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Literacy for early childhood
Room on the Broom story resource pack- Halloween
A colourful pack to accompany the story ‘Room on the Broom’ -great for Halloween
The pack includes:
Display resources:
Banner- A long display banner 'Room on the Broom’
Border- A display border of stars on a blue background
Title page- A smaller display title
Character pictures- Large pictures of the characters and props in the book drawn by ourselves
Broomstick- A large broomstick to print out and make
Border- An A4 sized page border
Question cards- Questions related to the story of 'Room on the Broom’
Cauldron- A large cauldron to use as part of a display
Words and pictures- Display cards with words and pictures
Colour cauldrons- Each differently coloured cauldron has the colour word on it
Literacy resources
Word cards- with words relating to the story- great to add to displays or in the writing area
A4 word card- An A4 word card with words and pictures relating to the story
Spells- Worksheets to write spells- each page is decorated with pictures and stars
Worksheets- about the story and the characters
Book review- A book review worksheet
Alphabet line- with the lower case letters on wands
Speech bubbles- Various speech bubble worksheets with pictures of the different characters
Word searches- Two different word searches for different abilities
Maths resources
Number line- A number line to 100 on cauldrons
Worksheets- Various maths worksheets- addition sums, subtraction sums, adding the spots on the bows, missing numbers on the witches hats etc- most of these worksheets can be adapted to be used for different ages and abilities
Activities
Witch model- A moving witch model to make using split pins
Face masks- of the different characters in colour and also in black and white- great for retelling the story or creating new stories
Songs- Various songs and rhymes on decorated cards
Stick puppets- to make of the different characters
Worksheet- A worksheet to design your own special broomstick
Games
Board game- A board game to make and play- travel through the sky on your broomstick to reach the cauldron first to make your spell
Make a spell- A game to collect the different objects needed for your magic spell
Dominoes- A colour dominoes game with pictures of the characters and props in the story 'Room on the Broom’
Bingo- A colourful bingo game
Matching pairs- A matching pairs game with pictures of the characters and props in the story
Rhyming words-A rhyming word game
Rosie's Walk - Book activities, story telling, Prepositions
The story ‘Rosie’s Walk’ is a lovely story that follows the hen, Rosie on her walk around the farmyard followed by the fox!
This book companion pack has activities for extending the book for your students and also preposition activities which are great for speech and language activities.
The pack includes:
A graphic organiser to write or draw the beginning, middle and end of the story
An emergent reader book- Where is Rosie?
Preposition task cards and props- read the card and place Rosie, the hen, or the fox, in the correct position
Story map worksheets- draw the different things that Rosie sees on her walk or cut and stick the things she sees in the correct order
Sequencing pictures- 14 color pictures for retelling the story
Sorting worksheet- sort the different statements about foxes and hens to learn more about the animals
Stick puppets- make your own stick puppets of a hen and fox and use to retell the story- these can be used with the picture props in the preposition task card activity
Story map- move the fox and hen around the story board to retell the story or make up your own stories
Where is Rosie- an activity for speaking and listening- includes ten picture cards for the kids to describe where Rosie is in each one
I hope you and your children enjoy using these activities to support the story ‘Rosie’s Walk’.
70 Phonics flash cards- Letters and Sounds Literacy phases 1-6
This pack contains 69 flashcards of sounds taught in the Letters and Sounds scheme.
Each card is A4 sized so could be displayed as a colourful poster but can easily be printed in A5 or A6 size to make flash cards or for cards to use at home for revision.
Each card has the sound, 2-3 pictures with words and 6 further words, each with the sound highlighted.
The second filehas all of the sounds so can be used as a poster or revision/ assessment page.
Theatre role play pack
This pack can be used to set up a role play area of a theatre - a great pack to encourage speaking and listening!
Contents in the pack:
Large letters that spell ‘Theatre’
Large colourful ‘Theatre’ banner
Posters that the children can fill in showing the times the performances and shows start, what the performance will be and also who actors in that days performance are
Templates to make simple masks
Posters showing the refreshments available, also large coloured pictures of drinks and popcorn,
A coloured and a black and white 3D popcorn box to make- this can be filled with pretend ‘popcorn’ or left empty
Price posters and posters showing the seating places for the theatre
Booking forms and forms to order more refreshments- both are great for encouraging writing in the role play area
A5 cards showing the different things in the theatre - each with word and picture- eg.ticket office, lights, costumes etc
Lots of different signs for your theatre such as ‘NO SMOKING’, toilet signs, emergency exit signs, dressing room signs, entrance and exit etc
Tickets which the children can pretend to sell for the puppet show and the theatre
A 3D ticket holder to make which can be made to hang around the sellers neck,
Number for the seats in the theatre
Plus lots more!
Jungle Explorers role play pack
Jungle Explorers role play pack
This role play works particularly well in the outside are but can be used indoors too to create a colourful and stimulating role play area.
Resources include:
Coloured pictures of jungle animals for the children to find
Black and white pictures of the animals so the children can colour or collage them
Badge for the jungle explorers to wear
Identity badges for the explorers
Word and picture cards showing some of the kit the explorers will need
Check lists and forms to fill in to check the kit
Check lists, forms, sketch books etc for the explorers to fill in when they have found some jungle animals
Animal footprints- print out and leave trails for the children to find and follow
A large A-Z alphabet with each letter decorated with animal patterns
Number up to 50 on leaves- great to use if you are creating the role play area indoors
Colour photographs of some jungle animals
Autumn / Fall Maths and Literacy activity centers
This Maths and Literacy center pack is perfect for Autumn / Fall with themes of leaves, pumpkins etc.
There are 9 centers included- 4 for Maths, and 5 for Literacy.
Repeating patterns- make repeating patterns using the colored Fall themed picture cards and then use the recording sheets to draw your patterns or use on of the three cut and paste sheets to continue the patterns.
Count and clip- count and the Fall pictures up to ten and clip with a paperclip or peg. There is a recording sheet to write the number and fill in a ten frame.
Math match- complete the jigsaws with a number pumpkin, ten frame and tally complete with a recording sheet.
Number ordering- Order the numbered Fall leaves and then complete the recording sheet to cut and stick numbers 1-10 in order or 1-5.
Lower and upper case matching- match the leaves with upper case letters and lower case letters plus a recording sheet to record some of the matches.
Rhyming pumpkins- 24 sets of rhyming pairs with pictures on pumpkins. There are two recording sheets for students to draw their rhyming pairs and four sheets to cut and paste with two difficulties.
Word family sorting- sort the apples onto the trees with word families _at, _en, _ip, _og, _ug, _an. There are three recording sheets each with 2 word families on each to write the words and six recording sheets which each cover a word family for the students to cut and paste the apples.
Initial sounds- Three sets of Fall themed picture cards for students to choose a card and trace the initial sound letter on the apple tree.
Sentence scramble- Six sets of sentence cards to rearrange to make the sentence and a recording sheet for each sentence to cut and paste the words and then copy the sentence.
The Biggest Apple Ever - Book Companion, Sequencing and Science
This book companion is based on the book ‘The Biggest Apple Ever’ by Steven Kroll which is a great story for Fall and Halloween.
This engaging pack includes worksheets, games, crafts, story sequencing activities and Science activities.
The pack contains:
Beginning, middle and end organizer
Character posters- these are great for bulletin boards to add adjectives about each character
Character traits worksheets about Clayton and Desmond
Graphic organizers
My favorite part of the story- draw and write
Retell the story- two versions of writing/drawing worksheets
Sequence pictures in color and blackline
Sequence the story cut and paste
True or False- read the statements about the story and color the true and false ones
What happens next- two worksheets to draw and write
Venn diagram comparisons- compare Clayton and Desmond and their ideas
Literacy Centre- ABC order with two levels of difficulty
Instructional writing- ‘How to make apple pie’ - drawing and writing activity
Science:
Apple investigation worksheet
Label the apple- help Clayton and Desmond to label the apple- two versions
My facts about apples- write some facts about apples
Emergent reader book- The apple - a book about the life cycle of an apple
Bundle
Seaside bumper pack- role play, story resources and topic pack
This bundle contains the bumper seaside topic pack, two seaside themed story packs and a fun role play pack for creating a seaside role play area.
The Biggest Pumpkin Ever - Book Companion, Sequencing and Science
This book companion is based on the book ‘The Biggest Pumpkin Ever’ which is a great story for Fall and Halloween. It includes worksheets, games, display materials, games and activities.
It also includes science activities to learn more about pumpkins.
The pack contains:
Beginning, middle and end organizer
Character posters- these are great for bulletin boards to add adjectives about each character
Character traits worksheets about Clayton and Desmond
Graphic organizers
My favorite part of the story- draw and write
Retell the story- two versions of writing/drawing worksheets
Sequence pictures in color and blackline
Sequence the story cut and paste
Sort the statements- cut and paste the statements about Clayton and Desmond
Speech bubble worksheets- two writing activities to think what the characters might be saying
What happens next- two worksheets to draw and write
Word search- a fun themed word search
Writing activity- draw and write what each character did with the biggest pumpkin and what you would do
Venn diagram comparisons- compare Clayton and Desmond and their ideas
Science:
Pumpkin investigation worksheet
The life cycle of a pumpkin cut and paste activity
Pumpkin life cycle color posters
Instructional writing- write or draw the steps for how to grow a pumpkin
Emergent reader book- My Pumpkin - a book about the life cycle of a pumpkin
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.
Bundle
Minibeasts topic pack and story resources- Very Hungry Caterpillar
A bumper pack of minibeasts resources plus three book activity packs.
Initial sound snowmen activity- phonics, alphabet, winter, snow
A set of snowmen to create to practice initial sounds.
Each snowman has the head with the sound on the hat and 5 picture snowballs to build your snowman.
Great for independent and group phonics activities during winter and in the run up to Christmas.
THE JACKET I WEAR IN THE SNOW activity pack
The Jacket I wear in the Snow is a perfect story for Christmas and wintery weather.
This pack is full of retelling activities, writing activities and book activities.
The activities included are:
A cut and paste story sequencing worksheet
A set of comprehension question cards to choose the correct answer from a choice of two
Worksheet- colour the clothes you would wear in snowy weather and in sunny weather
A snowy day writing activity
Cut and paste worksheet of what you wear in snowy weather-children can talk about the order the clothes are put on and paste the clothes onto the boy and girl. This activity is included in colour and also in black and white for the students to color themselves
Graphic organizers
Writing sheets- 8 different worksheet to list five things the old lady ate such as five things that are green, five things that begin with ‘b’. Plus a blank version of the worksheet
Label the snowy weather clothes
A Question worksheet
Writing activity to make a list of snowy day clothes
Two text-to-self connections worksheets
A word search with vocabulary from the story
Writing activity to write three sentences and draw a picture
Creepy Carrots book activity pack
Creepy Carrots is one of my favourite read-aloud books to use with my class.
The pack includes:
A craftivity to create your own unique Creepy carrot
A literacy center with CVC carrots to make
Cause and effect worksheets- three versions
Beginning, middle and end of story worksheet
Jasper’s character traits
Comprehension worksheets- two versions
My favourite part of the story- draw and write worksheet
Graphic organizers- three versions
Instructional writing- Jasper’s plan- worksheets for drawing and writing
Cut and paste sentence making activity
Writing activity- My plan to stop the creepy carrots
Retell the story writing worksheet
Drawing activity- what does Jasper think he sees and what does he really see?
What happens next- three worksheets to draw and write
Writing activity- What will the carrots do next?
Write and draw about Jasper
Writing activity- If Creepy carrots were following me, i would…
Alphabet crayons display
A bright and colourful set of alphabet crayons-great for displays, flashcards, games etc
This is a CD with three great alphabet crayons sets. One has the lower and upper case alphabet, a second has just the lower case letters and a third has just upper case alphabet.
These would make a great display for your classroom. Alternatively they could be used as flashcards when teaching the sounds. The lower case and upper case crayons could also be used to play matching pairs or used to make a display for the children to match the lower case letter to the upper case letter.
The crayons are in files with three crayons on each A4 page. However you could change your printer settings to print the crayons larger or smaller.
The font used on the crayons is Sassoon Primary Infant which is widely used in Primary schools.
The crayons are saved as PDF files and can be opened using Adobe Acrobat Reader which is available for free from their website or is probably already on your computer.
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.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs story sack resources
A great set of resources for the Fairy Tale of ‘Snow White and Seven Dwarfs’ on a handy disk for you to print out and use again and again.
The pack includes:
A large display title- this is decorated with pictures of the Seven Dwarfs
Large characters in colour and black and white- great for creating displays or also great to laminate, add velcro to the back and the children to use to retell the story on a flannel board
Story word cards on apple shapes
A large game to make and play- find the most diamonds in the mine to win
A colourful Snow White themed bingo game
Black and white face masks for the children to decorate and make
Snow White themed dominoes game
Finger puppets to colour and make of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and the other characters in the story
Question cards with questions relating to the story- these are great to add to a display
A word mat to help when writing about the story
Photo frames of the seven dwarfs- these look great on a display and would also be great to use as part of a role play area of the Seven Dwarfs house
Bundle
Pirates bumper pack- plus pirate ship role play
A bumper topic pack for pirates, a fun story resource pack for the book ‘Pirates Love Underpants’ and a complete role play set to set up a pirate ship.
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Seaside story pack- Under the sea
Six great story packs to fit in with your Seaside topic:
Commotion in the Ocean
Fidgety Fish
Sharing a Shell
The Fish who could Wish
The Rainbow Fish
Tiddler
Bundle
Growing beanstalk story resources - Jack and the Beanstalk, Jasper's Beanstalk, Jim and the Beanstalk
Three great story resource packs packed full with display materials, games, worksheets plus lots more