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Literacy for early childhood
The Train Ride story sack resources- Transport
The pack includes:
Display resources
Banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border- a train track border for you to print out as many times as you need to use on a display board of any size
Characters- large coloured pictures of the characters in the story ‘The Train Ride’ to add to your display
Story words- as set of word cards with words relating to the story- great to add to your display or use on your writing area
Story questions- a set of decorated cards with questions about the story
Title poster- a decorative poster with title, author and illustrator on
Photos- colour photos of steam trains- great to add to your displays
Large colour train- create a long train for your wall with engine and carriages
Role play/ story props
Face masks- a set of coloured masks for retelling the story of ‘The Train Ride’ or for making up new stories
Puppets- coloured stick puppets to make
Sequencing pictures- pictures to sequence when retelling the story
Small world background- print out and use as backdrop for your train set
Literacy
A4 word card- an A4 sized card with words and pictures about the story ‘The Train Ride- great to use when writing
A train shaped book to make- on each page the children can complete the sentence ‘I see a…’
Design a ticket- fill in the details on the train ticket
Worksheets- various worksheets including a book review, writing and drawing about a favourite part of the story, matching word to picture, filling in speech bubbles and writing initial sounds
Writing pages- four photocopiable sheets with borders for the children to write about the story or to include in your writing area
Alphabet line- a colourful alphabet line on hot air balloons
Numeracy
Sheep number line- a number line from 0-50 on cute sheep
Worksheets- add the numbers on the train carriages, fill in the missing numbers and count how many objects there are
Power points
The Train Ride- spot all the objects beginning with the letter ‘t’ as the train moves along and then see how many you can remember at the end!
A listening journey- click to hear the sounds on each page and guess what sounds they are
Art and craft
Puppets- colour and make your own puppets for retelling the story
Face masks- colour the face masks
Colouring pictures- various pictures to colour
Cut and assemble the train- cut out the simple train parts and assemble your own train
What do you see out of the window- draw a scene you might see on a train journey
Make a tunnel
Games to make and play
Matching pairs
Colour train bingo
Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story,
Elmer the elephant story sack resources
The pack includes:
A display banner with elmer pictures and a colourful patchwork border
A colourful patchwork border for your displays- print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
A coloured Elmer picture and a black and white version to colour in or collage
A picture of an elephant- in grey colour and in black and white
10 A4 posters of patterned elephants- great to create an elephant parade on your display
An elephant and an Elmer face mask in black and white
An alphabet line on colourful patterned elephants
A number line up to 100 on elephants and Elmer- great for counting in 2's too
A powerpoint about real elephants
A photo pack of elephant pictures
A photo pack of the other animals in the story
Number flash cards
Posters for the number rhyme 'one elephant went out to play' with props for singing the rhyme
Word cards with a patchwork border with words relating to elephants and the Elmer story
10 colouring pictures
An elephant themed bingo colour game
Fact cards about real elephants with colour photos
A matching pairs game- match the patterned elephants
An Elmer colour game- collect the coloured patchwork squares for your Elmer
Counting cards up to 10 with elmer pictures
A finger puppet to make of an elephant and Elmer
Large lettering for your display 'ELMER' with a colourful patchwork pattern
A4 work borders in colour and black and white with a patchwork pattern- great for displaying work quickly
2 different tags to use on your story sack of Elmer
Colour paint splats with the name of the colour
A colour poster
Jasper's Beanstalk story sack resources
The pack includes:
Colour pictures of Jasper the cat and the tools he uses for his gardening as well as a beanstalk
Black and white pictures for the children to colour or collage
A large title banner with a picture of Jasper and a beanstalk
A Jasper finger puppet to make- great for retelling the story
A colour face mask of Jasper
A black and white face mask of Jasper for the children to colour
Words relating to the story with pictures
A display border of a beanstalk and also a border of beans- these can be printed as many times as you need for a display board of any size
A colourful matching pairs game
Bean height posters- put the pictures in height order- these are also provided in black and white for the children to sort and stick in height order
Numbered plant pots from 0-10 each with a bean plant with the corresponding number of leaves on each plant
Three different work borders- great for displaying the childrens work quickly and easily- these are also provided in black and white for the children to colour and write on
A colourful picture bingo game
Colour bean sequence posters
Days of the week labels
A label for your story sack of Jasper's Beanstalk
Two word searches for different abilities
A number line on garden tools- this would also be great in a garden centre role play area
An alphabet line on beans
A growing bean diary to make and fill in each day
Various Maths worksheets
Various Literacy themed worksheets
Question cards about the story- great to add to your display
An A4 word card with words and pictures
Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by, the authors or publishers of the story or any related stories or products.
Fruit and Vegetable shop role play- Greengrocers
This pack can be used to set up a role play area of a Greengrocers or can be used as part of a topic on Fruit and Vegetables or Healthy Eating
The pack includes:
Large (A4 sized) coloured and black and white fruit and veg pictures,
A large (4 times A4) poster to put together of different fruit with their names and another poster showing different vegetables and their names,
A5 sized cards showing the fruit and veg and space to add a price label to use in your shop-the price labels are from 1p to 50p allowing you to make your own prices for the items and to alter them according to the ability of your children,
Topic cards with the name and pictures of the different fruit and vegetables
4 different Greengrocer hats to make to use in the role play
A large title 'Greengrocers' to cut out with each letter decorated with fruit and veg pictures (also included in the pack is a similar large title of 'Fruit and Vegetables' which is great for use on a large display board)
Plus lots more!
Garden Centre role play- growing
The pack includes:
A Garden Centre sign
A 'Welcome' poster
A decorated clock to make with moveable clock hands
Open and closed signs
Opening times posters
A 'Pay here' poster
Display words with photos and words of different gardening tools and equipment
Large grass themed lettering spelling 'Garden Centre'
Colourful number flowers
A set of colour posters with flowers in pots of different colours and the colour names- these also look great in your gardening area
Price labels to add to the price signs
Phonemes from the Letters and Sounds scheme on leaves
Posters to show step by step how to plant a seed
Posters advertising sheds and greenhouses for sale to display in the Garden Centre
Vegetable seeds packets
Flower seed packets
Flower bulb packets
A colourful garden gnome alphabet line
A 'Grow your own vegetables' poster
Banners to display in different areas of your Garden Centre- 'Vegetable Seeds', 'Flower Seeds', 'Gardening Tools' and 'Plants'
Hats to make for the Garden Centre staff to wear
Large photo pictures of different garden tools and equipment
A poster to advertise Gift vouchers
Gift vouchers
A Sunflower number line
Book labels- 'Order Book', 'Messages' and 'Stock Book'
Posters for a Children's Gardening Club
Writing resources:
A blank poster for children to write special offers, messages etc
Blank 'Special Offer' posters
A Garden Design sheet with space to write a shopping list of things they need for their garden
A Gift Voucher card with space to write a message
A Garden Centre loyalty card
Badges to write their names on
Make a seed packet and write the growing instructions on the back
Decorated note paper
Decorated telephone messages pages
A Garden Centre order form
A decorated shopping list
Blank price signs to write the prices of different items in the Garden Centre
The posters, signs and pictures will create a motivating and colourful role play area either inside your classroom or in your outside area which will encourage the children to further their vocabulary and language and encourage writing for different purposes.
Phonics fish display
A colourful set of phonics fish-great for displays, flashcards, games etc on CD
This is a great set on CD of colourful fish each with a letter of the alphabet or grapheme as taught in the Letters and Sounds teaching programme.
These would make a great display for your classroom or water area. Alternatively they could be used as flashcards when teaching the sounds.
The fish could also be used for various games such as magnetic fishing games, matching pairs etc.
The fish are also provided in black and white on the CD so they can be coloured by yourself or by the children.
The font used on the fish is Sassoon Primary Infant which is widely used in Primary schools.
The fish are saved as PDF files and can be opened using Adobe Acrobat Reader which is available for free from their website or is probably already on your computer.
Picture alphabet line posters
A colourful picture alphabet line for you to print out and use in your educational setting.
Included is a colour alphabet and also a black and white alphabet which you can colour in yourselves or allow the children to colour to create their own alphabet.
Each letter has a selection of pictures with that initial sound. These cards could be used in your writing area, used to create a colourful display, used as flash cards, for games etc.
The letter cards are approximately A5 size however by altering printer settings you will be able to print them out in whatever size you would like.
The Rainbow Fish story sack resources
This story is a lovely story of friendship which is loved by children and this pack is great for bringing the story and characters to life.
The pack includes:
A large display title banner featuring pictures of fish and other sea creatures
A smaller display title poster
18 sea creature colour pictures including the Rainbow Fish, his friends, the Wise Octopus plus other items to make up an under the sea scene. These pictures are in large A4 size
All of the sea creature drawings in black and white so they can be used for colouring and art activities
A lovely colourful photo pack with 15 photos of fish and other sea creatures
Alphabet fish- each letter on a separate colourful fish
Number fish up to 100- each number on a separate colourful fish
A black and white fish face mask to make
A black and white octopus face mask to make- great for retelling the story or making up new stories
A set of colourful fish face masks of the Rainbow Fish and other colourful fish in the story
A coloured octopus face mask
Large lettering with a bubble pattern spelling 'The Rainbow Fish'
A matching pairs game
Dotted tracing pictures of the Rainbow Fish and the Octopus
Counting cards showing the different sea creatures and numbers
A display border with sea creatures and a bubble design-this can be printed as many times as you need enabling it to fit around a display board of any size
A book information display sheet with pictures and the title and author of the book
A game to collect the coloured scales for your fish with a special die to make
Story words on bubbles
A magnetic fishing game to make with characters from the story- three parts of this are shown at the bottom of the picture as a frieze which would also look great as a backdrop to the water area. When the 4 A4 panels are fixed into a square, the sea creatures can be put inside and 'caught' with a fishing rod
3 black and white colouring scenes
Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the author or publishers of the story, or any related stories or products.
Hansel and Gretel story resource pack- story sack, fairy tales
Hansel and Gretel
The pack includes:
Large characters and story prop pictures from the story of Hansel and Gretel- these would be great on a display or are good when laminated and velcro added to the back for the children to use on a flannel board
Small characters and story prop pictures- these are great for table top play and also great when laminated and stored with the story book or included in a story sack
Story word cards- these are great to add to a display about Hansel and Gretel or to include in a writing area
A coloured A4 story word card- very useful for the children to use when writing about the story
Black and white pictures of the characters and story props from Hansel and Gretel for the children to colour or collage
Black and white face masks of the characters in the Hansel and Gretel story
A board game based on the story of Hansel and Gretel
Finger puppets to colour and make- great for retelling the story and including in your story sack
Various worksheets about the story of Hansel and Gretel
Question cards to encourage the children to think about the story and what happened in the Hansel and Gretel story
A number line to 50 on biscuit pictures
A matching pairs game to match the biscuit pictures
The Winter Hedgehog story resource pack- powerpoints, games, literacy, numeracy
A great resource pack to accompany the lovely children’s book ‘The Winter Hedgehog' by Ann and Reg Cartwright.
Also includes resources about hibernation.
The pack includes:
Display resources:
Banner- a long colourful display banner
Display borders
A4 word card
Story words- decorated words relating to the story
Question cards
Fact cards- about hibernation and different animals that hibernate
Title page
Hibernation words
Hibernation banner
Photos- of different winter scenes
Numeracy resources:
Number line on hedgehogs
Size hedgehogs- order the different hedgehogs in size order
Counting worksheets- a version for numbers up to 5 and for up to 10
Dice game- roll 1 or 2 dice and colour the correct numbered spike on your hedgehog
Snowflake symmetry
Missing number worksheets
Role play/ story props
Face masks- coloured masks of the hedgehog and the other animals
Story props- large coloured pictures to use when retelling the story
Puppets
Powerpoints
Hedgehogs- find out different facts about hedgehogs
Winter- what happens in winter and what can we do?
Hibernation- find out about different animal that hibernate over Winter
Literacy resources
Snowflake alphabet
Book review
Worksheets-various worksheets about the story, Winter and the characters
Word searches
Writing pages- various pages to photocopy for the children to write and colour in the borders
Writing sheets
Hibernation worksheets
Worksheets- Signs of Autumn, Winter and Spring worksheets
Acrostic poem
Art and crafts
Animal paw prints- use the cards to copy the paw prints in the sand tray or in the snow
Tracing picture
Colouring worksheets
Winter scene worksheet
Animal puppets to make
Animal masks- black and white masks of the different animals in the story
Games
Bingo- a colourful picture bingo game
Snowman building game- throw the die and collect the different parts of your snowman
Hibernation game- throw a die and turn over a card to see how many hedgehogs are hibernating under the pile of leaves
Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the author or publishers of the story or any related stories or products.
Bakery role play pack + Five Currant Buns number rhyme pack
A bumper pack full of posters, signs, flashcards, pictures and writing opportunites to set up a role play area of a Bakery.
The pack is great for use in the EYFS and also within KS1 and KS2 enabling you to print out the resources again and again.
The pack includes:
· A long colourful banner for the Bakery
· Posters for the bakery to add names to which show who the bakers are that day
· A number line to 20 on various bakery products
· A decorated open and closed sign for your bakery
· Opening times posters- one with times already added and one to add your own opening times
· Posters including ‘queue here’ and ‘Beware hot oven’
· Flashcards of different products for sale in the bakery with words and pictures
· Small word and picture signs to add to the products for sale
· Large colour pictures of different products for sale
· Large black and white images- great for art work
· Large lettering ‘Bakery’ decorated with images of bakery goods
· A colourful Gingerbread man alphabet line
· A number line to 100 on colourful cupcakes
· Bread posters showing different breads for sale etc
· Birthday cake posters showing different choices
· Equipment and ingredients posters
· Price cards with space to add the price or write your own price according to the ability and age of the children
· Special offer posters
· Wedding cake posters
· Colour photo posters with images of bakery displays and goods in a bakery
· Hats to make- 3 different colourful designs and a black hat to design your own
· A ‘Remember to wash your hands’ poster
· Name badges- colourful badges to write the staff names on
Opportunities for writing and mark making:
· A birthday cake order form
· Ingredients order form
· A colour and black and white customer order form with all of the bakery goods
· Decorated shopping lists
· Wedding cake order forms
· Decorated phone messages and note paper
· Blank special offer posters for you to write the offers for that day
· Decorated receipts to write
The posters, signs and pictures will create a motivating and colourful role play area in your setting which will encourage the children to further their vocabulary and language and encourage writing for different purposes.
Back to school writing pack- first week of term KS1/ EYFS
A fun set of sheets for use after the summer holidays and for the first week of the autumn term.
Includes:
Summer holiday memories
Thoughts and plans for the new school year
My new class
Classroom rules
Be a friend, not a bully plus more...
Contains 22 different sheets which could be used individually or made into a workbook or even used to make quick and easy displays!
Bundle
Growing plants bundle plus Garden Centre role play
A bumper topic pack for Growing, a fun role play pack to create your own Garden Centre and two complete story activity packs.
Rosie's Walk - Book activities, story telling, Prepositions
The story ‘Rosie’s Walk’ is a lovely story that follows the hen, Rosie on her walk around the farmyard followed by the fox!
This book companion pack has activities for extending the book for your students and also preposition activities which are great for speech and language activities.
The pack includes:
A graphic organiser to write or draw the beginning, middle and end of the story
An emergent reader book- Where is Rosie?
Preposition task cards and props- read the card and place Rosie, the hen, or the fox, in the correct position
Story map worksheets- draw the different things that Rosie sees on her walk or cut and stick the things she sees in the correct order
Sequencing pictures- 14 color pictures for retelling the story
Sorting worksheet- sort the different statements about foxes and hens to learn more about the animals
Stick puppets- make your own stick puppets of a hen and fox and use to retell the story- these can be used with the picture props in the preposition task card activity
Story map- move the fox and hen around the story board to retell the story or make up your own stories
Where is Rosie- an activity for speaking and listening- includes ten picture cards for the kids to describe where Rosie is in each one
I hope you and your children enjoy using these activities to support the story ‘Rosie’s Walk’.
Fire Station role play resource- People who help us, Fire fighter
A bumper pack with lots of forms, signs and pictures to set up a role play area of a Fire Station.
The pack is great for use in the EYFS and also within KS1 and KS2 enabling you to print out the resources again and again. The resources would also be great for parents or child-minders to create their own role play area at home and for nurseries and playgroups.
The pack includes:
Large letters to display in your role play area of 'Fire Station' (these are not shown in the photo)
A large banner saying 'Fire Station'
Word and picture cards with words relating to fire stations such as helmet, fire engine, ladder etc
Large A4 size pictures of objects relating to the fire service-great for display in your role play area or when learning about 'People who help us'
Lots of different forms to encourage writing in the role play area such as incident forms,
equipment forms, forms for taking emergency phone call messages etc
Signs to display in your 'fire station' such as reception, fire exit, signs showing where to replace equipment etc.
Fire fighters' badges in different sizes to make
Fire fighters' identity cards to make
Posters to display in your role play area and also great for discussion such as 'don't play with matches', the number to call in an emergency etc
An A4 sign to laminate where the children or adult can write the names of the 'fire fighters' that day
A large fire engine to print out (this prints on 2 A4 pieces of paper and needs to be joined together)
The posters, signs and pictures will create a motivating and colourful role play area either inside your classroom or in your outside area which will encourage the children to further their vocabulary and language and encourage writing for different purposes
70 Phonics flash cards- Letters and Sounds Literacy phases 1-6
This pack contains 69 flashcards of sounds taught in the Letters and Sounds scheme.
Each card is A4 sized so could be displayed as a colourful poster but can easily be printed in A5 or A6 size to make flash cards or for cards to use at home for revision.
Each card has the sound, 2-3 pictures with words and 6 further words, each with the sound highlighted.
The second filehas all of the sounds so can be used as a poster or revision/ assessment page.
Jungle Explorers role play pack
Jungle Explorers role play pack
This role play works particularly well in the outside are but can be used indoors too to create a colourful and stimulating role play area.
Resources include:
Coloured pictures of jungle animals for the children to find
Black and white pictures of the animals so the children can colour or collage them
Badge for the jungle explorers to wear
Identity badges for the explorers
Word and picture cards showing some of the kit the explorers will need
Check lists and forms to fill in to check the kit
Check lists, forms, sketch books etc for the explorers to fill in when they have found some jungle animals
Animal footprints- print out and leave trails for the children to find and follow
A large A-Z alphabet with each letter decorated with animal patterns
Number up to 50 on leaves- great to use if you are creating the role play area indoors
Colour photographs of some jungle animals
The Biggest Apple Ever - Book Companion, Sequencing and Science
This book companion is based on the book ‘The Biggest Apple Ever’ by Steven Kroll which is a great story for Fall and Halloween.
This engaging pack includes worksheets, games, crafts, story sequencing activities and Science activities.
The pack contains:
Beginning, middle and end organizer
Character posters- these are great for bulletin boards to add adjectives about each character
Character traits worksheets about Clayton and Desmond
Graphic organizers
My favorite part of the story- draw and write
Retell the story- two versions of writing/drawing worksheets
Sequence pictures in color and blackline
Sequence the story cut and paste
True or False- read the statements about the story and color the true and false ones
What happens next- two worksheets to draw and write
Venn diagram comparisons- compare Clayton and Desmond and their ideas
Literacy Centre- ABC order with two levels of difficulty
Instructional writing- ‘How to make apple pie’ - drawing and writing activity
Science:
Apple investigation worksheet
Label the apple- help Clayton and Desmond to label the apple- two versions
My facts about apples- write some facts about apples
Emergent reader book- The apple - a book about the life cycle of an apple
Bundle
Seaside bumper pack- role play, story resources and topic pack
This bundle contains the bumper seaside topic pack, two seaside themed story packs and a fun role play pack for creating a seaside role play area.
The Biggest Pumpkin Ever - Book Companion, Sequencing and Science
This book companion is based on the book ‘The Biggest Pumpkin Ever’ which is a great story for Fall and Halloween. It includes worksheets, games, display materials, games and activities.
It also includes science activities to learn more about pumpkins.
The pack contains:
Beginning, middle and end organizer
Character posters- these are great for bulletin boards to add adjectives about each character
Character traits worksheets about Clayton and Desmond
Graphic organizers
My favorite part of the story- draw and write
Retell the story- two versions of writing/drawing worksheets
Sequence pictures in color and blackline
Sequence the story cut and paste
Sort the statements- cut and paste the statements about Clayton and Desmond
Speech bubble worksheets- two writing activities to think what the characters might be saying
What happens next- two worksheets to draw and write
Word search- a fun themed word search
Writing activity- draw and write what each character did with the biggest pumpkin and what you would do
Venn diagram comparisons- compare Clayton and Desmond and their ideas
Science:
Pumpkin investigation worksheet
The life cycle of a pumpkin cut and paste activity
Pumpkin life cycle color posters
Instructional writing- write or draw the steps for how to grow a pumpkin
Emergent reader book- My Pumpkin - a book about the life cycle of a pumpkin