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A House for Hermit Crab story resource pack
An engaging pack for the story ‘A House for Hermit Crab’ by Eric Carle. The pack includes worksheets, display materials, games, activities and crafts and is great to include in a sea life or seaside unit.
The pack includes:
A long colourful display banner
A display border with colourful Hermit crabs
An A4 word card to use when writing about the story and sea creatures
A title poster for display
Word and picture cards of the different sea creatures in the story
Word cards with words relating to the story on sea shells
Sea creature flash cards
Sea creature fact cards with simple facts about the sea creatures in the story
Tracing pattern worksheets
Match the label to the correct sea creature worksheet
Colour photographs of different sea creatures and underwater scenes- great for discussion and displays
Design a new house for Hermit crab worksheet
Label the sea creatures worksheets
A Hermit crab fact book to make and complete
Fact posters about Hermit crabs with colour photographs
Sequencing picture cards for the story
Cut and paste sequence worksheet
What happens next worksheets
My favourite part of the story worksheet
Comparing my house to Hermit crabs house worksheet- with different version for different abilities
Cut and paste the months of the year with pictures of the corresponding sea creature
Month cards for display with corresponding sea creatures
Beginning, middle and end worksheet
Count the different sea creatures on the shell worksheets
An alphabet line on Hermit crabs
A number line to 30 on different sea creatures
A crab face mask to make- in colour and black and white
Writing paper with themed borders
Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story, or any related stories or products.
Handa's Hen story sack resources
Colour posters showing the different animals in the story
· Display banner- a long colourful display banner
· A colourful display border
Number line- A colourful number line to 50 on the animals in the story
· A4 display pages- 4 different page borders to quickly display work
· Writing pages- black and white page borders to use when writing about the story or to add to the writing area
· A colourful bingo game
· Matching pairs game
· Story words- each card is decorated with an African design border
· A4 word card- with words and pictures
· Information fact cards about the different animals in the story
· Colour posters of the characters- Handa, Akeyo and Grandma
· Face masks to make of the characters
· Counting cards up to 10 with the number and the correct number of animals to count
· Coloured story sequencing pictures
· A small world background- great to use with small world characters or in the sand tray for retelling the story
· Various worksheets- Match the animal to the name, write about the story and your favourite part of the story
· Colouring posters of the characters and animals
· Large black and white pictures to colour and sequence
Peace at Last story resource pack- Phonics Phase 1
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border- a themed display border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Word cards- words on decorated cards relating to the story
Large coloured pictures- large character pictures to print out and use on a display
Question cards- questions on decorated cards about the story to use as prompts or to add to a display
Sound posters- a set of colourful posters showing the different things that made sounds in the story
LITERACY
Alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on owls
Writing sheets- a set of writing sheets with borders for the children to write on and use in the writing area
Speech bubble worksheets- fill in the speech bubbles to show what the characters are saying
Favourite part if the story- draw and write about your favourite part of the story
Writing worksheet- write some sentences about the different pictures on the worksheets
Match the noise- match the different pictures to labels
‘b’ for bear- a worksheet all about the letter ‘b’
Sequencing worksheet- cut and order the pictures
NUMERACY
Number line
Counting worksheets
Make the clock- cut and stick the clock numbers onto the cuckoo clock
Missing numbers- differentiated worksheets to fill in the missing numbers on the stars
Counting cards
GAMES
Picture bingo
Make the sound- pick a card and make the sound for the others to guess
ACTIVITIES
Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppets
Face masks- colour and decorate the face masks
Colouring- a collection of colouring worksheets
Make some big ears-make you own paper big ears to go on a listening walk with instructions and picture cards for discussion
STORY TELLING
Sequence pictures- a set of coloured pictures to use when retelling the story
Face masks- a set of coloured face masks to use when retelling the story or making up new stories
Stick puppets- coloured stick puppets to use when retelling the story
Story sack tag- a tag to add to your story telling sack
POWER POINTS
Sound lotto- click on the stars to listen to the sounds and cover them on your lotto boards
Guess the sounds- an interactive activity to choose the correct sound they can hear on each page
Make the sounds- look at the different pictures and use your instruments to make the sounds
Voice sounds- listen to the sounds on each page and use your voice to make the different sounds
Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story, or any related stories or products.
We're Going on a Bear Hunt- book companion plus sequencing and prepositions
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen is a lovely classic book which children love!
This pack has a variety of activities for your children to use:
Large color and black line sequence pictures- these can be printed smaller for different uses or kept large for bulletin boards
Bear prepositon cards showing the bear in different places
Graphic organizers- two versions
An emergent reader book- this is an interactive book for the children to place a toy figure in the correct prepositional spot on each page or to draw themselves on each page
Label the bear- two versions for the children to copy the words in the correct boxes or to write the label in the way of the author
Rhyming word literacy center- match the rhyming word cards or the word and picture cards. Recording sheet also included
Story retelling sheets- two versions for children to draw the missing parts of the map or to cut and paste the sequence pictures in order
True or False- color the statements about the story
What do you find in the cave- a drawing and writing activity
What happens next- draw and write
Write three sentences about the bear
The Very Hungry Caterpillar story telling pack including calendar, games and activities + life cycle
A huge resources pack for the story The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Includes:
Colour class calendar to make
Sequencing pictures
Worksheets and activities
Literacy and Numeracy activities
Life cycle display materials and activities
Crafts
Display materials
Photographs for display and discussion
Powerpoints including learning about butterflies, story telling , interactive maths activities and interactive story questions
Plus lots lots more
Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story, or any related stories or products.
Writing bumper resource pack- mark making, phonics, literacy
Writing Area Resources
A bumper set of resources to use in your classroom or setting to create a stimulating and exciting writing and mark making area.
The pack includes:
Display materials:
Phoneme bunting flags- 2 flags for each phoneme one with the phoneme on and the other with a word and picture containing that phoneme
Alphabet line- Large colourful pencils each with the lower and upper case letters
Alphabet desk card- an A4 card with lower and upper case letters and an initial sound picture for each letter
Alphabet picture frieze- A5 cards with lower and upper case letters and a picture for each letter
Alphabet strip- a table top alphabet strip on coloured pencils
Alphabet books- a colourful set of books each with the lower case letter on
Flashcards- coloured cards with days of the week, months of the year and the seasons
Display border- a colourful pencil themed border to print out as many times as you need it
Posters for your writing area- including ‘Our Writing’, ‘We like to write’, two posters for ‘What will you write today?’
Stationery labels- coloured picture and word labels for your stationery pots in the writing area
Tray labels- 20 labels for your resources trays
Word wall bricks- 100 bricks with Reception words
Writing flash cards- 28 writing themed words such as sentence, full stop, character etc –a great addition to the writing area for older children
Display banners- a long colourful banner ‘Writing area’ and ‘Writing’
Large post box- a large colourful post box which prints over 6 pages- print out and stick to a box to create a post box for the children to post their letters
Writing materials:
Birthday invitations- 3 different designs
Book sheets- a book review and 2 different sheets about the children’s favourite books
Letters to Santa- 5 different designs
Postcards- 3 different holiday postcard designs
Magic spell- 3 sheets for writing a magic spell
Menus- 3 designs
Newspapers- Lots of different designs for different abilities
Recipes- 2 different designed sheets
Shopping lists- 4 designs
Thank you cards- 4 designs plus two blank cards to design
Wanted posters- 5 different posters for different abilities
Wedding invitations- 2 designs
Activity sheets- trace over the numbers 1-10, trace over the alphabet letters, find and colour the letters of the alphabet
Writing border sheets- a large collection of A4 photocopiable sheets with patterned borders
The Very Busy Spider story sack pack
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border- a themed display border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Word cards
Large coloured posters- colourful animal posters to print out and use on a display
Question cards- questions on decorated cards about the story to use as prompts or to add to a display
LITERACY
Alphabet- an alphabet line on spiders and webs
Writing sheets- a set of writing sheets with borders for the children to write on and use in the writing area
Match the initial sounds- cut and stick the pictures onto the webs with different letters
Worksheets- match the animals to the correct name and write the initial sounds of the different animals
Beginning, middle and end worksheet- draw the web at different parts of the story
NUMERACY
Number line
Counting book- draw the correct number of spiders on the webs on each page
Roll and colour- roll a die and colour the corresponding spider- an independent activity or use to play a game
Counting cards- count the spiders on the webs
UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD
Spider fact book- find out simple facts about spiders and make your own book
Fact cards- fact cards about spiders for your display
Colour photos
Spider questions- answer simple questions about real spiders
Power Point- a power point with simple facts about spiders
GAMES
Picture bingo
Collect the flies- how many flies can you find on each spider web- the winner is the player who finds the most!
ACTIVITIES
Stick puppets
Face masks
Colouring- a collection of colouring worksheets
Spider web maze- find your way to the centre of the spider web
Cut and make a spider- cut out the spider body parts and reassemble
Spider hat- make a spider hat with dangly zig-zag legs
Handprint spiders- print your own spider pictures
Spin a web- ideas for creating your own spider web
Tracing picture- trace over the dotted web picture and then draw some spiders
STORY TELLING
Sequence pictures- a set of coloured pictures to use when retelling the story
Face masks- a set of coloured face masks to use when retelling the story or making up new stories
Stick puppets- coloured stick puppets to use when retelling the story
Story sack tag- a tag to add to your story telling sack
Sequence worksheet- order the pictures to retell the story
Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story, or any related stories or products.
The Tiger who came to Tea story sack resources
The pack includes:
Colourful pictures of the characters in the story- these have been hand drawn by myself and are not the exact pictures from the book
Black and white pictures of the characters in the story 'The Tiger Who Came to Tea' for the children to colour or collage to make a colourful display
A large title banner with tiger print border
A smaller colourful title poster
A number line to 50 on tea cups
An alphabet line on milk bottles
Fact cards about real tigers
Colourful face masks to print and make of the Tiger and other characters in the story
Black and white face masks for the children to decorate
Stick puppets of the characters and props in the story 'The Tiger Who Came to Tea' for the children to retell the story or make up other stories
Various Literacy worksheets for different abilities
Various Maths worksheets for different abilities
A colourful shopping bingo game,
A 'Tiger Who Came to Tea' themed board game to make and play
A colourful tiger print display border- this can be printed as many times as you like to frame a display board of any size
Word flash cards of key words from the story- these are great to display when the children are writing about the story
An A4 word card
Question cards with questions about the story- these are great on a display to promote thinking about the story
The Train Ride story sack resources- Transport
The pack includes:
Display resources
Banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border- a train track border for you to print out as many times as you need to use on a display board of any size
Characters- large coloured pictures of the characters in the story ‘The Train Ride’ to add to your display
Story words- as set of word cards with words relating to the story- great to add to your display or use on your writing area
Story questions- a set of decorated cards with questions about the story
Title poster- a decorative poster with title, author and illustrator on
Photos- colour photos of steam trains- great to add to your displays
Large colour train- create a long train for your wall with engine and carriages
Role play/ story props
Face masks- a set of coloured masks for retelling the story of ‘The Train Ride’ or for making up new stories
Puppets- coloured stick puppets to make
Sequencing pictures- pictures to sequence when retelling the story
Small world background- print out and use as backdrop for your train set
Literacy
A4 word card- an A4 sized card with words and pictures about the story ‘The Train Ride- great to use when writing
A train shaped book to make- on each page the children can complete the sentence ‘I see a…’
Design a ticket- fill in the details on the train ticket
Worksheets- various worksheets including a book review, writing and drawing about a favourite part of the story, matching word to picture, filling in speech bubbles and writing initial sounds
Writing pages- four photocopiable sheets with borders for the children to write about the story or to include in your writing area
Alphabet line- a colourful alphabet line on hot air balloons
Numeracy
Sheep number line- a number line from 0-50 on cute sheep
Worksheets- add the numbers on the train carriages, fill in the missing numbers and count how many objects there are
Power points
The Train Ride- spot all the objects beginning with the letter ‘t’ as the train moves along and then see how many you can remember at the end!
A listening journey- click to hear the sounds on each page and guess what sounds they are
Art and craft
Puppets- colour and make your own puppets for retelling the story
Face masks- colour the face masks
Colouring pictures- various pictures to colour
Cut and assemble the train- cut out the simple train parts and assemble your own train
What do you see out of the window- draw a scene you might see on a train journey
Make a tunnel
Games to make and play
Matching pairs
Colour train bingo
Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story,
Elmer the elephant story sack resources
The pack includes:
A display banner with elmer pictures and a colourful patchwork border
A colourful patchwork border for your displays- print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
A coloured Elmer picture and a black and white version to colour in or collage
A picture of an elephant- in grey colour and in black and white
10 A4 posters of patterned elephants- great to create an elephant parade on your display
An elephant and an Elmer face mask in black and white
An alphabet line on colourful patterned elephants
A number line up to 100 on elephants and Elmer- great for counting in 2's too
A powerpoint about real elephants
A photo pack of elephant pictures
A photo pack of the other animals in the story
Number flash cards
Posters for the number rhyme 'one elephant went out to play' with props for singing the rhyme
Word cards with a patchwork border with words relating to elephants and the Elmer story
10 colouring pictures
An elephant themed bingo colour game
Fact cards about real elephants with colour photos
A matching pairs game- match the patterned elephants
An Elmer colour game- collect the coloured patchwork squares for your Elmer
Counting cards up to 10 with elmer pictures
A finger puppet to make of an elephant and Elmer
Large lettering for your display 'ELMER' with a colourful patchwork pattern
A4 work borders in colour and black and white with a patchwork pattern- great for displaying work quickly
2 different tags to use on your story sack of Elmer
Colour paint splats with the name of the colour
A colour poster
Baby Clinic role play -Ourselves
The pack includes:
Large letters to display in your baby clinic saying 'Baby clinic'. Each letter is decorated with small pictures relating to the baby clinic,
Words relating to the baby clinic such as baby, dummy, medicine, scales etc - each word also has the picture of it,
Large (A4 sized) pictures of things found in a baby clinic- these are great for decorating your baby clinic, displays or discussion,
Forms to encourage writing in the role play area- an A5 sized folder to make to keep the baby's records in, height and weight charts, medicine forms etc,
A large sign for the children to write on to show who the doctor and nurse is that day,
Signs to display in the baby clinic such as for toilets, waiting room, office, reception- each is decorated with small pictures,
A large (A3 sized) poster showing items for sale for babies in the clinic shop
The posters, signs and pictures will create a motivating and colourful role play area either inside your classroom or in your outside area which will encourage the children to further their vocabulary and language and encourage writing for different purposes
Fruit and Vegetable shop role play- Greengrocers
This pack can be used to set up a role play area of a Greengrocers or can be used as part of a topic on Fruit and Vegetables or Healthy Eating
The pack includes:
Large (A4 sized) coloured and black and white fruit and veg pictures,
A large (4 times A4) poster to put together of different fruit with their names and another poster showing different vegetables and their names,
A5 sized cards showing the fruit and veg and space to add a price label to use in your shop-the price labels are from 1p to 50p allowing you to make your own prices for the items and to alter them according to the ability of your children,
Topic cards with the name and pictures of the different fruit and vegetables
4 different Greengrocer hats to make to use in the role play
A large title 'Greengrocers' to cut out with each letter decorated with fruit and veg pictures (also included in the pack is a similar large title of 'Fruit and Vegetables' which is great for use on a large display board)
Plus lots more!
Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs story sack resources
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banner
Display border
Story words- decorated cards with words relating to the story
Large pictures
Word and picture cards
LITERACY
Word mat- An A4 word mat with words and pictures relating to the story
Speech bubble worksheets- various worksheets to write what the different characters are saying
Writing paper- various writing sheets with themed borders to use for work about the story or to add to the writing area
Alphabet line- an alphabet line on dinosaurs
Favourite part- draw and write about your favourite part of the story
My bucketful of…- A worksheet to write your own story
Word searches- Two different word searches relating to the story
Describe the dinosaur- write and draw your own description of one of the dinosaurs
Writing worksheets- various worksheets for children to write about the pictures
NUMERACY
Number line- A number line to 100 on dinosaurs
Size ordering- order the dinosaurs in size order
Counting worksheets- Count the dinosaurs with numbers 1-5 and 1-10
Missing numbers- fill in the missing numbers on the buckets
Number rhyme pack- A rhyme card, masks and props for singing the dinosaur rhyme
Number ordering maze- follow the numbers from 1-10 and 1-20 to lead the dinosaurs back to the bucket
Roll and colour game- roll the die and colour the numbered dinosaur on your sheet
ART AND CRAFT
Puppets- colour and make the puppets of the dinosaurs and characters in the story
Face masks- colour and decorate the face masks
Colouring- various colouring pictures of dinosaurs
Tracing- trace over the dinosaurs
Split pin dinosaur- cut out the parts of the dinosaurs and use split pins to attach the pieces together
Play dough mats- various themed play dough mats
Design a new container- design your own container to keep the dinosaurs in
UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD
Dinosaur photos- lovely colour photos to print out and add to a display of dinosaurs in themed parks and dinosaur skeletons
Dinosaur fact cards- Simple facts about the different dinosaurs in the story
Power Point- a Power Point about dinosaurs
STORY TELLING
Story sack tag- a coloured tag to add to your story sack
Coloured puppets- great for retelling the story or creating new stories
Coloured face masks- great to add to your story sack for retelling the story
Sequence cards- a set of coloured cards to print out and use for retelling the story
Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story, or any related stories or products.
The Winter Hedgehog story resource pack- powerpoints, games, literacy, numeracy
A great resource pack to accompany the lovely children’s book ‘The Winter Hedgehog' by Ann and Reg Cartwright.
Also includes resources about hibernation.
The pack includes:
Display resources:
Banner- a long colourful display banner
Display borders
A4 word card
Story words- decorated words relating to the story
Question cards
Fact cards- about hibernation and different animals that hibernate
Title page
Hibernation words
Hibernation banner
Photos- of different winter scenes
Numeracy resources:
Number line on hedgehogs
Size hedgehogs- order the different hedgehogs in size order
Counting worksheets- a version for numbers up to 5 and for up to 10
Dice game- roll 1 or 2 dice and colour the correct numbered spike on your hedgehog
Snowflake symmetry
Missing number worksheets
Role play/ story props
Face masks- coloured masks of the hedgehog and the other animals
Story props- large coloured pictures to use when retelling the story
Puppets
Powerpoints
Hedgehogs- find out different facts about hedgehogs
Winter- what happens in winter and what can we do?
Hibernation- find out about different animal that hibernate over Winter
Literacy resources
Snowflake alphabet
Book review
Worksheets-various worksheets about the story, Winter and the characters
Word searches
Writing pages- various pages to photocopy for the children to write and colour in the borders
Writing sheets
Hibernation worksheets
Worksheets- Signs of Autumn, Winter and Spring worksheets
Acrostic poem
Art and crafts
Animal paw prints- use the cards to copy the paw prints in the sand tray or in the snow
Tracing picture
Colouring worksheets
Winter scene worksheet
Animal puppets to make
Animal masks- black and white masks of the different animals in the story
Games
Bingo- a colourful picture bingo game
Snowman building game- throw the die and collect the different parts of your snowman
Hibernation game- throw a die and turn over a card to see how many hedgehogs are hibernating under the pile of leaves
Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the author or publishers of the story or any related stories or products.
Bakery role play pack + Five Currant Buns number rhyme pack
A bumper pack full of posters, signs, flashcards, pictures and writing opportunites to set up a role play area of a Bakery.
The pack is great for use in the EYFS and also within KS1 and KS2 enabling you to print out the resources again and again.
The pack includes:
· A long colourful banner for the Bakery
· Posters for the bakery to add names to which show who the bakers are that day
· A number line to 20 on various bakery products
· A decorated open and closed sign for your bakery
· Opening times posters- one with times already added and one to add your own opening times
· Posters including ‘queue here’ and ‘Beware hot oven’
· Flashcards of different products for sale in the bakery with words and pictures
· Small word and picture signs to add to the products for sale
· Large colour pictures of different products for sale
· Large black and white images- great for art work
· Large lettering ‘Bakery’ decorated with images of bakery goods
· A colourful Gingerbread man alphabet line
· A number line to 100 on colourful cupcakes
· Bread posters showing different breads for sale etc
· Birthday cake posters showing different choices
· Equipment and ingredients posters
· Price cards with space to add the price or write your own price according to the ability and age of the children
· Special offer posters
· Wedding cake posters
· Colour photo posters with images of bakery displays and goods in a bakery
· Hats to make- 3 different colourful designs and a black hat to design your own
· A ‘Remember to wash your hands’ poster
· Name badges- colourful badges to write the staff names on
Opportunities for writing and mark making:
· A birthday cake order form
· Ingredients order form
· A colour and black and white customer order form with all of the bakery goods
· Decorated shopping lists
· Wedding cake order forms
· Decorated phone messages and note paper
· Blank special offer posters for you to write the offers for that day
· Decorated receipts to write
The posters, signs and pictures will create a motivating and colourful role play area in your setting which will encourage the children to further their vocabulary and language and encourage writing for different purposes.
70 Phonics flash cards- Letters and Sounds Literacy phases 1-6
This pack contains 69 flashcards of sounds taught in the Letters and Sounds scheme.
Each card is A4 sized so could be displayed as a colourful poster but can easily be printed in A5 or A6 size to make flash cards or for cards to use at home for revision.
Each card has the sound, 2-3 pictures with words and 6 further words, each with the sound highlighted.
The second filehas all of the sounds so can be used as a poster or revision/ assessment page.
Garage role play pack- car wash, petrol station
The pack includes:
Banners and A4 sized posters (with pictures) for a garage, a car wash and a petrol station
Signs and pictures for each of the role play areas of different things which could be found in them such as petrol pump, spanner and sponge and bucket
Large A4 size pictures of the different items as above
General signs for each of the areas such as price signs, signs for where to take your car for an MOT, a no-smoking sign, signs to tell the customers where to pay etc
Lots of different forms and notes to encourage writing in the role play areas
Opening times with pictures for each of the areas and an OPEN/CLOSED sign for each area
The posters, signs and pictures will create a motivating and colourful role play area either inside your classroom or in your outside area which will encourage the children to further their vocabulary and language and encourage writing for different purposes
Initial sound snowmen activity- phonics, alphabet, winter, snow
A set of snowmen to create to practice initial sounds.
Each snowman has the head with the sound on the hat and 5 picture snowballs to build your snowman.
Great for independent and group phonics activities during winter and in the run up to Christmas.
THE JACKET I WEAR IN THE SNOW activity pack
The Jacket I wear in the Snow is a perfect story for Christmas and wintery weather.
This pack is full of retelling activities, writing activities and book activities.
The activities included are:
A cut and paste story sequencing worksheet
A set of comprehension question cards to choose the correct answer from a choice of two
Worksheet- colour the clothes you would wear in snowy weather and in sunny weather
A snowy day writing activity
Cut and paste worksheet of what you wear in snowy weather-children can talk about the order the clothes are put on and paste the clothes onto the boy and girl. This activity is included in colour and also in black and white for the students to color themselves
Graphic organizers
Writing sheets- 8 different worksheet to list five things the old lady ate such as five things that are green, five things that begin with ‘b’. Plus a blank version of the worksheet
Label the snowy weather clothes
A Question worksheet
Writing activity to make a list of snowy day clothes
Two text-to-self connections worksheets
A word search with vocabulary from the story
Writing activity to write three sentences and draw a picture
Elmer's Colours resource pack- display, games, activities
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border 1- a rainbow coloured display border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Display border 2- an elephant parade display border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Large lettering- large letters with a colourful patchwork pattern to spell ‘Elmer’s Colours’
Photographs- coloured photos of elephants- great for discussion and displays
Colour splats- large ‘splats’ of colour with the colour name on them-great for your Elmer display or in the creative area of your classroom
Colours posters- A4 posters showing different objects of each colour
Large display pictures- large pictures for display- great for talking about the colours and also great to cut up and make into jigsaws
LITERACY
A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story
Rainbow alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on rainbows
Phonemes on leaves- all of the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds scheme on leaves to create an eye-catching display
Writing sheets- a set of writing sheets with borders for the children to write on and use in the writing area
Speech bubble worksheets- fill in the speech bubble to show what Elmer is saying
Writing worksheet- write some sentences about the different pictures on the worksheets
Label the elephant
NUMERACY
Number line
Counting worksheets
Dot to dot worksheets- from 1-10, 1-15 and 1-20
Counting cards
Colour by numbers
Number rhyme- an elephant number rhyme with singing props and masks
GAMES
Matching boards- collect the different coloured objects for each board- this can be used as a game or an independent activity
Colour bingo
Matching pairs
ACTIVITIES
Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppet elephants
Face masks- colour and decorate the Elmer and elephant masks
Colouring- a collection of colouring worksheets
Elephant template- An elephant outline to cut out and decorate
Tracing sheets- dotted pictures to trace
Colour book- make your own book about colours with spaces to draw different coloured objects on each page
Play dough mats- a collection of themed mats to use with play dough
STORY TELLING
Face masks
Stick puppets- coloured stick puppets of Elmer and different coloured elephants
Story sack tag
Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story, or any related stories or products.