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Literacy for early years
Room on the Broom story resource pack- Halloween
A colourful pack to accompany the story ‘Room on the Broom’ -great for Halloween
The pack includes:
Display resources:
Banner- A long display banner 'Room on the Broom’
Border- A display border of stars on a blue background
Title page- A smaller display title
Character pictures- Large pictures of the characters and props in the book drawn by ourselves
Broomstick- A large broomstick to print out and make
Border- An A4 sized page border
Question cards- Questions related to the story of 'Room on the Broom’
Cauldron- A large cauldron to use as part of a display
Words and pictures- Display cards with words and pictures
Colour cauldrons- Each differently coloured cauldron has the colour word on it
Literacy resources
Word cards- with words relating to the story- great to add to displays or in the writing area
A4 word card- An A4 word card with words and pictures relating to the story
Spells- Worksheets to write spells- each page is decorated with pictures and stars
Worksheets- about the story and the characters
Book review- A book review worksheet
Alphabet line- with the lower case letters on wands
Speech bubbles- Various speech bubble worksheets with pictures of the different characters
Word searches- Two different word searches for different abilities
Maths resources
Number line- A number line to 100 on cauldrons
Worksheets- Various maths worksheets- addition sums, subtraction sums, adding the spots on the bows, missing numbers on the witches hats etc- most of these worksheets can be adapted to be used for different ages and abilities
Activities
Witch model- A moving witch model to make using split pins
Face masks- of the different characters in colour and also in black and white- great for retelling the story or creating new stories
Songs- Various songs and rhymes on decorated cards
Stick puppets- to make of the different characters
Worksheet- A worksheet to design your own special broomstick
Games
Board game- A board game to make and play- travel through the sky on your broomstick to reach the cauldron first to make your spell
Make a spell- A game to collect the different objects needed for your magic spell
Dominoes- A colour dominoes game with pictures of the characters and props in the story 'Room on the Broom’
Bingo- A colourful bingo game
Matching pairs- A matching pairs game with pictures of the characters and props in the story
Rhyming words-A rhyming word game
Dear Zoo story resource pack- story sack
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.
The Owl Who was Afraid of the Dark story pack- Light and Dark, Nocturnal animals
The pack includes:
Story Power point- a power point presentation of the sequencing pictures for children to retell the story
Interactive Power point- a power point about the story with questions
Display banners
Display border
A4 Book information poster
Sequencing pictures
Picture flash cards
Large alphabet- large alphabet letters in lower and upper case each night sky pictures and a flying owl
Large owl pictures
Constellation posters
A4 word card
Number line- an owl number line to 50
Alphabet line- an alphabet line on bright stars
Speech bubble worksheets
Writing sheets
Story word cards
Writing worksheets
Story sack tags
Question cards
Owl writing sheets
Counting cards
Colouring pictures
Owl masks
Owl finger puppets
Make a moving owl- cut out the owl pieces and attach using split pins
Word searches
A collection of worksheets- these could be made into a workbook using the book cover or used individually:
· Favourite part of the story
· Write a book review
· Speech bubble worksheet
· Write about what you are afraid of
· Who said what- draw each character next to the speech bubbles
· Two question worksheets
· Cut and sequence the story
· Write sentences about the different pictures
Nocturnal animals
A photo pack of different nocturnal animals
Masks in colour and black and white of nocturnal animals
A Powerpoint about nocturnal animals
A wordsearch
Light and Dark
A colourful banner
Question cards about day and night and light and dark
A Powerpoint about light and dark
Word cards
A themed bingo game
A wordsearch
Photos of different sources of light
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.
CHRYSANTHEMUM book and name activity pack for back to school
This pack has lots of activities to use with the book ‘Chrysanthemum’ by Kevin Henkes. The activities will extend the story for the students and also let them think about their own name with various worksheets.
The pack includes:
1-Story map worksheet
2-Character traits worksheets for Chrysanthemum and Victoria
3-Colour photographs of Chrysanthemum flowers for your bulletin board or discussion
4-A Chrysanthemum themed writing page
5-My favorite part of the story worksheet
6-Flower craft activity- three different Chrysanthemum flowers to cut out and layer
7-Graphic organizers about the story
8-My first day at school worksheet for the students to draw and write about their first day
9-My first day feelings- draw and write about how they felt on their first day
10-My friends- two fun worksheets for the children to find others in their class with different qualities
11-Name worksheets- three different worksheets for children to think about their name and how many letters etc there are and also a worksheet 'All about me’
12-Sentences about Chrysanthemum
13-The alphabet- trace over the letters in the alphabet and then circle the letters in their name
14-This is me- a worksheet for children to draw a picture of themselves and then think of some words to describe themselves
15-Venn diagram- compare and contrast the characters Chrysanthemum and Victoria
16-Word search
Commotion in the Ocean- Under the Sea
The pack includes:
Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border- two colourful themed borders to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Word and picture flashcards- colourful cards to add to a display or writing area
Fish colours- coloured fish each with the colour name on
Ocean posters- a set of colourful posters showing the different sea creatures in the book
Title poster- an A4 poster with title, author and illustrators name complete with colourful illustrations
Photos- colour photos to print out of the different creatures in the book
Name labels- labels of the different creatures- great to use on displays
Colour fish- large A4 size fish in different colours with colour labels to add
Fact cards- simple fact cards about each creature
Large display pictures- large coloured pictures of each creature plus extra pictures of seaweed, rocks, shells etc to create a great ocean display
A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story
Ocean animal alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on colourful creatures
Writing worksheets- write below the pictures on each sheet
Writing sheets
Speech bubble worksheets
Word searches
Worksheets- a collection of worksheets about the book and the creatures
Animal worksheets- fun worksheets to fill in different details about each animal in the book- these look great on display
‘My underwater adventure’- write a story about the creatures you meet
Acrostic poems
Odd and even number line
Ocean animal number line
Number rhymes
Size ordering worksheets
Counting worksheets
Counting cards- cards from 1-10 with the corresponding number of creatures on each page
Individual number line- number lines from 1-10 and 1-20 with pictures of fish and octopus
Matching pairs
Build a fish- roll a die and collect a part of your fish- how many fish can you make?
Dominoes
Colour bingo
Roll and colour- roll the die and colour the matching sea creature on your sheet
Picture bingo
Tracing sheets- trace the patterns on the fish and trace over the dotted lines on the animals
Stick puppets
Face masks
Play dough mats- a collection of under sea themed mats to use in your play dough area
Colouring worksheets
Fish crafts
Octopus craft
Jellyfish craft- follow the instructions to make your own hanging jellyfish
Jigsaws- colour the picture and then cut along the dotty lines and reassemble to make your sea creature
Templates
PowerPoint- a PowerPoint with simple facts about some of the animals in the book
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
Brown Bear, Brown Bear - Story, Maths and Literacy activities
This pack is great to use with the book ‘Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?’
It contains four centers and activities for story retelling and learning colors.
Ten build a sentences worksheets to read, write and make the sentences
Color clip cards
Count and trace Maths center
Initial sounds Literacy center
Label the bear- two versions
Read and color- two versions
Repeating patterns Maths center
Upper and lower case letters Literacy center
Color sequencing cards
David Goes to School - Back to School book activities
Start off the new school year with the activity pack which accompanies the book ‘David Goes to School’ by David Shannon.
It is a great story for looking at school rules and the effects of bad choices.
The packs includes:
Story sequencing worksheet- beginning, middle and end
Graphic organisers
Character traits of David
Advice for David- write and draw what he should/ should not do at school
Favourite part of the story worksheet
Draw and write things David did at school- two variations
My school writing worksheet for children to write one of their rules and explain why it is important
Making comparisons
Opinion writing- would you like David in your class?
My school rules- children write four of their rules
Retell the story worksheet
School rules- what we should and shouldn’t do
Davids behaviour at school- write about what David should have done
Writing and drawing worksheet
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’.
The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School - Book activities
Start off the new school year with this activity pack which accompanies the book ‘The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School’ by Laura Murray.
It is a fun story to use to help introduce your children to the school and staff.
The packs includes:
Sequencing picture cards- these are in full color and also in black and white
Sequencing worksheet cut and paste
Story sequencing worksheet- beginning, middle and end
Graphic organisers
Character traits
My favourite part of the story writing and drawing activity
Design a Gingerbread Man and Design a Gingerbread Person worksheets
Asking question- Think of Who, What, When, Where and Why questions to ask the Gingerbread Man
The Gingerbread Man Is, Can, Have grid
Problems and solutions- three differentiated sheets
Retell the story writing worksheet
Design a MISSING poster- three differentiated versions
Missing word worksheets- two versions with each one differentiated
Text-to-self connections- What I do at school and what the Gingerbread Man does
Three what happens next drawing and writing worksheets
Write three sentences about the Gingerbread Man
True or False sentences about the story- differentiated versions
Instructional writing- write the recipe for Gingerbread Men
Comprehension worksheet
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
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…
There was an Old Lady who Swallowed Some Books - Back to school book activities
There was an old lady who swallowed some books is a perfect story for the start of the school year.
This pack is full of writing activities, sequencing activities, comprehension activities and a story telling craftivity.
The activities included are:
If I were an old lady I would swallow… worksheet
A set of comprehension question cards to choose the correct answer from a choice of two
Worksheet- color the things the cold lady swallowed and put a cross through the things she didn’t swallow
Cut and paste worksheet of what the cold lady ate in the correct order
Craftivity- cut out the cold lady and feed her the picture cards in order- the face can be pasted onto a box and the mouth cut out
Writing sheet to write three sentences
My favorite part of the story worksheet to draw and write
A cut and paste story sequence worksheet
Simple picture cards to sequence for the story
Alphabetical order literacy center with recording sheet
In my backpack… writing sheet
Missing word worksheet based on the story
Three number jigsaws with numbers 1-5 and 1-10 to order
Rhyming words literacy center with recording sheet
What happens next… two worksheets
If You Take a Mouse to School - Book activities
Start off the new school year with the activity pack which accompanies the book ‘If You Take a Mouse to School’ by Laura Numeroff.
The packs includes:
Literacy Center- ABC order
Literacy Center- Syllable sort with three differentiated worksheets
Sequencing picture cards
Sequencing worksheets - two cut and paste activities
Story sequencing worksheet- beginning, middle and end
Graphic organisers
Character description
If I took an animal to school… writing and drawing activity
List the things the mouse did at school
Making comparisons- write three things you do at school and three things mouse does
Retell the story writing worksheet
School writing activity
Making comparisons- what is in my backpack compared to the boys
Text-to-self connections- Draw and write you at school and the mouse at school
Two what happens next drawing and writing worksheets
Venn diagram
There was a Cold Lady who Swallowed some Snow - Book activities
There was a cold lady who swallowed some snow is a perfect story for the winter snowy days!
This pack is full of writing activities, sequencing activities, comprehension activities and a story telling craftivity.
The activities included are:
If I were a cold lady I would swallow… worksheet
Comprehension worksheet
A set of comprehension question cards to choose the correct answer from a choice of two
Worksheet- color the things the cold lady swallowed and put a cross through the things she didn’t swallow
Cut and paste worksheet of what the cold lady ate
Craftivity- cut out the cold lady and feed her the picture cards in order- the face can be pasted onto a box and the mouth cut out
Writing sheet to write three sentences
Finish the sentences worksheet
Label the snowman- one worksheet with words at the bottom to use for labelling and the other without words
A story retelling worksheet to write four main parts of the story
My favorite part of the story worksheet to draw and write
A cut and paste story sequence worksheet
Simple picture cards to sequence for the story
There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Bat - Book activities, Halloween
There was an old lady who swallowed a bat is a perfect story for Halloween.
This pack is full of writing activities, sequencing activities, comprehension activities and a story telling craftivity.
The activities included are:
Cut, paste and color worksheet to add the labels to the picture
A comprehension worksheet about the story
Worksheet- color the things the cold lady swallowed and put a cross through the things she didn’t swallow
Cut and paste worksheet of what the cold lady ate in the correct order
Craftivity- cut out the cold lady and feed her the picture cards in order- the face can be pasted onto a box and the mouth cut out
Bats Can, Have, Are grid worksheet
My favorite part of the story worksheet to draw and write
A cut and paste story sequence worksheet
Simple picture cards to sequence for the story
Retelling the story writing worksheet
Upper and lower case letters literacy center
Finish the sentences writing worksheet based on the story
Word family literacy center for short vowel ‘a’ with two recording sheets
What happens next… two worksheets
(Worksheets with alternative spelling are included)
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
The Easter Egg - Book activity pack
I love this cute story for Easter and this set of activities is great to use after reading the book.
The pack includes:
Graphic organisers
My favorite part of the story drawing and writing activity (also included is the spelling favourite)
Adjective activity to describe Hoppi
‘If I were a bunny…’ activity sheet
My Easter egg- design an Easter egg and write three sentences about it
Text-to-self connections- three different sheets for drawing and writing
Writing activities
My favorite egg- draw and write about your favorite egg from the story (also included is the spelling favourite)
Sequencing cards- 12 picture cards for retelling the story, describing activities or even make into games such as matching pairs
I hope you enjoy using the activities x
There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Frog - Book activities
There was an old lady who swallowed a frog is a perfect story for Spring and to use with a topic on Growing.
This pack is full of writing activities, sequencing activities, literacy centers and a story telling craftivity.
The activities included are:
Cut, paste and color worksheet to add the labels to the picture
Rhyming words literacy center
Worksheet- color the things the cold lady swallowed and put a cross through the things she didn’t swallow
Cut and paste worksheet of what the cold lady ate in the correct order
Craftivity- cut out the cold lady and feed her the picture cards in order- the face can be pasted onto a box and the mouth cut out
Cut and paste the things the old lady swallowed and didn’t swallow
My favorite part of the story worksheet to draw and write
Writing worksheet- the old lady swallowed a ______ because ______
Simple picture cards to sequence for the story
Upper and lower case letters on gloves literacy center
Planting a seed sequencing cards and worksheet
What do plants need - two different worksheets
(Worksheets with alternative spelling are included)
The Smartest Giant in Town story resources
A bumper resource pack for the story 'The Smartest Giant in Town' by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. An engaging Literacy unit with worksheets, display materials, games and crafts.
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 on decorated cards relating to the story
Title poster- an A4 poster with title, author and illustrators name
Word and picture flashcards- colourful cards with the different clothes to add to a display or writing area
A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story
Clothes alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on colourful clothes
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- two word searches with words from the story to find
Write about the story- write sentences about the different pictures
Diary- write George’s diary
Questions worksheets- write some questions you would like to ask the Giant
Labelling and matching worksheets- label the clothes and animals, write the missing words, Match the clothing to the correct animal and fill in the initial letters
Letter writing- write a letter to the Giant
Thank you letters and cards- write some letters from the animals to thank the Giant
Sequencing worksheet- cut and stick the story pictures in the correct order
What happens next- draw and write what happens next in the story
Number line- a number line to 50
Missing number worksheets- fill in the missing numbers on the shoes plus a blank worksheet so you can differentiate
Size ordering worksheets
Dot to dots- three different sheets with numbers from 1-10, 1-15 and 1-20
Colour by numbers- colour the pictures using the numbers
Repeating patterns- copy and continue the patterns on the ties
Matching pairs
Bingo- a colourful bingo game
Dice game- throw a die to collect the parts of the picture first
Design a tie- design a new tie for the giant to wear
Tracing ties- various patterns on tie to trace over the dotty lines
Draw new clothes- draw a new outfit for the giant
Finish the picture- draw the missing parts of the different pictures
Face masks- a set of coloured face masks
Stick puppets- coloured and black and white stick puppets
The Three Little Pigs story pack- traditional tales
The pack includes:
Story Powerpoint- A colourful Powerpoint of the story of The Three Little Pigs
Pigs Powerpoint- A Powerpoint about real pigs with sound
Display banner- Two different banners for displays
Character cards- Colour pictures of the Three Little Pigs, Mother Pig and the Wolf- great for retelling the story and for displays
Black and white characters- Great to use for art and crafts
Story props- Large coloured pictures of the houses and the cooking pot- these are also provided in black and white
Face masks- Face masks of the Three Little Pigs, Mother Pig and the Wolf- great to use when retelling the story or for creating new stories- these are provided in colour and black and white
Finger puppets- Puppets to make of the characters from the story
Story words- Decorated word cards with words relating to the story- a great addition to your display or in your writing area
A4 word card- A colourful word and picture card to use when writing about the story
Colouring book- A 24 page colouring book to create using the pictures which are also used in the story Powerpoint
Sequencing pictures- Coloured pictures of the story to sequence and write about
Time game- Collect the clock and matching time card in this o'clock matching pairs game
Build a house game- Roll a die and collect the parts of your house first
House labelling- A worksheet to label the different parts of a house
Photos- Colour photos of pigs and wolves
House photos- Photos of different houses and the different parts of a house
Pig model- Create a 2D moving pig model using split pins
Dominoes- Picture dominoes with pictures of the characters and props in the story
Rhyme game- Collect the correct pictures to rhyme with the ones on your board
Ordinal Pigs- An ordinal number line to 10 with the numbers on pigs
Number line- A number line to 20 with numbers on the different houses in the story
Rhyming pairs- A colourful rhyming pairs game
Display border- Print this as many times as you need for a display border of any size
Pig dice game- Roll a die and collect the parts to make your pig first
Literacy worksheets- Various worksheets such as writing about the story, speech bubbles, matching words to pictures, choosing correct words for the sentences etc
Writing pages- Coloured and black and white A4 pages with decorative borders
Story sack label- A coloured label to add to your story sack
Pigs facts- Fact cards with pictures and facts about real pigs
Tracing sheets- Pictures to trace of the pigs and the wolf and scenes from the story
Wanted poster- Create a WANTED poster for the wolf
Wordsearch- Two different wordsearches decorated with pictures from the story
HFW bricks- The 300 High Frequency words from 'Letters and Sounds' on colourful bricks
Bingo game