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Diwali activities- Maths and Literacy, games
This pack is perfect for teaching your children about the Hindu festival of Diwali.
There are two emergent reader books for different abilities- the easier version has 7 pages and slightly more difficult version has 9 pages.
There are a variety of activities which can be used as Maths and Literacy including:
Cut and paste numbered diya lamps from 1-5 and 1-10.
Roll and colour diya lamp sheets to use with one die for number recognition (or counting if using a dotty die) to 6 and colouring sheets to use for adding the numbers on two dice together.
Missing number cards which can be laminated and used with dry-wipe pens or the students can copy the sequence in their books. There are 20 different cards with numbers up to 20. There are also number cards to 20 on coloured diya lamps which can be placed on the missing numbers on the cards or can be used as a separate center to order the numbers.
Diya lamp size ordering cut and paste sheet.
Write the room- 8 colored Diwali cards to find and write the words and also blank cards to make your own version.
Make the sentences- cut and paste the beginning and end of the sentences to make 4 sentences.
Sentence scramble- coloured cards to make the 4 sentences and four cut and paste sheets to make and write the sentence.
Also included are the following activities:
A Diwali acrostic poem sheet
Comparing celebrations sheet for writing or drawing
Diwali facts sheet- two versions of this
Two Diwali themed word searches
A missing word sheet for Diwali
A set of 6 Rangoli patterns to trace and color
A colorful Rangoli matching pairs game
Four different page borders for writing activities in color and ready to print
CVC resource pack- games, worksheets etc- Letters and Sounds, phonics, spelling
A great pack with lots of files for literacy for you to print off and use
This pack would be great to use with the Letters and Sounds phonics scheme or with other phonics schemes to use in your teaching and for the children to use independently and in groups.
Included in the pack are:
Flash cards in colour and black and white with the picture and word and just with words or just pictures,
Flash cards with space to write the word underneath (when laminated these can be used with dry-wipe pens),
Flash cards with the letters than can be hidden so children can say what the initial, medial or end sound is,
Bingo games with the different medial sounds and a mixture of medial sounds,
Large vowel and alphabet cards for the children to hold to make CVC words,
Loop game card sets,
Word wheels,
Matching pairs game,
dominoes,
Board games to make and play,
Spelling worksheets,
Reading worksheets
Plus lots more!
Hanukkah Jewish festival resources
A great resource pack for the Jewish festival of Hanukkah which will help you teach your children all about the festival.
The pack includes:
Powerpoint- A Powerpoint about the festival of Hanukkah -when it is, what is eaten, how it is celebrated -the pages could also be printed off to enable you to create a class book for the children to read
Photographs- Colour photos of a Menorah, a Dreidel, Hanukkah Gelt and people lighting the Menorah candles- great to add to your displays or for discussion
Word cards
Fact cards- Fact cards about the festival of Hanukkah
Display banners- 2 different large titles for displays 'Happy Hanukkah' and 'Hanukkah' each with Hanukkah themed pictures
Display border- A colourful display border with Hanukkah themed pictures- this can be printed as many times as you need to use on a display border of any size
Writing pages- A collection of decorated A4 border pages- great for the children’s work or to add to your writing area at Hanukkah
Colour page border- A collection of colour A4 border pages- a great way to quickly display the children’s work
Colour posters- A set of A4 information posters with pictures of Gelt money, Menorah, Dreidel and Potato Latkes
Display lettering- Large letters spelling 'Hanukkah' which are decorated with pictures linked to Hanukkah-Great for a larger display
Hanukkah story- The Hanukkah story for you to read aloud to the children
Colouring posters- A collection of posters for the children to colour- these could also be printed smaller for the children to use on their Hanukkah cards
Bookmarks- A collection of Hanukkah themed bookmarks for the children to cut out and colour
Number line- A number line to 50 on colourful Dreidels
Alphabet line- An alphabet line on candles- this could also be used for other festivals or a part of a birthday display
Colour posters- A4 posters with pictures of images associated with Hanukkah
Songs and rhymes- A collection of decorated song sheets with songs and rhymes about Hanukkah including two number rhymes
Recipe- A photo recipe to make Latke cakes- a popular Hanukkah dish- the pages can be printed to make a book or used for displays
Dreidel game- A Dreidel spinner to cut out and play the game of Dreidel
Make a Dreidel- A 3D Dreidel spinner to make complete with instructions
Hanukkah cards
Acrostic poem
Maths worksheet- Count the number of Dreidels
Addition worksheet- Add the numbers on the Dreidels
Menorah Counting- Worksheets to count the number of Menorah candles lit
Cut and make a Menorah
Number dominoes
Word search
Worksheets- Match the Hanukkah words to the pictures, draw the Hanukkah pictures and fill in the missing words
Writing activities- Worksheets to write the Dreidel instructions and writing about Hanukkah
The Jolly Christmas Postman story resource pack
The pack includes:
Display banner- A long banner for a display with pictures
Colour characters- Colour pictures of the characters in the story- great for displays
Stick puppets- Smaller characters to make into puppets for retelling the story
Characters- Black and white characters to use for art work
Rhyme cards- Nursery rhyme cards of the different rhymes mentioned or pictured in the book- great to make into a rhyme book for your classroom
Number line- A number line to 50 on Christmas decorated envelopes
Character name posters- A4 posters of each character in the story with the characters’ name
Story words- Decorated word cards with words linked to the story
Lettering- Large display lettering of ‘The Jolly Christmas Postman’ decorated with holly leaves
Bingo game- A colour bingo game with the characters in the story
Sleigh game- Collect the matching parcels for your Santa sleigh
Face masks- Colour and black and white face masks of the characters in the story
Maths worksheet- Cut out and order the numbered letters- a version with numbers 1-5 and a version with numbers 1-10
Display border- Various colourful borders to print out to edge your displays- some of these could also be used for other Christmas displays
Story sack tag- A decorated tag to add to your story sack
Design worksheet- Design some postage stamps for the different characters in the story
Christmas cards- Various Christmas cards to colour and make
Christmas lists- Various decorated sheets for the children to write their lists to Santa
A4 word mat- A word mat with pictures and words relating to the story
Matching worksheet- Match the character name to the correct picture- 2 versions
Word searches- Two different word searches with words and pictures from the story
Speech bubble worksheets- Three worksheets to fill in the speech bubbles
Game outlines- Three different outlines for the children to design their own Christmas board game
Jigsaw outline- An outline of a jigsaw for the children to draw their own picture and cut out the pieces
Word wall- A Christmas word wall with the first 100 High Frequency Words on bricks and a Humpty Dumpty to sit on the wall
Gingerbread Boy game- Match the Gingerbread Boy pairs
Story worksheet- Draw and write about your favourite part of 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 author or publisher of the story or any related stories or products.
Early Years Literacy pack- phonics, alphabet, Letters and Sounds
Bumper Literacy resource on CD for the Early Years
A great pack on a handy disk to print out and use in any Early Years setting
The pack includes:
A colourful alphabet tracing card with letters to trace and the initial sound pictures around the edge
An initial sound alphabet bingo game to make and play
The first 100 High Frequency words from the Letters and Sounds scheme on colourful bricks
The next 200 High Frequency words from the Letters and Sounds scheme on colourful bricks
CVC cards with pictures and spaces for the letters so children can choose the correct letter cards to spell the words
Flash cards with missing letters for children to identify the missing sound- CVC, CCVC and CVCC cards
Alphabet fans with a letter of the alphabet on each piece- choose letters the children are learning to make up your own fans to use in your teaching
All of the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds scheme on bees, a set on colourful butterflies and a set on transport pictures
Phoneme flash cards each with the phoneme and a picture
A4 desk cards with the letters of the alphabet and corresponding initial sound pictures
A4 desk card with all of the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds scheme and the corresponding pictures
Alphabet lines on colourful parrots, a set on boats, a set on flowers and a set on frogs
Alphabet tracing cards- each card has the upper and lower case letters and an intial sound picture in colour
Colours topic resource pack- displays, Powerpoint, games, crafts
The pack includes:
A bumper photo pack of different coloured objects such as a colourful parrot, a hot air balloon, a peacock, coloured sweets etc- great for displays and discussion
An alphabet line on colourful hot air balloons- with lower case alphabet and also with lower and upper case letters
An alphabet line on kites
Posters for different colours with the colour name and lots of pictures of things in that colour
Two display banners with the word 'colours' -one in capitals and one in lower case letters
A display pack with pictures of objects with different colours and a poster asking the children what colours they can see
A number line to 50 on colourful parrots
A number line to 100 on rainbows
A dominoes colour game to print out and play
Two different colour themed bingo games
A collection of colouring sheets- some to colour by number
Rockets in different colours with the colour name on them
Colouring crayons in different colours with the colour name on them- also includes extra colours such as navy, cream etc
A colour train with multicoloured engine and each carriage in a different colour with the colour name
A collection of colour themed songs and rhymes
Craft sheets to cut, colour and create
Pairs of colourful socks to match and an ideas sheet for using the resource
Colourful birds to match to the coloured eggs in the nests and an ideas sheet for using the resource
A powerpoint about colours -the pages of this could also be printed out to make into a book
Butterflies with the colour name on them
Bead pattern cards for children to copy and continue the coloured bead pattern
Colour mixing posters
Colour flash cards in French
A colourful matching pairs game
THE TWITS teaching pack- worksheets, activities, display materials, quiz- Roald Dahl
A great resource pack for the story 'The Twits'
Included in the pack:
A colourful display banner
A book information poster
Flash cards of the characters in the story
Question cards about the story- great to add to your display
A quiz about the books with lots of questions and decorated answer sheets
A wordsearch with words relating to The Twits
A decorated book review worksheet for The Twits
Large coloured pictures the characters in The Twits
An Acrostic poem
Various character worksheets
Multiple question worksheets to use throughout the reading of the book
Write an alternative ending to the story
Write letters to Mr and Mrs Twit
A senses worksheet to write about what they can see, smell etc in the Twits' house
Write diary entries from some of the characters throughout the book
Newspaper report worksheet to write about the missing Twits
Various event worksheets to use throughout the story such as about The Shrinks, the four sticky little boys, The Muggle-Wump Monkeys etc
Sequencing worksheets
Plus more!
Year 2 Money- Block 3, week 9- Measurement
This pack covers year 2 maths for week 9 which is first half of a two week unit on money.
The pack contains 40 differentiated worksheets which cover the small steps taught and also revision/ homework sheets.
The worksheets cover the small steps:
Counting money- pence
Counting money- pounds
Notes and coins
Select money
Make the same amount
Week 10 will be available soon.
Initial sound snowmen- phonics, winter, snow
A set of snowmen to create to practice initial sounds.
Each snowman has the head with the sound on the hat and 5 picture snowballs to build your snowman.
Great for independent and group phonics activities during winter and in the run up to Christmas.
CVC snowmen activity -phonics- winter, snow
A set of 30 snowmen to make to spell CVC words.
There are 6 snowmen for each middle sound.
Great for phonics activities during winter and in the run up to Christmas.
Materials science topic pack- floating and sinking, magnets, sorting activities
A topic pack for teaching about materials
The pack includes:
Display materials including posters, banner, photos etc
A materials bingo game
A Power point about different materials
Sorting pictures
Plus lots more!
Time resource pack- telling the time, games, worksheets
The packi includes:
Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border- a colourful border to print out as many times as you need for your display boards
Clock posters- A4 posters showing clocks and the times for o’clock, half past, quarter to and quarter past
Vocabulary cards- decorated cards with vocabulary related to time
Bingo games- Two bingo games- one for o’clock times and the other for half past/ quarter to and quarter past
Teaching posters- A4 and A3 posters to print and laminate to add the times to of an analogue clock and a digital clock
Calendar- A colourful rainbow calendar to make for your class
Make you own clock- cut out the numbers and hand and make your own clock
Posters- a collection of posters about different times eg. There are 60 minutes in an hour
Seasons pack- an A4 poster showing the four seasons, individual posters for each season, a selection of colour photos for each season, a cut and stick worksheet and sorting boards and pictures
Loop cards- various loop card games for different times
Days of the week cards
Months of the year cards
Dominoes- match the analogue clocks to the written times
All about time- a poster with statements about time
Clock poster- a poster with a labelled clock
Question cards- great to add to your display
Posters- a set of posters showing an analogue clock, the time in words and a digital clock for different times
Day and night photographs
A large collection of worksheets and a workbook cover including:
O’clock, half past and quarter to/past
Yesterday, today and tomorrow
Problem solving
24 hour clock
Digital clocks
What happens at different times of the day
Order the days and months
My Day
Plus many more!
Tree matching pairs game- flash cards, display- Forest schools
A lovely matching pairs game with British trees.
This pack contains two sets of coloured cards- one with tree names and one without.
The cards can be used as a matching pairs game or as flash cards or displayed in the outdoor area for children to spot and name the trees in the surroundings.
Flower matching pairs game- flash cards, display
A lovely matching pairs game with British flowers.
This pack contains one set of coloured cards.
The cards can be used as a matching pairs game or as flash cards or displayed in the outdoor area for children to spot and name the flowers in the surroundings.
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
Growing plants topic pack- Spring, Gardening, Growth
The pack includes:
Display banner: A large display banner with the title 'Growing plants' on a photo background of Daisies
Additional banners: 'Growing' and 'Plants' on a photographic plant background
Topic words: each card has a photographic border- great to add to your display or writing area
Question cards: great to encourage the children to think about plants and growing
Photographs: Lots of coloured photos of different plants and wild plants which the children may spot in the school grounds or on the way to school
Colour weed photographs: Photos of wild plants with the plant names
Plant spotting cards: A4 and A3 sized plant spotting cards- great for the children to use in the school grounds to mark off which plants they have found
Plant fan to make: A fan to make with photos of different wild plants on- great to fold up and take on a nature walk
Colours display: Photographs of different coloured flowers with the colour name- great for the growing plants topic but also lovely to include in the art area
Make a plant game: A game to collect the different parts of your plant first
Parts of a plant: Information cards about the different parts of a plant
Fruit and Vegetable photographs: colour photographs showing some different plants- great for a discussion about what they can and can't eat on a plant and how to grow fruit and vegetables
Worksheets: Two differentiated worksheets for labelling the different parts of a plant
Labelling plant posters: A4 and A3 sized coloured posters with labels for the different parts of a plant
Wordsearch: find the growing and plant related words
My plant worksheet: A fun worksheet to fill in details about a plant they have found on a nature walk or in the school grounds
Plant parts photographs: coloured photographs showing the detail of different parts of plants such as the leaf, stem, flower and roots
Matching pairs: Photographs of different types of seeds to play a matching pairs game or for comparing and describing the different seeds
Wilting plant photograph: a colour photograph of a wilting plant- great for discussion about what a plant needs to grow
Pets topic pack- animals
The pack includes:
1. A long display banner with pictures of different pets
2. A Power point about different pets and separate Power points about some popular pets
3. Posters of different pet animals with their names
4. A colourful display border with pictures of different pets
5. Topic words on decorated cards to print out and add to a display
6. Writing pages with picture of different pets and lines below to write about the animal- these are in colour and black and white
7. An A4 word card to use when writing about different pets
8. Fact cards about different animals kept as pets
9. Colour photos to print and add to a display showing lots of different pet animals
10. Colouring pictures
11. Pictures to trace of different pets and the things pets need
12. Face masks of different pets- great for making up stories or role play
13. A colourful picture bingo game
14. ‘My Pet’ worksheet with spaces to fill in details of the childs’ pet or a pet they would like
15. A colourful number line
16. An alphabet line
17. Counting worksheets
18. Clue cards with some clues for the children to guess the different animals plus pictures to use with the cards
19. Dog and bone matching- match the addition sums to the dogs with the correct answer
20. Taking care of a pet worksheets
21. ‘My unusual pet’ worksheet- children can choose any animal and write about it as their pet
22. ‘I bought my pet to school one day…’ –a worksheet to write a story
23. Match the animal to the things it needs
24. A workbook cover
25. A mini book to make- complete the sentence on each page and draw a picture
26. Word searches about pets
27. A crossword
28. Fish counting cards
29. Acrostic poem worksheets
30. Various worksheets about pets such as sentence writing, unscrambling the words, describing pets etc
31. A bingo game to collect the different things needed for the different pets
32. Pet shop maths activity set- use the price cards or write your own according to the ability of your children and complete the task cards
33. Large colour pet accessory pictures- great for sorting and using on displays
34. Make a pet in a home- create an optical illusion of an animal in its home
35. Pet and home matching cards
36. Favourite pet survey worksheet
37. Play dough mats
38. Label the animals worksheets
39. Lost pet posters to fill in – 3 different worksheets for different abilities
40. Pet adjective cards- great to add to a display or use in literacy lessons
Nocturnal animals topic pack- Powerpoint, games, display
The pack includes:
1. A long display banner with pictures of nocturnal animals
2. Posters of different nocturnal animals with their names
3. Information posters about nocturnal animals with interesting facts about them
4. Colour photos to print out and use in displays and for discussion of different night scenes and nocturnal animals
5. A colourful display border to print out as many time as you need for a display board of any size
6. Writing sheets with decorated borders- these look lovely on displays with the childrens’ work on them or great to use in the writing area
7. Colouring pictures of different nocturnal animals
8. A set of sorting pictures and base boards to sort the animals into nocturnal and diurnal
9. Face masks in colour and black and white of an owl, badger, mouse, moth, bat, hedgehog and a fox
10. Finger puppets to make of different nocturnal animals
11. A PowerPoint about each of the different nocturnal animals: owl, badger, mouse, moth, bat, hedgehog and fox
12. A PowerPoint about nocturnal animals
13. An interactive PowerPoint where children are asked which animals are nocturnal and which are diurnal
14. Acrostic poem worksheets
15. A nocturnal animal bingo game to make and play
16. Word searches
17. An A4 word mat- great to use when writing about nocturnal animals
18. Topic word cards for use on your displays or in the writing area
19. A colourful matching pairs game
20. Worksheets about different nocturnal animals and about nocturnal and diurnal animals
Ourselves topic pack- Multicultural, All About Me, Senses, Babies, Healthy Eating
The pack includes:
Ourselves
Large letters spelling 'Ourselves' -these are decorated with small faces with different colouring and hairstyles (the capital 'O' is roughly A4 size)
Multicultural face shapes to cut out with different face features and styles for you to create different faces
Fully assembled multicultural faces- great for display, when talking about differences and similarities and matching activities
A large poster to print out of the body with labels of the different body parts (also a copy without labels)-this is printed onto 3 A4 sheets and then assembled
Worksheets to label parts of the body and face and worksheets about emotions
Lots of question cards (each decorated with a border of faces) with questions such as 'what colour eyes do you have?', 'How many children have the same colour hair as you?' etc
Word and picture flash cards of the different body parts
Song words about bodies and feelings
Worksheets for children to label a picture of their body
Coloured pictures of faces showing different emotions and display labels to accompany them
'Little Hands' rhyme and poster- great for children to print their hands on for display
A worksheet to draw a self portrait
A large picture of a skeleton
Coloured photos of different people of different ages- great for discussion and display
A4 work borders in colour- great for quick displays
A passport to make
Babies
A colourful display banner with pictures of things babies need
A banner 'When we were babies'
Display words decorated with pictures
Photos of babies- great for displays and discussion
Worksheets to draw and match things babies need and for children to draw themselves as babies
Baby birth announcement cards
Sorting pictures of things the children need and the things babies need
A baby mobile to make
Healthy Eating
A large colourful display banner
Pictures of healthy and less healthy foods for the children to sort
Question cards for displays
Topic words decorated with pictures of different foods
Various worksheets to draw healthy snacks, a healthy meal, to sort healthy and unhealthy foods, draw their five favourite fruit and veg and to draw a healthy lunch
All About Me
A large display banner
Various worksheets for EYFS and KS1 about themselves such as about themselves, about their families, their likes and dislikes etc
An A4 cover for a workbook about themselves-great to use in the first few weeks of term
Question cards for displays
The Senses
A large display banner
Word cards for displays
A poster for each of the five senses
A listening walk activity
Activity ideas
Flashcards
Worksheets about our senses
Owl Babies story pack - plus Nocturnal animals and Emotions
The pack includes:
Owl Babies:
A large display banner with pictures of the owls in the story 'Owl Babies'
Word cards relating to the story- these are great for writing displays when writing about the story or general displays about the story
A colourful A3 sized board game with 2 sets of Maths questions (easy and harder) so you can change and differentiate the game according to the group of children playing it
Various worksheets about the story and characters- missing words to fill in, speech bubbles, thought bubbles, owl labelling, true and false etc.
Story props to help you retell the story- you have the option to print large pictures and characters for display and also a small A4 sized story board with smaller pictures which would be great for individual table-top work and also for use in a story sack to keep with the book
Owl masks for the children to colour and make- these are provided in colour and black and white- masks of mother owl and the baby owls
Two different colourful display borders- just print out as many times as you need to border a display of any size
A powerpoint about Owls- the pages of this could also be printed out to make a book for your classroom
An A4 word card- great to use when writing about the story
High Frequency Words on feathers
An alphabet line on baby owls
A number line to 100 on ivy leaves- this makes a lovely display or edging to a display
An owl number rhyme and props for use when singing the rhyme
Writing borders in colour and black and white
Colouring pages
Tracing sheets of the owls
A size ordering worksheet to cut and order the owls in size
Nocturnal animals
A photo pack of different nocturnal animals
A colourful display banner
Two different display borders
Fact cards about different nocturnal animals
Large coloured pictures of nocturnal animals
Colouring pictures
A nocturnal animal bingo game
An A4 word card
Colourful display word cards
Emotions
Large pictures of faces showing different emotions
Display banners of 'Emotions' and 'How do you feel today?'
Word cards for displays
Worksheets to draw and write about different emotions
Emotion flash cards with faces and the emotion word