I am passionate about the early years and firmly believe that children learn best through play. My products are centred around 'hands-on' learning, with an emphasis on fun!
I am passionate about the early years and firmly believe that children learn best through play. My products are centred around 'hands-on' learning, with an emphasis on fun!
**Teach your class to read consonant-vowel-consonant words with this fun pack!
Children should say the sounds as they drive their car past the trees and then blend them together to read the word.
Road mats with the following words are provided (one word per mat):
Middle ‘a’ sound: dad, bag, jam, fan, cat
Middle ‘e’ sound: bed, leg, hen, ten, net
Middle ‘i’ sound: lid, pig, him, fin, sit
Middle ‘o’ sound: job, rod, dog, mop, hot
Middle ‘u’ sound: cub, bug, sum, run, nut
Each word is also written on a car flashcard (colour copy and B&W copy). These could be used for assessment purposes or children could match them to the correct road mats.**
MINIBEASTS:
Teach children all about bugs, their body parts and life cycles with this super exciting unit! Included are details and instructions for the following …
Big Bug Hunt & 2 differentiated recording sheets
Luxury Bug Hotel
Bug Investigation Lab
Wiggly Jiggly Wormery
Beastly Bug Pebbles
Make Your Own Bugs!
Paper Plate Spider Webs
Bug Box: Habitat Test
Slithery Snail Collage
It’s a Bug’s Life Cycles
Also included…
Bug game (in colour and B&W) and instructions: a fun game to help children learn about the needs of bugs.
Bug word mat (in colour and B&W): use this delightful word mat with writing activities.
Bug jigsaws: 6 bug jigsaws. Just print out on card, laminate and cut up. Learn about the different parts of bugs with these adorable jigsaws!
Bug cards: 1 colour card and 1 B&W card each containing 9 bugs. You could print out 2 copies and use the bug cards to play snap/pairs.
Butterfly and spider life cycle posters, both in colour and B&W.
PLANTS:
Teach children all about plant parts and life cycles! I have had so much fun creating these resources and know that your class will love the exciting activities!
Included in the pack are:
13 engaging hands on activities and investigations: full details of what you will need and instructions for how to carry them out.
Plant hunt sheet: take this sheet on your hunt and tick which flowers you find.
Seed packet template: design your own packet and fold and glue the tabs.
Sunflower diary sheet: this sheet accompanies the sunflowers activity. Draw, label and measure your sunflower each week.
Plant game (colour and B&W) and instructions: a fun game to help children learn all about what plants need to grow.
Plant word mat (colour and B&W): use this delightful word mat to help children with writing activities.
Plant jigsaw (colour and B&W): 2 of the same jigsaw provided on one page. Just print out on card, laminate and cut up. Learn the parts of a plant while playing!
**Teach children all about plant parts and life cycles! These investigations, activities and emergent reader link to the ELGs for Understanding the World, Expressive Art and Design, plus Literacy. I know that your class will love the exciting hands-on learning activities!
Included in the pack are:
13 engaging hands on activities and investigations: full details of what you will need and instructions for how to carry them out.
Plants emergent reader: provided in colour and B&W. You could print the pages back to back and use the book for guided/independent reading. Alternatively, the pages could be printed out separately and used for a display.
Plant hunt sheet x 2 (colour): take this sheet on your hunt and tick which flowers you find
Plant investigation sheet x 2 (b/w): plan your own investigation to find out what plants need.
Seed packet template: design your own packet and fold and glue the tabs.
Sunflower diary sheet: this sheet accompanies the sunflowers activity. Draw, label and measure your sunflower each week.
Plant game (colour and B&W) and instructions: a fun game to help children learn all about what plants need to grow.
Plant word mat (colour and B&W): use this delightful word mat to help children with writing activities.
Plant jigsaw (colour and B&W): 2 of the same jigsaw provided on one page. Just print out on card, laminate and cut up. Learn the parts of a plant while playing!
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**Teach your class to read and write 2 letter vowel-consonant words with this fun phonics activity! Children should blend to read the word, cut and paste to make the word and finally write the word. Ideal for young learners or those struggling with reading and writing. FUN hands-on learning for your literacy activities or to give out as homework!
The following are included in b/w:**
Activity containing 1 VC word per sheet (12 pages)
Activity containing 2 VC words per sheet (6 pages)
Activity containing 4 VC words per sheet (3 pages)
The VC words included are: at, an, am, as, in, is, it, if, on, of, up, us.
To complete the activity children should:
Press the ‘sound buttons’ underneath each letter and blend to say the word.
Cut and paste the correct letters to make the word.
Write the word themselves!
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**FUN games for teaching adding and subtracting within 10! Your class will improve fluency with addition and subtraction facts. Perfect LOW-PREP games for your St. Patrick’s Day maths lessons!
Included are:**
Playing pieces & die, 0-10 number lines to check answers (count on or back to solve the +/-).
Pot of Gold game (in colour and B+W), instructions– addition game
Leprechaun game (in colour and B+W), instructions – addition game
St. Patrick’s Day Hats game (in colour and B+W), instructions – subtraction game
Rainbow Pot of Gold game (in colour and B+W), instructions - subtraction game
St. Patrick’s Day Owls game (in colour and B+W), instructions –addition and subtraction game
St. Patrick’s Day Race game (in colour and B+W) instructions – addition and subtraction game
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**Teach your class to read and write 2 letter vowel-consonant words with this fun phonics activity! There are 12 VC words for your class to hunt for and differentiated recording sheets for them to fill in. Simply print, cut out and laminate the cards and then hang them around your classroom!
The following are included:**
12 VC word cards
3 differentiated recording sheets
3 answer sheets
1 page of activity ideas
The VC words included are: at, an, am, as, in, is, it, if, on, of, up, us.
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Teach your class to read words containing phase 3 vowel digraphs and trigraphs with this fun pack! Digraphs and trigraphs included are ai, ee, igh, oa, oo/oo, ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, er.
Children should say the sounds as they drive their car past the birds and then blend them together to read the word.
Road mats with the following words are provided (one word per mat):
ai: rain, wait, sail, pain, tail
ee: seed, deep, feet, bee, see
igh: high, night, light, right, sigh
oa: boat, coat, road, toad, goat
oo: look, book, wood, foot, good
oo: too, zoo, moon, boot, food
ar: car, farm, hard, park, shark
or: for, born, sort, fork, torch
ur: burn, turn, fur, curl, hurt
ow: cow, now, down, owl, town
oi: coin, boil, soil, join, oil
ear: hear, gear, near, tear, dear
air: hair, fair, chair, pair, stair
er: fern, her, herb, term, herd
Each word is also written on a car flashcard (colour copy and B&W copy). These could be used for assessment purposes or children could match them to the correct road mats.
Teach your class to read words containing vowel digraphs (ai, ee, igh, oa) with this fun pack!
Children should say the sounds as they drive their car past the birds and then blend them together to read the word.
Road mats with the following words are provided (one word per mat):
ai: rain, wait, sail, pain, tail
ee: seed, deep, feet, bee, see
igh: high, night, light, right, sigh
oa: boat, coat, road, toad, goat
Each word is also written on a car flashcard (colour copy and B&W copy). These could be used for assessment purposes or children could match them to the correct road mats.
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Teach 2 letter VC words with these hands-on dinosaur themed games and activities. Your class will have so much fun while they learn to read the VC words! All resources are low-prep and provided in colour and B/W.
Included are:
VC word cards and a page of ideas for games/activities.
VC word fans (Laminate, cut out and fasten using a split pin or treasury tag). Children hold up the correct letters to make given VC words.
VC word craft pages to decorate using paint, pens, sequins, etc. These pages could also be laminated and children could make the words using dough.
Also included are games containing all of the VC words:
I Spy game –search for and read tiny VC words using a magnifying glass
Roll and Read game –roll the die and read the VC words in the matching row
VC word board game – make your way around the board, saying the words as you go!
Match magnetic letters to VC words chart
VC word Race game– 4 player game: take turns to roll the die & say the word which you land on. Who will reach the end first?
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**Five editable games and activities for teaching high frequency words, topic words or other words of your choice. Simply type your 10 words (up to 11 letters long) into the word list at the beginning and they will automatically be inserted into every game and activity! LOW-PREP and endless fun!
Included are:**
Sandcastle Sprint board game (in colour and B+W), instructions, playing pieces & die – make your way around the board, saying the words as you go! Who will be first to reach the sandcastle?
Words, Waves & Other Things game (in colour and B+W) - search for and read tiny high frequency words in the beach picture, using a magnifying glass. Children could make a list of the words which they find and compete to find the most!
Roll and read game (in colour and B+W) - roll the die and read the words in the matching column.
High frequency word spinners (in colour and B+W) - spin the spinner and read the high frequency word.
Countdown game (in colour and B+W) – how many high frequency words can the children read in 1 minute?
**To edit, download the PDF to your computer and then open the PDF in the latest version of Adobe Reader. Next click on the text boxes in ‘Your Word List’ and enter your high frequency words. Only the text is editable, not the images! **
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Teach your class to recognise numbers to 20 with this fun maths activity! Children should say the number as they drive their toy car past the sign and then count the number of birds in the picture. This number recognition activity will ensure FUN hands-on learning for your maths lessons!
The following are included in colour and b/w:
21 number road mats (numbers 0-20): children should drive their toy car along the road from left to right. When they reach the sign they should say the number. Children can then count the number of birds in the picture.
Number car flashcards (4 pages). These could be used for assessment purposes or children could match them to the correct road mats.
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**Use this doubles and near doubles activity to develop fact fluency within 10 and 20! There are 3 levels of difficulty to ensure that your lesson is differentiated to meet the needs of all pupils. Your class hunt for doubles addition cards (and near doubles for more able children) and then fill in their differentiated recording sheets. Simply print, cut out and laminate the cards and then hang them around your classroom!
Included are:**
Doubles addition cards to 10+10
9 near doubles cards within 20
6 recording sheets and corresponding answer sheets
1 page of activity ideas
Your class can hunt for all or just some of the cards:
Level 1: addition cards from 0+0 up to 5+5
Level 2: addition cards from 0+0 up to 10+10
Level 3: addition cards from 0+0 up to 10+10 and near doubles
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**Develop subtraction fact fluency within 10 with this fun maths activity! There are 26 subtraction cards for your class to hunt for and differentiated recording sheets for them to fill in. To set up this subtraction within 10 activity, simply print, cut out and laminate the cards and then hang them around your classroom!
The following are included:**
26 subtraction cards
3 differentiated recording sheets
2 answer sheets
1 page of activity ideas
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Develop rapid recall of addition and subtraction facts with this fun ‘Add and Subtract the Room’ activity! This addition and subtraction within 10 activity is interactive and fun. Your class will hunt for either the addition cards or the subtraction cards and complete the differentiated recording sheets as they go! Simply print, cut out and laminate the cards and then hang them around your classroom.
The following are included:
26 addition cards
26 subtraction cards
3 differentiated addition recording sheets
3 differentiated subtraction recording sheets
2 addition answer keys
2 subtraction answer keys
1 page of activity ideas
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**This phase 2 high frequency words activity will help your class learn to read and write! Children should blend to read the word, cut and paste to make the word and finally write the word. FUN hands-on learning for your phonics lessons!
The following are included in b/w:**
32 activity sheets, each containing 1 of the phase 2 high frequency words to blend, paste and write. The tricky word activity sheets are labelled ‘read, paste and write’, as children do not yet have the phonic knowledge to be able to blend these.
To complete the activity the children will:
Press the ‘sound buttons’ underneath each sound and blend to say the word.
Cut and paste the correct letters to make the word.
Write the word themselves! Children who are struggling to write could make the word with magnetic letters instead!
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A huge bundle of fun science investigations, activities, emergent readers and more! Ideal for Pre-School and Reception. Everything you need to teach the following seven themes: Floating and Sinking, Five Senses, Pushes and Pulls, Plants, Minibeasts and Creepy Crawlies, Farm Animals and Zoo Animals. Perfect for your whole class introductions, adult led activities or independent work in the continuous provision. Included are the following:
FLOATING AND SINKING
8 pages of awesome activity ideas.
Floating and sinking word mat (in colour and B&W): use this delightful word mat with writing activities.
Recording sheets: 5 recording sheets with differentiated versions = 10 in total! Perfect for children of all abilities and different ages.
Design a rubber ring sheet.
‘Floating and Sinking’ emergent reading book: provided in colour and B&W. You could print the pages back to back and use the book for guided/independent reading. Alternatively, the pages could be printed out separately and used for a display.
FIVE SENSES
Senses book: provided in colour and B&W. You could print the pages back to back and use the book for guided/independent reading. Alternatively, the pages could be printed out separately and used for a display.
Senses activities: a page of activity ideas (1 activity for each sense) and 5 recording sheets (B&W only).
Senses game, playing pieces, die and instructions (game in colour and B&W)
Senses spinners and activity prompt sheet: 1 colour spinner and 1 B&W. Ideas for how to use the spinners provided.
Senses writing paper, both in colour and B&W: senses themed paper to use for writing activities.
Senses word mat (in colour and B&W): use this delightful word mat with writing activities.
PUSHES AND PULLS
Introduction to theme and objectives/aims.
Pushes and Pulls Around the Classroom: activity and 2 differentiated recording sheets included.
2 Push or Pull Activity Sheets: to use as homework/extension work.
Push or Pull Different Speeds: playground activity ideas.
Push or Pull Different Directions: outdoor activity ideas and 2 differentiated recording sheets.
How Far: ramp investigation with 2 differentiated recording sheets.
Marble Run: marble run investigation with 2 differentiated recording sheets.
Push and Pull word mat (in colour and B&W): use this word mat with writing activities.
‘Push or Pull’ emergent reading book: provided in colour and B&W.
PLANTS
13 engaging hands on activities and investigations: full details of what you will need and instructions for how to carry them out.
Plant hunt sheets: take these differentiated sheets on your hunt and tick which flowers you find.
Plants emergent reader: in colour and b/w.
Seed packet template: design your own packet and fold and glue the tabs.
Sunflower diary sheet: this sheet accompanies the sunflowers activity. Draw, label and measure your sunflower each week.
Plant game (colour and B&W) and instructions: a fun game to help children learn all about what plants need to grow.
Plant word mat (colour and B&W): use this delightful word mat to help children with writing activities.
Plant jigsaw (colour and B&W): 2 of the same jigsaw provided on one page. Just print out on card, laminate and cut up. Learn the parts of a plant while playing!
MINIBEASTS AND CREEPY CRAWLIES
Activity Plans:
Big Bug Hunt & 2 differentiated recording sheets
Luxury Bug Hotel
Bug Investigation Lab
Wiggly Jiggly Wormery
Beastly Bug Pebbles
Make Your Own Bugs!
Paper Plate Spider Webs
Bug Box: Habitat Test
Slithery Snail Collage
It’s a Bug’s Life Cycles
Also included…
Bug game (in colour and B&W) and instructions: a fun game to help children learn about the needs of bugs.
Bug word mat (in colour and B&W): use this delightful word mat with writing activities.
Bug jigsaws: 6 bug jigsaws. Just print out on card, laminate and cut up. Learn about the different parts of bugs with these adorable jigsaws!
Bug cards: 1 colour card and 1 B&W card each containing 9 bugs. You could print out 2 copies and use the bug cards to play snap/pairs.
Butterfly and spider life cycle posters, both in colour and B&W.
FARM ANIMALS
Farm animal emergent reading book: provided in colour and B&W. You could print the pages back to back and use the book for guided/independent reading. Alternatively, the pages could be printed out separately and used for a display.
Farm animal hunt printable (in colour and B&W): to use on a visit to a farm. Children should hunt for the animals shown and tick when they find them.
Farm animal jigsaws: 6 jigsaws in colour only. Just print out, laminate and cut up. Learn about the different parts of animals with these adorable jigsaws!
Farm animal spinners and activity prompt sheet: 1 colour spinner and 1 B&W spinner, each containing 6 animals. Ideas for how to use the spinners provided.
Farm animal word mat (in colour and B&W): use this delightful word mat with writing activities.
Farm animal writing paper, both in colour and B&W: farm themed paper to use for writing activities.
Farm animal board game (in colour and B&W), playing pieces, die and instructions: who will be first to reach the farm?
Animals included: goat, cow, sheep, pig, hen and rabbit.
ZOO ANIMALS
Zoo animal hunt printable (in colour and B&W): to use on a visit to the zoo. Children should hunt for the animals shown and tick when they find them.
Zoo animal jigsaws: 6 jigsaws in colour and B&W. Just print out, laminate and cut up. Learn about the different parts of animals with these adorable jigsaws!
Zoo animal spinners and activity prompt sheet: 1 colour spinner and 1 B&W spinner each containing 6 animals. Ideas for how to use the spinners provided.
Zoo animal word mat (in colour and B&W): use this delightful word mat with writing activities.
Zoo animal writing paper, both in colour and B&W: zoo themed paper to use for writing activities.
Zoo animal board game, playing pieces, die and instructions: who will be first to reach the zoo?
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**Develop rapid recall of addition facts to 5 with this fun maths activity! There are 21 addition cards for your class to hunt for and differentiated recording sheets for them to fill in. Simply print, cut out and laminate the cards and then hang them around your classroom!
The following are included:**
21 addition cards
3 differentiated recording sheets
2 answer sheets
1 page of activity ideas
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**Develop rapid recall of addition and subtraction facts to 5 with this fun scavenger hunt activity! Your class hunt for either the addition cards or the subtraction cards and complete the differentiated recording sheets as they go! Simply print, cut out and laminate the cards and then hang them around your classroom.
The following are included:**
21 addition cards
21 subtraction cards
3 differentiated addition recording sheets
3 differentiated subtraction recording sheets
2 addition answer keys
2 subtraction answer keys
1 page of activity ideas
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**Develop rapid recall of subtraction facts to 5 with this fun maths activity! There are 21 subtraction cards for your class to hunt for and differentiated recording sheets for them to fill in. Simply print, cut out and laminate the cards and then hang them around your classroom!
The following are included:**
21 subtraction cards
3 differentiated recording sheets
2 answer sheets
1 page of activity ideas
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Develop rapid recall of subtraction facts within 20 with this fun maths activity! There are 26 subtraction cards for your class to hunt for and differentiated recording sheets for them to fill in. Simply print, cut out and laminate the cards and then hang them around your classroom!
The following are included:
26 subtraction cards
3 differentiated recording sheets
2 answer sheets
1 page of activity ideas
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