A reading and spelling lesson with a Christmas theme. There are 20 slides showing colour Christmas related pictures. Children name the pictures and then say the initial sounds. More able children can spell the words. The slides are animated so that each letter appears with a click. The last slide can be printed off as a visual aid or activity sheet. Children can work alone or in pairs to find the pictures as they appear and mark off the words on the grid. Pictures are all of 3 or 4 letter words. Encourages speaking and listening and thinking e.g. the reindeer picture - the key word is nose and not reindeer.

Here is a new version of an old favourite: The Twelve Days of Christmas. You can use the music and rhythm from this to sing along with/ read this PPT. The Christmas tree builds up from having a red robin , 2 shiny stars, 3 naughty elves and up to 12 drums a drumming. Children can join in with the counting as your go along from slide 1 to 12. Slide 13 is the title slide showing the 12 days of Christmas pictures. Slide 14 is a worksheet where children can cut out and order the 12 days of Christmas.

A wonderfully illustrated colouring book to go with the picture book: Sadie and her Red Shiny Shoes 10 colouring sheets included : Sadie and her Red Shiny Shoes Sadie and dad in the garden Sadie and her best friend Una Sadie plays football Sadie plays in the sand tray Sadie has a birthday Sadie loves elephants Sadie plays with Fluff the cat Sadie and Daisy make a snowman Sadie at Christmas

This is a fun game to play supporting your work on phonics and initial sounds. Lots of speaking and listening and thinking involved where the answers may not be so obvious as with the X slide where the pictures are things containing an x. There is a slide for each letter of the alphabet and 10 pictures on each slide. Children name the pictures and can say a phrase or sentence for each one. Differentiate by asking the children to name specific pictures dependent on their ability or levels. Press and the answers will fly in on command. You could extend this activity by asking the children to write a list for each of the letters of the alphabet and the answers can then be checked. Children could work in pairs or small groups or on their own. The picture cards can also be printed and cut out and then sorted or matched to the original slides.

This is an animated PPT with 2 activity sheets as a follow up. Jo is trying to decide on her favourite day, event or time of year and she wants your help. There are 19 animated ideas to choose from. Children watch the PPT and help Jo to decide which special day or time of year she likes the best. The slides are animated so the children will delight in watching the special days and time of the year ideas on the TV, There are lots of details too, on the slides for children to talk about and spot in the other slides. Many of these are animated also. The activity sheets are at the back: A writing frame for children to write their choice of favourite times for Jo and their personal choice. They then draw these choices. Activity sheet 2 is for children to colour and label all the choices of special days or times of the year. Extension activities include data handling - how many children chose the same or different favourite times? What is the most popular day or time of the year? If you like this resource check out also: Help Jo to choose a new pet dog Help Jo to choose a Father’s Day gift Help Jo to choose a new hobby Help Jo to choose a job Help Jo to choose her favourite food

An original fun story to tell your children at Christmas time. Farmer Christmas has a busy week giving all of his animals a treat, but he almost forgets the Christmas dinner! Farmer Christmas saves the best treat for his lovely wife Mrs Christmas. The story has 10 colour pages to share or print off and read to / with your children. All the flashcards to go with the story are included - Farmer images, 7 animals, 7 days of the week and the 7 treats for the animals. There is a background template for children to make their own scene using the flashcards. There are 2 worksheets -1) write what happens on each day of the week and 2) match the 7 treats to the 7 animals. Links to measures, time, matching and good for memory recall.

A different workbook to teach the alphabet that children will enjoy. 2 differentiated activity sheets for each letter of the alphabet. Sheet 1 shows Capital and Lower case outlines with 4 pictures beginning with each letter. Sheet 2 has words added to the pictures. The letters can be traced, painted or coloured in.

A unique Alphabet Powerpoint using the letters of the keyboard. Animate yourself or make any changes you want using this format. Great also to use as posters for your alphabet frieze.

A complete set of colour named posters showing girls and boys for each letter of the alphabet. There are also small card sets of girls and boys which can be used for matching, sound work or on displays. Great for displays, visual aids, alphabet and sound work.

An alphabet / phonics resource for EYFS and KS1 A collection of alphabet sheets from A to Z Each sheet shows: Letters to trace 2 pictures with words to write for each letter of the alphabet 2 sentences to copy Children can colour in the pictures

A bumper resource to support learning the alphabet, phonics and reading for EYFS and KS1. The first poster shows a colour picture for each letter of the alphabet. Children can use this as a worksheet adding either the first sound or the word. Laminate this and it can be useful in the writing corner. The second sheet is a replica of the first, but in black and white. Children love to colour this in, either using the colour pictures to copy or using their own colours. Next there is the full alphabet in both colour and black and white with a letter/word for each page. Each page shows a picture, the word and has some letters for children to overwrite. Again, laminate for the writing corner and use dry markers for lots of use and writing practice.

A maths story power point for young children with an animal theme. Skills include counting to 5, knowing and using ordinal number, ordering the days of the week, developing memory skills, sequencing and colour matching. On each day of the week from Monday to Friday, the narrator sees a different animal. So, on Monday, the animal is a slow snail, Tuesday, a slow snail and a happy hippo etc. Children can join in the reading of the story on the PPT using the picture cues to help them. Encourage the children, later, to recall the animals and days of the week without the picture cues. There are 3 sets of flashcards to cut out and laminate- animals, ordinal number and days of the week. Following the story, use the flashcards as an activity where children sequence, match and recall.

A bright power point showing animals from A to Z. Each page encourages the children to say the sounds, recognise the lower and upper case letters and read the sentence about the animal. Use as part of your work on animals and phonics. The slides also make a lovely wall display or alphabet frieze. Extend by printing off the slides and cutting off the black letter and word sections. Laminate for reuse. Children can match the two parts together to complete the pictures.

Here are 3 templates that counsellors working with children and young people could use as a more visual aid and way of communicating the counselling contract. There is a blank one where you could fill in your own information or questions. There is one with key questions included. The third has key questions but added pictures / symbols. There is a black and white version and colour version of each of the 3 templates. Play therapists may also adapt the templates for their work with children and young people.

This resource consists of six worksheets aimed at Key Stage 1 and SEND children, focusing on the initial sounds of the letters S, A, T, P, I, and N. Each sheet features a list of 20 words and corresponding symbols (licensed by Boardmaker), designed to help children associate sounds with images. The worksheets are available in both colour and black-and-white. Children are tasked with matching the words to the right symbols and can either tick off the words as they find them or write the word’s number next to the correct picture. This activity set supports learning in phonics and reading. To extend the use of the resource you may want to laminate the colour sheets and children can use dry markers with these in the writing corner.

This set of 10 colour worksheets is designed with KS1 children in mind, accompanied by detailed planning sheets, offering five ways to integrate reading, writing, alphabetical ordering, phonics, and speaking and listening into your classroom activities. Utilizing the majority of photographs, the resource invites children to match words to colour photographs, sequence words alphabetically, explore phonics through image association and describe pictures to peers. This resource enriches vocabulary and comprehension but also nurtures a connection between visual cues and language, providing a foundation for budding readers and writers.