Spider Web Phonics Group activity / game. Each child needs a board and a spider. Start with the spider in the middle of the board. An adult will need to shout out a letter. The children need to move their spider to the sound that they hear. I’ve attached 2 copies - a PDF & and editable Word document to change the sounds

Daily routine - Early Years 3 differentiated worksheets - I’ve attached both a PDF and an editable version. Higher ability - draw what happens throughout the day (morning, afternoon, evening & night) Middle ability - cut and stick pictures Lower ability - draw a line to match events to the time of day that they take place.

Children will need to listen to the instruction read out by the teacher. This will help them to develop their understanding of ‘left’ and ‘right’. Worksheet - I’ve attached both copies, a PDF & an editable Word document. Direction cards - I’ve used these in the woodlands as part of an outdoor learning activity. Children take it in turns to choose 5 instructions. They put sequence them and then tell their partner how to get to a treasure box/x marks the spot. Direction cards - I’ve used these for BlueBot/BeeBot activities. Children sequence direction cards and then give their friend instructions to move BlueBot.

Aimed at Reception children. I usually cut each hedgehog out into strips to make it easier for the child to concentrate on one hedgehog at a time.

I made this visual to help my children to make patterns with their bodies. For example, clap, click, clap, click.

Reception - Recognise Numbers to 10 Highlight/tick the number as you show your child flash cards. Write/type your children’s names along the left side of the table. I also use this to assess number formation. I make notes about reversing numbers or poor formation in the comments box.

Reception Our topic was minibeasts. This pack includes The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Story Writing Template Top group - wrote independently. Middle group - copied from a model. Lower group - over wrote my writing (yellow felt pen). Enhanced Provision Activities include: Finger painting the body of the Very Hungry Caterpillar Measuring how high the bug jumps with non-standard units - cubes, counters etc. Measuring the minibeast using non-standard units - cubes, counters etc.

My Reception children spent half a term learning about caterpillars and butterflies. We learned Makaton actions to the Very Hungry Caterpillar. We watched a makaton video on YouTube. My class wanted to use some of the actions for the minibeasts, and then chose their own actions for other parts of the story. We learned Makaton actions for minibeasts - Mr Tumble CBBC video on YouTube. We painted the story of the Very Hungry Caterpillar. We used this script which includes the songs that we used. We found all of the songs on YouTube and learned them during snack time. The class assembly lasted 10-15 minutes.

Early Years - Reception Writing Template Genre - Instruction Writing How to play a triangle. Our topic was music/sound - ‘What’s that sound?’ Introduction We had a letter from Y2 asking us to teach them how to play a triangle. We played the triangle. We wrote instructions as a class on an A2 piece of sugar paper. 3 Differentiated worksheets Top group - write sentences independently - word mat to help with tricky spellings. Draw pictures of each step independently. Middle group - fill in the missing bossy verb (word mat included but you can add your own). Lower group - cut and stick the pictures and writing in order. They were able to order the numbers.

Reception Worksheets - Cornerstones Topic - ‘What’s that sound?’ Instruction Writing - how to play a triangle PDF 3 differentiated worksheets/activities Top group - use the writing template to scaffold writing. Children write independently using the word mat to start with bossy verbs. Draw pictures to illustrate writing. Middle group - Draw pictures to illustrate writing. Children just need to choose the correct bossy verb to include at the start of their sentences. Word mat included. Lower group - cut and stick activity. Children could draw their own pictures to illustrate the writing for further differentiation.

3 Differentiated Worksheets - Reception/Early Years What’s that sound? 1 - 4 sounds 2 - 6 sounds 3 - 8 sounds I had a feely bag with different instruments and classroom resources inside. I used one resource at a time. I shook the bag for the children to listen to the sound. My lower ability children drew pictures and I scribed for them (listen to 4 sounds). My middle group drew pictures and initial sounds of what they thought the sound was (listen to 6 sounds). My top ability group drew pictures and spelled phonetically (listen to 8 sounds). MAT wrote in full sentences. I used some instruments such as bells, drums, a triangle; as well as classroom resources such as pencils, rulers, crayons. Children thought that pencils sounded like claves. They also thought wooden building blocks sounded like claves. We talked about the material that they are made out of. I also used crisps, marbles, and numicon shapes.

I send this worksheet home with Tedi Twt’s story sack every Friday for the weekend. The children write the name of the Tedi Twt book that they read, and answer the questions. We share the worksheet and talk about Tedi Twt’s weekend on Monday during news.

Counting 1p and 2p Coins - Reception Numeracy DIfferentiated worksheets x4 My Reception children counted the coins in the purses and put the answers in the price tag.

Includes 3 Word Level Pictures and sentences to read. Laminate and use as pairs/snap/splat etc. Adult must encourage the child to say the sentence correctly. Repeat the sentence correctly. Tick off the sentences and date when the child is able to read them correctly.

My Reception children designed a sign to go in the yard. Our topic was about friendship. The children wanted to make a ‘Friendship Stop’ for those children who didn’t have anyone to play with at playtime. If they stood near the sign, other children would notice that they didn’t have anyone to play with, and would invite them to join in with their game. I took their designs to a company that made the sign for us.

Chinese New Year - Food Tasting - Recording Sheet for Reception Foundation Phase Second Language Welsh Focus - bwyd - ‘Wyt ti’n hoffi…? Do you like…?’ Differentiated 3 times Bottom group - listen to the question 'wyt ti’n hoffi …?" and colour the happy or sad face Middle group - listen to the question, and answer ydw or nag ydw for the smell, look and taste. Top group - same as middle group, but describe the food. Included Word document (Editable) and PDF.

We spent the morning watching videos on BBC clips, and reading facts about woodland animals. We then talked about WOW words to describe how they looked etc. We used this worksheet to record our answers. Sort woodland & non-woodland animals into a Venn diagram.

Includes photos of trees, their leaves, and their seeds.

Actions and Instruments - Children used the flash cards to make a pattern with actions. Children took turns making the pattern for the rest of the group to make. Use 2D shapes for children to follow a pattern also. Repeating Pattern Snakes - My children used their fingers to paint a pattern on the snakes. My top group were encouraged to make 3 changes.

Our genre was instruction writing. Each task is differentiated. Introduction - use a big piece of sugar paper and ask the children to tell me what to write. We talked about the features that we needed to include (title, numbered points, pictures to illustrate what happened). 3 tasks - Instructions to make bread, instructions to plant potatoes, instructions to plant onions MAT - copy from a model/word mat/independent writing Top group - use a word mat to find the correct bossy verb. Fill in the gap. Draw pictures to illustrate each step. Middle group - cut out each step and stuck them in order. Draw pictures to illustrate each step. Bottom group - I took photos of each activity and they cut them out and glued them in order. A member of staff wrote what they said about each picture.