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Literacy for early years
Rumble in the Jungle story sack resources
The pack includes:
A colourful display title
Lovely colour face masks of each of the jungle animals in the book
Black and white face masks of the animals for children to colour/ decorate/ collage etc
An A4 information sheet about each animal with interesting facts
Animal jigsaws to cut out and reassemble of an elephant, giraffe, zebra and crocodile
Word labels of different animal parts-great for discussion and writing
A display border of leaves-these can be printed as many times as you like to border a display of any size
A5 cards showing some of the patterns from the animals
An A4 word card with pictures of each of the animals on-this can be used for writing or maybe when reading the book to spot the animals
A display page with the title, author and illustrator on
A colourful bingo game for up to 5 players with a special jungle die to cut out and make
An A4 sized work border- great for displaying the childrens work quickly
Worksheets to cut out and label the parts of some animals-elephant, giraffe and zebra
Matching pairs game with pictures of the animals-this could also be used to make a snap game or many other different uses
Word related to the story-great for display and writing ideas
Worksheets to match animal pictures to their names and a worksheet to design their own jungle animal
The Bad Tempered Ladybird story sack resources
The pack includes:
A display banner with the title of the story on and pictures from the story
Large coloured pictures of the animals in the story- these have been hand drawn and watercoloured by myself
Large black and white pictures of the animals in the story- these are great for colouring and art activities
Smaller colour and black and white pictures of the animals in the story- these can be made into games, displays etc
A ladybird number line up to 30
Colour face masks of all the animals in the story
Black and white face masks of the animals
Story word cards decorated with ladybirds- these are great for adding to a display, discussions, adding to a writing area etc
Cards showing a clock face and an animal for the children to draw the hands on the clock to show the time
Cards showing the time and the animal the Bad Tempered Ladybird met at that time
Various worksheets- Maths, counting and telling the time worksheets and Literacy worksheets
Different clocks to cut out and make- there is a plain clock, a clock to add the numbers to, a colour clock showing the animals the Bad Tempered Ladybird met at different hours and also a black and white version of this clock for the children to colour and make
A ladybird themed game
Fact cards with pictures and some facts about each of the animals in the story
Rhyme cards with some rhymes about ladybirds
A colourful animal bingo game to make and play
An animal picture domino game to make and play
Fidgety Fish story resource pack- under the sea, seaside, sea life
The pack is designed to be used with the story ‘Fidgety Fish’ by Ruth Galloway but could also be used as part of a sea life/ under the sea topic.
The pack includes:
· Display banner
· Colourful posters- of Fidgety Fish and the other sea creatures in the story
· Story word cards- each card has an underwater scene
· Underwater photos
· Fact cards- colourful fact cards about sea creatures
· Display border
· Colour jellyfish- a set of posters with jellyfish of different colours and the colour name
· Title poster
· Picture flashcards
· Story questions
· Colour face masks
· Colour puppets
Sequencing pictures
· An A4 word card with pictures
· Speech bubbles worksheets
· Alliterative labels
· Worksheet- draw and write what could happen if you swam into the big fish!
· Alphabet line
· ‘f’ worksheet
· Writing sheets
· My favourite part of the story worksheet
· A number line up to 30
· Counting cards up to 10
· Jellyfish missing numbers
· Number bonds- Number bonds posters with number bonds to 10 and 20 on big fish
· Magnetic fishing game
· Colour by numbers worksheets
· Number worksheets
· Sea creature jigsaws
· Make a jellyfish
· Playdough mats
· Stick puppets
· Face masks- colour and decorate
· Tracing pictures
· Colouring pictures
· Picture matching pairs
· Colour bingo
· Underwater scene game- spin the spinner and collect the sea creatures to complete your sea scene
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.
Ice cream shop role play pack- Summer, seaside, ice cream parlour
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
The Tiger who came to Tea story sack resources
The pack includes:
Colourful pictures of the characters in the story- these have been hand drawn by myself and are not the exact pictures from the book
Black and white pictures of the characters in the story 'The Tiger Who Came to Tea' for the children to colour or collage to make a colourful display
A large title banner with tiger print border
A smaller colourful title poster
A number line to 50 on tea cups
An alphabet line on milk bottles
Fact cards about real tigers
Colourful face masks to print and make of the Tiger and other characters in the story
Black and white face masks for the children to decorate
Stick puppets of the characters and props in the story 'The Tiger Who Came to Tea' for the children to retell the story or make up other stories
Various Literacy worksheets for different abilities
Various Maths worksheets for different abilities
A colourful shopping bingo game,
A 'Tiger Who Came to Tea' themed board game to make and play
A colourful tiger print display border- this can be printed as many times as you like to frame a display board of any size
Word flash cards of key words from the story- these are great to display when the children are writing about the story
An A4 word card
Question cards with questions about the story- these are great on a display to promote thinking about the story
Mrs Honey's Hat story sack resources
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
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 on decorated cards relating to the story
Large coloured pictures- large character and hat pictures to print out and use on a display
Picture flashcards- cards with the different hat pictures and words
Question cards- questions on decorated cards about the story to use as prompts or to add to a display
Day flash cards- colourful days of the week cards
LITERACY
A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story
Alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on different coloured hats
Writing sheets- a set of writing sheets with borders for the children to write on and use in the writing area
Label the hat- write the labels for the different things on Mrs Honey’s hat
Speech bubble worksheets- fill in the speech bubbles to show what Mrs Honey is saying
Favourite part if the story- draw and write about your favourite part of the story
Describe the hat- write some sentences to describe Mrs Honey’s hat
Worksheets- worksheets to match words to pictures and write the initial sounds
NUMERACY
Number line- a number line to 50 on colourful hat pieces
Counting worksheets- count the number of objects
Order the days of the week- cut and stick the day cards in order
Size ordering- cut and order the hats by size
Counting cards- count the hats from1-10
Estimation cards- estimate and then count the number of objects on each card
GAMES
Matching pairs- match the pictures to play matching pairs or snap
Picture bingo- cover the different pictures from the story
ACTIVITIES
Face mask- colour and decorate the face masks of Mrs Honey
Make a hat- make a before and after hat by cutting and sticking the different hat pieces
Design a hat-design your own special hat for yourself
Hat outline- a large outline of a blank hat- great for collage work
STORY TELLING
Face mask- a coloured face mask of Mrs Honey to use when retelling the story or making up new stories
Story sack tag- a tag to add to your story telling sack
Story props- large coloured props to use when retelling the story
Matching cards- cards with the day of the week, the people/animal who took something, the things they took and the things they left on the hat
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.
Post Office role play
Included in the pack are:
A large (5 and a hlaf times A4!) post box to print out and put on the wall (or on a box and cut out the post slot),
A 'Post Office sign',
Posters for your post office such as 'Buy your tv licence here',
TV licences, passports, tax disks etc for the children to fill in,
Hats to make for the post master/mistress and post man/woman,
A variety of stamps.
plus lots more!
Outdoor play EYFS
This is a bumper pack enabling you to create or develop your outdoor area to cover the revised 7 areas of Learning.
The pack would be great for nursery settings, school settings and childminders to use to create a stimulating and exciting outdoor area.
The pack includes:
Ideas sheets: A sheet of ideas for each of the revised 7 areas of learning - each sheet has a number of ideas to start you off on your planning for the outdoor area - (you will also be sent the sheets for the current framework of 6 areas).
Planning: Planning sheets for the outdoor area for you to fill in with you planning- included are examples of short term activity plans, medium termweekly plans and long term plans. These are the sheets I have used and can be used as they are or as a starting point for you to create your own sheets for your own setting.
Observations: Observation sheets for the adults to use in the Early Years setting to observe individuals and groups of children.
Box labels: 20 topic box labels
Physical Development
· Tuff spot ideas- A large collection of ideas to use in the tuff spot or in a large tray
· 10 movement and action songs- on decorated A4 cards
· Messy play recipes
· Movement posters
· Movement game
· Target games for use with a beanbag or ball
· Sand area- 12 word cards relating to the sand area- great to discuss and try in the sand
· Water area- 12 word cards relating to the water area
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
· Outdoor rules- A colourful banner to use to create an ‘Outdoor rules’ display
· Outdoor rules
· How many can play- 5 posters showing how many children can play in each area from 2-6 children
· Emotion cards
Communication and Language
· Role play signs
· Face masks- A set of colourful woodland themed face masks- great for role play
· Story telling masks
Puppet show
· Rhyme cards
Literacy
· Alphabet lines
Phoneme display cards- Various colourful phoneme display sets –helicopters, ladybirds and suns. These all have the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds document
· Word wall- The High Frequency Words from the Letters and Sounds document on colourful bricks to create a bright word wall and also on colourful bunches of balloons
· Flower initial sounds game
· Bird letters game
· Name game
· Rhyming game
Expressive Arts and Design
Minibeast rhymes and songs
· Weather songs and rhymes
Colour butterflies
Role play resources
Understanding of the World
Different weather ideas
· Bird spotting
Plus lots more!
Summer writing activity pack- KS1 /EYFS
A fun pack of writing sheets for the summer term or any summery day!
Includes:
Making a list of food and drink for a picnic
My day at the beach
Writing instructions for building a sandcastle
Staying safe in the sun
Cooling down in the heat
Writing sentences plus more...
Could be made into a workbook or the sheets could be used individually- great for end of term assessment!
The Little Red Hen story resources- activities, Powerpoint, Harvest
A bumper pack of resources for the story 'The Little Red Hen'.
Great to include in your Harvest topic.
Display resources:
A large colourful display banner of the title
Story words on bread slice shapes
Large and small character pictures from the story- hen, pig, cat, rat, goose/duck and dog- these could be used for story telling or displays - these are in black and white and colour
Large colour and black and white pictures of the tools used by The Little Red Hen and a windmill
Two different colourful display borders for you to print out as many times as you need for your display board
Question cards with questions about what the characters were thinking, what they were doing and why they were doing different things
Photographs of some different windmills- great for displays and discussion
Large lettering of 'The Little Red Hen' with each letter decorated with ears of corn
A4 character posters in colour of the different characters and their names
Word and picture cards of the different animals and props used by The Little Red Hen
Understanding of the World resources:
Photos of breads, wheat, corn and flour and fields of corn- great for displays and discussion
A Powerpoint about harvest and wheat/corn
Colour photos of the different animals in the story
Literacy resources:
A lovely Powerpoint of the story of 'The Little Red Hen'- the pages of this could also be printed out to make a book for your classroom
Colour and black and white pictures to sequence
Sequencing worksheets of the story
Speech bubbles with some key phrases from the story
Various speech bubble worksheets
Various other literacy worksheets- missing words, matching words to pictures, answering questions about the story, character worksheets, rhyming words etc
An alphabet line on hens
Various A4 pages in colour and black and white for the children to write on- these are each decorated with pictures from the story
Maths resources:
A number line to 50 on colourful windmills
Counting cards up to 10 with pictures from the story
Various themed worksheets- addition, subtraction and missing numbers
Activities:
Finger puppets to make of the different characters- greatfor retelling the story and for creating their own stories
Colour face masks of the different characters
Black and white face masks of the different characters
Various colouring sheets
Outline pictures of wheat, a windmill and the animals in the story- these could be used for writing activities or art activities
Games to make and play:
A lovely colourful board game to make based on the story
Matching pairs game
A Bingo game with pictures relating to the story of 'The Little Red Hen'
A rhyming word game
Garage role play pack- car wash, petrol station
The pack includes:
Banners and A4 sized posters (with pictures) for a garage, a car wash and a petrol station
Signs and pictures for each of the role play areas of different things which could be found in them such as petrol pump, spanner and sponge and bucket
Large A4 size pictures of the different items as above
General signs for each of the areas such as price signs, signs for where to take your car for an MOT, a no-smoking sign, signs to tell the customers where to pay etc
Lots of different forms and notes to encourage writing in the role play areas
Opening times with pictures for each of the areas and an OPEN/CLOSED sign for each 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 Gingerbread Man story resource pack- games, worksheets, activities
The Gingerbread Man
The pack includes:
Large character pictures in colour and black and white- great for displays or for laminating and adding velcro to the back to use on flannel boards for retelling of the story
Story word cards- great for display or to encourage writing
An A3 board game in colour based on the story of The Gingerbread Man
A literacy game where the children throw the 2 dice- onset and rhyme and make cvc words or rhyming words to build their Gingerbread Man
A moving Gingerbread Man model to make using split pins
Black and white face masks- great for retelling of the story and for use in the outdoor area
Numbered Gingerbread Men
Counting cards with Gingerbread men on baking trays to count
A Gingerbread Man numeracy rhyme card and props for singing the rhyme
A rhyming word wheel
Plus many other resources.
Little Red Riding Hood story sack resources
The pack includes:
Large characters and story props pictures- great for displays or for laminating and adding velcro to the back so they can be used on flannel boards for retelling
Story word cards- great for displays or encouraging writing
Black and white pictures of the characters and story props for the children to colour
Black and white and colour face masks of Little Red Riding Hood, the Woodcutter, the Wolf, Grandma and the wolf in Grandma’s hat- great for retelling the story and for use in the outdoor area,
Woodland nature spotting cards
A basket to cut out and make (in black and white to colour and assemble)
Coloured pictures of gifts for Grandma
Word and picture cards of the gifts for Grandma
Finger puppets to make and use for retelling the story-a great addition to your story sack
A food collecting game- collect the items to fill your basket first
Plus many other resources.
Sneezy the Snowman activity pack
Sneezy the Snowman is a class favourite book for the Winter.
The activities in this unit include:
Sequencing cards in colour to help teach the children sequencing and story retelling. These can be used in a pocket chart or can be put in a center.
Graphic organizers for character traits, summarizing the story and writing about the story parts.
Writing activities including writing about favourite parts of the story, writing three sentences about Sneezy, Write a list of things to keep Sneezy away from etc
A story sequence sheet to cut and paste pictures.
Cause and effect- fill in the missing boxes on one sheet and draw the effects on the other sheet.
A comprehension worksheet.
If I were a snowman sheet- a fun worksheet for children to design a snowman, name him and think of some things the snowman might like to do and eat.
Instructional writing- write four steps to building a snowman plus a worksheet where children could draw four stages of building a snowman.
Label Sneezy- two worksheets one with the words provided and one without.
Sneezy adjectives worksheet.
What made Sneezy melt? Draw the different things that made Sneezy melt in the story.
Craftivity with writing activity.
Hospital role play pack- People who help us, Keeping healthy, Ourselves
A bumper pack with lots of forms, signs and pictures to set up a role play area of a hospital
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:
Words relating to hospitals with pictures to match such as bandage, ambulance, stethoscope etc
Large pictures (A4 sized) of these hospital objects
Signs to display in your role play hospital such as waiting room, reception, consultation room etc
Posters to display in the area sych as ‘wash your hands’ , fire exit, toilets, visiting times etc
Lots of different forms to encourage writing in the role play area such as appointment times,
patients appointment cards, registration cards, prescription/ medicine forms etc
Hats and badges to make which the nurses and doctors can wear in their role play
Large x-ray pictures -great for discussion and use in the role play 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 Very Hungry Caterpillar story telling pack including calendar, games and activities + life cycle
A huge resources pack for the story The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Includes:
Colour class calendar to make
Sequencing pictures
Worksheets and activities
Literacy and Numeracy activities
Life cycle display materials and activities
Crafts
Display materials
Photographs for display and discussion
Powerpoints including learning about butterflies, story telling , interactive maths activities and interactive story questions
Plus lots lots more
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.
Nursery Rhyme bumper pack -EYFS- 10 rhyme packs +planning ideas
A huge pack of resources for use with children in the Early Years.
This pack includes over 200 pages of planning, activities, games, crafts and worksheets to print out and use again and again.
Although the activities are planned for children up to the age of 5, there are many which could be used with older children.
The Nursery Rhyme packs included are:
1- Twinkle, twinkle little star
2- Jack and Jill
3- Baa baa black sheep
4- Little Miss Muffet
5- 1,2,3,4,5 once I caught a fish alive
6- Hickory Dickory Dock
7- Humpty Dumpty
8- Hey diddle diddle
9- Incy Wincy spider
10- Little Bo Peep
For each nursery rhyme there is a rhyme card in black and white and colour, rhyme sequencing pictures, craft ideas, colouring and activity sheets, puppets and face masks for acting out the nursery rhyme, literacy activities, maths activities plus a sheet of further activity ideas.
The Crunching Munching Caterpillar story sack resources- minibeasts
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banner
Display borderWord cards- words on decorated cards relating to the story
Large coloured pictures- large 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
Display pictures
LITERACY
Alphabet
Writing sheets
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
‘c’ for caterpillar and ‘b’ for butterfly- two worksheets all about the letters b and c
Sequencing worksheet- cut and order the pictures
NUMERACY
Number line- a number line to 50 on caterpillars
Counting worksheets- count the holes in the leaves
Caterpillars and leaves- place the correct number of caterpillars onto the numbered leaves
Order the caterpillar- order the numbered parts of the caterpillar from 1-5 and 1-10
Symmetry- make the different butterfly pictures symmetrical
Counting book- make a counting book by drawing the correct number of caterpillars on each page
GAMES
Colour bingo- cover the different coloured butterflies
Find the caterpillar- turn over numbered cards to find different amounts of caterpillars
ACTIVITIES
Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppets
Face masks- colour and decorate the face masks
Colouring- a collection of colouring worksheets
Make a flying bird-make your own sparrow birds to hang from the ceiling
Tracing pictures- simple pictures to practice pencil control
Decorate the butterfly- an outline of a butterfly to decorate with paints or collage materials
Colour by numbers- colour the butterflies using the number key
Cut and stick the pictures- cut and stick the caterpillar, bee and butterfly
STORY TELLING
Sequence pictures- a set of coloured pictures to use when retelling the story
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- a tag to add to your story telling sack
Understanding the World
The Seasons- A set of A4 posters to use when talking about the seasons in the story
Seasons worksheet- draw what happens to the caterpillar in Winter and Spring
Caterpillar life cycle- Coloured photos showing the life cycle of a caterpillar- great for displays and discussion
Life cycle worksheet- cut and stick the pictures in the right order
Power Point- a simple Power Point about the life cycle of a caterpillar
This is the Bear story sack resources
The pack includes:
A large display banner 'This is the Bear' with pictures of the characters
Colour characters from the story- (these have been hand drawn by myself and are not printed from the book)
Black and white characters from the story- great for display, art work and retelling the story
Black and white and colour face masks of the man, boy, bear and dog. These are great for retelling the story or making up their own story
An A4 book information sheet with title, author etc
A colourful display border- print this as many times as you like to border a display board of any size
Alphabet cards with a picture of the bear and upper and lower case letters
Black and white fingers puppets to colour and make
Various 'LOST' posters to suit different abilities of children
A 'This is the Bear' themed matching pairs game
Question cards with questions relating to the story of 'This is the Bear'
Words relating to the 'This is the Bear' story
An A4 word mat with words relating to the story- great for writing about the story
Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs story sack resources
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banner
Display border
Story words- decorated cards with words relating to the story
Large pictures
Word and picture cards
LITERACY
Word mat- An A4 word mat with words and pictures relating to the story
Speech bubble worksheets- various worksheets to write what the different characters are saying
Writing paper- various writing sheets with themed borders to use for work about the story or to add to the writing area
Alphabet line- an alphabet line on dinosaurs
Favourite part- draw and write about your favourite part of the story
My bucketful of…- A worksheet to write your own story
Word searches- Two different word searches relating to the story
Describe the dinosaur- write and draw your own description of one of the dinosaurs
Writing worksheets- various worksheets for children to write about the pictures
NUMERACY
Number line- A number line to 100 on dinosaurs
Size ordering- order the dinosaurs in size order
Counting worksheets- Count the dinosaurs with numbers 1-5 and 1-10
Missing numbers- fill in the missing numbers on the buckets
Number rhyme pack- A rhyme card, masks and props for singing the dinosaur rhyme
Number ordering maze- follow the numbers from 1-10 and 1-20 to lead the dinosaurs back to the bucket
Roll and colour game- roll the die and colour the numbered dinosaur on your sheet
ART AND CRAFT
Puppets- colour and make the puppets of the dinosaurs and characters in the story
Face masks- colour and decorate the face masks
Colouring- various colouring pictures of dinosaurs
Tracing- trace over the dinosaurs
Split pin dinosaur- cut out the parts of the dinosaurs and use split pins to attach the pieces together
Play dough mats- various themed play dough mats
Design a new container- design your own container to keep the dinosaurs in
UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD
Dinosaur photos- lovely colour photos to print out and add to a display of dinosaurs in themed parks and dinosaur skeletons
Dinosaur fact cards- Simple facts about the different dinosaurs in the story
Power Point- a Power Point about dinosaurs
STORY TELLING
Story sack tag- a coloured tag to add to your story sack
Coloured puppets- great for retelling the story or creating new stories
Coloured face masks- great to add to your story sack for retelling the story
Sequence cards- a set of coloured cards to print out and use for retelling 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.