Colourful and engaging characters to use as puppets or on a felt board to encourage storytelling language, imaginative play, or creative work. Eight pictures on two pages to print and use as required for storytelling or craft activities. Illustrations: • Enormous Turnip • Old Man (as farmer) • Old Woman • Boy • Girl • Dog • Cat • Mouse Why should you choose this resource? The repetitive and sequential nature of the story of The Enormous Turnip makes it an ideal story to use with children. As you tell and re-tell the story using these characters your children will begin to join in with the repeated elements such as ‘They pulled, and they pulled but they could not pull up the enormous turnip’. When these characters are left for the children to use independently, they will tell or adapt the story, using some of the story language. How to Use To create puppets, print on strong card or laminate and stick on to lolly sticks. For felt boards, laminate and add a strip of Velcro hooks. For craft activities print and cut out for creating individual books or pictures to encourage story re-telling.

**Little Ducks Number Cards 0-10 ** 0-10 Number cards with appealing but simple little ducks. All pictures are arranged in a line to support early counting skills. Link to the Rhyme ‘5 Little Ducks went Swimming One Day’. Numbers 5 and above arranged in 10 frame formations (but without the frame). Even numbers are printed in blue whilst odd numbers are printed in red to prompt discussion of odd and even numbers or counting in twos. Reinforce your children’s understanding of number order and one more or one less with these number cards. A5 size to create cards for games, wall frieze or ‘washing-line’ activity. You can also print smaller to create playing-card size for tabletop or small group work. • Includes 0 with an empty space • Ducks arranged in straight lines or 10 frame formations • Odds and evens printed in different colours • Charming and bright illustrations • Fully editable PowerPoint to adapt for your own uses or classroom style Possibly Uses: • As a wall frieze • Reference as you sing 5 Little Ducks Went Swimming One Day • With a washing-line and pegs to reinforce understanding of number order • With loose parts such as glass beads or corks to support counting and to match the numeral with the quantity • Print 2 sets of smaller cards for a pairs game • Print 2 or more sets for Snap • Print 2 or more sets for sorting and matching • Discuss odds and evens • Count in 2’s

On Bonfire Night at 5 o’clock I took my money to the firework shop. Use this ppt with animation and sounds for a maths, literacy or actions focus to enhance your children’s enjoyment of the traditional rhyme. The firework shop is full of rockets, bangers, rip raps, whizzers and fountains and they all make a sound. Everything costs between 1p and 5p. This presentation incorporates words, sounds and animated pictures to enable you to chant and move with the children or for the children to enjoy on a computer or tablet by themselves. All the fireworks move or make a sound on a click or tap. The cost of each firework is illustrated with 1p coins to the correct amount. In the classroom I chant this song with a strong rhythm that works well with the actions and sounds, but you will also find sung versions on the Internet. Ideas: Maths: Use the Powerpoint as a whole class introduction, perhaps role-playing paying with coins. You can then set up a firework shop role-play activity with construction toy fireworks to make and sell (Sticklebricks and K’nex are quite good for this). Perhaps print off some of the slides, adding prices. You could also include a clock to practice ‘5 o’clock’ or another time. Literacy: Go through the rhyme regularly with the children to help them learn the song. Enjoy the firework sounds. Change the rhyme to include other fireworks and choose more sounds to make. Children old enough to be spelling or segmenting can spell and write the words. If children can use a computer or tablet independently as part of continuous provision in your setting, they can move through the presentation, chanting with the pictures, using the mouse, arrow keys or swiping. Movement: Learn the song together in group or whole class times with hand actions. When everyone is familiar with the rhyme, scale up the movement inside or outside, incorporating ribbons and streamers with whole body actions. You could even include instruments to reinforce their understanding of the sounds. Hints: This is an editable presentation. Once downloaded remember to create a master copy then you can create other versions to suit your focus. Don’t forget to change these to read-only as the Powerpoint is full of animations and timings.

0-10 Number cards with clear and simple photographs of root vegetables along with their names. Pictures are arranged randomly to support developing early counting skills. Even numbers are printed in green whilst odd numbers are printed in purple to prompt discussion of odd and even numbers or counting in twos. Reinforce your children’s understanding of number order and one more or one less with these number cards. A5 size to create cards for games, wall frieze or ‘washing-line’ activity. You can also print smaller to create playing-card size for tabletop or small group work. • Includes 0 with an empty space • Odds and evens printed in different colours • Clear and bright illustrations • Fully editable PowerPoint to adapt for your own uses or classroom style • Familiar and unfamiliar vegetables will prompt discussion Possibly Uses: • As a wall frieze • Within a role-play area to prompt discussion • With a washing-line and pegs to reinforce understanding of number order • With loose parts such as glass beads or corks to support counting and to match the numeral with the quantity • Print 2 sets of smaller cards for a pairs game • Print 2 or more sets for Snap • Print 2 or more sets for sorting and matching • Discuss odds and evens • Count in 2’s • Fully editable so vegetables could be arranged in lines for easier counting