This activity can be used as a display or laminated and used for class discussions or intervention work. Thank you for downloading and if you find the time please leave a review. You can also snap tag and share with me on Instagram : @Littlemindss

This resource can be used alongside the story DIG by Nicky Gilbody. The aim is to match both parts of the acorn correctly and find the words in the book. This resource also has an adaptive version in case you would like to use with different words. I have also included a blank version for you to use as a behaviour management/ reward chart. Thank you for downloading and if you find the time please leave a review. You can also snap, tag and share on Instagram: @littlemindss

This resource has been created a s a fun way for childrn to practice their phonics skills. To see a video on how this can be used please see my instagram page: @Littlemindss Thank you for downloading and if you find the time please leave a review. You can also Snap, Tag and Share through Instagram: @littlemindss

This download contains a lower and higher ability worksheet and has all the rhyming words taken from the story DIG! by Nicky Gilbody. Thank you for downlaoding and if you find the time please leave a review. Youcan also snap, tag and share on Instagram: @Littlemindss

This resource can be used to help encourage young children to engage with writing. This can be used as a visual aid in the classroom. Thank you for downloading and if you find the time please help me and leave a review. You can also snap, tag and share on Instagram: @Littlemindss

This activity can be used alongside the Writing Wizard hat. Use this resource to allow children to check their sentence/ sentences. The aim is for the child to follow each box with their finger and check each part of their sentences. You can also ask children to work in partners to complete this activity. Thank you so much for downloading and if you find the time please help me by leaving a review. You can also snap, tag and share on Instagram: @Littlemindss

This resource can be used as a starter activity to encourage children to write sentences about the creature they have created. Thank you so much for downloading and if you find the time please help my page by leaving a review. You can also snap, tag and share on Instagram: @Littlemindss

This worksheet is aimed at allowing children to complete sentences with words other than said. For lower ability children it can show them how the word said can be used in a sentence. This worksheet can also be used alongside the story ‘Lottie and Lou the Cockatoo’ by Joanne Deane. The book contains lots of alternative words for children to use for the word ‘said’. Thank you for downloading if you find the time please help my page and leave a review. You can also snap, tag and share with me on Instagram: @littlemindss

I have included two versions of this game in this download. One version can be used alongside the story ‘Lottie and Lou the Cockatoo’ by Joanne Deane. The questions asked on the board can be answered by using the story book. The second version is a general version which can be used alongside any story. Thank you for downloading and if you find the time please help me by leaving a review. You can also snap, tag and share with me on Instagram: @littlemindss

This worksheet can be used alongside the story ‘Lottie and Lou the Cockatoo’ by Joanne Deane. Thank you for downloading if you find the time please help my page and leave a review. You can also snap, tag and share with me on Instagram: @littlemindss

This worksheet can be used alongside the story ‘Lottie and Lou the Cockatoo’ by Joanne Deane. Thank you for downloading if you find the time please help my page and leave a review. You can also snap, tag and share with me on Instagram: @littlemindss

This resource can be laminated and used in reading corner, used as a table resource or printed out and given to parents/ carers during parents evening. Thank you for downloading and if you find the time please leave a review. You can also snap, tag and share with me on Instagram: @Littlemindss

This resource can be used with number cards, tricky words or during phonics sessions to encourage children to recognise the different letter names and sounds or numbers. You can also use with name cards to help children recognise the different letters in their name. I hope you find this resource useful. If you find the time please help support my page and leave a review. You can also snap, tag and share with me on Instagram: @Littlemindss

This resource can be used to compare the difference and similarities between the stories Marley Mole by Trisha Patel and Dig! By Nicky Gilbody. You can also use the noun phrase character worksheet for LA children to compare the character’s appearance. I have also included a blank jigsaw version for you to adapt between two different story books. Thank you for downloading and if you find the time please leave a review. You can also snap, tag and share with me on Instagram: @Littlemindss

This resource can be laminated and used in reading corner, used as a table resource or printed out and given to parents/ carers during parents evening. Thank you for downloading and if you find the time please leave a review. You can also snap, tag and share with me on Instagram: @Littlemindss

This worksheet can be used alongside the story 'Spike’The Penguin with Rainbow hair by Sarah Cullen and Carmen Ellis. You can also use this worksheet independently to help children spot and recognise rhyming words. Thank you for downloading and if you find the time please leave a review. You can also snap, tag and share with my on Instagram: @Littlemindss

This worksheet has been created to help children talk about themselves in positive ways. I have also included a positivity word mat to help children think of positive words which describe themselves. The aim is to draw themselves in the mirror frame and write positive words/ phrases about themselves in the frame. This worksheet can be used alongside the story 'Spike’The Penguin with Rainbow hair by Sarah Cullen and Carmen Ellis. Thank you for downloading and if you find the time please help me and leave a review. You can also snap, tag and share with my on Instagram: @Littlemindss

This worksheet can be used alongside the story 'Spike’ The Penguin with Rainbow hair by Sarah Cullen and Carmen Ellis. The words included on the worksheets are all in the book. The aim is to help children match vocabularly to meaning or find the different words in the story book. You also adapt this worksheet too. Thank you for downloading and if you find the time please help me and leave a review. You can also snap, tag and share with my on Instagram: @Littlemindss

Here is a fun activity which can be completed as a lesson or intervention starter. The aim is to read all the words on the worksheet and make connections between the word on the web. Here is an example of some word connections on the first worksheet. Find- fast, floor and father- all start with ‘f’. Find- mind and kind- all rhyme Find- gold , mind and kind all end with ‘d’ and have 4 letters in. Another common exception word which could link with find is behind because it ends with ‘nd’ I hope you find this resource useful. Thank you for downloading and if you find the time please leave a review. You can also snap, tag and share with me on Instagram: @Littlemindss

Activity idea: Write various question starters on post-it notes and hide around the learning environment. Then ask the child/ children to find the post-it notes and write them on the visual aid. Thank you for downloading and if you find the time please help me by leaving a review. You can also snap, tag and share on instagram: @littlemindss