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Dear Father Christmas story resource pack- letter writing, activities, games
Dear Father Christmas
A delightful story for Christmas about the letters from a little girl to Father Christmas and the replies from him.
The pack includes:
A long title banner with pictures of Father Christmas and the elves
Word cards with words relating to the story and Father Christmas
A large picture of Father Christmas in his sleigh and the reindeers to cut out and make into a large picture with the reindeer pulling the sleigh
Question cards with questions relating to the story and pictures of Father Christmas
Colour pictures of Father Christmas, his sleigh, the elves and reindeer
A collection of colouring pictures and posters
A collection of Christmas wintery houses and trees to make into a lovely village scene display
Display words for writing letters- great for Christmas letter writing
An Advent calendar to make
A matching pairs game to collect the matching coloured stockings
Letter writing templates for writing your letter to Father Christmas
An alphabet line on patterned envelopes
Face masks in colour and black and white of Father Christmas, elves and reindeer
A number line to 50 on cute elves
A worksheet to draw Erol the elf
A worksheet to decorate the Christmas tree
Design a decoration to hang on the Christmas tree
A collection of decorations to cut out and colour which you can then hang on the Christmas tree
A game to spin the spinner and collect the coloured presents
Posters of all the reindeer and their names
A worksheet to decorate the sleigh and draw some presents for Father Christmas to deliver
A worksheet to design a ticket for a sleigh ride
A colourful bingo game with a Christmas theme
Various maths worksheets to count the number of presents, fill in the missing numbers and order the numbered stockings
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.
The Senses topic pack- Ourselves
The pack includes:
Topic web- lots of ideas and activity ideas for teaching about the five senses
Senses Power Point- a power point about our five senses
Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border- a colourful hand print border to print as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Posters- an A4 sized poster to print for each of the senses
My Five Senses workbook- a book to make where the children can draw and write about each of their five senses
Question cards- a collection of decorated question cards for you to include on displays asking the children about their senses
Topic word cards- word cards to include on displays or in the writing area
A collection of worksheets- worksheets about our senses such as naming things we can see but not touch, describing an object using their senses to explain about it to an alien, What we use each of our senses for, things we like and don’t like the taste of etc.
Sound walk activity- make some big ears and go on a sound walk and use the pictures as prompts when talking about what they have heard
Senses activity- a set of collecting boards for the children to sort the pictures for each sense
Smell activity- an activity guide for setting up a smelly pot activity and recording sheet
Bingo- a colourful senses bingo game to make and play
Sound bingo Power Point- listen to the sounds and cover them on your printable bingo boards
Guess the sounds Power Point- listen to the mystery sounds and choose the correct answer on the IWB
Coloured magic wands to make- cut and make these wands and add coloured cellophane for the children to look at things inside and outside
Coloured glasses to make- make the glasses and add coloured cellophane for the lenses
Seasons worksheets- write and draw about what the children can see, smell etc. each season
Toys topic resource
TOYS- PAST AND PRESENT
A bumper resource pack for the topic
The pack includes:
Display banners- 3 different colourful banners for your displays: ‘Toys’, ‘Old and New Toys’ and ‘Toys and Games’
Display border-a display border showing lots of different toys
Word cards- decorated word cards with words relating to toys and games
Describing words- word cards with useful words for describing toys such as how they move, how they looks etc.
Word searches- 2 word searches with words and pictures
Writing pages- a collection of photocopiable sheets with toy themed borders
Writing worksheets- a collection of worksheets with toy pictures and lines below for writing
My favourite toy- draw and write about your favourite toy
Word mat- an A4 word mat with words and pictures to use for writing activities
Number line- a number line to 100 on colourful toys
Alphabet line- a colourful alphabet line
Flash cards- word and picture cards of lots of different toys
Design a toy- a worksheet for your toy design
Colouring pictures- a collection of colouring sheets
Tracing pictures- pencil control sheets- great for younger children
Book cover- a book cover to colour to use to keep all the topic work together
Bingo- print and make this colourful toy themed bingo game
Matching pairs game- match the toys
Number dominoes- a toy themed game
Label the toys- label some different toys
Counting cards- cards with numbers 1-10 and the corresponding number of toys
Size ordering- order the Russian dolls in size order- in colour and black and white
Literacy worksheets- match labels to toys, write initial sounds, write words to describe different toys
Play dough mats- a collection of activity mats to use in the play dough area
Old toys posters- colourful posters showing some old toys
Old and new posters- compare the old and new versions of some different toys
Baby and child toys- an activity to sort the toy pictures into ones you had as a baby and ones you have now and a worksheet to accompany the activity
Our favourite toys- find out about and draw your parents favourite toy and grandparents favourite toy when they were little
Push and pull- look at some different toys and talk about what force is used to make them move
Write a story- a decorated worksheet for writing a story about your toys
Make some toys- photocopiable sheets for making 15 different simple toys such as split pin puppets, a jigsaw, a marble maze, a die to use with the snakes and ladders board
Toy shop role play pack- a full pack of resources to set up
your own toy shop in the classroom
Includes display materials, games, Literacy and Maths activities, story telling resources plus much more
Under the Sea topic pack- Sea Life
The pack includes:
Display banners- two colourful banner for ‘Sea Life’ and ‘Under the sea’
Display border- an underwater themed border to print out as many times as you need for your displays
Colour photos- lots of photos for your displays of sea creatures and underwater scenes
Colouring pictures- a collection of colouring pictures of underwater scenes and sea creatures with their names
Word and picture posters- each with a sea creature and the name
Dot to dots
Tracing pictures- trace the patterns on the sea creatures and the waves and bubbles in the water
Cut and make octopus- cut out the octopus and add some wavy legs
My underwater adventure- write your own story on this decorated page
Sea creature estimation- estimate how many sea creatures you can see and then count to see who is closest
Maths worksheet
Deep sea diver phonemes- all of the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds schemes on colourful deep sea divers
Odd and even fish number line- a number line up to 30 on red and yellow fish
Alphabet line
Large display pictures- large colourful pictures of sea creatures and underwater items to create a lovely display
Playdough mats
A board game- move around the board in the underwater scene to reach the treasure chest at the bottom of the ocean first
Picture bingo- an underwater themed bingo game
‘What am I?’ Powerpoint- read the clues as they are revealed and try to guess which sea creature it is
‘Under the Sea’ Powerpoint- find out about life at the bottom of the ocean
Fact cards- discover facts about different sea creatures
Topic words- decorated word cards with words relating to the topic
An A4 word mat- great to use in your writing area
Number strips- table top number strips with a sea theme
Face masks- a collection of sea life face masks in colour and black and white- great for role play and story telling
Decorate a fish- various fish outlines for the children to colour or collage
Size ordering worksheet- cut out the sea creatures and put into order of size- 3 different worksheets
Word searches- 2 different word searches with an ‘Under the sea’ theme
Magnetic fishing game- place the sea creatures in the ocean which can be assembled using the pages provided and catch different sea creatures- this can be made into a literacy or maths game using the ideas provided
Design a sea creature- a worksheet with eyes! Draw the rest of the sea creature
Display lettering- a large A-Z alphabet in upper and lower case with each letter decorated in an under the sea theme- great as an alphabet display or to create any title you want
Colour fish- a colour display with the colour name on each corresponding fish
My number book
Zoo topic resource pack
The pack includes:
Display banner- a long colourful display banner
Display border- a display border with zoo animals to print out as many times as you need for a display of any size
Photos- coloured photos of different zoo animals
Zoo animal posters- pictures of different animals found in zoos with their names
Face masks- animal face masks in colour and black and white to use for role play or story telling- also included is a zoo keeper face mask
Escaped animal posters- fill in the details of escaped animals- 3 version of this worksheet for differentiation
Animal adjective- a collection of cards with adjectives to describe different animals
My trip to the Zoo- a book to make about a trip to the zoo
Zoo keeper diary- fill in the details of what a zoo keeper might do in a day
Dice game- roll a die and collect the numbered part of your animal
Animal jigsaws- cut up the animal pictures along the lines and reassemble to make the animal
My favourite zoo animal worksheet- draw and write about your favourite animal
Alphabet line- a cute alphabet line with lower case letters on monkeys and upper case letters on bananas
Animal number line- a number line from 0-50 on zoo animals
Design a zoo animal cage- choose a zoo animal and design a suitable cage for it
Design a zoo- choose which animals you will have in your zoo and design the zoo
If I were an animal worksheet- decide which zoo animal you would like to be and draw and write about it
Describing animal worksheets- a collection of worksheets for different animals asking the children to describe them
Animal fact cards- learn all about different zoo animals with these colourful posters
Label the animals- label different zoo animals
Literacy worksheets- match the animal to the names, write the initial sounds, writing outline sheets
Make a spiral snake- decorate the snake and then cut out to make a hanging spiral snake
Writing pages- four decorated photocopiable pages for writing- great to add to your writing area
Colouring pictures- a collection of zoo animal colouring pictures
Sharing a Shell story sack resources
The pack includes:
Banner- a long colourful banner for your display
‘Under the sea’ banner- a long alternative banner to use
Display border
Characters- large coloured pictures of the sea creatures in the story- these have been drawn by myself and are not copies from the book
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 colourful poster with the title, authors name and illustrators’ name
Information cards
Flash cards- word and picture flash cards
Photos
Face masks
Puppets
Sequencing pictures
Story props
A4 word card
Colourful crab alphabet line
Worksheets- various worksheets including speech bubbles, writing and drawing about the favourite part of the story, drawing what happens next, matching the word to picture, writing about the characters and questions about the story
Writing pages- four photocopiable sheets with borders for the children to write about the story or to include in your writing area
Design a book cover
Word searches
Sea creature writing sheets- a set of photocopiable writing sheets with space to write inside the outline of different sea creatures
Shell number line
Worksheets- fill in the missing number on the starfish, complete the addition and subtraction sums, count the number of sea creatures and cut out and order the numbered shells
Play dough mats- a set of colourful mats to use with play dough for the children to make the correct number of sea creatures on each card
Odd and even number line- a number line to 50 on red and blue starfish
Five little fishes number rhyme
Five pretty shells number rhyme- with rhyme card, props and masks
Story questions- answer the questions about the story and click on the correct answer
Counting Power point
Sea creatures- learn all about some different sea creatures
Five little fishes
Five pretty shells- a powerpoint of the number rhyme
Puppets
Face masks
Colouring pictures
Cut and stick worksheet- cut and colour the sea creatures and add them to the rock pool or use paints to print different sea creatures on the scene
Rock pool worksheet- draw some different things in the rock pool
Crab craft- cut out the pieces of the cute crab and use split pins to make a moving model
Tracing worksheets
Sea creature outlines
Matching pairs
Picture bingo
Jigsaw game- throw a die and collect the numbered part of your sea creature
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.
Transport topic pack
The pack includes:
Transport resources
Banners- Two long colourful displays banner with pictures of ‘Transport’ and ‘Journeys’
Display borders
Topic word card
A4 word card
Colouring posters- of land, sea and air transport
Powerpoint- about different types of transport
A4 page borders
Old and new photos- photos of old and new buses, cars and trains
Sorting worksheet- Sort the pictures into air, land and sea transport
Transport spotter card
Word and picture flashcards
Playdough mats
Bingo- a colourful transport themed bingo game
Counting card- an A4 card with numbers to ten and the corresponding number of different methods of transport
Colour photos- land, sea and air transport photos
Word cards- words relating to cars on colourful cards- great for displays
Road alphabet- an upper case alphabet with each letter looking like a road
Colour cars- a set of colourful cars in different colours with the colour name written on the number plate
Ordinal number cars- a set of ten coloured cars with drivers with ordinal numbers on them
Writing pages- black and white writing borders for the children to write on or to include in the writing area
Display banners- two long banners with ‘Cars’ and ‘Transport’ with car pictures
Road signs- large road signs which could be used for display or in the outside area with the cars and trucks
Photos- coloured photos of the parts of a car
Dice game- roll the die and collect the numbered part for your car
HFW number plates- all 300 high frequency words from the Letters and Sounds scheme on number plates
Blank road signs- for the children to design their own signs
Number line- a number line to 50 on cars, lorries and vans- these look great displayed on a long strip of
Colour matching game- a game to make and play to find the matching pairs
Counting cards- buses from 0-10 with the corresponding number of passengers on each bus
Number line- a number on red London buses
Alphabet line
Word cards- words relating to buses on colourful cards
Bus money box- make a 3D bus money box- in colour and black and white
Colouring posters- with 0-10 passengers
Bingo- a colour themed bus bingo game
Number line- a number line on hot air balloons
Colours- different coloured hot air balloons with the colour names on separate cards
Alphabet line- an alphabet line on helicopters
Writing paper- A4 decorated pages to write on or to include in the writing area
Display banner
Word cards- colourful word cards with words relating to air travel
Summer topic pack
The pack includes:
A4 sized letters in lower and upper case decorated with colourful summer flowers- these can be used to make a large alphabet line or to make any title you want
Black and white colouring pictures
Counting cards
Individual work borders
Large colour display pictures
Number cards on strawberries to make a colourful number line
A4 writing pages with Summer themed borders
A Summer themed bingo game
A colourful display title
Topic words
A number line on suns up to 100
Rhymes and songs about Summer
A collection of tracing worksheets with a Summer theme
Keeping safe in the sun worksheet
Write a postcard worksheet
Design an ice-cream worksheet
Ice cream dice game- roll the die and collect a piece for your ice cream
Design a sun hat worksheet
Design a Summer t-shirt worksheet
A border for you classroom display- this prints in strips so you can print as many as you need for whatever size border you have!
A lovely Summer themed photo pack to print and use on displays and for discussion
Bookmarks to colour and make
Summer flower crafts
Addition and subtraction sums on sandcastles
An alphabet line on flowers and flower pots- the capital letter is on the flower pot and the lower case letter is on the flower- great to display in your outside area
Wordsearches
Summer picnic game- spin the spinner and collect the food and drink for your picnic
Summer months banners
Summer acrostic poem worksheet
Individual number lines
Number rhymes to fit in with the Summer theme- with props for singing the rhymes, rhyme cards and face masks:
Five little sunflowers
Ten little flowerpots
Five big ice-creams
The Weather topic pack
The pack includes:
A long colourful display banner
A display border to print as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Topic words on decorated cards
Colour photos of different types of weather- great for displays and discussion
Posters of different weather symbols
A long banner ‘What is the weather like today?’
An A3 weather chart to print and display in your setting with days, months, date and weather to change each day
Dress the children display with a selection of different clothes to use with each poster depending on the weather
A weather dial to make
Large decorated lettering- this includes A-Z in lower and upper case letters so can be used for larger display titles as well as a large alphabet line
A number line to 100 on different weather pictures
A worksheet to draw the different weather pictures
Worksheets to draw the clothes to wear for different types of weather
Make a windmill activity
Lots of ideas for outdoor play in different weather and ideas for creating topic boxes for outdoor play
An A4 word mat with words and pictures- great to use with writing activities
Sorting pictures and sorting cards with weather pictures and different clothes pictures
An alphabet line on clothing
Tracing pictures
A selection of colouring pictures
Number bonds to 10 and 20 on rainbows
Match the clothes worksheet looking at clothes worn in hot and cold weather
Make the pictures the same worksheets
A selection of weather themed play dough mats
Acrostic poems with a weather theme
Decorated writing sheets- great for work about the weather or to include in your writing area
THE SEASONS
Seasons posters
Cut and stick worksheets about the seasons
colour photographs showing the weather and other things to spot in different seasons
Sorting pictures and sorting cards about the seasons
Senses worksheets about what can be heard, seen etc in each season
RAINY WEATHER
A numberline to 100 on raindrops
Colour wellies
An alphabet line on umbrellas
Rhyme pack for ‘Five little raindrops’ including rhyme card, singing props and face masks
Incy Wincy spider activity
What can you do in the rain worksheet
Colour the rainbow worksheet
SUNNY WEATHER
Sun counting cards from 1-10
Sun safety pictures
Sun safety worksheet
Design a sun hat activity
What can you do in the sun worksheet
A sun alphabet line with lower and upper case letters
Plan a sunny day picnic worksheet
SNOWY WEATHER
Match the patterned mittens game
Cut and stick the snowman
A snowman template
Roll and collect the snowman parts game
Trace the snowflake worksheet
What can you do in the snow worksheet
Farm topic resources
The Farm
A bumper resource with a Farm theme. Great to use alongside a farm visit, at Harvest festival or for a Farm topic.
The pack includes:
Display banner- a long colourful display banner with farm animal pictures
Display border- a colourful border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Animal masks- a selection of farm animal face masks in colour and black and white- great for story telling, role play and for use when singing songs such as ‘Old Macdonald Had a Farm’
Farmer and scarecrow face masks- face masks in colour and black and white
Photos
Word and picture cards- flashcards with the names of things found on a farm and the names
Page borders- four A4 page borders with a farm theme- great for displaying the children’s work
Writing pages- four black and white pages to photocopy and add to the writing area for the children to write about farms
My trip to the farm booklet- various pages and a cover which can be used to produce a book for children to fill in after a farm visit
Individual number lines- a selection of number lines with a farm theme
Alphabet lines- table top alphabet lines with farm animal pictures
Odd and even number line- a cute number line to 30 with odd numbers on chickens and even numbers on chicks
Fruit and vegetable posters- colourful posters showing different fruits and vegetables grown on farms in the UK
Animal alphabet line- a colourful alphabet line on farm animals
Powerpoint- what can we find at a farm- find out about the different animals found on farms
Food from animals posters- a collection of posters showing what different foods we get from different farm animals
Topic words- word cards with words relating to farms and farming- great to add to your writing area or farm display
Picture bingo- cover the farm animal picture the first to win the game
Number worksheets- make 10 animals in each field, count the number of farm animals and draw the correct number of animals in each field
Counting book- make your own farm animal counting book
Tractor colour posters- lovely posters each with a coloured tractor and the colour name
A4 word mat- a word mat with words relating to farms- great when writing about farms and animals
Pencil control worksheets- trace over the sheeps wooly coat and trace the animals
Large lettering- large letters to print out and use for a large alphabet line or to spell and title- each letter has small farm animals on it
Play dough mats- a collection of mats to use with play dough with a farm theme
Colouring pictures- a collection of pictures for colouring
Fact cards- learn all about different animals on the farm with these colourful posters
Spring Topic pack
The pack includes:
A4 sized letters in lower and upper case decorated with Daffodil flowers- these can be used to make a large alphabet line or to make any title you want
Black and white colouring pictures of Spring flowers
Counting cards
Individual work borders
Large colour display pictures
Addition sums on flowers
Number cards to make a colourful number line
Cards with signs of Spring
A Spring themed bingo card
A colourful display title
Topic words
A Spring themed tic-tac-toe game to make
A border for you classroom display- this prints in strips so you can print as many as you need for whatever size border you have!
A lovely Spring themed photo pack to print and use on displays and for discussion
A Powerpoint about Spring and whatto look out for
Bookmarks to colour and make
An alphabet line on nests and birds- the capital letter is on the nest and the lower case letter is on the bird- great to displayin your outside area
Wordsearches
Spring acrostic poem worksheet
Individual number lines
Colouring posters
Flowers to colour, cut and make
An alphabet line on cute rabbits
Number rhymes to fit in with the spring theme- with props for singing the rhymes, rhymecards and face masks
Multicultural weather chart and calendar
Multicultural calendar and weather chart
A colourful calendar and weather chart featuring multicultural children and children in wheelchairs to promote a diverse environment for your teaching.
A great resource to impress OFSTED!
This multicultural pack has boys and girls with different skin tones, some wearing glasses and a boy and a girl in a wheelchair.
The pack contains:
1- A colourful calendar and weather chart which youcan print in A3 or A4 size
2- Days of the week card each with a child picture on
3- Month card each with a child picture on
4- Ordinal number cards from 1st- 31st
5- Year cards from 2014- 2050
6- Weather flash cards to add onto the chart and also larger pictures
7- Clothing cards for different weathers- these are sized to fit on an A4 picture of one of the boy and girl children so they can be changed each day for the appropriate weather
8- A long banner to display above the calendar 'Our calendar'
9- A4 sized days of the week posters each with a different child on
10- A4 sized month posters each with a different child on
11- A display border of small children- a horizontal and vertical version is included
12- A long 'Welcome' banner for your classroom or setting- this prints over 3 A4 sheets
13- 'Welcome' posters with the word and welcome in 12 different languages
Pancake day- display, games, activities
This resource pack is designed to help teach your class about Pancake Day and help celebrate the day with games and activities.
The pack includes:
A display border to print as many times as you want so it can be used on display boards of any size!,
Large title saying 'Pancake day' and 'Shrove Tuesday'- great for use in your dining hall on pancake day or on displays,
Large lettering decorated with pictures of pancakes and frying pans saying' Pancake day' and 'Shrove Tuesday',
A photo recipe to make pancakes- this can be shown on the whiteboard or printed and laminated to make into a book,
A number line to 50 with the numbers on pancakes,
All the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds phonics phases on jam pots,
Topic words on pancakes relating to Pancake day and pancakes,
An A4 wordcard with words relating to Pancake day and decorated with pictures of pancakes- this is great for use when the children are writing,
A game to collect all the pancakes from the frying pan first,
A board game to print and make (2 x A4 size) to win the pancake race first!,
A selection of worksheets,
Information cards to learn more about Pancake day- these are great on a display or as an aide to staff,
Large pancake pictures and pictures of frying pans- great for displays or to make your own games for use outside such as hiding the pancakes to be found or writing letters or numbers on the pancakes for the children to order or spell words,
Pancake themed rhymes,
Black and white and coloured placemats- great for when you've made pancakes or could be used for display or colouring in on pancake day,
Also included are lots of resources to make your role play area into a Pancake shop
Large shop signs saying 'Pancake shop' and 'Welcome to the pancake shop',
Open and closed signs for your pancake shop,
Price posters and posters advertising different toppings to have on your pancake,
Large pictures to display in the shop,
Hats and badges for the pancake shop staff to wear,
Menus.
Outdoor play EYFS
This is a bumper pack enabling you to create or develop your outdoor area to cover the revised 7 areas of Learning.
The pack would be great for nursery settings, school settings and childminders to use to create a stimulating and exciting outdoor area.
The pack includes:
Ideas sheets: A sheet of ideas for each of the revised 7 areas of learning - each sheet has a number of ideas to start you off on your planning for the outdoor area - (you will also be sent the sheets for the current framework of 6 areas).
Planning: Planning sheets for the outdoor area for you to fill in with you planning- included are examples of short term activity plans, medium termweekly plans and long term plans. These are the sheets I have used and can be used as they are or as a starting point for you to create your own sheets for your own setting.
Observations: Observation sheets for the adults to use in the Early Years setting to observe individuals and groups of children.
Box labels: 20 topic box labels
Physical Development
· Tuff spot ideas- A large collection of ideas to use in the tuff spot or in a large tray
· 10 movement and action songs- on decorated A4 cards
· Messy play recipes
· Movement posters
· Movement game
· Target games for use with a beanbag or ball
· Sand area- 12 word cards relating to the sand area- great to discuss and try in the sand
· Water area- 12 word cards relating to the water area
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
· Outdoor rules- A colourful banner to use to create an ‘Outdoor rules’ display
· Outdoor rules
· How many can play- 5 posters showing how many children can play in each area from 2-6 children
· Emotion cards
Communication and Language
· Role play signs
· Face masks- A set of colourful woodland themed face masks- great for role play
· Story telling masks
Puppet show
· Rhyme cards
Literacy
· Alphabet lines
Phoneme display cards- Various colourful phoneme display sets –helicopters, ladybirds and suns. These all have the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds document
· Word wall- The High Frequency Words from the Letters and Sounds document on colourful bricks to create a bright word wall and also on colourful bunches of balloons
· Flower initial sounds game
· Bird letters game
· Name game
· Rhyming game
Expressive Arts and Design
Minibeast rhymes and songs
· Weather songs and rhymes
Colour butterflies
Role play resources
Understanding of the World
Different weather ideas
· Bird spotting
Plus lots more!
Mother's Day- activities, Assembly, display
The pack includes:
Mother's Day
All of these resources include version for 'Mum', 'Mam', 'Mummy' and 'Mom'
Two colourful display banner- great to use on a display of the children's work- these are for 'Mother's Day' and 'Mothering Sunday'
A Powerpoint about Mother's Day
A selection of Mother's Day cards to colour in
Coloured Mother's day cards- great to add to a display
A selection of cards to cut out and assemble
A4 writing borders- these can be used to quickly display work, forthe children to write about their Mums or to use for poetry etc
Large display lettering
A selection of gift tags to colour in and use on your gifts
Various certificates for 'Best Mum', 'Number one Mum' etc
Rosettes to make for your Mum
Bookmarks to colour and design to make as a gift for Mum
Make a book about Mum- this contains several pages for the children to draw and write about their Mum- great to either send home with the children to fill in together or use at a Mother's Day coffee morning for the children and their Mums to fill in together
Colouring posters
Write a letter to Mum- decorated letter writing paper
Draw your Mum and decorate the frame
'My Mum' poster- a poster for the children to draw and write things about their Mums- these make a great display
Three recipes to make and give as gifts on Mother's Day
Gift boxes- Various gift boxes to colour to use for your Mother's Day gift
'A note to my Mum'- write a note to your Mum on this decorated paper
Acrostic poem- Write a poem about your Mum
Commotion in the Ocean- Under the Sea
The pack includes:
Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border- two colourful themed borders to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Word and picture flashcards- colourful cards to add to a display or writing area
Fish colours- coloured fish each with the colour name on
Ocean posters- a set of colourful posters showing the different sea creatures in the book
Title poster- an A4 poster with title, author and illustrators name complete with colourful illustrations
Photos- colour photos to print out of the different creatures in the book
Name labels- labels of the different creatures- great to use on displays
Colour fish- large A4 size fish in different colours with colour labels to add
Fact cards- simple fact cards about each creature
Large display pictures- large coloured pictures of each creature plus extra pictures of seaweed, rocks, shells etc to create a great ocean display
A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story
Ocean animal alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on colourful creatures
Writing worksheets- write below the pictures on each sheet
Writing sheets
Speech bubble worksheets
Word searches
Worksheets- a collection of worksheets about the book and the creatures
Animal worksheets- fun worksheets to fill in different details about each animal in the book- these look great on display
‘My underwater adventure’- write a story about the creatures you meet
Acrostic poems
Odd and even number line
Ocean animal number line
Number rhymes
Size ordering worksheets
Counting worksheets
Counting cards- cards from 1-10 with the corresponding number of creatures on each page
Individual number line- number lines from 1-10 and 1-20 with pictures of fish and octopus
Matching pairs
Build a fish- roll a die and collect a part of your fish- how many fish can you make?
Dominoes
Colour bingo
Roll and colour- roll the die and colour the matching sea creature on your sheet
Picture bingo
Tracing sheets- trace the patterns on the fish and trace over the dotted lines on the animals
Stick puppets
Face masks
Play dough mats- a collection of under sea themed mats to use in your play dough area
Colouring worksheets
Fish crafts
Octopus craft
Jellyfish craft- follow the instructions to make your own hanging jellyfish
Jigsaws- colour the picture and then cut along the dotty lines and reassemble to make your sea creature
Templates
PowerPoint- a PowerPoint with simple facts about some of the animals in the book
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
Minibeasts and Insects topic
A great pack for teaching the topic of Minibeasts and Insects and The Hungry Caterpillar or for use when going on nature walks
The pack includes:
18 flash cards of different coloured insects and minibeasts with their names
A lovely photo pack of 16 colour photos of different insects and minibeasts
Three large colourful display banners with pictures of insects and minibeast- ‘Minibeasts and Insects’, ‘Minibeasts’ and ‘Insects’
A coloured and a black and white insect and minibeast spotting card- great for taking on your nature walks or for sending home with the children to search for minibeasts at home
‘What am I?’ clue cards to guess the minibeast or insect
Question cards to add to your displays
Rhymes about minibeasts and insects
18 A4 sized black and white pictures for colouring or craft work
Topic word cards to help when describing the habitats of the creatures
Individual fans to make with different minibeasts/insects on and a list of questions for use by the teacher-a clue can be read and the children have to show you the correct creature
A5 fact cards for each minibeast and insect
A display border to print out showing the different creatures featured in the pack-this can be printed out as many times as you need for whatever size display board you have
An A4 bordered page to display the children’s work
A large title of ‘Minibeasts and Insects’ -each letter is decorated with small minibeast pictures
Also included are some resources for the story ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’- for more resources see my separate Hungry Caterpillar pack:
A large Hungry Caterpillar display banner
A colour photo pack of caterpillars and butterflies
Days of the week cards with pictures of the food the Hungry Caterpillar ate each day
Picture and word cards
A colourful themed bingo game
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.
Jack and the Beanstalk story sack resources
The pack includes:
A large display banner
A smaller display title decorated with pictures from the story of Jack and the Beanstalk
Large characters and story props in colour
Large characters and black and white- great for creating displays or also great to laminate, add velcro to the back and the children to use to retell the story on a flannel board
48 story word cards on beans
A beanstalk board game in colour - 3x A4 sized with 'Jack' playing pieces
A moving Giant model to make using split pins
Black and white face masks for the children to decorate and make
Colour face masks- a great addition to your story sack for retelling the story and to make up your own stories
Finger puppets to colour and make
A number beanstalk with a number on each of the leaves
A speech bubble worksheet
Speech bubbles to add to your displays
All of the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds scheme on beanstalks- these would look great laminated and used in the outdoor area
Black and white bean growing posters
Colour bean growing posters
Photographs of beans, bean plants and bean pods
Leaf and stalk templates to make your own beanstalk in your classroom
A 'collect a beanstalk' game- roll the die and pick a card to see how many beanstalk leaves you have
Counting cards- count the number of magic beans
Healthy Eating-food
The pack includes:
Display banners
Display border
Banners- ‘Healthy food’ and ‘Unhealthy food’
Food group posters- A set of A4 posters with pictures and information about the different food groups
Fruit and Vegetable posters
Food posters- A3 posters showing some different healthy and unhealthy food and drink
Bingo game
Large letteringpictures- use to make a large alphabet line or to spell out any title you want
Large numbers- the digits from 0-9 decorated with small fruit and vegetable pictures
Fruit and vegetable describing sheets
My 5-a-day worksheets- worksheets for the children to record their 5-a-day
My favourite fruit and vegetable
Powerpoint- a Powerpoint about healthy eating and what foods are healthy and unhealthy
Interactive Powerpoint- choose the healthy options on each slide for the children to eat
Our snack poster- a poster to use in the snack area to show the children what the healthy snack is that day
Snack placemats
Cut and stick foods- Sort the healthy and unhealthy food and drink and glue onto the worksheet
My food diary
Word and picture cards
Picture cards- as above without words on them
Writing pages- a collection of pages which the children can use for writing poems etc or for use in the writing area- each sheet has a decorative border with food pictures
Counting cards
Word searches
Number line
Food plate poster- a poster to show how much of each food group should be eaten at each meal
Photos- a large collection of colour photos of healthy and unhealthy foods- these look great on displays and are useful for discussions and sorting activities
Healthy lunch box activity- worksheets for the children to draw or cut and stick
Dinner activity- worksheets for the children to sort the foods to make a healthy and unhealthy meal
My 5-a-day reward chart
Plan a healthy party- a worksheet
Large food pictures
Hungry Caterpillar activities:
Cut and stick foods- sort the foods the Hungry Caterpillar ate into healthy and unhealthy foods
Sorting activity- sort the pictures onto the correct boards
Draw a new snack
Worksheets- draw the healthy food the Hungry Caterpillar ate and colour the healthy foods
Large coloured pictures
Oliver’s Fruit Salad/ Oliver’s Vegetable activities:
Bingo game- a themed bingo game to collect the fruit and vegetables in the stories
Colouring worksheets- colour the fruits and vegetables in the correct colours
Recipe cards- a collection of recipe cards for fruit salad, fruit smoothies and recipes using some of the vegetables in ‘Oliver’s Vegetables’
Matching pairs game- find the fruit and vegetable matching pairs
Posters- A4 posters of the different fruits and vegetables in the story