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.
Here’s a great way for children to learn about Lunar New Year celebrations with a firecracker craft and reading passage about Chinese New Year fireworks.
The informational text comes with two options and is editable (text is editable, not images/layout) so you can adapt it to your needs:
Learn about Lunar New Year in general
Learn about Lunar New Year fireworks
Craft options:
Children colour, cut, and make the craft.
Print on red and yellow paper.
Use the pre-coloured version.
This activity is ideal for the whole class, small groups, early finishers, rotating stations, and library sessions.
I hope your students have fun making their firecrackers.
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Inspire your students with this pack of six posters about Martin Luther King Jr., who was a man of great character and an exceptional orator whose words inspired many during his lifetime and continue to be a source of inspiration for us today.
I chose the quotes on these posters because they have the potential to motivate our students to have good character and to do good in the world. As such, they would make a great starting point for a discussion around ways to make the world a better place, small acts of kindness that make a difference, or dreams they might have for their future.
These would look great on a display for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Black History Month, or to display all year round.
What’s included?
One portrait poster
Five posters with quotes
Colour (bright, boho, neutrals, 70s vibe) and ink saver versions (“I have a dream” poster is ink saver only)
1 per page, and 2 per page so you can choose the size you like best
This 3D craft will give your students a fun way to apply their learning about Martin Luther King, Jr. as they colour, write, cut, and glue together the four parts to make a 3D display.
The four parts of the craft include:
a portrait to colour
key facts about Martin Luther King, Jr.
achievements
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Three line sizes are provided so you can choose what is best for your students.
There are suggested questions for the students to address, but I’ve included an editable version so you can use your own prompts that you’d like your students to focus on.
If you’re looking for a fun way to decorate your class for Lunar New Year while also having your students learn about the traditions of Lunar New Year, then this reading text and lucky red tassel weaving craft will be just what you’re after.
The informational text explains what Lunar New Year is and how it is celebrated, and comes with comprehension questions. The text is editable (using Century Gothic font) so you can adapt this if you need to.
With the craft, children weave a lucky red tassel which can be hung around the classroom. There is an easier version for younger children (three columns), and a harder version for older children (five columns and thinner strips).
The craft comes with a template for the strips and visual step-by-step instructions.
Simply print the craft on red paper for the main pieces, and yellow for the trim on the tassel.
I hope your children have fun learning and decorating their class.
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Your students will love learning to tell the time with this adorable gingerbread craft to bake a gingerbread man after they practise telling the time with worksheets that cover analogue and digital time using hour, half hour, quarter hour, five-minutes, and 1-minute.
You’ll be able to differentiate easily as there is a telling time worksheet about children making gingerbread and baking gingerbread for students learning the hours, half hours, quarter hours, five minute or one minute time.
What’s included?
visual instructions to make the craft
craft template in colour and ink saver, with an option for a gingerbread boy or gingerbread girl biscuit to put in the oven
telling time to the hour - 4 worksheets
telling time to the half hour - 4 worksheets
telling time to the quarter hour - 4 worksheets
telling time to the nearest 5-minutes - 1 worksheet
telling time to the minute - 1 worksheet
answer keys
This activity will be ideal for your gingerbread day or week. Add it to your centres, stations, or use it as an early finisher or whole-class activity.
I hope your students enjoy learning to tell the time and making a cute gingerbread craft to go with it.
Need a way to keep your students busy and engaged before the winter break, or just after New Year’s? Do you also want it to be meaningful and make a great display? Then this New Year’s craft will be just what you’re after.
There are four numbers with New Year’s-themed patterns, and spaces for writing goals to colour and cut out.
There are lots of options to meet your needs:
two sizes (one number per page or two numbers per page)
two prompts (specific goals or general goals)
editable prompts so you can adapt them to your class (text is editable with Century Gothic font, images/layout aren’t editable)
two sizes of display phrases (one letter page and one word per page, color and ink saver)
I hope your students have fun setting goals for the new year and making their 2025 craft!
Here’s a fun way to practise telling the time which will be great for a New Year’s activity or a party theme. Children write the digital and analogue times on the clocks on the hat, then colour, cut and make a party hat.
There are lots of options to meet your needs:
two phrases on the hat to choose from – “It’s Party Time!” or “Happy New Year!”
hour and half hour
hour, half, and quarter hour
nearest five minutes
nearest minute
time intervals – Students choose pairs of clocks to color with the same colour, then find the time interval between them to record on the recording sheet.
time intervals – Students read the questions and colour the clocks on the hat to match the answers.
U.K. and U.S. versions
This telling the time craft is easy-prep and will be great addition to your centres or stations, or use it for early finishers or as a whole-class activity.
I hope your students have fun making their party hats while learning how to tell the time.
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Here’s a fun way for children to learn and write about the tradition of Hanukkah. With four crafts to choose from, and an informational text, you have everything you need to create a fabulous class display.
What’s included?
craft templates for a dreidel (spinning top), a donut (sufganiyot), a hanukkiah (a menorah with nine branches), and a bag of chocolate gelt (coins)
extra writing pages for those that need it
three line sizes (half inch, three-quarter inch, one inch)
visual instructions
informational text with slightly easier and slightly harder versions, plus comprehension questions
editable informational text (using Century Gothic, only the text is editable, images/layout aren’t)
display phrase “Happy Hanukkah” in two sizes
I hope your students have fun making their Hanukkah crafts!
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This 2025 New Year’s maths craft is a great way to practise area and perimeter. With lots of options for you, and lots of fun patterns to color, you and your students will both be happy!
Children calculate the area and perimeter of the different patterns that make up the numbers, record their answers on the recording sheet, then colour and cut out the numbers for a class display.
There are lots of options to meet your needs:
square units (area)
centimetres
inches
all the necessary measurements given or can be deduced easily (offers more support)
some measurements missing so students must use other measurements to deduce the missing sides (great for those that need a challenge)
two display phrases to choose from
UK and US versions
Answer key is included.
I hope your students have fun celebrating the new year, and getting in some maths at the same time!
If you’re looking for a way to keep your students engaged during maths at Christmas time, then this Christmas tree rounding craft will hit the spot!
Students complete the rounding exercises and make a 2D or 3D Christmas tree with baubles.
Add this activity to your math practice, centres, stations, fun Fridays, or it’s just as great as a filler!
There are lots of options to cater to your needs:
2D and 3D trees
rounding to the nearest 10
rounding to the nearest 100
rounding to the nearest 10 or 100
rounding to any place (up to four digits)
rounding to one decimal place
rounding to one, two, or three decimal places
Answer keys are included.
I hope your students have fun making their Christmas trees!
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If you’re looking for a fun, hands-on activity for children to learn about the celebration of Kwanzaa, then this reading and craft activity will be ideal.
Children read about Kwanzaa, and then complete the sentences on the back of the place mat with information from the text. They then colour, cut, and have fun putting together a Kwanzaa place setting with all the symbols of Kwanzaa (candle holder and candles, gift, corn, fruit, unity cup, and place mat).
The informational text and the text on the place mat are editable so you can adapt this to your students. (Text is editable, images/layout aren’t.)
This activity is easy-prep and makes reading and learning about cultural celebrations fun.
You will receive 3 PDFs and 2 PPTX files.
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It’s so much fun connecting science to Christmas and winter, and what better way to make science fun by having a team quiz!
In the quiz, there are 52 slides with seven rounds covering Year Two science topics. You can remove any slides you don’t need and edit the text to your needs. (Images/layout aren’t editable.)
There is a two-page worksheet for children to record their answers. The text on this is editable too, so you can adapt it.
What’s covered?
Living and non-living
Winter habitats
Food chains
Seeds and bulbs
Animals - life cycles and animal needs
Our body - exercise and nutrition
Using materials - uses and changing solids
I hope you and your students have fun with this science quiz.
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It’s so much fun connecting science to Christmas and winter, and what better way to make science fun by having a team quiz!
In the quiz, there are 55 slides covering Year One science topics. You can remove any slides you don’t need and edit the text to your needs. (Images/layout aren’t editable.)
There is a two-page worksheet for children to record their answers. The text on this is editable too, so you can adapt it.
What’s covered?
The winter season - changes that take place
Plants, trees and flowers - name the plant/tree, name the part of the plant/tree, identify deciduous and evergreen plants/trees
Animals - carnivores/herbivores/omnivores, fish/mammals/birds/reptiles/amphibians
The human body - name parts of the body, identify senses
Using materials - identify what things are made of, describe everyday materials
I hope you and your students have fun with this science quiz.
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Need a fun way to practise idioms at Christmas time? Then you’ll love this hands-on craft where students make a 3D Christmas present with different activities using seven Christmas-themed idioms.
There are lots of options to meet your needs:
Put the words in order to make seven idioms.
Match the idiom to its meaning.
Complete the idioms.
Draw the literal and non-literal meaning, and write the non-literal meaning of three different idioms.
Re-write the sentence using an idiom.
Students need four presents to make a 3D present, so you can choose any four that work best for your class.
Plus, you’ll get:
2 display phrases to choose from
visual step-by-step instructions
1 PowerPoint slideshow of the seven idioms, their meanings, and examples
an editable version so you can adapt it to your needs (only the directions and questions on the present are editable, not titles/images/layout)
I hope your students enjoy making their Christmas presents!
Looking for a fun, hands-on activity to practise area and perimeter this Christmas? Then, your students will enjoy colouring and cutting out presents, calculating their area and perimeter, and then stacking them to make a display for the wall.
What’s included?
Three recording sheets (square units, centimeters and inches)
Recording sheet for children that need more of a challenge
Two size options - to give you some idea of the tallest possible height, the smaller size option would reach an approximate height of 57cm/22.5in. The larger size option would reach an approximate height of 1m/3ft.
Presents with grids for square units (area only) and presents with measurements (area and perimeter)
I’ve also included two display phrases to choose from:
We’ve got area and perimeter all wrapped up!
Our area and perimeter skills stack up!
Ideas for use:
whole class
center
station
early finishers
Fun Friday
I hope your students have fun practising their area and perimeter skills, and decorating the classroom at the same time.
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Your students will love practising their fact families when they get to make this fun gingerbread house!
Students write four fact families on the gumdrops and behind two windows then color and cut out the pieces to make a gingerbread house.
These would also look fantastic on your wall.
There’s even a gingerbread character to go behind the door.
There are lots of options to cater to your needs:
Practise addition/subtraction (within 10/within 20)
Practise multiplication/division (1-12x)
Partially-filled or fill-all-gaps
Student choice of fact family
Editable version so you can choose the fact families
Comes with a display phrase “These smart cookies know their facts!” (one word per page)
The finished house is just bigger than an A4-sized piece of paper.
I hope your students enjoy making their gingerbread houses!
This is such a cute winter craft to make, and it’s going to make learning fact families snow much fun! With this activity, students 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 (text is editable, images/layout aren’t)
I hope your students enjoy making their penguins!
If you’re after a fun way to practise measuring at Christmas time, that will have students engaged and decorate your classroom at the same time, then you’ll love this Christmas presents measuring craft!
Students make a stack of presents in any height or width they like, and then estimate and measure the height/width of individual presents and the entire stack.
You can choose whether your students use centimetres or inches.
What’s included?
Presents in two size options (60cm/22in and 1m/3ft maximum possible height)
Recording sheet with questions about estimation, measuring, and comparing two objects
Editable recording sheet
Two phrases to go with your display
I hope your students love making and measuring their Christmas presents!
This is a handy reference sheet for irregular verbs.
The English language has so many irregular past verbs, so here’s a handy list of the past simple forms and past participles.
This will be a great reference sheet for both teachers and students and can be displayed on the wall or glued into books.
Here is a handy reference sheet for forming plural nouns.
There are lots of rules for forming the plural of nouns in English, even with words that follow rules, there is inconsistency.
This printable outlines the different rules for “regular” plurals which follow rules, including their exceptions, irregular plurals, plus Latin and Greek root plurals.