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.
Do you need some hands-on activities to bring your Ancient Greece unit to life? This pack has 5 hands-on activities that include writing the ancient Greek alphabet, making ancient Greek coins, making a miniature clay amphora (vase), sgraffito art inspired by ancient Greek art, and weaving. Many of these activities can meet the learning objectives of the art curriculum at the same time.
This pack comes with a PDF slideshow version of instructions, plus a student handout version for the art activities. There are also three pages of photos of real artefacts to use for inspiration.
What’s included?
Teacher’s guide
Photos for inspiration
Self-reflection
Artist statement
U.K and U.S versions
Student instructions for:
Make a clay amphora
Make clay or salt dough coins
Draw an aspect of ancient Greek life using the sgraffito technique with oil pastels
Write the ancient Greek alphabet
Try weaving using wool
You will need:
A4 paper
paint (poster or acrylic)
strong card
a variety of colourful wool
scissors
tape
pencils
oil pastels
air-drying clay and rolling/marking tools
52 pages included
You will receive a zip file with PDFs.
I hope you enjoy using this pack with your students.
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Shang Dynasty Activities
Shang Dynasty Hands-on Activities and Crafts
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The activities in this pack will help your students to learn about the history of boats, how boats use technology, and how the changes in technology over time have brought changes for how people meet their needs and made the world more connected.
There is a lot to choose from with worksheets, interactive notebook activities, PowerPoint™ and Google Slides™ for teaching, design activities, labelling activities, a S.T.E.M activity, and a word search. Plus, there are editable versions for some worksheets so you can write questions to tailor the resource to your needs.
What’s included?
18 PowerPoint™ and Google Slides™
Cut and paste activity to categorize different ship technology (sails, steam, diesel)
Spot the differences - identify differences between two photos of boats, one from the past and one from the present
Ask a grandparent (or older person) - compare changes in boat transport over time (plus editable version)
Interactive sailboat - write about how boats meet our needs (plus editable version)
Interactive world - write about how transport technology makes the world more connected (plus editable version)
Interactive ship’s wheel - practice writing cardinal directions
Two design activities to choose from (a new kind of boat and a boat you could live on)
STEM challenge to make a boat
Label the parts of a ship - cut and paste
Word search (two levels of difficulty)
U.K and U.S versions
I hope your students enjoy learning about the history of boats with these activities.
You will receive PDF and PPTX files.
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This pack of activities on ancient Egyptian history is full of engaging activities including a timeline, causes and consequences, hieroglyphics, map work, colouring cover pages, research organisers and more!
Ancient Egypt is such a fun topic to explore, and this pack of activities provides a range of activities to get your students engaged in learning and build their knowledge about how ancient Egyptians lived, all while covering key social studies skills.
What’s included?
Archaeological Dig Record Book - a fun research organiser
Colouring cover pages (4 designs)
Timeline cut and paste
Informational Reading Text (editable text, images/layout aren’t editable)
Causes and consequences activity cut and paste
Ancient Egyptian life and my life - how are they similar or different?
‘Would you rather… live in ancient Egypt or now?’
Roleplaying interviews with an archaeologist
Hieroglyphics - write your name, write a word for a partner, make new hieroglyphics
Inventions cut and paste activity
Student-choice research reporter-style
Starting the inquiry process (K-W-L)
Social structure worksheet
Fortune teller to cover key social studies concepts (significance, changes, causes and consequences, sources)
Adapting to the environment interactive notebook
Answer keys where appropriate
Vocabulary display cards and display phrase “Ancient Egypt”
Line sizes are included for year 3-4 and 5-6.
This pack is available in U.S and U.K versions. (letter/A4, spelling)
I hope you enjoy using these activities with your children, as much as I enjoyed making them!
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SAVE MONEY with this complete hands-on unit bundle on ancient Shang dynasty history packed with fun activities including research organisers, a timeline, developments, leadership analysis, a fortune teller, and more to help your students learn about the first ancient Chinese civilization with a written record.
This pack contains lots of interesting learning activities that you can pick and choose from:
timeline cut and paste
colouring page (great for covers)
map work
comparison activities of the students’ lives with Shang life
social structure
reporter-style research page
archaeological dig research booklet
informational reading passage (text is editable, images/layout aren’t)
adapting to the environment interactive notebook
analysing leadership cut and paste
fortune teller of key social studies concepts
starting the inquiry process (KWL)
U.S and U.K versions included.
I hope your students love learning about the Shang Dynasty!
Hands-on activities:
Student instructions for:
Roleplay as archaeologists
Make a model Shang chariot
Carry out an archaeological dig with a partner
Make a soap “jade” carving
Make a clay bronze “ding”
Write oracle symbols - the first Chinese writing system on paper, but if you have clay students can make an oracle bone to write symbols on.
I hope you enjoy using this unit with your children, as much as I enjoyed making it!
You will receive a zip file with PDFs and a PPTX file.
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Valentine’s Day is a great time to build a community of children and young people that are kind to others and to themselves. This set of posters is filled with encouraging words and positive affirmations and will look great on a display, door, office or hallway.
What’s included?
12 posters of positive affirmations
Two sizes: 1 per page and 2 per page
Colour background and white background (with colour images)
U.K and U.S versions
I hope your students feel cared for and inspired to show kindness toward others with these posters.
Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
info@zigglelearning.com
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Valentine Place Value Digital and Craft Activity
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Do you need some visual photos of ancient Egypt to go with your unit? This pack includes 30 photos of artifacts, buildings, and other items that give us a glimpse into ancient Egyptian life.
These posters can be printed and displayed on the wall or given to small groups.
They make great discussion starters and can be used as primary sources for children to analyse what items might have been used for in daily life.
I have also included a primary source worksheet activity about an ancient Egyptian toy that students can complete individually, in pairs, or in small groups.
The posters are colour and come in full size, 2 per page, and 4 per page so you can choose the size you need, with the option of labelled or unlabelled.
What’s included:
Printable PDF primary source activity (2 line sizes)
Editable PPTX primary source activity
Link to digital Google Slides™ version
Printable PDF posters (1, 2, and 4 per page)
If you’re after Ancient Egypt activities, you may like this resource here.
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Get your students making and creating beautiful arts and crafts from Japan with this pack of 5 hands-on activities. Creating multicultural art is a great way to celebrate the diversity within our classrooms and around the world.
In this pack you’ll find five activities that include origami, ceramics, printing, writing Japanese kanji, and watercolour with markers.
Visual step-by-step instructions are included so even if you’re not confident teaching art, students will be able to create something they can be proud of. You can either use these to outline the process, or the easiest option is to print copies for each table (or display them in plastic stands if you have them), for students to follow the instructions themselves. You could set these up as stations for students to rotate around, or do one activity per day.
What’s included?
U.K and U.S versions optimised for A4/Letter paper, spelling and vocabulary
Origami box
Kimono using origami, watercolor, and markers
Printing a landscape or koi fish
Fortune cat
Write Japanese kanji
Self-reflection form
11 pages included
What materials are used:
Air-drying clay
Paper about 6in x 6in / 15cm x 15cm
Cartridge paper A4-A3 size, coloured paper
Scissors
Watercolours or dye
Markers
Paints and brushes
Pens or pencils
Craft foam
Printing ink (or paint)
I hope your students enjoy creating Japanese art and feel super proud of what they make!
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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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Communication skills for working in pairs and groups are so important, so here’s a great way to set them up with success with some useful phrases they can use.
These posters will make a great display for your classroom, whether you are using them for decision-making or problem-solving activities, or you are teaching English-language learners.
The posters cover:
Getting a conversation or discussion started
Giving an opinion
Agreeing with others
Disagreeing with others (respectfully)
Changing the topic
Checking for understanding
Including everyone
Building on others’ ideas
Finishing up
Plus, a “Working in Pairs and Groups” poster.
U.K. and U.S. versions included, plus an editable version so you can add your own phrases (text is editable, images/layout aren’t).
These print on A4 or letter paper.
You will receive a zip file with PDFs and a PPTX file. If you have any trouble with downloading, please email me at info@zigglelearning.com.
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Here’s a great way to practice maths skills for Matariki: Children complete fact families or times tables on whetū/stars, cut them out, and make a kete to store them in.
There are lots of options to choose from:
Make a kete with a string handle or paper handle
Addition/Subtraction fact families – partially filled, all gaps, or student choice
Multiplication/Division fact families - partially filled, all gaps, or student choice
Times tables – 1/2/5/10x, 1-4x/5-8x/9-12x, or a mixture
Children complete three stars (1 page), four stars (1 page), or seven stars (2 pages).
This activity is ideal for the whole class, small groups, early finishers, or rotating stations.
I hope your children enjoy working on their fact fluency and making their kete of whetū/stars!
You will receive 5 PDF files.
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This pack of activities on the Aztec empire is full of engaging activities including a timeline, primary source activity, causes and consequences, codex symbols, map work, colouring cover pages, research organisers and more!
Your students will love learning about the Aztec empire. There is everything from incredible ruins that still exist, fierce warriors, clever methods of farming, pictorial symbols for writing, an impressive empire, human sacrifice, and a belief that their world was going to end very soon! There’s a lot to get your students hooked on history.
What’s included?
timeline cut and paste
colouring pages (great for covers)
map work
informational reading passage (editable text, images/layout aren’t editable)
comparison activities of the students’ lives with Aztec life
codices
achievements
reporter-style research page
archaeological dig research booklet
primary source activity
structure of society
adapting to the environment interactive notebook
cause and consequence cut and paste
fortune teller of key social studies concepts
photos and word wall cards
Line sizes are included for year 3-4, and year 5-6.
This pack is available in U.S and U.K versions. (letter/A4, spelling)
I hope you enjoy using these activities with your children, as much as I enjoyed making them!
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 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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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.
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
Get to know your students’ names and find out about them at the same time with this personalised 3D name plate that comes with an editable version, and four lettering templates.
On one side students will write their name in big, bold letters, and on the other side they can draw pictures of their favourite food, sport, game or book, and age or favourite number.
What’s included?
a 3D name plate
4 lettering templates for students to overlay and draw over to get bold, consistent lettering (optional to support those that aren’t confident with lettering)
an editable version if students want to type lettering, or if you want to type the lettering for them
U.K and U.S versions optimised for A4/letter paper, spelling and vocabulary
I hope you enjoy using this pack to get to know your students and to help them to build a great classroom community.
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
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
This Valentine’s Day pack gives two fun ways to practise making 2-digit numbers using chocolate “tens” and “ones” with a digital version and a hands-on craft version.
With the digital version, there are 10 slides in which students add the tens and ones and move the correct number onto the note, and 10 slides in which students move chocolate “tens” and “ones” into the chocolate box to make the number shown on the note.
This activity can be used in PowerPoint or on Google Classroom™.
With the printable version, students cut and paste the chocolate “tens” and “ones” into the chocolate box and complete maths sentences to practise writing the 2-digit number as tens and ones, an addition sentence, a combined number, and a number bond.
The finished boxes would look great on a display.
With the download you will get a PowerPoint file and a link to copy the slides into your Google Drive™, so you can choose what works best for you.
59 pages included
I hope your students enjoy practising their place value skills with this activity.
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Are you looking for a cute Valentine’s Day craft that also gives your students maths practice with their 2D shapes? This pack includes differentiation options for students to practise naming and identifying 2D shapes and their attributes while making a letterbox to post their math envelopes.
Students find the shape stamp that matches the facts or clues on the envelope. They then complete the facts or clues, make the letterbox, and post their envelopes.
This pack includes envelopes suitable for lower and higher grades, or you can easily differentiate by using a combination of the two sets. There are 9 envelopes per set.
Lower years (2,3)
Shapes include: triangle, rectangle, circle, square, pentagon, rhombus, octagon, hexagon, and trapezium (trapezoid in US version)
Higher years (3,4,5)
Shapes include: parallelogram, pentagon, hexagon (irregular), trapezium (trapezoid in US version), right triangle (right-angle), quadrilateral, rectangle, rhombus, and isosceles triangle
Photo instructions are included to make the letterbox, and there is an answer key for easy reference, although the activity is self-checking as each stamp can only be used once.
The letterbox is approx. 2.5in x 4in / 6cm x 10cm
U.K and U.S versions included.
*15 pages included
I hope your students enjoy making their Valentine’s letterboxes and practising their 2D shapes at the same time.
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This craft pack gives your students a fun way to practise their fact families during spring. There is a 2D and 3D option to make a flowerpot craft with flowers or cacti which would look great on a display.
There are lots of options for both you and the students:
choose from a range of flowers and cacti
choose which fact families on the stems to practise
3 bulletin board phrases in black, pistachio, and jade (1 word per page, A4, and A3 size)
make a 2D craft or 3D craft
editable stems to make your own fact families for the children to practise
practise addition and subtraction or multiplication and division
U.K and U.S versions included.
148 pages
I hope your students enjoy practising their fact fluency while making their spring flowerpot.
You will receive a zip file with PDFs 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
SAVE MONEY with this Amelia Earhart informational text and comprehension questions and a fun one-page biography research organiser to display students’ learning.
The passage is differentiated with four levels so you can use what works best for your students. The comprehension questions are appropriate for the level of text and cover answering questions about details in the text, identifying the main topic or purpose, understanding the connection between ideas, identifying how a map contributes to understanding, and determining the meaning of vocabulary.
The graphic organiser has two options, one with a space for students to draw a portrait, and one with a portrait for students to colour. The widest lines come with the option of her Lockheed Vega 5B plane or an interesting fact. The narrower lines use cursive script.
The organiser comes with the option of three line sizes so you can choose the best one for your students. The topics include key facts, achievements, important moment and influences, and an interesting fact.
U.S and U.K versions available.
22 pages.
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If you’re studying Amelia Earhart, this aeroplane craft will be a fun hands-on activity that would also look great on a display. This plane is the Lockheed Vega 5B which Amelia Earhart flew on her trip as the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1932.
Visual step-by-step instructions are included to help your students construct the plane.
There are two versions of the craft with simple vocabulary or with airplane terminology, which is great for older students, and for students who love planes and may already be familiar with the terminology.
A colouring page is also included if you need a quick and easy activity as an alternative to the craft.
U.K and U.S versions included.
7 pages included.
You will receive 2 PDFs.
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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