A resource pack for the story ‘The Jolly Postman’ by Janet & Allan Ahlberg. This engaging Literacy pack includes worksheets, display materials, games and crafts. Also available is the resource pack for ‘The Jolly Christmas Postman’ The pack includes: Two Large display banners: ‘The Jolly Postman’ and also ‘The Jolly Postman or Other People’s Letters’ with a picture of the postman and lots of letters A display border with pictures of letters and the Jolly Postman-this can be printed as many times as you need to border a display of any size Drawings of the characters in the book such as the Jolly Postman and his bike, the Three Bears, the Wicked Witch, Cinderella etc (these are not printed from the book but have been drawn by myself)- these are in black and white and colour and are great for story telling and displays Templates for writing different letters to the characters with black and white pictures and without pictures, templates for postcards, airmail letters and birthday cards Masks of the characters in the story- these are provided in colour and black and white- great for retelling the story or for making up their own story Worksheets for Numeracy, Literacy and general work- some of these are differentiated or can be used as templates for you to put your own sums on Story word cards each with a picture of the Jolly Postman- these look good on displays or can be used in the writing area of your classroom to help when writing about the story An A4 word card with words and pictures relating to the story A4 poster with some nursery rhymes and pictures on Question cards with questions relating to the story and a picture of the Jolly Postman and his bike-these are great to add to a display to encourage the children to think more about the story A game relating to the story- deliver the letters from your sack the quickest to win the game A colourful bingo game with pictures of the different characters and letters and parcels A colourful matching pairs game Counting cards up to 20 Large number line pictures with the numbers up to 20 Individual number lines up to 10 and 20 with the numbers written on letters 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 publisher of the story or any related stories or products.

A bumper resource pack for the popular story ‘The Shopping Basket’ by John Burningham The pack includes: DISPLAY Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display Display border- a colourful display border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size Word cards- words on shopping baskets relating to the story Word and picture flashcards- coloured pictures of each of the animals and foods in the story and the words Shopping and animal posters- A4 posters with each animal and food on with the name LITERACY A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story Shopping alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on the different foods in the shopping basket Writing sheets- a set of writing sheets with borders for the children to write on and use in the writing area Speech bubble worksheets- fill in the speech bubbles to show what the characters are saying Writing worksheet- write about the different animals in the story Shopping list worksheet- label the different items in the shopping basket Favourite part of the story- draw and write about your favourite part of the story MATHS Basket number line- a number line to 50 on shopping baskets Counting cards- count the objects from 1-10 Size ordering worksheets- order the character props by size- in colour and also black and white Counting worksheets- count the number of items in each shopping basket Number worksheet- draw the correct number of foods GAMES Picture bingo- collect the characters and foods for your bingo board Matching pairs- find the picture matching pairs Number dominoes- a colourful domino game to make and play Shopping game- collect the different foods needed for your shopping basket by spinning the spinner ART & CRAFT Picture jigsaws- cut out and reassemble the jigsaws of the different characters Tracing sheets Stick puppets Face masks Play dough mats- make the correct number of items in each shopping basket Matching worksheet- match each character to the correct food Colouring Make a 3D basket- cut out and make a shopping basket Drawing worksheet STORY TELLING Sequence pictures Face masks Stick puppets- coloured stick puppets to use when retelling the story Large character and food pictures to match 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 product

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

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

This Maths and Literacy center pack is perfect for Autumn / Fall with themes of leaves, pumpkins etc. There are 9 centers included- 4 for Maths, and 5 for Literacy. Repeating patterns- make repeating patterns using the colored Fall themed picture cards and then use the recording sheets to draw your patterns or use on of the three cut and paste sheets to continue the patterns. Count and clip- count and the Fall pictures up to ten and clip with a paperclip or peg. There is a recording sheet to write the number and fill in a ten frame. Math match- complete the jigsaws with a number pumpkin, ten frame and tally complete with a recording sheet. Number ordering- Order the numbered Fall leaves and then complete the recording sheet to cut and stick numbers 1-10 in order or 1-5. Lower and upper case matching- match the leaves with upper case letters and lower case letters plus a recording sheet to record some of the matches. Rhyming pumpkins- 24 sets of rhyming pairs with pictures on pumpkins. There are two recording sheets for students to draw their rhyming pairs and four sheets to cut and paste with two difficulties. Word family sorting- sort the apples onto the trees with word families _at, _en, _ip, _og, _ug, _an. There are three recording sheets each with 2 word families on each to write the words and six recording sheets which each cover a word family for the students to cut and paste the apples. Initial sounds- Three sets of Fall themed picture cards for students to choose a card and trace the initial sound letter on the apple tree. Sentence scramble- Six sets of sentence cards to rearrange to make the sentence and a recording sheet for each sentence to cut and paste the words and then copy the sentence.

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen is a lovely classic book which children love! This pack has a variety of activities for your children to use: Large color and black line sequence pictures- these can be printed smaller for different uses or kept large for bulletin boards Bear prepositon cards showing the bear in different places Graphic organizers- two versions An emergent reader book- this is an interactive book for the children to place a toy figure in the correct prepositional spot on each page or to draw themselves on each page Label the bear- two versions for the children to copy the words in the correct boxes or to write the label in the way of the author Rhyming word literacy center- match the rhyming word cards or the word and picture cards. Recording sheet also included Story retelling sheets- two versions for children to draw the missing parts of the map or to cut and paste the sequence pictures in order True or False- color the statements about the story What do you find in the cave- a drawing and writing activity What happens next- draw and write Write three sentences about the bear

Snowmen at Night is a lovely story for Winter. This book companion includes: Sequencing picture cards- these are in full color and also in blackline Sequencing worksheet cut and paste Graphic organizers Sequence the sentences to retell the story My favorite part of the story writing and drawing activity If I were a snowman activity sheet Label the snowman- two versions for writing or cut and paste ‘My Snowman’ writing activity Snowman Can, Have, Are grid Story map- draw in the missing parts of the story- two versions for differentiation Text-to-self connections- What do the snowmen and you do at night, What do the snowman and you do in the snow Three ‘What happens next’ drawing and writing worksheets Two worksheets for students to list or draw the things the snowmen did at night Writing activity to write about what they would do at night if they were snowmen- a writing and a drawing version Writing activity- What do the snowmen do at night in the story and what do they think snowmen really do at night Beginning, middle and end of the story- a worksheet to draw or write about the different parts

Celebrate the Christmas holidays with this activity pack which accompanies the book ‘The Gingerbread Man Loose at Christmas’ by Laura Murray. The pack includes: Sequencing picture cards- these are in full color and also in blackline Sequencing worksheet cut and paste Story sequencing worksheet- beginning, middle and end Graphic organizers Character traits- what do the children say about their teacher My favorite part of the story writing and drawing activity Doing something special writing activity- three different sheets to choose from Asking question- Think of Who, What, When, Where and Why questions to ask the Gingerbread Man Retell the story writing worksheet, writing and drawing worksheet and drawing worksheet allowing you to differentiate Alphabetical order- order the professions in alphabetical order Text-to-self connections- Who did the Gingerbread Man thank and who would you like to thank- two different worksheets Three what happens next drawing and writing worksheets Who did the Gingerbread Man meet in the town- draw and write some of the people he met True or False sentences about the story- differentiated versions Beginning, middle and end of the story- a worksheet to draw or write about the different parts

This book companion is based on the book ‘The Lonely Scarecrow’ by Tim Preston and contains a variety of activities and colorful sequencing cards. The packet contains: A set of colorful sequencing cards Cause and effect worksheets- three versions The lonely scarecrows character traits My favorite part of the story- draw and write worksheet Graphic organizers- three versions Label the scarecrow- two versions to cut and paste or write the labels Writing activity- write a letter to the animals from the scarecrow- three versions Retell the story writing worksheet My scarecrow worksheets- three different versions for differentiation The Lonely Scarecrow grid- The Lonely Scarecrow has, lives, feels Writing activity- write three sentences about the lonely scarecrow Feelings worksheets- draw the faces on the scarecrow to show how he feels at the beginning and the end of the story or write how he feels at the beginning, middle and end of the story True or False- read the statements about the story and decide which are true or false plus an extra worksheet to write some of your own true and false statements A bonus scarecrow game

Creepy Carrots is one of my favourite read-aloud books to use with my class. The pack includes: A craftivity to create your own unique Creepy carrot A literacy center with CVC carrots to make Cause and effect worksheets- three versions Beginning, middle and end of story worksheet Jasper’s character traits Comprehension worksheets- two versions My favourite part of the story- draw and write worksheet Graphic organizers- three versions Instructional writing- Jasper’s plan- worksheets for drawing and writing Cut and paste sentence making activity Writing activity- My plan to stop the creepy carrots Retell the story writing worksheet Drawing activity- what does Jasper think he sees and what does he really see? What happens next- three worksheets to draw and write Writing activity- What will the carrots do next? Write and draw about Jasper Writing activity- If Creepy carrots were following me, i would…

This book companion accompanies the lovely story of ‘The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin’ by Joe Troiano. The activities include: A craftivity to make your own Spookley Colored Sequencing cards to retell the story Character traits of Spookley writing sheet My favorite part of the story drawing and writing Graphic organisers All about Spookley worksheet Beginning, middle and end drawing or writing sheet Cause and effect worksheet plus a blank worksheet for the teacher to part fill or for more able children to fully complete by themselves Feelings worksheets I am special worksheet - compare how Spookley was special to how they are special If I were a pumpkin drawing and writing sheet Make the sentences cut and paste Making comparisons- a venn diagram to compare Spokley to the other pumpkins Retell the story writing worksheet Retell the story cut and paste picture worksheet Text-to-self connections - How Spookley helped and how they have helped someone Write three sentences about Spookley worksheet PLUS a bonus matching pairs game!

The story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar is loved by all children! This pack supports the book and is Common Core aligned but also suitable for the National Curriculum. The pack includes: A set of sequencing pictures in color and black line Initial sounds worksheets and cut and paste activities Comprehension picture cards with a choice of two or three answers to choose Graphic organizers Writing activities including drawing and write their favorite part of the story, drawing and writing what happens next and writing what they would eat if they were the caterpillar Sequence worksheets Text-to-self connections worksheets A set of colored vocabulary cards Plus a bonus Math book to trace and count the pictures to 10.

I love this cute story for Easter and this set of activities is great to use after reading the book. The pack includes: Graphic organisers My favorite part of the story drawing and writing activity (also included is the spelling favourite) Adjective activity to describe Hoppi ‘If I were a bunny…’ activity sheet My Easter egg- design an Easter egg and write three sentences about it Text-to-self connections- three different sheets for drawing and writing Writing activities My favorite egg- draw and write about your favorite egg from the story (also included is the spelling favourite) Sequencing cards- 12 picture cards for retelling the story, describing activities or even make into games such as matching pairs I hope you enjoy using the activities x

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’.

There was a cold lady who swallowed some snow is a perfect story for the winter snowy days! This pack is full of writing activities, sequencing activities, comprehension activities and a story telling craftivity. The activities included are: If I were a cold lady I would swallow… worksheet Comprehension worksheet A set of comprehension question cards to choose the correct answer from a choice of two Worksheet- color the things the cold lady swallowed and put a cross through the things she didn’t swallow Cut and paste worksheet of what the cold lady ate Craftivity- cut out the cold lady and feed her the picture cards in order- the face can be pasted onto a box and the mouth cut out Writing sheet to write three sentences Finish the sentences worksheet Label the snowman- one worksheet with words at the bottom to use for labelling and the other without words A story retelling worksheet to write four main parts of the story My favorite part of the story worksheet to draw and write A cut and paste story sequence worksheet Simple picture cards to sequence for the story

There was an old lady who swallowed some books is a perfect story for the start of the school year. This pack is full of writing activities, sequencing activities, comprehension activities and a story telling craftivity. The activities included are: If I were an old lady I would swallow… worksheet A set of comprehension question cards to choose the correct answer from a choice of two Worksheet- color the things the cold lady swallowed and put a cross through the things she didn’t swallow Cut and paste worksheet of what the cold lady ate in the correct order Craftivity- cut out the cold lady and feed her the picture cards in order- the face can be pasted onto a box and the mouth cut out Writing sheet to write three sentences My favorite part of the story worksheet to draw and write A cut and paste story sequence worksheet Simple picture cards to sequence for the story Alphabetical order literacy center with recording sheet In my backpack… writing sheet Missing word worksheet based on the story Three number jigsaws with numbers 1-5 and 1-10 to order Rhyming words literacy center with recording sheet What happens next… two worksheets

There was an old lady who swallowed a bat is a perfect story for Halloween. This pack is full of writing activities, sequencing activities, comprehension activities and a story telling craftivity. The activities included are: Cut, paste and color worksheet to add the labels to the picture A comprehension worksheet about the story Worksheet- color the things the cold lady swallowed and put a cross through the things she didn’t swallow Cut and paste worksheet of what the cold lady ate in the correct order Craftivity- cut out the cold lady and feed her the picture cards in order- the face can be pasted onto a box and the mouth cut out Bats Can, Have, Are grid worksheet My favorite part of the story worksheet to draw and write A cut and paste story sequence worksheet Simple picture cards to sequence for the story Retelling the story writing worksheet Upper and lower case letters literacy center Finish the sentences writing worksheet based on the story Word family literacy center for short vowel ‘a’ with two recording sheets What happens next… two worksheets (Worksheets with alternative spelling are included)

There was an old lady who swallowed a frog is a perfect story for Spring and to use with a topic on Growing. This pack is full of writing activities, sequencing activities, literacy centers and a story telling craftivity. The activities included are: Cut, paste and color worksheet to add the labels to the picture Rhyming words literacy center Worksheet- color the things the cold lady swallowed and put a cross through the things she didn’t swallow Cut and paste worksheet of what the cold lady ate in the correct order Craftivity- cut out the cold lady and feed her the picture cards in order- the face can be pasted onto a box and the mouth cut out Cut and paste the things the old lady swallowed and didn’t swallow My favorite part of the story worksheet to draw and write Writing worksheet- the old lady swallowed a ______ because ______ Simple picture cards to sequence for the story Upper and lower case letters on gloves literacy center Planting a seed sequencing cards and worksheet What do plants need - two different worksheets (Worksheets with alternative spelling are included)

This pack is great to use with the book ‘Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?’ It contains four centers and activities for story retelling and learning colors. Ten build a sentences worksheets to read, write and make the sentences Color clip cards Count and trace Maths center Initial sounds Literacy center Label the bear- two versions Read and color- two versions Repeating patterns Maths center Upper and lower case letters Literacy center Color sequencing cards

Start off the new school year with the activity pack which accompanies the book ‘David Goes to School’ by David Shannon. It is a great story for looking at school rules and the effects of bad choices. The packs includes: Story sequencing worksheet- beginning, middle and end Graphic organisers Character traits of David Advice for David- write and draw what he should/ should not do at school Favourite part of the story worksheet Draw and write things David did at school- two variations My school writing worksheet for children to write one of their rules and explain why it is important Making comparisons Opinion writing- would you like David in your class? My school rules- children write four of their rules Retell the story worksheet School rules- what we should and shouldn’t do Davids behaviour at school- write about what David should have done Writing and drawing worksheet