Here is a good way to introduce children to Limericks as part of World Poetry Day or any poetry topic. There is an example of a completed limerick showing visual images. There are 2 other limericks where the rhyming words need filling in. Children use the visual images and words to help them. Once the children are familiar with the structure of a limerick, they can use the template page to start to make up their own limericks. Notes: Limericks are traditionally 5 lines and often with a funny final line or a twist. The first, second and last line usually have the same rhyme and the third and fourth often share a different rhyme.

A fun speaking and listening game, for back to school, or any time, to get children into the swing of learning and concentrating again. A bumper pack of 120 flash cards showing catch phrases or sayings. Some children will be familiar with and others they may need to research or try to work out. There are 2 colour flashcards to a page. There is an answer grid that covers all the pictures and a blank grid for children to write in. There are also a set of worksheets where the cards are split up into sets of A to J, with 12 pictures per page and space underneath for them to write the answers in. A great speaking and listening activity where children can discuss with their partners or small groups and come up with likely answers. There may be more than one answer that is appropriate. May be useful, too for those learning English.

“Spelling Bee Phonics Activity Set,” is an interactive resource designed to enhance phonics learning in the classroom. Useful for Key Stage 1 teachers who are looking for engaging ways to assess, practice, and consolidate children’s understanding of phonics and CVC words. Each set includes five ‘honeycomb’ cards, each centered around a different vowel - ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘o’, or ‘u’. The activity encourages children to use their phonics skills to form and write up to 6 CVC words. Examples of words for the ‘a’ card could be ‘pet’, ‘pen’, ‘ten’, ‘met’, ‘peg’, and ‘meg’. The cards can be cut out and used in a multitude of ways: as stand-alone worksheets, additions to a writing corner, or even as flashcards. Also included are handy templates, allowing teachers to create more customized cards, extending the use of the resource. The templates can be used to set homework tasks, or children can create their own cards to test their friends or use for self-practice. Spelling Bee Phonics Activity Set makes phonics learning enjoyable.

There are 4 pages of colour pictures where the middle sounds / vowels are missing. The sheets can be laminated for re-use. Links to Phonics, Spelling and Letters and Sounds work.

4 differentiated worksheets on an alphabet theme. Mixed order pictures. Match the pictures to the sounds and write the letters next to the pictures. Alphabetical order pictures. Match the pictures to the sounds and write the letters next to the pictures. Draw a picture for each letter sound. A blank template for children to write sounds, words or/and draw pictures. Alternatively cut and paste the pictures onto the letter sounds. Colour the pictures.

5 worksheets where children use the pictures to help them to name and write things they might see e.g. in the home or at the seaside. Each sheet has a topic or theme: Summer Holidays My Home Shapes I know Animals I know Under the Sea There are 2 sheets to a page, with one colour and one black and white version of the writing frames.

Game number 5 in this series. 39 pictorial popular catch phrases or sayings to encourage thinking skills and speaking and listening skills. There are 4 catch phrases on each page and 3 on the final page. It is fun to work against the clock! Children can work in pairs or teams to try to work out the answers. An answer sheet is provided for them to mark off. Cut out the cards and laminate for a game you can keep and reuse. As an extra activity children can research and write the meanings of the phrases.

30 colour pictures in this quiz with a History theme. Use anytime or at the end of term for a fun activity. There are a range of pictures including Sayings, Historical Terms, Idioms, Myths /Legends, People, Songs or Events. There are answer sheets for pupils to mark off or find the answers. Pupils may want to work in teams or pairs. An alternate activity is to cut out the cards and for pupils to match to the correct answers.

5 ways for children to think about and write about goals, dreams, wishes or New Year resolutions.

Show children how combining smaller words can make compound words in English. Pictorial support for teaching about compound words at KS1, spelling and for those learning the English language. There are 4 worksheets with answer sheets.

Homonyms are words that have the same pronunciation and spelling but have different meanings. Here are 10 visual examples to discuss with your children and for them to compose, say and write sentences about. Suitable also for English Language students.

A fun KS2 comprehension word activity based on Cardinal Directions - North, South, East and West. Children read the word lists for each compass point and say what they understand by each of them. Can they think of any more of their own – words, phrases or idioms containing North, South, East or West? There is a quiz where children are asked to say, find or write the answers. Dictionaries and/or Internet research can by done. An answer list is included.

4 word challenge games for Key stage 2. Solve the anagrams to find the name of 8 flowers / animals/fish and birds. Each anagram has an extra letter that is not needed. Put these extra letters in order to give the name of another flower / animal /fish and bird. This is fun and challenging at the same time as well as very satisfying when the answers are retrieved!

A set of activities for your topic on Gardens, Outdoors or Homes suitable for EYFS and KS1. There is a comprehension activity, garden equipment to label and a colouring sheet. There are flashcards to talk about and use in your topic work.

Links to Community, Jobs, Occupations, comprehension and word work. Children name, discuss and label the jobs in the 12 pictures. Children read the sentences and find out which occupation each one describes. 3 and 4. Word work - children read and match name of occupations with pictures or tools and equipment that may be needed in each job. A colour and label sheet. Children can choose to label with occupation names or equipment/tools names.

4 pages of ideas to stimulate children to write creatively. Each page had 6 ideas of story starters and endings. Children think about what the middle of the stories might be and choose 1 or more options to write about.

4 handwriting sheets and one blank template for you to use. Lower case letters Upper case letters Numbers to 20 and number words Frequently used words Blank template

Here is a fun activity where children learn to sort pictures according to their initial sounds. There are 3 sets of 24 colour pictures for each letter sounds. There are 3 sets of 24 matching words to match the pictures. Activities include matching the words and pictures for 1 or more sounds. Sorting pictures into those beginning with b, p, d Sorting words into those beginning with b, p, d Differentiate by cutting the sheets in half or rows or single cards to make the activities easier.

A set of writing challenge cards for your KS1 pupils. Great for early finishers, wet play or home work. Cut and laminate and use over again with dry markers. Or add to your writing corner/table with paper and pens. Continue your collection and you could store them in a small file index box. Activities include: speech bubbles, story planning, diary extracts, a thank you card, birthday message, labelling and note writing.

A slide show presentation to encourage children to think about Book Genres. Worksheets can be printed of e.g. for children to list their favourite books or list different genres in the school library. National Read a Book Day is in September this year (2020) and don’t forget World Book Day! You may like to form an assembly around this presentation too.