After finding it difficult to fit in daily maths facts fluency sessions, I have created two A4 sheets which can be printed back to back containing a wide range of maths skills that children (EYFS, Year One and Year Two) would benefit from practising every day. These can be laminated then placed upon the children’s desks as early morning work, daily maths practice, an activity for early finishers or for interventions. Encourages children to practise: Counting in multiples of two, five and ten. Doubling numbers up to 10 using a pictorial representation of ladybirds. Simple addition facts and simple subtraction facts. Number bonds to 10 using tens frame representations. Using a 100 square to find more/less of a given number, half, triple and double. The Teacher Traveller

A visually pleasing and engaging resource to teach or revise the main parts of a tree. Children to cut along the lines of the first sheet and stick this on top of the lined sheet. These can then be folded out with space to write underneath about the given tree parts. Once finished children will have a flip out booklet! Published as A4, but can be printed as A5 :) The Teacher Traveller

Set these words up around a mirror and the child can read them aloud while looking at themselves! Pack comes with 36 meaningful, descriptive adjectives. Positive affirmation mirror display as a reminder to all children that they are all unique, brave, awesome and so much more! Such a powerful tool in the classroom to help children see the best in themselves and build self esteem. An affirmation is a short phrase that is recited with the purpose of empowering children. For example, children might begin their day by saying “I am smart. I can do hard things. I am accepting.” Repeating such affirmations have notable effects on our minds, even at the youngest of ages. The Teacher Traveller

The cutest little houses on the street! A variety of different house templates for children to reinforce everything they know about fact families and to enable them to create number sentence that show a relationship between a set of numbers! The Teacher Traveller

Pack contains: Price labels ranging 1p-20p Clear price labels for children to create their own Past SATS paper problem solving questions Coin recognition and matching A variety of pictures of bread A sign to display the pack in the classroom Have fun! The Teacher Traveller

Dear DfE, I very much enjoyed pulling apart your SATS papers and putting Gerald the Giraffe all over them to make them more child friendly for my class of 7 year olds to practise on! Maybe next time you could do that? Save me a job, yes? :) The Teacher Traveller

Eyes on the road! These mini roads encourage children to segment and blend together CVC words! Children can either use their fingers to move along the road, or a little toy car. As they 'drive' past the letters, they say them (segmenting), then when they reach the end of the road, they blend them together to read the full word (blending). These little roads add a bit of fun to practising those early skills necessary to reading! 32 different CVC words included on roads which can be printed to different sized papers depending on how large you would like them. Have fun and happy road reading! - The Teacher Traveller :)

Children can paint on the correct amount of buttons or the resource can be printed and laminated for children to count place physical buttons onto the snowman :) Three different colour sets to choose from (Red, Blue, Yellow) and numbers from one to ten. Have fun and Merry Christmas, The Teacher Traveller

32 different pseudo words for children to segment, blend and read - all on pink, child friendly little monsters! This pack helps to introduce pseudo words as fake words as they have been linked to the names of the monsters to make it more meaningful. Pseudo words help to check that children are able to read non familiar words, rather than solely relying on good vocabulary knowledge or visual memory of words. Pack includes: 32 different pseudo words. A large format (4 monsters to a page) to allow them to be easily cut out and made into flashcards. A small format (16 monsters to a page) to use when testing children. Monsters with ‘sound buttons’ included on the words. Have fun! The Teacher Traveller

Entire alphabet set on Gingerbread Men Biscuits! Perfect for… Supporting the topic of the Gingerbread Man Pre-writing practise Letter formation Letter recognition Word building Spelling Phonics Have fun, The Teacher Traveller

Read the CVC word, then check you have got it correct when you open up the beard to reveal the picture! Children can also reverse this, beginning with the beard ‘open’, spelling the word from the picture, then checking they have spelt it correctly. Perfect for… Segmenting and blending practise Christmas topic Fine motor skill development Spelling practise Working in pairs (one child to read, one child to check the word has been read correctly by opening the flap) Working independently (children can self assess) Writing Have fun! The Teacher Traveller

INSPIRATION FOR WRITING! Empty speech bubbles for children to complete for five different Christmas characters! Writing for a purpose Using phonics Writing sentences Independent mark making EAL Differentiation Communication and speech and language development Story telling The Teacher Traveller

Children place their fingers at the dragon’s tail and follow the long winding body until they reach a word. Can they read all the tricky words on the dragon? When they can read all the words, they can colour in the dragon! Plain version, as well as colour version included. Phase 2 and phase 3 tricky words. Perfect for Chinese New Year and reading practice. Have fun, The Teacher Traveller

Letters with different CVC words on for children to read. 40 words included! I printed and laminated mine and put them in the post office role play so that when the children had read the word correctly, they could go and post their letter in a role play post box! In other lessons I have also printed them and asked the children to draw a picture of the word on the back of the letter. Perfect for… -Segmenting and blending practise -Post office topic -Fine motor skill development -Spelling practise -Working in pairs (one child to read, one child to check the word has been read correctly) -Working independently (children can self assess) -Writing Have fun! The Teacher Traveller

Gorgeous little number fairies (numbered 1-20) in three different styles (blonde hair, red hair and brown hair)… Use us to… Enhance a small world area. Cut and stick in arts and craft projects. Practise addition. Play ‘snap’ or ‘pairs’. Teach and explore number ordering. Build a fairy garden. Go on a fairy number hunt. Teach odd and even numbers. Explore number bonds. Flash card number recognition. Have fun, The Teacher Traveller ✈️

Over 50 pages of apple themed activities and role play resources! Pack includes… 35 key words displayed on apple themed cards ‘Closed and Open’ sign, ‘Opening Times’ sign and a ‘Welcome to our apple orchard’ sign. An apple worksheet for children to label and describe the five senses used when exploring apples. 15 different repeating pattern strips using different coloured apples, all differentiated to suit difficulty (either laminate, or children cut and stick on the next apple to complete the pattern) A sheet of apples to cut out (red, green and yellow) Apple shaped template with lines inside for children to write on. Apple colouring in sheet 3 tree activity sheets with numbers on the trunks for children to cut and stick the correct amount of apples on. 18 different apple photos with a gorgeous bright blue square border. 1 sheet of decorative ‘pick me’ apples Various role play signs (‘how much are 3 apples’, etc) A 1-10 apple number mat Price tags in ‘p’ (1p - 20p) Apple bunting Yellow, green and red apple signs Large tree play dough mats for children to create playdough apples and place the correct amount on the tree (numbered 1-10) Have fun, The Teacher Traveller

11 pages of witch style ideas… Design your own broomstick and write your own potions! Task cards/key word cards included. Have fun! The Teacher Traveller.

Can you park in space number… Four? Eight? Ten? Can you park in a space which has a number one less than three? Can you park in the number spaces in order? The opportunities for this activity are endless as children use toy cars to park on given numbers, learning without actually knowing it - through play. Perfect for… Number recognition Number ordering One more, one less than a number Strengthening little fingers and fine motor skills Teacher assessment Intervention groups/target children Continuous provision This pack comes with two numbered car park mats (with numbers from 1 - 20), a handy prompt card for adults containing questions to challenge and extend children, a set of 20 number cards telling children which numbers to park their car on, and finally a record sheet for children to record the numbers that they have found. Happy driving! The Teacher Traveller.

‘Work In Progress’ signs, FREE download! Busy children are often expected to stop what they are enthralled with and return the classroom to a tidy state, whether what they are playing with is completed or not. These ‘Work In Progress’ signs I created for children to put on models or construction that they have not yet completed in order to protect what is being built so that others know not to tidy it away. No more anxiety over “but it’s not finished!” and I convey the message that the ideas and creations of a child are respected and viewed as far more important than the tidiness of the room. The idea is working too well for me to not share it, so here is a link to download copies of the resources I have made, help yourselves. #givechildrenownership #workinprogress #simpleyetsignificant #EYFS #reception #letthembelittle #learningthroughplay #makeitfun #activelearning #theteachertraveller #messylearning #funlearning #earlyyears #teacher #learn #littleones #kindergarten #geraldthetravellinggiraffe #teach #explore #noworksheetsallowed

FREE DOWNLOAD :) Children write best when they are given something meaningful to write about. After all, who wouldn’t want to write something silly in a puppet giraffe’s speech bubble?! Development matters early learning goals for writing included on each page :) Have fun! The Teacher Traveller :)