Early Years
Foundation stage
Guidance for ICT in the foundation stage from NGfL
http://curriculum.becta.org.uk/docserver.php?docid=2666
Early Years
Guidance for ICT in the Early Years from NGfL
http://curriculum.becta.org.uk/docserver.php?docid=2665
MAPE - supporting the Early Learning Goals
ICT in the foundation stage suggestions with Web links from MAPE
http://www.mape.org.uk/curriculum/earlyyears/foundation_ict.htm
Robert Hitchams School
Robert Hitchams School Suffolk ideas and resources for Foundation ICT
http://www.hitchams.suffolk.sch.uk/foundation/index.htm
The British Association for Early Childhood Education
http://www.early-education.org.uk/
Early Years Online
Learning and Teaching Scotland supporting early years care and education
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/earlyyears/
Under 5's
A site for all working with Early Years children with resources, ideas, e-mail discussion and links to important sites.
Lovely photographs in the Pre-school themes: autumn, harvest festival, minibeasts and spring.
http://www.under5s.co.uk/
Camelsdale School
Useful curriculum PowerPoint activities to download from Veronica Carter and colleagues
http://www.camelsdale.w-sussex.sch.uk/teach_with_ict2.asp?
The BBC Education site
Search for Little Animals Activity Centre, Words and Pictures, Tweenies and Teletubbies to start with.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/schools/
BBC Teletubbies
It’s a BBC site so plenty to use in a clear format.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/teletubbies/
Cbeebies
Lots of fun interactive ideas to support the planned delivery of the Foundation Stage Early Learning Goals.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/
Storybook website
A site based on popular children’s stories by authors Scoular Anderson, Debi Gliori, Mairi Hedderwick and Frank Rodgers For ages 5-8.
The site contains a range of interactive activities s well as audio and video of the authors talking about their books.
http://www.ltscotland.com/storybook/#
Number time
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/numbertime/index.shtml
Sebastian Swan
The home of Sebastian Swan !!
Big books on line from Kent
http://www.sebastianswan.org.uk/
Sebastian and numeracy
http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/numeracy-explorer/index.html
Titch
A page to support the TV program
http://www.titch.net/
Chateaux Meddybemps
Lively interactive activities to support mouse control and
promote lots of talk between children and the practitioner.
http://www.meddybemps.com/
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Children can read, play with and even e-mail the author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
http://www.eric-carle.com/
The Dr Seuss site
http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/
Fun with Spot
The Spot page has many traditional foundation activities on screen and interactive
http://www.funwithspot.com/house.asp?locale=UK
BooWakWala
Bright, bold and cheerful activities with lots to talk about and lots of decision making but be aware that it is a shopping page too.
http://boowakwala.com
Enchanted Learning
Not to be missed, an enormous selection of activities and resources
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/categories/preschool.shtml
Early Birds Music
Includes music for Early Years.
http://www.earlybirdsmusic.com/
Red Yellow Blue
Allowing young children and those with special needs to explore colour – a delight. Part of the Access Art Site.
http://www.accessart.org.uk/colour/
The BoohBah site
A wonderful site with lots of simple cause and effect activities.
Click on an object on the page and another activity opens.
Lots of mouse clicking, colour matching playing with sounds.
A spin off from television.
http://www.boohbah.com/zone.html
Sebran
Colourful pictures, pleasant music and gentle games teach letters, numbers, simple math, and rudiments of reading.
http://www.aw.nu/Sebran/index_eng.asp
The Mouse Club
Lots of useful games activities and adult help.
http://www.themouseclub.co.uk/
Weather Teddy
From the Anglia Campus site
http://www.angliacampus.com/tour/pri/geog/weathert/index.htm
Thomas the Tank Engine
http://www.thomasthetankengine.com
Ranvilles Infant School
Ideas and activities, including downloadable 'games', very useful
http://www.hants.gov.uk/school/ranvilles/ranvilles2/index.htm
Poison Rouge
A wonderful site for early years children, lively and exciting with such a range of activities supporting all areas of the foundation curriculum
http://www.poissonrouge.com
Local Grids
Birmingham Grid
For Learning – a good range of early years activities.
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/4.cfm
Kent NGfL
Ideas for reception teachers
http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/earlyict/index.htm
Northern Grid for Learning
http://www.northerngrid.org/ngflwebsite/eyears.htm
Lewisham
Ideas for ICT and art activities.
http://ecs.lewisham.gov.uk/intict/artactivity.htm