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A selection of Twinkl's most popular Bonfire Night and firework resources!
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Bonfire night, The stars are bright……
Bonfire Night or Guy Fawkes Night as it is also known falls on Friday 5th November 2021. It is a great opportunity to find out about a UK tradition and attend a bonfire or a firework display with family and friends. There are also many different ways that you can celebrate this event in your setting. Here we have put together a few of our most popular Bonfire Night and Firework resources for EYFS for you to take a look at!
Planning
Take the stress out of planning and prep with these fantastic planning tools for Bonfire Night - what a time saver!
Take a look at this lovely Topic Planning Web which will provide you with a collection of activities with a Bonfire Night theme. The planning web provides activities for each Area of Learning and each activity has been carefully selected to link with the new Development Matters 2021 for reception.
If you work with our younger children and babies this EYFS Bonfire Night (Firework) Resource Pack (0-2 years) is just what you need! This lovely pack includes a mixture of Bonfire Night and Firework activities and planning for babies aged 0-2 years.
Do you use large activity trays in your setting? If so take a look at these Creative Ways to Use Large Activity Trays: Bonfire Night-Themed Ideas jam packed full of lovely ideas to use in your activity trays.
Explore firework safety with children using this adult input plan that outlines an engaging activity for children to discuss different scenarios and talk about what they should do to keep safe.
Baby you’re a firework……..Get your little ones moving with this EYFS Firework Movements Adult Input Plan and Resource Pack which encourages them to join different movements, developing co-ordination and fluency.
Bonfire Night Mathematics!
Check out our Numeral Matching Rocket Activity an engaging firework themed counting game for children using numbers from 1 to 20 to count stars on the firework and match to the numeral on the top!
If you are looking for fireworks activities that will excite and engage your EYFS children with counting to 10, then this is the perfect resource. This lovely Fireworks I Spy and Count Activity to 10 activity will encourage your children to search for and count the different types of fireworks.
Take a look at this Bonfire Night Repeating Patterns Activity. This lovely Bonfire Night activity is perfect for encouraging children to develop their skills with repeating patterns. Children will be encouraged to identify the picture pattern and then continue it, by cutting and sticking the correct pictures.
We all love a good counting song in Early Years right?! Use this handy Five Little Rockets Standing in a Row Rhyme Resource Pack to support children to count down from five to zero as they sing along!
Mark Making, Letter Formation, Phonics and Fine Motor Skills
Young children love mark making and these super cute Fireworks Mark-Making Pattern Cards are perfect for refining their mark making! Super versatile, they can be used in a variety of different ways. Laminated and placed beneath sand or glitter, children can use their fingers, paintbrushes or even sticks to trace the different patterns. As the children become more confident with their mark making, they may like to use dry wipe markers to trace the patterns carefully.
If you are looking to develop your children’s letter formation skills take a peek at these Firework-Themed Letter Formation Cards pop them in your writing area or mark making tray (you can always add a touch of glitter!) when learning about Bonfire Night to support children with practicing forming their letters.
Are you working on children’s initial sounds? This lovely Bonfire Night Phase 2 Initial Sounds Activity will support and encourage young children to explore initial sounds in words with a Bonfire Night twist!
Use this Bonfire Night Cutting Skills resource to help EYFS children with their scissor skills. There are colourful images of firework night-related images, such as a bonfire, fireworks, children with sparklers and a Catherine wheel. The children can cut them out and stick them on the night sky background provided or on to black paper to create their own Bonfire Night scene.
Learn all about Bonfire Night
Teach young children about the history behind Bonfire Night with this History Detective: The Gunpowder Plot PowerPoint.
Early Years Segment Manager
Lauren is the segment manger for the EYFS team at Twinkl. She has taught for the past 16 years mainly within Nursery and Reception...EYFS is her passion!
