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Invitations to Play Activity Cards

These Invitation to Play cards are the tool every parent and teacher has been waiting for!

Packed full of 52 brilliant sensory activities and recipes, they are perfect for toddlers to school aged kids and will keep you inspired for a whole year of play!

Now in two themes: SENSORY & LITERACY

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from 890 reviews

Super sensory play cards and literacy playcards

After longing for them a long time I purchased the sensory play cards and the literacy play cards.
They are such a treasure. And really tausend times worth it. Such a high quality in every Form. Thank you!

Joana R.

04/22/2021

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Great resources

Bought both the sensory and literacy sets. Really great 'grab and go' cards to add to my stash of resources. Great format, lovely design and awesome ideas - all quite do-able with regular household items. Excellent quality (good thick cards, quality printing, bright and colourful, great format) with lovely little details that make them extra nice to use (lanyard, storage bag, shiny edges to the cards, well packaged). On ordering I initially wondered whether they were a little expensive for what they were but on receiving them I can reassure they are totally worth every penny. My 3.5 year old loves them too and happily choose her own activities.

L Francis

04/19/2021

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Inspirational Ideas

Hi Anna,
I’m an avid fan and follower of your website and instagram ideas for engaging children in imaginative and independent play. This was the first product of yours I’d purchased and am very happy with the quality of the lamInated cards and all the inspirational ideas you’ve listed. It’s great for just flicking through when my own ideas have run dry. My daughter has anxiety around reading and writing and getting her to do anything in that area always becomes a bit of a battle but I tried two of the ideas in the literacy invitation to play cards (the wet chalk and the phonics sounds on white pebbles) with immediate engagement and success! So it’s already working for her and me. Thank you. You continue to inspire and I always recommend you to other parents.

Kyra Williams

04/19/2021

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

So much fun!

Such a lovely collection. My 2.5 year old has really enjoyed the new invitations to play and we've been inspired to try lots of new things. So handy to have it all in one place and not have to trawl the Internet for ideas. One of the best things I've bought all year!

Victoria R

04/18/2021

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Great Resource for activities for little ones

Fantastic quality. Highly recommend and cannot thank the team enough for their personal service and speedy delivery and responses. Just absolutely excellent! Having just got my first headship I fully intend to add these to our induction packs for our younger children!

Katy D

04/16/2021

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

FABULOUS

I LOVE these cards - they are so much fun. My daughter and I cant wait to have fun together having a go at these brilliant ideas to help with phonics. Thank you Anna - you are brilliant at adding joy and fun into home learning!

Sarah Bowring

04/16/2021

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Amazing

Lovely product. I’m looking at sensory play and hoping there is a maths one soon.

Wendy Gourlay

04/15/2021

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Beth Yardley

04/14/2021

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Amy Horne

04/14/2021

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Beautiful

Beautiful as always. Thanks

Gemma Lovegeove

04/13/2021

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Perfect for when you just need a starting point for play!

These cards are beautifully produced and full of good ideas, clearly explained and with any potential risks highlighted. Ideal for those days when you are tired and need someone else to do the thinking! I'm a SEN teacher too and there are lots of activities in there perfect for my pupils as well as those suited to my little girl. Overall, really chuffed with my purchase and have been recommending them to other mums!

Tess

04/13/2021

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

The Kindness Elves

Lovely idea, my little girl loves her elves and the beautiful house they arrived in. I gave as an Easter gift, lovely story too. Really pleased with purchase. This would make a beautiful birrthday gift for a boy or girl, it is so important to be kind and this concept teaches these important values.

Zoe Marshall

04/13/2021

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Play activity cards

Beautifully presented cards. Amazing size to share with a group of children so they can visually see the activity they have chosen.
Would definitely recommend.
Only downside is that they have the same activity just with different ingredients which takes up a card space for what could be used for a different activity.

Francesca Payne

04/08/2021

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

I am so happy I finally bought these cards.

I have been eyeing up these cards for a few months but wasn't sure if they were worth the money as I have lots of books and internet subscriptions for activity ideas. However, the idea of going back to work after maternity leave and jiggling my time between the care of 26 nursery children and my own baby was the decider for me. Anything to save some time. I am so happy I finally bought these little cards.

Having this mountain of ideas at hand, all in one place is so convenient. Maybe I could have accumulated all of my ideas and resources but after months of not doing it for myself, I don't think it was ever going to happen! Also, these cards are such lovely quality. They are big enough to be used on display at school and sturdy enough for me not to worry about the children destroying them! The details of the activity and resources on the reverse is also such a wonderful idea, concise information and all in one place.

Being on a card also means that I can shuffle them in the binding ring to mix up the order I present these activities to the children, and also keep some favourites and aspirations at the front as fail safes, when I feel brave, and when the resources become available!

I am so glad I took the plunge and bought both sets too. I can't wait to put them into action in school and when my little one is old enough, she will love them too!

Grace C

03/31/2021

Invitations to Play Activity Cards

Perfect Gifts that spread Kindness

Bought some kindness elves for a friend's children. They were very well recieved -the children loved the activities and it put everyone in a Christmas Spirit mood :)

Nicola Whiting

03/22/2021

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