Variety of writing resources to aid Literacy teaching. Letter of apology to the 3 bears, a worksheet with 3 boxes for illustrating the beginning, middle & end of the story, differentiated with lines for the more able to write sentences, and sentences prefilled for less able. Goldilocks dictionary sheets, to encourage alphabetical order, and for children to use when writing the story or sentences.

I have written three extended stories to some Oxford Reading Tree Stage 1 stories. I could not find the original extended stories to these, although they may exist. The stories are for: Who is it?, Six in a bed, and Fun at the beach. I have also attached some other original extended stories, written by Roderick Hunt, that I have typed out, ready for a Shared Reading session.

Sequencing cards for the Nursery rhyme Hey Diddle Diddle. Clear, simple pictures and words on 4 A4 pages.

Pictures and character names of characters in differing versions of the story.

A worksheet with simple pictures of different shaped/sized containers. Children to mark/colour in when the container is half-full

Worksheet to help children hear onset and rime families with CVC words

A song to the tune of Twinkle twinkle little star to thank mums for all they do for us. Words by Laurie Patsalides.

Simple chromatography experiment to see who wrote a message in pen on some paper. Children to use felt pens on paper in water, to watch the inks separate. Great idea to introduce reverse colour mixing in EYs or colour separation in Science.

An introduction (based on Scholastic's Festival Facts Holi) ton the Hindu festival of Holi. To be used in conjunction with the story of Prahlad and Holika. Holi is the festival of colours, and is celebrated with the throwing of coloured powder and water.

Mindmap set out in 6 areas of learning + role-play. Road, rail, air and water transport covered. Activity ideas for a vehicle-based topic. Indoor and outdoor activities included.

Mindmap topic planner for all 6 areas of learning. Focussed on general Chinese New Year ideas, plus the Year of the Rabbit.

Topic planner mindmap covering children's experiences of new babies. Activity ideas across the 6 areas of learning, including role-play baby clinic and learning to look after a new baby.

Topic planner mindmap covering Hallowe'en, focussing on book Pumpkin Soup. Non-fiction instructional text - reading, sequencing, writing and doing, as well as other activities.

Topic planner mindmap covering the job of a postal clerk, post-person, Post Office and sorting office roles and role-play, as well as writing opportunities

Early Years topic planner covering the 6 areas of learning, and suggested activities to be covered.

Covers Funnybones (skeleton), Elmer (similarities and differences) and Owl Babies (needs).

Topic planner mindmap to outline mini topic content. Some ideas are adult-led and some child initiated, although this is not indicated here. Hope my plans are of use to others. Happy New Year xx

Objectives taken straight from the EYFS Development Matters, split into 30-50 months, 40-60+ months and Early Learning Goals

Objectives taken straight from the EYFS Development Matters, split into 30-50 months, 40-60+ months and Early Learning Goals

Objectives taken straight from the EYFS Development Matters, split into 30-50 months, 40-60+ months and Early Learning Goals