4 colourful worksheets where students have to match the alliterative sound. As many students have discovered, it’s not as easy as it seems : ) This is an excellent resource for consolidating phonic or alliterative knowledge. It’s also an ideal lesson starter / quick plenary activity when teaching sound devices as part of a poetry unit. Bonus: 2 worksheets to revise antonyms. A quick, fun activity where students match up the picture that means the opposite word.

56 brightly coloured dinosaur themed flashcards containing 14 sets of synonyms. Great to print out as match up game or for use as vocabulary word banks.

32 sheets or 62 phonics pairs. Colour coded flashcards broken into M, L, K, T and P words. Cards need to be pre-cut and students are to match the sounds, not letters. This is an excellent game for students who are confident in phonic awareness as it requires the understanding of multiple blended sounds.

32 flashcards with a word and corresponding picture. 8 x soft G cards 8 x hard g cards 8 x soft c cards 8 x hard c cards Where there is both a ‘c’ and ‘g’ in the word, or both a hard and soft version of the letter, the sound needing to be identified is in both italics and bold. A neat activity for students learning the different sounds for these specific letters. Cards will need to be pre-cut.

41 quick fire revision questions on the film adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novel. The card with the asterisk begins the game. This is an excellent way to promote listening skills amongst your students : )

40 pairs of adult / baby names for animals. This is a neat resource for helping students discover the natural world and the accurate names for various animals at different stages of life.

5 worksheets helping students to find verbs / auxillary verbs in a sentence. This resource is designed as a quick revision activity once students have been taught parts of speech.

6 worksheets looking at when noun need ‘es’ or ‘ies’ to make them plural. Answers inlcuded.

20 picture cards depicting a metaphor / analogy involving the heart. 20 written expressions. A fun way to encourage students to think about figurative language and how often we use it in everyday speech.

25 cards (train and 24 trucks) This resource works as a classroom display and a group ‘hangman’ style activity. Students can then use the trucks as a word bank for creative writing.

50 animal cards and 34 verb cards. Students have to match up the animal to a verb or action they think that animal performs. This activity reinforces the alphabet, general knowledge and an understanding of verbs.

40 flashcards depicting a Halloween themed image. Students have to identify the image and insert the missing vowels in order to spell the word correctly. Vocabulary and spelling activity.

29 general literacy skills questions such as identifying and defining simple, compound and complex sentences; defining types of nouns and conjunctions; defining smilies; regular verbs; definition of a stanza and parts of speech. A fun group activity or starter activity. Answers included. Aimed at ks2 - 3 junior levels.

Match the ice cream to its correct cone by matching the letter the animal begins with to the picture. A fun literacy game for pupils learning to recognise initial sounds.

6 worksheets featuring soft ‘c’ words. A fun colouring activity for students who are gaining confidence in distinguishing between hard and soft c sounds. PDF file.

40 words that contain silent letters. 2 PDF files 1 file contains the 40 words with a missing letter. 2nd file contains 40 letter tiles that fit into into the words. Students have to place the correct tile into the word. Once cut out and laminated, ideal group activity for early literacy learners.

32 picture card game. 20 cards contain pictures of items beginning with ‘st’. 12 cards are random items. An individual or group game for students to develop their phonic sound awareness. A list of the items is included for your convenience.

Confusing words match up activity where students have to match the word with the correct ‘picture’ interpretation of the word. It presents an additional activity to matching homophones. Students have to decide which picture matches each word, focusing on the meaning of the homophones in order to connect the word to the picture. An easy extension activity asks students to make a sentence out of each word / picture match up they find. 68 cards. 34 words and 34 picture cards.

2 activities on persuasive or rhetorical techniques. Cut and paste activity (answers included) Worksheet match up (answers included)

36 phonics cards or 6 worksheets featuring ‘aw’ and ‘au’ words. Whilst the words have the same sound, this is an excellent activity to help your students develop their spelling skills.