A resource pack for the story ‘The Jolly Postman’ by Janet & Allan Ahlberg. This engaging Literacy pack includes worksheets, display materials, games and crafts. Also available is the resource pack for ‘The Jolly Christmas Postman’ The pack includes: Two Large display banners: ‘The Jolly Postman’ and also ‘The Jolly Postman or Other People’s Letters’ with a picture of the postman and lots of letters A display border with pictures of letters and the Jolly Postman-this can be printed as many times as you need to border a display of any size Drawings of the characters in the book such as the Jolly Postman and his bike, the Three Bears, the Wicked Witch, Cinderella etc (these are not printed from the book but have been drawn by myself)- these are in black and white and colour and are great for story telling and displays Templates for writing different letters to the characters with black and white pictures and without pictures, templates for postcards, airmail letters and birthday cards Masks of the characters in the story- these are provided in colour and black and white- great for retelling the story or for making up their own story Worksheets for Numeracy, Literacy and general work- some of these are differentiated or can be used as templates for you to put your own sums on Story word cards each with a picture of the Jolly Postman- these look good on displays or can be used in the writing area of your classroom to help when writing about the story An A4 word card with words and pictures relating to the story A4 poster with some nursery rhymes and pictures on Question cards with questions relating to the story and a picture of the Jolly Postman and his bike-these are great to add to a display to encourage the children to think more about the story A game relating to the story- deliver the letters from your sack the quickest to win the game A colourful bingo game with pictures of the different characters and letters and parcels A colourful matching pairs game Counting cards up to 20 Large number line pictures with the numbers up to 20 Individual number lines up to 10 and 20 with the numbers written on letters Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the author or publisher of the story or any related stories or products.

This book companion is based on the book ‘The Biggest Apple Ever’ by Steven Kroll which is a great story for Fall and Halloween. This engaging pack includes worksheets, games, crafts, story sequencing activities and Science activities. The pack contains: Beginning, middle and end organizer Character posters- these are great for bulletin boards to add adjectives about each character Character traits worksheets about Clayton and Desmond Graphic organizers My favorite part of the story- draw and write Retell the story- two versions of writing/drawing worksheets Sequence pictures in color and blackline Sequence the story cut and paste True or False- read the statements about the story and color the true and false ones What happens next- two worksheets to draw and write Venn diagram comparisons- compare Clayton and Desmond and their ideas Literacy Centre- ABC order with two levels of difficulty Instructional writing- ‘How to make apple pie’ - drawing and writing activity Science: Apple investigation worksheet Label the apple- help Clayton and Desmond to label the apple- two versions My facts about apples- write some facts about apples Emergent reader book- The apple - a book about the life cycle of an apple

This book companion is based on the book ‘The Biggest Pumpkin Ever’ which is a great story for Fall and Halloween. It includes worksheets, games, display materials, games and activities. It also includes science activities to learn more about pumpkins. The pack contains: Beginning, middle and end organizer Character posters- these are great for bulletin boards to add adjectives about each character Character traits worksheets about Clayton and Desmond Graphic organizers My favorite part of the story- draw and write Retell the story- two versions of writing/drawing worksheets Sequence pictures in color and blackline Sequence the story cut and paste Sort the statements- cut and paste the statements about Clayton and Desmond Speech bubble worksheets- two writing activities to think what the characters might be saying What happens next- two worksheets to draw and write Word search- a fun themed word search Writing activity- draw and write what each character did with the biggest pumpkin and what you would do Venn diagram comparisons- compare Clayton and Desmond and their ideas Science: Pumpkin investigation worksheet The life cycle of a pumpkin cut and paste activity Pumpkin life cycle color posters Instructional writing- write or draw the steps for how to grow a pumpkin Emergent reader book- My Pumpkin - a book about the life cycle of a pumpkin

This Minibeasts pack has been created to fit in with the current Early Years curriculum with a range of resources to cover all areas of learning. Display Display banner Display border Large lettering Topic words Photographs Mathematics Number line Number bingo- two bingo games with numbers from 1-5 and 1-10 Counting cards Measuring- order the different length worms Butterfly symmetry Butterfly symmetry matching halves Ladybird spot counting cards Cut and match the spotty ladybirds Spider web counting mats Butterfly cards Colour by numbers Large number cards Cut and stick number worksheets Ladybird adding worksheets Numbered beehives Five Little Spiders number rhyme pack Five Wiggly Worms number rhyme pack One Little Bee number rhyme pack Literacy Draw and write mini beast sheets Decorated writing sheets Acrostic poem worksheets An alphabet line on ladybirds A simple mini beast word mat Upper and lower case letters on bees Cut and stick the initial sound butterflies onto the correct nets Swat the fly game Personal, Social and Emotional Development Various posters to display in your mini beast area Various blank posters for the children to write their own posters for the mini beast area Photos of different mini beast habitats Communication and Language What am I? cards Various rhymes and songs A story telling pack for The Very Hungry Caterpillar Guess the mini beast Physical development A target game Various maze worksheets Trace the patterns on the mini beasts Worksheets to trace the different paths the mini beasts make Move like a mini beast Preposition posters Mini beast cutting skills Lacing pictures Understanding the World Mini beast pictures and sorting cards Posters of mini beasts A mini beast fan to make A Power Point to find out and about different mini beasts Life cycle posters of caterpillars and frogs Lots of small mini beast photo cards Vegetable patch detective cards A photo bingo game Expressive Arts and Design Shadow matching cards Incy Wincy Spider song pack Mini beast stick puppets Mini beast face masks Colouring posters A collection of craft ideas sheets Outline pictures of different mini beasts Colour bugs posters Ideas sheets for making spiders webs with string Observational drawing and recording sheets Complete the pictures

FOOTBALL RESOURCES- EYFS A fun resource pack with a football theme. Great to use during the football tournament and designed for younger children The pack includes: A colourful picture bingo game to make and play Colour by numbers worksheets Colouring pictures Count and clip cards Cut and stick worksheet for learning about the flags Cut and stick initial sound worksheets Design a football kit and trophy Colourful display pictures Collect the footballs game- roll the dice and add or take away 1 football each time 1:1 cut and stick worksheets Football player finger puppets to make Find the letters worksheets An alphabet line on footballs A rhyming football boots game A mini football book to assemble for each child for them to read and colour Jigsaws An I-spy game to make and play Various football themed games- picture dominoes, matching pairs, roll and colour dice game, spin and colour initial sounds Playdough mats Size order worksheets Repeating patterns worksheets and activity cards Templates for colouring and collage work Trace the paths pencil control worksheets and tracing pictures Sorting cards and threading cards

The pack includes: DISPLAY Display banner Display border Word cards Large coloured pictures- large character and prop pictures to print out and use on a display Question cards Display lettering- an alternative display title with large letters decorated with skull and crossbones LITERACY A4 word card Parrot alphabet Writing sheets- a set of writing sheets with borders for the children to write on and use in the writing area Speech bubble worksheets- fill in the speech bubbles to show what the characters are saying Word searches Favourite part if the story- draw and write about your favourite part of the story Writing worksheet- write some sentences about the different pictures on the worksheets What happens next- A collection of worksheets for the children to draw and write what happens next in the story Describing places- describe some of the places mentioned in the story ‘sh’ words- match the ‘sh’ words onto the pirate ship Gold coin initial letter activity- match each letter onto the correct pictures on the cards Acrostic poem Gold coin phonemes- all of the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds scheme on gold coins- great to use in a sand tray NUMERACY Sharks number line Counting worksheets Size ordering- cut and order the pirate ships by size Follow the maze- follow the numbers from 1-10 and 1-20 to help the pirates reach the Pants of Gold Making 10- Worksheets to make a total of 10 in each treasure chest Number digit cards from 0-10- each card has a decorated number and the correct number of pirates peeping from behind the number GAMES Matching pants Roll and colour- roll a die and colour the numbered underpants on your sheet Pirate board game- travel across the island and collect the goldcoins but make sure the pirates don’t steal any! ACTIVITIES Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppets of pirates and a parrot Face masks Colouring- a collection of colouring worksheets Design the Pants of Gold Treasure map Make a pirate hat Colour by numbers- colour the parrots using the number key Decorate the underpants Treasure chest activity- draw you find in the treasure chest Tracing pictures- trace over the dotted lines on the underpants STORY TELLING Face masks- a set of coloured face masks to use when retelling the story or making up new stories Stick puppets- coloured stick puppets to use when retelling the story Story sack tag Story props Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story, or any related stories or products.

Kipper’s Toybox DISPLAY Display banner Display border- a display border with lots of mice to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size Word cards Large coloured pictures- large character pictures to print out and use on a display Question cards- questions on decorated cards about the story to use as prompts or to add to a display LITERACY A4 word card Alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on mice Writing sheets- a set of writing sheets with borders for the children to write on and use in the writing area Speech bubble worksheets- fill in the speech bubbles to show what the characters are saying Favourite part if the story- draw and write about your favourite part of the story Writing worksheet- write some sentences about the different pictures on the worksheets My favourite toy ‘K’ for Kipper and ‘t’ for toys worksheets- two worksheets about the letters k and t Initial sound worksheets- match the labels to the correct toy pictures, write the initial sounds of the toys, cut and stick the toy pictures onto the initial sounds on the toybox NUMERACY Number line- a number line to 50 on Kipper’s toys Counting worksheets- count the number of toys- 3 differentiated worksheets Number worksheets- a set of 10 worksheets, one for each number from 1-10 Counting cards Number jigsaws- count the mice and match to the correct number to complete the jigsaw GAMES Matching pairs- find the most pairs to win the game Picture bingo- cover the different pictures from the story Picture dominoes- a colourful dominoes game to make and play Collect the toys- spin the spinner to collect all the toys in your toybox ACTIVITIES Stick puppets- colour and make your own Kipper stick puppet Face masks- colour and decorate the face mask of Kipper Colouring- a collection of colouring worksheets Finger mouse puppet- make your own mouse finger puppet Cut and assemble the owl- cut out the parts of the owl toy and reassemble Decorate the snake- make a pattern of the snake toy Draw the toys- draw all of Kipper’s toys in his toybox Make the pictures the same- make each pair of pictures on the worksheets the same- 3 different worksheets STORY TELLING Face mask Stick puppet Story sack tag Story props Number cards Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story, or any related stories or products.

A set of 6 Powerpoint lessons with worksheets and teaching resources for each lesson. 1- Life in the 1900’s- giving an overview of life at the time of the maiden voyage of The Titanic including leisure, travel etc with a worksheet for the children to fill in what they know about The Titanic and what they want to find out. 2- Building the Titanic- looking at who built the Titanic and where it was built with worksheets looking at advertising posters. 3- Life on board the Titanic- what was the accommodation like for the different classes, what activities could be done on board- with worksheets to label different parts of the ship, researching different passengers, describing rooms and comparing the rooms of the different classes. 4- The maiden voyage of The Titanic- Looking at the route the Titanic took, icebergs, the survivors and victims and why it sunk. Worksheets including mapping the route, writing diary entries, newspaper reports and writing postcards. 5- Timeline- pages to view as a Powerpoint or print to create a timeline for display including worksheets to sequence events, writing activities and sequencing statements. 6- The discovery of the Titanic- looking at equipment used to explore the wreck and looking at artefacts found. Also includes: Display materials including word cards, display banner and fact cards Photographs for display and discussion A crossword Writing pages with themed borders An acrostic poem writing activity An A4 word mat with word relating to the Titanic and the crew A fact and fiction worksheet to sort the statements Newspaper reports from the time and posters advertising the Titanic for use on displays and discussion

A bumper resource pack for the popular story ‘The Shopping Basket’ by John Burningham The pack includes: DISPLAY Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display Display border- a colourful display border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size Word cards- words on shopping baskets relating to the story Word and picture flashcards- coloured pictures of each of the animals and foods in the story and the words Shopping and animal posters- A4 posters with each animal and food on with the name LITERACY A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story Shopping alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on the different foods in the shopping basket Writing sheets- a set of writing sheets with borders for the children to write on and use in the writing area Speech bubble worksheets- fill in the speech bubbles to show what the characters are saying Writing worksheet- write about the different animals in the story Shopping list worksheet- label the different items in the shopping basket Favourite part of the story- draw and write about your favourite part of the story MATHS Basket number line- a number line to 50 on shopping baskets Counting cards- count the objects from 1-10 Size ordering worksheets- order the character props by size- in colour and also black and white Counting worksheets- count the number of items in each shopping basket Number worksheet- draw the correct number of foods GAMES Picture bingo- collect the characters and foods for your bingo board Matching pairs- find the picture matching pairs Number dominoes- a colourful domino game to make and play Shopping game- collect the different foods needed for your shopping basket by spinning the spinner ART & CRAFT Picture jigsaws- cut out and reassemble the jigsaws of the different characters Tracing sheets Stick puppets Face masks Play dough mats- make the correct number of items in each shopping basket Matching worksheet- match each character to the correct food Colouring Make a 3D basket- cut out and make a shopping basket Drawing worksheet STORY TELLING Sequence pictures Face masks Stick puppets- coloured stick puppets to use when retelling the story Large character and food pictures to match Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story, or any related stories or product

A bumper pack with lots of posters, banners and pictures to set up a role play area of a Cafe The pack is great for use in the EYFS and also within KS1 and KS2 The pack includes: A large banner with ‘Cafe’, decorated with food pictures A large banner with ‘Restaurant’, decorated with food pictures Large coloured pictures of different food to buy and the crockery to use A colourful drinks poster A large colourful food poster Hats to make for the staff to wear Name badges to make for the staff to wear A colourful poster with space for you to add the price of the food- this enables you to price it according to the ability of the children Sandwich filling labels, drinks labels and food labels A large colourful sandwich filling poster An open and closed sign for you cafe with pictures of food on Opening times posters for you cafe A sandwich filling order form with pictures of the different sandwich types and fillings available A colour and black and white menu for your cafe Order forms in colour and black and white for the cafe Decorated notes and messages paper to encourage writing in the role play area

This book companion is based on the book ‘Apple Trouble’ which is a lovely story for Autumn/Fall. It contains a variety of activities and colorful sequencing cards. The packet contains: A set of colorful sequencing cards- also provided in blackline Story comprehension cards with a choice of two picture answers or three picture answers for children of differing abilities My favorite part of the story- draw and write worksheet Graphic organizers- three versions Text-to-self activity- What trouble did Hedgehog have and what trouble have they had themselves Writing activity- what would you so Hedgehog didn’t get things caught on her spikes again? Sequencing worksheets- order the pictures from 1st to 10th to retell the story or cut and paste the pictures of the things that got stuck on Hedgehogs back in the correct order Beginning, Middle and End organizer Hedgehog grid- Hedgehogs Can, Have, Are Writing activity- write three sentences about Hedgehog What happens next- two worksheets to draw and write what happens next in the story List writing- make a list of everything that got stuck on Hedgehog’s spikes Problem and Solution- draw and write about Hedgehog’s problem, a solution that didn’t work and the solution that did work Story retelling set craftivity- A large hedgehog and all of the items that got stuck on her spikes to cut and paste or use when listening to the story- in color and blackline

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen is a lovely classic book which children love! This pack has a variety of activities for your children to use: Large color and black line sequence pictures- these can be printed smaller for different uses or kept large for bulletin boards Bear prepositon cards showing the bear in different places Graphic organizers- two versions An emergent reader book- this is an interactive book for the children to place a toy figure in the correct prepositional spot on each page or to draw themselves on each page Label the bear- two versions for the children to copy the words in the correct boxes or to write the label in the way of the author Rhyming word literacy center- match the rhyming word cards or the word and picture cards. Recording sheet also included Story retelling sheets- two versions for children to draw the missing parts of the map or to cut and paste the sequence pictures in order True or False- color the statements about the story What do you find in the cave- a drawing and writing activity What happens next- draw and write Write three sentences about the bear

SPACE TOPIC PACK The pack includes: · A long colourful display banner · Several different display borders · Information fact cards on the planets and the sun · An A4 word card-great to use when writing · Photos- coloured photos showing space rockets, astronauts, the night sky etc. · Planet photos- coloured pictures of each of the planets plus the sun and Pluto · Topic words- cards with different words relating to the topic of ‘space’ · Constellation posters- ten posters showing ten popular star constellations · Five Little Men number rhyme- a fun pack to use with this number rhyme with rhyme card, singing props and face masks · Display lettering- large letter in both upper case and lower case decorated with a night sky theme- make a large alphabet line or use to make any display title you want! · Five Little Astronauts number rhyme- a pack to use with the number rhyme including rhyme cards, singing props and face masks · Space Powerpoint- all about space and the planets · Phonemes on planets- all of the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds scheme-makes a great colourful display · Moon and Earth number line- an odd and even number line to 50 · My rocket worksheet- design your own rocket to travel into space · My visit to the moon- 2 different worksheets to draw what they found on the moon and to draw and write about their trip to the moon · Rocket number line- a colourful rocket number line to 100 · Countdown cards- showing a rocket and the countdown to Blast off! · Astronaut alphabet line · Colouring pictures- pictures of space scenes, astronauts, space rockets etc to colour · Board game- a ‘race to space’ board game to make and play · Play dough mats- make the correct number of objects on each card using play dough · Make a split pin astronaut · Counting mat- a counting mat showing aliens from 1-10

This book companion is based on the book ‘The Little Scarecrow Boy’ by Margaret Wise Brown. This is a fun book for Autumn/Fall about a scarecrow boy and growing up. The packet contains: Beginning, middle and end organizer Writing activity- I would scare the crows by… Text-to-self activity- The Little Scarecrow Boy needed to grow up before he could… I need to grow up before I can… Drawing and writing activity- my #6 face Emergent reader book- My Scarecrow- read and color the book Comparing characters- compare Old Man Scarecrow and The Little Scarecrow Boy plus color pictures of the characters to add words and phrases around Graphic organizers Scarecrows Can, Have, Are grid Draw the six faces that the Little Scarecrow Boy made to scare the crows Feelings writing activity- how he felt at the begging of the story and why and how he felt at the end and why he felt that way My Scarecrow writing activity- draw your own scarecrow and describe it If I were a Scarecrow activity sheet- what would you name be, what would you look like, how would you scare the crows, where would you live and what would by your favorite thing to do

Ice cream shop role play pack Great for ourdoor or indoor play in the Early years and also for KS1 and KS2 The pack includes: Large (A4 sized) coloured pictures of different ice creams and lollies -great for a background display A5 sized labels of the different things in the shop eg cones, chocolate sprinkles, strawberry sauce, dishes etc A5 sized cards showing the different ice creams and lollies and space to add a price label to use in your shop-the price labels are from 1p to 50p allowing you to make your own prices for the items and to alter them according to the ability of your children Double sided cones and lollies to make, with different flavours and sizes of ice cream to put in them 4 different ice cream seller hats to make to use in the role play A large title ‘Ice cream shop’ Order forms Note paper and telephone message paper Ice cream themed bunting to cut out and decorate the shop -this can be made as long as you wish by printing out more times An ice cream number line up to 30

A bumper pack with lots of forms, signs and pictures to set up a role play area of a Vets The pack includes: A large banner saying ‘Vets’ with pictures of different animals Large coloured pictures of six different pets Large black and white pictures of different pets- great for the children to colour or collage Topic words relating to vets with pictures Signs to display in your Vets role play area- open and closed, opening hours with small pictures of animals- also an opening hours poster for you to add your own times to Posters to display in the Vets such as reminding the pet owners to treat their dogs and cats for fleas, reminding the customers to bring their small pets to have their claws cut regularly and posters advertising things for sale Colourful hats and badges to make for the Vet and staff to wear Signs for the Vets such as ‘waiting room’, ‘consulting room’ and ‘recovery room’ Lots of forms to encourage the children to write for a purpose suach as order forms, treatment and check-up forms, appointment cards Large pretend X-rays Signs to write in the name of the Vet that day The posters, signs and pictures will create a motivating and colourful role play area either inside your classroom or in your outside area which will encourage the children to further their vocabulary and language and encourage writing for different purposes

The pack includes: Display resources Banner- a long colourful banner for your display Display border- a border for you to print out as many times as you need to use on a display board of any size Characters- large coloured pictures of the characters in the story ‘Jim and Beanstalk’ to add to your display Story words- as set of word cards with words relating to the story- great to add to your display or use on your writing area Story questions- a set of decorated cards with questions about the story Role play/ story props Face masks- a set of coloured masks for retelling the story of ‘Jim and the Beanstalk’ or for making up new stories Puppets- coloured stick puppets to make Sequencing pictures- pictures to sequence when retelling the story Story props- a set of props to use when retelling the story Literacy A4 word card- an A4 sized card with words and pictures about the story ‘Jim and the Beanstalk’- great to use when writing Coin alphabet line- an alphabet line on giant coins to print out and display Worksheets- various worksheets including a book review, writing and drawing about a favourite part of the story, drawing what happens next etc. Writing pages- four photocopiable sheets with borders for the children to write about the story or to include in your writing area Letter to Jim- write a letter to Jim on this decorated note paper Design a book cover- design your own cover for the book Numeracy Tape measure number line- create a long number line for your classroom that looks like a tape measure Worksheets- fill in the missing numbers on the tape measures, measuring worksheets, add the numbers on the coins Make your own tape measure- add numbers to the tape measure and then use to measure different things in the classroom Power points Story questions- answer the questions about the story and click on the correct answer Counting Power point- count the number of objects on each page and click on the correct answer Art and craft Puppets- colour and make your own puppets for retelling the story Face masks- colour the face masks Colouring pictures- various pictures to colour Design a coin- design a new coin for the giant to use Make your own glasses- cut out and make your own glasses to wear- you could even add some coloured acetate! Games to make and play Matching pairs- match the pictures for the story Number bingo- count and cover the pictures from the story Beanstalk game- a game for two players to try to reach the top of the beanstalk first Create a giant- take it in turns to reveal a new wig, teeth or glasses and see if they are needed for your giant