This Little Book is packed with a wealth of ideas for using everyday kitchen items to promote young children's communication, investigation and problem solving skills. With rich and purposeful opportunities for critical thinking, predicting and estimating each activity links to EYFS learning and development. From Puddle Power - making puddles disappear using plungers and sponges, to Squeeze and Squirt - exploring and measuring distances, squirty patterns and the power of different liquids using meat basters!

 

This book is part of a book series called Little Books .

This book is at the foundation stage (early years) of the key stage system. The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) covers children from birth to age 5 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

There are 80 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC .

Amy Arnold has taught across the primary phase, predominantly in Early Years and Key Stage One. She has held a variety of roles including Deputy Headteacher, Acting Headteacher and Local Authority Early Years Consultant. Amy is currently teaching at the University of Cambridge, inspiring trainee teachers on the Early Years and Primary PGCE. Amy is passionate about making young children's learning meaningful, purposeful and irresistible.