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Ice cream shop role play pack- Summer, seaside, ice cream parlour
Ice cream shop role play pack
Great for ourdoor or indoor play in the Early years and also for KS1 and KS2
The pack includes:
Large (A4 sized) coloured pictures of different ice creams and lollies -great for a background display
A5 sized labels of the different things in the shop eg cones, chocolate sprinkles, strawberry sauce, dishes etc
A5 sized cards showing the different ice creams and lollies and space to add a price label to use in your shop-the price labels are from 1p to 50p allowing you to make your own prices for the items and to alter them according to the ability of your children
Double sided cones and lollies to make, with different flavours and sizes of ice cream to put in them
4 different ice cream seller hats to make to use in the role play
A large title ‘Ice cream shop’
Order forms
Note paper and telephone message paper
Ice cream themed bunting to cut out and decorate the shop -this can be made as long as you wish by printing out more times
An ice cream number line up to 30
Handa's Surprise story resource pack- story sack
The pack includes:
Display resources
· Display banner
· Posters of Handa and Akeyo’s houses
· Story word cards
· Animal photos
· Fruit photos
· Display border
· Title poster
· Picture flashcards
· Colour sequencing pictures of the story
· Page borders
· African photos
· Information posters About Africa and the Luo tribe
Role play/ story props
· Colour face masks of Handa and Akeyo and the animals
· Small world background
Powerpoints
· Story Powerpoint- an interactive powerpoint asking the children which fruit was taken by which animal or what happened next in the story with choices to click on
· Maths Powerpoint for children to count how many fruit on each page
· Guess the animals Powerpoint
Literacy
· An A4 word card
· A story map- either draw the fruit and animals along the path to Akeyo’s house or cut and stick the animals and fruit in the correct orde
· Fruit descriptive words
· Story Questions
· Black and white sequencing worksheets
· Question worksheet- for children to think of some questions to ask Handa and Akeyo
· Describing fruit worksheets
· Story sequencing
· Speech bubble worksheet- fill in the speech bubbles of what Handa and Akeyo are saying to each other
· Various other worksheets such as initial letter sounds, matching fruit and animals to their names, writing about their favourite part of the story etc
· Writing pages
An alphabet line on fruit
Numeracy
· A number line on the animals in the story
· Counting cards up to 10
· Counting worksheets
· My number book- A mini book to make where the children draw the correct number of fruit on each page up to 10
Art and craft
· Colouring posters of Handa and Akeyo
· Colouring posters of each of the animals and the fruit
· Cut and stick the fruit into the basket
· Design a new pattern for Handa and Akeyo’s dresses
Games to make and play
· Picture matching pairs
· Collect the fruit game
· Jigsaw matching pairs
Farmer duck resource pack- story sack
Farmer duck resource pack
Included in the pack:
A colourful Display title of ‘Farmer Duck’
A colourful Display border-this can be printed as many times as you need to be used on a display board of any size
Large colour pictures of the animals and items from the story
Information fact cards about the different animals in the book ‘Farmer Duck’
Story words to help the children when writing or talking about the story or for use on displays
Worksheets for the children to write in speech bubbles, match the animals to the sound they make plus others to help when teaching your children this story
Poems and songs about farm animals
Games to make and play linked to the story and animals in ‘Farmer Duck’
Question cards about the story- great to add to displays
Plus many more resources.
Dear Zoo story resource pack- story sack
The pack includes:
Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border- a colourful themed border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Word cards- words relating to the story
Animal and crate flashcards- colourful cards to add to a display
Cover picture- a poster of the picture from the book cover
Animal photos- coloured photos of the different animals in the story
Question cards- questions relating to the story- great to add to your display or to use as prompts during literacy
A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story
Animal alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on coloured animals from the story
Writing sheets- a set of writing sheets with animal pictures and lines below- these are in both colour and black and white
Word searches- two word searches with words from the story to find
Worksheets- a collection of worksheets about the story including match the clue to the animal, match the animal to the name, writing words to describe the animals and writing warning labels for the crates and boxes
Crate tags and labels- make your own warning signs for the animal crates
Crossword- solve the clues to find the words to complete the crossword
Escaped animal posters- different worksheets to draw and write about animals escaped from the zoo
Animal crates number line
Size ordering worksheets
Counting cards
Dot to dot worksheets
Worksheets- various worksheets with addition sums, subtraction sums and counting the animals
Blank maths worksheets
Matching pairs/ snap game
Dominoes game
Bingo- collect all of the pictures for your board in this colourful game
Build a Zoo- spin the spinner and collect the animals needed for your zoo but make sure your animals don’t escape through the open gate!
Tracing sheets
Face masks- colour and decorate the animals face masks
Colouring pictures
Rhymes and songs- a collection of rhymes and songs on decorated sheets to learn
Workbook cover
Stick puppets to make
Sequence pictures
Large pictures- these are great to hold up with a whole class for retelling the story
Book sized pictures- these can be used for retelling the story or creating your own flap book
Animal and word matching- match the animals to the descriptive words
Story sack labels
Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story, or any related stories or products.
A Squash and a Squeeze story resource pack
A bumper pack for the story ‘A Squash and a Squeeze’ by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. The unit contains worksheets, sequencing activities, games, display materials and crafts.
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banner
Display border
Word cards- words on houses relating to the story
Word and picture flashcards
Animal photos- a collection of coloured photos of the different animals in the story
Large coloured pictures- large character and animal pictures and a large house to print out and use on a display
LITERACY
A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story
Animal alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on animals
Writing sheets- a set of writing sheets with borders for the children to write on and use in the writing area
Speech bubble worksheets- fill in the speech bubbles to show what the characters are saying
Word searches- two word searches with words from the story to find
Favourite part if the story- draw and write about your favourite part of the story
Writing worksheet- write some sentences about the different pictures on the worksheets
Rhyming words- A worksheet to find rhyming words in the story
Label the animals- A worksheet for each animal for the children to label the different parts of the animal
What happens next- A collection of worksheets for the children to draw and write what happens next in the story
NUMERACY
House number line
Counting worksheets
Dot to dot worksheets- three dot to dot worksheets from 1-10, 1-15 and 1-20
Size ordering- cut and order the animals by size
Table top number line- Number lines from 1-10 and 1-20 with the numbers on houses
Repeating patterns- continue the repeating animal patterns on the worksheets
GAMES
Matching pairs- match the pictures to play matching pairs or snap
Picture bingo- cover the different pictures from the story
Picture dominoes- a lovely game to make and play
ACTIVITIES
Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppets
A new house- draw a larger purpose built house for all the animals to live in with the little old lady
Face masks- colour and decorate the character and animal face masks
Colouring sheets
Split pin animals- cut out the animal parts and join together using split pins
Tracing pictures
Draw the scene- Draw the different scenes in the house when each animal arrives
STORY TELLING
Sequence pictures
Face masks
Stick puppets- coloured stick puppets to use when retelling the story
Story sack tag
Story props- large coloured props of the house, characters etc to use when retelling the story
Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story, or any related stories or products.
THE SNOWY DAY story resource pack- winter, snow
The Snowy Day
This pack is designed to be used with the story ‘The Snowy Day' by Ezra Jack Keats which is a lovely story to share in winter.
The pack includes:
Worksheets- a collection of worksheets about the story such as drawing and writing about their favourite part, writing about the character, writing about different parts in the story, drawing and writing what happens next, question worksheets, sequencing sentences about the story
Writing worksheet- write about what Peter does in the snow and what the children do in the snow
Snow and winter worksheets- a collection of worksheets to make lists of things the children do in the snow, write a story about the snow, design a snowman, sort summer and winter activities and clothes
Sequence pictures- a set of coloured pictures to use when retelling the story
Story worksheets to write about the different parts of the story
Story map worksheets- draw the missing activities that Peter does on the snowy day or draw all of the activities in sequence
A craft activity to cut and make Peter and write on the the sheet
Write about what Peter does in the snow and what the children do- a great way to link themselves to the story
What happens next worksheets- a collection of worksheets for children to look at the picture and then draw and write what happens next in the story
Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story, or any related stories or products.
The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch story resource pack- Powerpoints, games, literacy, story telling
A great resource pack to accompany the lovely children’s book ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’ by Ronda Armitage.
Banner- a long colourful display banner
Display borders- colourful borders to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
A4 word card- great to use when writing about the story
Story words- decorated words relating to the story-great to use on a display or in the writing area
Question cards-with questions about the story
Title page- a colourful page with the title, author and illustrator of the story
Picture and word cards
Photos- of different lighthouses- great for displays and discussion
Food display cards- colourful cards showing the different foods that Mrs Grinling put into the basket
Worksheets- various worksheets about the story such as thinking of ways to trick the seagulls, favourite meals, drawing parts of the story etc
Number line- A number line on lighthouses
Height lighthouses- order the different lighthouses in size order
Counting worksheets- count the number of seagulls and write the number in the boxes- a version for numbers up to 5 and for up to 10
Face masks- coloured masks to make and use when retelling the story or making new stories
Story props- large coloured props to use when retelling the story
Puppets- stick puppets to make of Mr Grinling, Mrs Grinling, Hamish the cat and the seagulls
Lighthouses- all about lighthouses and what they are used for
Maths- count the number of seagulls on each page and click on the correct answer
Story Powerpoint- answer the questions about the story and click on the correct answer
Phonemes on seagulls- all of the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds scheme on seagulls- these look great on a display of paper ‘rocks’
Speech bubble worksheets
Book review- write about the story and draw a picture
Worksheets-various worksheets about the story and characters
Word search- two different word searches with words relating to the story
Flying seagull- cut out and assemble a seagull which can be hung from the ceiling to make a flock of seagulls
Lighthouse- cut out and rearrange the lighthouse parts before sticking them onto your page
Colouring pictures- a collection of pictures to colour of the characters, food in the story, seaside scenes etc
Moving basket sheet- use a split pin to make the basket move from the cottage to the lighthouse
Make a basket- make a 3D basket and then draw some food to cut out and add to the basket
Face masks
Bingo- a colourful picture bingo game
Dominoes
Dice game- roll a die and cover the correctly numbered seagull
Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the author or publishers of the story or any related stories or products.
Jesus' Christmas Party story resource pack- nativity
Jesus’ Christmas Party
This pack has been produced to accompany the story of ‘Jesus’ Christmas Party’ by Nicholas Allan- a lovely story about the birth of Jesus.
The pack includes:
1. A long colourful display banner
2. Question cards with questions about the story
3. Word cards- great for a display or to add to the writing area
4. Face masks in colour and black and white of the different characters in the story
5. Colour pictures to sequence to use when retelling the story
6. A sequencing worksheet
7. Puppets to make of the characters in the story- these are in colour and black and white
8. Design a crown for one of the Kings
9. Design a gift that you would give to baby Jesus
10. Make a 3D angel- this is provided in colour and black and white
11. Writing worksheets with pictures and lines below to write about the story
12. Writing pages with black and white borders to photocopy and add to the writing area
13. An alphabet line on angels
14. A number line to 50 on stars
15. A collection of activity play dough mats to make extra parts of the picture
16. A bingo game with pictures of the characters in ‘Jesus’ Christmas Party’
17. A colourful matching pairs game to make and play
18. A dice game to roll one or two dice and colour the angel with the correct number
19. An A4 word mat- great to use when writing about the story
20. A collection of colouring pictures
21. A 3D nativity scene to make- this is provided in colour and black and white
22. Word and picture flash cards
23. A worksheet to draw the different characters in the stable
24. A worksheet to cut and stick the characters on the stable scene according to the initial letters
25. A board game to make and play- ‘Follow that star’ follow the path of stars to see which wise man reaches the stable first
Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story, or any related stories or products.
Christmas alphabet tracing worksheets and colour in flashcards
A set of Christmas themed alphabet tracing worksheets for you to print and use as many times as you need with your group of children.
Great for Early years teachers, nursery teachers, special needs teachers, childminders and parents to use with their children.
Each letter is on a separate worksheet with a dotty picture to trace, a dotty border and dotty capital and lower case letters to trace.
Great for developing pencil control and teaching the letters of the alphabet and initial sounds. When the children have traced the pictures they can be coloured to create a great learning display.
Also included in the pack are worksheets with the same pictures which could be used as colouring sheets or as an alphabet line for your classroom or educational setting or alternatively they could be made into phonics flash cards to bring a touch of Christmas to your phonics lessons! Each of these sheets has the picture, border, letters in lower and upper case and the word.
The worksheets are A4 size however by altering printer settings you will be able to print them out in whatever size you would like.
The Gingerbread Man story resource pack- games, worksheets, activities
The Gingerbread Man
The pack includes:
Large character pictures in colour and black and white- great for displays or for laminating and adding velcro to the back to use on flannel boards for retelling of the story
Story word cards- great for display or to encourage writing
An A3 board game in colour based on the story of The Gingerbread Man
A literacy game where the children throw the 2 dice- onset and rhyme and make cvc words or rhyming words to build their Gingerbread Man
A moving Gingerbread Man model to make using split pins
Black and white face masks- great for retelling of the story and for use in the outdoor area
Numbered Gingerbread Men
Counting cards with Gingerbread men on baking trays to count
A Gingerbread Man numeracy rhyme card and props for singing the rhyme
A rhyming word wheel
Plus many other resources.
Father Christmas Needs a Wee story resource pack
Father Christmas Needs a Wee
A funny festive counting book- at every house Father Christmas eats and drinks the tasty treats that have been left for him but he realises he has forgotten to do something really important and then he really really needs a wee!
These resources support the fun book by Nicholas Allan.
The pack includes:
Display banner- A long banner for a display with pictures
Father Christmas- A large picture of Father Christmas for your displays
Display lettering- Large letters to spell out ‘Father Christmas’ decorated in red and whte stripes
Number line- A number line to 50 on Christmas doors
Alphabet line- An alphabet line on Elves
Story words- Word cards with words relating to the story- great to include in your writing area
Counting cards- Cards from 1-10 with different numbers of drinks to count
Speech bubble worksheets- Various worksheets to fill in the speech bubbles
Word mat- An A4 word mat with pictures to help when writing about the story
Face masks- Colour and black and white face masks of Father Christmas and Elves to use for story telling and role play
Father Christmas model- Make a model of Father Christmas using split pins
Playdough mats- Various colourful mats to use with play dough for counting and Christmas
Matching pairs- A colourful matching pairs game to make and play
Colour Elves- Different coloured elves with the colour name
Worksheet- Design a new drink for Father Christmas
Christmas tree game- Spin the spinner and collect different decorations for your tree
Banner- A long ‘Happy Christmas’ banner for your classroom decorated with holly leaves
Worksheets- Various worksheets to draw different parts of the story, to draw your food and drink for Father Christmas and to design a sleigh for Father Christmas
Game- Deliver all the presents in your sleigh first to win the game
Maths worksheets- Various worksheets with counting, addition, subtraction and symmettry
Design a decoration- Design a new decoration for your Christmas tree
Decorations- Various Christmas decorations to cut out and colour
Game- Roll a die and cover the numbered star in the night sky- plus a version to use two dice and add the numbers together and cover the number
Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the author or publisher of the story or any related stories or products.
One Snowy night- Percy the Park Keeper story resource pack- winter
Percy the Park Keeper- One Snowy Night
A great educational resource for the story ‘One Snowy Night’ ready to print and use for displays, to make story sacks, retelling stories etc.
The pack includes:
Colour pictures of Percy and the animals in the story
Black and white pictures of Percy and the animals- great for colouring and art activities
Percy’s hut picture in the snow and without snow
Snowy trees to add to adisplay to make a great snowy scene
A number line to 50 on cute robins
Alphabet bunting to hang in your classroom- each piece has a picture of one of the animals in the story and the lower case letter
Winter clothing flashcards- great for discussion about clothes to wear when it is colder
Word flash cards with words relating to the story- each card is decorated with a picture of Percy in the snow
Question cards with questions about the story- great to add to a display
A long display banner with the title and pictures of Percy and the animals
A snowy board game to make and play
A dice game to collect the pieces of each animal
A worksheet to draw the scene from the window
Photographs of snowy scenes- a great addition to any display
Winter words- Words of snowflakes about winter
A collection of rhymes and songs about winter
Number rhyme about snowflakes with rhyme cards, face masks and props for singing the rhyme
Snowflake alphabet jigsaws- find the two halves of the snowflakes with upper and lower case letters
A collection of playdough mats linked to the story
Dress Percy for winter- choose the appropriate clothes for Percy to wear in the snowy weather
Colouring pictures of Percy and the animals and the snowy hut
Stick puppets of Percy and the animals- great for retelling the story and for making up new stories
Face masks in colour and black and white of Percy and the animals
A colourful bingo game for the story ‘One Snowy Night’
An A4 word mat with pictures and words relating to the story
‘Welcome to Percy’s hut’ large banner- great to use as part of a role play area of Percy’s hut
A game of snap to make and play
Animals footprints in the snow- great to add to a display and for discussion
Two different word searches with words and pictures relating to the story
Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by, the authors or publishers of the story or any related stories or products.
Winter resource pack- The Seasons, Christmas- games, display, literacy, numeracy
Winter resource pack
A great pack for you to print out and use year after year.
The pack includes:
Display banner- A long display banner of ‘Winter’ decorated with snowflakes
Large letters- Lower and upper case letters of the alphabet for display or making your own titles- each letter is decorated with small snowflakes
Multicultural alphabet line- A colourful alphabet line of multicultural children all dressed up for the cold winter weather
Photographs- A collection of colour photographs to print out and add to your displays- great for discussion
Display border- A snowflake border to print out and use on your wintery displays
Dress the teddy for winter- A blank teddy with clothes such as jumper, mittens, scarf etc. to put onto the teddy so he dressed for the cold weather
Winter clothes- Winter clothes labels showing the word and picture- these are great for discussion or for your Winter displays
Work borders- Various A4 borders for children to write on or to use as quick borders for work- these are supplied in colour ready for display and also in black and white for the children to colour
Penguin and Igloo alphabet- A cute alphabet set with upper case letters on igloos and lower case letters on cute penguins
Winter village- Create a wintery village display with snow covered houses, church and trees- there is a Christmas version with the houses and church being decorated for Christmas and a Santa and sleigh to include in your display and also a version without decorations. These are both supplied in colour and black and white
Bingo- A winter themed bingo game
Topic words- Words relating to winter on snowflakes- great to add to displays or hang in the windows
Snowy alphabet- An alphabet line with a snowy border around each letter
Counting cards- Cards to count the number of snowflakes from 1-10
Matching pairs- Match the wintery themed pictures
Number lines- Individual number lines from 1-10 and 1-20
Penguin number line- A cute penguin number line to 50
Robin alphabet- A cute robin alphabet line- these look great on the window so it looks like they are sitting on the window ledge
Snowmen odd and even numbers- A number line to 50 with odd and even numbers on snowmen
Winter months- Decorated large labels for the three winter months – the other month labels are included in each of my other seasons packs and also the bumper seasons pack
Fidgety Fish story resource pack- under the sea, seaside, sea life
The pack is designed to be used with the story ‘Fidgety Fish’ by Ruth Galloway but could also be used as part of a sea life/ under the sea topic.
The pack includes:
· Display banner
· Colourful posters- of Fidgety Fish and the other sea creatures in the story
· Story word cards- each card has an underwater scene
· Underwater photos
· Fact cards- colourful fact cards about sea creatures
· Display border
· Colour jellyfish- a set of posters with jellyfish of different colours and the colour name
· Title poster
· Picture flashcards
· Story questions
· Colour face masks
· Colour puppets
Sequencing pictures
· An A4 word card with pictures
· Speech bubbles worksheets
· Alliterative labels
· Worksheet- draw and write what could happen if you swam into the big fish!
· Alphabet line
· ‘f’ worksheet
· Writing sheets
· My favourite part of the story worksheet
· A number line up to 30
· Counting cards up to 10
· Jellyfish missing numbers
· Number bonds- Number bonds posters with number bonds to 10 and 20 on big fish
· Magnetic fishing game
· Colour by numbers worksheets
· Number worksheets
· Sea creature jigsaws
· Make a jellyfish
· Playdough mats
· Stick puppets
· Face masks- colour and decorate
· Tracing pictures
· Colouring pictures
· Picture matching pairs
· Colour bingo
· Underwater scene game- spin the spinner and collect the sea creatures to complete your sea scene
Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story, or any related stories or products.
Gingerbread Man themed literacy and maths games- CVC, counting, addition, letters and sounds
Gingerbread Man
Maths and Literacy games
A collection of 8 fun games with a cute Gingerbread Man theme for you to print out and play
Literacy games:
1-Match the letters- Turn over two Gingerbread Man cards to match the lower and upper case letters. The game could also be played to match lower case letters together or upper case letters together.
2-Make the CVC word- Find the Gingerbread Man letters you need to make the word on your plate- how many plates can you fill?
3-Gingerbread Man bingo- Find all the Gingerbread Man letters on your bingo board the first to be the winner!
4-Gingerbread Man skittles- Cut out and make these cute Gingerbread Man letter skittles to knock down with a ball- various games can be played to identify letters, find initial sounds, make CVC words etc. Lots of ideas are included on the instruction and ideas card.
Maths games:
1-Make a Gingerbread Man- Roll a die and collect the numbered part of your Gingerbread Man. How many Gingerbread Men can you make?
2-Colour the Gingerbread Man- Roll a die and find the number on your sheet. Can you be the first person to colour all your Gingerbread Men?
3-Add the numbers- Roll two dice and add the numbers together- can you cover all the numbered Gingerbread Men on your board first?
4-Stepping stones- Move your Gingerbread Man across the stepping stones to be the first to reach the other side. If you fall in the water you have to start again!
Each game is supplied with full instructions and further ideas for using the materials.
Each game is supplied in full colour and also in black and white so it can be printed out more economically and also photocopied to be sent home with the children.
Early Years Literacy pack- phonics, alphabet, Letters and Sounds
Bumper Literacy resource on CD for the Early Years
A great pack on a handy disk to print out and use in any Early Years setting
The pack includes:
A colourful alphabet tracing card with letters to trace and the initial sound pictures around the edge
An initial sound alphabet bingo game to make and play
The first 100 High Frequency words from the Letters and Sounds scheme on colourful bricks
The next 200 High Frequency words from the Letters and Sounds scheme on colourful bricks
CVC cards with pictures and spaces for the letters so children can choose the correct letter cards to spell the words
Flash cards with missing letters for children to identify the missing sound- CVC, CCVC and CVCC cards
Alphabet fans with a letter of the alphabet on each piece- choose letters the children are learning to make up your own fans to use in your teaching
All of the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds scheme on bees, a set on colourful butterflies and a set on transport pictures
Phoneme flash cards each with the phoneme and a picture
A4 desk cards with the letters of the alphabet and corresponding initial sound pictures
A4 desk card with all of the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds scheme and the corresponding pictures
Alphabet lines on colourful parrots, a set on boats, a set on flowers and a set on frogs
Alphabet tracing cards- each card has the upper and lower case letters and an intial sound picture in colour
The Jolly Christmas Postman story resource pack
The pack includes:
Display banner- A long banner for a display with pictures
Colour characters- Colour pictures of the characters in the story- great for displays
Stick puppets- Smaller characters to make into puppets for retelling the story
Characters- Black and white characters to use for art work
Rhyme cards- Nursery rhyme cards of the different rhymes mentioned or pictured in the book- great to make into a rhyme book for your classroom
Number line- A number line to 50 on Christmas decorated envelopes
Character name posters- A4 posters of each character in the story with the characters’ name
Story words- Decorated word cards with words linked to the story
Lettering- Large display lettering of ‘The Jolly Christmas Postman’ decorated with holly leaves
Bingo game- A colour bingo game with the characters in the story
Sleigh game- Collect the matching parcels for your Santa sleigh
Face masks- Colour and black and white face masks of the characters in the story
Maths worksheet- Cut out and order the numbered letters- a version with numbers 1-5 and a version with numbers 1-10
Display border- Various colourful borders to print out to edge your displays- some of these could also be used for other Christmas displays
Story sack tag- A decorated tag to add to your story sack
Design worksheet- Design some postage stamps for the different characters in the story
Christmas cards- Various Christmas cards to colour and make
Christmas lists- Various decorated sheets for the children to write their lists to Santa
A4 word mat- A word mat with pictures and words relating to the story
Matching worksheet- Match the character name to the correct picture- 2 versions
Word searches- Two different word searches with words and pictures from the story
Speech bubble worksheets- Three worksheets to fill in the speech bubbles
Game outlines- Three different outlines for the children to design their own Christmas board game
Jigsaw outline- An outline of a jigsaw for the children to draw their own picture and cut out the pieces
Word wall- A Christmas word wall with the first 100 High Frequency Words on bricks and a Humpty Dumpty to sit on the wall
Gingerbread Boy game- Match the Gingerbread Boy pairs
Story worksheet- Draw and write about your favourite part of the story
Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the author or publisher of the story or any related stories or products.
Elmer's Colours resource pack- display, games, activities
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border 1- a rainbow coloured display border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Display border 2- an elephant parade display border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Large lettering- large letters with a colourful patchwork pattern to spell ‘Elmer’s Colours’
Photographs- coloured photos of elephants- great for discussion and displays
Colour splats- large ‘splats’ of colour with the colour name on them-great for your Elmer display or in the creative area of your classroom
Colours posters- A4 posters showing different objects of each colour
Large display pictures- large pictures for display- great for talking about the colours and also great to cut up and make into jigsaws
LITERACY
A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story
Rainbow alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on rainbows
Phonemes on leaves- all of the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds scheme on leaves to create an eye-catching display
Writing sheets- a set of writing sheets with borders for the children to write on and use in the writing area
Speech bubble worksheets- fill in the speech bubble to show what Elmer is saying
Writing worksheet- write some sentences about the different pictures on the worksheets
Label the elephant
NUMERACY
Number line
Counting worksheets
Dot to dot worksheets- from 1-10, 1-15 and 1-20
Counting cards
Colour by numbers
Number rhyme- an elephant number rhyme with singing props and masks
GAMES
Matching boards- collect the different coloured objects for each board- this can be used as a game or an independent activity
Colour bingo
Matching pairs
ACTIVITIES
Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppet elephants
Face masks- colour and decorate the Elmer and elephant masks
Colouring- a collection of colouring worksheets
Elephant template- An elephant outline to cut out and decorate
Tracing sheets- dotted pictures to trace
Colour book- make your own book about colours with spaces to draw different coloured objects on each page
Play dough mats- a collection of themed mats to use with play dough
STORY TELLING
Face masks
Stick puppets- coloured stick puppets of Elmer and different coloured elephants
Story sack tag
Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story, or any related stories or products.
Chinese Restaurant and Takeaway role play pack
Chinese Restaurant and Takeaway
A bumper resource for setting up a colourful role play area of a Chinese restaurant and/or takeaway.
The pack includes:
Banner- A long banner for your restaurant- this is provided in Sasson Primary Infant font and also in Chinese style writing
Posters- Open and closed signs for your restaurant
Opening times- An opening times poster
Food posters- 10 colourful pictures of different foods to buy in the restaurant
Price posters- Each showing a different colourful picture of Chinese food and space to write the price
Menus- Various menus in colour and black and white for your restaurant
Hats- 3 different hats to make for the restaurant staff to wear
Badges- Name badges to make for the staff to wear
Welcome- A long ‘Welcome’ with Chinese style writing
Today’s special- A poster with Chinese style writing to write in that days special meal
Restaurant posters- 'Wait here to be seated' and 'Thank you for your custom'
Poster- A poster for the restaurant Kitchen area
Clock- A themed clock to laminate and either draw the hands on or add clock hands using a split pin
Colour lanterns- Colourful lanterns to hang in the restaurant area- each lantern is a different colour and has colour labels to add if you want to
Number line- A number line to 20 on food bowls
Table numbers- Table numbers up to 10 to display on the restaurant tables with Chinese style writing
Order forms- Printable order forms for the restaurant and takeaway
Colouring mats- Colouring mats to use in the restaurant- these could also be coloured and used as posters in the restaurant
Message pads- Message pads and telephone message pads to make decorated with Chinese lanterns
Takeaway opening poster- a poster showing the opening times of the Chinese Takeaway
Bakery role play pack + Five Currant Buns number rhyme pack
A bumper pack full of posters, signs, flashcards, pictures and writing opportunites to set up a role play area of a Bakery.
The pack is great for use in the EYFS and also within KS1 and KS2 enabling you to print out the resources again and again.
The pack includes:
· A long colourful banner for the Bakery
· Posters for the bakery to add names to which show who the bakers are that day
· A number line to 20 on various bakery products
· A decorated open and closed sign for your bakery
· Opening times posters- one with times already added and one to add your own opening times
· Posters including ‘queue here’ and ‘Beware hot oven’
· Flashcards of different products for sale in the bakery with words and pictures
· Small word and picture signs to add to the products for sale
· Large colour pictures of different products for sale
· Large black and white images- great for art work
· Large lettering ‘Bakery’ decorated with images of bakery goods
· A colourful Gingerbread man alphabet line
· A number line to 100 on colourful cupcakes
· Bread posters showing different breads for sale etc
· Birthday cake posters showing different choices
· Equipment and ingredients posters
· Price cards with space to add the price or write your own price according to the ability and age of the children
· Special offer posters
· Wedding cake posters
· Colour photo posters with images of bakery displays and goods in a bakery
· Hats to make- 3 different colourful designs and a black hat to design your own
· A ‘Remember to wash your hands’ poster
· Name badges- colourful badges to write the staff names on
Opportunities for writing and mark making:
· A birthday cake order form
· Ingredients order form
· A colour and black and white customer order form with all of the bakery goods
· Decorated shopping lists
· Wedding cake order forms
· Decorated phone messages and note paper
· Blank special offer posters for you to write the offers for that day
· Decorated receipts to write
The posters, signs and pictures will create a motivating and colourful role play area in your setting which will encourage the children to further their vocabulary and language and encourage writing for different purposes.