This book companion is based on the book ‘The Biggest Apple Ever’ by Steven Kroll which is a great story for Fall and Halloween. This engaging pack includes worksheets, games, crafts, story sequencing activities and Science activities. The pack contains: Beginning, middle and end organizer Character posters- these are great for bulletin boards to add adjectives about each character Character traits worksheets about Clayton and Desmond Graphic organizers My favorite part of the story- draw and write Retell the story- two versions of writing/drawing worksheets Sequence pictures in color and blackline Sequence the story cut and paste True or False- read the statements about the story and color the true and false ones What happens next- two worksheets to draw and write Venn diagram comparisons- compare Clayton and Desmond and their ideas Literacy Centre- ABC order with two levels of difficulty Instructional writing- ‘How to make apple pie’ - drawing and writing activity Science: Apple investigation worksheet Label the apple- help Clayton and Desmond to label the apple- two versions My facts about apples- write some facts about apples Emergent reader book- The apple - a book about the life cycle of an apple

This book companion is based on the book ‘The Biggest Pumpkin Ever’ which is a great story for Fall and Halloween. It includes worksheets, games, display materials, games and activities. It also includes science activities to learn more about pumpkins. The pack contains: Beginning, middle and end organizer Character posters- these are great for bulletin boards to add adjectives about each character Character traits worksheets about Clayton and Desmond Graphic organizers My favorite part of the story- draw and write Retell the story- two versions of writing/drawing worksheets Sequence pictures in color and blackline Sequence the story cut and paste Sort the statements- cut and paste the statements about Clayton and Desmond Speech bubble worksheets- two writing activities to think what the characters might be saying What happens next- two worksheets to draw and write Word search- a fun themed word search Writing activity- draw and write what each character did with the biggest pumpkin and what you would do Venn diagram comparisons- compare Clayton and Desmond and their ideas Science: Pumpkin investigation worksheet The life cycle of a pumpkin cut and paste activity Pumpkin life cycle color posters Instructional writing- write or draw the steps for how to grow a pumpkin Emergent reader book- My Pumpkin - a book about the life cycle of a pumpkin

A great pack for teaching the topic of Minibeasts and Insects and The Hungry Caterpillar or for use when going on nature walks The pack includes: 18 flash cards of different coloured insects and minibeasts with their names A lovely photo pack of 16 colour photos of different insects and minibeasts Three large colourful display banners with pictures of insects and minibeast- ‘Minibeasts and Insects’, ‘Minibeasts’ and ‘Insects’ A coloured and a black and white insect and minibeast spotting card- great for taking on your nature walks or for sending home with the children to search for minibeasts at home ‘What am I?’ clue cards to guess the minibeast or insect Question cards to add to your displays Rhymes about minibeasts and insects 18 A4 sized black and white pictures for colouring or craft work Topic word cards to help when describing the habitats of the creatures Individual fans to make with different minibeasts/insects on and a list of questions for use by the teacher-a clue can be read and the children have to show you the correct creature A5 fact cards for each minibeast and insect A display border to print out showing the different creatures featured in the pack-this can be printed out as many times as you need for whatever size display board you have An A4 bordered page to display the children’s work A large title of ‘Minibeasts and Insects’ -each letter is decorated with small minibeast pictures Also included are some resources for the story ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’- for more resources see my separate Hungry Caterpillar pack: A large Hungry Caterpillar display banner A colour photo pack of caterpillars and butterflies Days of the week cards with pictures of the food the Hungry Caterpillar ate each day Picture and word cards A colourful themed bingo game

Investigate pumpkins with a variety of activities. Great for the Autumn/Fall season and Halloween. The activities include: Labelling a pumpkin activity sheets for the inside and outside of the pumpkin- two differentiated worksheets A life cycle emergent reader book Life cycle photos for bulletin boards and discussion- these are supplied with labels and without Life cycle worksheets- four differentiated sheets for writing and cut and paste A set of 10 discussion photos with questioning ideas for each photo My facts about pumpkins writing sheet Parts of a pumpkin poster set Pumpkin adjectives worksheets Instructional writing- how to carve a pumpkin Pumpkin fact cards for bulletin boards Pumpkin investigation worksheets- three versions KWL Pumpkin grid Life cycle of a pumpkin posters with pictures and descriptions of the stages Three pumpkin templates which can be used for writing, cutting, art activities etc A set of 13 pumpkin puzzles for children to match the drawing, photo, label and description of the parts of a pumpkin Pumpkins can, have, are grid Two pumpkin word challenges Pumpkin senses investigation worksheets- three versions Pumpkin true or false worksheets

Creepy Carrots is one of my favourite read-aloud books to use with my class. The pack includes: A craftivity to create your own unique Creepy carrot A literacy center with CVC carrots to make Cause and effect worksheets- three versions Beginning, middle and end of story worksheet Jasper’s character traits Comprehension worksheets- two versions My favourite part of the story- draw and write worksheet Graphic organizers- three versions Instructional writing- Jasper’s plan- worksheets for drawing and writing Cut and paste sentence making activity Writing activity- My plan to stop the creepy carrots Retell the story writing worksheet Drawing activity- what does Jasper think he sees and what does he really see? What happens next- three worksheets to draw and write Writing activity- What will the carrots do next? Write and draw about Jasper Writing activity- If Creepy carrots were following me, i would…

A bright and colourful set of alphabet crayons-great for displays, flashcards, games etc This is a CD with three great alphabet crayons sets. One has the lower and upper case alphabet, a second has just the lower case letters and a third has just upper case alphabet. These would make a great display for your classroom. Alternatively they could be used as flashcards when teaching the sounds. The lower case and upper case crayons could also be used to play matching pairs or used to make a display for the children to match the lower case letter to the upper case letter. The crayons are in files with three crayons on each A4 page. However you could change your printer settings to print the crayons larger or smaller. The font used on the crayons is Sassoon Primary Infant which is widely used in Primary schools. The crayons are saved as PDF files and can be opened using Adobe Acrobat Reader which is available for free from their website or is probably already on your computer.

The Gingerbread Man The pack includes: Large character pictures in colour and black and white- great for displays or for laminating and adding velcro to the back to use on flannel boards for retelling of the story Story word cards- great for display or to encourage writing An A3 board game in colour based on the story of The Gingerbread Man A literacy game where the children throw the 2 dice- onset and rhyme and make cvc words or rhyming words to build their Gingerbread Man A moving Gingerbread Man model to make using split pins Black and white face masks- great for retelling of the story and for use in the outdoor area Numbered Gingerbread Men Counting cards with Gingerbread men on baking trays to count A Gingerbread Man numeracy rhyme card and props for singing the rhyme A rhyming word wheel Plus many other resources.

The pack includes: Rhyme sheets for 6 popular Nursery Rhymes: Humpty Dumpty Sing a Song of Sixpence Twinkle Twinkle Hickory Dickory Dock Baa Baa black Sheep Jack and Jill Colour character props for each rhyme- these would be great on a display or great when laminated and kept with nursery rhyme books for singing the rhymes Black and white characters and props for each rhyme for the children to colour/ collage etc A large (3xA4) size grandfather clock in colour for the rhyme ‘Hickory Dickory Dock’ Colourful games to accompany each rhyme A 3D wall and Humpty Dumpty model to make using a split pin Numbered blackbirds up to 24 for the rhyme ‘Sing a Song of Sixpence’ A rhyming word game A4 colouring sheets for each rhyme A great bumper pack-great for displays, games and making class rhyme books.

A great set of resources for the Fairy Tale of ‘Snow White and Seven Dwarfs’ on a handy disk for you to print out and use again and again. The pack includes: A large display title- this is decorated with pictures of the Seven Dwarfs Large characters in colour and black and white- great for creating displays or also great to laminate, add velcro to the back and the children to use to retell the story on a flannel board Story word cards on apple shapes A large game to make and play- find the most diamonds in the mine to win A colourful Snow White themed bingo game Black and white face masks for the children to decorate and make Snow White themed dominoes game Finger puppets to colour and make of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and the other characters in the story Question cards with questions relating to the story- these are great to add to a display A word mat to help when writing about the story Photo frames of the seven dwarfs- these look great on a display and would also be great to use as part of a role play area of the Seven Dwarfs house

Celebrate the Christmas holidays with this activity pack which accompanies the book ‘The Gingerbread Man Loose at Christmas’ by Laura Murray. The pack includes: Sequencing picture cards- these are in full color and also in blackline Sequencing worksheet cut and paste Story sequencing worksheet- beginning, middle and end Graphic organizers Character traits- what do the children say about their teacher My favorite part of the story writing and drawing activity Doing something special writing activity- three different sheets to choose from Asking question- Think of Who, What, When, Where and Why questions to ask the Gingerbread Man Retell the story writing worksheet, writing and drawing worksheet and drawing worksheet allowing you to differentiate Alphabetical order- order the professions in alphabetical order Text-to-self connections- Who did the Gingerbread Man thank and who would you like to thank- two different worksheets Three what happens next drawing and writing worksheets Who did the Gingerbread Man meet in the town- draw and write some of the people he met True or False sentences about the story- differentiated versions Beginning, middle and end of the story- a worksheet to draw or write about the different parts

This book companion is based on the book ‘Apple Trouble’ which is a lovely story for Autumn/Fall. It contains a variety of activities and colorful sequencing cards. The packet contains: A set of colorful sequencing cards- also provided in blackline Story comprehension cards with a choice of two picture answers or three picture answers for children of differing abilities My favorite part of the story- draw and write worksheet Graphic organizers- three versions Text-to-self activity- What trouble did Hedgehog have and what trouble have they had themselves Writing activity- what would you so Hedgehog didn’t get things caught on her spikes again? Sequencing worksheets- order the pictures from 1st to 10th to retell the story or cut and paste the pictures of the things that got stuck on Hedgehogs back in the correct order Beginning, Middle and End organizer Hedgehog grid- Hedgehogs Can, Have, Are Writing activity- write three sentences about Hedgehog What happens next- two worksheets to draw and write what happens next in the story List writing- make a list of everything that got stuck on Hedgehog’s spikes Problem and Solution- draw and write about Hedgehog’s problem, a solution that didn’t work and the solution that did work Story retelling set craftivity- A large hedgehog and all of the items that got stuck on her spikes to cut and paste or use when listening to the story- in color and blackline

This book companion is based on the book ‘The Lonely Scarecrow’ by Tim Preston and contains a variety of activities and colorful sequencing cards. The packet contains: A set of colorful sequencing cards Cause and effect worksheets- three versions The lonely scarecrows character traits My favorite part of the story- draw and write worksheet Graphic organizers- three versions Label the scarecrow- two versions to cut and paste or write the labels Writing activity- write a letter to the animals from the scarecrow- three versions Retell the story writing worksheet My scarecrow worksheets- three different versions for differentiation The Lonely Scarecrow grid- The Lonely Scarecrow has, lives, feels Writing activity- write three sentences about the lonely scarecrow Feelings worksheets- draw the faces on the scarecrow to show how he feels at the beginning and the end of the story or write how he feels at the beginning, middle and end of the story True or False- read the statements about the story and decide which are true or false plus an extra worksheet to write some of your own true and false statements A bonus scarecrow game

SPACE TOPIC PACK The pack includes: · A long colourful display banner · Several different display borders · Information fact cards on the planets and the sun · An A4 word card-great to use when writing · Photos- coloured photos showing space rockets, astronauts, the night sky etc. · Planet photos- coloured pictures of each of the planets plus the sun and Pluto · Topic words- cards with different words relating to the topic of ‘space’ · Constellation posters- ten posters showing ten popular star constellations · Five Little Men number rhyme- a fun pack to use with this number rhyme with rhyme card, singing props and face masks · Display lettering- large letter in both upper case and lower case decorated with a night sky theme- make a large alphabet line or use to make any display title you want! · Five Little Astronauts number rhyme- a pack to use with the number rhyme including rhyme cards, singing props and face masks · Space Powerpoint- all about space and the planets · Phonemes on planets- all of the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds scheme-makes a great colourful display · Moon and Earth number line- an odd and even number line to 50 · My rocket worksheet- design your own rocket to travel into space · My visit to the moon- 2 different worksheets to draw what they found on the moon and to draw and write about their trip to the moon · Rocket number line- a colourful rocket number line to 100 · Countdown cards- showing a rocket and the countdown to Blast off! · Astronaut alphabet line · Colouring pictures- pictures of space scenes, astronauts, space rockets etc to colour · Board game- a ‘race to space’ board game to make and play · Play dough mats- make the correct number of objects on each card using play dough · Make a split pin astronaut · Counting mat- a counting mat showing aliens from 1-10

This book companion is based on the book ‘The Little Scarecrow Boy’ by Margaret Wise Brown. This is a fun book for Autumn/Fall about a scarecrow boy and growing up. The packet contains: Beginning, middle and end organizer Writing activity- I would scare the crows by… Text-to-self activity- The Little Scarecrow Boy needed to grow up before he could… I need to grow up before I can… Drawing and writing activity- my #6 face Emergent reader book- My Scarecrow- read and color the book Comparing characters- compare Old Man Scarecrow and The Little Scarecrow Boy plus color pictures of the characters to add words and phrases around Graphic organizers Scarecrows Can, Have, Are grid Draw the six faces that the Little Scarecrow Boy made to scare the crows Feelings writing activity- how he felt at the begging of the story and why and how he felt at the end and why he felt that way My Scarecrow writing activity- draw your own scarecrow and describe it If I were a Scarecrow activity sheet- what would you name be, what would you look like, how would you scare the crows, where would you live and what would by your favorite thing to do