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

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

Instruction sheets for children to fill in on how to help to save a tired bee by giving it a drink of sugary water. Two sheets included (one with the words ‘first’, ‘next’ and ‘finally’ for prompts, and one which is blank) The Teacher Traveller

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

A set of lovely jellyfish images, featuring phonemes outlined in Phase 2 and Phase 3 of the Letters and Sounds publication. Use these to… Enhance a small world area. Play a fishing activity Cut and stick in arts and craft projects. Create flashcards. Play ‘snap’ or ‘pairs’. Go on a phoneme hunt. Enhance a display board. Support an ocean topic. Encourage writing and spelling. Enhance a writing and reading area. Have fun! The Teacher Traveller

Read the CVC word, then check you have got it correct when you flip up the pancake to reveal the picture on the back! Children can also reverse this, beginning with the picture side up, spelling the word, then checking they have spelt it correctly by flipping the pancake. Perfect for… Segmenting and blending practise Pancake Day topic Fine motor skill development + Gross motor skill development Spelling practise Working in pairs (one child to read, one child to check the word has been read correctly by flipping the pancake) Working independently (children can self assess) Writing once the pancake has been flipped. Have fun! The Teacher Traveller

A Chinese New Year themed ‘I Spy’ activity which encourages children to blend and segment words according to the pictures. Perfect for writing and phonics practice with an extra challenge of spelling words to match one of the illustrations.

PHASE 2, PHASE 3 and PHASE 4 TRICKY WORDS/SIGHT WORDS ON SUPERTATO! (32 Tricky words included) Use these to… Enhance a small world area. Cut and stick in arts and craft projects. Create flashcards. Play ‘snap’ or ‘pairs’. Go on a tricky word hunt. Encourage writing and spelling. Enhance a writing and reading area. Have fun! The Teacher Traveller

Read the tricky word, write the tricky word then brush it off the tooth! Included are the entire set of phase 2, phase 3, phase 4 and phase 5 tricky words! Each tooth has a guidance line for children to practice writing their word. All you need to do is print and laminate! Perfect for. . . Healthy eating topics Fine motor skill development Spelling practise Working in pairs (one child to write, one child to check the word is spelt correctly and brush it off!) Activity works best if children are ‘brushing’ the words off the tooth with a real toothbrush. Have fun!

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

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

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

Lovely simple story cards featuring the main events of the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Learning opportunities include… Story telling and vocabulary familiarity Prompting discussions about different key points Understanding of story structure and story ordering The Teacher Traveller

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

Ready for some creative Easter themed writing! Celebrate Easter with these cute Easter Bunny resources. This pack contains writing templates (which when cut out make a gorgeous display) as well as a bunny themed phase 2 and phase 3 sound mat to support children in their writing. The writing templates include the words: ‘If I were the Easter Bunny’ ‘My Easter Bunny Story’ All templates include different versions including narrow lines, wide lines and plain spaces. I have also left some completely plain sheets to allow teachers and children to use this resource in their own way. Enjoy!

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

I WILL HUFF AND I WILL PUFF AND I WILL BLOW YOUR HOUSE DOWN! Pack complete with three different design sheets for children to complete before building their houses, as well as two decorative speech bubbles to be framed in the classroom, or cut out and laminated to further support the story. The Teacher Traveller

7 high quality task cards encouraging children to make 2-D shape houses for the character Stick Man :) Shapes included: -Square -Triangle -Rectangle/oblong (both versions!) -Pentagon -Hexagon -Star Have fun… The Teacher Traveller

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

Can you read the words on the bones, and feed them to the correct dog? Real and nonsense words to support children with phonics in a fun way and expose children to nonsense words using phase 3 sounds. Sort the bone words in either the dog that eats nonsense words, or the dog that eats real words! Pack includes 80 X real and fake word bones and 34 X high quality photos of a variety of different dogs. Great for a variety of activities, including… Inspiration during independent writing activities Spelling aids Brilliant practice in the run-up to the phonics screening Segmenting and Blending practise Have fun, The Teacher Traveller