I am passionate about learning that is tailored to children's interests and gives lots of opportunity for children to be creative and critical thinkers. I think it's important that learning materials cater to a variety of learning styles and I try to make my resources have real-world applications whenever possible. These resources will not only engage your learners, but they'll save you time, so that you can focus on doing what you do best.
I am passionate about learning that is tailored to children's interests and gives lots of opportunity for children to be creative and critical thinkers. I think it's important that learning materials cater to a variety of learning styles and I try to make my resources have real-world applications whenever possible. These resources will not only engage your learners, but they'll save you time, so that you can focus on doing what you do best.
If you’re studying Ancient Sumer or Ancient Mesopotamia, then your students will love these hands-on activities which get them making art, crafts, and writing from the earliest civilisations!
This pack has lots of activities you can pick and choose from, that will give students an insight into the crafts and technology that the first civilisations in Mesopotamia used.
Students can:
explore cuneiform script with two different scripts to try
practice weaving
make a woven basket
make a paper model of the Ishtar Gate
make a clay bowl
make a clay tablet and write cuneiform on it
The pack includes student hand-out instructions and a PDF slideshow version of the instructions, plus the template to make the Ishtar Gate.
You will need:
wool
thick card (for weaving)
paper cups
air-drying clay
paint (optional)
scissors, glue sticks, coloring pencils
wooden skewers
paper or light card (for the Ishtar Gate)
U.K. and U.S. versions included.
I hope your students enjoy making their Ancient Sumer crafts.
You will receive a zip file with PDFs. If you have any trouble downloading, just reach out to me at info@zigglelearning.com.
If you’re looking for a fun end-of-the-year, back-to-school, or summer holiday/camp activity, your kids will love this ice cream cart that they get to fill with ice creams!
Children make a 3D ice cream cart which can go on the wall, or go on their table, and then they fill it with ice creams that have different prompts on them, depending on when you’re using this activity.
What’s included:
a 3D craft for the end of the year
a 3D craft for summer vacation/holidays/camp
a 3D craft for back-to-school
several phrases for a display in different sizes
editable prompts (text only, images are not editable)
visual instructions
U.S. and U.K versions (letter/A4, spelling, popsicle/ice lolly)
What you’ll need:
paper or light card
coloring pencils/markers
scissors
glue sticks, white glue, or tape
wooden craft sticks/popsicle sticks
There are extra ice creams for early finishers or those that would like to add their own ideas.
I hope your students enjoy making their ice cream carts!
You will receive a zip file with PDFs and a PPTX file. If you have any trouble downloading, just reach out to me at info@zigglelearning.com.
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If your students love "Guess Who"™, then they’ll love this “Guess It!” game of equivalent fractions! It’s a fun partner activity where students race to give the equivalent fraction and be the first to find their partner’s hidden “Gerald” character.
Students have their own game board which also shows their partner’s problems in the bottom right corner so they can check if their partner is right. It’s interactive and it’s reinforcing fluency with equivalent fractions at the same time.
The fractions are all common doubles, halves, wholes, and quarters with denominators of 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 10.
The game has instructions included in the slide deck, plus there’s an mp4 file with a video explanation.
I hope your children enjoy playing “Guess It! Equivalent Fractions”!
You will receive:
a PDF information pack
a blue board game PPTX file
a red board game PPTX file
a “How to Play” video mp4 file
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If you’re wanting to make a beautiful display to commemorate Anzac Day, then this pack of five different writing crafts will be ideal for students to write what they know about Anzac Day.
The crafts are all symbols connected with Anzac Day. There is an Anzac biscuit tin, a bugle, a medal, a poppy, and a wreath.
Each craft comes with three line sizes and options with or without “Anzac Day” on the front of the craft.
These will look fantastic up on the wall so I’ve included the phrase “Anzac Day”, which comes in three styles, with one-word per page, A4, and A3 sizes to choose from.
I hope your students enjoy making their Anzac Day crafts!
You will receive printable PDF files.
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This summer lemonade craft is a fun, hands-on way for children to show kindness and appreciation for each other, which is perfect for summer, as an end-of-year activity or back to school activity. Either way, your students will be buzzing with good feelings when they receive ice cube compliments from their peers!
Students make a 3D glass of lemonade with a slice of lemon and a straw. They then write either compliments for others or ideas for being kind on the ice cubes. The glasses go on a display for students to fill.
What’s included?
Template to make a glass of lemonade with a straw and slice of lemon
Templates for ice cube compliments
Three display phrases to choose from in 1-word per page, A4 size, or A3 size
U.K. and U.S versions
You will need:
Paper or light card
Glue sticks
Coloring pencils
Tape
Real paper straws could be fun to add but are optional as a drawn paper straw is included in the template.
I hope your students enjoy giving and receiving their ice cube compliments!
You will receive a zip file with a printable PDF.
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These digital and printable integer number searches will be a great addition to your programme as a fun way to practise. Children are already familiar with word searches so they’ll enjoy hunting for integer equations with these number searches.
It takes lots of practice for learners to build confidence working with integers and the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division so these number searches will add variety.
What’s included?
US and UK versions
Set A: One-digit only
Addition (2 different pages)
Subtraction (2 different pages)
Multiplication (2 different pages)
Division (2 different pages)
Answer sheets
Set B: One and two-digits for students needing extension
Addition (1 page)
Subtraction (1 page)
Multiplication (1 page)
Division (1 page)
Answer sheets
You will receive a PDF for the printable version and a link to the digital Google Slides™ version.
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This pack includes 21 photos of artifacts, archaeological sites, and other things that give us a glimpse into ancient Shang life.
These posters can be printed and displayed on the wall or given to small groups.
They make great discussion starters and can be used as primary sources for children to analyse what items might have been used for in daily life.
I have also included a primary source worksheet activity that students can complete individually, in pairs, or in small groups.
What’s included?
Photo pack
Printable photos – labelled or unlabelled, full size, 2 per page, and 4 per page
PowerPoint™ version of the photos (unlabelled)
Google Slides™ version of the photos (unlabelled)
Primary Source Activity
Printable primary source activity
PowerPoint™ version
Google Slides™ version
Editable PowerPoint™ (text is editable, images and layout aren’t)
You will receive PDFs and PPTX files.
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Shang Dynasty Activities
Shang Dynasty Art and Crafts
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This is an engaging set of printable worksheets and an interactive digital slide presentation to give children practice at identifying singular and plural nouns and forming the plural by using –s and –es.
Children can complete all worksheets, or you can choose which pages are relevant for your learners.
The assessment or review worksheet asks children to identify plural nouns, complete the definition of “singular” and “plural”, write the plural form of nouns, and complete sentences using either a singular or plural form.
Answer keys are included.
The worksheets and PowerPoint™ presentation are editable (text is editable, images and layout aren’t).
The Google Slides™ are not editable. You can delete any slides you don’t need.
In the digital formats, children type inside text boxes and drag and drop words and letters.
U.S and U.K versions included.
I hope your children enjoy learning their singular and plural nouns.
You will receive:
An editable PPTX worksheet file
A PDF worksheet file
A PDF answer key
An editable PPTX presentation file
A link to the Google Slides™ presentation
If you’re looking for worksheets for Year 2 and up that cover regular and irregular plurals, you can find them here.
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This free worksheet on articles focuses on “a” and “an” for words beginning with a vowel sound or consonant sound.
The worksheet explains when to use “a” and “an” and has two practice exercises.
The first exercise asks children to circle “a” or “an” for each picture.
The second exercise asks children to write “a” or “an” for each word.
I hope your children enjoy using this worksheet.
This timeline activity is a hands-on visual way for students to put the events of Ancient Egypt in order, so that they can see how one of the great civilisations began, flourished, declined, and eventually ended.
This activity meets the following learning objectives:
develop an understanding of when the first civilisations appeared (Ancient Egypt)
develop an understanding of a historical period
develop an understanding of how the Ancient Egyptian civilisation changed over time
sequence important events on a timeline
There are two options to choose from:
worksheet timeline cut and paste – either glue pictures under the dates (easier option), or write dates and glue pictures on (harder version)
foldable timeline - smaller version to glue pictures under the dates, or larger version to glue events under the dates and primary source images
U.K. and U.S. versions included.
I hope your children enjoy making their timelines.
You will receive 3 PDF files.
You may also like:
Ancient Egypt Activities Pack
Ancient Egypt Photos Pack
Ancient Egypt Hands-on Activities
Achievements of Ancient Egypt
More timelines you may like:
History of land transport
History of flight
History of boats and ships
The Great Fire of London
The Titanic
The Benin Empire****
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This worksheet is a free sample of the worksheets included in the Achievements of Ancient Egypt lesson available here. There are three worksheets in the pack of varying difficulty. This free worksheet is the most challenging as it requires students to identify up to eight achievements and to write about three of them.
The easier worksheets ask students to list three achievements and write about two of them, and to list five achievements and write about three of them. The Achievements of Ancient Egypt lesson includes a PowerPoint™ presentation detailing nine achievements. There is also a vocabulary worksheet based on key vocabulary from the topic. You can get the lesson here.
You may also like:
Overview of Where and When the First Civilisations Appeared
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This pack contains an interactive PowerPoint™ presentation (33 slides) about nine achievements of the ancient Egyptians, a worksheet on topic-related vocabulary, and a worksheet for writing about ancient Egyptian achievements.
There is a student’s version of the PowerPoint™ which is non-editable, and a teacher’s version which has editable text (not images or layout due to copyright protection). You can delete any slides you don’t need. The student’s version is ideal for assigning to students to complete in pairs or individually. The teacher’s version can be adapted to a whole-class presentation, or you can edit the text and then assign it to students.
The worksheet on achievements has three options:
students list three achievements and write details about two of them (easiest)
students list five achievements and write details about three of them (harder)
students list up to eight achievements and write details about three of them (hardest)
You will receive:
2 PDFs and 2 PPTX files.
You can get a free sample of the hardest worksheet here.
You may also like:
Ancient Egypt Timeline
Ancient Egypt Activities Pack
Ancient Egypt Photos Pack
Ancient Egypt Hands-on Activities
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This ladybug is such a cute spring craft to make, and it’s a fun way to practise telling the time too! With this craft activity, children make a ladybug and write or draw the time on the spots and on the feet.
These would look great on a wall display too, so I’ve included two display phrases - “We’re spot on at telling time” and “Spot our great time skills!”.
Children write the digital time, draw analogue times, and either write the time in words, or choose if an activity is an a.m. or p.m. time.
There are lots of options to meet your needs:
hour and half hour
hour, half, quarter hour
nearest five-minute, a.m. and p.m.
editable times so you can adapt it to your needs (images are not editable)
three cute faces to choose from
I hope your children enjoy making their ladybugs!
You will receive:
A printable PDF
An editable PPTX file (text is editable, images and layout aren’t)
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If you’re looking for something more fun than a worksheet, then you and your students will love this cute watering can craft, where children get to make a watering can and fill it with drops of maths problems!
You can pick and choose which water drop maths tasks are appropriate for your students, and there is an editable version of the word problems, so you can write your own problems.
There are three fun faces to choose from or use the blank piece for children to draw their own faces.
Options to choose from:
three fun faces or blank watering can
circle less, more, least, most capacity
visual of customary measures (U.S)
choose the best estimates
read amounts on a container
convert amounts from one measure to another
word problems
What else is included?
visual instructions
customary, metric, and U.K. metric (U.K. spelling/A4)
answer keys
I hope your children love making their watering cans while learning about capacity!
You will receive a PDF file and an editable PPTX file.
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s painting of “Children’s Games” is one of the best primary sources I’ve come across that give us a little glimpse into the games children played in the past.
The painting “Children’s Games” depicted life in the Netherlands in the 1560s. There are over 250 children playing 83 different games.
With this activity, in pairs or small groups, children look at a corner of the painting and find the games on a list. They then identify if the game is still played nowadays, and they make guesses about how to play an unfamiliar game in the painting.
It’s a fabulous way to bring history alive, with such a relatable topic, and it gets children using a primary source to gather and analyse information from the past.
TERMS OF USE
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Looking for a fun way to practise adding and subtracting money, that’s great for St. Patrick’s Day? With this hands-on craft, children add or subtract the amounts of money on each coin, then glue them onto a pot to make a pot of gold.
These would look great on a display, so I’ve included a display phrase if you’d like to use one.
There are lots of options to cater to your needs:
make amounts to $1, $5, and $10 (U.S)/£1, £5, and £10 (U.K)
adding money
subtracting money
adding and subtracting money
adding/subtracting easy amounts that can be done mentally (amounts with fives, tens, twenty-fives, fifties, and seventy-five-cents/pence)
adding/subtracting in vertical form (single-digits)
adding/subtracting in vertical form (double-digits)
a pot with and without “My Money Skills Sham-Rock!”
glue onto paper or glue coins onto an outline template
editable version so you can choose the money problems
Also included:
U.S($) and U.K(£) versions - if you need another currency you can use the editable version
visual instructions
display board phrase “We Sham-Rock at Money Skills!”
I hope your children enjoy making their pots of gold!
You will receive PDFs and an editable PPTX file.
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This hands-on craft is a great way for children to show what they know about Bessie Coleman, the first African American woman to gain an international pilot’s license. Making a craft is fun, it’s engaging, and it makes learning about significant people in history more memorable.
The craft is very easy to assemble, and I’ve included options for three-line sizes depending on the age of your children.
These would look great on a display, so I’ve also added a display phrase if you’d like to use it.
Children make a craft of Bessie Coleman and write on the helmet she’s holding.
U.S and U.K versions included, along with visual instructions.
I hope your children enjoy making their Bessie Coleman craft!
You will receive 3 PDF files.
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This caterpillar is such a cute spring craft to make, and it’s always great when children are learning something at the same time. With this activity, children write five fact families and make a caterpillar craft.
There are lots of options to cater to your needs:
Practice addition/subtraction
Practice multiplication/division
Partially-filled or fill-all-gaps
Student choice of fact family
3 cute faces for children to choose from
Editable version so you can choose the fact families
The finished caterpillar is approximately 13in/39cm.
U.S and U.K versions included.
I hope your students enjoy making their caterpillars!
You will receive 4 PDFs and an editable PPTX file.
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Australian wildlife, nature, and architecture offer so much to be inspired by.
In this pack you’ll find three activities that include collage, ceramics, painting, and mixed media.
Make a clay lizard
Mixed media/collage Sydney Opera House
Mixed media/collage Great Barrier Reef
Visual instructions are included for the students, which can be printed or displayed on a screen, and there is a list of materials you’ll need on the set-up page. All of these crafts use materials that are available in most classrooms, but please feel free to adapt the activities to your class.
I hope your students enjoy making and creating Australian art!
This resource is for personal classroom use only and is not to be altered, posted on any other site, or sold. The copyright is retained by me.
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Japan art projects
Mexico art projects
Spain art projects
African animals art projects
Ramadan art lanterns
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This craft and wall mural is going to look fantastic in your classroom, and children are going to love making it! With such a stunning visual display, this event in history is sure to stick in their memories!
There are six different house designs for children to choose from, with one, two, or three storeys. Each house comes in 2-4 parts for children to colour and glue together. Then they use tissue, crepe, or coloured paper to add flames. Each child makes one house to contribute to the wall mural.
When the houses are all finished, they make a display that’s 4 metres long!
There are also signs, and shop labels, as well as a display heading.
I’ve also included a smaller, individual version for children to make their own “Pudding Lane” instead of a class mural, with six houses to colour, cut, and glue onto paper in any order.
Visual instructions are included, although it’s very easy to make.
I hope your children enjoy recreating the Great Fire of London on Pudding Lane!
You will receive 4 PDF files.
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