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Literacy for early years
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.
Sharing a Shell story sack resources
The pack includes:
Banner- a long colourful banner for your display
‘Under the sea’ banner- a long alternative banner to use
Display border
Characters- large coloured pictures of the sea creatures in the story- these have been drawn by myself and are not copies from the book
Story words- as set of word cards with words relating to the story- great to add to your display or use on your writing area
Story questions- a set of decorated cards with questions about the story
Title poster- a colourful poster with the title, authors name and illustrators’ name
Information cards
Flash cards- word and picture flash cards
Photos
Face masks
Puppets
Sequencing pictures
Story props
A4 word card
Colourful crab alphabet line
Worksheets- various worksheets including speech bubbles, writing and drawing about the favourite part of the story, drawing what happens next, matching the word to picture, writing about the characters and questions about the story
Writing pages- four photocopiable sheets with borders for the children to write about the story or to include in your writing area
Design a book cover
Word searches
Sea creature writing sheets- a set of photocopiable writing sheets with space to write inside the outline of different sea creatures
Shell number line
Worksheets- fill in the missing number on the starfish, complete the addition and subtraction sums, count the number of sea creatures and cut out and order the numbered shells
Play dough mats- a set of colourful mats to use with play dough for the children to make the correct number of sea creatures on each card
Odd and even number line- a number line to 50 on red and blue starfish
Five little fishes number rhyme
Five pretty shells number rhyme- with rhyme card, props and masks
Story questions- answer the questions about the story and click on the correct answer
Counting Power point
Sea creatures- learn all about some different sea creatures
Five little fishes
Five pretty shells- a powerpoint of the number rhyme
Puppets
Face masks
Colouring pictures
Cut and stick worksheet- cut and colour the sea creatures and add them to the rock pool or use paints to print different sea creatures on the scene
Rock pool worksheet- draw some different things in the rock pool
Crab craft- cut out the pieces of the cute crab and use split pins to make a moving model
Tracing worksheets
Sea creature outlines
Matching pairs
Picture bingo
Jigsaw game- throw a die and collect the numbered part of your sea creature
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.
WE'RE GOING ON A BEAR HUNT story resource pack
Display resources:
A long display banner
A large colour bear and a cave picture- great to add to a display
Story word cards- these are great to add to your display or use in the writing area when writing about the story of 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'
A display border of footprints and bear paw prints-these can be printed as many times as you like to border a display of any size
A display page with the title, author and illustrator on
Colourful pictures of the different parts of the story
Bear footprints- these can be added to a display or used on the floor to create trails- also great to use for outdoor play
Footprints of boots- great for outdoor play and creating trails
Photobucket
Literacy resources:
An alphabet line of bears holding each letter- these could also be used to spell different words
Colour and black and white story sequence cards
An A4 word card- great to use when writing about 'We're going on a bear hunt'
Various worksheets with speech bubbles, missing words, questions etc
Various colour and black and white writing pages- these could be added to the writing area or used to quickly display children's work
Maths resources:
A number line up to 50 with bears each holding a number
Individual desktop number lines up to 10 and 20 with bears
Counting cards up to 10 with bears to count
Various themed worksheets -addition, subtraction and missing numbers
A size activity to put the different sized bears in order- in colour and as a worksheet
Positional cards and pictures to put the bear over, in, under the cave etc
Understanding of the World resources:
A Powerpoint about different bears and where they live
A Powerpoint about brown bears
Colour photos of brown bears
Colour photos of different bears
Fact cards about different bears
Photos of the different areas visited in the story- a cave, long grass, mud etc
Activities:
Pictures of the different areas visited in the story for the children to colour
A moving bear to make using split pins
Colour face masks of the characters and the bear- great for retelling the story or making up new stories
Black and white face masks of the characters
Songs and rhymes about bears and mud
Playdough mats based on the story
Games to make and play:
A colourful board game- this prints on 2 A4 pages
A Build-the-Bear game- collect the pieces needed to make your bear
A game of snap based on the story
A colourful bingo game
Colourful picture dominoes
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.
Police role play pack
A bumper pack full of posters, signs, flashcards, pictures and writing opportunities to set up a role play area of a Police Station
The pack includes:
· A large colourful display banner
· Large A4 size letters of 'Police Station' - a great alternative for the role play area
· Large policeman and policewoman picture
· Large colour pictures of different things used by the police such as hats, whistle, handcuffs
· Topic word and picture cards
· A checked border which can be used on display and the police station notice boards
· A clock to make to display in the police station
· A number line to 50 on police helmets
· An alphabet line on police traffic cones- great to use in your outside area
· A plain police traffic cone- great for use in the outside area-laminate and attach to a block for the children to place where it is needed
· Police warning tape- laminate this and make into strips for the children to place around crime scenes
· Signs for your police station including 'Interview room', 'cells', 'store cupboard' etc.
· Dial 999 poster to display in your police station
· Police badges to make
· Police hats to make
Writing resources:
· An A4 incident book to make with cover and pages- this is in both colour and black and white
· A small incident book for the police officers to carry around with them
· An A4 prisoner book to make with cover and pages- this is in both colour and black and white
· Crime reporting forms
· Police identity cards
· Various wanted posters to draw and write on
· Five different writing pages-these can be used in the role play area and also for topic work
· Emergency message sheets
· Finger print forms
· Note and message pages
· A speeding ticket- great to use in the outdoor play area with the vehicles
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.
Campsite role play pack- Outdoor play
A great pack full of posters, signs, flashcards, pictures and writing opportunities to set up a role play area of a Camp site
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.
A great pack to incorporate in the outdoor play area and to include in a topic on Holidays.
The pack includes:
· A large colourful display banner
· Large A4 size letters of ‘Campsite’ - a great alternative for the role play area
· Large colour pictures of different things on a campsite such as tents, shop, water tap etc
· Word and picture cards of different camping equipment
· A4 posters with words of different camping equipment
· A display border which can be used in your role play area and on notice boards in your campsite
· A number line to 50 on red and green tents
· An alphabet line on trees- great for your outside area
· Signs for your campsite including toilets, showers, water tap etc
· Posters for your campsite including ‘Keep dogs on leads’, ‘No fires’, ‘Please clear up your rubbish’ etc
· Badges for the campsite staff to wear
· Camping pitch numbers
· Posters about things that are happening on the campsite, woodland walk signs, welcome posters, pitches available signs, picnic spot posters
· Campsite rates posters
Writing resources:
· Booking forms
· Telephone message sheets
· A book cover for telephone booking and pages for the book
· Jobs to do lists
· Postcards to write
· Inspection sheets for the campsite to check the toilets, rubbish on the site, who is on each pitch etc
· A form to fill in naming who is camped in each pitch
· Blank posters to add writing to
· Four blank pages with camping themed borders which can be used in the role play area or as a writing activity
· A kit check form to be used by the campers
· Comments form for the campers to fill in after their stay
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.
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
Father Christmas Needs a Wee story resource pack
Father Christmas Needs a Wee
A funny festive counting book- at every house Father Christmas eats and drinks the tasty treats that have been left for him but he realises he has forgotten to do something really important and then he really really needs a wee!
These resources support the fun book by Nicholas Allan.
The pack includes:
Display banner- A long banner for a display with pictures
Father Christmas- A large picture of Father Christmas for your displays
Display lettering- Large letters to spell out ‘Father Christmas’ decorated in red and whte stripes
Number line- A number line to 50 on Christmas doors
Alphabet line- An alphabet line on Elves
Story words- Word cards with words relating to the story- great to include in your writing area
Counting cards- Cards from 1-10 with different numbers of drinks to count
Speech bubble worksheets- Various worksheets to fill in the speech bubbles
Word mat- An A4 word mat with pictures to help when writing about the story
Face masks- Colour and black and white face masks of Father Christmas and Elves to use for story telling and role play
Father Christmas model- Make a model of Father Christmas using split pins
Playdough mats- Various colourful mats to use with play dough for counting and Christmas
Matching pairs- A colourful matching pairs game to make and play
Colour Elves- Different coloured elves with the colour name
Worksheet- Design a new drink for Father Christmas
Christmas tree game- Spin the spinner and collect different decorations for your tree
Banner- A long ‘Happy Christmas’ banner for your classroom decorated with holly leaves
Worksheets- Various worksheets to draw different parts of the story, to draw your food and drink for Father Christmas and to design a sleigh for Father Christmas
Game- Deliver all the presents in your sleigh first to win the game
Maths worksheets- Various worksheets with counting, addition, subtraction and symmettry
Design a decoration- Design a new decoration for your Christmas tree
Decorations- Various Christmas decorations to cut out and colour
Game- Roll a die and cover the numbered star in the night sky- plus a version to use two dice and add the numbers together and cover the number
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.
Elmer's Colours resource pack- display, games, activities
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border 1- a rainbow coloured display border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Display border 2- an elephant parade display border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Large lettering- large letters with a colourful patchwork pattern to spell ‘Elmer’s Colours’
Photographs- coloured photos of elephants- great for discussion and displays
Colour splats- large ‘splats’ of colour with the colour name on them-great for your Elmer display or in the creative area of your classroom
Colours posters- A4 posters showing different objects of each colour
Large display pictures- large pictures for display- great for talking about the colours and also great to cut up and make into jigsaws
LITERACY
A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story
Rainbow alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on rainbows
Phonemes on leaves- all of the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds scheme on leaves to create an eye-catching display
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 bubble to show what Elmer is saying
Writing worksheet- write some sentences about the different pictures on the worksheets
Label the elephant
NUMERACY
Number line
Counting worksheets
Dot to dot worksheets- from 1-10, 1-15 and 1-20
Counting cards
Colour by numbers
Number rhyme- an elephant number rhyme with singing props and masks
GAMES
Matching boards- collect the different coloured objects for each board- this can be used as a game or an independent activity
Colour bingo
Matching pairs
ACTIVITIES
Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppet elephants
Face masks- colour and decorate the Elmer and elephant masks
Colouring- a collection of colouring worksheets
Elephant template- An elephant outline to cut out and decorate
Tracing sheets- dotted pictures to trace
Colour book- make your own book about colours with spaces to draw different coloured objects on each page
Play dough mats- a collection of themed mats to use with play dough
STORY TELLING
Face masks
Stick puppets- coloured stick puppets of Elmer and different coloured elephants
Story sack tag
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.
Peace at Last story resource pack- Phonics Phase 1
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border- a themed display 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
Large coloured pictures- large character pictures to print out and use on a display
Question cards- questions on decorated cards about the story to use as prompts or to add to a display
Sound posters- a set of colourful posters showing the different things that made sounds in the story
LITERACY
Alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on owls
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
Favourite part if the story- draw and write about your favourite part of the story
Writing worksheet- write some sentences about the different pictures on the worksheets
Match the noise- match the different pictures to labels
‘b’ for bear- a worksheet all about the letter ‘b’
Sequencing worksheet- cut and order the pictures
NUMERACY
Number line
Counting worksheets
Make the clock- cut and stick the clock numbers onto the cuckoo clock
Missing numbers- differentiated worksheets to fill in the missing numbers on the stars
Counting cards
GAMES
Picture bingo
Make the sound- pick a card and make the sound for the others to guess
ACTIVITIES
Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppets
Face masks- colour and decorate the face masks
Colouring- a collection of colouring worksheets
Make some big ears-make you own paper big ears to go on a listening walk with instructions and picture cards for discussion
STORY TELLING
Sequence pictures- a set of coloured pictures to use when retelling the story
Face masks- a set of coloured face masks to use when retelling the story or making up new stories
Stick puppets- coloured stick puppets to use when retelling the story
Story sack tag- a tag to add to your story telling sack
POWER POINTS
Sound lotto- click on the stars to listen to the sounds and cover them on your lotto boards
Guess the sounds- an interactive activity to choose the correct sound they can hear on each page
Make the sounds- look at the different pictures and use your instruments to make the sounds
Voice sounds- listen to the sounds on each page and use your voice to make the different sounds
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.
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
The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch story resource pack- Powerpoints, games, literacy, story telling
A great resource pack to accompany the lovely children’s book ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’ by Ronda Armitage.
Banner- a long colourful display banner
Display borders- colourful borders to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
A4 word card- great to use when writing about the story
Story words- decorated words relating to the story-great to use on a display or in the writing area
Question cards-with questions about the story
Title page- a colourful page with the title, author and illustrator of the story
Picture and word cards
Photos- of different lighthouses- great for displays and discussion
Food display cards- colourful cards showing the different foods that Mrs Grinling put into the basket
Worksheets- various worksheets about the story such as thinking of ways to trick the seagulls, favourite meals, drawing parts of the story etc
Number line- A number line on lighthouses
Height lighthouses- order the different lighthouses in size order
Counting worksheets- count the number of seagulls and write the number in the boxes- a version for numbers up to 5 and for up to 10
Face masks- coloured masks to make and use when retelling the story or making new stories
Story props- large coloured props to use when retelling the story
Puppets- stick puppets to make of Mr Grinling, Mrs Grinling, Hamish the cat and the seagulls
Lighthouses- all about lighthouses and what they are used for
Maths- count the number of seagulls on each page and click on the correct answer
Story Powerpoint- answer the questions about the story and click on the correct answer
Phonemes on seagulls- all of the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds scheme on seagulls- these look great on a display of paper ‘rocks’
Speech bubble worksheets
Book review- write about the story and draw a picture
Worksheets-various worksheets about the story and characters
Word search- two different word searches with words relating to the story
Flying seagull- cut out and assemble a seagull which can be hung from the ceiling to make a flock of seagulls
Lighthouse- cut out and rearrange the lighthouse parts before sticking them onto your page
Colouring pictures- a collection of pictures to colour of the characters, food in the story, seaside scenes etc
Moving basket sheet- use a split pin to make the basket move from the cottage to the lighthouse
Make a basket- make a 3D basket and then draw some food to cut out and add to the basket
Face masks
Bingo- a colourful picture bingo game
Dominoes
Dice game- roll a die and cover the correctly numbered seagull
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 publishers of the story or any related stories or products.
A House for Hermit Crab story resource pack
An engaging pack for the story ‘A House for Hermit Crab’ by Eric Carle. The pack includes worksheets, display materials, games, activities and crafts and is great to include in a sea life or seaside unit.
The pack includes:
A long colourful display banner
A display border with colourful Hermit crabs
An A4 word card to use when writing about the story and sea creatures
A title poster for display
Word and picture cards of the different sea creatures in the story
Word cards with words relating to the story on sea shells
Sea creature flash cards
Sea creature fact cards with simple facts about the sea creatures in the story
Tracing pattern worksheets
Match the label to the correct sea creature worksheet
Colour photographs of different sea creatures and underwater scenes- great for discussion and displays
Design a new house for Hermit crab worksheet
Label the sea creatures worksheets
A Hermit crab fact book to make and complete
Fact posters about Hermit crabs with colour photographs
Sequencing picture cards for the story
Cut and paste sequence worksheet
What happens next worksheets
My favourite part of the story worksheet
Comparing my house to Hermit crabs house worksheet- with different version for different abilities
Cut and paste the months of the year with pictures of the corresponding sea creature
Month cards for display with corresponding sea creatures
Beginning, middle and end worksheet
Count the different sea creatures on the shell worksheets
An alphabet line on Hermit crabs
A number line to 30 on different sea creatures
A crab face mask to make- in colour and black and white
Writing paper with themed borders
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.
Mr Gumpy's Outing story sack resources
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banner
Display border
Word cards- words on boats relating to the story
Word and picture flashcards- colourful cards to add to a display or writing area
Title page
Animal photos- a collection of coloured photos of the different animals in the story
Large coloured pictures- large character and animal pictures and a large boat to print out and use on a display
LITERACY
A4 word card
Animal alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on animals
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
Questions for Mr Gumpy- a worksheet for the children to think of some questions to ask Mr Gumpy
Rules worksheet- write some rules for the children and animals to follow on keeping safe in the boat
Favourite part of the story
Writing worksheet- write some sentences about the different pictures on the worksheets
CVC words- unscramble the letters to spell the CVC words to match the pictures
NUMERACY
Boat number line- a number line to 50 on boats
Missing number worksheets- fill in the missing numbers on the boats plus a blank worksheet so you can differentiate
Counting worksheets- count the number of animals - three differentiated worksheets with numbers from 1-3, numbers to 5 and numbers to 10
Dot to dot worksheets- three dot to dot worksheets from 1-10, 1-15 and 1-20
Addition and subtraction worksheets- various worksheets to add or subtract the numbers on the cottages plus blank worksheets to allow you to differentiate
Number book- draw the correct number of animals in the boats on each page
Ordinal number animal- an ordinal number line up to 10
GAMES
Matching pairs- match the pictures to play matching pairs or snap
Fill the boat- collect the different characters needed to fill your boat
Sound lotto- a Power point game- listen to the different animal sounds and cover the pictures on your lotto board
Picture bingo- cover the different pictures from the story
ACTIVITIES
Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppet characters
Make a boat- make an origami boat from paper
Mr Gumpy’s house- draw Mr Gumpy’s house by the river
Tea worksheet- make a list of food needed for the tea and draw the food on the plate
Floating and sinking- carry out an experiment to see which items will float and which will sink in the water
Guess the animals- cards to use on displays or for discussion with clues about the different animals
Boat design
Pet shop role play pack
A bumper pack with lots of forms, signs and pictures to set up a role play area of a Pet Shop
The pack is great for use in the EYFS and also within KS1 and 2 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 spell ‘Pet Shop’ -each letter is decorated with small pictures of items for sale in the pet shop,
A ‘Pet Shop’ banner with small pictures of animal accessories and food etc,
Large colour pictures of the pets and pet accessories for sale such as dog collars, food bowls, animal tanks etc,
Large black and white pictures of the pets and pet accessories for sale in the shop -great for art work or collage work,
Posters decorated with small pictures of animal related items- open/ closed, opening times plus a blank opening times poster for you to fill in your own opening times,
Posters advertising the pet accessories suggesting what you will need to buy for each pet and with special offers,
Smaller posters for each pet with a list of accessories needed for that pet,
Animal signs,
Leaflets to print in colour or black and white with information about keeping that pet,
Lots of forms to encourage writing such as order forms, telephone messages, animal cleaning tick list, animal feeding tick lists, jobs to do,
A number line to 30 on paw prints,
Posters advertising dog training sessions, dog groomers etc,
Food packets to cut out and assemble and labels to stick onto tins and packets to make them into ‘dog food’ or ‘cat food’ etc
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
Cafe role play pack- restaurant, coffee shop
A bumper pack with lots of posters, banners and pictures to set up a role play area of a Cafe
The pack is great for use in the EYFS and also within KS1 and KS2
The pack includes:
A large banner with ‘Cafe’, decorated with food pictures
A large banner with ‘Restaurant’, decorated with food pictures
Large coloured pictures of different food to buy and the crockery to use
A colourful drinks poster
A large colourful food poster
Hats to make for the staff to wear
Name badges to make for the staff to wear
A colourful poster with space for you to add the price of the food- this enables you to price it according to the ability of the children
Sandwich filling labels, drinks labels and food labels
A large colourful sandwich filling poster
An open and closed sign for you cafe with pictures of food on
Opening times posters for you cafe
A sandwich filling order form with pictures of the different sandwich types and fillings available
A colour and black and white menu for your cafe
Order forms in colour and black and white for the cafe
Decorated notes and messages paper to encourage writing in the role play area
Ice cream shop role play pack- Summer, seaside, ice cream parlour
Ice cream shop role play pack
Great for ourdoor or indoor play in the Early years and also for KS1 and KS2
The pack includes:
Large (A4 sized) coloured pictures of different ice creams and lollies -great for a background display
A5 sized labels of the different things in the shop eg cones, chocolate sprinkles, strawberry sauce, dishes etc
A5 sized cards showing the different ice creams and lollies 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
Double sided cones and lollies to make, with different flavours and sizes of ice cream to put in them
4 different ice cream seller hats to make to use in the role play
A large title ‘Ice cream shop’
Order forms
Note paper and telephone message paper
Ice cream themed bunting to cut out and decorate the shop -this can be made as long as you wish by printing out more times
An ice cream number line up to 30
Winnie the Witch story resource pack- Halloween
This pack is designed to be used with the stories about ‘Winnie the Witch' and is a great pack to as Halloween.
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border- a themed display border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Word cards- words on stars relating to the story
Large coloured pictures- large character pictures to print out and use on a display
Question cards- questions on decorated cards about the story to use as prompts or to add to a display
Display lettering- an alternative display title with large letters decorated with rainbow stars
Colours posters- A4 posters of Wilbur the cat in different colours with the colour name
LITERACY
Wilbur alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on different coloured Wilburs
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- a search with words from the story to find
Favourite part if the story- draw and write about your favourite part of the story
Write a spell- A cauldron worksheet to write a new spell for Winnie the Witch
NUMERACY
Witches hat number line- a number line to 50 on colourful witches’ hats
Size ordering- cut and order the magic wands by length
Counting cards- count the pictures from 1-10
Counting worksheets- Count the different pictures on each page
GAMES
Matching pairs- match the pictures to play matching pairs or snap
Picture bingo- cover the different colour Wilburs
Find Wilbur- a collection of coloured cats to hide and find in the outside area or indoors
ACTIVITIES
Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppets
Face masks- colour and decorate the face masks of Winnie the Witch and Wilbur the cat
Colouring- colouring worksheets
Design an outfit- design a new multi-coloured outfit for Winnie the Witch
Design a hat- design your own witches hat
Make a wand- colour and make your own witches wand
STORY TELLING
Face masks- coloured face masks to use when retelling the story or making up new stories
Stick puppets- coloured stick puppets to use when retelling the story
Story sack tag- two different tags to add to your story telling sack
Story props- large coloured props to use when retelling the story
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.
Shark in the Park story resource pack
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border- a themed display border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Word cards- words on stars relating to the story
Large coloured pictures- large character pictures to print out and use on a display
Park photos- colourful photographs of some different parks and things you might find in parks
Shark photos- lovely photographs of sharks –great for displays and discussion
Shark fact cards- Some simple facts about sharks ready to display
LITERACY
Shark alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on sharks
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
Shark information booklet- make your own booklet with simple facts about sharks
Favourite part if the story- draw and write about your favourite part of the story
Rhyme cards- match the rhyming words from the story
Find the fins- hide the phonics fins in your outdoor area and see which the children can find
‘ar’ worksheet
‘sh’ worksheet
NUMERACY
Daisy number line
Size ordering- cut and order the sharks by size
Counting cards
Missing numbers- 3 differentiated worksheets to fill in the missing numbers on the sharks
Draw the teeth on the shark- look at the numbers to draw the correct number of teeth on each shark
Number rhyme pack- a resource pack for the rhyme ‘5 little ducks’ including rhyme card, props and face masks
Counting worksheets
GAMES
Matching pairs
Shark game- collect teeth to complete your shark
Picture dominoes
ACTIVITIES
Stick puppet- colour and make your own stick puppet of Timothy Pope and the animals in the story
Face mask- colour and decorate the face mask of Timothy Pope and the animals in the story
Colouring
What can you see through the telescope?- draw what you could see through a telescope
Design a park- cut and stick pictures to design your own park or draw your own design
Cut and stick shark teeth- practise your cutting skills to cut out teeth for the shark
Make a telescope- follow the instructions to make your own pretend telescope
STORY TELLING
Face masks
Stick puppets- coloured stick puppets to use when retelling the story
Story sack tag
Story props- large coloured props to use when retelling the story
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
The Tiger who came to Tea story sack resources
The pack includes:
Colourful pictures of the characters in the story- these have been hand drawn by myself and are not the exact pictures from the book
Black and white pictures of the characters in the story 'The Tiger Who Came to Tea' for the children to colour or collage to make a colourful display
A large title banner with tiger print border
A smaller colourful title poster
A number line to 50 on tea cups
An alphabet line on milk bottles
Fact cards about real tigers
Colourful face masks to print and make of the Tiger and other characters in the story
Black and white face masks for the children to decorate
Stick puppets of the characters and props in the story 'The Tiger Who Came to Tea' for the children to retell the story or make up other stories
Various Literacy worksheets for different abilities
Various Maths worksheets for different abilities
A colourful shopping bingo game,
A 'Tiger Who Came to Tea' themed board game to make and play
A colourful tiger print display border- this can be printed as many times as you like to frame a display board of any size
Word flash cards of key words from the story- these are great to display when the children are writing about the story
An A4 word card
Question cards with questions about the story- these are great on a display to promote thinking about the story