A power point presentation where children learn to recognise numerals, read number words and practice counting from 0 to 10. The theme is rainbow and each number and word is made up of coloured stars. There are hearts for children to count on each slide.

A resource to help celebrate Diwali. Page 1 of the resource shows 10 small pictures of patterns that can be used in various ways: To make a Rangoli - children can look up the meaning of a rangoli For tracing over / colouring in or duplicated for matching Page 2 Shows an example of how some of the pictures on sheet 1 can be used to make a Rangoli. There is a blank circle for children to try recreating the Rangoli pattern or for them to make up their own pattern. Pages 3 to 12 show the small pictures from page 1 enlarged. There is one picture per page. Children can use these in different ways: Tracing Colouring with felt pens, crayons, paint or pencils Adding coloured sand to make patterns Adding coloured glitter or glitter glue to make patterns Enlarge for group work Links with World Religions - Buddhists, Sikhs and Hindus celebrate Diwali

A 10 page slide show based on your topic of Clothes. Links to thinking skills, speaking and listening, materials, community and diversity . Questions to consider include: What do we wear for different purposes and occasions and why we wear them. A nice follow up activity for group work is to give each group a task and ask them to design and make a poster or collage on the theme. Themes could be taken from the slides such as celebrations or work. Children may come up with their own themes too.

Here are photos of animals to think and talk about and to count. Could discuss e.g. habitats, diet, young, specific features, patterns. Slides show animals from 1 to groups of 5. Children could go on to listing the animals on each slide and / or to make their own collections of animals.

This is a fun Spring activity. The first sheet is an example of the coloured in version of sheet 1. There are 5 worksheets. Children read and match the words with a line, or they can colour the letters that are the same in the same colours as in the example on the first sheet. The picture clues support children with their reading.

10 pages of beautiful colour photo cards with a Spring / Easter theme. Each page has 4 sets of cards to cut out and match. Use as individual cutting and matching sheets where children paste the pairs onto the template provided. Or cut out and laminate the whole collection for pairs games, discussion group work or for adding to your displays. Photos include animals, minibeasts, plants and weather.

Children will enjoy these observation activities where they look carefully at the colour pictures and find the 20 objects shown underneath. Children can work in small groups, on their own or with adult support. Links to Ourseves, Homes, Speaking and Listening and Writing. Activity Sheets In the Living Room In the Kitchen In the Bedroom At the Park Differentiate: a. Children can tick off the objects they find. b. Children can write the words of the objects they find and then think of some more they can spot in the pictures.

An animated PPT for Nursery or KS1. There are 10 slides to show on your Smart Board. Each slide shows 2 children who like the same thing e.g. Christmas or Animals. Lots of opportunities for speaking and listening and to find out what your children have in common. Follow up with a class survey to find out likes or dislikes. The final page shows pictures of all the characters for cutting and matching activities.

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. *

A book of 10 worksheets based on matching rhyming pairs. Supports phonics and spelling. Pictures can be coloured, cut and matched.

A workbook designed to go with the book or stand alone activities including: Sentence writing Designing a pair of shoes Fact finding about elephants List writing Word Search Naming and matching Letter Sounds Book review Favourite things Suitable for KS1 primarily

10 pages of Easter activities for children including: 2 cards to make Colour and black and white posters Cards to colour, cut and match Number bunnies to sequence to 10 Letter bunnies to cut and order to make ‘Happy Easter’ Bunny writing frames

A lovely slide show to share with your children at Spring or Easter. There are 10 beautiful images of Easter to talk about and count together.

Game 2 in this animated Catch Phrase Set. A fun activity for back to school or a wet play! 20 slides in this Catch Phrase game that is animated. These are popular phrases or idioms. Great for speaking and listening or those studying English language. Pupils work out the answers in pairs or teams and mark / locate these on the answer sheet provided.

A lovely differentiated resource for phonics work based on the letter S. Sheet 1 is a word mat showing 20 colour pictures beginning with S and their matching words. Children can find the matching pairs, write under the words or draw lines to the pictures from the words. Sheet 2 shows the pictures in the centre and boxes around the outside for children to write the words into. Sheet 3 shows the words and no pictures. Children copy the words underneath and draw or paste pictures into the centre box. Sheet 4 shows pictures with lines in the middle for a list of S words or a sentence /short story using some of the key words and pictures. Sheet 5 - children can either draw 12 of the pictures in the boxes or write 12 words beginning with S. Sheet 6 - shows pictures around the outside. Children can use the space in the middle to draw or write in, or practice their letter S handwriting.

A set of resources fro children where they can recognise and name emotions / feelings. They can extend their vocabulary to support them in expressing how they feel. There are 24 circular colour feeling cards and the same cards in black and white. There is a worksheet showing 12 emotion faces for children to label. There are 3 worksheets showing 21 emotion faces - 7 per page. Children can write a word or sentence next to the pictures. Cards can be cut and sorted into categories such as happy and sad to begin with and extended to other emotions. Circular cards can be cut out, laminated and added to a keyring for children to use to express how they feel in a given moment. Start with the basic emotions and extend as children become familiar with the others such as frustrated or angry.

A lovely differentiated resource for phonics work based on the letter P. Sheet 1 is a word mat showing 20 colour pictures beginning with P and their matching words. Children can find the matching pairs, write under the words or draw lines to the pictures from the words. Sheet 2 shows the pictures in the centre and boxes around the outside for children to write the words into. Sheet 3 shows the words and no pictures. Children copy the words underneath and draw or paste pictures into the centre box. Sheet 4 shows pictures with lines in the middle for a list of P words or a sentence /short story using some of the key words and pictures. Sheet 5 - children can either draw 12 of the pictures in the boxes or write 12 words beginning with P. Sheet 6 - shows pictures around the outside. Children can use the space in the middle to draw or write in, or practice their letter P handwriting.

A lovely differentiated resource for phonics work based on the letter T. Sheet 1 is a word mat showing 20 colour pictures beginning with T and their matching words. Children can find the matching pairs, write under the words or draw lines to the pictures from the words. Sheet 2 shows the pictures in the centre and boxes around the outside for children to write the words into. Sheet 3 shows the words and no pictures. Children copy the words underneath and draw or paste pictures into the centre box. Sheet 4 shows pictures with lines in the middle for a list of T words or a sentence /short story using some of the key words and pictures. Sheet 5 - children can either draw 12 of the pictures in the boxes or write 12 words beginning with T. Sheet 6 - shows pictures around the outside. Children can use the space in the middle to draw or write in, or practice their letter T handwriting.

A lovely differentiated resource for phonics work based on the letter M. Sheet 1 is a word mat showing 20 colour pictures beginning with M and their matching words. Children can find the matching pairs, write under the words or draw lines to the pictures from the words. Sheet 2 shows the pictures in the centre and boxes around the outside for children to write the words into. Sheet 3 shows the words and no pictures. Children copy the words underneath and draw or paste pictures into the centre box. Sheet 4 shows pictures with lines in the middle for a list of M words or a sentence /short story using some of the key words and pictures. Sheet 5 - children can either draw 12 of the pictures in the boxes or write 12 words beginning with M. Sheet 6 - shows pictures around the outside. Children can use the space in the middle to draw or write in, or practice their letter M handwriting.

A lovely differentiated resource for phonics work based on the letter D. Sheet 1 is a word mat showing 20 colour pictures beginning with D and their matching words. Children can find the matching pairs, write under the words or draw lines to the pictures from the words. Sheet 2 shows the pictures in the centre and boxes around the outside for children to write the words into. Sheet 3 shows the words and no pictures. Children copy the words underneath and draw or paste pictures into the centre box. Sheet 4 shows pictures with lines in the middle for a list of D words or a sentence /short story using some of the key words and pictures. Sheet 5 - children can either draw 12 of the pictures in the boxes or write 12 words beginning with D. Sheet 6 - shows pictures around the outside. Children can use the space in the middle to draw or write in, or practice their letter D handwriting.