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I am passionate about the early years and firmly believe that children learn best through play. My products are centred around 'hands-on' learning, with an emphasis on fun!
Literacy for early years
Letter/Sound and VC Words Phonics Activity
FUN, hands-on activity for revising the alphabet/letter sounds and VC words. Children search for upper and lower case letters of the alphabet and vowel-consonant words with this book worm-themed activity! Included are 8 differentiated charts and ‘show me’ windows!
This activity can be used for a whole-class introduction, as a guided group activity or in your reading area. Just print and laminate the charts. To make the Show Me windows, laminate and cut around the frame, cut out the square/rectangular box in the middle and then place over a chart to search for letters or words! Alternatively, you could use the black and white versions of the charts as ‘letter and wordsearch’ printables.
Included in the pack are:
•Show Me Windows: place over the charts to help you in your search!
•Tall letters & letters with tails (lower case) show me chart
•Small letters (lower case) show me chart
•Capital letters 1 show me chart (A-M)
•Capital letters 2 show me chart (N-Z)
•VC i- words show me chart
•VC a- words show me chart
•VC u- and o- words show me chart
•All VC words show me chart
•Answer keys for all charts
A colour and black and white copy is provided for every show me chart and window! All of the VC words can be found going from left to right to avoid confusion, as children of a young age are only just learning that text is read in this direction.
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CVC Words Activity: Short 'e' Words
Fun, hands-on activity for teaching children to read CVC words. Teach children to read consonant-vowel-consonant words with this search and learn activity! The show me charts focus on the short ‘e’ vowel and are perfect for different levels of ability.
**This activity can be used for a whole-class introduction, as a guided group activity or in your literacy area. Just print and laminate the charts. To make the Show Me windows, laminate and cut around the frame, cut out the rectangular box in the middle and then place over a chart to search for words! Alternatively, you could use the black and white versions of the charts as ‘wordsearch’ printables. **
Included in the pack are:
Show Me Windows: place over the charts to help you in your search!
-ed words chart
-en words chart
-et words chart
Mixed short ‘e’ words chart
Recording sheets x2 (children record the words which they have found)
Answer keys for all charts
*A colour and black and white copy is provided for every show me chart and window! All of the CVC words can be found going from left to right to avoid confusion, as children of a young age are only just learning that text is read in this direction. *
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CVC Words Activity: Short 'o' Words
**Fun, hands-on activity for teaching children to read CVC words. Children search for and read consonant-vowel-consonant words using the ‘show me’ window! The show me charts focus on the short ‘o’ vowel and are perfect for different levels of ability.
This activity can be used for a whole-class introduction, as a guided group activity or in your literacy area. Just print and laminate. To make the Show Me windows, laminate and cut around the frame, cut out the rectangular box in the middle and then place over a chart to search for words! Alternatively, you could use the black and white versions of the charts as ‘wordsearch’ printables. **
Included in the pack are:
Show Me Windows: place over the charts to help you in your search!
-ob words chart
-og words chart
-op words chart
-ot words chart
Mixed short ‘o’ words chart
Recording sheets x2 (children record the words which they have found)
Answer keys for all charts
**A colour and black and white copy is provided for every show me chart and window! All of the CVC words can be found going from left to right to avoid confusion, as children of a young age are only just learning that text is read in this direction. **
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CVC Words Activity: Short 'i' Words
**Fun, hands-on activity for teaching children to read CVC words. Teach children to read consonant-vowel-consonant words with this activity! The show me charts focus on the short ‘i’ vowel and are perfect for different levels of ability.
This activity can be used for a whole-class introduction, as a guided group activity or in your literacy area. Just print and laminate. To make the Show Me windows, laminate and cut around the frame, cut out the rectangular box in the middle and then place over a chart to search for words! Alternatively, you could use the black and white versions of the charts as ‘wordsearch’ printables. **
Included in the pack are:
Show Me Windows: place over the charts to help you in your search!
-id words chart
-ig words chart
-in words chart
-ip words chart
-it words chart
Mixed short ‘i’ words chart
Recording sheets x2 (children record the words which they have found)
Answer keys for all charts
**A colour and black and white copy is provided for every show me chart and window! All of the CVC words can be found going from left to right to avoid confusion, as children of a young age are only just learning that text is read in this direction. **
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CVC Words Phonics Activity: Short 'u' Words
**Fun, hands-on activity for teaching children to read CVC words. Children search for and read consonant-vowel-consonant words using the ‘show me’ window! The show me charts focus on the short ‘u’ vowel and are perfect for different levels of ability.
This activity can be used for a whole-class introduction, as a guided group activity or in your literacy area. Just print and laminate. To make the Show Me windows, laminate and cut around the frame, cut out the rectangular box in the middle and then place over a chart to search for words! Alternatively, you could use the black and white versions of the charts as ‘wordsearch’ printables. **
Included in the pack are:
Show Me Windows: place over the charts to help you in your search!
-ub words chart
-ug words chart
-un words chart
-ut words chart
Mixed short ‘u’ words chart
Recording sheets x2 (children record the words which they have found)
Answer keys for all charts
**A colour and black and white copy is provided for every show me chart and window! All of the CVC words can be found going from left to right to avoid confusion, as children of a young age are only just learning that text is read in this direction. **
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Phonics Blending Game - CVC Words
**Teach your class to read consonant-vowel-consonant words with this fun pack!
Children should say the sounds as they drive their car past the trees and then blend them together to read the word.
Road mats with the following words are provided (one word per mat):
Middle ‘a’ sound: dad, bag, jam, fan, cat
Middle ‘e’ sound: bed, leg, hen, ten, net
Middle ‘i’ sound: lid, pig, him, fin, sit
Middle ‘o’ sound: job, rod, dog, mop, hot
Middle ‘u’ sound: cub, bug, sum, run, nut
Each word is also written on a car flashcard (colour copy and B&W copy). These could be used for assessment purposes or children could match them to the correct road mats.**
CVC Words Activity: Short 'a' Words
**Fun, hands-on activity for teaching children to read CVC words. Teach children to search for and read consonant-vowel-consonant words with this activity! The show me charts focus on the short ‘a’ vowel and are perfect for different levels of ability.
This activity can be used for a whole-class introduction, as a guided group activity or in your literacy areas. Just print and laminate the charts. To make the Show Me windows, laminate and cut around the frame, cut out the rectangular box in the middle and then place over a chart to search for words! Alternatively, you could use the black and white versions of the charts as ‘wordsearch’ printables.
Included in the pack are:
Show Me Windows: place over the charts to help you in your search!
-ad words chart
-ag words chart
-an words chart
-ap words chart
-at words chart
Mixed short ‘a’ words chart
Recording sheets x2 (children record the words which they have found)
Answer keys for all charts
A colour and black and white copy is provided for every show me chart and window! All of the CVC words can be found going from left to right to avoid confusion, as children of a young age are only just learning that text is read in this direction.
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Kindergarten Sight Word Games & Activities: Superhero Theme
Activity packet for teaching the Primer sight words. Flashcards, games and activities for the primer sight words, all with a superhero theme! Simply laminate, cut out and have fun! ALL RESOURCES PROVIDED IN COLOR AND B+W
Included in the packet are:
Sight word cards – for each primer sight word – use for whole class/group/independent activities.
Sight word board game, die & playing pieces – place playing pieces on start, take turns to roll the die and make your way around the board, saying the words as you go!
I spy game - search for and read tiny sight words in the superhero picture, using a magnifying glass.
Roll and read game (roll the die and read the words in the matching column)
Sight word spinners – spin the spinner and read the sight word.
Countdown game – set a timer - how many sight words can the children read in 1 minute?
Sight Word Race game –4 player game: laminate the board. Place a playing piece on each ‘START’ position. Take turns to roll the die & say the word you land on. Who will reach the end first?
Print in letter size for best results!
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Alphabet Letters/Sounds Games and Resources
**Resources for teaching the alphabet. Simply laminate, cut out and have fun! EACH RESOURCE IS ALSO PROVIDED IN BLACK AND WHITE, TO SAVE ON PRINTING COSTS
Included for each of the letters are:
2 sets of letter cards and a page of ideas for games/activities.
2 sets of letter fans (make fans up using groups of letters. Laminate, cut out and fasten using a split pin or treasury tag)
Letter craft pages to decorate using paint, pens, sequins, etc. These pages could also be laminated and children could make the letters using dough.
Also included are games containing all 26 letters:
I Spy game (search for and read tiny letters using a magnifying glass)
Roll and Read game (roll the die and read the letters in the matching row)
Alphabet board game – make your way around the board, saying the letters as you go! Watch out for the dinosaurs!
Match magnetic letters to lower case letter chart
Match magnetic letters to upper case letter chart
Letter Race game – 4 player game: laminate & cut out the boards. Take turns to roll the die & say the letter you land on. Who will reach the end first?
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Winter Themed Phase 2 Phonics VC Words Blending Activity
**Teach your class to read vowel-consonant words with this fun phonics activity! Children should say the sounds as they drive their toy car past the snowy trees and then blend them together to read the word. FUN hands-on learning for your winter literacy activities!
Road mats with the following words are provided (one word per mat):*
it, in, is, if
an, am, at, as
up, us
on, of
*Each word is also written on a car flashcard. These could be used for assessment purposes or children could match them to the correct road mats.
*A recording sheet is provided with 4 spaces for children to write VC words.
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Phase 2 Phonics High Frequency Words Blending Activity
**Teach your class to read the phase 2 high frequency words with this FUN pack! Perfect for teaching your class to blend the phase 2 sounds. Children will love this hands-on activity! IDEAL for kinaesthetic learners.
Children should say the sounds as they drive their toy car past the trees and then blend them together to read the word.****
Road mats with the following words are provided (one word per mat):
Set 1: a, at, as
Set 2: is, it, an, in, dad, and
Set 3: got, on, not, can
Set 4: get, up, mum
Set 5: had, him, his, but, big, back, of, if, off
Tricky Words: I, no, go, to, into, the
Each word is also written on a car flashcard (colour copy and B&W copy). These could be used for assessment purposes, a display or children could match them to the correct road mats.
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VC Words Blending and Segmenting Activity
**Teach your class to read and write 2 letter vowel-consonant words with this fun phonics activity! Children should blend to read the word, cut and paste to make the word and finally write the word. Ideal for young learners or those struggling with reading and writing. FUN hands-on learning for your literacy activities or to give out as homework!
The following are included in b/w:**
Activity containing 1 VC word per sheet (12 pages)
Activity containing 2 VC words per sheet (6 pages)
Activity containing 4 VC words per sheet (3 pages)
The VC words included are: at, an, am, as, in, is, it, if, on, of, up, us.
To complete the activity children should:
Press the ‘sound buttons’ underneath each letter and blend to say the word.
Cut and paste the correct letters to make the word.
Write the word themselves!
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VC Words Write the Room Activity
**Teach your class to read and write 2 letter vowel-consonant words with this fun phonics activity! There are 12 VC words for your class to hunt for and differentiated recording sheets for them to fill in. Simply print, cut out and laminate the cards and then hang them around your classroom!
The following are included:**
12 VC word cards
3 differentiated recording sheets
3 answer sheets
1 page of activity ideas
The VC words included are: at, an, am, as, in, is, it, if, on, of, up, us.
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Bundle
Vowel Digraphs/Trigraphs Decoding Phonics Bundle
Teach your class to read words containing phase 3 vowel digraphs and trigraphs with this fun pack! Digraphs and trigraphs included are ai, ee, igh, oa, oo/oo, ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, er.
Children should say the sounds as they drive their car past the birds and then blend them together to read the word.
Road mats with the following words are provided (one word per mat):
ai: rain, wait, sail, pain, tail
ee: seed, deep, feet, bee, see
igh: high, night, light, right, sigh
oa: boat, coat, road, toad, goat
oo: look, book, wood, foot, good
oo: too, zoo, moon, boot, food
ar: car, farm, hard, park, shark
or: for, born, sort, fork, torch
ur: burn, turn, fur, curl, hurt
ow: cow, now, down, owl, town
oi: coin, boil, soil, join, oil
ear: hear, gear, near, tear, dear
air: hair, fair, chair, pair, stair
er: fern, her, herb, term, herd
Each word is also written on a car flashcard (colour copy and B&W copy). These could be used for assessment purposes or children could match them to the correct road mats.
Phase 3 Phonics Blending Activity - ai, ee, igh, oa
Teach your class to read words containing vowel digraphs (ai, ee, igh, oa) with this fun pack!
Children should say the sounds as they drive their car past the birds and then blend them together to read the word.
Road mats with the following words are provided (one word per mat):
ai: rain, wait, sail, pain, tail
ee: seed, deep, feet, bee, see
igh: high, night, light, right, sigh
oa: boat, coat, road, toad, goat
Each word is also written on a car flashcard (colour copy and B&W copy). These could be used for assessment purposes or children could match them to the correct road mats.
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VC Word Blending Games and Activities
Teach 2 letter VC words with these hands-on dinosaur themed games and activities. Your class will have so much fun while they learn to read the VC words! All resources are low-prep and provided in colour and B/W.
Included are:
VC word cards and a page of ideas for games/activities.
VC word fans (Laminate, cut out and fasten using a split pin or treasury tag). Children hold up the correct letters to make given VC words.
VC word craft pages to decorate using paint, pens, sequins, etc. These pages could also be laminated and children could make the words using dough.
Also included are games containing all of the VC words:
I Spy game –search for and read tiny VC words using a magnifying glass
Roll and Read game –roll the die and read the VC words in the matching row
VC word board game – make your way around the board, saying the words as you go!
Match magnetic letters to VC words chart
VC word Race game– 4 player game: take turns to roll the die & say the word which you land on. Who will reach the end first?
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Editable Phonics Word Games and Activities
**Five editable games and activities for teaching high frequency words, topic words or other words of your choice. Simply type your 10 words (up to 11 letters long) into the word list at the beginning and they will automatically be inserted into every game and activity! LOW-PREP and endless fun!
Included are:**
Sandcastle Sprint board game (in colour and B+W), instructions, playing pieces & die – make your way around the board, saying the words as you go! Who will be first to reach the sandcastle?
Words, Waves & Other Things game (in colour and B+W) - search for and read tiny high frequency words in the beach picture, using a magnifying glass. Children could make a list of the words which they find and compete to find the most!
Roll and read game (in colour and B+W) - roll the die and read the words in the matching column.
High frequency word spinners (in colour and B+W) - spin the spinner and read the high frequency word.
Countdown game (in colour and B+W) – how many high frequency words can the children read in 1 minute?
**To edit, download the PDF to your computer and then open the PDF in the latest version of Adobe Reader. Next click on the text boxes in ‘Your Word List’ and enter your high frequency words. Only the text is editable, not the images! **
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Phase 2 High Frequency Words Activity
**This phase 2 high frequency words activity will help your class learn to read and write! Children should blend to read the word, cut and paste to make the word and finally write the word. FUN hands-on learning for your phonics lessons!
The following are included in b/w:**
32 activity sheets, each containing 1 of the phase 2 high frequency words to blend, paste and write. The tricky word activity sheets are labelled ‘read, paste and write’, as children do not yet have the phonic knowledge to be able to blend these.
To complete the activity the children will:
Press the ‘sound buttons’ underneath each sound and blend to say the word.
Cut and paste the correct letters to make the word.
Write the word themselves! Children who are struggling to write could make the word with magnetic letters instead!
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Bundle
EYFS Understanding the World - Science Activities Bundle
A huge bundle of fun science investigations, activities, emergent readers and more! Ideal for Pre-School and Reception. Everything you need to teach the following seven themes: Floating and Sinking, Five Senses, Pushes and Pulls, Plants, Minibeasts and Creepy Crawlies, Farm Animals and Zoo Animals. Perfect for your whole class introductions, adult led activities or independent work in the continuous provision. Included are the following:
FLOATING AND SINKING
8 pages of awesome activity ideas.
Floating and sinking word mat (in colour and B&W): use this delightful word mat with writing activities.
Recording sheets: 5 recording sheets with differentiated versions = 10 in total! Perfect for children of all abilities and different ages.
Design a rubber ring sheet.
‘Floating and Sinking’ emergent reading book: provided in colour and B&W. You could print the pages back to back and use the book for guided/independent reading. Alternatively, the pages could be printed out separately and used for a display.
FIVE SENSES
Senses book: provided in colour and B&W. You could print the pages back to back and use the book for guided/independent reading. Alternatively, the pages could be printed out separately and used for a display.
Senses activities: a page of activity ideas (1 activity for each sense) and 5 recording sheets (B&W only).
Senses game, playing pieces, die and instructions (game in colour and B&W)
Senses spinners and activity prompt sheet: 1 colour spinner and 1 B&W. Ideas for how to use the spinners provided.
Senses writing paper, both in colour and B&W: senses themed paper to use for writing activities.
Senses word mat (in colour and B&W): use this delightful word mat with writing activities.
PUSHES AND PULLS
Introduction to theme and objectives/aims.
Pushes and Pulls Around the Classroom: activity and 2 differentiated recording sheets included.
2 Push or Pull Activity Sheets: to use as homework/extension work.
Push or Pull Different Speeds: playground activity ideas.
Push or Pull Different Directions: outdoor activity ideas and 2 differentiated recording sheets.
How Far: ramp investigation with 2 differentiated recording sheets.
Marble Run: marble run investigation with 2 differentiated recording sheets.
Push and Pull word mat (in colour and B&W): use this word mat with writing activities.
‘Push or Pull’ emergent reading book: provided in colour and B&W.
PLANTS
13 engaging hands on activities and investigations: full details of what you will need and instructions for how to carry them out.
Plant hunt sheets: take these differentiated sheets on your hunt and tick which flowers you find.
Plants emergent reader: in colour and b/w.
Seed packet template: design your own packet and fold and glue the tabs.
Sunflower diary sheet: this sheet accompanies the sunflowers activity. Draw, label and measure your sunflower each week.
Plant game (colour and B&W) and instructions: a fun game to help children learn all about what plants need to grow.
Plant word mat (colour and B&W): use this delightful word mat to help children with writing activities.
Plant jigsaw (colour and B&W): 2 of the same jigsaw provided on one page. Just print out on card, laminate and cut up. Learn the parts of a plant while playing!
MINIBEASTS AND CREEPY CRAWLIES
Activity Plans:
Big Bug Hunt & 2 differentiated recording sheets
Luxury Bug Hotel
Bug Investigation Lab
Wiggly Jiggly Wormery
Beastly Bug Pebbles
Make Your Own Bugs!
Paper Plate Spider Webs
Bug Box: Habitat Test
Slithery Snail Collage
It’s a Bug’s Life Cycles
Also included…
Bug game (in colour and B&W) and instructions: a fun game to help children learn about the needs of bugs.
Bug word mat (in colour and B&W): use this delightful word mat with writing activities.
Bug jigsaws: 6 bug jigsaws. Just print out on card, laminate and cut up. Learn about the different parts of bugs with these adorable jigsaws!
Bug cards: 1 colour card and 1 B&W card each containing 9 bugs. You could print out 2 copies and use the bug cards to play snap/pairs.
Butterfly and spider life cycle posters, both in colour and B&W.
FARM ANIMALS
Farm animal emergent reading book: provided in colour and B&W. You could print the pages back to back and use the book for guided/independent reading. Alternatively, the pages could be printed out separately and used for a display.
Farm animal hunt printable (in colour and B&W): to use on a visit to a farm. Children should hunt for the animals shown and tick when they find them.
Farm animal jigsaws: 6 jigsaws in colour only. Just print out, laminate and cut up. Learn about the different parts of animals with these adorable jigsaws!
Farm animal spinners and activity prompt sheet: 1 colour spinner and 1 B&W spinner, each containing 6 animals. Ideas for how to use the spinners provided.
Farm animal word mat (in colour and B&W): use this delightful word mat with writing activities.
Farm animal writing paper, both in colour and B&W: farm themed paper to use for writing activities.
Farm animal board game (in colour and B&W), playing pieces, die and instructions: who will be first to reach the farm?
Animals included: goat, cow, sheep, pig, hen and rabbit.
ZOO ANIMALS
Zoo animal hunt printable (in colour and B&W): to use on a visit to the zoo. Children should hunt for the animals shown and tick when they find them.
Zoo animal jigsaws: 6 jigsaws in colour and B&W. Just print out, laminate and cut up. Learn about the different parts of animals with these adorable jigsaws!
Zoo animal spinners and activity prompt sheet: 1 colour spinner and 1 B&W spinner each containing 6 animals. Ideas for how to use the spinners provided.
Zoo animal word mat (in colour and B&W): use this delightful word mat with writing activities.
Zoo animal writing paper, both in colour and B&W: zoo themed paper to use for writing activities.
Zoo animal board game, playing pieces, die and instructions: who will be first to reach the zoo?
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Letter and Number Recognition Activity
**Teach your class the alphabet and numbers with this fun activity! Children should say the letters or numbers as they drive their toy car past the trees/road signs. This letter and number recognition activity will ensure FUN hands-on learning for your literacy and maths lessons! **
The following are included in colour:
•A, B and C alphabet road mats: children should drive their toy car along the road from left to right. When they reach the tree they should say the letter sound/name. There is an initial sound image included on each mat also, to provide a clue.
•A, B and C alphabet car flashcards: children could match the cars to the correct road mats.
•1, 2 and 3 number road mats: children should drive their toy car along the road from left to right. When they reach the sign they should say the number. Children can then count the number of birds in the picture.
•1, 2 and 3 number car flashcards: Children could match the cars to the correct road mats.
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