I am a teacher, having taught for 22 years.
I worked mainly in Early years, but also taught in year 1, and 2. I have produced several resources over the years and have recently created my own website Erinella.com where you can find my teaching resources. Im also on Facebook Erinella.com
I am a teacher, having taught for 22 years.
I worked mainly in Early years, but also taught in year 1, and 2. I have produced several resources over the years and have recently created my own website Erinella.com where you can find my teaching resources. Im also on Facebook Erinella.com
This is a great tool to use when getting young children to learn to read, make and write words.
Laminated this resource can be used time and time again.
Can be used alongside playdough, magnetic letters, etc… Ideal to be used in your continuous provision.
This 6 page resource is great for children learning to read and write CVC words. Each page contains 5 different pictures and dotted words for the children to read and match.
Are you teaching RWI at your setting? This great resource is ideal to use in your continuous provision or to send home with your pupils. Consisting of the set 1 sounds, pictures, and rhymes this is great to encourage your child to learn and write the sound.
The grey letter is to be used to trace over - I suggest creating a rainbow letter, so encourage the children to form the letter using lots of colours. Then move onto writing their own letters below.
It is important that they say the rhyme as they write the letter.
Do you want a useful resource to give to your parents when teaching RWI? This product consists of two pages showing the set 1 characters and their rhymes.
Ideal to give out to new parents during induction evenings or evening RWI sessions.
Are your children moving from Reception to Year 1?
Here is a useful document to pass onto the year 1 teacher about each child. Ideal for those transition meetings and a great resource to have to inform you about the children within your class.
Are you teaching RWI set 2 in your school? This huge bundle of games is ideal for your classroom environment.
This product consists of all the RWI games that you can buy individually:
ay ee igh ow oo oo
ar or air ir ou oy
These are ideal to laminate and use time and time again to see if children can recognise, read and match the sounds to the pictures. A fun game to turn over the picture cards and match them to the sounds.
Are your children learning phonics through the RWI scheme?
This product is ideal to use in your continuous provision. Consisting of 6 boards (To laminate) and 6 different pages with pictures to match the initial sounds.
A great tool to see if your children can recognise the picture and match it to the set 2 sound.
Once laminated can be used over and over again.
This product includes the following sounds: ar or air ir ou oy and the following pictures:
ar = car, star, dart, sharp, cart and start
or = horn, torch, corn, north, shorts, and porch
air = hair, pair, chair, stairs, fair and eclair
ir = bird, first, skirt, girl, stir and third
ou = shout, house, mouse, cloud, mouth and flour
oy = boy, toy, joy, enjoy, destroy and annoy
Are your children learning phonics through the RWI scheme?
This product is ideal to use in your continuous provision. Consisting of 6 boards (To laminate) and 6 different pages with pictures to match the initial sounds.
A great tool to see if your children can recognise the picture and match it to the set 2 sound.
Once laminated can be used over and over again.
This product includes the following sounds: ay ee igh ow oo oo and the following pictures:
ay = day, play, spray, hay, bay and pay
ee - tree, three, bee, green, sleep and see
igh = night, light, fright, bright, right and high
ow = snow, grow, show, tow, blow and row
oo = poo, zoo, moon, spoon, pool and food
oo = book, hook, cook, wood, foot and blood
Are you teaching RWI in your school? This huge bundle of games is ideal for your classroom environment.
This product consists of all the RWI games that you can buy individually:
m a s d t i
n p g o c k
u b f e l h
sh r j v y w
th z ch qu x ng
These are ideal to laminate and use time and time again to see if children can recognise initial and final (for x and ng) sounds and match the sounds to the pictures. A fun game to turn over the picture cards and match them to the sounds.
Are your children learning phonics through the RWI scheme?
This product is ideal to use in your continuous provision. Consisting of 6 boards (To laminate) and 6 different pages with pictures to match the initial sounds.
A great tool to see if your children can recognise the picture and match it to the initial sound.
Once laminated can be used over and over again.
This product includes the following sounds: th z ch qu x ng and the following pictures:
th = thumb, thistle, thorn, three, think and thief
z = zip, zebra, zig-zag, zebra crossing, zoo and zombie
ch = cheese, chicken, church, chocolate, chair and chips
qu = queen, quilt, quill, quail, question mark and quiet
(The following were end sounds)
x = box, fox, six, T-rex, mix and ox
ng = wing, sing, ring, lung, strong and king
Are your children learning phonics through the RWI scheme?
This product is ideal to use in your continuous provision. Consisting of 6 boards (To laminate) and 6 different pages with pictures to match the initial sounds.
A great tool to see if your children can recognise the picture and match it to the initial sound.
Once laminated can be used over and over again.
This product includes the following sounds: sh r j v y w and the following pictures:
sh = shoe, shells, sheep, shed, ship and shop
r = robot, rainbow, rabbit, ribbon, rings and rocket
j = jam, jellyfish, jack-in-a-box, jigsaw, jet and jeep
v = violin, van, vase, vulture, volcano and vegetables
y = yo-yo, yellow, yacht, yak, yolk, and yogurt
w = wellington boots, window, whale, worm, wheel and watermelon
Are your children learning phonics through the RWI scheme?
This product is ideal to use in your continuous provision. Consisting of 6 boards (To laminate) and 6 different pages with pictures to match the initial sounds.
A great tool to see if your children can recognise the picture and match it to the initial sound.
Once laminated can be used over and over again.
This product includes the following sounds: u b f e l h and the following pictures:
u = under, upstairs, underwear, umpire, unlock and upset
b = boots, balloons, ball, bag, box and bananas
f = fish, frog, flag, flower, fox and fire
e = elephant, eggs, exit, envelope, elf and escalator
l = lion, leaf, lemon, logs, ladder and lego
h = horse, hedgehog, hippo, heart, hand and hat
Are your children learning phonics through the RWI scheme?
This product is ideal to use in your continuous provision. Consisting of 6 boards (To laminate) and 6 different pages with pictures to match the initial sounds.
A great tool to see if your children can recognise the picture and match it to the initial sound.
Once laminated can be used over and over again.
This product includes the following sounds: n p g o c k and the following pictures:
n = nose, net, newspaper, nail, nurse and necklace
p = penguin, parrot, pirate, panda, pig and pencil
g = grapes, glasses, goat, glue, girl and gate
o = octopus, orange, ox, ostrich, otter and office
c = cat, caterpillar, car, cup cake, carrot and clock
k = kitten, kettle, kite, koala, kangaroo and key
Are your children learning phonics through the RWI scheme?
This product is ideal to use in your continuous provision. Consisting of 6 boards (To laminate) and 6 different pages with pictures to match the initial sounds.
A great tool to see if your children can recognise the picture and match it to the initial sound.
Once laminated can be used over and over again.
This product includes the following sounds: m, a, s, d, t, i and the following pictures:
m = mouse, mountain, map, monkey, milk and mat
a = apple, axe, alligator, astronaut, anchor and arrow
s = sun, snake, sausages, scissors, sunglasses and socks
d = dinosaur, dog, donuts, digger, duck and dolphin
t = turtle, tent, tree, toothbrush, tiger and teddy bear
i = insects, ink, igloo, instruments, invitation and iguana
Are you learning about Guy Fawkes and why we celebrate Bonfire Night?
This powerpoint is ideal. It gives a brief overview of what happened and why we celebrate, along with a few questions.
Slides include moveable Gifs to make it more interesting for children.
It is vital that you check your learning environment daily both indoors and outdoors and that you report any items that have been damaged or need investigating.
This handy document is ideal for making that daily risk assessment within your setting.
Consisting of 3 pages.
This is a great tool for your new intake parents.
It consists of 20 pages with the following:
Front cover
All about me (3 pages for parents to complete and return to school)
What is needed for school
Ways to help your child at home
Ways to help your child (5 Pages)
Out and about
In the kitchen
Dressing
In the bath
First day at school
15 Top tips (2 pages)
Before your child starts school
Play (a poem)
Getting to know your new pupils is vital. Home visits have become popular within the EYFS phase. Having as much information about each child is key. This goes towards the story behind the child.
This 5 page word document is ideal for reporting vital information about new children starting your setting. It includes information about previous settings, key workers, agencies etc…
A great tool to use when visiting homes or having meetings with new parents.