Some maths and literacy ideas for Nursery and activities for the other areas of the classroom .

Literacy and Numeracy Ideas for Early Years

4 days of Literacy planning linked to the story 'The Rainbow Fish' for Reception.

Literacy planning for 4 days for Reception linked to the story 'Rumble in the Jungle.'

4 Literacy lessons for Early Years on the text 'The Enormous Turnip.'

This is an assembly I used with Year 1 children. We share information we have found out about different minibeasts then act out the story 'The very greedy bee.' Songs are from cbeebies or out of the ark -minibeasts CD

3 weeks literacy planning linked to the story 'What the Ladybird Heard.' for year 1.

Maths and Literacy ideas as well as ideas for the others areas of the classroom for child initiated play.

4 Literacy lessons for Early Years on the text 'Owl Babies.'

Some ideas for maths and literacy activities for early years using the text 'mad about minibeasts.'

A weeks plan linked to dragons, Children find signs of a dragon in the outdoor area, They then discover an egg and write about what it could be. A witness also spots the dragon so children write interview questions and then a report about what the witness saw.

Literacy planning used with Reception/Year 1

This sheet matches the worksheets in my 2 weeks Gruffalo planning

This 2 weeks planning is linked to the Gruffalo. There is Lit/Num plans - 2 lessons for each week and skills planning for the other areas of the classroom. There is also a couple of worksheets.

This is a 3 week plan related to the little mermaid for Rec/year 1 children. Includes making a lost poster, retelling story, describing characters, describing a setting, invitations, postcards and writing a new story.

Literacy planning for Year 1 linked to the story 'The Very Greedy Bee.' Includes story writing, labelling, letters and invitations. Also an outdoor lesson.

Literacy and Numeracy ideas which I used with Nursery. Also some topic plan ideas and plans for the other areas of the classroom.

Literacy and Numeracy planning linked to the text A Fish who could Wish for Early Years

Pictures to retell the story 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' to match worksheets in 2 weeks planning.

Some activities I used when doing the Gruffalo in Nursery.