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

The pack includes: Large letters, each with small pictures of glasses, spelling the word ‘Opticians’- great to give your opticians a bold shop name, A large sign saying ‘Opticians’ decorated with pictures of glasses, Posters for the Opticians with the opening times (also an opening times posters without the times written on for you to do choose your own opening hours), and open and closed signs, Label cards with pictures of different things in the opticians- glasses, sunglasses, optician etc, Lots of different forms to encourage writing in the role play area- customer details, details of check-ups, reminder forms, appointments etc, A4 and A3 posters for the children to give eye tests- with capital letters and lower case letters, Posters to display in your opticians- waiting room, which frame colour and shape would you like, try your glasses on here etc, A poster to fill in the name of the optician for that day, Hats to make for the optician and optician staff to wear and also a blank hat for you to design yourself Plus lots more!

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.

The pack includes: Large characters and story props pictures- 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 props pictures with A4 sized playboard- 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 good for displays and also to use in the writing area when writing about the story Sentence cards to sequence of the story of The Billy Goats Gruff Black and white pictures of the characters and story props for the children to colour or collage Black and white and colour face masks of the Billy Goats and Troll A colourful bingo game with pictures from the story A matching pairs game with pictures from the story A large colourful board game to make including die and characters to make Finger puppets to colour and make- great for retelling the story and including in your story sack Photos of real goats A rhyming word wheel to generate rhyming words Plus many other resources.

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

A bumper resource full of display materials, games, worksheets and information all about Chinese New Year plus activities for the Year of the Rabbit 2023

A set of snowmen to create to practice initial sounds. Each snowman has the head with the sound on the hat and 5 picture snowballs to build your snowman. Great for independent and group phonics activities during winter and in the run up to Christmas.

Writing Area Resources A bumper set of resources to use in your classroom or setting to create a stimulating and exciting writing and mark making area. The pack includes: Display materials: Phoneme bunting flags- 2 flags for each phoneme one with the phoneme on and the other with a word and picture containing that phoneme Alphabet line- Large colourful pencils each with the lower and upper case letters Alphabet desk card- an A4 card with lower and upper case letters and an initial sound picture for each letter Alphabet picture frieze- A5 cards with lower and upper case letters and a picture for each letter Alphabet strip- a table top alphabet strip on coloured pencils Alphabet books- a colourful set of books each with the lower case letter on Flashcards- coloured cards with days of the week, months of the year and the seasons Display border- a colourful pencil themed border to print out as many times as you need it Posters for your writing area- including ‘Our Writing’, ‘We like to write’, two posters for ‘What will you write today?’ Stationery labels- coloured picture and word labels for your stationery pots in the writing area Tray labels- 20 labels for your resources trays Word wall bricks- 100 bricks with Reception words Writing flash cards- 28 writing themed words such as sentence, full stop, character etc –a great addition to the writing area for older children Display banners- a long colourful banner ‘Writing area’ and ‘Writing’ Large post box- a large colourful post box which prints over 6 pages- print out and stick to a box to create a post box for the children to post their letters Writing materials: Birthday invitations- 3 different designs Book sheets- a book review and 2 different sheets about the children’s favourite books Letters to Santa- 5 different designs Postcards- 3 different holiday postcard designs Magic spell- 3 sheets for writing a magic spell Menus- 3 designs Newspapers- Lots of different designs for different abilities Recipes- 2 different designed sheets Shopping lists- 4 designs Thank you cards- 4 designs plus two blank cards to design Wanted posters- 5 different posters for different abilities Wedding invitations- 2 designs Activity sheets- trace over the numbers 1-10, trace over the alphabet letters, find and colour the letters of the alphabet Writing border sheets- a large collection of A4 photocopiable sheets with patterned borders

Number bunting sets Three colourful sets of number bunting to hang in your classroom or the outside area- Just print and display! Each flag is approximately A4 in size but can be printed smaller The pack includes: Set 1 Numbers from 0-100 on colourful star flags Set 2 Coloured number flags to 50 Set 3 Counting bunting- each flag has a number from 1-20 and the corresponding number of pictures All of the sets are also included in black and white so they can be coloured in- they contain extra blank flags so that they can be made as a whole class activity with each child decorating their own flag- a great new term activity!

The pack includes: DISPLAY Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display Display border- a themed display border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size Word cards Large coloured pictures- large pictures to print out and use on a display When we were babies- A display banner for creating a class display about when the children were babies Baby photos- colour photos of babies and Royal babies LITERACY Alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on crowns Writing sheets- a set of writing sheets with borders for the children to write on and use in the writing area Favourite part of the story- draw and write about your favourite part of the story ‘b’ for baby-a worksheet all about the letter b Guards alphabet line- a lovely alphabet line on Royal guards The nappy bag- draw and label the things in the nappy bag When I was a baby- a worksheet for children to fill in details about when they were babies Baby toys worksheets- various worksheets todesign a new baby toy, match the label to the picture and cut and stick the toys suitable for a baby NUMERACY Number line- a number line to 50 on baby bottles Guards number line- a colourful number line to 100 on Royal guards Counting worksheets- count the baby toys and bottles Missing number worksheets- differentiated worksheets to fill in the missing numbers and also a blank worksheet for you to write your own numbers Order the numbered nappies- cut and order the baby nappies GAMES Bingo- cover the different baby items Matching pairs- match the different nappies Number dominoes- a baby themed dominoes game to make and play ACTIVITIES Stick puppet- colour and make your own stick puppet of the Royal baby Colouring- a collection of colouring worksheets The Royal Nappy Cabinet-cut and stick the nappies into the nappy cabinet Tracing pictures- simple pictures to practice pencil control Design a nappy- design a new nappy for the Royal baby to wear Design a babygrow- design a babygrow fit for a Royal baby! Playdough mats- a collection of themed playdough mats Make a mobile- colour and make a Royal themed baby mobile Nappies for all occasions!- design nappies suitable for different occasions STORY TELLING Nappy pictures- pictures of some of the nappies in the story Character cards- coloured flash cards of the different characters in the story Stick puppets- a coloured stick puppet to use when retelling the story Story sack tag- a tag to add to your story telling sack

This pack contains lots of resources which can be used for literacy and phonics at Key stage 1 and in the Early Years. Create colourful fun displays, make flashcards, make games and use in your lessons. The pack includes: An alphabet line on cute gingerbread men An alphabet line on cars with multicultural drivers Play dough mats from A-Z Alphabet picture posters- each poster has the letter in upper and lower case, an initial sound picture and then lines below for you to add words beginning with that sound- great to use as posters or to make into your own class dictionary An A4 table top alphabet mat Phoneme tracing cards Initial sounds bingo game Ch, sh, th bingo game ‘My tricky words’ table top mat A-Z bunting Phoneme fans Phoneme picture bunting Phonemes on washing line clothes Punctuation posters CVC flip cards CVC bingo game CCVC/ CVCC bingo game ABC train Upper case and lower case letters- match the upper case dogs to the lower case bones A collection of writing border sheets- great to add to your writing area Sorting pictures- all of the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds scheme with 2-3 picture cards for each sound- great for displays/ sorting etc An alphabet line on footballs Alphabet pencils with lower and upper case letters Phoneme writing frames High frequency word bricks for the first 100 words and the next 200 words A Humpty Dumpty to sit on your word wall Rhyming word jigsaws High frequency words on bees Days of the week poster Months of the year poster Phoneme poster Various alphabet posters Five CVC posters –one for each vowel Initial sound cards- write the initial sound next to each picture Phoneme cards- fill in the missing phoneme on each card Tricky word stars- all of the tricky words from the Letters and Sounds scheme

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

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

Caterpillar Maths and Literacy games A collection of 8 fun games with a cute caterpillar theme for you to print out and play Literacy games: 1-Cover your caterpillar- Roll the special picture or letter die and cover the letter on your caterpillar. This game can be played to identify initial sounds of pictures or to recognise letters. There are four different version of the game for different letters. 2-Match the CVC word- Choose a caterpillar and a leaf card- if the CVC word matches the picture you keep the pair. How many matching pairs can you find? 3-I spy- A version of Bingo to find the initial letter sound pictures. 4-Find the letter- Spin the Caterpillar spinner and find the letter on your sheet. Will you be the first to trace all of your letters? There are four version of this game for different sets of letters. Maths games: 1-Make a caterpillar- Roll the special die and add or take away a circle of your caterpillar. Be the first to make your caterpillar but watch out because someone may take a piece of your caterpillar! 2-How many caterpillars- Roll the die and find the number card. Count how many caterpillars you have found on the leaf. The winner is the person who has found the most caterpillars! 3-Add two numbers- Roll two dice and add the numbers together- can you cover all the numbered leaves on your board first? 4-Missing numbers- Be the first to find all the missing numbers on your long caterpillar. Each game is supplied with full instructions and further ideas for using the materials. Each game is supplied in full colour and also in black and white so it can be printed out more economically and also photocopied to be sent home with the children.

A bumper pack of resource for Easter and Spring including: Photo packs for Easter and spring Lots of things to make including masks, Easter baskets, puppets and bookmarks Colouring pages Easter rhymes and songs with props for singing Maths resources including activities, worksheets, number lines, matching activities Literacy resources including worksheets, alphabet lines, phoneme eggs and writing mats Display materials Religious resources including a Powerpoint of the Easter story, worksheets and pictures for sequencing and posters Lots of games and activities

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.

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 Little Scarecrow Boy’ by Margaret Wise Brown. This is a fun book for Autumn/Fall about a scarecrow boy and growing up. The packet contains: Beginning, middle and end organizer Writing activity- I would scare the crows by… Text-to-self activity- The Little Scarecrow Boy needed to grow up before he could… I need to grow up before I can… Drawing and writing activity- my #6 face Emergent reader book- My Scarecrow- read and color the book Comparing characters- compare Old Man Scarecrow and The Little Scarecrow Boy plus color pictures of the characters to add words and phrases around Graphic organizers Scarecrows Can, Have, Are grid Draw the six faces that the Little Scarecrow Boy made to scare the crows Feelings writing activity- how he felt at the begging of the story and why and how he felt at the end and why he felt that way My Scarecrow writing activity- draw your own scarecrow and describe it If I were a Scarecrow activity sheet- what would you name be, what would you look like, how would you scare the crows, where would you live and what would by your favorite thing to do

Tacky the Penguin is a lovely fun story about accepting peoples differences. This book companion includes: Graphic organizers My favorite part of the story writing and drawing activity I would like to be friends with Tacky because… writing activity Venn diagrams- compare Tacky and his companions and also Tacky and real penguins ‘A new companion for Tacky’ writing activity Can, Have, Are grids for Tacky and Penguins Text-to-self connections- Things the Penguins are afraid of and things I am afraid of- two worksheets True or False worksheets about the story of Tacky the Penguin Tacky’s Tricks- draw and write Writing activity to write about why it is good to be different Writing activity- All About Tacky Beginning, middle and end of the story- a worksheet to draw or write about the different parts Cause and Effect- cards to match plus three differentiated worksheets Character traits Writing activity- ‘I am Unique’ Cut and paste the beginning and ends of the sentences

A great pack of fun activities to help your children learn about Chinese New Year. Includes mini reading books for group reading to learn more about the celebrations, games and interactivie activities. Fun crafts to practice cutting skills and pencil control. Lots of actitives that can be used to create a classoom display to show off their work.