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BBC Scotland: Explore some more
BBC Scotland has just launched its first early years website, supporting active play and containing interesting concepts and areas for the very young to explore. What's going on in the dark room? Find a torch and light up some dark spaces. Look closer through a telescope or magnifying glass. Make the puppets dance to suit their mood, play with bubbles, listen to a story or find things to do on a wet day. After each small activity children are encouraged to leave the computer and Explore Some More by engaging in some activity inspired by what they've seen and heard.

Digi-Infant
Digi-Infant is a new member of the family of Digi-websites. Their aim is to help teachers give their pupils the very best they can offer. The objective is to make this the number one community for teachers and aspiring teachers in early years education.

Numbertime
This website contains activities to support teaching and learning of mathematical concepts in early years. It provides games, songs, animations and ideas. Based on the popular series BBC Numbertime, it includes areas such as recognising numbers, counting on, addition, subtraction and number sequences.

Snap
A selection of activities that ask children to match objects, colours, shapes or silhouettes in a selection of different games contexts.

Where are the numbers?
Activities that involve recognising letters, matching letters and selecting consonants for use at the beginning of tree letter words. Familiar Hoobs characters are a part of each game.

Which is the odd one out?
In these games children are presented with four pictures and have to decide which is the odd one out. For example fish, dog, cat, rabbit - which is the odd one out? These activities are challenging and could be used to provoke interesting discussion amongst children.

Who is this?
Use the mouse to drag and drop pieces of a jigsaw to create pictures of the Hoobs.

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