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.
Your children will love this fun way to practise their fact families at Easter time! Students complete five fact families and make a 2D or 3D Easter basket to fill with their eggs.
The 2D baskets look great on the wall, and the 3D baskets are fun to have on their tables.
I’ve included options for addition/subtraction and multiplication/ division. You can choose from versions with the numbers given, partially filled or with all the gaps to be filled, a student-choice option for students to write their own fact families. Plus, there’s an editable version so you can choose the fact families.
What’s included?
2D and 3D Easter baskets
5 eggs (and early finishers could do more)
addition/subtraction
multiplication/division
partially-filled
fill-all-the-gaps
student choice
editable version
visual instructions
U.S and U.K versions
I hope your students enjoy making their Easter basket of fact families!
You will receive 3 PDFs and an editable PPTX file.
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This pack of 4 digital and printable worksheets, answer keys, and class game will help your students improve their writing skills by eliminating wordiness and redundancy.
Each worksheet covers two tips for becoming a more concise writer, with an example sentence and practice sentences or matching activity.
I’ve aimed to make the concepts understandable while giving just the right amount of challenge when it comes to using the skills in writing.
I’ve included a whole-class team game that will reinforce learning and get your students applying their skills in a fun race to improve 10 sentences.
What’s included?
4 worksheets and answer keys
2 versions of the class game so you can choose one or do both
U.S and U.K versions
You will receive:
A PDF version, an editable PPT (text is editable, images and layout are not), and a link to the Google Slides™ version.
I hope your students enjoy using these activities.
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Active and Passive Voice Worksheets
Shifts in Voice and Mood Worksheets
Verb Moods Board Game
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This is such a cute winter craft to make, and it’s going to make learning fact families so much fun! With this activity, children make a penguin, complete the fact families on the fish, and fill the penguin’s bucket.
There are lots of options to cater to your needs:
Practise addition/subtraction
Practise multiplication/division
Partially-filled or fill-all-gaps
Student choice of fact family
Editable version so you can choose the fact families
I hope your students enjoy making their penguins!
You will receive a PDF file an an editable PPTX file.
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Have some fun this Halloween with this hands-on 3D haunted house model. Your students will love making their own haunted house, adding their own details to make the house unique.
This pack includes options for a single-level house made up of three rooms and a roof, or a two level house which has six rooms. The model is put together by making rooms and gluing them together, so students could make just one or two rooms, or they could make all six.
The haunted house can be made using paper or light card. White glue is the easiest to work with for this project, and tape can be used if needed.
What’s included?
Instructions
4 outline pages for a one-level house
6 outline pages for a two-level house
Display box template for a “garden”
Photo examples
U.S and U.K versions
Note: 3D crafts can be challenging for students so please consider if your students have the fine motor skills needed before purchasing.
I hope your students enjoy making a haunted house this Halloween!
You will receive a PDF file.
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Fun pack of Halloween activities
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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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If you want a fun way for your children to show their learning about Florence Nightingale, then you’ll love this hands-on craft where children make a craft of Florence Nightingale and write what they know on the lamp she is holding.
The lamp comes in three line sizes, and if you need more than one lamp, simply staple them together when the child has finished, and then glue the lamp on.
Crafts are fun, engaging, and they make learning about significant people in history memorable. Plus, they look great as a display!
I hope your students enjoy making their Florence Nightingale craft.
U.S and U.K versions included.
You will receive 3 PDF files.
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Marie Curie Writing Craft
Anne Frank Writing Craft
Bessie Coleman Writing Craft
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Ramadan lanterns are so beautiful and a special symbol of Ramadan, so this hands-on craft is a great way for students to show what they know about Ramadan. Making a craft is fun, it’s engaging, and it makes learning about special days and months more memorable.
The craft is very easy to assemble, and I’ve included options for six designs, and three line sizes.
There are two possible ways you could use this craft:
Children write facts about Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr on a lantern craft.
Children make art projects using the templates, with crayon and dye, paint, torn paper, or markers.
What’s included?
templates for the lanterns in 1-inch, 3/4 inch, and 1/2 inch line sizes
templates for the lanterns for art
visual instructions
U.S and U.K versions
Extra pages are included for each line size for children who love to write a lot.
These would look stunning on a display.
I hope your children enjoy making their Ramadan lanterns!
You will receive a zip file with PDFs.
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Practising Greek and Latin roots is about to get a whole lot more hands-on with these mini 3D Easter eggs that students write on and make.
The eggs are around 10cm/4in and will look great as a display of “trophies” on the students’ desks as they make each one.
There are four root words on each egg and students write the meaning and give two examples of words that use the root word.
Options for using this activity:
Students complete one Easter egg with early finishers completing more.
Students complete all four Easter eggs.
Use the Greek and Latin roots given.
Students choose their own Greek/Latin root word.
Editable version so you can choose the Greek/Latin roots.
I hope your students enjoy making their Easter eggs!
You will receive 2 PDFs and an editable PPTX file.
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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.
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Ancient Egypt Timeline
Ancient Egypt Activities Pack
Ancient Egypt Photos Pack
Ancient Egypt Hands-on Activities
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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.
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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 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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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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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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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 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 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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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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Florence Nightingale Writing Craft
Anne Frank Writing Craft
Marie Curie Writing Craft
This timeline activity is a hands-on visual way for students to see the changes that have been made in the history of boats, from the first canoes and rafts through to cruise ships.
This timeline focuses on eight key developments in the history of boats, starting from the Pesse canoe dating back to 10,000BCE, to container ships in 1956.
The timeline has four differentiated options so that you can meet the needs of your students, and there is the option to make a foldable version which is a mini-book that could be taped into the students’ books or they could take it home.
What’s included?
Timeline and photos, artefacts, and illustrations to match up to the dates
Differentiated with simple or detailed captions, and the easiest version has the photos and captions already together so students need to match it to the date, and the most difficult level students need to match the photo to the caption and write in the date
Interactive foldable with visual step-by-step instructions (use clues or match photos to dates)
Logic-style clue cards to solve the order of the timeline
U.K and U.S versions
Answer key
You will receive a zip file with PDFs.
More timelines you may like:
History of land transport
History of flight
The Great Fire of London
The Titanic
Ancient Egypt
The Benin Empire
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