Are you looking to introduce your pupils to a new author? Do you have a focus author for each week or half term? If so, this download is perfect for you. This download contains 21 linked audio books by Julia Donaldson. Expose your pupils to a wide range of beautiful stories. Books include- The Gruffalo, Superworm, Monkey Puzzle and others. Please do rate and review below. AM x

This FREE download contains two fantastic resources to use with your class! 1-The first document contains a ‘Book Talk Map’. This is the perfect document to guide your discussion after story time with questions to encourage children to think critically and imaginatively to gain a deeper understanding and appreciation for the colour monster. High quality book talk is imperative in supporting a reading for pleasure attitude in our pupils. These questions provide a prompt for rich discussion questioning children’s perspectives on the book and what they like or dislike about it. 2-The second document provides an ‘Activity Map’ with a variety of activities and tasks you could set your pupils based around The Colour Monster. Reading for pleasure and children’s literature is a passion of mine so I hope that you enjoy this resources as much as I have enjoyed making it! Please do rate and review below. AM x

Do you need to improve, diversify and increase the number of books in your class library? Then this download is perfect for you! This download contains 60 QR codes linked to a variety of different read aloud books aimed at Year 2 aged children. All you need to do is open up your camera or QR code scanner and scan the QR code which will take you to a read aloud of the book on the card. Please be aware that sometimes laminating the cards can effect the way the QR Code works. Top Tip #1- Print a few of these cards at a time and rotate them on a weekly or half-termly basis to keep your reception classroom library fresh and interesting. Please do review and rate below. AM x

Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to engage your pupils in practicing phonics rules? If the answer is yes then look no further than this phonics snakes and ladders download. This download comes with 2 different game boards for children to practice the /igh/ trigraph. All you need is a dice and counters. This is a lovely way to encourage children to support each other with their phonics knowledge and application to verbalise a variety of words to increase their language acquisition. Top Tip #1- Laminate the game boards so that they can be reused year after year! Top Tip #2- If you want to challenge your pupils and get them embedding the words within their speech after each roll of the dice challenge them to come up with a sentence that includes the word they landed on… After all a child will never write the word if they haven’t read and spoken the word first. Please do rate and review below. AM x

Do you need to improve, diversify and increase the number of books in your class library? Then this download is perfect for you! This download contains 60 QR codes linked to a variety of different read aloud books aimed at reception aged children. All you need to do is open up your camera or QR code scanner and scan the QR code which will take you to a read aloud of the book on the card. Please be aware that sometimes laminating the cards can effect the way the QR Code works. Top Tip #1- Print a few of these cards at a time and rotate them on a weekly or half-termly basis to keep your reception classroom library fresh and interesting. Please do review and rate below. AM x

Are you setting up your classroom ready for a new school year? Have you got new pupils? Do you work in EYFS? If yes, then this download is perfect for you! This download contains 12 QR Codes linked to read alouds of the perfect books for a smooth start to September. The collection includes books covering themes of friendship, what to expect in school and dealing with first day nerves. Some of the books included are- The colour monster starts school Mr Men and Little Miss go to school The smart cookie Please be aware that sometimes laminating the cards can effect the way the QR Code works. Please do review and rate below. AM x

Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to engage your pupils in practicing phonics rules? If the answer is yes then look no further than this phonics snakes and ladders download. This download comes with 3 different game boards for children to practice the /ch/ digraph. All you need is a dice and counters. This is a lovely way to encourage children to support each other with their phonics knowledge and application to verbalise a variety of words to increase their language acquisition. Top Tip #1- Laminate the game boards so that they can be reused year after year! Top Tip #2- If you want to challenge your pupils and get them embedding the words within their speech after each roll of the dice challenge them to come up with a sentence that includes the word they landed on… After all a child will never write the word if they haven’t read and spoken the word first. Please do rate and review below. AM x

Are you teaching the Space and Earth topic in your class at the moment? Or do you have some budding astronauts amongst your pupils? If so, this is the perfect download for you to engage children in the love of space exploration and reading combined. This download contains 14 QR Code slips which when scanned take you to a video of astronauts on board the Space Station reading story books. This would be the perfect starter or end to your lesson on space or to end the day with a fun, unique story time. Top Tip #1- Print and pop these out in your classes’ reading corner or school library to enable the children to access these unique videos whenever they wish. Top Tip #2- Have these ready to go for British Science Week to promote astronomy as a career path for your pupils. Please do rate and review below. AM x

Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to engage your pupils in practicing the common exception words? If the answer is yes then look no further than this phonics snakes and ladders download. This free download comes with 6 different game boards for children to practice words which are phonologically difficult or impossible to decode. All you need is a dice and counters. This is a lovely way to encourage children to support each other with their phonics knowledge and application to verbalise a variety of words to increase their language acquisition. Perfect as a quick warm up game, plenary or pre-prepared activity for fast finishers. Top Tip #1- Laminate the game boards so that they can be reused year after year! Top Tip #2- If you want to challenge your pupils and get them embedding the words within their speech after each roll of the dice challenge them to come up with a sentence that includes the word they landed on… After all a child will never write the word if they haven’t read and spoken the word first. Please do rate and review below. AM x

Yayy summer is here! But do you ever worry about how much reading your new pupils will be doing over the summer holidays? This free download is the perfect way to encourage reading for pleasure and maintain healthy reading habits over the summer. This bingo style challenge encourages children to associate reading with fun by challenging them to read in new locations such as their summer holiday and listen to an audio book. This download is a great way to get children ready and reading for the next year at school whilst also challenging themselves to see how many of the boxes they can cross off. Top Tip #1 Give each child one of these challenge cards on your transition day to outline the importance you as a teacher place on reading and reading for pleasure. Please do rate and review below. AM x

Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to engage your pupils in practicing phonics rules? If the answer is yes then look no further than this phonics snakes and ladders download. This download comes with 3 different game board for children to practice CVC words. All you need is a dice and counters. This is a lovely way to encourage children to support each other with their phonics knowledge and application to verbalise a variety of words to increase their language acquisition. Top Tip #1- Laminate the game boards so that they can be reused year after year! Top Tip #2- If you want to challenge your pupils and get them embedding the words within their speech after each roll of the dice challenge them to come up with a sentence that includes the word they landed on… After all a child will never write the word if they haven’t read and spoken the word first. Please do rate and review below. AM x

Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to engage your pupils in practicing phonics rules? If the answer is yes then look no further than this phonics snakes and ladders download. This download comes with 2 different game board for children to practice the /ay/ digraph. All you need is a dice and counters. This is a lovely way to encourage children to support each other with their phonics knowledge and application to verbalise a variety of words to increase their language acquisition. Top Tip #1- Laminate the game boards so that they can be reused year after year! Top Tip #2- If you want to challenge your pupils and get them embedding the words within their speech after each roll of the dice challenge them to come up with a sentence that includes the word they landed on… After all a child will never write the word if they haven’t read and spoken the word first. Please do rate and review below. AM x

Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to engage your pupils in practicing phonics rules? If the answer is yes then look no further than this phonics snakes and ladders download. This download comes with 2 different game boards for children to practice the /th/ digraph. All you need is a dice and counters. This is a lovely way to encourage children to support each other with their phonics knowledge and application to verbalise a variety of words to increase their language acquisition. Top Tip #1- Laminate the game boards so that they can be reused year after year! Top Tip #2- If you want to challenge your pupils and get them embedding the words within their speech after each roll of the dice challenge them to come up with a sentence that includes the word they landed on… After all a child will never write the word if they haven’t read and spoken the word first. Please do rate and review below. AM x

Every child should see themselves in the books available to them in the classroom and this download will help you to achieve that! This download contains over 30 books suitable for KS2 children including a range of characters and themes including BAME characters, neurodiversity, physical difficulties, cultural diversity, medical conditions and real life heroes. I hope that this download benefits your class in making every child feel welcome and acknowledged. Please do rate and review below. AM x

Are you looking to introduce your pupils to a new author? Do you have a focus author for each week or half term? If so, this download is perfect for you. This download contains 12 linked audio books from English author Rachel Bright. Each one of the linked stories has a lovely narrative and beautiful images. Books include- The Lion inside, The Koala who Could, Love Monster and The Hugasaurus. If you enjoy listening to these books please purchase the hard copy and support the author! Please do rate and review below. AM x

Do you need to improve, diversify and increase the number of books in your class library? Do you need more positive reading role models within your school? If so, then this download is perfect for you! This download contains 24 QR codes linked to a variety of different read aloud books aimed at EYFS and KS1 aged children. All you need to do is open up your camera or QR code scanner and scan the QR code which will take you to a read aloud of the book on the card. Please be aware that sometimes laminating the cards can effect the way the QR Code works. This collection contains stories read by- Tom Hardy Tom Hiddlestone Chris Hemsworth Harry Styles Oti Mabuse Vicky McClure and many others… Top Tip #1- Print a few of these cards at a time and rotate them on a weekly or half-termly basis to keep your reception classroom library fresh and interesting. Please do review and rate below. AM x

Are you looking to introduce your pupils to a new author? Do you have a focus author for each week or half term? If so, this download is perfect for you. This download contains 16 linked audio books from author JOliver Jeffers. Each one of the linked stories has a lovely moral or meaning to take from the story. Not to mention, lovely illustrations! Books include- The Day the Crayons Quit, Up and Down, What we’ll build and Here we are. Please do rate and review below. AM x

Do you need to improve, diversify and increase the number of books in your class library? Then this download is perfect for you! This download contains 60 QR codes linked to a variety of different read aloud books aimed at Year 1 aged children. All you need to do is open up your camera or QR code scanner and scan the QR code which will take you to a read aloud of the book on the card. Please be aware that sometimes laminating the cards can effect the way the QR Code works. Top Tip #1- Print a few of these cards at a time and rotate them on a weekly or half-termly basis to keep your reception classroom library fresh and interesting. Please do review and rate below. AM x

This download includes four different bingo-style reading challenges, which can be sent out at multiple points in the year. The reading challenges includes a ‘Christmas reading challenge’, which encourage children to read in festive spots like next to the Christmas tree and whilst wearing a Santa hat. It also includes an Easter reading challenge, which encourages children to read on Easter Sunday and on Good Friday, a half term reading challenge, which encourages children to read new genres such as a recipe, interview with their favourite celebrity and a newspaper. This download also includes the Summer Reading Challenge available on my TES account. This download is the perfect way to maintain children’s reading habits during time away from school and promote a reading for pleasure attitude in every pupil. Top Tip #1- When children hand back their reading challenge, there could be a reward or mini-certificate for children who have managed to cross off every square. Please do rate and review below. AM x

This download contains over 40 comprehension questions to encourage criticality and reading for pleasure. These questions, which can be tailored and applied to the story or piece of text your class is reading, develop a child’s comprehension skills by developing their ability to predict, explain and pick out key vocabulary. Top Tip #1- Cut these stars out and stick them to lollipop sticks to use as a plenary to guided reading sessions or to act as extension questions, which can independently be selected by pupils. Please do review and rate below! AM x