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50 Fantastic Ideas for Mud Kitchens

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The 50 Fantastic Ideas series is packed full of fun, original, skills-based activities for Early Years practitioners to use with children aged 0-5. Each activity features step-by-step guidance, a list of resources, and a detailed explanation of the skills children will learn. Creative, simple, and highly... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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Get those hands dirty and enjoy some outdoor learning with Katie Taylor's 50 Fantastic Ideas for Mud Kitchens. Use the nature around you in new and exciting ways!

Get those hands dirty and enjoy some outdoor learning with Katie Taylor's 50 Fantastic Ideas for Mud Kitchens. Use the nature around you in new and exciting ways!

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The 50 Fantastic Ideas series is packed full of fun, original, skills-based activities for Early Years practitioners to use with children aged 0-5. Each activity features step-by-step guidance, a list of resources, and a detailed explanation of the skills children will learn. Creative, simple, and highly effective, this series is a must-have for every Early Years setting.

Get those hands dirty and enjoy some outdoor learning with Katie Taylor's 50 Fantastic Ideas for Mud Kitchens. Use the nature around you in new and exciting ways!

Mud kitchens are the must-have accessory for outdoor play. Katie Taylor presents 50 exciting and engaging ideas to use within a mud kitchen, which make the most of the seasons and use different themes for muddy fun. With activities ranging from making a mud wedding cake and petal kebabs to muddy maths and phonics, this book is great for practitioners who want to use the mud kitchen to help develop children's literacy, mathematical, communication, expressive art and design, and fine and gross motor skills as well as their understanding of the world around them.

No mud? No problem! This fantastic book explores a range of materials that can also be used in a mud kitchen, such as sand, ice, water, and so much more.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781801997966

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 July 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Education

Audience: Primary and secondary education, Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 168.0mm

Height: 242.0mm

Weight: 180g

Pages: 64

About the Author

Katie Taylor is the founder of The Early Years Outdoor. She became a Forest School Leader in 2019 and has since created many outdoor learning and nature inspired resources for educators and parents. Katie also leads after school clubs and Forest school sessions. Follow Katie @earlyyearsoutdoor

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