I am a teacher who has worked with SEND pupils, especially those with literacy problems. I have also taught English as a foreign language. For several years I worked with Easylearn publishers, developing resources for children struggling with English and Maths. I am one of the creators of the Froggy Match-it phonics app, which helps beginner readers to learn to read and spell effectively.
I am a teacher who has worked with SEND pupils, especially those with literacy problems. I have also taught English as a foreign language. For several years I worked with Easylearn publishers, developing resources for children struggling with English and Maths. I am one of the creators of the Froggy Match-it phonics app, which helps beginner readers to learn to read and spell effectively.
Fine Motoring improves pencil control and provides opportunities for cutting and sticking. Activities include tracing over straight lines and circles, copying lines and cutting and sticking pictures. Most sheets provide an opportunity for the child to add details and make the sheet personal. This photocopiable book is essential for children who need a structure as they work towards writing letters. Previously available through Easylearn.
Start Listening A and B are excellent for those pupils with poor auditory and concentration skills. The differentiated tasks suit a range of abilities. The activities are carefully structured, enabling those who find listening difficult to develop their confidence and listening skills. This book uses sentences and stories to focus on auditory memory. A further book is available: book A involves colouring and drawing to instruction, and identifying whether or not sentences are reasonable. Previously sold through Easylearn.
This graded series of nine books contains over 400 tried and tested phonics worksheets. The sheets are completely different from those in the Big Phonics Books I have produced, so they provide even more practice, and also represent good value for money. Book 1 Single Sounds looks at individual letters and their sounds. Book 2 Hot Pet looks at consonant-vowel-consonant words, and Book 3 Pat’s Bed looks at bdp differentiation. Books 4 Kick the Ball and 5 Black Mask look at double final consonants and adjacent consonants respectively. Book 6 Fish and Chips looks at consonant digraphs, while Book 7 Kate’s Kite looks at split digraphs, words such as ‘make’, ‘cone’ and ‘fine’. Book 8 New Coat looks at vowel phonemes, and Book 9 A Bright Invention looks at silent letters, prefixes and suffixes. Previously sold through Easylearn.
Each of the three books contains stories to improve sequencing and text comprehension. Book 1 has three-part texts to put in order, Book 2 four-part and Book 3 five-part texts. Each story has two versions: one with simpler text and more limited vocabulary, which is useful for less-confident readers. Suitable for KS1 plus older pupils with less-developed literacy skills. Previously available through Easylearn.
Practical note: the easier version of each story has a top right-hand corner picture which includes a cat, the harder one features a dog. Stories are interchangeable and an easier and a harder version can be used at the same time within a group of children.
Number Book 5 deals with number bonds to and within 20. Pictorially represented additions and subtractions in the book make it ideal for a wide range of pupils. There is a section on number lines and many sheets help develop the recall of number bonds, which is essential for mental maths work. The 106 worksheets use a wide variety of approaches. Six other books available. Previously available through Easylearn.
Third in a series of 6 books that make the most of budding writing skills. The 25 topics in each book are ideal for early sentence writing, and the 6 books are crammed full of things that primary school pupils love to write about. Each sheet is highly motivating, enabling pupils with very limited writing skills to produce an attractive piece of work. Write About the Picture is easy for pupils to understand and use and requires minimal teacher assistance. Previously available through Easylearn. Book 3 topic titles include: Barbecue Time, The Pet Shop and Firefighters.
Second in a series of 6 books that make the most of budding writing skills. The 25 topics in each book are ideal for early sentence writing, and the 6 books are crammed full of things that primary school pupils love to write about. Each sheet is highly motivating, enabling pupils with very limited writing skills to produce an attractive piece of work. Write About the Picture is easy for pupils to understand and use and requires minimal teacher assistance. Previously available through Easylearn. Book 2 topic titles include: The Bike Ride, The Park and Dinosaurs.
The two On the Write Track books contain sentence construction work for beginner writers with stimulating images to help independent writing. Both books have a similar format and are useful for a wide range of pupils at an early stage of literacy. The sheets can also be used for Speaking and Listening work. Previously available through Easylearn.
Learning First Numbers ensures good number formation and is ideal for pupils learning to count, recognise and form the numbers 1 to 10. It provides a meaningful context for practice in number formation and is a good follow-up to practical counting work. There are 3 sheets per number and additional worksheets can be easily and quickly made from the accompanying picture sheets. Little explanation is necessary and alternative formations are provided for some numbers. Learning First Letters is also available. Previously sold through Easylearn.
An endless supply of effective games! 10 different bingo and lotto games, covering a wide range of phonic skills, are included in this value-for-money, copiable product. The games are extremely quick and easy to make and the simple bingo format ensures time is not wasted on learning how to play. This full-colour resource can be used for lots of phonics activities. Previously available through Easylearn.
Number Book 2 is ideal for pupils beginning work on addition. A variety of approaches is included, ranging from simple addition of two sets of objects to using a number line. Vocabulary, presentation and content are all carefully designed for pupils with special needs and early learners. The 106 worksheets will help children learning to add to 10 and are ideal for intervention programmes. Six other books available. Previously available through Easylearn.
Stop it, Editor! improves pupils’ punctuation and grammar skills, and is one of three books in the Stop it! series. It covers similar areas to Stop it! but in a more editorial style. This book is full of tasks pupils enjoy: finding mistakes, marking and correcting texts, etc. Full stops, capital letters, apostrophes, speech marks and some uses of the comma are covered. It is perfect to use alongside Stop it! as it consolidates skills using a different approach. Previously available through Easylearn.
This book concentrates on the understanding and use of adjectives: it improves grammatical awareness and encourages pupils to add information and interest to texts. Sheets look at meanings and definitions as well as asking pupils to group and classify adjectives. All About Adjectives is suitable for a fairly wide age range and can be used for EAL/EFL work. A motivating game on ‘opposites’ is included, which is useful both in the classroom and at home. Previously available through Easylearn.
This graded series of nine books contains over 400 tried and tested phonics worksheets. Book 4 Kick the Ball looks at double final consonants. The sheets are completely different from those in the Big Phonics Books I have produced, so they provide even more practice, and also represent good value for money. Eight other books available. Previously sold through Easylearn.
Helps to develop and consolidate phonic skills. Little non-phonic writing is required and the clear, easy format enables independent working. Successfully used with older students struggling with phonics to help them to catch up or to give them a fresh start. Ideal for revision and homework and suitable for a wide age range.
The 40 pages in book 3 cover the various graphemes for the long vowel phonemes, alternative pronunciations for some graphemes and alternative spellings/silent letters. Previously available through Easylearn. Third in a series of three books covering most phonic skills taught in school.
This graded series of nine books contains over 400 tried and tested phonics worksheets. Book 1 Single Sounds looks at individual letters and their sounds and has 55 pages. The sheets are completely different from those in the Big Phonics Books I have produced, so they provide even more practice, and also represent good value for money. Eight other books available. Previously sold through Easylearn.
The three books in this graded series will help children who struggle with punctuation and need extra practice. The series deals with punctuation basics using a very simple, straightforward format. The books include the kind of tasks that children enjoy, such as multiple choice and editing. The worksheets are ideal for preparing your pupils for grammar, punctuation and spelling tests. Book 1 covers full stops and capital letters for sentences, plus capital letters for names and ‘I’. Book 2 revises punctuation dealt with in Book 1 plus looks at question and exclamation marks and the use of commas for lists. Book 3 examines simple speech punctuation and the uses of the apostrophe for possession and some contractions. Previously sold through Easylearn.
Designed for pupils beginning work on subtraction, Number Book 3 deals with subtraction within 10 both as ‘take away’ and as comparison. Tasks range from counting objects left after some are removed from a set, to instant recall of number bonds to 10. This book helps pupils understand the relationship between addition and subtraction. 106 worksheets. Six other books available. Previously available through Easylearn.
This reference skills book is ideal for working on letter names and the alphabet and is invaluable for reinforcing work on alphabetic letter knowledge and alphabetical order. The sheets are suitable for a wide age-range: Foundation Stage to KS2 plus older pupils with special needs. Tasks range from filling in missing alphabet letters to arranging words in alphabetical order using the first two letters. ‘Master’ sheets are included for you to create your own worksheets to suit different levels/abilities quickly and easily. Previously available through Easylearn.
Number Book 6 provides practice and consolidation for work on place value, partitioning, ordering and comparing two-digit numbers. The wide range of interesting tasks enables pupils to achieve understanding and gain confidence with number work. Work on number lines and number squares is included, and sheets are clear and easy to use, with reading kept to a minimum. The 68 sheets bridge the gap between practical, concrete activities and more abstract and written number work. There are sheets for all abilities and this book is particularly useful for those who need extra support and lots of practice. Six other books available. Previously available through Easylearn.
