Light and Dark topic pack

Light and Dark

Also contains resources for ‘The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark’ and ‘Nocturnal animals’.

The pack includes:

1.A long colourful display banner for ‘Light and Dark’
2.A long display banner for ‘Night and Day’
3.A bingo game to find the light sources for your board the first
4.Picture and word flashcards
5.An A4 word card
6.Topic words on light bulbs
7.Colour photos of different light sources
8.A PowerPoint about light and dark and different sources of light
9.Pictures to sort of different man-made and natural sources of light
10. Photos of different reflections
11. Photos of the dark showing different lights and the moon and stars
12. Photos of the day showing different things we often see in the day such as rainbows and white clouds
13. Large lettering from A-Z in both lower and upper case with mini light bulbs on each letter- great to create a large alphabet line or to create any display titles
14. Shadow puppet templates
15. Animal sorting pictures and backgrounds to sort the animals into those that come out in the day and at night
16. Play dough mats- a collection of mats to use in the play dough area with a light theme
17. A board game to make and play- children need to decide when they land on a picture if it is an activity which happens during the day, night or both- a great game for discussion
18. Word searches
19. Various writing sheets with borders
20. Various worksheets- sort the pictures into light and dark, write about different pictures, draw the light sources etc


The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark

1.A long display banner
2.Various worksheets about the characters and the story
3.Writing worksheets with borders
4.Story words- decorated cards to print with words relating to the story
5.A story sack tag
6.Large lettering from A-Z in both lower and upper case with moons, stars and flying owls on each letter
7.Speech bubble worksheets- write what the owls are saying to each other and what the characters in the story are saying
8.An alphabet line on owls
9.A number line to 50 on stars
10. Colouring pictures of owls and the characters in the story
11. Sequencing pictures- coloured and black and white pictures to sequence
12. Owl puppets to make- these are provided in colour and black and white
13. Owl masks in colour and black and white
14. A night time bingo game relating to the ideas in the story
15. Flashcards of the different night time activities

Nocturnal animals

1.Colourful posters of different nocturnal animals
2.Colour photos of nocturnal