32 colour cards the children can use to play a mime game. A child / pair or group can choose a card and mime for the rest of the class to guess. Points or stars can be allocated for correct answers. Play against the clock for more fun. Encourages speaking and listening, drama, using imagination and working in groups.

6 black and white fictional sea creatures for children to observe, discuss and say what is ‘fishy’ about them. E.g. the octopus has 10 legs! Page 2 is a drawing and writing sheet. Children can design their own strange sea creature and write a short story about it.

Cut and laminate these cards for sorting games and making sets. Instruments can be sorted into: brass woodwind percussion keyboard string There are 24 instrument cards and 5 word cards.

10 masks with a fruit theme for storymaking / telling and role play. Cut out and reinforce on card or laminate. Cut out the eyes and fasten the back with ribbon or elastic. Links in with topics on food / fruit and plants as well as Harvest.

Children will enjoy drawing these characters and naming them. Each picture has a letter next to it and children write the words in the grid. Page 1 is for children to make up names beginning with the associated letter. Pages 2 and 3 show pictures with their corresponding initial letter next to them.

A short story written to share with young children during topic work on Kings and Queens, Famous people or King Charles 111 Coronation in May 2023. The story is about a Prince who loses his crown and eventually it is found. There is a page sharing flashcards of characters in the story and objects such as the crown and the palace. Children can use the picture or symbol board to help them to retell the story themselves. The final page shows the words for the characters and objects and has space for children to draw in or paste the pictures. Boarmaker Licenced.

Halloween is a magical time and a great time for creative writing. Here are 5 original short stories designed to spark children’s imaginations at KS1 and Early Years. The Wizard that could not Read The Witch and the Kindness Potion The day the Magic went Bounce Freddy the Proud Frog Beany and the Broomstick The stories are fun and engaging. There is a colouring activity sheet to accompany each of the stories.

This is Set 2 in the collection of KS1 short stories designed to encourage budding little authors. This pack comprises five engaging and imaginative tales: “Saying Goodbye to Grandad”, “The Pig That Really Did Fly”, “The Girl Who Could Not Stop Smiling”, “Father Christmas Says Goodbye”, and “The Cow That Walked on Two Legs”. Each narrative has been written to stimulate children’s curiosity and encourage creative writing. The stories feature a range of characters and situations that children can relate to and learn from. Whether it’s exploring the concept of loss or goodbyes, celebrating uniqueness, or the magic of relentless positivity, each story imparts valuable life lessons in a gentle and fun manner. They offer prompts for children to elaborate, extend, or even create their own stories. There is a colouring sheet for each of the stories with a matching colour picture.

A music resource with an instrument theme. There is a colour poster showing a range of instruments for children to discuss. There is a black and white poster for children to colour in. There are also colour and black and white cut out cards for children to match.

5 different designs of the traditional story planner or writing support frame for young children helping them to structure / plan their writing. Cut and laminate and add to your writing corner or use as a visual aid or speaking and listening tool.

Here are 5 colour patterns for children to copy. Each page shows a colour pattern and a black and white template to fill in. Children can also make their own design colour patterns.

20 Music Flashcards in both colour and Black and White. Cards are mostly instruments and other items such as speakers, turntable and headphones. Use these as part of your music lessons, for displays, for matching, colouring and naming. Also useful in your music corner or on the music table.

This is a monster activity where children create their own monster pictures or make an individual or class collage. It is fun to enlarge the pictures of the monsters and each child choose one - these can be added to make a large scale collage. Page 1 shows all the monsters on one page. This can be used as a worksheet on its own, or children can choose their monster to work on. Page 2 shows an example of a colour collage made from a selection of the monsters. Page 3 shows a collection of coloured eyes that children could copy or add to their monsters. Pages 4 to 15 - here are the black and white monsters with 2 to a page. Links to art and design, colour and Halloween.

This is a good activity linked to Ourselves and Homes and encourages memory and speaking and listening. Children can reflect on their own bedrooms, their colour scheme and what is in their bedrooms / what they would like. There are 10 sheets here to carefully observe and discuss. Sheet 1 is a black and white basic room and each sheet after that adds something such as colour, decorations, pictures, slippers etc. Finally sheet 10 is the finished bedroom. A good activity is to go from sheet 10 backwards and see if children can spot what has been taken away. Children can use the black and white picture to build up / make a bedroom of their own. They can use fabrics, collage materials or paints/felts to decorate the room. Children could go on to write about Laura, whose bedroom this is, what can they tell about Laura just from observation?

Musical Instruments work for KS1 2 Colour posters showing a range of musical instruments for display, discussion or labelling. 1 colouring worksheet showing a range of instruments. There are 7 colouring sheets where children can colour the instrument to make it the same as the image given.

A resource linked to the story of Little Red Writing Hood. There is a colour version and a black and white version for children to colour in themselves. Sheet 1 shows 4 sequencing cards which can be cut out and ordered. There is space for children to write on. Sheet 2 is the same as sheet 1 in black and white. There are then 2 sets of symbol cards in colour and black and white which relates to the story. There are 12 symbol cards in all. *PCS Licenced - Boardmaker symbols.

Get creative and have fun with food in class using these visual aids. 10 pages of colour cards with 2 cards on each page. Cut out and laminate. Children can use the ideas in the pictures to stimulate their imagination. They can go on to design food characters of their own and either make them with real food or create them in art lessons. Extend by asking children to create stories around the characters they have made linking to literacy.

5 free colouring sheets for EYFS and KS1 children.

Based on the National Lego Building Day in January, here are 5 different colour designs of borders with a building brick theme. Useful for displays, drawing, designing, writing or adding pictures of childrens work.