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Fruit and Vegetable shop role play- Greengrocers
This pack can be used to set up a role play area of a Greengrocers or can be used as part of a topic on Fruit and Vegetables or Healthy Eating
The pack includes:
Large (A4 sized) coloured and black and white fruit and veg pictures,
A large (4 times A4) poster to put together of different fruit with their names and another poster showing different vegetables and their names,
A5 sized cards showing the fruit and veg 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,
Topic cards with the name and pictures of the different fruit and vegetables
4 different Greengrocer hats to make to use in the role play
A large title 'Greengrocers' to cut out with each letter decorated with fruit and veg pictures (also included in the pack is a similar large title of 'Fruit and Vegetables' which is great for use on a large display board)
Plus lots more!
Phonics fish display
A colourful set of phonics fish-great for displays, flashcards, games etc on CD
This is a great set on CD of colourful fish each with a letter of the alphabet or grapheme as taught in the Letters and Sounds teaching programme.
These would make a great display for your classroom or water area. Alternatively they could be used as flashcards when teaching the sounds.
The fish could also be used for various games such as magnetic fishing games, matching pairs etc.
The fish are also provided in black and white on the CD so they can be coloured by yourself or by the children.
The font used on the fish is Sassoon Primary Infant which is widely used in Primary schools.
The fish 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.
Pizza delivery/ restaurant role play pack
The pack includes:
Large lettering decorated with small pizza pictures spelling 'Pizzas',
A large shop sign advertising pizzas for delivery, eat in or take away,
Badges to make for the pizza shop staff,
Different hats to make for the staff and delivery people,
Pizza delivery signs for putting on the front of delivery bikes/ cars and on the pizza boxes,
Various forms to encourage writing,
Food labels and posters showing different foods available and also different toppings available for the pizzas,
Large colour pictures of the different foods and different slices of pizza,
Large black and white pictures of the different foods available- great for art work,
Various colourful shop signs- open/ closed, opening times, special offers etc,
Menus for the pizza restaurant,
Colour and black and white placemats for the pizza restaurant.
A great pack of resources to create a colourful and stimulating role play area in your classroom or outside area.
Picture alphabet line posters
A colourful picture alphabet line for you to print out and use in your educational setting.
Included is a colour alphabet and also a black and white alphabet which you can colour in yourselves or allow the children to colour to create their own alphabet.
Each letter has a selection of pictures with that initial sound. These cards could be used in your writing area, used to create a colourful display, used as flash cards, for games etc.
The letter cards are approximately A5 size however by altering printer settings you will be able to print them out in whatever size you would like.
Hansel and Gretel story resource pack- story sack, fairy tales
Hansel and Gretel
The pack includes:
Large characters and story prop pictures from the story of Hansel and Gretel- 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 prop pictures- 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 great to add to a display about Hansel and Gretel or to include in a writing area
A coloured A4 story word card- very useful for the children to use when writing about the story
Black and white pictures of the characters and story props from Hansel and Gretel for the children to colour or collage
Black and white face masks of the characters in the Hansel and Gretel story
A board game based on the story of Hansel and Gretel
Finger puppets to colour and make- great for retelling the story and including in your story sack
Various worksheets about the story of Hansel and Gretel
Question cards to encourage the children to think about the story and what happened in the Hansel and Gretel story
A number line to 50 on biscuit pictures
A matching pairs game to match the biscuit pictures
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!
Rosie's Walk - Book activities, story telling, Prepositions
The story ‘Rosie’s Walk’ is a lovely story that follows the hen, Rosie on her walk around the farmyard followed by the fox!
This book companion pack has activities for extending the book for your students and also preposition activities which are great for speech and language activities.
The pack includes:
A graphic organiser to write or draw the beginning, middle and end of the story
An emergent reader book- Where is Rosie?
Preposition task cards and props- read the card and place Rosie, the hen, or the fox, in the correct position
Story map worksheets- draw the different things that Rosie sees on her walk or cut and stick the things she sees in the correct order
Sequencing pictures- 14 color pictures for retelling the story
Sorting worksheet- sort the different statements about foxes and hens to learn more about the animals
Stick puppets- make your own stick puppets of a hen and fox and use to retell the story- these can be used with the picture props in the preposition task card activity
Story map- move the fox and hen around the story board to retell the story or make up your own stories
Where is Rosie- an activity for speaking and listening- includes ten picture cards for the kids to describe where Rosie is in each one
I hope you and your children enjoy using these activities to support the story ‘Rosie’s Walk’.
70 Phonics flash cards- Letters and Sounds Literacy phases 1-6
This pack contains 69 flashcards of sounds taught in the Letters and Sounds scheme.
Each card is A4 sized so could be displayed as a colourful poster but can easily be printed in A5 or A6 size to make flash cards or for cards to use at home for revision.
Each card has the sound, 2-3 pictures with words and 6 further words, each with the sound highlighted.
The second filehas all of the sounds so can be used as a poster or revision/ assessment page.
Theatre role play pack
This pack can be used to set up a role play area of a theatre - a great pack to encourage speaking and listening!
Contents in the pack:
Large letters that spell ‘Theatre’
Large colourful ‘Theatre’ banner
Posters that the children can fill in showing the times the performances and shows start, what the performance will be and also who actors in that days performance are
Templates to make simple masks
Posters showing the refreshments available, also large coloured pictures of drinks and popcorn,
A coloured and a black and white 3D popcorn box to make- this can be filled with pretend ‘popcorn’ or left empty
Price posters and posters showing the seating places for the theatre
Booking forms and forms to order more refreshments- both are great for encouraging writing in the role play area
A5 cards showing the different things in the theatre - each with word and picture- eg.ticket office, lights, costumes etc
Lots of different signs for your theatre such as ‘NO SMOKING’, toilet signs, emergency exit signs, dressing room signs, entrance and exit etc
Tickets which the children can pretend to sell for the puppet show and the theatre
A 3D ticket holder to make which can be made to hang around the sellers neck,
Number for the seats in the theatre
Plus lots 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
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 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
Bundle
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.
THE JACKET I WEAR IN THE SNOW activity pack
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 book activity pack
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…
Alphabet crayons display
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.
Handa's Hen story sack resources
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