Active Journeys: EYFS/Early Years activities, Displays and ideas
🚶♀️ Get ready to roll and stride with our 'Active Journeys' resources, designed to encourage walking, cycling, and scooting while making every trip an adventure! Inspire movement with engaging printables like our 'Colour the Days You Walked!' Sheet, 'My Walking Tick Sheet', and 'My Walk to School Booklet'. Track different modes of transport with 'My Travel Tick Sheet - Scooter, Walk, Bike or Car', and encourage observation with 'During My Ride/Walk I Saw...'. Develop fine motor skills with 'Ride the Bikes Home!' Pencil Control Activity Sheets. Our 'Active Journeys' page connects directly to a wealth of other topics such as ‘Road Safety’, plus themed checklists for chances to observe and discover along the way, making every step a chance for discovery! 🚴♂️
Please scroll down to browse our Active Journeys themed activity ideas, printable educational materials, planning inspiration, display resources, classroom & setting management tools and much more! If you’re looking for Preschool, Nursery, Childminder, Reception, SEND or Home Education resources for 0-7 year olds, you’ve come to the right place! Our interactive and engaging EYFS and KS1 learning resources are lovingly made (including original hand drawn images) by early years teaching and learning experts; a husband and wife team. We hope it helps! 😊
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Free sample resource
Resources to encourage ‘Active Journeys’ (walking, cycling or scooting)
‘Road Safety’ whilst out on ‘Active Journeys’
What do you notice whilst you are on your ‘Active journey’?
Checklists/Tally Charts
Relevant Topics
Related special dates - World Bicycle Day, Bike Week, National Walking Month, Walk to School Week, Big Walk and Wheel (Scroll down to find out more)
Related Topics - Exercise, Health and Safety
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Free Sample Resources!
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Resources to encourage ‘Active Journeys’…
(walking, cycling or scooting)
‘Road Safety’ whilst on ‘Active Journeys’…
What do you notice whilst you are on your ‘Active Journey’?
Checklists and Tally Charts…
What do you notice whilst you are on your ‘Active Journey’?
Relevant topics…
Related Special Dates
World Bicycle Day
World Bicycle Day is celebrated annually on 3rd June. Established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2018, this day recognises the bicycle as a simple, affordable, clean, and environmentally sustainable means of transportation. It highlights the role of cycling in promoting health, reducing carbon emissions, and fostering sustainable development.
Significance of World Bicycle Day
The UN emphasises that bicycles contribute to cleaner air, less congestion, and make education, health care, and other social services more accessible to the most vulnerable populations. Cycling also promotes tolerance, mutual understanding, and a culture of peace.
Celebrations in the UK
In the UK, World Bicycle Day is observed through various activities:
Community Rides: Local cycling groups and organisations often organise group rides to promote cycling and community engagement.
Educational Events: Schools and community centres may host workshops and events to educate people about the benefits of cycling and road safety.
Advocacy Campaigns: Cycling advocacy groups use the day to campaign for better cycling infrastructure and policies.
Upcoming Related Events
Following World Bicycle Day, Bike Week 2025 will take place from 9th–15th June. Organised by Cycling UK, Bike Week is the UK's biggest celebration of cycling, encouraging people of all ages to experience the benefits of cycling. Cycling UK
National Walking Month
National Walking Month is an effort to get everyone walking as much as possible.
According to Living Streets: “Walking is an easy and accessible way to improve physical and mental health and a 20-minute walk can reduce the risk of a number of preventable health conditions, including certain cancers, depression, heart disease and Type 2 diabetes. By swapping a short drive for a short walk, you can also help reduce air pollution, congestion and road danger - whilst saving yourself some money and getting active in the process!” www.livingstreets.org.uk/get-involved/campaign-with-us/national-walking-month
When working with young children it can be an opportunity to develop an understanding of the benefits of an active lifestyle.
Walk to School Week
Walk to School Week is a part of National Walking Month. For the whole week, students and school workers are challenged to walk to school as much as possible.
It is another chance to develop an understanding of the benefits of an active lifestyle.
To donate to the Living Streets walking charity click HERE.
Big Walk and Wheel
Big Walk and Wheel is organised by the charity Sustrans. The event endeavours to ‘inspire pupils, staff and parents to be amazing and take active journeys... cycling, walking, wheeling or scooting to school’
Whether travelling to school or elsewhere, in early years we can help encourage the children to lead active lives.
To donate to ‘Sustrans’ visit their donation page HERE.
Related Topics - Exercise, Health and Safety
