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The Colour Monster Self Regulation Cards
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The Colour Monster Self Regulation Cards

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These self regulation cards help children to identify how they are feeling. Add a pipe cleaner and bead, so that your child can move it up and down as their feelings change. The set of six cards can be used once a feeling has been identified. Each colour card has some strategies, which might be useful to help children move from one colour to another.
CVC Christmas Snow Globes
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CVC Christmas Snow Globes

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CVC Christmas Snow Globes. 3 white spaces for children to write each letter to represent the object inside the snow globe. 12 designs (some including the ll for bell, ck for sack).
Bonfire Night CVC Picture Mat and Words.
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Bonfire Night CVC Picture Mat and Words.

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A bonfire night picture scene including eight CVC words. Children read the firework words and match them to the pictures on their board. Five different picture boards have been included. The first one includes all eight words for an independent phonics activity. The next four can be used to play a CVC Bingo game. Children take it in turns to read a firework word. If they have the picture on their board, they cover the picture to match with a counter. The first child to cover all four pictures is the winner!. Mat 1 includes all 8 words: log mug bat jam bag red hot The other mats have a combination of four of these words.
Firework Funky Finger Pom Pom Sort
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Firework Funky Finger Pom Pom Sort

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Four firework themed pictures to use to develop fine motor skills. Have a selection of pom poms for children to sort and use tweezers to put them on the correct colour. They would be great linked to Bonfire Night or Diwali.
CVC Stockings
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CVC Stockings

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What is in your stocking? 7 stockings with different pictures to prompt writing. 3 CVC stockings 2 CCVC stockings 2 digraph stockings
Halloween CVC Word Bingo
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Halloween CVC Word Bingo

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Five CVC mats, which can be used for Oral Blending Bingo. Use the cauldron words to read out, segmenting each sound seperately. Children then say the word and cover the matching picture with a counter. The first child to cover four CVC pictures is the winner.
Poppy Day Log Slices
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Poppy Day Log Slices

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16 different poppy images on log slices to support any Poppy Day activities. These would be great to have out when children are creating their own representation of poppies. I would pair these with loose parts (red and green) or black paper and pastels/ paint.
Gingerbread Man Funky Finger Pom Pom/Button Sort
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Gingerbread Man Funky Finger Pom Pom/Button Sort

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9 Gingerbread Men all with different coloured buttons. Use these mats to develop fine motor skills. Have a selection of different coloured pom poms or buttons for the children to sort using tweezers or a peg. They would be great to use around Christmas time or when baking Gingerbread Men.
Number - How can you make number 1,2,3,4,5?
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Number - How can you make number 1,2,3,4,5?

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A Number activity mat to help children understand the composition of each number (1,2,3,4,5). Use red, orange, yellow, green and blue cubes to make the different combinations for each number. You could pair this with the number block characters and it will support their understanding as they build the different amounts. Includes: Mat - Building numer 1, 2,3 Mat - Building number 4,5
Brushing your teeth Activity Mat
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Brushing your teeth Activity Mat

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Alligator mats based on the character from the book (Alans Big Scary Teeth). Laminate the mats and use whiteboard pens to create marks. Children can use an old toothbrush to brush the marks away.
Christmas Tree Pom Pom Funky Fingers
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Christmas Tree Pom Pom Funky Fingers

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6 different style Chrismtas Trees. Use tweezers or pegs to sort and count th pom poms on to to the trees. Some of the patterns will reinforce two colour repeated patterns. You could use any colourful loose parts.
Numicon / Number Snowman Match 1-10
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Numicon / Number Snowman Match 1-10

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10 Snowmen with the numeral on their hat and Numicon piece, made from buttons on their tummy. Cut out the hats and snowmen and match the two. They could also be used with loose parts to lay over the buttons. Practise number formation in snowy trays!
CVC Cauldron Words
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CVC Cauldron Words

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A set of 12 CVC words with pictures in cauldrons. Perfect to use in a role play area, malleable or part of a potions activity. I would recommend laminating or printing on card.
Sparkler Sort and Roll
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Sparkler Sort and Roll

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Use these sparklers to support your fine motor activities. You could pair them with plastercine, playdough or loose parts. Children use their hand muscles to roll balls of plastercine or playdough and place them onto the circles. They could also use tweezers to pick up objects or lay any loose parts onto the circles. 6 mats to encourageg colour sorting and counting.
Firework Mark Making Cards
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Firework Mark Making Cards

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These 12 cards are a range of simple patterns children can create with their finger or a stick in a tray of glitter/salt or coloured sand. They can also be used as a design to follow with small loose parts . They will support their fine motor skills and mark making development.
CVC Winter Hats
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CVC Winter Hats

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10 CVC pictures on winter hats. Perfect to support segmenting skills. Cut them out and use them with a three part tray or any writing materials.
Firework Colour Mixing Discs
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Firework Colour Mixing Discs

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A set of six black colour mixing discs, using a firework image. 6 additional discs including the colour words to match. These would be great to support any creative activity. They would work really well alongside paint, pastels or on a light box
Letter Sound Sheets A-Z
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Letter Sound Sheets A-Z

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Letter Sound Activity Sheets 26 letters of the alphabet ( including sh -a full digraph set coming soon!) Each mat focuses on a single letter and has an activity to match the letter sound. Recommendation to laminate each mat and use a variety of resources to complete the activity. This could be whiteboard pens, playdough or plastercine. You could photocopy particular ones and children could use felt tip pens, pastels or water colour paints. There is a section on each mat for the children to practise the letter formation. Font: Poppins A seperate set is available with the Read Write Inc letter images.