This resource contains images of activity ideas. These activity ideas can support children with handwriting and fine motor control. They give the staff or parents working with the children ideas too which are sometimes hard to find or come up with. 8 sets of colour activity card sets are included here. These cover: Fine motor isolation skills e.g. using a finger to finger paint Releases e.g. adding a brick to a tower and releasing Grasps e.g. pincer or spherical Hand and finger manipulation e.g. working with puppets Hand strengthening e.g. cutting out or pouring Hand Eye coordination e.g. target work or threading Left/Right awareness e.g. following directions Crossing the midline e.g. tennis or finger rhymes Each set of cards is a different colour so that staff and children can identify the skills they are or need to work with/on. The cards can be cut out and used for labels for collections of fine motor skills activities. They can be used on a choosing board for children to have a say in their own learning and activities.

A 20 page resource pack for your topics on Explorers and Adventurers, Animals or / and David Attenborough. The resources link to animals and vocabulary used in the book David Attenborough by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara. Resources Colour and label the things explorers may take with them on their adventures Jungle borders for writing or drawing in Sea horse borders for writing or drawing in 16 word cards Blank template for you to create more word cards or for drawing in Class bunting outlines - children can make these to decorate your classroom Cut and match the animal pictures and photographs Match 3 animals to their habitats 9 - 15. 7 pages for phonics / handwriting practice based on animals in the book - turtle, gorilla, penguin, chameleon, sea horse, ant and bird A fossil colouring page 17 - 20 3 animals per page for children to write a sentence about

A great speaking and listening slide show for the smart board or set of posters to print and use as visual aids when thinking about Ourselves or Toys.

Homophones are words with the same pronunciation but with different meanings and spellings. Children will enjoy learning about these using this resource. There are 24 sets of words for children to discuss, compose and say / write sentences about. Works well for whole class and group / pairs work. There are 24 cards included at the end that can be cut out and used in many ways, including display and speaking and listening games. Also great for those students learning English Language.

This is an animated PPT with 2 activity sheets as a follow up. Jo wants a new dog and is viewing them on ‘Zoom’! There are 20 dogs to choose from. Children watch the PPT and help Jo to decide on a dog they feel would be suitable. The slides are animated so the children will delight in watching the dogs on the TV, There are lots of details too on the slides for children to talk about and spot in the other slides. Some of these are animated also. The activity sheets are at the back: A writing frame for children to write their choice for Jo and their personal choice. They then draw these dogs. All 20 dog pictures - can children recall their names and write them underneath the pictures? You could also cut these out and laminate them and children can find the pictures to go with the slides as you go along. Extension activities include data handling - how many children chose the same or different dogs? How many children have pets?

A slide show on Transport or things that move. Great speaking and listening activity for young children for use as a slide show or series of posters.

A bumper 28 page pack of resources on a Superhero theme. Everything you will need to excite your children and stimulate their writing, drawing and imagination. Included are: 12 colour A4 posters of superheroes characters Mask templates Graffiti words Superhero symbols A template for comic strips Black / white and colour pictures for writing in speech and thought bubbles Wanted photo frames and blank frames Superhero certificates for boys and girls Superhero drawing frames 6 baddy cards 12 small Superhero picture cards Have fun!

A Father’s Day / Celebrations PPT and activities. This is an animated PPT with 2 activity sheets as a follow up. Jo wants to get her dad a Father’s Day gift but she cannot decide what. There are 20 animated ideas to choose from. Children watch the PPT and help Jo to decide on a gift they feel would be suitable. The slides are animated so the children will delight in watching the present ideas on the TV, There are lots of details too on the slides for children to talk about and spot in the other slides. Some of these are animated also. The activity sheets are at the back: A writing frame for children to write their choice for Jo and their personal choice. They then draw these gift choices. Activity sheet 2 is for children to draw and label all the choices of gift. One is done for them. Extension activities include data handling - how many children chose the same or different gifts? Make a Father’s day gift, card or write a letter to dad.

A complete Alphabet set from A to Z. An activity for teaching and learning initial sounds and for reading and matching words and pictures. This can be shown on the Smart Board to encourage observation, speaking and listening and sounding letters. Slides can also be used as posters or worksheets. Cut out for displays or flashcards too. There are word cards for each slide. Fits in with Letters and Sounds / Phonics work.

A collection of resources for your topic on the Zodiac or Horoscopes. There are 3 lots of different picture symbols that children can cut and sort. There is a table showing signs and dates for each star sign. There are 2 worksheets to go with this where children fill in either the name of the star sign or the dates. There are colour and black and white colouring sheets for each star sign. There is also a table showing which signs are Fire, Earth, Water and Air signs. Children can use this page as a template for carrying out a survey on friends star signs.

This is an animated PPT with 2 activity sheets as a follow up. Jo wants to start a new hobby, but she cannot decide what. There are 20 animated ideas to choose from. Children watch the PPT and help Jo to decide on a hobby they feel would be suitable. The slides are animated so the children will delight in watching the hobby ideas on the TV, There are lots of details too, on the slides for children to talk about and spot in the other slides. Some of these are animated also. The activity sheets are at the back: A writing frame for children to write their choice of hobby for Jo and their personal choice. They then draw these hobby choices. Activity sheet 2 is for children to colour and label all the choices of hobbies. Extension activities include data handling - how many children chose the same or different hobbies? What is the most popular hobby?

This is an animated PPT with 2 activity sheets as a follow up. Jo is thinking ahead to what job she would like to do, but she cannot decide what. There are 20 animated ideas to choose from. Children watch the PPT and help Jo to decide on a job they feel would be suitable. The slides are animated so the children will delight in watching the job ideas on the TV, The activity sheets are at the back: A writing frame for children to write their choice of job for Jo and their personal choice. They then draw these job choices. Activity sheet 2 is for children to colour and label all the choices of jobs. Extension activities include data handling - how many children chose the same or different jobs? What is the most popular job? Do a class or year group survey. Links to Ourselves, World of Work, Me, People who help us and Occupations.

This is an animated PPT with 2 activity sheets as a follow up. Jo is thinking about the foods she likes and dislikes. She wants to decide on her favourite food. There are 20 animated ideas to choose from. Children watch the PPT and help Jo to decide on her favourite food. The slides are animated so the children will delight in watching the food ideas on the TV, The activity sheets are at the back: A writing frame for children to write their choice of food for Jo and their personal choice. They then draw these food choices. Activity sheet 2 is for children to colour and label all the choices of foods. Extension activities include data handling - how many children chose the same or different food from the 20? What is the most popular food? Do a class or year group survey. Links to Ourselves, Food, Plants and Data Handling.

Early learners will enjoy speaking and listening about the Farm. They can begin to read the simple sentences. Use on the smart board for a lesson starter or presentation or print out to make visual aids for lessons on Animals, Farm, People who Help Us.

8 foods to talk about with these slides for the smart board or posters for visual aids. Food includes grapes, cucumber, cheese and hot dogs.

Ourselves discussion slides that can be shown on the smart board or made into talk about posters. There are 8 jobs or activities to talk about with children including doctor, chef and teacher.

These colour photos are great for all children to encourage speaking and listening and stimulating ideas for writing. Students learning English will find these useful for practicing vocabulary and sentence work. The cards can be sorted into sets such as toys, materials, clothing or nature and linked to topic work. Extend by asking questions for each card such as why is Humpty upside down or how many types of vegetables can you see in this picture. There are 10 pages with 8 colour cards on each page. Print, cut and laminate individual cards or use as discussion boards for group or pairs work.

A bumper selection of circular Christmas tags to cut out and make. Enlarge if you want them bigger. Duplicate the sheets, cut out the circles and laminate for lots of fun matching and sorting games too. Children could choose their favourites and use them to make Christmas cards.

A reading and spelling lesson with a Christmas theme. There are 20 slides showing colour Christmas related pictures. Children name the pictures and then say the initial sounds. More able children can spell the words. The slides are animated so that each letter appears with a click. The last slide can be printed off as a visual aid or activity sheet. Children can work alone or in pairs to find the pictures as they appear and mark off the words on the grid. Pictures are all of 3 or 4 letter words. Encourages speaking and listening and thinking e.g. the reindeer picture - the key word is nose and not reindeer.