Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. Print all files single-sided on A4 card. COUNTING ON shows a way to present sums using number and dot dice – includes layout and suggestions. ADD 1p, 2p or 5p. Money sums: aim is to predict the answer and get it confirmed immediately. Very immediate way of presenting written sums, illustrated with realistic money symbols. DOLLS HOUSE SHOPPING: add up units. Cut sheet into cards to make lots of different sums. Use tactile aids like an abacus, Unifix or Numicon.

Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. See Guide for suggestions. Coin cards for the 13/30 up to 19/90 (-teen and -ty numbers) have been included with two different fonts for the numbers. Some children are very distracted by the additions to 1 in Comic Sans, others confuse the 'p' with 9 - especially those who aren't working L-R consistently. The second set is in Rage Italic font which has numbers more like hand-written ones.

Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. Both activities can be used as barrier games where adult and child can take turns, first to direct and then to do the action. See guide for ideas.

Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. Bonds to 5 (and subtract from 5). Three similar stories and worksheets. Print the three stories 2-up on A4 paper. Print the worksheets on A4 paper. Suggestions on the worksheet pages use a very visual ‘take-away’ method first (by destroying the correct number of images). Then, the child has to say how many are needed to replace them to get back to 5 before the next sum, and cut the correct number of images for the replacement. Sums are also presented in written form.

Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. Print 2-up on A4 and follow suggestions. At this level, there are intentionally very difficult words, many of which the child won’t know. This is to force the slick reader to study the words carefully before choosing. There are ‘distracter’ words and pictures. Introduces new vocabulary and requires listening for meaning as well.

Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. Print 2-up on A4 paper. Cut to A5 pages. The task is to look at the whole word and not just part of it. At the lower level the pages have words first with symbols and then without. The words only change by different word-endings. These are for good young readers or older children of lower ability who are focusing solely on the beginnings of words. Includes suggestions.

Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. Print on A4 paper: SPACE VOCABULARY: 20 useful topic words (illustrated) on a sheet to file, and PLANETS WORD SEARCH. SPACE PICTURE DOMINOS (no words). Print on A4 card and cut as marked.

Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. Planets track game with a set of question cards. Adult may need to help with reading, depending on children’s ability level. Print on A4 card and cut second sheet into the quiz cards. Lots of opportunity to remember the names of the planets, facts introduced into the instructions in the game.

Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. Something for everyone. 6 pages can be printed 2-up on A4 (but easier to manage full A4 size for some children). Names of the planets with attempt to show their approximate relative sizes; Spot the Difference; symbol reading and counting; Odd One Out to talk about; symbol reading-for-meaning (and follow instructions); copy words into the blanks in a story with symbol support. Suggestions included.

Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. Print 2-up on A4 card. CHRISTMAS 1-5 (dice layout). Cut out cards to make a pack. Ideas included for sorting to numeral or dice, finding, labelling, making a grid. COUNT 1-8 (Numicon layout). Cut to A5 and use for ordering 1-8. Could be used for Christmas vocabulary with young EAL learners.

Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. SIMPLE DINOSAUR BOOK consists of 5 pages suitable for less able children. Print on A4 paper. Print the PICTURE MATCHING GAMES on A4 card, 2-sided. Pairs and Dominos are as in the Dinosaur Games upload, plus a Lotto layout (make extra copies of this page as required). Print the COUNT 1-6 DINOSAURS 2-up on A4 and cut to A5 to make a book (or use for sequencing). Print DINOSAURS 1-5, 2-up, on A4 card and cut to make a set of cards to arrange in order. These can be made into a grid pattern with numerals or dice patterns. Suggestions for use included.

Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. 4 pages of information about dinosaur names, sizes etc. (Could be printed 2-up on A4.) 3 pages of similar information suitable for keeping in a folder for reference. Single page outline for preparing an ideas map, or just fill in the sheet with some examples. Word Search. Print all on A4.

WidgitSymbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. Dinosaur games (card games and track game). Card games: Pairs; Chain Game, Dominos. Print on A4 card 2-sided. Dinosaur Track game featuring irregular past tense verbs (for dice and counters) - print on A4 single-sided.

Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. 8 pages with something for everyone. Print 2-up on A4 paper. Picture matching, sort into carnivores and herbivores, Spot the Difference, count the dinosaurs in Numicon layouts, Odd One Out, follow symbol instructions, an information story, and a page to colour.

Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. CHRISTMAS VOCAB page: General vocabulary to print on A4 paper (or card for games).PICTURES FOR NATIVITY STORY: Print on A4 paper to do cut-and-stick in the book layout. (Or make two copies on card to do matching or Pairs.) Print 2-up on A4 paper: CHRISTMAS STORY - the pages have text, and box for the picture. Draw, or stick in the Nativity story pictures. WRITE THE CHRISTMAS STORY is an outline with a box to draw in or stick the Nativity story pictures in, and space for writing in. Some spellings provided.

Symbols (c) Widgit Software 2010. 8 pages of bikes, cars, dogs, cats, birds and fish to be printed as four A4 pages. See guide for ideas.

Print on A4. Activities are based around understanding that environmental signs may proscribe, prescribe or be for information! One file gives basic shapes for inventing some signs for an island environment. The other gives a Signs dice-and-counter game where players have to interpret the signs as they land on a symbol; a page of sign symbols to cut out and make your own game or story; and a story with gaps to fill by sticking in appropriate signs from the previous page.

Print both files on A4 card, single-sided. DOMINOS: Cut to make dominos i.e. each card will have two animals on it. You can use one or both pages at once. Useful for reinforcing animal vocabulary. LOTTO: you will need two copies of these pages so one can make the four boards and one can be cut into the matching cards. It is useful to practise vocabulary with a selection of pictures: photos, realistic drawings and fanciful representations.

See guide for ideas to develop appreciation of matching objects to pictures and finding things by tactile means.

Two sets of domino cards to print on A4 card, single-sided. One has letters only, the other has a picture with the upper case letter plus 'I begin with...' to match to the lower case letter on the next card. Could also be printed on paper for children to cut out and stick in order to make a 'banner'.