A set of resources to support the teaching of Julia Donaldson’s ‘A Squash and a Squeeze’, with a focus on the characters. Can you write a sentence to describe each character? Children to read the character name and then cut and stick the correct picture to match. There is then space for the children to either copy write the character name or to be encouraged to write a descriptive word for each character. Character word mat I hope they are of use to others. Our children thoroughly enjoyed it.

Here is a simple labeling activity for EYFS children around the story of the Smartest Giant in Town. There are three different versions of this worksheet. Boxes and labeling arrows already present: ease of use for the children to focus solely on phonic skills, be it initial sounds or whole words. As above but with the opportunity to write a sentence below. This space for writing was included as we have been thinking about character descriptions recently. eg. ‘He is sad’ or ‘he is very tall!’ Space for children to draw their own lines for labeling and space for sentence writing below. I hope they are of some use to others. Our children loved using them and the widget symbols along the top were a very useful prompt to help the children stay focused on the task.