Infant teacher - shortlisted for TES Resource Contributor of the Year 2014 & 2015. All my resources have been made for my class, so have been tried and tested before uploading them to share with others. I hope you find my resources useful.
Infant teacher - shortlisted for TES Resource Contributor of the Year 2014 & 2015. All my resources have been made for my class, so have been tried and tested before uploading them to share with others. I hope you find my resources useful.
A set of 4 differentiated worksheets for children to draw happy and sad faces on Humpty Dumpty. Designed to be used as a PSHE/PSED lesson on emotions to tie in with the nursery rhyme.
Could also tie in with the KS1 SEAL Anti-bullying resources.
A mindmap based on some of the ideas provided by MusicBugs to celebrate National Nursery Rhyme Week. Focusing on Hickory Dickory Dock, Humpty Dumpty, Incy Wincy Spider, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Mary Mary Quite Contrary.
Topic word cards created to be used in group discussion or a story sack activity, so children can read the words and learn how to write/spell them. Designed to go alongside a topic on Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper. Features pumpkin and squash images and well as the animal characters and cooking utensils used.
Good for topics on autumn or Halloween
One page SMART notebook display with a screen cover to hide and show rules one by one. To be used to inform children of how to keep safe before they go trick or treating on Hallowe'en.
NB: I always explain that not all parents wish their child to go trick or treating, and to respect their parent&'s wishes.
A short introduction to describing pumpkins, both on the outside and inside.
Activity inspired by A-Z Teacher Stuff (lessons atoz) to make a non fiction pumpkin book. Children to write words, phrases or sentences to describe the outside and inside of the pumpkin. Can cut orange wool and seeds to stick on the inside of the book to illustrate.
A sheet designed for the child to draw an image of one of the farm animals in the story. To sound out and write the sound that that animal makes in the story.
A nice short follow-up writing activity to a drama based lesson, based on the story What the Ladybird Heard by Julia Donaldson.
Listen and silent are spelt with the same letters quotation. Linked to What the Ladybird Heard by Julia Donaldson, so great for use when learning about good listening skills, as well as animals topics, especially farm animals
Designed for use at circle time/carpet time.
A set of 5 questions describing 5 different zoo animals. Each question is made up of 3 hints, each getting easier.
Could differentiate for younger children by displaying images/toys of the animals while they are listening to the questions/hints.
This resource was inspired by Sorting Sprinkles blog - zoo week for pre-schoolers 2.
A matching pairs game using the skin patterns of a tiger, leopard, cow, giraffe, elephant, zebra, snake and peacock.
To be printed double sided and laminated.
This game links with my other zoo-themed resources.
Based on my shared writing activity, I have made a zigzag style book. Created in Publisher on an A3 format, the page can be folded (and glued) in half horizontally and then folded to make the zigzags. Children can complete the missing words and draw a picture of their animal. They can then stick a post-it note over the picture or draw a picture of a box and sellotape it over the top to make the flap. Would be interesting to have flaps opening from different directions or different shapes!
Game board (to be enlarged to A3) and animal picture and word cards. To be cut and laminated. Children can match the picture/word card to the board in alphabet order.
Note that 'X&' is fox (the x is underlined to help)
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A role-play assistance sheet designed to be kept in the topic resource box to help teachers and TAs/NNs set up the role-play area with the kids. Suggested resource list and possible scenarios
A sorting game designed to discuss foods that are suitable and not suitable for dogs, cats, rabbits and birds. Each child to have an animal board. Food cards to be laminated and cut; placed face down in a pile. Children to take it in turn to pick up a food card and decide whether it is safe for their animal to eat. If so, place on the tick column. If they are aware that the food is not safe, place on the cross column. If the food is not applicable for that animal, place the card back down on the bottom of the pile.
PowerPoint looking at the rhyming names and descriptions of characters. Hairy Maclary, Bottomley Potts, Hercules Morse, Muffin McLay, Bitzer Maloney, Schnitzel von Krumm.
Children to attempt to create their own rhyming names and descriptions of differing dog breeds.
Information on all the main body parts of a fish and what the fish uses them for. I have taken most of the content from vtaide.com and learning parade and made into an easy PowerPoint introduction. Children then will label a picture of the Rainbow fish, either laminated as a matching game, or individually as a writing exercise.
