FESTIVAL FUN FOR THE EARLY YEARS introduces a range of multicultural celebrations into the Foundation Stage setting. Share two Hindu festivals with the children in your setting. Create a display of paper mehndi hands, make festive fudge cubes and practise Divali dance and exercise. Ideas for Holi include making paper flower garlands, creating a spring garden in a box and holding your own colour party.

 

This book is part of a book series called Festival Fun For the Early Years .

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 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2004 by Scholastic .

Meg Jones is an early years consultant and NVQ Assessor. She has previously been a Playgroup and Childminding Adviser, a Lecturer in Community Care and Manager of Early Childhood Services for Leicester City Council. She has had books published by Ginn and How To Books and has had many articles published in magazines such as Nursery World and Nursery Education.