Witches, Wizards & Magical Mischief Early Years Curriculum Box – Digital Download Edition
A month of spells, potions, magical mysteries and mischievous learning – ready to download, print and bring to life!
Grab your wands, dust off your spell books and prepare for a little magical mischief…
The Witches, Wizards & Magical Mischief Curriculum Box has been carefully designed to capture the excitement of October and use it to inspire meaningful learning across all seven areas of the EYFS.
Throughout the month, children will become potion makers, magical detectives, trainee witches and wizards, spell creators, monster makers and curious investigators as they solve mysteries, follow clues, experiment, create and discover.
They’ll search for a witch’s missing wand, rescue spiders from a giant web, round up runaway broomsticks, discover what makes a potion come alive, create monsters from shapes, make ghosts dance and investigate some very strange magical happenings!
Along the way, they’ll develop communication and language, physical skills, confidence, early literacy and maths, scientific thinking, creativity and problem-solving – all through exciting experiences designed especially for children aged 1–4 years.
Because when you’re three years old, magic can be very real. And this box uses that sense of wonder to give children genuine reasons to listen, investigate, move, count, create, communicate and solve problems.
Why You'll Love This Box
Created by The Childcare Fairy – a qualified teacher and experienced early years provider – this box is designed around what genuinely works in busy mixed-age settings.
Every activity is:
✔️ Low-prep and practical
✔️ Suitable for children aged 1–4 years
✔️ Flexible for mixed-age groups
✔️ Rooted in purposeful, play-based learning
✔️ Designed to spark genuine excitement, curiosity and imagination
✔️ Easy to adapt to your children, setting and available resources
No complicated setups.
No endless hours spent searching for Halloween activities.
No activities included simply because they look cute on a display.
Just exciting early years experiences where the magic and the learning work together.
To the children, they’re making potions, casting spells and solving magical mysteries.
To you, there’s a whole lot of learning going on underneath.
What's Included?
The Full Witches, Wizards & Magical Mischief Curriculum Guide
✔️ 28 detailed activity plans covering all 7 EYFS areas of learning
✔️ Differentiation for babies, toddlers and preschoolers
✔️ Teaching tips, open-ended questions and key vocabulary
✔️ Learning opportunities, support ideas and extensions
✔️ October planning calendar
✔️ Fiction and non-fiction themed book list
✔️ Weekly planning and reflection templates
Printable Resources
A huge collection of specially designed printable resources created to turn the activities into exciting magical experiences for your children.
Includes resources such as:
✔️ Witch’s Mixed-Up Potion resources
✔️ Witch’s Missing Wand Mystery resources, suspect cards & clues
✔️ Witch & Wizard Training School Challenge Cards
✔️ Potion-making resources
✔️ Magical Mischief Challenge resources
✔️ Witch’s Spell Book
✔️ Wizard’s Rhyming Spell Cards
✔️ Magical Post Office Mission Cards
✔️ Runaway Broomstick resources & Number Parking Mats
✔️ Invisible Cat Positional Clue Cards
✔️ Monster-Making Shape Pieces
✔️ Magical investigation notes and challenges
✔️ Creative prompts and resources to bring imaginative experiences to life
…and lots more resources to support your magical adventures throughout the month.
Bonus Idea Banks
✔️ Sensory Play Ideas
✔️ Outdoor Activity Ideas
✔️ Craft Activity Ideas
Giving you even more easy ways to weave Witches, Wizards & Magical Mischief throughout your continuous provision without adding hours to your planning.
Learning at Home Letter
A ready-to-share parent letter filled with simple, low-prep magical activities families can enjoy together at home – helping children continue exploring, imagining and discovering beyond your setting.
Perfect For
✔️ Childminders
✔️ Nurseries
✔️ Preschools
✔️ Early Years Educators
✔️ Mixed-age groups
✔️ Practitioners looking to reduce planning time without compromising on exciting, meaningful learning
Whether children are trying to discover who stole a witch’s wand, parking runaway broomsticks, inventing spells, creating wonderfully ridiculous monsters or watching in amazement as a potion suddenly comes alive, this box turns October into a month packed with opportunities for meaningful learning.
And the best bit?
The children don’t need to know just how much learning is happening.
To them, they’re simply making magic.
Download today and get ready for an October filled with potions, spells, curious little minds and plenty of Witches, Wizards & Magical Mischief!