This pack is designed to be used with the story ‘Pumpkin Soup’ by Helen Cooper which is a lovely story for Autumn and Fall about sharing and working together. Includes worksheets, crafts, display materials, games and activities for Literacy and Numeracy / Maths. The pack includes: Display banner- a long colourful banner with a picture of the characters Story word cards- great to add to a display or use in the writing area Display border- A themed display border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size Title poster- An A4 sized poster with the title on and author/ illustrator Picture flashcards- Flashcards with words and pictures of the props and characters Story questions- colourful cards for a display with questions about the story Colour face masks- of the characters in the story- great to use foretelling the story or for making up new stories Colour puppets- make your own stick puppets of the characters in the story to retell the story or make up your own stories An A4 word card with pictures- great to use when writing about the story Speech bubbles worksheets- three different worksheets for children to fill in the speech bubbles and then colour the picture Worksheet- write a book review about the book Alphabet line- an alphabet line on wooden spoons Writing sheets- various worksheets with borders to use for writing activities or in the writing area My favourite part of the story- a worksheet to draw and write about their favourite part of the story A number line- a colourful number line on pumpkins Counting cards up to 10- count the number of pumpkins on each cards- these could also be used for number ordering Pumpkin missing numbers- differentiated worksheets to fill in the missing numbers on the pumpkins Number worksheets- colour in the correct number of objects- 2 different worksheets Five little pumpkins rhyme- a rhyme card for this counting rhyme, rhyme props to use when singing the rhyme and face masks to make Stick puppets- make your own character stick puppets for retelling the story Face masks- colour and decorate the face masks for retelling the story or making up your own stories Tracing pictures- trace over the dotty lines and colour Colouring pictures- pictures of the characters and some scenes to colour Pumpkin recipes- a collection of recipe cards Draw the scene- draw the scene through the window of the old white cabin Games to make and play Letter matching pairs- find the lower and upper case matching pairs on the pumpkins- plus an ideas sheet for further activities Find the caterpillars- choose cards to see how many caterpillars you have found hiding in the pumpkin patch 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.

The pack includes: Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display Display border- a colourful themed border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size Word cards- words relating to the story Animal and crate flashcards- colourful cards to add to a display Cover picture- a poster of the picture from the book cover Animal photos- coloured photos of the different animals in the story Question cards- questions relating to the story- great to add to your display or to use as prompts during literacy A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story Animal alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on coloured animals from the story Writing sheets- a set of writing sheets with animal pictures and lines below- these are in both colour and black and white Word searches- two word searches with words from the story to find Worksheets- a collection of worksheets about the story including match the clue to the animal, match the animal to the name, writing words to describe the animals and writing warning labels for the crates and boxes Crate tags and labels- make your own warning signs for the animal crates Crossword- solve the clues to find the words to complete the crossword Escaped animal posters- different worksheets to draw and write about animals escaped from the zoo Animal crates number line Size ordering worksheets Counting cards Dot to dot worksheets Worksheets- various worksheets with addition sums, subtraction sums and counting the animals Blank maths worksheets Matching pairs/ snap game Dominoes game Bingo- collect all of the pictures for your board in this colourful game Build a Zoo- spin the spinner and collect the animals needed for your zoo but make sure your animals don’t escape through the open gate! Tracing sheets Face masks- colour and decorate the animals face masks Colouring pictures Rhymes and songs- a collection of rhymes and songs on decorated sheets to learn Workbook cover Stick puppets to make Sequence pictures Large pictures- these are great to hold up with a whole class for retelling the story Book sized pictures- these can be used for retelling the story or creating your own flap book Animal and word matching- match the animals to the descriptive words Story sack labels 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 great story pack to accompany the story ‘The Enormous Turnip’. The pack includes worksheets, games, craft activities and display materials. Great to use with your Harvest theme and during the Autumn / Fall term Includes: Large colourful characters and story props- these would be great on a display or are good when laminated and velcro added to the back for the children to use on a flannel board Small characters and story props- these are great for table top play and also great when laminated and stored with the story book or included in a story sack Story word cards- these are useful to add to a display or to include in a writing area A coloured A4 story word card- great for the children to use when writing about the story Black and white pictures of the characters and story props for the children to colour or collage Colour face masks of the different characters- great for role play and retelling the story Black and white face masks of the characters in ‘The Enormous Turnip’ story A game based on ‘The Enormous Turnip’ story- collect the different vegetables to plant in your vegetable garden A colourful matching pairs game with pictures from the story Finger puppets to colour and make- great for retelling the story and including in your story sack Black and white pictures to sequence of the story Various worksheets about ‘The Enormous Turnip’ Question cards to encourage the children to think about the story and what happened in ‘The Enormous Turnip’ story

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.

A great resource pack for the Roald Dahl story ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’ Display banner- a long colourful banner to print for your display Display borders- two different borders- one with the food the foxes ate and the other with characters from the story A Fantastic Mr Fox quiz- 30 questions for the quiz master to choose from with answers and a quiz recording sheet Word searches- 2 different word searches with words about the story Question cards- decorated question cards to use on your display Character posters- a colour picture of each character and their name Story words- decorated cards with words relating to the story A4 word card- with words relating to the story and the character names- great to use when writing about the story Various decorated worksheets including: Book review- write a book review about Fantastic Mr Fox Newspaper articles- various outlines with different headlines about the farmer’s plan, about how the fox outwitted the farmers and about the farmers discovering they have had food stolen Diaries- write diary accounts of the farmers trying to find the fox and about the fox living underground Speech bubble worksheets- write what you think the farmers are saying to each other Design a poster- design a poster by the farmers to try and gain public support for killing the fox Character writing- various sheets to write about each of the main characters Question worksheets- two worksheets with questions about the story Writing sheets- various decorated sheets with borders to photocopy and use for writing activities Write your own story- a decorated worksheet for writing another chapter or story about Fantastic Mr Fox Describing worksheets- describe the fox and the farmers Points of view- write the arguments for the famers plan and against the farmers plan to kill the fox Sorting statements- sort the various statements about the fox and the farmers Roald Dahl’s words- find words and phrases in the story to describe the different characters Animal worksheets- various worksheets about animals which live underground Stick puppets- stick puppets to colour and make of the different characters for retelling the story, creating dialogue and creating new stories Face masks- face masks of the different characters Rhymes- make up new rhymes about each of the farmers Dialogue worksheet- write the dialogue between the three farmers as they dig the huge hole

ARCTIC EXPLORERS 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 on the pack include: Coloured pictures of Arctic animals for the children to find such as a Killer Whale, Polar Bear, Seal, Reindeer etc Black and white pictures of the animals so the children can colour or collage them Badges for the Arctic explorers to wear Identity cards for the explorers to fill in their details 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 Arctic animals A large A-Z alphabet with each letter in the form of ice Number up to 50 on snowflakes- great to use if you are creating the role play area indoors Colour photographs of some Arctic animals Colour photos of some Arctic scenes

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

The pack includes: Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display Display border- a themed display border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size Word cards- words relating to the story Word and picture flashcards- colourful cards of the animals in the story to add to a display or writing area Animal photos- a collection of coloured photos of the different animals in the story Large coloured pictures- large character and animal pictures to print out and use on a display A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story Animal alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on animals 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 children are saying Word search-a word search with words from the story to find 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 Acrostic poem- A decorated worksheet to write your own ‘Jungle’ acrostic poem Label the animals- Worksheets to label some of the animals in the story Describe the animals worksheets Children number line- a number line to 50 on multicultural children Counting worksheets Dot to dot worksheets- three dot to dot worksheets from 1-10, 1-15 and 1-20 Size ordering- cut and order the animals by size Roll and colour- roll one or two die and colour in the correct animal on the sheet Repeating patterns- continue the repeating animal patterns on the worksheets Matching pairs Picture bingo Picture dominoes Move like the animal- Cut out and make the die and move like the different animals Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppets Bird collage- decorate the bird outline Move like an animal- flashcards to prompt the children to move in different ways like the animals in the story Face masks- colour and decorate the animal face masks Tracing pictures Cut and stick- Cut out the different animals Draw the animals- Draw the different jungle animals in the scene Sequence pictures- a set of coloured pictures to use when retelling the story Face masks- a set of coloured face masks Stick puppets- coloured stick puppets to use when retelling the story Story sack tag- a colourful tag to add to your story telling sack Story props- large coloured props of the children and animals 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.

The pack includes: Display banner- a long colourful banner for your displays Display border Animal photos- a collection of coloured photos of the animals in the story Title poster- a colourful A4 poster Story words Park photos Character pictures Large leaves- coloured leaves to add to your displays Animal fact cards- fact cards about the different animals in the story Animal footprints- flash cards showing the different footprints of the animals in the story- great for discussion, identifying footprints found and recreating the prints in the sand tray Acorn alphabet- an alphabet line on acorns Autumn leaves alphabet Large Autumn themed letters- a complete alphabet with both lower and upper case letters Favourite part of the story worksheet- draw and write about your favourite part Wordsearch- find the hidden Percy words Speech bubble worksheet- fill in the speech bubbles of the characters Favourite story and animal worksheet- draw or write about your favourite part of the story and your favourite animal Matching worksheet- match the animal pictures to their names Describing worksheet- think of some words to describe the animals Acorn number line- a number line from 0-50 Animals number line- a number line from 0-50 on the different animals in the story Addition worksheets- 2 differentiated worksheets to add the numbers on the acorns Subtraction worksheets- 2 differentiated worksheets to subtract the numbers on the acorns Counting worksheets- 2 differentiated worksheets to count the animals Missing number worksheets- 2 differentiated worksheets tofill in the missing numbers on the animals Songs and rhymes- a collection of themed songs and rhymes to learn Face masks- black and white face masks to make of Percy and the animals Colouring sheets- a collection of colouring sheets Large characters- large pictures of Percy and the animals- great for collage and art work Large leaves- black and white outlines of some different leave Percy's tools- black and white pictures of some of the tools which Percy uses 'Welcome to Percy's Hut' sign- a long banner Character flashcards Face masks- colour face masks of Percy and the animals Percy's hut- a coloured and black and white picture of Percy's hut Percy's tools- coloured pictures of some of the tools which Percy uses Board game- a Percy themed board game to make and play Matching pairs- find the matching pairs or use the cards for a game of 'snap' Bingo- a picture bingo game Picture dominoes Pictures of Percy and the animals in the story 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.

Lucy and Tom at the Seaside A great resource pack for the story ‘Lucy and Tom at the Seaside’ The pack includes: A long colourful display banner A display border with colourful buckets and spades Speech bubble worksheets Word and picture cards for display or word walls Words relating to the story on sandcastles Drawing activity worksheets to accompany the story An alphabet line on donkeys A number line to 30 on seagulls A ‘seaside’ acrostic poem worksheet Stick puppets to make of Lucy and Tom- coloured version and black and white versions included Sequence worksheets Story telling props A postcard worksheet An odd and even number line on shells Number jigsaws to cut and make Rockpool worksheets A picnic worksheet Decorate a sandcastle Match the ice creams with different quantities of sprinkles to the correctly numbered cone Missing number worksheets to fill in the numbers on the sandcastles plus blank versions for you to add your own numbers Writing sheets with different borders in colour and black and white Writing activity worksheets to accompany the story Photos of beaches and beach activities- great for discussion and displays A colourful bingo game to accompany the story 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 great pack for the book 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' with a wide range of worksheets, activities and display materials Display banner- a long colourful banner to print for your display Display borders- two different borders- one with Wonka chocolate bars and golden tickets and the other showing the different character A Charlie and the Chocolate Factory quiz- 30 questions for the quiz master to choose from with answers and a quiz recording sheet Word searches- 2 different word searches with words about the story Question cards- decorated question cards to use on your display Character posters- a colour picture of each character and their name Story words- decorated cards with words relating to the story A4 word card- with words relating to the story and the character names- great to use when writing about the story Various decorated worksheets including: Book review- write a book review about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory My visit to the factory- write about the factory visit from the point of view of one of the children- 5 different sheets Letter writing- write a letter to Mr Willy Wonka from each child Newspaper articles- various outlines with different headlines to announce the competition, to announce when each child finds their ticket etc Homes- draw and describe your home and Charlie’s Diaries- write diary accounts of Charlie’s life before the factory visit Inventing new chocolate bars- write about and name some new chocolate bars to create at the factory Maths money problems- a mini pack with priced chocolate pictures and problems to solve Design a golden ticket Design some lickable wallpaper Factory rooms- write about and draw the scene through the window of some different rooms in the factory Character profiles Favourite sweet/ chocolate tally chart- ask your friends their favourite sweet and record on the sheet and answer the questions Speech bubble worksheets Charlie’s family tree Design a poster- design some colourful posters to advertise the golden ticket competition Character writing- various sheets to write about each of the main characters Oompa Loompa song- write your own Oompa Loompa song about Charlie Warning signs- create some warning signs to display in the factory New sweet recipe- write the ingredients for a new sweet or chocolate bar Meal sweet- design the three course meal you would choose to have as the flavour of the stick of gum Question worksheets Writing sheets- various decorated sheets with borders to photocopy and use for writing activities

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

This is one my favorite books for Autumn/Fall. The pack accompanies the book ‘Pumpkin Soup’ by Helen Cooper but many of the differentiated activities can also be used as general Fall or Halloween activities. Literacy/ Book activities: Sequencing cards in color and blackline to help teach your students sequencing and story retelling. These can be used in a pocket chart or can be put in a center. Graphic organizers for summarizing the story, settings and problems and solutions and beginning, middle and end. Various worksheets for recipe writing and writing instructions. A comprehension worksheet. Various writing activities such as an eight page writing book to write a sentence for each sequential story picture, opinion writing about their favorite part of the story, retelling the story writing worksheet, cut and paste sequence sheets and what happens next drawing and writing worksheets Literacy Centers: Alphabetical order and Syllable sort Science activities: Parts of a Pumpkin posters in color and blackline and accompanying differentiated worksheets. Pumpkin describing worksheet. Pumpkin life cycle posters in color and accompanying differentiated worksheets. Pumpkins have, are, need worksheet. Math activities: Pumpkin sums worksheets. Math center- match the numbered pumpkin to the ten frame plus accompanying worksheets. Thanks for looking and enjoy!

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

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

A bumper pack with lots of posters, banners and pictures to set up a role play area of a building or construction site The pack is great for use in the EYFS and also within KS1 and 2 enabling you to print out the resources again and again. The pack includes: Large yellow banners saying 'construction site' and 'building site' Signs and pictures of different things found on a building site and used by builders such as scaffolding, hard hat, spirit level etc Large A4 size pictures of the different items as above Safety signs to display around the role play area reminding the 'builders' to wear safety hats etc Lots of different forms and notes to encourage writing in the role play areas An A4 sized poster asking the 'builders' what materials they will need for their construction and labels and A4 pictures of the different materials Design sheets for the children to design their buildings Safety ribbons to cut out and join to make a 'danger keep out' ribbon to put around the building area 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 Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display Display border 1- a rainbow coloured display border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size Display border 2- an elephant parade display border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size Large lettering- large letters with a colourful patchwork pattern to spell ‘Elmer’s Colours’ Photographs- coloured photos of elephants- great for discussion and displays Colour splats- large ‘splats’ of colour with the colour name on them-great for your Elmer display or in the creative area of your classroom Colours posters- A4 posters showing different objects of each colour Large display pictures- large pictures for display- great for talking about the colours and also great to cut up and make into jigsaws LITERACY A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story Rainbow alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on rainbows Phonemes on leaves- all of the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds scheme on leaves to create an eye-catching display 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 bubble to show what Elmer is saying Writing worksheet- write some sentences about the different pictures on the worksheets Label the elephant NUMERACY Number line Counting worksheets Dot to dot worksheets- from 1-10, 1-15 and 1-20 Counting cards Colour by numbers Number rhyme- an elephant number rhyme with singing props and masks GAMES Matching boards- collect the different coloured objects for each board- this can be used as a game or an independent activity Colour bingo Matching pairs ACTIVITIES Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppet elephants Face masks- colour and decorate the Elmer and elephant masks Colouring- a collection of colouring worksheets Elephant template- An elephant outline to cut out and decorate Tracing sheets- dotted pictures to trace Colour book- make your own book about colours with spaces to draw different coloured objects on each page Play dough mats- a collection of themed mats to use with play dough STORY TELLING Face masks Stick puppets- coloured stick puppets of Elmer and different coloured elephants Story sack tag 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 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 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.