith School Web site- This is a primary school web site full of resources for younger children. The Tales of Europe, Snayfwickby Farm, Rainbow's Edge and seaside links are particularly useful.
Enchanted Learning Little Explorers activities
The Mouse Club - a superb collection of games and activities for young children.
The Boohbah Zone  - open ended activities for young children
Poisson Rouge - open ended activities for young children
The Little Animals Activity Centre - lots of educational activities for Foundation Stage children.
Bob the Builder  - print out membership cards, then play games
Fun with Spot  - includes Spot at a party, in the park, on the beach and down the farm - each with simple games and activities.
Peter Rabbit -  a lovely site with genuine Beatrix Potter pictures.
Hop Pop Town - A musical project ...
Count us in - Games designed to help children understand basic number concepts. Early years maths games, some better than others and a little small for children with poor mouse control, could be good on an IWB
ABC The Playground, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's site for children and their carers. The Playground has been designed to provide easy access to information about your favourite ABC Kids characters, TV programs and online games. There are even activities that you can do away from the computer too.
Father Christmas - visit the North Pole and Santa's workshop
Ladybird Fun and games
Cbeebies  The CBeebies website has a wide range of activities for pre-school, foundation and key stage one pupils.  Most of the activities are based around the TV characters; using these to develop stories, games and other activities.
Tweenies
Fimbles

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Stories

BBC Story Circle Cbeebies stories, and  suggestions
Infant Explorer - Meet Sebastian Swan, read his big books, join his literacy activities.
Storybooks online - Animated story books for all primary aged children.
Nursery Rhymes - Rebus Rhymes is designed for children who are learning how to read. Foundation Stage pupils enjoy picking out the words they can read in their favourite nursery rhymes. There is a lot more at this web site.