Tuff Tray Swipe
Early years activity ideas
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Swipe through Tuff Trays, save the ones you love, and have your next tuff tray plan ready with full resources and planning. NEW: Tuff Tray calendar widget.
Powered by PlayPlan, the early years activity and tuff tray planning tool used by nurseries and childminders across the UK and Australia.
Swipe through beautiful tuff tray ideas and find your next activity in under a minute.
FIND YOUR NEXT IDEA IN SECONDS
Swipe through thousands of tuff tray ideas, one at a time. Swipe right to save the ones you love, tap any tray to see what it involves with full planning steps. New trays added regularly.
Prefer scrolling? Switch to the scroll view and flick through them like a feed. Whatever suits how you like to browse.
BROWSING, THE WIDGET, AND EVENTS CALENDAR ARE FREE, AND STAY FREE
Swiping, scrolling, searching, filtering and saving your favourites are all free, with no account and no sign-up. Open the app and start looking.
EVERY TRAY COMES FULLY PLANNED
Open a tray's full plan and you have everything you need to run it:
• What the children will learn, and which areas of learning it covers
• Everything you'll need, as a tickable checklist you can work through while you gather
• Step-by-step setup, so the tray comes together exactly as pictured
• Resource list
Unlock full access with a subscription and get:
• Key vocabulary
• Links to specific areas of learning
• Documentation to support proffesional planning
• Likely observations opportunities to support your observations in setting
FILTER TO WHAT YOU ACTUALLY NEED
Working with two-year-olds, or want to support a specific learning area or schema? Easily filter to browser Tuff Trays that suit you and your children.
Looking for something specific — Christmas, minibeasts, mark making, water play? Search by name or tap a tag and browse the results.
THE TRAY-A-DAY CALENDAR AND WIDGET
Hundreds of Tuff Trays for special dates, celebrations, and holidays and seasonal experiences throughout the year to bring the real world into your provision. Add the Widget to your Home Screen and have today's special tray and the date always available so you never miss a special opportunity for learning. Every tray has 3 versions for Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers/Foundation.
SAVE, PLAN, SHARE
Save any tray to your favourites so it's there when you need it, even offline. Export an unlocked plan as a PDF to print for your planning file or share with your team (subscription required for PDF export). Send a tray to a colleague in a couple of taps.
MADE FOR REAL SETTINGS
Written the way early years educators actually plan, covering the EYFS areas of learning, with the practical detail you need on the day rather than vague inspiration. Whether you're a nursery practitioner, a childminder, a nursery manager or a parent at home supporting learning through play, the ideas are ready to set up with things you're likely to have already.
A paid subscription is required to access some of the features in Tuff Tray Swipe, including: PDF Export, unlocking full professional planning, unlocking detailed search and filtering. Swiping and scrolling through ideas, basic plans, and basic search is free. No account required.
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Tuff Tray Calendar Widget: A Tuff Tray calendar for your Home Screen, a tuff tray for every special date, season, or celebration of the year.
Tray a Day: a calendar of Tuff Trays for special dates, celebrations, holidays, and seasons giving you a Tray a Day for your provision.
Easily take Tuff Trays you like to PlayPlan to customise for your children's unique needs, interests, and your resources.
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Information
- Seller
- Lemona Limited
- Size
- 43.9 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.6 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.6 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.3 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Tuff Tray Swipe Annual Subscription $19.99
- TuffTray Swipe Monthly Subscription $4.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Lemona Limited