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.'

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

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

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.

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

This includes 3 weeks Literacy planning. Involves making posters, writing a letter, writing a new story, retelling story, acting out a story and writing a script.

2 weeks of planning linked to 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar.' Includes Literacy and Numeracy activities for Early years and plans for the other areas of the classroom. There is also some worksheets and some are included in the free resources section e.g pictures to match retelling the story and counting worksheets.

A selection of worksheets to use in Early years or KS1 linked to the topic minibeasts. Included are counting worksheets, doubling, missing numbers, repeating patterns, phonics, matching to habitats, minibeast hunt, sorting minibeasts, symmetrical butterflies, what am I cards and a research map.

Lesson plans for Early Years on the text What the Ladybird Heard

Literacy planning linked to the story 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' for Reception.

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

Activities to match Jaspers Beanstalk planning for Early Years.

Worksheets that I used linked to the Handa's Surprise Early Years Planning