Pancake Day/Shrove Tuesday - EYFS/Early Years activities, Displays and ideas
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Turn your Pancake Day celebrations into a vibrant science and art lesson with our Pancake: Colour Mixing Experiment Activity! These engaging printables are perfect for EYFS and KS1 children…
These versatile, 'pancake' themed printables are perfect for EYFS and KS1 children, offering a delightful way to explore letter recognition, alphabetical order, and early writing skills in a playful…
This fun, 'pancake' themed printable is designed specifically for EYFS children, offering a delightful way to practise number recognition and counting skills in a playful setting. Perfect for Preschool…
Get ready for a flipping good time with our FREE Pancake Day: Number & Counting Multimats! These incredibly versatile, 'pancake' themed printables are designed specifically for…
Get ready for some deliciously creative fun with our FREE Pancake Day: Design a Pancake Sheet! This exciting printable is perfect for EYFS and KS1 children, providing a wonderful…
This incredibly versatile printable is perfect for EYFS and KS1 children, providing a fantastic canvas for sparking imagination, exploring design, and developing fine motor skills…
Get ready for a sweet treat of learning with our Pancake: Counting Chocolate Drops (1-20) Activity/Display! This fantastic printable is designed specifically for EYFS children, offering a…
This engaging printable resource is perfect for EYFS and KS1 children, offering a hands-on, delicious-looking activity to develop letter recognition, matching upper and lower case letters…
Get ready to take delicious orders and serve up a stack of learning with our Pancake Orders Counting & C&L Activity/Game! This engaging printable is perfect for EYFS children, offering…
This vibrant printable is perfect for EYFS and KS1 classrooms/settings, creating an instant focal point for your Pancake Day (Shrove Tuesday) celebrations. Featuring delightful images of various…
About ‘Pancake Day’/’Shrove Tuesday’
Pancake Day, also known as Shrove Tuesday, is a traditional feast day in the UK and other Christian countries, celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent.
Why Pancakes?
Shrove Tuesday was historically a day for Christians to use up rich foods like eggs, milk, and sugar before the 40 days of fasting during Lent. Pancakes were a simple and delicious way to do this, and the tradition has continued ever since.
How is it Celebrated?
Pancake-making and eating – Families and communities make and enjoy pancakes with toppings like lemon and sugar, chocolate spread, or syrup.
Pancake races – A quirky tradition in which people run while flipping pancakes in a frying pan, often wearing aprons and chef’s hats. The Olney Pancake Race in Buckinghamshire is one of the most famous.
Shrovetide football – In some towns, historic football games take place, such as the Royal Shrovetide Football Match in Ashbourne.
