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Aliens Love Underpants story resource pack
An engaging for the story ‘Aliens love Underpants’ by Claire Freedman. The unit includes worksheets, games, display materials, craft activities and sequencing activities.
Includes:
DISPLAY:
Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border- two colourful themed borders to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Word cards- words on spaceships relating to the story
Word and picture flashcards- colourful cards to add to a display or writing area
Underpant colours- coloured underpants each with the colour name on
Alien posters- a set of colourful posters showing different aliens
LITERACY:
A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story
Underpants alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on colourful underpants
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 aliens are saying
Word searches- two word searches with words from the story to find
Worksheets- a collection of worksheets about the story
MATHS:
Alien number line- a number line to 50 on colourful aliens
Missing number worksheets- fill in the missing numbers on the underpants plus a blank worksheet so you can differentiate
Size ordering worksheets- order the underpants and aliens by size- in colour and also black and white
Counting worksheets- count the number of aliens and the underpants on the washing line
GAMES:
Matching pairs- match the underpants with the same patterns
Build an alien- roll a die and collect a part of your alien- how many aliens can you make?
Washing line game- find the missing number underpants to hang on your washing line
Dominoes- a number dominoes game to make and play
ARTS AND CRAFTS:
Design some underpants- draw a pattern on the underpants
Split pin aliens- cut and assemble some aliens
Tracing sheets- trace the patterns on the underpants and trace over the dotted lines on the aliens
Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppet aliens
Spaceship design- design a new spaceship for the aliens
Face masks- colour and decorate the alien face masks
Play dough mats- make the correct number of underpants for the washing line or make the patterns on the underpants
Colouring- a collection of colouring worksheets
STORY TELLING:
Sequence pictures- a set of coloured pictures to use when retelling the story
Face masks- a set of coloured alien face masks to use when retelling the story or making up new stories
Stick puppets- coloured stick puppets to use when 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.
Fire Station role play resource- People who help us, Fire fighter
A bumper pack with lots of forms, signs and pictures to set up a role play area of a Fire Station.
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 resources would also be great for parents or child-minders to create their own role play area at home and for nurseries and playgroups.
The pack includes:
Large letters to display in your role play area of 'Fire Station' (these are not shown in the photo)
A large banner saying 'Fire Station'
Word and picture cards with words relating to fire stations such as helmet, fire engine, ladder etc
Large A4 size pictures of objects relating to the fire service-great for display in your role play area or when learning about 'People who help us'
Lots of different forms to encourage writing in the role play area such as incident forms,
equipment forms, forms for taking emergency phone call messages etc
Signs to display in your 'fire station' such as reception, fire exit, signs showing where to replace equipment etc.
Fire fighters' badges in different sizes to make
Fire fighters' identity cards to make
Posters to display in your role play area and also great for discussion such as 'don't play with matches', the number to call in an emergency etc
An A4 sign to laminate where the children or adult can write the names of the 'fire fighters' that day
A large fire engine to print out (this prints on 2 A4 pieces of paper and needs to be joined together)
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
Rosie's Walk resource pack- story sack, farm
A great resource pack for the story ‘Rosie’s Walk’
Includes:
Display banner
Display border
Word cards- words on beehives relating to the story
Word and picture flashcards
Photos- colours photos of farmyards and the animals in the story
Fact cards- simple fact cards with facts about foxes and chickens
A4 word card
Hen alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on colourful hens
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
Rhyming words- sort the pictures into those that rhyme with ‘hen’ and ‘fox’
Word searches- two word searches with words from the story to find
Worksheets- a collection of worksheets about the story
Character worksheets- write about the characters in the story
Label a hen- label the different parts of the hen
‘My Walk’ book- make your own book about your walk and what you see on the way
Bee number line- a number line to 50 on colourful bees
Preposition words- words from the story to add to a display
Counting cards- count the bees from 1-10
Preposition posters- with word and a picture showing the hen behind, in front etc
Preposition worksheet- write where the hen is in each picture
Size ordering worksheets- order the hens by size- in colour and also black and white
Counting worksheets- count the number of bees and hens
Preposition play mat- place Rosie behind, next to etc
Bee number rhyme pack- a rhyme card for singing the rhyme, face masks and props for use when singing the rhyme
Matching pairs- match the pictures
Build a hen- roll a die and collect a part of your hen- how many hens can you make?
Board game- travel around the farmyard to reach the hen house first
Preposition bingo- collect the different pictures for your board
Design a new hen house- design a new house for Rosie
Tracing sheets- trace the dotted lines on the pictures to practice fine motor control
Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppet characters
Play dough mats- make the different things seen on Rosie’s walk
Colouring
Drawing worksheets- draw the different things found on Rosie’s farm
Farm map- cut and stick the things seen on Rosie’s walk through the farm yard
Make a windmill
Sequence pictures- a set of coloured pictures to use when retelling the story
Story props- large coloured pictures of the different things in the story
Story map- an A4 and an A3 map of the Rosie’s farm- great for display and discussion
Face masks
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.
Rhyming words resource pack- Letters and Sounds, phonics, rhyme
A great pack with lots of games and activities for teaching and consolidating rhyme.
The resources in the pack include:
Activity posters- 6 colourful A4 posters with questions about which words rhyme etc
Rhyming bingo 1- collect the pictures that rhyme with your card
Bingo game 2- a simpler game to match the pictures onto your rhyming mats
Board game- a colourful rhyming board game to make and play
Display materials- banner and titles for a rhyming word display and also a selection of question posters to add
Dominoes- a rhyming picture dominoes game to make and play
Large pictures- a large collection of coloured and black and white images of pictures that rhyme and rhyming groups
Loop cards- 2 games to play
Dice to make- onset and rhyme dice to make with activity ideas and recording sheet
Posters- 4 colourful A4 posters with rhyming pictures for 4 different word families
Flash cards- 18 rhyming pairs for whole class work and displays
Rhyming pairs game- a colourful game to make and play
Powerpoint- a powerpoint asking the children questions about rhyming words on each page
Picture cards- small coloured and black and white cards with four pictures for each rhyme- great for sorting activities and making your own games
Word wheels- 5 rhyming word wheels to make for the word families og, ip, at and an and also a blank word wheel
Worksheets- a collection of rhyming worksheets including drawing activities, cut and stick and matching
Seaside shop role play pack
The pack includes:
A colourful 'Seaside shop' banner with small pictures of the things for sale in the shop,
Large colour pictures of the things for sale in the shop such as spades, buckets, inflatable boats, sun cream etc,
Large black and white pictures of the things in the shop -great for art work or collage work,
Posters decorated with small pictures of seaside related items- open/ closed, opening times plus a blank opening times poster for you to fill in your own opening times,
Posters advertising the seaside goods and posters to add your special offers on,
Labels with each picture and the name of it on,
Lots of different colourful posters to decorate your seaside shop- posters to warn the customers about the flags on the beach, posters to tell people when they can take dogs on the beach and posters advertising events such as rock pooling and seaside competitions,
Lots of forms to encourage writing such as order forms, telephone messages, jobs to do,
A number line to 30 on seaside themed pictures,
Posters to remind customers to be safe in the sun and what they need to buy to be protected in the sun.
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
Theatre role play pack
This pack can be used to set up a role play area of a theatre - a great pack to encourage speaking and listening!
Contents in the pack:
Large letters that spell ‘Theatre’
Large colourful ‘Theatre’ banner
Posters that the children can fill in showing the times the performances and shows start, what the performance will be and also who actors in that days performance are
Templates to make simple masks
Posters showing the refreshments available, also large coloured pictures of drinks and popcorn,
A coloured and a black and white 3D popcorn box to make- this can be filled with pretend ‘popcorn’ or left empty
Price posters and posters showing the seating places for the theatre
Booking forms and forms to order more refreshments- both are great for encouraging writing in the role play area
A5 cards showing the different things in the theatre - each with word and picture- eg.ticket office, lights, costumes etc
Lots of different signs for your theatre such as ‘NO SMOKING’, toilet signs, emergency exit signs, dressing room signs, entrance and exit etc
Tickets which the children can pretend to sell for the puppet show and the theatre
A 3D ticket holder to make which can be made to hang around the sellers neck,
Number for the seats in the theatre
Plus lots more!
Brown Bear, Brown Bear story resource pack- colours, animals
This pack is designed to be used with the story ‘Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?’ which is a lovely story about colours and is great for use in the Early Years.
Display banner
Story word cards- great to add to a display or use in the writing area
Display border- A themed display border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Title poster- An A4 sized poster
Picture flashcards- Flashcards with words and pictures
Colour labels- labels of the different colours in the correct coloured text
Colour face masks
Colour puppets- make your own stick puppets of the animals
Large mural- a long colourful mural to print out onto which the animals and children can be added
An A4 word card with pictures- great to use when writing about the story
Speech bubbles worksheets- worksheets with each animal and a speech bubble- great to encourage early writing
Alphabet line- an alphabet line on children
Writing sheets- various sheets with borders to use for writing activities or in the writing area
Initial sound worksheets- write the initial sound of the animals below the pictures, match the initial sound to the correct picture and cut and match the animal to the animal name
My favourite animal worksheet- children can draw and write a sentence about their favourite animal from the book
What do you see, hear worksheet- a worksheet for children to think about the senses and draw or write about what they can see, hear, feel, touch and taste
Matching worksheet- match the animal to the correct colour name
A number line- a number line on animals
Counting cards up to 10
Number worksheets
Sorting pictures- sort the pictures according to the number of legs
Dot to dot worksheets-with numbers to 10, 20 and 30
My number book- make a number book by drawing the correct number of animals on each page
Stick puppets- make your own character stick puppets for retelling the story
Colouring worksheet- read the colour names on the bears and colour them in
Face masks to colour
Colour worksheet- different worksheets for each colour
Tracing pictures- trace over the dotty lines and colour
Cut and make the animals- four puzzles for the children to cut out the animal parts and reassemble to make the animal
Colouring pictures- pictures of the animals to colour
Colour hunt- find and draw some things of different colours
Make a colour wheel
Colour collecting game- collect the pictures of the same colour as your game board
Animal bingo- a colourful game to collect the animals from 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.
Sweet shop role play
Sweet shop role play
This pack can be used to set up an exciting Sweet shop role play area -also a great idea for Maths work and counting!
Includes:
Large (A4 sized) coloured pictures of different sweets-great for a background display
A5 sized pictures of the different sweets
A5 sized cards showing the different sweets 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
4 different Sweet shop seller hats to make to use in the role play area
A large title ‘Sweet Shop’ sign with small pictures of sweets around it
Sweets in different colours with the colour name on them- great for your sweet shop or art area!
Chocolate bar wrappers to colour in and wrap around pieces of card to make your own pretend bars of chocolate for the shop
A number line up to 50 with each number on a different sweet- makes a lovely colourful number line for anywhere in the classroom
Special offer posters
Labels to colour and stick onto sweet jars
Order forms
Note paper and telephone message paper decorated with small pictures of sweets
Large black and white pictures of lots of different sweets for the children to colour and decorate in whatever way to decorate your sweet shop
Percy the Park Keeper story resource pack
The pack includes:
Display banner- a long colourful banner for your displays
Display border
Animal photos- a collection of coloured photos of the animals in the story
Title poster- a colourful A4 poster
Story words
Park photos
Character pictures
Large leaves- coloured leaves to add to your displays
Animal fact cards- fact cards about the different animals in the story
Animal footprints- flash cards showing the different footprints of the animals in the story- great for discussion, identifying footprints found and recreating the prints in the sand tray
Acorn alphabet- an alphabet line on acorns
Autumn leaves alphabet
Large Autumn themed letters- a complete alphabet with both lower and upper case letters
Favourite part of the story worksheet- draw and write about your favourite part
Wordsearch- find the hidden Percy words
Speech bubble worksheet- fill in the speech bubbles of the characters
Favourite story and animal worksheet- draw or write about your favourite part of the story and your favourite animal
Matching worksheet- match the animal pictures to their names
Describing worksheet- think of some words to describe the animals
Acorn number line- a number line from 0-50
Animals number line- a number line from 0-50 on the different animals in the story
Addition worksheets- 2 differentiated worksheets to add the numbers on the acorns
Subtraction worksheets- 2 differentiated worksheets to subtract the numbers on the acorns
Counting worksheets- 2 differentiated worksheets to count the animals
Missing number worksheets- 2 differentiated worksheets tofill in the missing numbers on the animals
Songs and rhymes- a collection of themed songs and rhymes to learn
Face masks- black and white face masks to make of Percy and the animals
Colouring sheets- a collection of colouring sheets
Large characters- large pictures of Percy and the animals- great for collage and art work
Large leaves- black and white outlines of some different leave
Percy's tools- black and white pictures of some of the tools which Percy uses
'Welcome to Percy's Hut' sign- a long banner
Character flashcards
Face masks- colour face masks of Percy and the animals
Percy's hut- a coloured and black and white picture of Percy's hut
Percy's tools- coloured pictures of some of the tools which Percy uses
Board game- a Percy themed board game to make and play
Matching pairs- find the matching pairs or use the cards for a game of 'snap'
Bingo- a picture bingo game
Picture dominoes
Pictures of Percy and the animals in 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.
Fidgety Fish story resource pack- under the sea, seaside, sea life
The pack is designed to be used with the story ‘Fidgety Fish’ by Ruth Galloway but could also be used as part of a sea life/ under the sea topic.
The pack includes:
· Display banner
· Colourful posters- of Fidgety Fish and the other sea creatures in the story
· Story word cards- each card has an underwater scene
· Underwater photos
· Fact cards- colourful fact cards about sea creatures
· Display border
· Colour jellyfish- a set of posters with jellyfish of different colours and the colour name
· Title poster
· Picture flashcards
· Story questions
· Colour face masks
· Colour puppets
Sequencing pictures
· An A4 word card with pictures
· Speech bubbles worksheets
· Alliterative labels
· Worksheet- draw and write what could happen if you swam into the big fish!
· Alphabet line
· ‘f’ worksheet
· Writing sheets
· My favourite part of the story worksheet
· A number line up to 30
· Counting cards up to 10
· Jellyfish missing numbers
· Number bonds- Number bonds posters with number bonds to 10 and 20 on big fish
· Magnetic fishing game
· Colour by numbers worksheets
· Number worksheets
· Sea creature jigsaws
· Make a jellyfish
· Playdough mats
· Stick puppets
· Face masks- colour and decorate
· Tracing pictures
· Colouring pictures
· Picture matching pairs
· Colour bingo
· Underwater scene game- spin the spinner and collect the sea creatures to complete your sea scene
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 SNOWY DAY story resource pack- winter, snow
The Snowy Day
This pack is designed to be used with the story ‘The Snowy Day' by Ezra Jack Keats which is a lovely story to share in winter.
The pack includes:
Worksheets- a collection of worksheets about the story such as drawing and writing about their favourite part, writing about the character, writing about different parts in the story, drawing and writing what happens next, question worksheets, sequencing sentences about the story
Writing worksheet- write about what Peter does in the snow and what the children do in the snow
Snow and winter worksheets- a collection of worksheets to make lists of things the children do in the snow, write a story about the snow, design a snowman, sort summer and winter activities and clothes
Sequence pictures- a set of coloured pictures to use when retelling the story
Story worksheets to write about the different parts of the story
Story map worksheets- draw the missing activities that Peter does on the snowy day or draw all of the activities in sequence
A craft activity to cut and make Peter and write on the the sheet
Write about what Peter does in the snow and what the children do- a great way to link themselves to the story
What happens next worksheets- a collection of worksheets for children to look at the picture and then draw and write what happens next in 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 Jolly Christmas Postman story resource pack
The pack includes:
Display banner- A long banner for a display with pictures
Colour characters- Colour pictures of the characters in the story- great for displays
Stick puppets- Smaller characters to make into puppets for retelling the story
Characters- Black and white characters to use for art work
Rhyme cards- Nursery rhyme cards of the different rhymes mentioned or pictured in the book- great to make into a rhyme book for your classroom
Number line- A number line to 50 on Christmas decorated envelopes
Character name posters- A4 posters of each character in the story with the characters’ name
Story words- Decorated word cards with words linked to the story
Lettering- Large display lettering of ‘The Jolly Christmas Postman’ decorated with holly leaves
Bingo game- A colour bingo game with the characters in the story
Sleigh game- Collect the matching parcels for your Santa sleigh
Face masks- Colour and black and white face masks of the characters in the story
Maths worksheet- Cut out and order the numbered letters- a version with numbers 1-5 and a version with numbers 1-10
Display border- Various colourful borders to print out to edge your displays- some of these could also be used for other Christmas displays
Story sack tag- A decorated tag to add to your story sack
Design worksheet- Design some postage stamps for the different characters in the story
Christmas cards- Various Christmas cards to colour and make
Christmas lists- Various decorated sheets for the children to write their lists to Santa
A4 word mat- A word mat with pictures and words relating to the story
Matching worksheet- Match the character name to the correct picture- 2 versions
Word searches- Two different word searches with words and pictures from the story
Speech bubble worksheets- Three worksheets to fill in the speech bubbles
Game outlines- Three different outlines for the children to design their own Christmas board game
Jigsaw outline- An outline of a jigsaw for the children to draw their own picture and cut out the pieces
Word wall- A Christmas word wall with the first 100 High Frequency Words on bricks and a Humpty Dumpty to sit on the wall
Gingerbread Boy game- Match the Gingerbread Boy pairs
Story worksheet- Draw and write about your favourite part of 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 author or publisher of the story or any related stories or products.
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.
Where the Wild Things are story resource pack
The pack includes:
DISPLAY BANNER- Large display title 'Where the wild things are' with pictures from the story
DISPLAY BORDER- A display border with pictures of different leaves- this can be printed as many times as you need for a display board of any size
DISPLAY PICTURES- Drawings of the characters in the book and some 'Wild things' and also Max's boat and crown and lots of different plants and trees so you can create a great scene (these are not printed from the book but have been hand drawn by myself)- these are in black and white and colour and in two different sizes
MATCHING PAIRS GAME CARDS- Colour cards with different pictures from the story- these can be used for matching pairs games, snap games or any other games you want to make up
COLOURING PICTURES- Some colouring sheets showing different scenes and characters (again these are using the characters I have drawn myself and are not exact scenes as shown in the book)
WORD CARDS- Words from the story - these are great for including in a display or for use in a writing area
WORD CARD- An A4 decorated word card-great for writing about the story or for display in the writing area
QUESTION CARDS FOR DISPLAY- Questions about the story 'Where the Wild Things are' on decorated cards
BOOK POSTER- An A4 poster with the title, author and illustrator information on
VARIOUS WORKSHEETS- Worksheets relating to the story
MAX'S CROWN TO MAKE- A crown to cut out and make
STICK PUPPET- A stick puppet of Max to make and a worksheet with prompts to help children design their own 'Wild thing' stick puppet
GAME- A 'Wild thing' game- roll the dice and draw different parts of your 'wild thing' to create different wild thing characters
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.
Police role play pack
A bumper pack full of posters, signs, flashcards, pictures and writing opportunities to set up a role play area of a Police Station
The pack includes:
· A large colourful display banner
· Large A4 size letters of 'Police Station' - a great alternative for the role play area
· Large policeman and policewoman picture
· Large colour pictures of different things used by the police such as hats, whistle, handcuffs
· Topic word and picture cards
· A checked border which can be used on display and the police station notice boards
· A clock to make to display in the police station
· A number line to 50 on police helmets
· An alphabet line on police traffic cones- great to use in your outside area
· A plain police traffic cone- great for use in the outside area-laminate and attach to a block for the children to place where it is needed
· Police warning tape- laminate this and make into strips for the children to place around crime scenes
· Signs for your police station including 'Interview room', 'cells', 'store cupboard' etc.
· Dial 999 poster to display in your police station
· Police badges to make
· Police hats to make
Writing resources:
· An A4 incident book to make with cover and pages- this is in both colour and black and white
· A small incident book for the police officers to carry around with them
· An A4 prisoner book to make with cover and pages- this is in both colour and black and white
· Crime reporting forms
· Police identity cards
· Various wanted posters to draw and write on
· Five different writing pages-these can be used in the role play area and also for topic work
· Emergency message sheets
· Finger print forms
· Note and message pages
· A speeding ticket- great to use in the outdoor play area with the vehicles
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.
Mr Gumpy's Outing story sack resources
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banner
Display border
Word cards- words on boats relating to the story
Word and picture flashcards- colourful cards to add to a display or writing area
Title page
Animal photos- a collection of coloured photos of the different animals in the story
Large coloured pictures- large character and animal pictures and a large boat to print out and use on a display
LITERACY
A4 word card
Animal alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on animals
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
Word searches
Questions for Mr Gumpy- a worksheet for the children to think of some questions to ask Mr Gumpy
Rules worksheet- write some rules for the children and animals to follow on keeping safe in the boat
Favourite part of the story
Writing worksheet- write some sentences about the different pictures on the worksheets
CVC words- unscramble the letters to spell the CVC words to match the pictures
NUMERACY
Boat number line- a number line to 50 on boats
Missing number worksheets- fill in the missing numbers on the boats plus a blank worksheet so you can differentiate
Counting worksheets- count the number of animals - three differentiated worksheets with numbers from 1-3, numbers to 5 and numbers to 10
Dot to dot worksheets- three dot to dot worksheets from 1-10, 1-15 and 1-20
Addition and subtraction worksheets- various worksheets to add or subtract the numbers on the cottages plus blank worksheets to allow you to differentiate
Number book- draw the correct number of animals in the boats on each page
Ordinal number animal- an ordinal number line up to 10
GAMES
Matching pairs- match the pictures to play matching pairs or snap
Fill the boat- collect the different characters needed to fill your boat
Sound lotto- a Power point game- listen to the different animal sounds and cover the pictures on your lotto board
Picture bingo- cover the different pictures from the story
ACTIVITIES
Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppet characters
Make a boat- make an origami boat from paper
Mr Gumpy’s house- draw Mr Gumpy’s house by the river
Tea worksheet- make a list of food needed for the tea and draw the food on the plate
Floating and sinking- carry out an experiment to see which items will float and which will sink in the water
Guess the animals- cards to use on displays or for discussion with clues about the different animals
Boat design
Diwali activities- Maths and Literacy, games
This pack is perfect for teaching your children about the Hindu festival of Diwali.
There are two emergent reader books for different abilities- the easier version has 7 pages and slightly more difficult version has 9 pages.
There are a variety of activities which can be used as Maths and Literacy including:
Cut and paste numbered diya lamps from 1-5 and 1-10.
Roll and colour diya lamp sheets to use with one die for number recognition (or counting if using a dotty die) to 6 and colouring sheets to use for adding the numbers on two dice together.
Missing number cards which can be laminated and used with dry-wipe pens or the students can copy the sequence in their books. There are 20 different cards with numbers up to 20. There are also number cards to 20 on coloured diya lamps which can be placed on the missing numbers on the cards or can be used as a separate center to order the numbers.
Diya lamp size ordering cut and paste sheet.
Write the room- 8 colored Diwali cards to find and write the words and also blank cards to make your own version.
Make the sentences- cut and paste the beginning and end of the sentences to make 4 sentences.
Sentence scramble- coloured cards to make the 4 sentences and four cut and paste sheets to make and write the sentence.
Also included are the following activities:
A Diwali acrostic poem sheet
Comparing celebrations sheet for writing or drawing
Diwali facts sheet- two versions of this
Two Diwali themed word searches
A missing word sheet for Diwali
A set of 6 Rangoli patterns to trace and color
A colorful Rangoli matching pairs game
Four different page borders for writing activities in color and ready to print
Hansel and Gretel story resource pack- story sack, fairy tales
Hansel and Gretel
The pack includes:
Large characters and story prop pictures from the story of Hansel and Gretel- these would be great on a display or are good when laminated and velcro added to the back for the children to use on a flannel board
Small characters and story prop pictures- these are great for table top play and also great when laminated and stored with the story book or included in a story sack
Story word cards- these are great to add to a display about Hansel and Gretel or to include in a writing area
A coloured A4 story word card- very useful for the children to use when writing about the story
Black and white pictures of the characters and story props from Hansel and Gretel for the children to colour or collage
Black and white face masks of the characters in the Hansel and Gretel story
A board game based on the story of Hansel and Gretel
Finger puppets to colour and make- great for retelling the story and including in your story sack
Various worksheets about the story of Hansel and Gretel
Question cards to encourage the children to think about the story and what happened in the Hansel and Gretel story
A number line to 50 on biscuit pictures
A matching pairs game to match the biscuit pictures
The Biggest Pumpkin Ever story resource pack- Halloween, Autumn
This pack is designed to be used with the story ‘The Biggest Pumpkin Ever’ by Steven Kroll which is a lovely story to share in Autumn or for Halloween.
The pack includes:
Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border- a colourful themed border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Word cards- words on pumpkins relating to the story
Character posters- colourful posters of the two main characters Clayton and Desmond
A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story
Pumpkin alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on pumpkins with lower and upper case letters
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
Word search- a word search with words from the story to find
Worksheets- a collection of worksheets about the story such as drawing and writing about their favourite part, writing about the characters, writing about different parts in the story, drawing and writing what happens next, question worksheets, sequencing sentences about the story and sorting statements about the two characters Clayton and Desmond
Missing number worksheets- fill in the missing numbers on the pumpkins plus a blank worksheet so you can differentiate
Size ordering worksheets- order the pumpkins by size- in colour and also black and white
Counting worksheets- count the numbers of pumpkins
Rhyming pairs- match the rhyming pumpkins
Dominoes- a number dominoes game to make and play
Tracing sheets- trace over the dotted lines on the pictures
Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppets
Halloween Pumpkin design- design your own pumpkin for Halloween
Face masks- colour and decorate the face masks of Clayton and Desmond
Play dough mats- make the correct number of pumpkins and the different faces on the Halloween pumpkins
Colouring- a collection of colouring worksheets
Sequence pictures- a set of coloured pictures to use when 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.