EYFS Themes & Topics – Printable Provision

Explore our full collection of EYFS themes and topics

This page brings together our wide range of theme-based printable resources designed to support play-based learning, continuous provision, and adult-led activities across Early Years settings.

Each theme includes a rich mix of printable resources such as displays, role-play packs, word mats, games, craft templates, number activities, and teaching prompts — designed to be flexible, open-ended and developmentally appropriate.

How our themes support EYFS practice

Practitioners use our themes in a variety of ways, including:

As a starting point for continuous provision enhancements
To support children’s interests and lines of enquiry
As part of short projects or mini-topics
Alongside seasonal learning and special dates
To enrich language, role play, storytelling and exploration

Our themes are designed to be adaptable — they can be used flexibly rather than followed as a fixed scheme.

Sections on this page:

Browse Themes:

Categories
Alphabetical Index
Visual Thumb Nails - Seasonal & Alphabetical

**Thematic Planning Support Documents for:**

Toddlers (18-36 months)
Preschool (3-4 years)
Reception (4-5 years)
EYFS Inspiration

🔹 Browse Themes | Category

🌱 Core EYFS Themes

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🔹 Browse Themes | Alphabetical Index

Browse all themes A–Z

Prefer an alphabetical list? Browse all of our EYFS themes below.

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🔹 Browse Themes | Visual - Seasonal Provision

Spring

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Beach School

Birds

Football

Gardening

Jack and the Beanstalk

Life Cycles

Minibeasts

On the Farm

Plants

Seasons

Spring

Teddy Bears' Picnic

The Enormous Turnip

The Little Red Hen

The Three Little Pigs

Zoo

Summer

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All About Me

At the Seaside

Beach School

Birds

Emotions and Feelings

Football

Gardening

Holidays, Vacations and Travel

Jack and the Beanstalk

Kings and Queens

Life Cycles

Mermaids and Mermen

Minibeasts

Ocean

On the Farm

Pirates

Plants

Sport and PE Games

Summer

Sun Safety

Teddy Bears' Picnic

The Little Red Hen

The Three Little Pigs

Under the Sea

Water

Zoo

Autumn

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All About Me

Autumn

Birthdays

Emotions and Feelings

Fireworks

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Hibernation

Houses and Homes

Light and Dark

Little Red Riding Hood

Medicine: Doctors and Nurses

Nocturnal Animals

Space

The Enormous Turnip

The Gingerbread Man

The Little Red Hen

The Three Little Pigs

Woodland (Temperate)

Winter

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Fireworks

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Hibernation

Houses and Homes

Light and Dark

Little Red Riding Hood

Medicine: Doctors and Nurses

Nocturnal Animals

Polar

Space

The Gingerbread Man

The Three Little Pigs

Toys

Winter

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🔹 Browse Themes | Visual - Alphabetical

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Click on a theme below to view available printable resources.

All About Me

Animals

At the Seaside

Autumn

Beach School

Birds

Birthdays

Clothes

Colours

Construction

Dinosaurs

Emotions and Feelings

Endangered Animals

Exercise

Expressive Movement

Eye Health

Fairies

Families

Fireworks

Fish

Food

Football

Forest School

Gardening

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Habitats

Handwashing and Hygiene

Hibernation

History

Holidays, Vacations and Travel

Houses and Homes

The Human Body

Invertebrates

Jack and the Beanstalk

Kindness and Friendship

Kings and Queens

Life Cycles

Light and Dark

Little Red Riding Hood

Mammals

Medicine: Doctors and Nurses

Mental Health

Mermaids and Mermen

Minibeasts

Music and Sound

Nocturnal Animals

Nursery Rhymes

Ocean

On the Farm

Out and About

People Who Help Us

Pets

Pirates

Plants

Polar

Recycling

Reptiles

Road Safety

Seasons

Space

Spring

Sport and PE Games

Stay Healthy

Stay Safe

Summer

Sun Safety

Teddy Bears' Picnic

Teeth and Oral Health

The Environment

The Enormous Turnip

The Gingerbread Man

The Little Red Hen

The Three Little Pigs

Toys

Traditional/Fairy Tales

Transport/Travel

Under the Sea

Water

Weather

Wetlands

Wildlife

Winter

Woodland (Temperate)

Zoo

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**🔹 Planning Support Documents for:**

Toddlers (18-36 months)

Curriculum, Pedagogy & How our Thematic Projects Work

(Projects are optional contexts, not directives)

EYFS

Toddler Projects: Schema Coverage & Support Map (18–36 Months)

Professional guidance showing how schematic learning is intentionally embedded across toddler projects.

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How Projects Work in Toddler Rooms | Toddlers (18–36 Months)

Professional guidance explaining the role of projects within a play-led toddler curriculum.

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Year-Long Theme Curriculum Map | Toddlers (18–36 Months)

A flexible, developmentally informed overview of optional project themes across the toddler year.

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How Our Toddler Curriculum Works (18–36 Months)

A professional guidance document explaining how curriculum intent, implementation and impact operate in toddler rooms.

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Toddler Curriculum Overview & Rationale | 18-36 Months

(Toddlers | Ages 18–36 Months)

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Toddler Pedagogy Position Statement | 18-36 Months

How Toddlers Learn (18–36 Months)

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12 × Main Project Planners (3–4 Weeks)

EYFS

Theme: Playful Patterns & Construction | Toddler Project Planner (18–36 Months)

A professional project planner supporting mathematical thinking, problem-solving and collaborative construction through play.

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Summer: Sand, Sea & Sun | Toddler Project Planner (18–36 Months)

A toddler project planner supporting sensory, physical and schema-rich learning through summer play.

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Theme: Minibeasts & Nature Explorers | Toddler Project Planner (18–36 Months)

A nature-based project planner that builds awe and respect for living things, grows rich outdoor vocabulary, and strengthens fine-motor precision through real-world exploration.

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Theme: Food & Nutrition | Toddler Project Planner (18–36 Months)

A sensory-rich project planner that builds language for taste and texture, strengthens self-help skills, and supports confident, inclusive mealtime practice in toddler rooms.

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Theme: Animals & Their Homes | Toddler Project Planner (18–36 Months)

A highly engaging project supporting language through animal sound play, empathy and schema-rich habitat building in toddler rooms.

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Theme: Growing & Changing | Toddler Project Planner (18–36 Months)

A springtime project supporting curiosity, care for living things, rich vocabulary and early science through real-world change.

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Theme: Transport & Journeys | Toddler Project Planner (18–36 Months)

A high-engagement project supporting transporting and trajectory schemas, gross motor development and rich action vocabulary in toddler rooms.

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Winter: Weather, Warmth & Cosy Spaces | Toddler Project Planner (18–36 Months)

A sensory-rich winter project supporting self-regulation, early science and cosy, secure toddler practice.

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Theme: Light, Dark & Celebrations | Toddler Project Planner (18–36 Months)

A sensory-rich, awe-inspiring project supporting confidence, language and early scientific thinking in toddler rooms.

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Autumn: Senses, Colours & Change | Toddler Project Planner (18–36 Months)

A sensory-rich, seasonally grounded project supporting language, exploration and early understanding of change in toddler rooms.

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Theme: People Who Help Us | Toddler Project Planner (18–36 Months)

A play-led, relationship-focused project supporting community awareness, role play and language development in toddler rooms.

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Theme: All About Me & My World | Toddler Project Planner (18–36 Months)

A developmentally grounded theme planner supporting belonging, identity and emotional security in toddler rooms.

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8 × Optional Mini-Project Planners (1 Week)

EYFS

Weather Wonders | Toddler Mini-Project Planner (18–36 Months)

A sensory-rich exploration of weather, movement and material change, designed to build early scientific thinking, descriptive language and whole-body learning.

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Rhyme Time Week | Toddler Mini-Project Planner (18–36 Months)

A high-impact week of songs, action rhymes and sound play designed to strengthen early language foundations through rhythm, repetition and movement.

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My Favourite Things | Toddler Mini-Project Planner (18–36 Months)

A relationship-centred mini-project that places children’s identity, preferences and sense of self at the heart of learning.

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Water Play Week | Toddler Mini-Project Planner (18–36 Months)

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.

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Colours Everywhere | Toddler Mini-Project Planner (18–36 Months)

A highly engaging, creativity-led mini-project focused on colour naming, sorting and matching, and the “wow” science of colour mixing—ideal for building early maths thinking, language and fine motor control through playful exploration.

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Teddy Bears’ Picnic | Toddler Mini-Project Planner (18–36 Months)

A gentle, emotionally rich mini-project that uses familiar comfort objects to support social development, early role play, language for manners and routine, and practical self-help skills.

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Cooking & Food Play | Toddler Mini-Project Planner (18–36 Months)

A focused, sensory-rich mini-project that uses food, cooking play and preparation routines to build independence, fine motor strength and rich descriptive language through child-led exploration.

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Big Machines & Building | Toddler Mini-Project Planner (18–36 Months)

A professional mini-project planner designed to harness toddlers’ fascination with vehicles, power and construction — supporting schema play, physical development and language through high-impact, child-led provision.

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**🔹 Planning Support Documents for:**

Preschool (3-4 years)

Curriculum, Pedagogy & How our Theme Planning Works

(Child-Led Thematic Exploration)

EYFS

How Practitioners Use This Curriculum Daily | Preschool 3-4 Years (Overview)

A practical, inspection-ready explanation of how curriculum intent becomes daily EYFS practice.

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Preschool (3–4 Years) Curriculum Overview | How Themes Fit Together (Overview)

A full-year, responsive EYFS planning framework

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Preschool Pedagogy Position Statement | 3-4 Years

How Children Learn in Preschool (3–4 Years)

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Preschool Curriculum Overview & Rationale | 3-4 Years

(Preschool | Ages 3–4 Years)

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6 x Core Preschool Themes (6 Weeks Each)

EYFS

Preschool EYFS Theme Pack – Water World (Summer 2) | 3–4 Years

A six-week, sensory-rich curriculum theme exploring water, movement and environmental care (Commonly used in Summer 2)

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Preschool EYFS Theme Pack – Growth & Change (Summer 1) | 3–4 Years

A six-week, play-based curriculum theme exploring growth, change and independence (Commonly used in Summer 1)

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Preschool EYFS Theme Pack – Animals & Habitats (Spring 2) | 3–4 Years

A six-week, play-based curriculum theme exploring living things, care and connection with the natural world. (Commonly used in Spring 2)

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Preschool EYFS Theme Pack – Journeys & Transport (Spring 1) | 3–4 Years

A six-week, play-based curriculum theme exploring movement, direction, story and connection (Commonly used in Spring 1)

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Preschool EYFS Theme Pack – Who Helps When…? (Autumn 2) | 3–4 Years

A six-week EYFS curriculum pack exploring problem-solving, community and staying safe (Commonly used in Autumn 2)

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Preschool EYFS Theme Pack – This Is Me (Autumn 1) | 3–4 Years

A six-week EYFS curriculum pack focused on identity, belonging and emotional language (Commonly used in Autumn 1)

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8 x Optional Mini-Themes (1–2 Weeks)

EYFS

Mini Theme Pack: Healthy Bodies & Wellbeing | Preschool Planning (Overview)

A two-week, low-prep mini theme designed to support body awareness, emotional literacy and wellbeing through play.

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Mini Theme Pack: Dinosaurs & the Mystery Egg | Preschool Planning (Overview)

A two-week, low-prep mini theme designed to spark curiosity, investigation and imaginative thinking through play.

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Mini Theme Pack: Traditional Tales | Preschool Planning (Overview)

A two-week, flexible mini theme designed to strengthen oral storytelling, empathy and imagination through play.

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Mini Theme Pack: Space | Preschool Planning (Overview)

A two-week, flexible mini theme designed to spark curiosity, imagination and early STEAM thinking through play.

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Mini Theme Pack: Pets & Vets | Preschool Planning (Overview)

A two-week, low-prep mini theme designed to support empathy, responsibility and language development through play.

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Mini Theme Pack: Celebrations Around the World | Preschool Planning (Overview)

A two-week, low-prep mini theme designed to support belonging, inclusion and cultural understanding through meaningful play.

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Mini Theme Pack: Building & Construction | Preschool Planning (Overview)

A two-week, low-prep mini theme designed to deepen problem-solving, collaboration and early STEM learning through play.

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Mini Theme Pack: Beaches & Coastlines | Preschool Planning (Overview)

A two-week, low-prep mini theme designed to enrich provision and respond to children’s emerging interests.

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**🔹 Planning Support Documents for:**

Reception (4-5 years)

Curriculum & Pedagogy

(Regarding Optional Thematic Enhancements)

EYFS

Why Themes Are Optional in Reception | 4-5 Years

A professional leadership guidance document explaining the role of themes within a coherent, curriculum-led Reception approach.

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Reception Curriculum Overview & Rationale | 4-5 Years

Reception Year | Ages 4–5

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Reception Pedagogy Position Statement | 4-5 Years

How Children Learn in Reception (4–5 Years)

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Provision Enhancement Tools & Idea Banks

EYFS

Reception Optional Theme-Based High-Impact Question & Vocabulary Banks

Bank of theme-based high-impact questions & vocabulary for use within Reception provision.

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Reception Optional Themed Enhancements - Idea Banks | 4-5 Years

Bank of themed continuous provision enhancement ideas for Reception (4-5 years).

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Reception Enhanced Provision Planning Toolkit | 4–5 Years

A professional guidance toolkit supporting responsive, observation-led enhancements that strengthen learning without over-directing play in Reception.

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Our Reception Curriculum Phase Framework

EYFS

Reception Curriculum Phase Framework | 4-5 Years

A structured, phase-based approach to medium-term curriculum planning in Reception, supporting progression, depth and developmentally appropriate practice across the year.

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Reception Curriculum Progression Maps Toolkit | 4-5 Years

A comprehensive professional toolkit outlining learning progression across the Reception year, aligned with the EYFS framework and EYFSP expectations.

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