I am passionate about learning that is tailored to children's interests and gives lots of opportunity for children to be creative and critical thinkers. I think it's important that learning materials cater to a variety of learning styles and I try to make my resources have real-world applications whenever possible. These resources will not only engage your learners, but they'll save you time, so that you can focus on doing what you do best.
I am passionate about learning that is tailored to children's interests and gives lots of opportunity for children to be creative and critical thinkers. I think it's important that learning materials cater to a variety of learning styles and I try to make my resources have real-world applications whenever possible. These resources will not only engage your learners, but they'll save you time, so that you can focus on doing what you do best.
Learning to weave a kete is a fun activity that enriches children’s learning about traditional Māori crafts. It can be used during Matariki to celebrate this special time of year or at any time of the year to teach children the skills of weaving. It is also a great way to build fine motor skills.
There are three differentiated versions to choose from:
The easiest level uses three strips of coloured paper and is ideal for young learners and those with limited fine motor skills.
The medium level also uses three strips of paper, but the number of under/over movements has increased.
The hardest level is great for older children and uses five strips of paper.
This activity is ideal for the whole class, small groups, early finishers, rotating stations, and library sessions.
I hope you and your children enjoy weaving their kete!
You will receive:
2 PDF files
If you have any trouble downloading, just reach out to me via email and I’ll help get these to you.
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If you’re after a fun set of posters that children can make for Black History Month, you’ll love this set of 15 inspiring Black Britons! With these posters you’ll be able to Inspire your pupils with African and Carribbean heritage, and at the same time, raise the awareness for all children, of the diverse contributions that have made Britain the place it is today.
I’ve tried to include people across a range of fields, including sports, the arts, politics, health, science and mathematics, from both the past and present.
This pack includes:
Anne Wafula Strike - a Kenyan-British Paralympic wheelchair racer
Baroness Floella Benjamin - a Caribbean-British singer, actress, author, presenter, and politician
Evelyn Dove - the first woman with African heritage to sing on the radio
Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock - a space scientist
Mary Prince - the first Caribbean-British woman to publish a book
Mary Seacole - a Jamaican-British nurse in the Crimean War
Olive Morris - a Jamaican-British community leader and activist
Ade Adepitan - a Nigerian-British wheelchair basketballer and TV presenter
Baron Learie Constantine - a Caribbean-British professional cricketer, lawyer, journalist and politician
Dr Clifford Johnson - a Carribbean-British theoretical physicist and professor
Ignatius Sancho - a Caribbean-British composer, writer, actor, and activist
Dr Nira Chamberlain - a mathematician known for mathematical modelling
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - a composer and conductor
Sir Trevor McDonald - a Caribbean-British news presenter and journalist
Walter Tull - a professional footballer and the first person with African-Caribbean heritage to become a second lieutenant in the British Army.
Each poster includes key achievements and is A4 size.
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If you want a fun way for your children to show their learning about Florence Nightingale, then you’ll love this hands-on craft where children make a craft of Florence Nightingale and write what they know on the lamp she is holding.
The lamp comes in three line sizes, and if you need more than one lamp, simply staple them together when the child has finished, and then glue the lamp on.
Crafts are fun, engaging, and they make learning about significant people in history memorable. Plus, they look great as a display!
I hope your students enjoy making their Florence Nightingale craft.
U.S and U.K versions included.
You will receive 3 PDF files.
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This hands-on craft is a great way for children to show what they know about Bessie Coleman, the first African American woman to gain an international pilot’s license. Making a craft is fun, it’s engaging, and it makes learning about significant people in history more memorable.
The craft is very easy to assemble, and I’ve included options for three-line sizes depending on the age of your children.
These would look great on a display, so I’ve also added a display phrase if you’d like to use it.
Children make a craft of Bessie Coleman and write on the helmet she’s holding.
U.S and U.K versions included, along with visual instructions.
I hope your children enjoy making their Bessie Coleman craft!
You will receive 3 PDF files.
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Are you looking for a hands-on gingerbread craft? Then your students will love making their own gingerbread house with this 3D net template. Easy prep - just add scissors, colouring pencils or markers, glue sticks or white glue, and tape if needed.
There is a design with sweet decorations included, and a design without sweet decorations so your students can add their own.
U.K. and U.S versions for printing A4/letter and spelling.
Includes 2 pages.
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Children will love making this hands-on foldout hāngi craft. It can be used as a craft for Matariki or as a writing craft for children to write what they know about Matariki.
I’ve included lots of options to choose from for the craft and the information text, so you can easily adapt this to your needs.
Craft Options:
Make a foldable hāngi.
Write answers to the questions (with lines or without).
Blank for students to write about their own topic/s of interest (with lines or without).
Editable version so you can write the topics or questions (text is editable, images and layout aren’t).
Information Options:
Jigsaw reading - eight topics to choose from for the harder version and four topics for the easier version, plus an editable version so you can adapt it and choose the questions that are most appropriate.
Reading text – two levels of text to choose from, plus editable versions, or you can use online sources.
While this craft could be used to write about Matariki, it could also be used for writing instructions on how to make a hāngi.
I hope you and your children enjoy making their paper hāngi craft.
You will receive:
Two zip files with PDFs and PPTX files.
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Looking for a fun way to practise adding and subtracting money, that’s great for St. Patrick’s Day? With this hands-on craft, children add or subtract the amounts of money on each coin, then glue them onto a pot to make a pot of gold.
These would look great on a display, so I’ve included a display phrase if you’d like to use one.
There are lots of options to cater to your needs:
make amounts to $1, $5, and $10 (U.S)/£1, £5, and £10 (U.K)
adding money
subtracting money
adding and subtracting money
adding/subtracting easy amounts that can be done mentally (amounts with fives, tens, twenty-fives, fifties, and seventy-five-cents/pence)
adding/subtracting in vertical form (single-digits)
adding/subtracting in vertical form (double-digits)
a pot with and without “My Money Skills Sham-Rock!”
glue onto paper or glue coins onto an outline template
editable version so you can choose the money problems
Also included:
U.S($) and U.K(£) versions - if you need another currency you can use the editable version
visual instructions
display board phrase “We Sham-Rock at Money Skills!”
I hope your children enjoy making their pots of gold!
You will receive PDFs and an editable PPTX file.
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If you’re looking for writing crafts or art to make a beautiful display to commemorate Remembrance Day, then you and your students will enjoy all the options inside this craft and display pack.
There are four crafts to choose from - a poppy, wreath, bugle, and medal, and you can either use these to write about the meaning of Remembrance Day or to write a poem. Alternatively, using just the front of each craft, these can become an art project.
What’s included?
Four writing crafts with lines
Four designs for colouring, adding crayon/dye, tissue paper, or paint
Three line sizes (1.3cm, 2cm, and 2.5cm)
Poppies to colour or use the pre-coloured ones for a border or to fill in smaller spaces
Display phrases - 2 letters per page, letter size paper, and A3 paper
I hope you and your students enjoy making this display for Remembrance Day.
Your children will love choosing and making the craft that suits their father or special person the best for Father’s Day, with three options to choose from, and themed coupons to go inside. Plus, you can build community with a homework questionnaire for children to get to know their fathers or special person better, with interesting questions that they will enjoy sharing when they bring it back to school.
What’s included?
Make a briefcase and coupons which include a laptop, notebook, calculator, and phone
Make a sports bag and coupons which include a basketball, baseball bat, soccer ball, drink bottle, and towel
Make a toolbox and coupons which include a hammer, chisel, saw, wrench, and screwdriver
Example page showing the finished crafts for children to see
Two versions of a take-home questionnaire for children to do for homework
U.K. and U.S. versions
I hope your children enjoy making these and getting to know their fathers or special people better with the questionnaire.
You will receive 2 PDFs (not editable).
If you need something editable, please reach out to at info@zigglelearning.com.
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If you’re wanting to make a beautiful display to commemorate Anzac Day, then this pack of five different writing crafts will be ideal for students to write what they know about Anzac Day.
The crafts are all symbols connected with Anzac Day. There is an Anzac biscuit tin, a bugle, a medal, a poppy, and a wreath.
Each craft comes with three line sizes and options with or without “Anzac Day” on the front of the craft.
These will look fantastic up on the wall so I’ve included the phrase “Anzac Day”, which comes in three styles, with one-word per page, A4, and A3 sizes to choose from.
I hope your students enjoy making their Anzac Day crafts!
You will receive printable PDF files.
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Ramadan lanterns are so beautiful and a special symbol of Ramadan, so this hands-on craft is a great way for students to show what they know about Ramadan. Making a craft is fun, it’s engaging, and it makes learning about special days and months more memorable.
The craft is very easy to assemble, and I’ve included options for six designs, and three line sizes.
There are two possible ways you could use this craft:
Children write facts about Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr on a lantern craft.
Children make art projects using the templates, with crayon and dye, paint, torn paper, or markers.
What’s included?
templates for the lanterns in 1-inch, 3/4 inch, and 1/2 inch line sizes
templates for the lanterns for art
visual instructions
U.S and U.K versions
Extra pages are included for each line size for children who love to write a lot.
These would look stunning on a display.
I hope your children enjoy making their Ramadan lanterns!
You will receive a zip file with PDFs.
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Are you looking for an easy and fun way to get your students interacting and working together with their grandparents or special people on Grandparents’ Day? This activity book is filled with tasks that help the children get to know their special person a little better and encourage them to work together to solve puzzles, which is great for bonding and building memories!
What’s included?
A version for grandparents and a version for grandparents and special people
8 pages with 13 activities and answers at the back
Fact file
Find out more about your grandparent/special person
Crossword
Word find
Tic tac toe
Draw each other
Grandparents write a favourite recipe
Name 5 things
Scavenger hunt in the classroom
General knowledge quiz
Rhyming words
U.K and U.S versions
Easy prep - just print double-sided on the short edge and staple together.
I hope this activity book brings joy and fun to your Grandparent’s Day!
You will receive 3 PDFs.
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This interactive Father’s Day card will be fun for your students to make and fun for their father or special person to open, discover, and read all the little ways that they are loved by their child.
Your students could make the card in two ways. For a simple version, use the pre-made cover template (or a plain piece of card) and students choose one or two interactive elements to put inside. Alternatively, students make the entire card interactive.
The interactive elements include:
a toolbox with removeable tool coupons
a picture to draw and “hang”
a pocket with a removeable car key to finish the sentence “I’m luc-KEY you’re my dad because…” (options for grandad, uncle, and special person included)
a foldable gift letter for students to write to their father or special person
What’s included?
Card template
Toolbox and tool coupons
Picture frame
Pocket and car key
Foldable gift letter with four line sizes to choose from
Visual instructions
U.K and U.S versions
Editable version so you can change “Father’s Day” if you need to (text is editable, images and layout aren’t)
I hope your students enjoy making this card for Father’s Day.
You will receive PDF and PPTX files.
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This interactive notebook set is all about making learning fun and engaging while giving opportunities to learn and demonstrate understanding about the origins and symbols of Anzac Day.
Students could come up with their own question to investigate, and then choose a shape to display their learning on, or you could use the set of questions in the editable file. I’ve also included blank title boxes if you’d like to write your own questions that is tailored to your class.
The newspaper has a pre-made option with photos and maps already added, and there is a version with student choice of photos and titles to add. The newspaper would be ideal for students to write what they know about Anzac Day, or they could write about the photo which is a primary source.
The shapes can be used to focus on a particular question. Each shape comes with a lined and unlined version. The ANZAC foldable has the option for students to cut and paste the words underneath, or to write the words underneath.
What’s included:
Interactive newspaper, poppy, wreath, bugle, Anzac biscuit tin, ANZAC foldable
Writing paper (ink saver and colour)
Visual step-by-step instructions
Editable titles with moveable images, or write your own
I hope your students enjoy using these for their Anzac topic.
You will receive a PDF and PPTX file.
If you like using this resource after your purchase, I’d love it if you could leave a quick review. To show my appreciation, you can choose any resource up to the same value for free. Simply email me after with the resource you’d like at info@zigglelearning.com
This interactive Mother’s Day card will be fun for your students to make and fun for their mother or special person to open, discover, and read all the little ways that they are loved by their child.
Your students could make the card in two ways. For a simple version, use the pre-made cover template and students choose one or two interactive elements to put inside. Alternatively, students make the entire card interactive.
The interactive elements include:
a flowerpot with removeable flower coupons
a picture to draw and “hang”
a teacup with a removeable teabag to finish the sentence “You’re TEA-riffic because…”
a foldable gift letter for students to write to their mother or special person
What’s included?
Card template with and without cursive script
Flowerpot and flower coupons - flowerpot comes with and without cursive script
Picture frame
Teacup and teabag
Foldable gift letter with four line sizes to choose from
Visual instructions
U.K and U.S versions
Editable version so you can change “Mother’s Day” to special people (aunt, grandma, etc). Text is editable, images and layout aren’t.
I hope your students enjoy making this card for Mother’s Day.
You will receive 2 PDFs and a PPTX file.
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New Year traditions around the world are so interesting to learn about. With this pack of four craftivities your students will learn about Puerto Rico, Spain, Brazil, and Denmark, and the traditions that are unique to their countries.
What’s included?
Fact cards for each country (2 per page)
Photo instructions
Craftivity to make and write about the country’s traditions
A map to find the country and attach it to the craft
Similarities and differences Venn diagram
Ideas for use:
You could print the fact cards and put them with the crafts at stations
You could focus on one country and compare it with your own
Put students into groups of 4 and give each student a different country. The students learn about their country and have to teach the others in their group.
Students could research online to find more detailed information.
Students can choose which country they want to learn about, and early finishers could do more than one craft.
I hope you enjoy using these activities with your students.
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New Year traditions around the world are so interesting to learn about. With this pack of four craftivities your students will learn about Greece, the Philippines, Germany, and one of the following: United States, Canada, England, Australia, or New Zealand.
What’s included?
Fact cards for each country (2 per page)
Photo instructions
Craftivity to make and write about the country’s traditions
A map to find the country and attach it to the craft
Similarities and differences Venn diagram
As the United States, Canada, England, Australia, and New Zealand are very similar in their celebrations, they all have a party hat craft so I recommend choosing one of these to focus on. However, fact cards and maps are included for all of them if you wish to look at the similarities.
3 line sizes for writing on
U.K and U.S versions (spelling, printing letter/A4 size)
Ideas for use:
You could print the fact cards and put them with the crafts at stations
You could focus on one country and compare it with your own
Put students into groups of 4 and give each student a different country. The students learn about their country and have to teach the others in their group.
Students could research online to find more detailed information.
Students can choose which country they want to learn about, and early finishers could do more than one craft.
I hope you enjoy using these activities with your students.
If you like using this resource after your purchase, I’d love it if you could leave a quick review. To show my appreciation, you can choose any resource up to the same value for free. Simply email me after with the resource you’d like at info@zigglelearning.com
Preview clipart is purchased with a commercial license from Little Red’s Clipart
Your students will love this fun pack of easy-prep printable Halloween-themed activities which cover idioms, maths, science, writing, and design skills.
There are plenty of options to appeal to all learners with word searches, a number search, creative design activities, labelling the skeletal system, writing ideas, and more.
This pack is suitable for Year 3 and up.
What’s included?
U.S and U.K versions
Halloween word search
Create a Halloween word search
Design a board game
Design a new sweet
Design a Halloween costume
Design carved pumpkins
Halloween crossword
Name 5 Halloween-related words for different topics
Halloween A to Z
Cat idioms and Halloween idioms
Number search - multiplication
Fraction word problems
Label the skeletal system
Cut out and make the skeletal system
Writing prompts (colour and ink saver)
Answer keys for activities which aren’t open-ended
Ideas for use:
whole class
stations
early finishers
I hope your students enjoy this Halloween pack.
You will receive a PDF file.
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Inspire and teach your students about the achievements and contributions of 40 amazing people with African and Caribbean heritage with this bundle pack which includes a 31-slide PowerPoint presentation and 15 colouring posters.
The slideshow:
There are enough slides to show one for each day of Black History Month.
The text is editable so you can adapt this to your needs (images and layout aren’t editable), plus there are some vocabulary slides at the beginning which you can add to or delete depending on your class.
The colouring posters:
Children read and colour in 15 posters to make a fantastic wall display.
Have some fun this Halloween with this hands-on 3D haunted house model. Your students will love making their own haunted house, adding their own details to make the house unique.
This pack includes options for a single-level house made up of three rooms and a roof, or a two level house which has six rooms. The model is put together by making rooms and gluing them together, so students could make just one or two rooms, or they could make all six.
The haunted house can be made using paper or light card. White glue is the easiest to work with for this project, and tape can be used if needed.
What’s included?
Instructions
4 outline pages for a one-level house
6 outline pages for a two-level house
Display box template for a “garden”
Photo examples
U.S and U.K versions
Note: 3D crafts can be challenging for students so please consider if your students have the fine motor skills needed before purchasing.
I hope your students enjoy making a haunted house this Halloween!
You will receive a PDF file.
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Fun pack of Halloween activities
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