Reading ideas and activities for teachers, parents and carers based on the picture book: ‘Sadie and her Red Shiny Shoes’. Ideas include making predictions, comprehension questions, word and sentence work, looking at pictures, drawing, designing, painting and discussion topics. The book is aimed at children from 3 to 7 years old. *Sadie had trouble with her foot, but she did not know why. Everyone had their own ideas about what was wrong with Sadie’s foot. In the end, Sadie solves her own problem. *

Activity sheets to improve fine motor control. Children can use any media to follow these patterns such as felt pens, paint or pencils. 11 designs of Easter Eggs with handwriting patterns within them. 2 pages of 5 Eggs in a smaller version. Suitable for children with specific learning difficulties, Nursery and KS1.

3 worksheets with an Easter / Spring theme. Children read the words and match them to the pictures by drawing a line between the two dots. There are 7 words and pictures to match on each worksheet.

4 worksheets for children learning about the letter E. Links to phonics, handwriting and reading. Sheets- 1 egg 2 Easter 3 elephant 4 ear

An Easter resources where there are 8 colour Bunny flashcards, each showing a bunny doing something different e.g. running, juggling or shopping. These can be cut up and duplicated to make matching games or for display. Children can learn the vocabulary and practice speaking in sentences. The same flashcards are also in black and white for children to colour in. These can be matched to the colour versions, or used for making Easter Cards. There are then, 2 writing sheets differentiated. The first sheets show 6 of the bunnies with a sentence for children to trace over. The second have blank spaces for children to write the ‘doing’ words or a short phrase or sentence about the bunnies. Suitable for EYFS and KS1.

12 colour cards to cut out and laminate. These can be matched to the words or used to play Kim’s game. Start by using 2 or 3 cards on a tray or table - let the children look at them carefully. Then take one away and see if they know which one. Repeat / differentiate with up to 12 cards to develop their memory skills.

Cut and laminate these colour cards to play matching games with picture to picture or picture to word or dominoes. Create you own dominoes with the single cards if you need them.

64 household items for children to name, colour in , sort into rooms. There are 2 versions of each sheet of 16 pictures - one with room for labelling underneath. Supports any topic on Houses or Homes or Ourselves.

A phonics resource for kS1 based on words beginning with ‘wh’. 3 activities based on words containing the grapheme ‘wh’. There are 3 black and white worksheets and the same worksheets in colour. Write the words, a phrase or sentence to go with each of the 8 pictures. Name the pictures and write ‘wh’ or the words and underline ‘wh’. Label the 8 pictures. Words: wheel, wheelbarrow, wheelchair, wheat, whisk, what, whisper and whale.

This is a fun game to play supporting your work on phonics and initial sounds. Lots of speaking and listening and thinking involved where the answers may not be so obvious as with the X slide where the pictures are things containing an x. There is a slide for each letter of the alphabet and 10 pictures on each slide. Children name the pictures and can say a phrase or sentence for each one. Differentiate by asking the children to name specific pictures dependent on their ability or levels. Press and the answers will fly in on command. You could extend this activity by asking the children to write a list for each of the letters of the alphabet and the answers can then be checked. Children could work in pairs or small groups or on their own. The picture cards can also be printed and cut out and then sorted or matched to the original slides.

This resource links to your topics on animals and pets as well as writing for a purpose. There are 2 worksheets which are frames to encourage young children to write in a fun way. Children could write key words or sentences and / or draw pictures of their own pets.

This is a fun game for children at KS1. Here, the school staff get up to silly things and the idea is to work out who does what, where, when, why and how. Children choose a card from each of the 6 sets: Who? e.g. Miss Cookwell and Miss Bookworm Where? e.g., the Kitchen or the Nursery What? e.g. changed the clock to home time or put paint on the walls and floors Why? e.g. it was an accident or I thought it would be funny When? e.g. during afternoon play or before the teachers meeting How? e.g. the PE teacher helped or I wore a disguise These are colour coded. There is a base board where children can put or paste their 6 cards onto. Next, they tell the story in their own words and / or write it out and share with class. Children work well in pairs for this game. There are lots of combinations, so the game can be played over again with different outcomes. There is a colour card for each set that children could use to sort or make collections. An example board is included where Miss Bookworm, the librarian went to the Head’s Office and changed the clock to home time. She did this because she thought it would be funny. The PE teacher helped Miss Bookwork and this was during afternoon play! Links to literacy, speaking and listening, problem solving and writing.

5 worksheets for children learning about the letter M. Links to phonics, handwriting and reading. Sheets- 1 monkey 2 melon 3 man 4 mug 5 moon

A lovely little writing frame for children to use when thinking or writing about Spring. There is a worked example on page 1. Page 2 shows a template with sentences to complete. Page 3 is a blank template for children to draw on, write in or paste pictures onto.

A complete set of alphabet worksheets from A to Z. Each worksheet shows a picture, the word in American Sign Language, the word to trace and the word to colour within the lines. Suitable for children with additional needs and Kindergarten children learning to recognise letters, read and write the alphabet. The worksheets have a Spring / Summer theme.

A fun memory game to play with small groups of children or the whole class. Links to thinking skills and speaking and listening as well as memory. The instructions are on page one. Page 2 shows 15 colour picnic cards. How to Play Cut and laminate the picnic cards. Have a basket or bag at the front of the class. Children sit in a circle. Each child chooses a card showing something to take on a picnic. The first player says a sentence e.g. ‘I took a can of cola on my picnic’ and then puts the card into the basket. The second player says a sentence e.g. ‘ I took an apple on my picnic’ but must then add what the previous player put in the basket e.g. ‘and Johnny took a can of cola on his picnic’. Keep going round the circle until each player has had their turn. There are ideas included for differentiating including a picture board as a visual aid.

A set of cards based on this popular rhyme - There was an old woman who swallowed a fly. Included are colour and black and white versions of the animals the old woman eats and the old woman herself. Children can write the words on the black and white versions and colour the pictures to make their own set of cards to sequence. Copy, cut and laminate the cards for matching and sequencing games.

5 Nursery Rhyme Sheets to Read and Write with a Royal / London theme. Sheet 1 is for reading / colouring and sheet 2 is for children to trace over the words / colour in. Rhymes- Old King Cole The Queen of Hearts London’s Burning Oranges and Lemons London Bridge is falling down (2 verses) Links nicely to the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations.

A handy set of writing aids for children to use when creating stories or recounting events. There are 5 flowers, each is a different colour and has the 5 W words- who, what, where, when and why and also how. Cut and laminate the flowers and add them to the writing corner, or put one on each group table.

12 Nursery Rhyme colour cards with 6 to a page. Page 1 and 3 show rhyme pictures with names. Page 2 and 4 has space for children to write. The Nursery Rhyme cards can be used in a variety of ways: Use as choosing boards where the children choose a rhyme to sing. Write underneath the colour pictures to name the rhymes. Cut out and match the rhyme cards. Use as visual aids or memory joggers. Add to displays.