At the Seaside: EYFS / Early Years Activities, Displays and Ideas
🏖️ Pack your bags and head to the coast with our exciting 'At the Seaside' early years resources! From our welcoming 'Seaside' Banner and essential Word Cards and Word Mat to a handy 'Seaside' Checklist, we have everything you need to bring the beach to your setting. Dive into 'Beach School' activities with fascinating Rockpool Wildlife Fact Cards, engaging Mindfulness Scavenger Hunt Sheets, and creative 'Design a Shell' Multimats. Explore the joys of summer with our 'I Spy Count & Choose - Summer' activities, set up a delightful Ice Cream Shop Role Play Pack, and enjoy hands-on learning with Ice Cream Counting Playdough Mats. Plus, discover resources for learning about UK coastal habitats, sun safety, and even themed Display Lettering to brighten your learning space. Get ready for a wave of seaside fun! 🍦
Please scroll down to browse our At the Seaside themed activity ideas, printable educational materials, planning inspiration, display resources, classroom & setting management tools and much more! If you’re looking for Preschool, Nursery, Childminder, Reception, SEND or Home Education resources for 0-7 year olds, you’ve come to the right place! Our interactive and engaging EYFS and KS1 learning resources are lovingly made (including original hand drawn images) by early years teaching and learning experts; a husband and wife team. We hope it helps! 😊
On this page you will find Free Sample Resources alongside our core Premium Printable Provision for this theme. In addition, you will find some Professional EYFS Curriculum & Pedagogy Suite Planning Documents. Explore membership options here.
Sections on this page:
Free Sample Resources
‘At the Seaside’ Printable Provision Resources
‘Seaside’ resources in ‘Beach School’
‘Seaside’ resources in ‘Summer’
Related Theme & Project Planning Support
Learning about UK coastal habitats
Sand & Water Play Provision
Sun Safety
Display Lettering
Weather Calendars
Movement Activity Challenges
‘At the Seaside’ RELATED TOPICS
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Free ‘At the Seaside’ Printables | Early Years
Join for free and download our inspirational ‘Seaside’ themed educational resources in this ‘Free Samples’ section!
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Please note that both Editable (docx file) and non-editable (pdf file) versions are available for all ‘At the Seaside’ resources. (Editable files require Microsoft Word to work at optimum level and Non-Editable files require a pdf viewer.)
Core ‘At the Seaside’ Topic EYFS & KS1 Resources | Teaching & Learning Materials
Get ready to be inspired! We hope you enjoy browsing our selection of fun and engaging printables, all created by the Little Owls Resources team—featuring our own original hand-drawn images. Have fun exploring! 😊
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‘Seaside’ resources in ‘Beach School’
‘Seaside’ resources in ‘Holidays, Vacations and Travel’
‘Seaside’ resources in ‘Summer’
- Related Theme & Project Planning Support
A high-impact, play-rich mini-project that uses water as the vehicle for developing physical control, early maths (capacity), schema play and simple scientific thinking.
A toddler project planner supporting sensory, physical and schema-rich learning through summer play.
A high-engagement project supporting transporting and trajectory schemas, gross motor development and rich action vocabulary in toddler rooms.
A six-week, sensory-rich curriculum theme exploring water, movement and environmental care (Commonly used in Summer 2)
A two-week, low-prep mini theme designed to enrich provision and respond to children’s emerging interests.
- Learning about UK beach / coastal habitats & wildlife
- Sand & Water Play Provision
Transform your outdoor water area into a space for curiosity, investigation and problem-solving with our wonderful Outdoor Water Play Challenge Cards!
These engaging printable challenge cards encourage exploration, experimentation and meaningful conversations through…
- Sun Safety
- Display Lettering
- Weather Calendars (more themes here)
- Movement Activity Challenges (perfect for the outdoors…more here)
‘At the Seaside’ related topics
Encourage curiosity, creativity and problem-solving with our wonderful Outdoor Sand Play Challenge Cards!
These engaging printable challenge cards help transform your outdoor sand area into a rich environment for exploration, investigation and imaginative play. Each…