They're based in convenient locations including supermarkets, newsagents and train stations. Plus they're often open late and on Sundays.

These monster activities for EYFS are perfect when planning a monster-related theme or topic. Perhaps you are thinking of holding a themed day in your setting, in which everyone dresses as a monster! You could even link the monster theme to an entertaining book to read as a whole class. Whichever way you plan to use our monster activities in EYFS, we're sure your own little monsters will love this captivating theme. Other fantastic Twinkl resources: If you needed an excuse to buy more potato chips, here it is! After all, once you pop, the fun just doesn't stop! Now, the fun can continue for your entire school year! FUN GAME: The Floor is Lava; is a game where players must imagine the floor is molten hot lava while spinning the color wheel to jump to the right foam pieces to reach safety. The Floor is Lava! is a family game that promotes physical activity, an active imagination, and engaging excitement for kids and adults KIM: But cats and bats aren’t the same? One’s a cute fluffy thing that sleeps all day and the other one’s a bat that flies at night turns into a vampire! PROMOTES PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: This game gets children jumping, leaping, playing, and improving their strength, conditioning, balance, and endurance! Each of these cushioned, durable, slip-resistant foam stepping stones can be used during outdoor parties or indoor sleepoversThere are 7 areas of learning within the statutory framework for the early years foundation stage. These are separated into 'prime areas' and 'specific areas'. This month, we were sent Monster Splat to play with, a game by Ravensburger that requires a little bit of coordination and skill, but is a lot of fun at the same time!

Splats of different colors must have different values. Splats of the same color must have the same value.) With family game nights being a firm favourite when it comes to things we like doing of an evening, it’s becoming a challenge to find new games to play. Don’t get me wrong, there are several games that we play time and time again, or ones that are always at the top of T’s suggestion list if given the choice. But, sometimes, we don’t fancy playing tumbling monkeys four times in a row.

I would treasure hearing about your experiences using Splat! to promote number sense in your classroom!

The game is really easy to learn, and because of it’s fast pace, most games last between 10 minutes (if you’re truly skilled) and 20 minutes – perfect for after school. I imagine if there are more players or those with less tuned coordination it’ll take longer. That being said, I’m not the most coordinated person (I broke my foot getting changed once) and after a few minutes practising I was able to snatch a few cards.

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Items that are not available in store will take 3-5 working days (excluding weekends and bank holidays) to be delivered to your nominated store. Splat! games are relatively easy to prep. You will need a tall cylindrical tower. It works best with a potato chip can! The only hurdle was when we’re all going for the same piece – which will happen – resulting in a few tangled pieces. It didn’t take long to untangle ourselves, however a four year old isn’t the most gentle of creatures when trying to untangle jelly from jelly, meaning we often had to grab T’s slime hand from him. I don’t know how durable the ‘slime’ is, but we were weren’t willing to test it out! DAD: Not quite, but very close! You see its all about that end bit of the word. Car… Star… Can you hear that ’ar’ sound? Whereas hair ends in an ’air’ sound. ’Ar’, ’Air’, ’Car’, ’Hair’. Can you hear the difference? GREAT PLAY: This great game is best with 2 to 6 players who are ages 5 years old and up. Boys and girls alike will enjoy this game which comes with 25 colored foam “safety stones”, 27 challenge cards, game spinner, and instructions

It takes a few swings to get the hang of the game, and even more to perfect your timing, so this original game is a real money maker. With a little teasing you’ll soon have all the lads and the dads trying to prove their sporting skills, and with a little more sneaky showmanship you can get the girls involved too try and show the men how it’s done. Before you know it, you’ll have people queuing up to take a swing, sending your takings flying upwards as fast as the monster flies down. DAD: Very good guys! You’re all right, Sun, run and bun all rhyme. Now Kim, I hope you’ve got enough of that bun to share! Our lovely monster resources range from engaging monster-themed PowerPoint presentations, monster display items for your setting, monster-related EYFS planning, and even a monster-themed recipe! There are also the high-quality and beautifully illustrated resources, designed to target specific skills, that you've come to expect from Twinkl.DAD: Well, the rhyming game is a great game that teaches us to listen carefully to sounds. The challenge is to find two words that sound really alike, like cat… and bat!