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

A set of snowmen to create to practice initial sounds. Each snowman has the head with the sound on the hat and 5 picture snowballs to build your snowman. Great for independent and group phonics activities during winter and in the run up to Christmas.

The Jacket I wear in the Snow is a perfect story for Christmas and wintery weather. This pack is full of retelling activities, writing activities and book activities. The activities included are: A cut and paste story sequencing worksheet A set of comprehension question cards to choose the correct answer from a choice of two Worksheet- colour the clothes you would wear in snowy weather and in sunny weather A snowy day writing activity Cut and paste worksheet of what you wear in snowy weather-children can talk about the order the clothes are put on and paste the clothes onto the boy and girl. This activity is included in colour and also in black and white for the students to color themselves Graphic organizers Writing sheets- 8 different worksheet to list five things the old lady ate such as five things that are green, five things that begin with ‘b’. Plus a blank version of the worksheet Label the snowy weather clothes A Question worksheet Writing activity to make a list of snowy day clothes Two text-to-self connections worksheets A word search with vocabulary from the story Writing activity to write three sentences and draw a picture

Creepy Carrots is one of my favourite read-aloud books to use with my class. The pack includes: A craftivity to create your own unique Creepy carrot A literacy center with CVC carrots to make Cause and effect worksheets- three versions Beginning, middle and end of story worksheet Jasper’s character traits Comprehension worksheets- two versions My favourite part of the story- draw and write worksheet Graphic organizers- three versions Instructional writing- Jasper’s plan- worksheets for drawing and writing Cut and paste sentence making activity Writing activity- My plan to stop the creepy carrots Retell the story writing worksheet Drawing activity- what does Jasper think he sees and what does he really see? What happens next- three worksheets to draw and write Writing activity- What will the carrots do next? Write and draw about Jasper Writing activity- If Creepy carrots were following me, i would…

A bright and colourful set of alphabet crayons-great for displays, flashcards, games etc This is a CD with three great alphabet crayons sets. One has the lower and upper case alphabet, a second has just the lower case letters and a third has just upper case alphabet. These would make a great display for your classroom. Alternatively they could be used as flashcards when teaching the sounds. The lower case and upper case crayons could also be used to play matching pairs or used to make a display for the children to match the lower case letter to the upper case letter. The crayons are in files with three crayons on each A4 page. However you could change your printer settings to print the crayons larger or smaller. The font used on the crayons is Sassoon Primary Infant which is widely used in Primary schools. The crayons are saved as PDF files and can be opened using Adobe Acrobat Reader which is available for free from their website or is probably already on your computer.

Colour posters showing the different animals in the story · Display banner- a long colourful display banner · A colourful display border Number line- A colourful number line to 50 on the animals in the story · A4 display pages- 4 different page borders to quickly display work · Writing pages- black and white page borders to use when writing about the story or to add to the writing area · A colourful bingo game · Matching pairs game · Story words- each card is decorated with an African design border · A4 word card- with words and pictures · Information fact cards about the different animals in the story · Colour posters of the characters- Handa, Akeyo and Grandma · Face masks to make of the characters · Counting cards up to 10 with the number and the correct number of animals to count · Coloured story sequencing pictures · A small world background- great to use with small world characters or in the sand tray for retelling the story · Various worksheets- Match the animal to the name, write about the story and your favourite part of the story · Colouring posters of the characters and animals · Large black and white pictures to colour and sequence

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 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

The pack includes: Rhyme sheets for 6 popular Nursery Rhymes: Humpty Dumpty Sing a Song of Sixpence Twinkle Twinkle Hickory Dickory Dock Baa Baa black Sheep Jack and Jill Colour character props for each rhyme- these would be great on a display or great when laminated and kept with nursery rhyme books for singing the rhymes Black and white characters and props for each rhyme for the children to colour/ collage etc A large (3xA4) size grandfather clock in colour for the rhyme ‘Hickory Dickory Dock’ Colourful games to accompany each rhyme A 3D wall and Humpty Dumpty model to make using a split pin Numbered blackbirds up to 24 for the rhyme ‘Sing a Song of Sixpence’ A rhyming word game A4 colouring sheets for each rhyme A great bumper pack-great for displays, games and making class rhyme books.

A great set of resources for the Fairy Tale of ‘Snow White and Seven Dwarfs’ on a handy disk for you to print out and use again and again. The pack includes: A large display title- this is decorated with pictures of the Seven Dwarfs Large characters in colour and black and white- great for creating displays or also great to laminate, add velcro to the back and the children to use to retell the story on a flannel board Story word cards on apple shapes A large game to make and play- find the most diamonds in the mine to win A colourful Snow White themed bingo game Black and white face masks for the children to decorate and make Snow White themed dominoes game Finger puppets to colour and make of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and the other characters in the story Question cards with questions relating to the story- these are great to add to a display A word mat to help when writing about the story Photo frames of the seven dwarfs- these look great on a display and would also be great to use as part of a role play area of the Seven Dwarfs house

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.

Farmer duck resource pack Included in the pack: A colourful Display title of ‘Farmer Duck’ A colourful Display border-this can be printed as many times as you need to be used on a display board of any size Large colour pictures of the animals and items from the story Information fact cards about the different animals in the book ‘Farmer Duck’ Story words to help the children when writing or talking about the story or for use on displays Worksheets for the children to write in speech bubbles, match the animals to the sound they make plus others to help when teaching your children this story Poems and songs about farm animals Games to make and play linked to the story and animals in ‘Farmer Duck’ Question cards about the story- great to add to displays Plus many more resources.

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.

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.

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 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 Sound posters- a set of colourful posters showing the different things that made sounds in the story LITERACY Alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on owls 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 Match the noise- match the different pictures to labels ‘b’ for bear- a worksheet all about the letter ‘b’ Sequencing worksheet- cut and order the pictures NUMERACY Number line Counting worksheets Make the clock- cut and stick the clock numbers onto the cuckoo clock Missing numbers- differentiated worksheets to fill in the missing numbers on the stars Counting cards GAMES Picture bingo Make the sound- pick a card and make the sound for the others to guess 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 some big ears-make you own paper big ears to go on a listening walk with instructions and picture cards for discussion 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 POWER POINTS Sound lotto- click on the stars to listen to the sounds and cover them on your lotto boards Guess the sounds- an interactive activity to choose the correct sound they can hear on each page Make the sounds- look at the different pictures and use your instruments to make the sounds Voice sounds- listen to the sounds on each page and use your voice to make the different sounds 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 Display banner Display border Word cards- words on boats relating to the story Word and picture flashcards- colourful cards to add to a display or writing area Title page Animal photos- a collection of coloured photos of the different animals in the story Large coloured pictures- large character and animal pictures and a large boat to print out and use on a display LITERACY A4 word card 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 characters are saying Word searches Questions for Mr Gumpy- a worksheet for the children to think of some questions to ask Mr Gumpy Rules worksheet- write some rules for the children and animals to follow on keeping safe in the boat Favourite part of the story Writing worksheet- write some sentences about the different pictures on the worksheets CVC words- unscramble the letters to spell the CVC words to match the pictures NUMERACY Boat number line- a number line to 50 on boats Missing number worksheets- fill in the missing numbers on the boats plus a blank worksheet so you can differentiate Counting worksheets- count the number of animals - three differentiated worksheets with numbers from 1-3, numbers to 5 and numbers to 10 Dot to dot worksheets- three dot to dot worksheets from 1-10, 1-15 and 1-20 Addition and subtraction worksheets- various worksheets to add or subtract the numbers on the cottages plus blank worksheets to allow you to differentiate Number book- draw the correct number of animals in the boats on each page Ordinal number animal- an ordinal number line up to 10 GAMES Matching pairs- match the pictures to play matching pairs or snap Fill the boat- collect the different characters needed to fill your boat Sound lotto- a Power point game- listen to the different animal sounds and cover the pictures on your lotto board Picture bingo- cover the different pictures from the story ACTIVITIES Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppet characters Make a boat- make an origami boat from paper Mr Gumpy’s house- draw Mr Gumpy’s house by the river Tea worksheet- make a list of food needed for the tea and draw the food on the plate Floating and sinking- carry out an experiment to see which items will float and which will sink in the water Guess the animals- cards to use on displays or for discussion with clues about the different animals Boat design