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.

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.

The pack includes: Display resources Banner- a long colourful banner for your display Display border- a 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 ‘Jim and Beanstalk’ 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 Role play/ story props Face masks- a set of coloured masks for retelling the story of ‘Jim and the Beanstalk’ or for making up new stories Puppets- coloured stick puppets to make Sequencing pictures- pictures to sequence when retelling the story Story props- a set of props to use when retelling the story Literacy A4 word card- an A4 sized card with words and pictures about the story ‘Jim and the Beanstalk’- great to use when writing Coin alphabet line- an alphabet line on giant coins to print out and display Worksheets- various worksheets including a book review, writing and drawing about a favourite part of the story, drawing what happens next etc. Writing pages- four photocopiable sheets with borders for the children to write about the story or to include in your writing area Letter to Jim- write a letter to Jim on this decorated note paper Design a book cover- design your own cover for the book Numeracy Tape measure number line- create a long number line for your classroom that looks like a tape measure Worksheets- fill in the missing numbers on the tape measures, measuring worksheets, add the numbers on the coins Make your own tape measure- add numbers to the tape measure and then use to measure different things in the classroom Power points Story questions- answer the questions about the story and click on the correct answer Counting Power point- count the number of objects on each page and click on the correct answer 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 Design a coin- design a new coin for the giant to use Make your own glasses- cut out and make your own glasses to wear- you could even add some coloured acetate! Games to make and play Matching pairs- match the pictures for the story Number bingo- count and cover the pictures from the story Beanstalk game- a game for two players to try to reach the top of the beanstalk first Create a giant- take it in turns to reveal a new wig, teeth or glasses and see if they are needed for your giant

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

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

This book companion is based on the book ‘Apple Trouble’ which is a lovely story for Autumn/Fall. It contains a variety of activities and colorful sequencing cards. The packet contains: A set of colorful sequencing cards- also provided in blackline Story comprehension cards with a choice of two picture answers or three picture answers for children of differing abilities My favorite part of the story- draw and write worksheet Graphic organizers- three versions Text-to-self activity- What trouble did Hedgehog have and what trouble have they had themselves Writing activity- what would you so Hedgehog didn’t get things caught on her spikes again? Sequencing worksheets- order the pictures from 1st to 10th to retell the story or cut and paste the pictures of the things that got stuck on Hedgehogs back in the correct order Beginning, Middle and End organizer Hedgehog grid- Hedgehogs Can, Have, Are Writing activity- write three sentences about Hedgehog What happens next- two worksheets to draw and write what happens next in the story List writing- make a list of everything that got stuck on Hedgehog’s spikes Problem and Solution- draw and write about Hedgehog’s problem, a solution that didn’t work and the solution that did work Story retelling set craftivity- A large hedgehog and all of the items that got stuck on her spikes to cut and paste or use when listening to the story- in color and blackline

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

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

FOOTBALL RESOURCES- EYFS A fun resource pack with a football theme. Great to use during the football tournament and designed for younger children The pack includes: A colourful picture bingo game to make and play Colour by numbers worksheets Colouring pictures Count and clip cards Cut and stick worksheet for learning about the flags Cut and stick initial sound worksheets Design a football kit and trophy Colourful display pictures Collect the footballs game- roll the dice and add or take away 1 football each time 1:1 cut and stick worksheets Football player finger puppets to make Find the letters worksheets An alphabet line on footballs A rhyming football boots game A mini football book to assemble for each child for them to read and colour Jigsaws An I-spy game to make and play Various football themed games- picture dominoes, matching pairs, roll and colour dice game, spin and colour initial sounds Playdough mats Size order worksheets Repeating patterns worksheets and activity cards Templates for colouring and collage work Trace the paths pencil control worksheets and tracing pictures Sorting cards and threading cards

A bumper pack of resources to learn about and celebrate Chinese New Year. Includes- literacy and maths activities, crafts, information cards and Powerpoint, display materials, games, writing activities plus more!

Chinese New Year Games, activities and crafts The Year of the Rabbit -2023 A set of new activities for celebrating Chinese New Year The pack includes: Mini information book- A5 sized colouring and information books for the children to learn about Chinese New Year Classroom activity- Hide the word cards around the classroom or outside are and the children can find the matching pictures and write the word on their sheet- plus blank cards so the children can search for HFW words or letters/ numbers Comparisons sheet- write or draw about their own new year celebrations and the celebrations for Chinese New Year First reader book- An easy to read book for the children to colour and make Make the sentences- Three sheets to cut and reassamble the sentences about Chinese New Year Make fans- Various templates to make a fan and write about Chinese New Year Bingo- A picture bingo game to make and play Colouring- Colouring pictures Colouring posters- Chinese New Year posters to colour Activity worksheets- various worksheets to label the pictures, write about celebrations, write facts about Chinese New Year and cut and stick the beginning and end of sentences Make a hat- 2 different 3D hats to make and colour Board game- Collect the coins for your lucky money envelope as you move around the board Make a lantern- practice cutting skills with this cut and stick Chinese lantern Matching pairs- A colourful matching pairs game to make and play Count and match- Count the pictures up to 10 and match to the numbered piece of jigsaw Number activity sheets- Dot to dots and colour by number sheets Map sheet- Find and colour China on a map of the world and colour the flag of China Acrostic poems- 2 acrostic poems of lantern templates- CHINA and NEW YEAR

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!

This is one my favorite books for Autumn/Fall. The pack accompanies the book ‘Pumpkin Soup’ by Helen Cooper but many of the differentiated activities can also be used as general Fall or Halloween activities. Literacy/ Book activities: Sequencing cards in color and blackline to help teach your students sequencing and story retelling. These can be used in a pocket chart or can be put in a center. Graphic organizers for summarizing the story, settings and problems and solutions and beginning, middle and end. Various worksheets for recipe writing and writing instructions. A comprehension worksheet. Various writing activities such as an eight page writing book to write a sentence for each sequential story picture, opinion writing about their favorite part of the story, retelling the story writing worksheet, cut and paste sequence sheets and what happens next drawing and writing worksheets Literacy Centers: Alphabetical order and Syllable sort Science activities: Parts of a Pumpkin posters in color and blackline and accompanying differentiated worksheets. Pumpkin describing worksheet. Pumpkin life cycle posters in color and accompanying differentiated worksheets. Pumpkins have, are, need worksheet. Math activities: Pumpkin sums worksheets. Math center- match the numbered pumpkin to the ten frame plus accompanying worksheets. Thanks for looking and enjoy!