Sarah

Take a peak into the night time with animals that prefer the dark. I used to work as a zoo keeper and learnt lots of information about big animals, when I left the zoo I worked for the RSPCA. I helped sick and injured animals to get better and then could release them back to their owners or back to the wild. AnimalTastic has been going now for 9 years and I love my job. I visit schools, nurseries and care homes teaching people about animals. Today I am going to help you learn a lot about two animals that move in different ways. We will then try to see if we can move like them and we are going to make those animals with an art project.

http://www.animal-tastic.co.uk

Sarah

My name is Sarah and I am a teacher and children’s author.

I love Halloween. It’s a fun time when you can dress up, put decorations up and play games. Today I have put together some activities for you using the theme of Halloween.

Are you ready for some fun activities?

I know I am. Let’s go!

Gemma Everson

Gemma Everson and her little witches join us today for a spooktastic Witches Grotto Day!

Hello, my name is Gemma Everson and I am a children’s author, a teacher and also a mum.

My girls and I love having fun around this time of year, dressing up as our favourite spooky characters. Today we will be having lots of fun making spells, potions and dressing up as witches. Don’t forget your broomsticks!

Jude Lennon

Hello children, Jude, Lamby and Flossie would like to welcome you to a very exciting day. Today we are having an Enchanted Forest Day! We've got lots of fun activities planned so come and join in.

Let's take a look inside Flossie's toadstool and see what we'll be doing today. We'll be going for a walk, collecting some enchanting objects, making a mobile and lots of other exciting things. If you want to dress up you can. 

Sarah Griffiths

My name is Sarah and I am a children’s author. I am so excited to share this day with you all. We are going to start the day by making some salt-dough decorations. Next, we will be making some delicious pumpkin face fairy cakes. Then we will be carving our pumpkin and getting creative with some face painting too. We will be finishing the day with my brand new Halloween story ‘The Witches Brew’.

Sue Wickstead

Sue Wickstead is a children’s author and writes children’s picture books. Sue was once involved with a Playbus play project, which is the inspiration behind many of her picture books.

(Her books will always have a bus included somewhere)

She also likes playing with Lego.

Do you?

Libby

My name is Libby and I have worked with children for many years. I love sharing my rhyming stories and songs. Today I am going to share my story about a Pebble who is a bit unhappy. This is an original story about a Pebble who lives on a beach in Cornwall. Something extremely exciting happens to her, so look out for the story coming up in our first activity.

There will be two songs that you can learn today

and some fun activities to help your child relate to the story and to textures and sounds.

Jude Lennon

Hello children, Jude, Lamby and Flossie would like to welcome you to Take One Picture Day. All our activities today will be inspired by a lovely picture which was given to Jude. We've got lots of fun activities planned so come and join in.

This lovely picture of a girl with foxes was given to Jude by her brother Lenny. We're going to use the picture as a base for our activities today. We'll be using our imaginations, dressing up, counting hats and scarves and playing a game.

Georgie Coram

My name is Georgie and I am here to take you on a fun-filled day of learning about self-esteem! By the end of the day I want you to feel like you can speak confidently and clearly about all of the amazing things that make you, YOU and why you are so awesome in your own special way!

Jude Lennon

Hello children, Jude, Lamby and Flossie would like to welcome you to 'Harvest Day'. We've got lots of fun activities planned so come and join in.

Today we're going to learn all about Harvest. This is a special time of year when we gather in crops, fruits and vegetables to make sure we have enough to eat over the winter. We'll hear some stories, sing songs, make a fruit salad and sort the shopping. It's going to be a lovely day.

Emma Mccalla John

Hi my name is Emma, I’m really happy to be with you today at EYFS Home. I’m a teacher and an artist who loves doing fun arts and craft activities. Today’s activities are all about Mother’s Day. People who look after us are so special to us, they might be our mums or dad’s or other special people in our lives who we like to give lovely gifts too. So why not join in and make someone’s day really special.

Georgie Coram

My name is Georgie and I am a dancer. Today we are having a fun filled day learning about Spring. We will be doing some fun craft activities, planting some seeds and dancing too.

Sarah Griffiths

My name is Sarah and I am a children’s author. Today I am going to be sharing my magical flying adventure ‘Douglas’s Trousers.’ We will be designing our own magical flying trousers, making a magic recipe and creating a magic potion too. To finish the day, I will be sharing another special adventure for our bedtime story, called ‘Douglas Saves the Forest.’

Becky Frew

Becky is a singer and dancer from Scotland and today she is joining us for our Weather Day. Today she will be taking us through a fun filled day of arts and crafts, creativity & musicality. This will help us to learn all about the different types of weather, and the fun we can have with it, Becky is so excited to get started with us all today, and nothing will rain on our parade today!

Freya and Lois

Join Lois and Freya for a fun day learning all about World Water Day! We are going to be looking at why water is so important in life and showing you some fun activities you can do with water at home.

Georgie Coram

My name is Georgie and I am a dancer. Today we are having a fun filled day learning about our five senses! We will be doing some fun craft activities and using our sense of taste and smell. I can’t wait to get started.

Lois Davis

Hello children, it’s lovely to meet you all! I’m Lois, and I write fun stories for children about being kind. There’s someone here who is very kind and he’s asking to meet you all! Here’s Mincemeat the cat! He has lots of adventures with Great-Grandma! Today, you’re going to hear all about his latest adventure and we’re going to be doing some fun activities from the story! See you soon for the STORY!

Rachel Dunn

My name is Rachel from Music Minors based in Shropshire. Today I am joined by my daughters Matilda and Tallulah and we are going to be learning all about road safety. We will be learning a song to help you remember the important rules to cross the road. We will be playing and creating our own roads with our toys and making a safety poster too.

Georgie Coram

My name is Georgie and I am a dancer. Today we are having a fun filled forest school day, learning about nature! We are going to be exploring our local area and collecting natural objects. We will be learning about plants and the names associated with the different parts of a plant. There will be lots of creative activities too.

Rachel Dunn

My name is Rachel and I have my own musical company called Music Minors. Today we are going to explore British wild animals. We will be talking about the animals we can see in the British countryside, making pictures, masks and going on an animal hunt too.