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🌱🌎 Happy Earth Day! 🌎🌱 Let’s celeb

🌱🌎 Happy Earth Day! 🌎🌱

Let’s celebrate our beautiful planet and teach our little ones the importance of taking care of it. 🌿💚

#earthday #lovetheearth #natureinspired #earlyyears #sustainableliving #saveourplanet 🌍 #yellowdooreducation #yellowdoorplay

This Earth Day, let’s celebrate and protect our

This Earth Day, let’s celebrate and protect our planet’s most precious creatures - starting with The Elephant Family 🐘

Part of our beautifully illustrated, double-sided Endangered Animals set, these wooden figures open up meaningful conversations with children about nature, conservation, and the importance of caring for all living things.

Perfect for small world play, storytelling, and sparking curiosity about the animals we share our world with. Let’s inspire the next generation of planet protectors - one playtime at a time.

#earthday #endangered animals #elephantfamily #smallworldplay #climateawareness #natureplay #learningthroughplaying #earlyyears #eyfs #preschoollearning #woodentoys #education #sustainableplay #childhoodmatters

How delightful is this bird-themed sensory play se

How delightful is this bird-themed sensory play setup by • @the_new_forest_nest?

A beautiful invitation to explore nature, spark curiosity, and learn all about our feathered friends! From textures to tiny nests, every detail encourages little hands and minds to observe, imagine, and discover.

A wonderful way to bring the outdoors in and inspire early years learning through play!

#sensoryplay #sensoryplayideas #birdplaytray #learningthroughplay #inspiretheirearlyyears #inspiretheirworldthroughplay #preschoolactivities #homeschoolfun #eyfsideas #yellowdooreducation #inspiretheirplaytoday

Happy Easter from all of us at Yellow Door Educati

Happy Easter from all of us at Yellow Door Education!
Wishing you a joyful day filled with play, discovery, and a little sprinkle of Easter magic!

Here’s to egg hunts, bunny hops, and lots of learning through play this springtime!

#happyeaster❤️ #earlyyears #learningthroughplay #springplayideas #easteractivities #yellowdooreducation

Just look at this beautifully inviting setup by @l

Just look at this beautifully inviting setup by @lotti_makes – the perfect space for little ones to explore letter recognition and begin building their first words through play. Whether it’s tracing letters in the sand or stamping out names and simple words, this kind of hands-on learning is where magic happens!

Play-based literacy that’s tactile, creative, and full of wonder? Yes, please!

#alphabet #letterrecognition #words #firstwords #sandtray #sensorytray #trayplay #playtime #outdoorplay #playbasedlearning #playathome #earlylearning #literacythroughplay #yellowdooreducation

Ocean in a Bowl: A Magical Sensory Experience! 🌊🐚💙

Dive into the wonders of the deep blue with this Ocean in a Bowl play setup. Featuring our beautiful Rustic Pourers and Fossils.

Children are naturally drawn to water play, and when you add in the textures and mystery of fossils, it sparks endless questions and storytelling. “What creature lived in this shell?” “Is this from a dinosaur?” The possibilities are as vast as the sea!

Perfect for:
• Open-ended exploration
• STEM-inspired curiosity
• Language and storytelling development
• Soothing, mindful play

A simple setup with BIG learning potential!

#yellowdooreducation #earlyyearseducation #learningthroughplay #ocean #fossils #sensoryplayideas
#invitationtoplay #ourlittleworldofplay #openendedplayideas #earlyyearswonders #funthemed_activities #easypeasyplay #adventure #outdoorlearning #earlyyears #openendedplay

Explore an enchanting underwater world with this s

Explore an enchanting underwater world with this small world scene kit, perfect for creating an ocean habitat. Ideal for outdoor storytelling, sand, and water play.

Kit includes: Little Lands Ocean, Ocean Play Scenery Stones, and Play Cave.

#yellowdooreducation #earlyyears #oceanplay #ecofriendlyearlyyears #sustainabletoys #eyfs #newresources #storytelling #smallworldplaykit #sensoryresources #smallworld #versatile #pretendplay

🐸🌿Five Frogs on a Log🌿🐸 This engaging

🐸🌿Five Frogs on a Log🌿🐸

This engaging, double-sided resource is perfect to help young learners develop a strong grounding and understanding of numbers to five. The frogs and log are blank on one side to develop children’s early number sense, enhancing their cardinal understanding of numbers one to five, as well as developing their counting skills.

On the reverse side, dot patterns on each frog and numerals 1–5 on the log base are revealed, facilitating the teaching of matching and ordering, counting up and counting down. Children will enjoy playing problem-solving games to work out what’s missing or what’s wrong based on the order and position of the frogs.

Ideal for extending mathematical learning and language through play, children will delight in singing the popular song Five Little Speckled Frogs whilst actively jumping each frog from the log into the cool pool!

#counting #maths #numeracy #nurseryrhymes #eyfs #eyfsideas #eyfsteacher #eyfsinspiration #earlyyears #earlylearning #earlyyearsideas #earlyyearsteacher #preschool #preschoolteacher #playbasedlearning #learningthroughplay #numerals #yellowdooreducation #mathematics #homeschool #homelearning

Easter Dough Eggs 🍃🌸 Our Rustic Pourers mak

Easter Dough Eggs 🍃🌸

Our Rustic Pourers make the perfect egg shapes - don’t you think?
A fun, colourful, and creative way to celebrate Easter! Ideal for little hands to roll, shape, and explore through sensory play.

#easter #egg #yellowdooreducation #eastervibes #yellowdoorplay

Spring Bird Tray Play 🪹🌿🐦 Created by the

Spring Bird Tray Play 🪹🌿🐦
Created by the wonderful • @teachingbythemountains

A sweet little setup for your bird-loving explorers — perfect extension for spotting feathered friends, building nests, and letting imaginations take flight! Ideal for curious minds who love to bird watch and get hands-on with nature-inspired play.

#sensoryplay #toddleractivities #sensorylearning #yellowdooreducation #kidssensoryplay #smallworldplay #invitationtoplay #birdlovers

A little garden magic in our play today! Butterfly

A little garden magic in our play today! Butterfly 🦋🌼
The Butterflies and Flower Sensory Stones made the perfect addition to our nature-inspired setup. We added them to a sensory tray with soil and natural loose parts, and the children were instantly drawn to their beautiful textures and patterns.

They loved pressing them into the soil to make prints, matching butterflies to flowers, and chatting about what they might find in a real garden. These kinds of open-ended resources always spark the best conversations - about lifecycles, seasons, and the little creatures we see outside.

Such a lovely way to slow down and explore the natural world through play.

#butterflygarden #sensoryplay #eyfs #natureplay #outdoorlearning #imaginativeplay #springvibes☀️ #earlyyears #learningthroughplay #playmatters #looseparts #mudkitchen #yellowdoorplay #yellowdooreducation

Little green thumbs at work! 🍃🤗 We’re cele

Little green thumbs at work! 🍃🤗
We’re celebrating Garden Day with this absolutely gorgeous gardening tinker tray by • @rainbowmama2tots - a perfect invitation to dig, explore, and grow those early STEM skills!

From tiny tools to pretend soil and vegetable stones, this setup encourages children to explore the magic of planting, while building fine motor skills, vocabulary, and a love for nature. It’s a wonderful way to introduce conversations about how things grow, what plants need, and how we care for living things.

Open-ended play like this not only supports early science understanding, but also sparks curiosity, storytelling, and imaginative play. Watch as your little ones become gardeners, farmers, or even flower fairies - anything is possible in play!

Happy Garden Day! Let the growing and learning flourish.

#gardenday #earlyyearsplay #littlegreenthumbs #openendedplay #stemforkids #learningthroughplay #natureplay #sensoryplay #toddleractivities #eyfs #preschoolplay #springplay #playmatters #sustainableplay #educationaltoys #woodentoys #kidsactivities #tinkertray #playbasedlearning #YellowDoorPlay #yellowdooreducation

🌊🌲✨Set the scene of your small world play

🌊🌲✨Set the scene of your small world play with our collection of play habitats! These versatile resources can be used alongside imaginative play figures and natural materials to create enticing landscapes. Made from a stone/resin mix they are suitable for use in mud, soil, sand, grass and water!

#smallworldplay #smallworldplayideas #earlylanguagedevelopment #yellowdooreducation #eyfs #yellowdoorplay #eyfsideas #learningthroughplay #earlylanguageskills #imaginativeplay #imagination

Creating your own DIY Recycled Number Stacker is n

Creating your own DIY Recycled Number Stacker is not only a fun and creative project, but also a brilliant way to support early number learning through hands-on, eco-friendly play! It’s a fantastic blend of sustainability, education, and imagination - perfect for little learners who love to build and explore.

Of course, for those who prefer a beautifully crafted, ready-made option, our Natural Number Stacker (1–10) is ideal. Made from FSC-certified beech wood, it’s thoughtfully designed to support early maths skills while staying kind to the planet.

Whether you go DIY or choose our sustainable version, both are wonderful tools for encouraging counting, stacking, sorting, and number recognition.

Video credit: @harrylouisadventures

#earlymaths #numberplay #sustainabilityforkids #learnthroughplay #eyfsideas #preschoolmath #naturalplay #handsonlearning #ecotoys #yellowdoor #yellowdoorplay #yellowdooreducation #montessoriathome #fscwood #recycledplay #numeracyfun

“Look inside!” – A world of learning on whee

“Look inside!” – A world of learning on wheels!
Our Look Inside Community Vehicles Wooden Play Set is perfect for curious little minds who love to explore how things work.

Children naturally start asking questions:
“Who uses this?”
“What’s that inside?”
“Where does it go?”

It’s a fantastic opportunity for language development, role play, and problem-solving. Why not add some magnifying glasses your setup and watch the children become mini investigators—spotting buttons, seats, ladders, and tools. So many details to spark those “why?” and “how?” conversations!

It’s small world play with BIG learning benefits.

#smallworldplay #playbasedlearning #invitationtoplay #vehicles #eyfs #eyfsideas #eyfsteacher #earlyyears #preschoollearning #lookclosely #magnifyingglassplay #roleplay #curiosityledlearning #yellowdoorplay #yellowdooreducation

How exciting does this Dino Dig Sensory Tray look

How exciting does this Dino Dig Sensory Tray look by @spire.kids?

Packed with texture, imagination, and a whole lot of prehistoric fun, it’s the perfect way to explore with our Dig and Discover sets. Whether they’re brushing away sand, uncovering fossils, or creating their own dinosaur world, little learners are diving into sensory play and early science in the most hands-on way.

#sensoryplay #dinosaurplay #messyplay #kidsactivities #outdoorfun #earlylearning #invitationtoplay #yellowdooreducation #yellowdoorplay

Our sorting tray has been a huge hit - designed to

Our sorting tray has been a huge hit - designed to encourage counting, sorting, and sparking those little “aha!” moments with nature treasures! It’s perfect for exploring colours, textures, sizes, and shapes in a really hands-on way. The tray makes it easy to collect, carry, and come back to whenever inspiration strikes.

📸 @mylittlegirltribe

#loosepartsplay #yellowdooreducation #yellowdoorplay #tinkertrayplay #natureplay #earlylearning #openendedplay #invitationtoplay #outdoorlearning #countingfun #curiouskids

🌿🌸 Kick off your Easter adventure with a mag

🌿🌸 Kick off your Easter adventure with a magical fizz using magic mud! 🌿🌸

Have you ever tried this fascinating experiment? It’s a wonderful opportunity for children to discover science and explore.

You can opt for mud alone, or add a dash of colour by mixing equal parts of bicarbonate soda with colourful sand or powdered paint. Then, using pipettes, add white vinegar to strengthen those fine motor skills ☺️

Let the magical fizzing begin!

🎥 @little_wise_owls_childminding

#yellowdooreducation #earlyyearsoutdoors #yellowdoorplay #1000hoursoutside #magicofchildhood #mudkitchen #sensorytray #naturalplay #natureplay #naturelovers #earlyyearseducation #learningthroughplay #playwithnature #nature

Happy National Siblings Day! Today we’re celebr

Happy National Siblings Day!

Today we’re celebrating the special bonds between brothers, sisters, and all those who feel like family. These beautifully simple play people are perfect for exploring what family means to each child - whether it’s big siblings, little ones, cousins, or chosen family.

Through open-ended play, children can create their own family stories, act out everyday moments, and explore emotions and relationships in a way that’s meaningful to them. It’s a lovely way to support empathy, connection, and early social skills - all through the power of play.

#nationalsiblingsday❤️ #earlyyearsplay #yellowdooreducation #yellowdoorplay #family❤️ #openendedplay #smallworldplay #eyfs #learningthroughplay

How cool is this idea from • @keepingthecraziesb

How cool is this idea from • @keepingthecraziesbusy?

Freezing your sensory stones is such a fun twist on play—perfect for sunny days and a brilliant way to spark conversations about melting, temperature, and states of matter. Add some warm water, tools, fizz or a little salt, and let the investigating begin!

Science + sensory + summer = endless fun!

#summerplay #sensoryplayideas #frozenplay #waterplayforkids #earlylearningfun #simpleplayideas #yellowdoorplay #yellowdooreducation

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