Useful Links for Families

At Honeybees Preschool, we want to support every family as their child prepares for the exciting transition into Reception. Below you’ll find a collection of helpful websites offering practical advice, activities and guidance across independence, communication, play, toileting and physical development.

Getting Ready for School

Be School Ready – Parentkind
https://parentkind.org.uk
5 Tips for Getting Ready for Reception – Family Corner
https://familycorner.co.uk
Guidance for Parents & Practitioners – PACEY
https://pacey.org.uk
EasyPeasy App – Everyday Parenting Tips
https://www.easypeasyapp.com

Taking Care of Themselves

Separation Advice – Family Corner
https://familycorner.co.uk
Getting Dressed (Backward Chaining) – NHS
https://www.nhs.uk
Daily Routine Support – BBC Tiny Happy People
https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-people

Toilet Training

Toilet Training Advice – Institute of Health Visiting
https://ihv.org.uk
Toilet Training Support – ERIC
https://eric.org.uk
Potty Training & Bedwetting – NHS
https://www.nhs.uk
Pants4School – Down Syndrome UK
https://www.downsyndromeuk.co.uk

Playing, Creativity & Curiosity

Serve & Return Brain-Building – Harvard University
https://developingchild.harvard.edu
Play & Literacy – National Literacy Trust
https://literacytrust.org.uk
Pretend Play – BBC Tiny Happy People
https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-people
Pretend Animals Play – BBC Tiny Happy People
https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-people
Drawing & Imagination – BBC Tiny Happy People
https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-people
Mark‑Making – PACEY
https://pacey.org.uk
Sharing Stories – BBC Tiny Happy People
https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-people
Nature Play – BBC Tiny Happy People
https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-people
Fun on the Bus – BBC Tiny Happy People
https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-people
What’s That Sound? – BBC Tiny Happy People
https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-people
Six Fat Sausages Rhyme – BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk

Building Relationships & Communicating

Frameworks & Reading

Shaping Us Framework – The Royal Foundation
https://centreforearlychildhood.org
Starting School Book Tips – BookTrust
https://booktrust.org.uk

Being With Others

Helping Children Make Friends – Family Corner
https://familycorner.co.uk
Social Development Information – Words for Life
https://wordsforlife.org.uk

Communication & Language

Help Your Child Write Their Name – Words for Life
https://wordsforlife.org.uk
Language Development – NHS Start for Life
https://www.nhs.uk/start-for-life
Story‑Making Together – BBC Tiny Happy People
https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-people
Progress Checker – Speech & Language UK
https://speechandlanguage.org.uk

Listening & Engaging

Walk & Talk Trail – National Literacy Trust
https://literacytrust.org.uk
Cardboard Telescope Listening Game – BBC Tiny Happy People
https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-people
Red Light, Green Light Listening Game – BBC Tiny Happy People
https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-people