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Literacy for early childhood
Oliver's Vegetables story sack resources
The pack includes:
Display resources
Banner
Display border
Characters- large coloured pictures of the characters in the story ‘Oliver's Vegetables’ to add to your display
Story words
Story questions
Days of the week cards- a set of cards with the days of the week and the corresponding vegetable eaten that day and also a set of cards with just the day of the week
Posters- a set of seven posters showing the day, vegetable name and picture
Oliver’s Vegetables photos
Other vegetables photos- a set of 18 photo posters showing other vegetables not included in the story
Title poster
Role play/ story props
Face masks
Puppets
Sequencing pictures- pictures to sequence when retelling the story
Story props
Literacy
A4 word card- an A4 sized card with words and pictures about the story ‘Oliver’s Vegetables’- great to use when writing
Vegetable alphabet line- an alphabet line on different vegetables from the story to print out and display
Worksheets- various worksheets including speech bubbles, drawing the vegetables eaten each day, match the day to the correct vegetable, write the vegetable names under the correct pictures, match the vegetables to the descriptions, describe the vegetables etc
Writing pages- four photocopiable sheets with borders for the children to write about the story or to include in your writing area
Design a book cover- design your own cover for the book
Our food diary- create a food diary for a week to show what Oliver ate each day and what you ate
Word searches- two word searches with words and pictures from the story
Numeracy
Slug and snail number line- create a long number line for your classroom
Worksheets- add the numbers on the vegetables, subtraction worksheets, counting worksheet
Blank worksheets- two worksheets for you to write your own sums for the children allowing you to differentiate
Power points
Story questions- answer the questions about the story and click on the correct answer
Guess the vegetables
Counting Power point
Art and craft
Puppets
Face masks
Colouring pictures
Colouring posters
Cut and stick worksheet- cut out the days of the week and order and then add the vegetables to each day
My favourite meal- draw your favourite meal and vegetables
Make a seed packet
Games to make and play
Matching pairs
Picture bingo
Vegetable garden game- collect the vegetables to grow in your garden
Jigsaw game- throw a die and collect the numbered part of your vegetable
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.
Post Office role play
Included in the pack are:
A large (5 and a hlaf times A4!) post box to print out and put on the wall (or on a box and cut out the post slot),
A 'Post Office sign',
Posters for your post office such as 'Buy your tv licence here',
TV licences, passports, tax disks etc for the children to fill in,
Hats to make for the post master/mistress and post man/woman,
A variety of stamps.
plus lots more!
Outdoor play EYFS
This is a bumper pack enabling you to create or develop your outdoor area to cover the revised 7 areas of Learning.
The pack would be great for nursery settings, school settings and childminders to use to create a stimulating and exciting outdoor area.
The pack includes:
Ideas sheets: A sheet of ideas for each of the revised 7 areas of learning - each sheet has a number of ideas to start you off on your planning for the outdoor area - (you will also be sent the sheets for the current framework of 6 areas).
Planning: Planning sheets for the outdoor area for you to fill in with you planning- included are examples of short term activity plans, medium termweekly plans and long term plans. These are the sheets I have used and can be used as they are or as a starting point for you to create your own sheets for your own setting.
Observations: Observation sheets for the adults to use in the Early Years setting to observe individuals and groups of children.
Box labels: 20 topic box labels
Physical Development
· Tuff spot ideas- A large collection of ideas to use in the tuff spot or in a large tray
· 10 movement and action songs- on decorated A4 cards
· Messy play recipes
· Movement posters
· Movement game
· Target games for use with a beanbag or ball
· Sand area- 12 word cards relating to the sand area- great to discuss and try in the sand
· Water area- 12 word cards relating to the water area
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
· Outdoor rules- A colourful banner to use to create an ‘Outdoor rules’ display
· Outdoor rules
· How many can play- 5 posters showing how many children can play in each area from 2-6 children
· Emotion cards
Communication and Language
· Role play signs
· Face masks- A set of colourful woodland themed face masks- great for role play
· Story telling masks
Puppet show
· Rhyme cards
Literacy
· Alphabet lines
Phoneme display cards- Various colourful phoneme display sets –helicopters, ladybirds and suns. These all have the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds document
· Word wall- The High Frequency Words from the Letters and Sounds document on colourful bricks to create a bright word wall and also on colourful bunches of balloons
· Flower initial sounds game
· Bird letters game
· Name game
· Rhyming game
Expressive Arts and Design
Minibeast rhymes and songs
· Weather songs and rhymes
Colour butterflies
Role play resources
Understanding of the World
Different weather ideas
· Bird spotting
Plus lots more!
The Fish who could Wish story sack resources
This pack is designed to be used with the story ‘The fish who could wish’ by John Bush.
Display resources
· 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
· Picture flashcards- flashcards with words and pictures of the props in the story
· Story questions
Role play/ story props
· Colour face masks- of different fish and the Fish who could Wish- great for retelling the story or creating your own stories
· Colour puppets
· Story telling props
Literacy
· An A4 word card with pictures
· Speech bubbles worksheets
· Worksheet- write a book review about the book
· Alphabet line
· Writing sheets
· My favourite part of the story
· Sh, th, ch fishing game- catch the picture fish and decide if they go in the sh, th or ch fishing nets- with full instrustions and further ideas
· Sh, th, ch worksheets- a worksheet for each phoneme
· Phoneme word and picture cards- a collection of pictures of words with sh, ch and th sounds in them and the words with the grapheme highlighted
· Make a wish worksheet- think of one wish you would make and draw and write about it
· The fish’s wish- draw and write three things the fish wished for
· Phonemes on fish
Numeracy
· A number line
· Shape fish posters
· Shape fish bingo game- cover the different shaped fish first to win the game
· Sea scenes number game- roll a die and colour the part of the picture with that number
· Number ordering- cut out the numbered fish and stick in the correct order
Art and craft
· Stick puppets
· Face masks
· Tracing pictures
· Colouring pictures
· Playdough mats- make the correct number of fish on each board
· Cut and assemble castle- cut out the parts of the castle and reassemble to make your own castle
· Cut and assemble fish- cut out the parts of the fish and reassemble
More Games to make and play
· Board game- explore the underwater scene and collect the items the fish wished for to add to your board
· Number dominoes- a fish themed dominoes game
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.
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!
Autumn / Fall Maths and Literacy activity centers
This Maths and Literacy center pack is perfect for Autumn / Fall with themes of leaves, pumpkins etc.
There are 9 centers included- 4 for Maths, and 5 for Literacy.
Repeating patterns- make repeating patterns using the colored Fall themed picture cards and then use the recording sheets to draw your patterns or use on of the three cut and paste sheets to continue the patterns.
Count and clip- count and the Fall pictures up to ten and clip with a paperclip or peg. There is a recording sheet to write the number and fill in a ten frame.
Math match- complete the jigsaws with a number pumpkin, ten frame and tally complete with a recording sheet.
Number ordering- Order the numbered Fall leaves and then complete the recording sheet to cut and stick numbers 1-10 in order or 1-5.
Lower and upper case matching- match the leaves with upper case letters and lower case letters plus a recording sheet to record some of the matches.
Rhyming pumpkins- 24 sets of rhyming pairs with pictures on pumpkins. There are two recording sheets for students to draw their rhyming pairs and four sheets to cut and paste with two difficulties.
Word family sorting- sort the apples onto the trees with word families _at, _en, _ip, _og, _ug, _an. There are three recording sheets each with 2 word families on each to write the words and six recording sheets which each cover a word family for the students to cut and paste the apples.
Initial sounds- Three sets of Fall themed picture cards for students to choose a card and trace the initial sound letter on the apple tree.
Sentence scramble- Six sets of sentence cards to rearrange to make the sentence and a recording sheet for each sentence to cut and paste the words and then copy the sentence.
One Snowy night- Percy the Park Keeper story resource pack- winter
Percy the Park Keeper- One Snowy Night
A great educational resource for the story ‘One Snowy Night’ ready to print and use for displays, to make story sacks, retelling stories etc.
The pack includes:
Colour pictures of Percy and the animals in the story
Black and white pictures of Percy and the animals- great for colouring and art activities
Percy’s hut picture in the snow and without snow
Snowy trees to add to adisplay to make a great snowy scene
A number line to 50 on cute robins
Alphabet bunting to hang in your classroom- each piece has a picture of one of the animals in the story and the lower case letter
Winter clothing flashcards- great for discussion about clothes to wear when it is colder
Word flash cards with words relating to the story- each card is decorated with a picture of Percy in the snow
Question cards with questions about the story- great to add to a display
A long display banner with the title and pictures of Percy and the animals
A snowy board game to make and play
A dice game to collect the pieces of each animal
A worksheet to draw the scene from the window
Photographs of snowy scenes- a great addition to any display
Winter words- Words of snowflakes about winter
A collection of rhymes and songs about winter
Number rhyme about snowflakes with rhyme cards, face masks and props for singing the rhyme
Snowflake alphabet jigsaws- find the two halves of the snowflakes with upper and lower case letters
A collection of playdough mats linked to the story
Dress Percy for winter- choose the appropriate clothes for Percy to wear in the snowy weather
Colouring pictures of Percy and the animals and the snowy hut
Stick puppets of Percy and the animals- great for retelling the story and for making up new stories
Face masks in colour and black and white of Percy and the animals
A colourful bingo game for the story ‘One Snowy Night’
An A4 word mat with pictures and words relating to the story
‘Welcome to Percy’s hut’ large banner- great to use as part of a role play area of Percy’s hut
A game of snap to make and play
Animals footprints in the snow- great to add to a display and for discussion
Two different word searches with words and pictures relating to 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
Optician role play pack- Ourselves
The pack includes:
Large letters, each with small pictures of glasses, spelling the word ‘Opticians’- great to give your opticians a bold shop name,
A large sign saying ‘Opticians’ decorated with pictures of glasses,
Posters for the Opticians with the opening times (also an opening times posters without the times written on for you to do choose your own opening hours), and open and closed signs,
Label cards with pictures of different things in the opticians- glasses, sunglasses, optician etc,
Lots of different forms to encourage writing in the role play area- customer details, details of check-ups, reminder forms, appointments etc,
A4 and A3 posters for the children to give eye tests- with capital letters and lower case letters,
Posters to display in your opticians- waiting room, which frame colour and shape would you like, try your glasses on here etc,
A poster to fill in the name of the optician for that day,
Hats to make for the optician and optician staff to wear and also a blank hat for you to design yourself
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.
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.
CVC resource pack- games, worksheets etc- Letters and Sounds, phonics, spelling
A great pack with lots of files for literacy for you to print off and use
This pack would be great to use with the Letters and Sounds phonics scheme or with other phonics schemes to use in your teaching and for the children to use independently and in groups.
Included in the pack are:
Flash cards in colour and black and white with the picture and word and just with words or just pictures,
Flash cards with space to write the word underneath (when laminated these can be used with dry-wipe pens),
Flash cards with the letters than can be hidden so children can say what the initial, medial or end sound is,
Bingo games with the different medial sounds and a mixture of medial sounds,
Large vowel and alphabet cards for the children to hold to make CVC words,
Loop game card sets,
Word wheels,
Matching pairs game,
dominoes,
Board games to make and play,
Spelling worksheets,
Reading worksheets
Plus lots more!
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.
The Three Little Pigs story pack- traditional tales
The pack includes:
Story Powerpoint- A colourful Powerpoint of the story of The Three Little Pigs
Pigs Powerpoint- A Powerpoint about real pigs with sound
Display banner- Two different banners for displays
Character cards- Colour pictures of the Three Little Pigs, Mother Pig and the Wolf- great for retelling the story and for displays
Black and white characters- Great to use for art and crafts
Story props- Large coloured pictures of the houses and the cooking pot- these are also provided in black and white
Face masks- Face masks of the Three Little Pigs, Mother Pig and the Wolf- great to use when retelling the story or for creating new stories- these are provided in colour and black and white
Finger puppets- Puppets to make of the characters from the story
Story words- Decorated word cards with words relating to the story- a great addition to your display or in your writing area
A4 word card- A colourful word and picture card to use when writing about the story
Colouring book- A 24 page colouring book to create using the pictures which are also used in the story Powerpoint
Sequencing pictures- Coloured pictures of the story to sequence and write about
Time game- Collect the clock and matching time card in this o'clock matching pairs game
Build a house game- Roll a die and collect the parts of your house first
House labelling- A worksheet to label the different parts of a house
Photos- Colour photos of pigs and wolves
House photos- Photos of different houses and the different parts of a house
Pig model- Create a 2D moving pig model using split pins
Dominoes- Picture dominoes with pictures of the characters and props in the story
Rhyme game- Collect the correct pictures to rhyme with the ones on your board
Ordinal Pigs- An ordinal number line to 10 with the numbers on pigs
Number line- A number line to 20 with numbers on the different houses in the story
Rhyming pairs- A colourful rhyming pairs game
Display border- Print this as many times as you need for a display border of any size
Pig dice game- Roll a die and collect the parts to make your pig first
Literacy worksheets- Various worksheets such as writing about the story, speech bubbles, matching words to pictures, choosing correct words for the sentences etc
Writing pages- Coloured and black and white A4 pages with decorative borders
Story sack label- A coloured label to add to your story sack
Pigs facts- Fact cards with pictures and facts about real pigs
Tracing sheets- Pictures to trace of the pigs and the wolf and scenes from the story
Wanted poster- Create a WANTED poster for the wolf
Wordsearch- Two different wordsearches decorated with pictures from the story
HFW bricks- The 300 High Frequency words from 'Letters and Sounds' on colourful bricks
Bingo game
Owl Babies story pack - plus Nocturnal animals and Emotions
The pack includes:
Owl Babies:
A large display banner with pictures of the owls in the story 'Owl Babies'
Word cards relating to the story- these are great for writing displays when writing about the story or general displays about the story
A colourful A3 sized board game with 2 sets of Maths questions (easy and harder) so you can change and differentiate the game according to the group of children playing it
Various worksheets about the story and characters- missing words to fill in, speech bubbles, thought bubbles, owl labelling, true and false etc.
Story props to help you retell the story- you have the option to print large pictures and characters for display and also a small A4 sized story board with smaller pictures which would be great for individual table-top work and also for use in a story sack to keep with the book
Owl masks for the children to colour and make- these are provided in colour and black and white- masks of mother owl and the baby owls
Two different colourful display borders- just print out as many times as you need to border a display of any size
A powerpoint about Owls- the pages of this could also be printed out to make a book for your classroom
An A4 word card- great to use when writing about the story
High Frequency Words on feathers
An alphabet line on baby owls
A number line to 100 on ivy leaves- this makes a lovely display or edging to a display
An owl number rhyme and props for use when singing the rhyme
Writing borders in colour and black and white
Colouring pages
Tracing sheets of the owls
A size ordering worksheet to cut and order the owls in size
Nocturnal animals
A photo pack of different nocturnal animals
A colourful display banner
Two different display borders
Fact cards about different nocturnal animals
Large coloured pictures of nocturnal animals
Colouring pictures
A nocturnal animal bingo game
An A4 word card
Colourful display word cards
Emotions
Large pictures of faces showing different emotions
Display banners of 'Emotions' and 'How do you feel today?'
Word cards for displays
Worksheets to draw and write about different emotions
Emotion flash cards with faces and the emotion word
Where's My Teddy story sack resources
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banner
Display border
Word cards- words on decorated cards relating to the story
Large coloured pictures- large character and tree 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
Title poster- an A4 poster with title, author and illustrator information on
Colour photos- photos of forests and different bears to use on displays and discussion
LITERACY
A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story
Alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on teddy bears
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
What are you scared of?- draw and write about some things that you are scared of
What happens next- worksheets to draw and write what happens next in the story
My trip to the woods- a lovely decorated worksheet for writing about a trip to the woods
NUMERACY
Number line- a number line to 50 on trees
Counting worksheets- count the number of objects
Size ordering- cut and order the bears by size
Counting cards- count the teddies from1-10
GAMES
Board game- move your characters through the forest to reach the bear first
Colour bingo- cover the different coloured bears on your board
Number dominoes- a colourful dominoes game to make and play
ACTIVITIES
Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppets
Face masks- colour and decorate the face masks
Colouring- a collection of colouring worksheets
Draw the bears- draw the teddies for Eddy and the bear
Split pin bear-cut and make your own bear
What is in the woods- draw some different things you found on a woodland walk
Woodland animals- colour the animals you might find in the woods
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
Story props- large coloured props to use when retelling the story
POWER POINTS
All about bears- learn about bears in this simple Power Point
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,
Jasper's Beanstalk story sack resources
The pack includes:
Colour pictures of Jasper the cat and the tools he uses for his gardening as well as a beanstalk
Black and white pictures for the children to colour or collage
A large title banner with a picture of Jasper and a beanstalk
A Jasper finger puppet to make- great for retelling the story
A colour face mask of Jasper
A black and white face mask of Jasper for the children to colour
Words relating to the story with pictures
A display border of a beanstalk and also a border of beans- these can be printed as many times as you need for a display board of any size
A colourful matching pairs game
Bean height posters- put the pictures in height order- these are also provided in black and white for the children to sort and stick in height order
Numbered plant pots from 0-10 each with a bean plant with the corresponding number of leaves on each plant
Three different work borders- great for displaying the childrens work quickly and easily- these are also provided in black and white for the children to colour and write on
A colourful picture bingo game
Colour bean sequence posters
Days of the week labels
A label for your story sack of Jasper's Beanstalk
Two word searches for different abilities
A number line on garden tools- this would also be great in a garden centre role play area
An alphabet line on beans
A growing bean diary to make and fill in each day
Various Maths worksheets
Various Literacy themed worksheets
Question cards about the story- great to add to your display
An A4 word card with words and pictures
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.
Katie Morag story sack resources
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display ‘Katie Morag’
Display banner- ‘An Island Home’ display banner
Display border- a tartan display border to print as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Word cards- words relating to the story
Word and picture flashcards- colourful cards of the buildings and characters to add to a display or writing area
Colour characters- large pictures of the different characters in the Katie Morag stories
Building posters- large colour posters showing the different buildings on the island
Animal posters- large coloured posters showing the different animals on the island
Title poster- an A4 poster with the title, authors name and illustrators name
Story questions- a collection of question cards about the stories and characters- great to add to a display
LITERACY
A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story
Writing sheets
Speech bubble worksheets- fill in the speech bubbles to show what the characters are saying
Tartan lettering
Sheep phonemes
Character writing sheets- a worksheet for each character with space to write
An Island home- writing sheets about living on an island
Word searches- two word searches with words from the Katie Morag stories
Write a postcard
Island newspaper
NUMERACY
Puffin number line
Missing number worksheets
Counting worksheets
Addition and subtractions worksheets
Odd and even number line
GAMES
Matching pairs
Board game
Collect the mail- collect the different parcels and letters needed for your mail bag
Bingo
ART AND CRAFT
Design a stamp- design a stamp for the Island of Struay
Stick puppets
Face masks-
Colouring worksheets
Cut and assemble the boat
Island map- cut and stick the buildings onto the map of Struay
Scottish flag to colour
Isle of Struay flag- design a flag for the Isle of Struay
Paint a picture- paint a picture like the lady artist to show what you might see on the island of Struay
Workbook cover
STORY TELLING
Face masks
Stick puppets
Story telling props
POWER POINT
Isle of Coll- a Power point about the island the stories are based on
POST OFFICE ROLE PLAY
A complete pack for settings up a role play area as the Isle of Struay Post Office
including posters, banners, labels, postcards, stamps, name badges, post office signs and many opportunities for writing.
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.