6 pages on a spring theme based -a nest, lamb, rabbit, chick, duck, Easter egg, worm, rose and a bee. 6 Spring pictures with words to read and colour in. 6 Spring pictures to colour in. 6 words to read and write. 6 colour pictures to name, cut and match. 6 colour photos to name, cut and match. An outline template for you to use.

Patterns to help with fine motor control and pencil skills. 40 different patterns, with 2 to a page. Patterns are within circle shapes. Cut out and laminate and add to your writing table / corner. Alternatively, children can use a wide range of media to complete the patterns such as finger paints, felt pens, paints with thick and thin brushes and plasticine. Link with your maths work on circle shapes.

12 pages of things that go together with 2 on each page. The pictures can be cut out along the black lines to make a matching game. Examples are: Baby and a bottle, sun and sun cream and Santa and his sack. Good for promoting early thinking skills and speaking and listening too.

Alphabet cards with a transport theme. Cut and order the alphabet cards. Children can also write inside the letters or use paint or felt pens.

4 handwriting sheets and one blank template for you to use. Lower case letters Upper case letters Numbers to 20 and number words Frequently used words Blank template

Here are 18 Number Rhyme cards with 6 on each page. Suitable for EYFS and KS1. Children can cut these out and match/ glue them to the included title cards. These are nice to make into a choosing board too, where children select a Number rhyme to sing or share.

Set 4 in this Nursery Rhyme game series. This is fun to show on the Smart Board, name the rhymes and sing them. There are 20 rhymes to name and share. Print out the resources for a variety of games. There are larger cards to use for matching games or for children to make up and personalise their own boards of their favourite rhymes. Great for learning new and unfamiliar rhymes. A blank board is included at the end. This also makes a good Lotto game which can be laminated Answer sheet is included.

3 activities in 1 with this resource. Page 1 - children name the pictures and match the initial sounds to the alphabet letters. Page 2 - Match the words to their initial sounds. Page 3 - A template with the alphabet on to use for drawing their own pictures or writing a word for each letter.

A fun any day, or World Poetry Day / World book Day activity. Here are 4 examples of nonsense rhymes that are made up of lines from other nursery rhymes. Activities could include listing the rhymes contained in each example and making up rhymes of their own. Children can choose a theme e.g. Frogs or the Sea or just use any rhymes they want to. Make a display, folder or Big book of all the rhymes and share in an assembly or put in the library. Younger children might benefit from the words and / or pictures for the rhymes they use.

6 worksheets where children say the missing words. They can then write out the sentences in their work books or cut and match the pictures and missing words.

Here is a good way to introduce children to Limericks as part of World Poetry Day or any poetry topic. There is an example of a completed limerick showing visual images. There are 2 other limericks where the rhyming words need filling in. Children use the visual images and words to help them. Once the children are familiar with the structure of a limerick, they can use the template page to start to make up their own limericks. Notes: Limericks are traditionally 5 lines and often with a funny final line or a twist. The first, second and last line usually have the same rhyme and the third and fourth often share a different rhyme.

Introducing List Poetry which need not rhyme or have the same metre. The picture borders will help children when deciding what to include in their list poems. Encourage the children to come up with a starter sentence to improve their lists such as - I love sports, any sport will do… Celebrate World Poetry Day and have fun with these List Poetry ideas. There are 5 templates each with a different theme: Transport Shoes Hats Fruit Sports Children can make notes either in the borders or on the lined grid. Similarly, they could make their list poem in the border or on the lined grid.

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.

A slide show to share with young children to encourage their speaking and listening skills and for them to think about what it means to be kind and unkind. There are 7 slides with 2 pictures on each. Children decide, using thumbs up or down, if the pictures show kindness or unkindness.

4 worksheets showing animals. The words are written in capital letters and children are asked to rewrite the words in lower case letters. A good assessment tool or you could provide the alphabet in upper and lower case to support learning.

3 fun poems which can be used as a stimulus for children to make up their own. Homeward Bound Holiday Trees The border templates for each are included.

20 posters for your topic work on Homes. There are four rooms, kitchen, living room, bathroom and bedroom. Good for speaking and listening and displays. Each of the four rooms have a different border to differentiate it from the others and to reflect the decor that may be in that room e.g. tiles for the kitchen and wallpaper for the bedroom.

40 flashcards showing sounds all around us from everyday sounds such as crunching an apple to transport and animal sounds. Very useful for early Sound work in Literacy as well as Science and Music. Cut and laminate and reuse in different ways: e.g. Can children listen to and recognise sounds and then find the matching pictures? Can they distinguish between animal and transport sounds?

A complete Alphabet set from A to Z. An activity for teaching and learning initial sounds and for reading and matching words and pictures. This can be shown on the Smart Board to encourage observation, speaking and listening and sounding letters. Slides can also be used as posters or worksheets. Cut out for displays or flashcards too. There are word cards for each slide. Fits in with Letters and Sounds / Phonics work.

Set 3 in this Consonant Blend Series. An activity for teaching and learning consonant blends. bl, br, dr, fl, cl, sp,spl, spr, str, shr The final 5 are 3 consonants. This can be shown on the Smart Board, or the slides can be used as posters or worksheets. There are word cards for each slide/blend. Fits in with Letters and Sounds and Phonics in general.