Here is a book talk mat with activities for the story “Worrysaurus” by Rachel Bright. It is perfect for using during Children’s Mental Health Week, or when exploring the theme of worries.

There are 32 spelling activities included in these grids to take spelling outdoors! Most of the activities require minimal equipment or resources and can be completed by children independently, in pairs or as a whole class to practise spelling rules and patterns outdoors. This is a black and white ink friendly version.

Here is a book talk mat with activities for the story “The Great Race” by Christopher Corr. The book tells the story of the Chinese Zodiac and the beginnings of Lunar New Year, or Chinese New Year. It is perfect for using at home during distance learning or in class with learners. The activity mat has some lovely activities to explore origins of the story of Lunar New Year with children. The activities can easily be used with any version of the story of the Chinese Zodiac. There are a range of literacy, art and research tasks included.

Here is a book talk mat with activities for the story “How to Catch a Dragon” by Adam Wallace. It is perfect for using at home during distance learning or in class with learners. The activity mat has some lovely activities to explore the traditions of Chinese New Year with children. There are links to videos and craft activities included.

March is Women’s History Month and a perfect time to explore the beautiful books by Kate Pankhurst with children. Here is a book talk mat with activities for the story “Fantastically Great Women Who Made History” by Kate Pankhurst. The book shares the stories of amazing women and their achievements. The book if full of beautifully illustrated stories of brave, clever and strong women. This set has 3 activity mats included. The first mat is full of general activities that you could use in lessons to explore the book as a whole. The second and third pages are full of activities which are specific to each individual fantastic woman in this book. The activity mats have some lovely activities to explore these amazing stories with children. There is a range of literacy, art, STEM and research tasks included.

March is Women’s History Month and a perfect time to explore the beautiful books by Kate Pankhurst with children. Here is a book talk mat with activities for the story “Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World” by Kate Pankhurst. The book shares the stories of amazing women and their achievements. The book if full of beautifully illustrated stories of brave, clever and strong women. This set has 3 activity mats included. The first mat is full of general activities that you could use in lessons to explore the book as a whole. The second and third pages are full of activities which are specific to each individual fantastic woman. The activity mats have some lovely activities to explore these amazing stories with children. There is a range of literacy, art, STEM and research tasks included.

Here is a book talk mat with activities for the story “The Three Little Pigs." It is perfect for using at home during distance learning or in class with learners to celebrate World Book Day or as part of a Traditional Tales topic. The activity mat has some lovely activities to explore and celebrate the story of The Three Little Pigs with children. There are a range of literacy, art, STEM and research tasks included.

Here is a book talk mat with activities for the story “Goldilocks and the Three Bears." It is perfect for using at home during distance learning or in class with learners to celebrate World Book Day or as part of a Traditional Tales topic. The activity mat has some lovely activities to explore and celebrate the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears with children. There are a range of literacy, art STEM and research tasks included.

Here is a book talk mat with activities for the story “Little Red Riding Hood." It is perfect for using at home during distance learning or in class with learners to celebrate World Book Day or as part of a Traditional Tales topic. The activity mat has some lovely activities to explore and celebrate the story of Little Red Riding Hood with children. There are a range of literacy, art, STEM and research tasks included.

Here is a book talk mat with activities for the story “Jack and the Beanstalk." It is perfect for using at home during distance learning or in class with learners to celebrate World Book Day or as part of a Traditional Tales topic. The activity mat has some lovely activities to explore and celebrate the story of Jack and the Beanstalk with children. There are a range of literacy, art, STEM and research tasks included.

Here is a book talk mat with activities for the story “The Runaway Pancake." This traditional tale is great for younger readers, and is sometimes known as “The Enormous Pancake.” It is perfect for using at home during distance learning or in class with learners to celebrate Pancake Tuesday! The activity mat has some lovely activities to explore and celebrate Pancake Tuesday with children. There are a range of literacy, art and research tasks included.

Here is a book talk mat with activities for the story “Bee My Friend." It is perfect for using in class with learners or to send home as a home learning activity grid for families to explore this text. It would also be perfect to use when celebrating and learning about Earth Day or as part of a minibeast topic. There are a range of literacy, art, STEM and research tasks included related to the topic of bees.

Here is a book talk mat with activities for the story “Fantastically Great Women Who Saved the Planet” by Kate Pankhurst. The book shares the stories of amazing women who have spent their lives protecting the Earth and all living things . The book if full of beautifully illustrated stories of brave, clever and strong women. This set has 4 activity mats included. The first mat is full of general activities that you could use in lessons to explore the book as a whole. The second, third and fourth pages are full of activities which are specific to each individual fantastic woman. This activity mat would be perfect to explore during Earth Day, as part of a sustainability or environmental education topic or during Women’s History Month in March. The activity mats have some lovely activities to explore these amazing stories with children. There is a range of literacy, art, STEM and research tasks included.

This engaging and interactive lesson encourages children to read for information and take notes all about bees! There are 26 mini fact cards which share information about the appearance of bees, their habitat, diet and fun facts. There is also a note taking page for the children to record the facts in their own words. This resource can be used as a scavenger hunt style activity outdoors (or indoors!) for children to hunt, find and gather information, or as a group reading activity in class. It would be a perfect activity for World Bee Day on 20th May! Tip: Print each of the different categories onto different coloured paper to help children find each fact category and make sure they don’t miss any out!

This resource is perfect for children to take part in a research project all about bees. It would be a perfect activity for World Bee Day on 20th May! There are 3 versions of the booklet included - 2 to a page, a single sided version and a double sided version - which once stapled together are great independent or paired research booklets. You could use my matching All About Bees scavenger hunt resource for children to hunt, find and gather information which they can record in their research booklet (avaliable to download on my TES store).

This engaging and interactive lesson encourages children to read for information and take notes about different aspects of rationing in Britain during WW2. There are 16 mini fact cards which share information about rationing, ration books, the Dig for Victory campaign, victory gardens, propaganda and wartime recipes. There is also a note taking page for the children to record the facts in their own words. This resource can be used as a scavenger hunt style activity outdoors (or indoors!) for children to hunt, find and gather information, or as a group reading activity in class. Tip: Stick the fact cards on to the back of the mini propaganda posters and encourage the children to use the posters as a primary source of information!

This is a set of posters to display in a learning environment to help develop number sense! Each number poster has lots of different representations of that amount and include: the number, the number word, Euro coins, dice , 10 frame, fingers, numicon, cubes/base 10, dominoes, ladybird spots and tally marks! Please note that this set has a straight 1, 4 and 9 digit and has EURO coins.

This is a set of posters to display in a learning environment to help develop number sense! Each number poster has lots of different representations of that amount and include: the number, the number word, Euro coins, dice , 10 frame, fingers, numicon, cubes/base 10, dominoes, ladybird spots and tally marks! Please note that this set has a straight 1, 4 and 9 digit and Euro coins.

Here is an activity mat full of ideas to celebrate Roald Dahl Day on September 13th! The activities are related to the author and are not specific to any of his books. It is perfect for using in class or at home with learners - some of these activities could be completed at home as family learning activities. There are a range of literacy, art and research tasks included.

There are 32 spelling activities included in these grids to take spelling outdoors! Most of the activities require minimal equipment or resources and can be completed by children independently, in pairs or as a whole class to practise spelling rules and patterns outdoors.