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I am an ex-childminder with Early Years Teacher Status and a teacher in Reception. I have a special interest in Communication and Language, and Number.
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I am an ex-childminder with Early Years Teacher Status and a teacher in Reception.
I have a special interest in Communication and Language, and Number.
Literacy for early years
Gingerbread man board game - fine motor skills, numeracy, taking turns.
Children take it in turns to roll a dice and move around the board collecting parts of the gingerbread man.
Each child has a printed answer sheet (differentiated sheets available) on which they trace or colour in their parts.
The first child to complete their whole picture wins.
Counting objects and actions to 1-6.
1:1 correspondence.
Fine motor skills involved in tracing or colouring objects.
Turn taking and following simple rules.
You will need; a dice or spinner, a counter for each child.
Ages 3-5
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Board Game Bundle, fine motor skills, turn taking, counting.
Three colourful designs to tie in with different themes.
Practice turn taking and counting skills as you move your counter around the board.
Colour or trace the images on the answer sheet as you move around to complete your picture.
Flower board game; numeracy, fine motor skills, turn taking.
Children take it in turns to roll a dice and move around the board collecting parts of the flower picture.
Each child has a printed answer sheet (differentiated sheets available) on which they trace or colour in their parts.
The first child to complete their whole picture wins.
Counting objects and actions to 1-6.
1:1 correspondence.
Fine motor skills involved in tracing or colouring objects.
Turn taking and following simple rules.
You will need; a dice or spinner, a counter for each child.
Ages 3-5
Snowman board game; numeracy, fine motor skills and turn taking.
Children take it in turns to roll a dice and move around the board collecting parts of the snowman.
Each child has a printed answer sheet (differentiated sheets available) on which they trace or colour in their parts.
The first child to complete their whole picture wins.
Counting objects and actions to 1-6.
1:1 correspondence.
Fine motor skills involved in tracing or colouring objects.
Turn taking and following simple rules.
You will need; a dice or spinner, a counter for each child.
Ages 3-5
Talk About Alien - cut & stick activity with a speaking & listening focus. EYFS, KS1.
Nothing gets children talking quite like choices.
This cut and stick activity is bursting with choices to fire their imaginations, but is also "print and go" so perfect for busy teachers.
Let their imaginations run wild as they design their own alien.
Choose a body design and then add arms, legs,eyes etc...
Choose full colour or colour your own.
Now get them to tell you all about him/her.
Ideas for conversation prompts and speaking games included.
Ice cream cut & stick; fine motor skills, EYFS, KS1, data, money, speaking & listening.
Who wants an ice cream? I do, I do!
This colourful, cut and stick resource is ready to use straight from printing.
Children can choose from 5 different flavours of ice cream and 6 different toppings to create their own, unique, mouthwatering visual treat.
2 differentiated order forms allow children to simply organise data or calculate the total cost of their creation.
This is also a great "talk about" resource. Why not ask the children to "tell me about your ice-cream".
Scissor skills,
Making choices,
Speaking and listening,
Role play,
Organising data,
Taking orders,
Money and addition.
FREE Draw a Picture Bingo. Summer Holiday Activity. Draw it then talk about it. Inspires Imagination
Inspire imaginations with this Drawing Bingo Card.
Challenge your children to draw all 16 pictures and talk to you about their designs.
Questions included to promote conversation.
Happy Holidays.
Check out my other resources in my TES Shop.
www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/katypic
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Talk about Bundle (cut and stick activities to inspire talking)
Each of these cut and stick resources are packed full of choices to fire the imagination and inspire conversation.
All print and go, zero teacher prep needed.
These activities will get those funky fingers exercising and the conversation flowing.
5 little men in a flying saucer storymat; EYFS, communication and language, story telling, counting.
This printable story mat has cute moveable flying saucers. Two images available; moon or Earth.
This well known rhyme has repeated phrasing and a simple story arch, making it easy to learn and ideal for independent story telling.
Children use the props to tell the story of the 5 little men in flying saucers flying around the world. Four little men don't like the look of the world and whoosh away, but the last little man decides to stay.
Also ideal for practising counting to 5 and one to one correspondence.
A4, A3 and A2 printable versions of the story mat and ducks included.
Fine Motor Easter Eggs
Colourful Easter Eggs.
No prep resource.
Handwriting inspired patterns to trace.
Simple scissor skills practise.
Colour, black & white and blank versions available.
Makes a lovely addition to an Easter Display.
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Nursery Rhyme Story Mat Bundle. (Counting to 5)
These Nursery Rhyme story mats are perfect for enhancing both Communication & Language and Mathematics in your continuous provision.
3 colourful story mat designs each with a bold background image and printable props for independent story telling and counting.
3 display posters with the full nursery rhyme text and matching page border.
Rhymes included in this bundle;
5 little men in a flying saucer.
5 little ducks went swimming one day.
5 little monkeys jumping on the bed.
Rhyming CVC words activity bundle; EYFS, phonics, rhyming strings, reading, sensory play, games.
A set of 9 CVC words making 3 rhyming strings.
Easy to decode using phase 2 phonics knowledge.
Bold colourful graphics.
Differentiated activities.
Sensory play.
Time saving.... some activities are print and go with minimal preparation required for others.
With this pack children will be able to ...
Play loto, match words to pictures independently, practise their reading and writing and engage in sensory learning.
5 little monkeys jumping on the bed storymat; EYFS, C&L, story telling, counting, nursery rhyme.
This printable story mat has 5 cute moveable monkeys plus a mummy and doctor character.
This well known rhyme has repeated phrasing and a simple story arch, making it easy to learn and ideal for independent story telling. This resource will enhance communication and language in your continuous provision.
Tell the story of the 5 little monkeys jumping on the bed. The doctor warns them "no more monkeys jumping on the bed" but they don't listen! One by one the naughty monkeys fall off the bed and bump their heads.
Ideal for prompting conversations about risk, rules and consequences.
Ideal for practising counting to 5 and one to one correspondence.
A4 and A3 printable versions of the story mat and characters included as well as a display poster of the full nursery rhyme.
Phonics train -Phase 1 letters and sounds; Alliteration, Initial sounds, Rhyming,
This colourful train will help children practise the essential pre-reading skills of alliteration and rhyming.
Alliteration
The "starting sounds" engines have lost their wagons. Can your children find all three picture wagons to match their engine's starting sound?
Rhyming
The "rhyming" engines are waiting for three rhyming wagons to be coupled on. Can your children use the pictures and words on the wagons to make a rhyming string and complete the train?
Perfect for continuous provision or adult led small group work.
Phonics train - Phase 2 letters and sounds; CVC words, Segmenting for Spelling, Reading captions.
This colourful resource will inspire your train enthusiasts to practise their phonics knowledge.
Ideal for continuous provision or small group work.
Spelling
12 engines with bold and bright pictures of phase 2, decodable, CVC words.
Children sound out the word before using the letter wagons to spell the word and complete the train.
Reading
Short captions represent an important developmental bridge between reading individual words and reading whole books. Children match the decodable, phase 2 captions on the coupled wagons to the correct engine picture.
Phonics train - Alphabet train. Upper and lower case letters, letter names, writing names. EYFS
Now budding train enthusiasts can use the phonics train to spell their own name.
Upper case letters on the engines and lower case letters on the wagons.
Spell any name by joining the wagons to the correct capital letter engine.
Also ideal for teaching letter names and matching upper and lower case letters.
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Phonics Train Value Bundle- Phase 1 & 2 letters and sounds + alphabet train; alliteration, rhyme, spelling, reading, letter names.
Alphabet
Upper case letters on the engines and lower case letters on the wagons.
Spell any name by joining the wagons to the correct capital letter engine.
Also ideal for teaching letter names and matching upper and lower case letters.
Alliteration
The “starting sounds” engines have lost their wagons. Can your children find all three picture wagons to match their engine’s starting sound?
Rhyming
The “rhyming” engines are waiting for three rhyming wagons to be coupled on. Can your children use the pictures and words on the wagons to make a rhyming string and complete the train?
Spelling
12 engines with bold and bright pictures of phase 2, decodable, CVC words.
Children sound out the word before using the letter wagons to spell the word and complete the train.
Reading
Short captions represent an important developmental bridge between reading individual words and reading whole books. Children match the decodable, phase 2 captions on the coupled wagons to the correct engine picture.
Free Book Bingo - Summer Holiday activity
Inspire young readers with this book bingo challenge.
Available as PDF download or and Editable Word version.
Check out my other resources in my TES shop www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/katypic
SATPIN board games; EYFS, Phase 2 phonics, Initial sounds, turn taking.
This board game focuses on the first 6 letter sounds taught in phase 2 phonics, in the “letters and sounds” scheme.
A fun way to practice grapheme recognition and starting sounds of words.
This simple turn taking board game requires a dice or spinner and counters for each player.
Tried and tested with phonics intervention groups this game is loved by children.
Simple, fun and quick to play.
Full rules are included.
Four versions to choose from; full colour, black and white, cursive and non-cursive.
BONUS GAME
Included for free is a bonus pairs game. This game uses images from the board game and can be played solo or with groups for more starting sound / grapheme matching fun.
5 little ducks story mat; EYFS, communication and language, story telling, counting.
This printable story mat has cute moveable ducks.
This well known rhyme has repeated phrasing and a simple story arch, making it easy to learn and ideal for independent story telling.
Children use the props to tell the story of the baby ducks swimming away from mother duck and disappearing one by one before returning to their mamma.
Also ideal for practising counting to 5 and one to one correspondence.
A4, A3 and A2 printable versions of the story mat and ducks included.