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.
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.
If you’d like more Amelia Earhart activities, you may like this pack which includes the craft, plus lots more fun activities.
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Are you looking for a fun way to tie in some maths review for Easter? This pack includes 7 fun crafts to make, all with an Easter theme, and each shape is one of the 3D shapes students need to know.
This will be perfect for review, practice, centres, stations, free time, early finishers and math rotations.
What’s included?
Nets to make 7 crafts
Easter egg (sphere)
Easter Bunny (rectangular prism)
Carrot (cone)
Chick (square-based pyramid)
Nest (cylinder)
Mini Easter basket (cube)
Box of jellybeans (triangular prism)
Visual step-by-step instructions
Recording sheet of the properties of their 3D crafts covering faces, edges, and vertices/corners
Answer key
U.K and U.S versions
I hope your students enjoy making these for Easter maths practice.
You will receive a PDF file.
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This interactive Father’s Day card will be fun for your students to make and fun for their father or special person to open, discover, and read all the little ways that they are loved by their child.
Your students could make the card in two ways. For a simple version, use the pre-made cover template (or a plain piece of card) and students choose one or two interactive elements to put inside. Alternatively, students make the entire card interactive.
The interactive elements include:
a toolbox with removeable tool coupons
a picture to draw and “hang”
a pocket with a removeable car key to finish the sentence “I’m luc-KEY you’re my dad because…” (options for grandad, uncle, and special person included)
a foldable gift letter for students to write to their father or special person
What’s included?
Card template
Toolbox and tool coupons
Picture frame
Pocket and car key
Foldable gift letter with four line sizes to choose from
Visual instructions
U.K and U.S versions
Editable version so you can change “Father’s Day” if you need to (text is editable, images and layout aren’t)
I hope your students enjoy making this card for Father’s Day.
You will receive PDF and PPTX files.
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Mother’s Day Interactive Craft Card
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This timeline activity is a hands-on visual way for students to see the changes that have been made in the history of boats, from the first canoes and rafts through to cruise ships.
This timeline focuses on eight key developments in the history of boats, starting from the Pesse canoe dating back to 10,000BCE, to container ships in 1956.
The timeline has four differentiated options so that you can meet the needs of your students, and there is the option to make a foldable version which is a mini-book that could be taped into the students’ books or they could take it home.
What’s included?
Timeline and photos, artefacts, and illustrations to match up to the dates
Differentiated with simple or detailed captions, and the easiest version has the photos and captions already together so students need to match it to the date, and the most difficult level students need to match the photo to the caption and write in the date
Interactive foldable with visual step-by-step instructions (use clues or match photos to dates)
Logic-style clue cards to solve the order of the timeline
U.K and U.S versions
Answer key
You will receive a zip file with PDFs.
More timelines you may like:
History of land transport
History of flight
The Great Fire of London
The Titanic
Ancient Egypt
The Benin Empire
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These fun crafts combine social emotional learning with a St. Patrick’s Day theme and will look great as a display. There are three crafts to choose from which focus on kindness, friendship, and gratitude and each craft comes with a display phrase.
About the crafts:
Kindness - Children write kindness ideas on each stripe of a rainbow and attach it to a pot of gold. Display phrases: “Brighten someone’s day with kindness” and “A kind act is worth more than gold”.
Friendship - Children write ways they can be a good friend on the pot. They then choose qualities that make a good friend to go on the coins which they attach to the pot. Display phrase: “A good friend is like treasure”. There is also an Irish proverb about friendship to go with this craft.
Gratitude - Children write about the ways they are lucky on the pot, then illustrate some of those ideas on the clovers, and attach the clovers to the pot. Display phrases: “We are a lucky bunch!” and “We are so very lucky!”.
What’s included?
craft templates
visual instructions
a page of ideas for showing kindness
lined crafts come in three line sizes
display phrases come in one-word per page, A4, and A3 size
I hope your students enjoy making their crafts and growing their SEL skills.
You will receive a zip file with PDFs.
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This timeline activity is a hands-on visual way for students to see the changes that have been made in the history of flight, from the first hot air balloons to the modern passenger Boeing 747, or from the first hot air balloon to landing on the Moon.
There are two main options with a timeline that focuses on flight and the development of planes, or flight, planes, and space travel.
The timeline has four differentiated options so that you can meet the needs of your students or there is the option to make a foldable version which is a mini-book that could be taped into the students’ books or they could take it home.
What’s included?
Timeline and real photos to match up to the dates
Differentiated with simple or detailed captions, and the easiest version has the photos and captions already together so students need to match it to the date, and the most difficult level students need to match the photo to the caption and write in the date
Interactive foldable with visual step-by-step instructions
Logic-style clue cards to solve the order of the timeline
Answer keys
11 pages included.
You will receive 6 PDFs.
More timelines you may like:
History of land transport
History of boats and ships
The Great Fire of London
The Titanic
Ancient Egypt
The Benin Empire
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
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, a timeline, 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)
Timeline with four differentiated options plus a foldable option
U.K and U.S versions
I hope your students enjoy learning about the history of boats with these activities.
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Are you looking for an easy and fun way to get your students interacting and working together with their grandparents or special people on Grandparents’ Day? This activity book is filled with tasks that help the children get to know their special person a little better and encourage them to work together to solve puzzles, which is great for bonding and building memories!
What’s included?
A version for grandparents and a version for grandparents and special people
8 pages with 13 activities and answers at the back
Fact file
Find out more about your grandparent/special person
Crossword
Word find
Tic tac toe
Draw each other
Grandparents write a favourite recipe
Name 5 things
Scavenger hunt in the classroom
General knowledge quiz
Rhyming words
U.K and U.S versions
Easy prep - just print double-sided on the short edge and staple together.
I hope this activity book brings joy and fun to your Grandparent’s Day!
You will receive 3 PDFs.
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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.
You may also like:
History of Flight Timeline
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Your students will love this fun pack of easy-prep printable Halloween-themed activities which cover idioms, maths, science, writing, and design skills.
There are plenty of options to appeal to all learners with word searches, a number search, creative design activities, labelling the skeletal system, writing ideas, and more.
This pack is suitable for Year 3 and up.
What’s included?
U.S and U.K versions
Halloween word search
Create a Halloween word search
Design a board game
Design a new sweet
Design a Halloween costume
Design carved pumpkins
Halloween crossword
Name 5 Halloween-related words for different topics
Halloween A to Z
Cat idioms and Halloween idioms
Number search - multiplication
Fraction word problems
Label the skeletal system
Cut out and make the skeletal system
Writing prompts (colour and ink saver)
Answer keys for activities which aren’t open-ended
Ideas for use:
whole class
stations
early finishers
I hope your students enjoy this Halloween pack.
You will receive a PDF file.
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3D Haunted House Craft
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If you’re learning about ancient China, then this template to make a chariot craft from the Shang Dynasty period will be a great hands-on activity.
The craft uses an axle so the wheels actually turn, and the chariot can be pulled by hand. You may even have some small items that children could put inside.
Visual step-by-step instructions are included.
What you’ll need for the craft:
chariot template
a straw
a wooden skewer
tape
two popsicle sticks
thick card for the wheels (cardboard from packing boxes work well)
thin card (optional - cereal boxes work well)
I hope your students enjoy making their chariots!
You will receive a PDF file.
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Full Pack of Shang Dynasty Art/Craft Activities
Shang Dynasty learning activities
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This is an engaging set of digital and printable worksheets which cover how to form the plurals of words with Latin or Greek roots, foreign words, less common irregular plurals, and compound words, and is perfect for your year 5 and 6 class.
English spelling rules follow all kinds of rules, especially when it comes to borrowed words. If you’ve ever wondered if the plural of “octopus” is “octopi” or “octopuses” or maybe even “octopodes”, this pack explains it all!
What’s included?
7 worksheets
Latin-root words
Greek-root words
Words from other languages
Less common irregular plurals
Revision of irregular plurals from lower levels
Compound words
Answer keys
U.S and U.K versions
Editable PPT version (text is editable, images and layout are not)
Link to Google Slides™ version
I hope you and your students enjoy using these worksheets.
You will receive:
A PDF version, an editable PPT version, and a link to the Google Slides™ version.
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This is such a cute winter craft to make, and it’s going to make learning fact families so much fun! With this activity, children make a penguin, complete the fact families on the fish, and fill the penguin’s bucket.
There are lots of options to cater to your needs:
Practise addition/subtraction
Practise multiplication/division
Partially-filled or fill-all-gaps
Student choice of fact family
Editable version so you can choose the fact families
I hope your students enjoy making their penguins!
You will receive a PDF file an an editable PPTX file.
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The Titanic was a significant event in history and continues to fascinate children and adults today. The fact that it was so tragic, that there are so many “what-ifs”, that there were survivors who lived to tell vivid accounts of what actually happened, all makes for a highly interesting topic to learn about.
This digital resource has 37 PowerPoint™ and Google Slides™ which use primary sources including quotes, photos, advertising material, court claims, and items that were recovered, along with other images and timelines to explain the events leading up to and following the sinking of the Titanic.
The slides towards the end of the slide deck highlight essential social studies concepts about the significance of the event, causes and consequences of the sinking and high death toll, sources of information, differences in classes, and changes to safety that took place as a result of the tragedy.
You can delete any slides you don’t need.
I’ve also included an editable printable worksheet with comprehension questions. You can add, edit, or remove any questions to meet your needs.
Plus, there’s a printable Morse Code activity which would be great for the whole class or early finishers.
You will receive a PPTX slideshow file for PowerPoint™, a PDF information pack with the link to make a copy of the slides in Google Slides™, and a PPTX of the comprehension questions, plus a link to the Google Slides™ version.
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Titanic graphic organiser
Titanic timeline activity
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This interactive notebook set is all about making learning fun and engaging while giving opportunities to learn and demonstrate understanding about the origins and symbols of Anzac Day.
Students could come up with their own question to investigate, and then choose a shape to display their learning on, or you could use the set of questions in the editable file. I’ve also included blank title boxes if you’d like to write your own questions that is tailored to your class.
The newspaper has a pre-made option with photos and maps already added, and there is a version with student choice of photos and titles to add. The newspaper would be ideal for students to write what they know about Anzac Day, or they could write about the photo which is a primary source.
The shapes can be used to focus on a particular question. Each shape comes with a lined and unlined version. The ANZAC foldable has the option for students to cut and paste the words underneath, or to write the words underneath.
What’s included:
Interactive newspaper, poppy, wreath, bugle, Anzac biscuit tin, ANZAC foldable
Writing paper (ink saver and colour)
Visual step-by-step instructions
Editable titles with moveable images, or write your own
I hope your students enjoy using these for their Anzac topic.
You will receive a PDF and PPTX file.
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If you’re looking for an interesting way for your learners to present their learning about the key facts and events leading up to and following the sinking of the Titanic, then you’ll like this two-page graphic organiser.
There are lots of options to meet your needs:
Use one or two pages.
Use the given prompts or edit the prompts to be relevant to what you’re covering.
Use the blank organiser so children can write about their own choice of topics.
Print the organiser or use the digital Google Slides™ version
Editable PowerPoint™ file (text is editable, images and layout aren’t)
I hope your learners enjoy using this graphic organiser.
You will receive a PDF file an editable PPTX file.
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Titanic PowerPoint and Google Slides presentation with comprehension questions
Titanic timeline activity
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Your children will love this fun way to practise their fact families at Easter time! Students complete five fact families and make a 2D or 3D Easter basket to fill with their eggs.
The 2D baskets look great on the wall, and the 3D baskets are fun to have on their tables.
I’ve included options for addition/subtraction and multiplication/ division. You can choose from versions with the numbers given, partially filled or with all the gaps to be filled, a student-choice option for students to write their own fact families. Plus, there’s an editable version so you can choose the fact families.
What’s included?
2D and 3D Easter baskets
5 eggs (and early finishers could do more)
addition/subtraction
multiplication/division
partially-filled
fill-all-the-gaps
student choice
editable version
visual instructions
U.S and U.K versions
I hope your students enjoy making their Easter basket of fact families!
You will receive 3 PDFs and an editable PPTX file.
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This pack of 4 digital and printable worksheets, answer keys, and class game will help your students improve their writing skills by eliminating wordiness and redundancy.
Each worksheet covers two tips for becoming a more concise writer, with an example sentence and practice sentences or matching activity.
I’ve aimed to make the concepts understandable while giving just the right amount of challenge when it comes to using the skills in writing.
I’ve included a whole-class team game that will reinforce learning and get your students applying their skills in a fun race to improve 10 sentences.
What’s included?
4 worksheets and answer keys
2 versions of the class game so you can choose one or do both
U.S and U.K versions
You will receive:
A PDF version, an editable PPT (text is editable, images and layout are not), and a link to the Google Slides™ version.
I hope your students enjoy using these activities.
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Active and Passive Voice Worksheets
Shifts in Voice and Mood Worksheets
Verb Moods Board Game
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Looking for a fun way to practise adding and subtracting money, that’s great for St. Patrick’s Day? With this hands-on craft, children add or subtract the amounts of money on each coin, then glue them onto a pot to make a pot of gold.
These would look great on a display, so I’ve included a display phrase if you’d like to use one.
There are lots of options to cater to your needs:
make amounts to $1, $5, and $10 (U.S)/£1, £5, and £10 (U.K)
adding money
subtracting money
adding and subtracting money
adding/subtracting easy amounts that can be done mentally (amounts with fives, tens, twenty-fives, fifties, and seventy-five-cents/pence)
adding/subtracting in vertical form (single-digits)
adding/subtracting in vertical form (double-digits)
a pot with and without “My Money Skills Sham-Rock!”
glue onto paper or glue coins onto an outline template
editable version so you can choose the money problems
Also included:
U.S($) and U.K(£) versions - if you need another currency you can use the editable version
visual instructions
display board phrase “We Sham-Rock at Money Skills!”
I hope your children enjoy making their pots of gold!
You will receive PDFs and an editable PPTX file.
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If you’re wanting to make a beautiful display to commemorate Anzac Day, then this pack of five different writing crafts will be ideal for students to write what they know about Anzac Day.
The crafts are all symbols connected with Anzac Day. There is an Anzac biscuit tin, a bugle, a medal, a poppy, and a wreath.
Each craft comes with three line sizes and options with or without “Anzac Day” on the front of the craft.
These will look fantastic up on the wall so I’ve included the phrase “Anzac Day”, which comes in three styles, with one-word per page, A4, and A3 sizes to choose from.
I hope your students enjoy making their Anzac Day crafts!
You will receive printable PDF files.
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