Social Distancing Resources
'MINIBEAST' NUMBERED FLOOR MATS (Lining Up)
Note: This resource is part of a themed set (12 Minibeasts included). There are various sizes of mats/labels for different purposes within your setting. You may like to assign a minibeast to each child within your group/bubble. They then know that whenever they see that minibeast it is something of theirs e.g. place to sit, stand, peg to hang their possessions, box for their things, etc.
These numbered floor mats are intended for use with older children within Early Years, mainly for lining up. (Please obviously carry out your own risk assessments and consider health and safety implications for the children within your setting when deciding how to use our resources):
LINING UP - They could be adhered to the floor and placed 2 meters apart from each other starting with number 1 at the door. Children know that they have a particular number that they start on (or are told to go to a particular number) and as the person in front moves forward to the next floor mat, they may then also move forwards to the next one. In addition to aiding social distancing, children may practise number recognition, counting and counting down (as opposed to up) as they wait for their turn to exit the room.
SEATING MATS - Children could be assigned a particular number/minibeast that they know to sit on. This could be a floor mat or a seating place at a table.
Other Minibeast themed resources you may like to use in conjunction with this include:
‘MINIBEAST’ NAMED FLOOR MATS - Lining up or Seating
‘MINIBEAST’ FLOOR MATS - Lining up or Seating
‘MINIBEAST’ NAMED PEG LABELS - cut & stick
'MINIBEAST' NAMED MEDIUM SIZED LABELS - cut & stick
With regards to all of our ‘Social Distancing’ resources, we are by no means suggesting that this is what should be done with your particular group of children, but we have created a set of resources of which some you may find useful to aid elements of social distancing in your particular set up.
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