A mindmap of ideas for cross curricular teaching of Jack and the Beanstalk and Spring for the Early Years.

Labels and captions to use on a Family tree themed display. I made a large tree, and stuck on the different names people may call family members. A lot of the names are Asian, due to the population of my school.

An assessment tool to be used on all new arrivals to the school, to all initial concerns/low achievers and also across all SEN pupils. The SLCN screen helps to focus on the needs of the individual (if any). To be used in conjunction with the Leicester City Meeting Individual Needs SLCN manual.

Letter from Spiderman written as an intro to 3D shapes and structures. Children encouraged to use the construction toys to build a new lair for him.

Rhyming clues for an outside number treasure hunt

A sheet I wrote out for the Royal Wedding role-play area.

An activity plan for a baby-clinic themed role-play

A series of well-known poems and rhymes blown up to a large font to be used in Shared Reading sessions. Twinkle Twinkle chocolate bar, This is the key to the castle, Lost & Found, Snow Joke, The house that Jack built

A Shared Reading book, alongside other worksheets and resources. For use in Literacy lesson, YR Term 3 - Reading Non-fiction - recounts Key words and key sentences for contextual reading, and sequencing. Recount writing sheets differentiated for independent writing, and supported writing. Other topics covered: Reading; Stories.

Introduction to writing sentences. Pictures at top as prompts - children to locate the missing word/picture and insert into sentence correctly.

Pictorial instructions to make a jam sandwich - ideal for Foundation Stage/KS1.

Great ideas if you are planning to set up a florist in your role-play corner.

Based on the game Full Circle from Letters and Sounds, Playing with Sounds & PiPs, a worksheet to record how you can change CVC words to spell new words.

To be used alongside a practical sound hunt, listening to sounds in the environment. Using sound vocabulary, such as quiet and loud, other words can easily be substituted. A short song/rhyme has been included at the end, to recap that sounds are heard by the ears, one of the 5 senses.

I have written three extended stories to some Oxford Reading Tree Stage 1 stories. I could not find the original extended stories to these, although they may exist. The stories are for: Who is it?, Six in a bed, and Fun at the beach. I have also attached some other original extended stories, written by Roderick Hunt, that I have typed out, ready for a Shared Reading session.

Nursery rhymes in large print for shared reading; Little Miss Muffet - sequencing cards to be printed, cut and laminated; ick & ock - sort items by the rime into 2 columns; Rhyming tracking board game (Use counters é dice. Chn to land on a word, say the word, then find a word that rhymes with it)

A song to the tune of Twinkle twinkle little star to thank mums for all they do for us. Words by Laurie Patsalides.

PowerPoint made as an intro to talking about all the different roles a mum has (cook, cleaner, nurse, taxi driver...)

'Dear Mummy, thank you for.... Love from' Letter writing to follow up on discussions about all the jobs mums do for us. Nice idea to include inside the Mother's Day card as a surprise. Children to decorate the border afterwards. Differentiated based on writing ability.

Countdown game using CVC words for blending. Now updated with the pdf version, as font not be recognised on some computers.