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The Winter Hedgehog story resource pack- powerpoints, games, literacy, numeracy
A great resource pack to accompany the lovely children’s book ‘The Winter Hedgehog' by Ann and Reg Cartwright.
Also includes resources about hibernation.
The pack includes:
Display resources:
Banner- a long colourful display banner
Display borders
A4 word card
Story words- decorated words relating to the story
Question cards
Fact cards- about hibernation and different animals that hibernate
Title page
Hibernation words
Hibernation banner
Photos- of different winter scenes
Numeracy resources:
Number line on hedgehogs
Size hedgehogs- order the different hedgehogs in size order
Counting worksheets- a version for numbers up to 5 and for up to 10
Dice game- roll 1 or 2 dice and colour the correct numbered spike on your hedgehog
Snowflake symmetry
Missing number worksheets
Role play/ story props
Face masks- coloured masks of the hedgehog and the other animals
Story props- large coloured pictures to use when retelling the story
Puppets
Powerpoints
Hedgehogs- find out different facts about hedgehogs
Winter- what happens in winter and what can we do?
Hibernation- find out about different animal that hibernate over Winter
Literacy resources
Snowflake alphabet
Book review
Worksheets-various worksheets about the story, Winter and the characters
Word searches
Writing pages- various pages to photocopy for the children to write and colour in the borders
Writing sheets
Hibernation worksheets
Worksheets- Signs of Autumn, Winter and Spring worksheets
Acrostic poem
Art and crafts
Animal paw prints- use the cards to copy the paw prints in the sand tray or in the snow
Tracing picture
Colouring worksheets
Winter scene worksheet
Animal puppets to make
Animal masks- black and white masks of the different animals in the story
Games
Bingo- a colourful picture bingo game
Snowman building game- throw the die and collect the different parts of your snowman
Hibernation game- throw a die and turn over a card to see how many hedgehogs are hibernating under the pile of leaves
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 publishers of the story or any related stories or products.
Bakery role play pack + Five Currant Buns number rhyme pack
A bumper pack full of posters, signs, flashcards, pictures and writing opportunites to set up a role play area of a Bakery.
The pack is great for use in the EYFS and also within KS1 and KS2 enabling you to print out the resources again and again.
The pack includes:
· A long colourful banner for the Bakery
· Posters for the bakery to add names to which show who the bakers are that day
· A number line to 20 on various bakery products
· A decorated open and closed sign for your bakery
· Opening times posters- one with times already added and one to add your own opening times
· Posters including ‘queue here’ and ‘Beware hot oven’
· Flashcards of different products for sale in the bakery with words and pictures
· Small word and picture signs to add to the products for sale
· Large colour pictures of different products for sale
· Large black and white images- great for art work
· Large lettering ‘Bakery’ decorated with images of bakery goods
· A colourful Gingerbread man alphabet line
· A number line to 100 on colourful cupcakes
· Bread posters showing different breads for sale etc
· Birthday cake posters showing different choices
· Equipment and ingredients posters
· Price cards with space to add the price or write your own price according to the ability and age of the children
· Special offer posters
· Wedding cake posters
· Colour photo posters with images of bakery displays and goods in a bakery
· Hats to make- 3 different colourful designs and a black hat to design your own
· A ‘Remember to wash your hands’ poster
· Name badges- colourful badges to write the staff names on
Opportunities for writing and mark making:
· A birthday cake order form
· Ingredients order form
· A colour and black and white customer order form with all of the bakery goods
· Decorated shopping lists
· Wedding cake order forms
· Decorated phone messages and note paper
· Blank special offer posters for you to write the offers for that day
· Decorated receipts to write
The posters, signs and pictures will create a motivating and colourful role play area in your setting which will encourage the children to further their vocabulary and language and encourage writing for different purposes.
Back to school writing pack- first week of term KS1/ EYFS
A fun set of sheets for use after the summer holidays and for the first week of the autumn term.
Includes:
Summer holiday memories
Thoughts and plans for the new school year
My new class
Classroom rules
Be a friend, not a bully plus more...
Contains 22 different sheets which could be used individually or made into a workbook or even used to make quick and easy displays!
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Life cycle bundle- Frog, Chicken, Duck, Butterfly
Four great packs for teaching about life cycles of animals. Each pack includes display materials, games, worksheets, crafts plus much more.
Fire Station role play resource- People who help us, Fire fighter
A bumper pack with lots of forms, signs and pictures to set up a role play area of a Fire Station.
The pack is great for use in the EYFS and also within KS1 and KS2 enabling you to print out the resources again and again. The resources would also be great for parents or child-minders to create their own role play area at home and for nurseries and playgroups.
The pack includes:
Large letters to display in your role play area of 'Fire Station' (these are not shown in the photo)
A large banner saying 'Fire Station'
Word and picture cards with words relating to fire stations such as helmet, fire engine, ladder etc
Large A4 size pictures of objects relating to the fire service-great for display in your role play area or when learning about 'People who help us'
Lots of different forms to encourage writing in the role play area such as incident forms,
equipment forms, forms for taking emergency phone call messages etc
Signs to display in your 'fire station' such as reception, fire exit, signs showing where to replace equipment etc.
Fire fighters' badges in different sizes to make
Fire fighters' identity cards to make
Posters to display in your role play area and also great for discussion such as 'don't play with matches', the number to call in an emergency etc
An A4 sign to laminate where the children or adult can write the names of the 'fire fighters' that day
A large fire engine to print out (this prints on 2 A4 pieces of paper and needs to be joined together)
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
PEOPLE WHO HELP US topic pack- school, emergency services, fire fighters
The pack contains:
1- A long colourful display banner
2- Word picture cards with different people who help us, vehicles they use and equipment they use
3- Topic words on display cards
4- A display border with pictures of different people who help us- this can be printed as many times as you need for a display board of any size
5- An A4 word mat with words and pictures
6- A number line
7- A picture bingo game
8- Writing sheets to write about the different people and how they help us
9- Writing sheets
10- A Power Point about different people who help us and how they help
11- A set of cards with equipment used by different people to match to the people
12- A set of hat matching cards to match to the different people
13- Worksheets to draw and write about different people who help us and how they help us
14- Photographs of people who help us and the equipment and vehicles they use
15- Maths counting mats from 1-10
16- Stick puppets to make
17- Colour masks to make
18- An alphabet line on people
19- A set of themed play dough mats
20- Description matching cards to match to the correct person
21- Question cards
22- Two wordsearches
23- A set of speech bubble worksheets to write what each person is saying about how they help us
24- 'Our Visitor' worksheet to fill in after a class visit from somebody who helps us such a police officer etc
25- Colouring pictures
26- A board game where children have to say how the person helps us or who uses the equipment or vehicle- a great game for discussion
The Emergency Services
A Power Point about the emergency services and how the different people help us
A number rhyme set with rhyme card and props and masks 'Five Little Firemen'
A themed writing card
An alphabet line on emergency vehicles
Worksheets about the different services and the equipment and vehicles used
Themed wordsearches
Label the uniform worksheets
Writing worksheets
Dot to dot maths sheets
A number line on hats and helmets
People who help us at school
A Power Point about the different people at school who help us and what they do
A writing mat
Topic word cards about the different people and what they do
Writing worksheets
Themed wordsearches
Various worksheets to write and draw about the different people and the equipment they might use
People who help us to keep healthy
A Power Point about people who help us to keep healthy such as nurses, doctors and dentists
Cut and stick activity to sort the equipment used by a doctor
A writing mat
Themed wordsearches
A number line on teeth
Various writing worksheets
Sorting pictures to sort the food and drink which are good and bad for your teeth
Jungle Explorers role play pack
Jungle Explorers role play pack
This role play works particularly well in the outside are but can be used indoors too to create a colourful and stimulating role play area.
Resources include:
Coloured pictures of jungle animals for the children to find
Black and white pictures of the animals so the children can colour or collage them
Badge for the jungle explorers to wear
Identity badges for the explorers
Word and picture cards showing some of the kit the explorers will need
Check lists and forms to fill in to check the kit
Check lists, forms, sketch books etc for the explorers to fill in when they have found some jungle animals
Animal footprints- print out and leave trails for the children to find and follow
A large A-Z alphabet with each letter decorated with animal patterns
Number up to 50 on leaves- great to use if you are creating the role play area indoors
Colour photographs of some jungle animals
The Three Little Pigs BUILDING SITE role play pack
A colourful role play pack to create a role play area of the ‘Three Little Pigs Building Site’ with pictures, signs, posters, forms to fill in etc
Includes:
Building site large sign
Building site tools posters
Construction site sign
House design sheet
House part posters
Materials list
Themed notes and messages sheets to photocopy
Building supplies order form
Building site safety ribbon
Safety sign posters
Warning sign posters
The Biggest Apple Ever - Book Companion, Sequencing and Science
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
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Seaside bumper pack- role play, story resources and topic pack
This bundle contains the bumper seaside topic pack, two seaside themed story packs and a fun role play pack for creating a seaside role play area.
The Biggest Pumpkin Ever - Book Companion, Sequencing and Science
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
Bundle
Minibeasts topic pack and story resources- Very Hungry Caterpillar
A bumper pack of minibeasts resources plus three book activity packs.
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Pirates bumper pack- plus pirate ship role play
A bumper topic pack for pirates, a fun story resource pack for the book ‘Pirates Love Underpants’ and a complete role play set to set up a pirate ship.
We're Going on a Bear Hunt- book companion plus sequencing and prepositions
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
The Little Scarecrow Boy book companion - Autumn / Fall
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
Tacky the Penguin book companion
Tacky the Penguin is a lovely fun story about accepting peoples differences.
This book companion includes:
Graphic organizers
My favorite part of the story writing and drawing activity
I would like to be friends with Tacky because… writing activity
Venn diagrams- compare Tacky and his companions and also Tacky and real penguins
‘A new companion for Tacky’ writing activity
Can, Have, Are grids for Tacky and Penguins
Text-to-self connections- Things the Penguins are afraid of and things I am afraid of- two worksheets
True or False worksheets about the story of Tacky the Penguin
Tacky’s Tricks- draw and write
Writing activity to write about why it is good to be different
Writing activity- All About Tacky
Beginning, middle and end of the story- a worksheet to draw or write about the different parts
Cause and Effect- cards to match plus three differentiated worksheets
Character traits
Writing activity- ‘I am Unique’
Cut and paste the beginning and ends of the sentences
Snowmen at Night book companion
Snowmen at Night is a lovely story for Winter.
This book companion includes:
Sequencing picture cards- these are in full color and also in blackline
Sequencing worksheet cut and paste
Graphic organizers
Sequence the sentences to retell the story
My favorite part of the story writing and drawing activity
If I were a snowman activity sheet
Label the snowman- two versions for writing or cut and paste
‘My Snowman’ writing activity
Snowman Can, Have, Are grid
Story map- draw in the missing parts of the story- two versions for differentiation
Text-to-self connections- What do the snowmen and you do at night, What do the snowman and you do in the snow
Three ‘What happens next’ drawing and writing worksheets
Two worksheets for students to list or draw the things the snowmen did at night
Writing activity to write about what they would do at night if they were snowmen- a writing and a drawing version
Writing activity- What do the snowmen do at night in the story and what do they think snowmen really do at night
Beginning, middle and end of the story- a worksheet to draw or write about the different parts
The Seaside topic pack- games, holidays in the past, Punch and Judy, worksheets, Powerpoints etc
A bumper pack with lots of seaside themed activities for covering a topic on The Seaside or Holidays in the Past.
Banner
Display border
Large lighthouse
A4 photos
Colour picturesfor displays
Flashcards- word and picture flashcards
Colour flags
UK seaside resorts photos
Powerpoint- a powerpoint about holidays in the past
Powerpoint- ‘Our day at the seaside’- look at what the children did on their day out at the seaside
Map worksheets- Maps of the UK for children to locate seaside resorts and mark where they have been on holiday to
Pictures- pictures showing scenes of the seaside in the past- great to use when looking at entertainment and clothes
Teacher notes- a sheet of facts for teachers to use when teaching about holidays in the past
A4 word card- an A4 sized card with words and pictures about the seaside- great to use when writing
Writing pages
Worksheet- describe a shell
Worksheet- write and design a holiday postcard
Writing pages- four photocopiable sheets with fish outlines for the children to write on- these make a great display
My dream holiday- a mini book to make to write about their dream holiday
My holiday- a mini book which is great to use after the summer holidays to write about where they went on holiday, what they did etc.
Phonemes- a collection of shells with the phonemes on from the Letters and Sounds scheme- these look great on a display or use to hide and find in the sand tray
Summer book to make
Number line- a number line to 50 with numbers on seaside images
Five pretty seashells- a number rhyme pack with rhyme card, singing props and face masks
Five big ice creams- a number rhyme pack with rhyme card, singing props and face masks
Colour by numbers- four worksheets for the children to colour the fish using the number codes
Odd and even fish number line
Counting cards- with pictures relating to the seaside
Sandcastles and flags- a set of sandcastles with 0-10 shells on each one and a set of numbered flags to display with each one or for the children to match up
Play dough mats- a collection of seaside themed play dough mats
Passport to make
Design a postcard
Colouring pictures
Dotty pictures
Flags to make
Rock pool worksheet- draw some things found in a rock pool
Matching pairs game
Beach game
Rock pool game
Bingo
Bonfire Night activity and display pack- Guy Fawkes, Autumn- Assembly
A bumper pack of resources for Bonfire Night including a Powerpoint which could be used for an assembly.
Resources in the pack include:
Display banner- A large banner title of 'Bonfire Night'
Display letters- Large letters to cut out and spell 'Bonfire Night' -great for a whole school display!
Board game- An A3 sized board game to make- this is on the CD in colour and also in black and white for the children to decorate themselves- the game can be played using the cards supplied on the CD which are true and false questions about Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night or can be simplified for younger children
Powerpoint- A Powerpoint of the story of Guy Fawkes for the IWB or computer.
Display pictures- Large A4 coloured pictures of things to do with bonfire night and the story of Guy Fawkes
Colouring pictures- Large black and white pictures
Display border- Each piece is decorated with pictures and can be printed as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Songs and rhymes- Six decorated songs and rhyme cards related to Bonfire Night for the children to learn- 2 of these rhymes are number rhymes so would be great for your maths lessons
A4 border- Individual A4 sized page with a border- great for adding work to ready for the display or for the children to use in the writing area
Questions- Question cards each decorated with colour pictures
Topic words- Words about Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night each decorated with fireworks
Fireworks- Colour photos of fireworks- great for discussion and displays
Houses of Parliament- Colour photos of The Houses of Parliament
Counting card- Rocket counting cards
Dice game- Two different sheets with a black and white firework picture- roll the die and colour the correct part of the firework
Literacy Worksheets- Various worksheets such as completing the sentences about fireworks, true and false worksheet about Guy Fawkes, describing fireworks, writing safety instructions
Maths Worksheets- Make the rocket symmetrical, complete the addition and subtraction sums on the fireworks plus blank calculation sheets so you can differentiate the sums
Ideas- An ideas sheet with lots of ideas to cover different areas of the curriculum when teaching about Bonfire Night and the Gunpowder Plot
Cutting skills- Cut out the parts of the firework and assemble- there are two different sheets
Safety Posters- Eight posters about firework safety for the children to colour
Picture dominoes- A colour dominoes game
Guy Fawkes pictures- Pictures from old documents about Guy Fawkes and the plot
Draw the fireworks- A colour and a black and white worksheet
Size worksheet- Cut out and order the rockets in size order- in colour and black and white
Matching pairs game- Match the coloured Bonfire Night pictures
Rhyme- ‘Remember, Remember the Fifth of November’- A decorated rhyme card