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.

A collection of resources for your topic on the Zodiac or Horoscopes. There are 3 lots of different picture symbols that children can cut and sort. There is a table showing signs and dates for each star sign. There are 2 worksheets to go with this where children fill in either the name of the star sign or the dates. There are colour and black and white colouring sheets for each star sign. There is also a table showing which signs are Fire, Earth, Water and Air signs. Children can use this page as a template for carrying out a survey on friends star signs.

This is an animated PPT with 2 activity sheets as a follow up. Jo wants to start a new hobby, but she cannot decide what. There are 20 animated ideas to choose from. Children watch the PPT and help Jo to decide on a hobby they feel would be suitable. The slides are animated so the children will delight in watching the hobby ideas on the TV, There are lots of details too, on the slides for children to talk about and spot in the other slides. Some of these are animated also. The activity sheets are at the back: A writing frame for children to write their choice of hobby for Jo and their personal choice. They then draw these hobby choices. Activity sheet 2 is for children to colour and label all the choices of hobbies. Extension activities include data handling - how many children chose the same or different hobbies? What is the most popular hobby?

This is an animated PPT with 2 activity sheets as a follow up. Jo is thinking ahead to what job she would like to do, but she cannot decide what. There are 20 animated ideas to choose from. Children watch the PPT and help Jo to decide on a job they feel would be suitable. The slides are animated so the children will delight in watching the job ideas on the TV, The activity sheets are at the back: A writing frame for children to write their choice of job for Jo and their personal choice. They then draw these job choices. Activity sheet 2 is for children to colour and label all the choices of jobs. Extension activities include data handling - how many children chose the same or different jobs? What is the most popular job? Do a class or year group survey. Links to Ourselves, World of Work, Me, People who help us and Occupations.

This is an animated PPT with 2 activity sheets as a follow up. Jo is thinking about the foods she likes and dislikes. She wants to decide on her favourite food. There are 20 animated ideas to choose from. Children watch the PPT and help Jo to decide on her favourite food. The slides are animated so the children will delight in watching the food ideas on the TV, The activity sheets are at the back: A writing frame for children to write their choice of food for Jo and their personal choice. They then draw these food choices. Activity sheet 2 is for children to colour and label all the choices of foods. Extension activities include data handling - how many children chose the same or different food from the 20? What is the most popular food? Do a class or year group survey. Links to Ourselves, Food, Plants and Data Handling.

10 lovely animals to learn to count with. Use on the Smart Board or as individual posters or visual aids.

Early learners will enjoy speaking and listening about the Farm. They can begin to read the simple sentences. Use on the smart board for a lesson starter or presentation or print out to make visual aids for lessons on Animals, Farm, People who Help Us.

8 foods to talk about with these slides for the smart board or posters for visual aids. Food includes grapes, cucumber, cheese and hot dogs.

Ourselves discussion slides that can be shown on the smart board or made into talk about posters. There are 8 jobs or activities to talk about with children including doctor, chef and teacher.

These colour photos are great for all children to encourage speaking and listening and stimulating ideas for writing. Students learning English will find these useful for practicing vocabulary and sentence work. The cards can be sorted into sets such as toys, materials, clothing or nature and linked to topic work. Extend by asking questions for each card such as why is Humpty upside down or how many types of vegetables can you see in this picture. There are 10 pages with 8 colour cards on each page. Print, cut and laminate individual cards or use as discussion boards for group or pairs work.

Show this on the smart board for a lesson starter on animals or phonics. 8 animals with their initial sounds. A great speaking and listening activity for early learners. The pictures can be used as posters too.

A bumper selection of circular Christmas tags to cut out and make. Enlarge if you want them bigger. Duplicate the sheets, cut out the circles and laminate for lots of fun matching and sorting games too. Children could choose their favourites and use them to make Christmas cards.

A reading and spelling lesson with a Christmas theme. There are 20 slides showing colour Christmas related pictures. Children name the pictures and then say the initial sounds. More able children can spell the words. The slides are animated so that each letter appears with a click. The last slide can be printed off as a visual aid or activity sheet. Children can work alone or in pairs to find the pictures as they appear and mark off the words on the grid. Pictures are all of 3 or 4 letter words. Encourages speaking and listening and thinking e.g. the reindeer picture - the key word is nose and not reindeer.

Here is a new version of an old favourite: The Twelve Days of Christmas. You can use the music and rhythm from this to sing along with/ read this PPT. The Christmas tree builds up from having a red robin , 2 shiny stars, 3 naughty elves and up to 12 drums a drumming. Children can join in with the counting as your go along from slide 1 to 12. Slide 13 is the title slide showing the 12 days of Christmas pictures. Slide 14 is a worksheet where children can cut out and order the 12 days of Christmas.

A wonderfully illustrated colouring book to go with the picture book: Sadie and her Red Shiny Shoes 10 colouring sheets included : Sadie and her Red Shiny Shoes Sadie and dad in the garden Sadie and her best friend Una Sadie plays football Sadie plays in the sand tray Sadie has a birthday Sadie loves elephants Sadie plays with Fluff the cat Sadie and Daisy make a snowman Sadie at Christmas

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 is an animated PPT with 2 activity sheets as a follow up. Jo is trying to decide on her favourite day, event or time of year and she wants your help. There are 19 animated ideas to choose from. Children watch the PPT and help Jo to decide which special day or time of year she likes the best. The slides are animated so the children will delight in watching the special days and time of the year ideas on the TV, There are lots of details too, on the slides for children to talk about and spot in the other slides. Many of these are animated also. The activity sheets are at the back: A writing frame for children to write their choice of favourite times for Jo and their personal choice. They then draw these choices. Activity sheet 2 is for children to colour and label all the choices of special days or times of the year. Extension activities include data handling - how many children chose the same or different favourite times? What is the most popular day or time of the year? If you like this resource check out also: Help Jo to choose a new pet dog Help Jo to choose a Father’s Day gift Help Jo to choose a new hobby Help Jo to choose a job Help Jo to choose her favourite food

An original fun story to tell your children at Christmas time. Farmer Christmas has a busy week giving all of his animals a treat, but he almost forgets the Christmas dinner! Farmer Christmas saves the best treat for his lovely wife Mrs Christmas. The story has 10 colour pages to share or print off and read to / with your children. All the flashcards to go with the story are included - Farmer images, 7 animals, 7 days of the week and the 7 treats for the animals. There is a background template for children to make their own scene using the flashcards. There are 2 worksheets -1) write what happens on each day of the week and 2) match the 7 treats to the 7 animals. Links to measures, time, matching and good for memory recall.

A different workbook to teach the alphabet that children will enjoy. 2 differentiated activity sheets for each letter of the alphabet. Sheet 1 shows Capital and Lower case outlines with 4 pictures beginning with each letter. Sheet 2 has words added to the pictures. The letters can be traced, painted or coloured in.

A unique Alphabet Powerpoint using the letters of the keyboard. Animate yourself or make any changes you want using this format. Great also to use as posters for your alphabet frieze.