A visual playdough recipe and separate ingredients sheet with simple photographs for each step. Designed to enable children to follow the recipe independently.

These initial sound posters are filled with objects that start with each letter’s sound. They are designed to support phonics development in the Early Years and to make learning fun. Each ‘sound room’ has at least 10 pictures or objects starting with that sound. We have found these really useful to use at the beginning of Phonics lessons when we are introducing a new sound. All sounds from A-Z are covered. Download includes Powerpoint and PDF versions. Digraph/Trigraph picture spotters for Phase 3 sounds (+ RWI Set 2) are also available for purchase in my store. “What’s in the sound room today?”

A picture of a room filled with objects starting with the letter ‘n’ - designed to support phonics development in the Early Years and to make learning fun. “What’s in the sound room today?” Includes Powerpoint and PDF poster.

A picture of a room filled with objects starting with the letter ‘i’ - designed to support phonics development in the Early Years and to make learning fun. “What’s in the sound room today?” Includes Powerpoint and PDF poster.

A picture of a room filled with objects starting with the letter ‘p’ - designed to support phonics development in the Early Years and to make learning fun. “What’s in the sound room today?” Includes Powerpoint and PDF poster.

A picture of a room filled with objects starting with the letter ‘t’ - designed to support phonics development in the Early Years and to make learning fun. “What’s in the sound room today?” Includes Powerpoint and PDF poster.

A picture of a room filled with objects starting with the letter ‘a’ - designed to support phonics development in the Early Years and to make learning fun. “What’s in the sound room today?” Includes Powerpoint and PDF poster.

A picture of a room filled with objects starting with the letter ‘s’ - designed to support phonics development in the Early Years and to make learning fun. “What’s in the sound room today?” Includes Powerpoint and PDF poster.

A one page Reading Record for Reception aged pupils, featuring the ‘Development Matters’ reading statements for 30-50 months, 40-60 months and the Early Learning Goal. There is space for teacher comments and logging the dates and books read each week. In my Reception class we have a reading folder for the whole class. Every child gets one of these sheets either half-termly or termly, to document their progression and to support assessment. Practitioners write comments by the side and date when steps are achieved. Having the Development Matters statements easily to hand helps prompt practitioners to further children’s learning and plan for their ‘next steps’.

An individual recording sheet for baseline phonic assessments. Assesses single sound recognition (a-z), oral blending, CVC word and tricky word reading (Phase 2). Ideally repeated half-termly or termly to show progression. Can also support allocating children to streaming groups for differentiated teaching. Flashcards of the words and sounds within the assessment are also included.

An interactive Powerpoint activity featuring 30 CVC words. The pictures appear first; once they are clicked on the letters drop down one by one so that children can read along with each word. This is a great whole class activity for CVC word or oral blending practice during Phonics sessions.

An A4 observation template for EYFS topics such as ‘All About Me’, ‘This is Me’ and ‘Ourselves’. Encourage children to draw a picture in each box while speaking about themselves, and write down what they say in the comments box. An example of how to complete the sheet is also included. A back to school activity to support gathering evidence for ‘Speaking’, ‘Self-Confidence and Self-Awareness’ and ‘People and Communities’.

Five A4 posters for display in an airport or travel agent role play station, to support reading opportunities during purposeful play. Questions include 'Where do you want to go?; and ‘What will you pack in your bag?’ amongst others.

An in-flight menu to support purposeful reading within an airport/aeroplane role play station. Features photographic support and a range of words for early readers to decode.

An in-flight entertainment TV screen for display in an airport/aeroplane role play. Great to stick to the back of chairs in an aeroplane role play to give children a realistic in-flight experience and an opportunity to develop their reading skills.

A Flight Attendant checklist to support reading opportunities within an aeroplane/airport role play. Single page PDF document with simple sentences for reading and pictorial support.

A set of cockpit controls for use in an airport/aeroplane role play, to support Reading and Mathematical development through purposeful play. Includes speed controls (numbers to 10), position display, sentences to read (e.g. turn on the seatbelt sign), cockpit photograph, world map and flight speed dial.

Boarding passes for use in an airport role play. A reading/writing opportunity to support purposeful role play. Also features a clock for children to draw the hands on to support early mathematical development.