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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.
Sneezy the Snowman activity pack
Sneezy the Snowman is a class favourite book for the Winter.
The activities in this unit include:
Sequencing cards in colour to help teach the children sequencing and story retelling. These can be used in a pocket chart or can be put in a center.
Graphic organizers for character traits, summarizing the story and writing about the story parts.
Writing activities including writing about favourite parts of the story, writing three sentences about Sneezy, Write a list of things to keep Sneezy away from etc
A story sequence sheet to cut and paste pictures.
Cause and effect- fill in the missing boxes on one sheet and draw the effects on the other sheet.
A comprehension worksheet.
If I were a snowman sheet- a fun worksheet for children to design a snowman, name him and think of some things the snowman might like to do and eat.
Instructional writing- write four steps to building a snowman plus a worksheet where children could draw four stages of building a snowman.
Label Sneezy- two worksheets one with the words provided and one without.
Sneezy adjectives worksheet.
What made Sneezy melt? Draw the different things that made Sneezy melt in the story.
Craftivity with writing activity.
The Gingerbread Man Loose at Christmas book companion
Celebrate the Christmas holidays with this activity pack which accompanies the book ‘The Gingerbread Man Loose at Christmas’ by Laura Murray.
The pack includes:
Sequencing picture cards- these are in full color and also in blackline
Sequencing worksheet cut and paste
Story sequencing worksheet- beginning, middle and end
Graphic organizers
Character traits- what do the children say about their teacher
My favorite part of the story writing and drawing activity
Doing something special writing activity- three different sheets to choose from
Asking question- Think of Who, What, When, Where and Why questions to ask the Gingerbread Man
Retell the story writing worksheet, writing and drawing worksheet and drawing worksheet allowing you to differentiate
Alphabetical order- order the professions in alphabetical order
Text-to-self connections- Who did the Gingerbread Man thank and who would you like to thank- two different worksheets
Three what happens next drawing and writing worksheets
Who did the Gingerbread Man meet in the town- draw and write some of the people he met
True or False sentences about the story- differentiated versions
Beginning, middle and end of the story- a worksheet to draw or write about the different parts
We're Going on a Bear Hunt- book companion plus sequencing and prepositions
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen is a lovely classic book which children love!
This pack has a variety of activities for your children to use:
Large color and black line sequence pictures- these can be printed smaller for different uses or kept large for bulletin boards
Bear prepositon cards showing the bear in different places
Graphic organizers- two versions
An emergent reader book- this is an interactive book for the children to place a toy figure in the correct prepositional spot on each page or to draw themselves on each page
Label the bear- two versions for the children to copy the words in the correct boxes or to write the label in the way of the author
Rhyming word literacy center- match the rhyming word cards or the word and picture cards. Recording sheet also included
Story retelling sheets- two versions for children to draw the missing parts of the map or to cut and paste the sequence pictures in order
True or False- color the statements about the story
What do you find in the cave- a drawing and writing activity
What happens next- draw and write
Write three sentences about the bear
The Lonely Scarecrow- book companion
This book companion is based on the book ‘The Lonely Scarecrow’ by Tim Preston and contains a variety of activities and colorful sequencing cards.
The packet contains:
A set of colorful sequencing cards
Cause and effect worksheets- three versions
The lonely scarecrows character traits
My favorite part of the story- draw and write worksheet
Graphic organizers- three versions
Label the scarecrow- two versions to cut and paste or write the labels
Writing activity- write a letter to the animals from the scarecrow- three versions
Retell the story writing worksheet
My scarecrow worksheets- three different versions for differentiation
The Lonely Scarecrow grid- The Lonely Scarecrow has, lives, feels
Writing activity- write three sentences about the lonely scarecrow
Feelings worksheets- draw the faces on the scarecrow to show how he feels at the beginning and the end of the story or write how he feels at the beginning, middle and end of the story
True or False- read the statements about the story and decide which are true or false plus an extra worksheet to write some of your own true and false statements
A bonus scarecrow game
The Very Hungry Caterpillar book study PLUS sequencing pictures
The story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar is loved by all children!
This pack supports the book and is Common Core aligned but also suitable for the National Curriculum.
The pack includes:
A set of sequencing pictures in color and black line
Initial sounds worksheets and cut and paste activities
Comprehension picture cards with a choice of two or three answers to choose
Graphic organizers
Writing activities including drawing and write their favorite part of the story, drawing and writing what happens next and writing what they would eat if they were the caterpillar
Sequence worksheets
Text-to-self connections worksheets
A set of colored vocabulary cards
Plus a bonus Math book to trace and count the pictures to 10.
Spookley the Square Pumpkin activity pack
This book companion accompanies the lovely story of ‘The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin’ by Joe Troiano.
The activities include:
A craftivity to make your own Spookley
Colored Sequencing cards to retell the story
Character traits of Spookley writing sheet
My favorite part of the story drawing and writing
Graphic organisers
All about Spookley worksheet
Beginning, middle and end drawing or writing sheet
Cause and effect worksheet plus a blank worksheet for the teacher to part fill or for more able children to fully complete by themselves
Feelings worksheets
I am special worksheet - compare how Spookley was special to how they are special
If I were a pumpkin drawing and writing sheet
Make the sentences cut and paste
Making comparisons- a venn diagram to compare Spokley to the other pumpkins
Retell the story writing worksheet
Retell the story cut and paste picture worksheet
Text-to-self connections - How Spookley helped and how they have helped someone
Write three sentences about Spookley worksheet
PLUS a bonus matching pairs game!
The Billy Goats Gruff story sack resources
The pack includes:
Large characters and story props pictures- these would be great on a display or are good when laminated and velcro added to the back for the children to use on a flannel board
Small characters and story props pictures with A4 sized playboard- these are great for table top play and also great when laminated and stored with the story book or included in a story sack
Story word cards- these are good for displays and also to use in the writing area when writing about the story
Sentence cards to sequence of the story of The Billy Goats Gruff
Black and white pictures of the characters and story props for the children to colour or collage
Black and white and colour face masks of the Billy Goats and Troll
A colourful bingo game with pictures from the story
A matching pairs game with pictures from the story
A large colourful board game to make including die and characters to make
Finger puppets to colour and make- great for retelling the story and including in your story sack
Photos of real goats
A rhyming word wheel to generate rhyming words
Plus many other resources.
Snowmen at Night book companion
Snowmen at Night is a lovely story for Winter.
This book companion includes:
Sequencing picture cards- these are in full color and also in blackline
Sequencing worksheet cut and paste
Graphic organizers
Sequence the sentences to retell the story
My favorite part of the story writing and drawing activity
If I were a snowman activity sheet
Label the snowman- two versions for writing or cut and paste
‘My Snowman’ writing activity
Snowman Can, Have, Are grid
Story map- draw in the missing parts of the story- two versions for differentiation
Text-to-self connections- What do the snowmen and you do at night, What do the snowman and you do in the snow
Three ‘What happens next’ drawing and writing worksheets
Two worksheets for students to list or draw the things the snowmen did at night
Writing activity to write about what they would do at night if they were snowmen- a writing and a drawing version
Writing activity- What do the snowmen do at night in the story and what do they think snowmen really do at night
Beginning, middle and end of the story- a worksheet to draw or write about the different parts
Alphabet bunting- 3 different sets- colour and black and white
Three colourful sets of alphabet bunting to hang in your classroom or the outside area-
Just print and display!
Each flag is approximately A4 in size but can be printed smaller
The pack includes:
Set 1
The letters of the alphabet on colourful star flags
Set 2
Bunting flags with letters and a picture on each flag
Set 3
To be made double sided or displayed side by side- the flags have the letter on one and pictures beginning with that sound on the other
All of the sets are also included in black and white so they can be coloured in- they contain extra blank flags so that they can be made as a whole class activity with each child decorating their own flag- a great new term activity!
Alphabet initial sound bingo games- two different sets- pictures and sounds/letters
Two colourful initial sound bingo games
In the set there are two sets of bingo game cards. Each set has 20 different bingo playing cards so they can be used for a whole class (the cards can be repeated for a larger class) or for group games.
One bingo game has colourful pictures and other set has letters. The bingo games can be played in various ways- by calling a letter and the child covering a picture if it begins with that sound, by calling a letter and covering the letter on their board, by calling a picture and covering the initial sound letter or by calling a picture and covering that picture on their board.
The calling cards can also be used in various ways- to play the bingo games, to play matching games to match pictures, letters or picture and initial sound, for phonics displays and many more ways.
Also included in the pack is an activity sheet with details of these games and others that can be played using this resource.
The bingo boards are approximately A4 size but by altering printer settings prior to printing you could print them larger or smaller.
Bundle
Letters and Sounds IWB resources for phases 1 and 2 plus flash cards
My popular resources packs for IWB for phases 1 and 2 of the Letters and Sounds scheme plus the phonics flash card pack which covers phases 1-6
Alphabet bunting- 3 sets colour and black/white
Three colourful sets of alphabet bunting to hang in your classroom or the outside area-
Just print and display!
Each flag is approximately A4 in size but can be printed smaller
The pack includes:
Set 1
The letters of the alphabet on colourful star flags
Set 2
Bunting flags with letters and a picture on each flag
Set 3
To be made double sided or displayed side by side- the flags have the letter on one and pictures beginning with that sound on the other
All of the sets are also included in black and white so they can be coloured in- they contain extra blank flags so that they can be made as a whole class activity with each child decorating their own flag- a great new term activity!
Phonics phase 1 resources- Letters and Sounds activity pack
A bumper set of easy to use activities and resources.
The set is easy to use with activities for each Aspect of Phase 1 Phonics as in the Letters and Sounds scheme.
Each activity has clear instructions and some have extra ideas for using the resources.
Aspect 1
Describe and find it- 6 sets of colourful picture cards for the activity
Enlivening stories- rhyme cards for two rhymes with masks and props
Favourite sounds- coloured photos for the activity
Listening walk- coloured pictures of sounds to hear inside and outside and a sheet with a template for making large 'listening' ears
Old Macdonald had a farm- song sheet and coloured picture cards
Aspect 2
Animal sounds-14 coloured animal pictures
Getting to know the instruments- rhyme card
New words to old songs
Which instrument- instructions, 5 coloured pictures of musical instruments and an illustrated song card with the song 'I am the music man'
Aspect 3
Action songs- instructions and 4 illustrated song cards with action songs to learn and sing
Follow the sound- instructions for the activity
Noisy neighbour- instructions and 5 photos for the activity
Sound songs- instructions and 2 song cards
Aspect 4
Odd one out- instructions and 10 sets of coloured pictures to find the odd one out
Our favourite rhymes- instructions and 12 coloured pictures to represent different rhymes and songs
Playing with words- instructions and 24 coloured pictures for the activity
Rhyming bingo- instructions and coloured bingo playing boards with coloured pictures for the game
Rhyming pairs- instructions and 15 pairs of rhyming pictures
Rhyming soup- instructions with the rhyme to sing and 16 coloured pictures for the game
Aspect 5
Digging for treasure- instructions and 6 sets of pictures for the activity
Making aliens- instructions, worksheet and 4 coloured pictures of aliens for the activity
Bertha goes to the zoo- instructions and 4 different versions of the acitivity
Musical corners- instructions and 4 sets of picture cards
Our sound box- instructions and 10 sets of coloured pictures
Silly soup- instructions and 10 sets of pictures for the activity
Aspect 6
Voice sounds- instructions and illustrated sound cards
Making trumpets- instructions, coloured pictures and a sound horn to make
Metal Mike- instructions, a large robot picture and pictures of CVC, CCVC and CVCC words
Give me a sound- instructions and illustrated sound cards
Animal face masks- a set of 7 black and white animal face masks
Aspect 7
Toy talk- instructions for the activity
Which one- instructions and 10 coloured pictures
I Spy- instructions, 15 picture cards and ideas for an extension activity
Say the sounds- instructions and 15 picture cards
Brown Bear, Brown Bear story resource pack- colours, animals
This pack is designed to be used with the story ‘Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?’ which is a lovely story about colours and is great for use in the Early Years.
Display banner
Story word cards- great to add to a display or use in the writing area
Display border- A themed display border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Title poster- An A4 sized poster
Picture flashcards- Flashcards with words and pictures
Colour labels- labels of the different colours in the correct coloured text
Colour face masks
Colour puppets- make your own stick puppets of the animals
Large mural- a long colourful mural to print out onto which the animals and children can be added
An A4 word card with pictures- great to use when writing about the story
Speech bubbles worksheets- worksheets with each animal and a speech bubble- great to encourage early writing
Alphabet line- an alphabet line on children
Writing sheets- various sheets with borders to use for writing activities or in the writing area
Initial sound worksheets- write the initial sound of the animals below the pictures, match the initial sound to the correct picture and cut and match the animal to the animal name
My favourite animal worksheet- children can draw and write a sentence about their favourite animal from the book
What do you see, hear worksheet- a worksheet for children to think about the senses and draw or write about what they can see, hear, feel, touch and taste
Matching worksheet- match the animal to the correct colour name
A number line- a number line on animals
Counting cards up to 10
Number worksheets
Sorting pictures- sort the pictures according to the number of legs
Dot to dot worksheets-with numbers to 10, 20 and 30
My number book- make a number book by drawing the correct number of animals on each page
Stick puppets- make your own character stick puppets for retelling the story
Colouring worksheet- read the colour names on the bears and colour them in
Face masks to colour
Colour worksheet- different worksheets for each colour
Tracing pictures- trace over the dotty lines and colour
Cut and make the animals- four puzzles for the children to cut out the animal parts and reassemble to make the animal
Colouring pictures- pictures of the animals to colour
Colour hunt- find and draw some things of different colours
Make a colour wheel
Colour collecting game- collect the pictures of the same colour as your game board
Animal bingo- a colourful game to collect the animals from 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 Biggest Pumpkin Ever story resource pack- Halloween, Autumn
This pack is designed to be used with the story ‘The Biggest Pumpkin Ever’ by Steven Kroll which is a lovely story to share in Autumn or for Halloween.
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 on pumpkins relating to the story
Character posters- colourful posters of the two main characters Clayton and Desmond
A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story
Pumpkin alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on pumpkins with lower and upper case letters
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 search- a word search with words from the story to find
Worksheets- a collection of worksheets about the story such as drawing and writing about their favourite part, writing about the characters, writing about different parts in the story, drawing and writing what happens next, question worksheets, sequencing sentences about the story and sorting statements about the two characters Clayton and Desmond
Missing number worksheets- fill in the missing numbers on the pumpkins plus a blank worksheet so you can differentiate
Size ordering worksheets- order the pumpkins by size- in colour and also black and white
Counting worksheets- count the numbers of pumpkins
Rhyming pairs- match the rhyming pumpkins
Dominoes- a number dominoes game to make and play
Tracing sheets- trace over the dotted lines on the pictures
Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppets
Halloween Pumpkin design- design your own pumpkin for Halloween
Face masks- colour and decorate the face masks of Clayton and Desmond
Play dough mats- make the correct number of pumpkins and the different faces on the Halloween pumpkins
Colouring- a collection of colouring worksheets
Sequence pictures- a set of coloured pictures 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.
Diwali activities- Maths and Literacy, games
This pack is perfect for teaching your children about the Hindu festival of Diwali.
There are two emergent reader books for different abilities- the easier version has 7 pages and slightly more difficult version has 9 pages.
There are a variety of activities which can be used as Maths and Literacy including:
Cut and paste numbered diya lamps from 1-5 and 1-10.
Roll and colour diya lamp sheets to use with one die for number recognition (or counting if using a dotty die) to 6 and colouring sheets to use for adding the numbers on two dice together.
Missing number cards which can be laminated and used with dry-wipe pens or the students can copy the sequence in their books. There are 20 different cards with numbers up to 20. There are also number cards to 20 on coloured diya lamps which can be placed on the missing numbers on the cards or can be used as a separate center to order the numbers.
Diya lamp size ordering cut and paste sheet.
Write the room- 8 colored Diwali cards to find and write the words and also blank cards to make your own version.
Make the sentences- cut and paste the beginning and end of the sentences to make 4 sentences.
Sentence scramble- coloured cards to make the 4 sentences and four cut and paste sheets to make and write the sentence.
Also included are the following activities:
A Diwali acrostic poem sheet
Comparing celebrations sheet for writing or drawing
Diwali facts sheet- two versions of this
Two Diwali themed word searches
A missing word sheet for Diwali
A set of 6 Rangoli patterns to trace and color
A colorful Rangoli matching pairs game
Four different page borders for writing activities in color and ready to print
Rhyming words resource pack- Letters and Sounds, phonics, rhyme
A great pack with lots of games and activities for teaching and consolidating rhyme.
The resources in the pack include:
Activity posters- 6 colourful A4 posters with questions about which words rhyme etc
Rhyming bingo 1- collect the pictures that rhyme with your card
Bingo game 2- a simpler game to match the pictures onto your rhyming mats
Board game- a colourful rhyming board game to make and play
Display materials- banner and titles for a rhyming word display and also a selection of question posters to add
Dominoes- a rhyming picture dominoes game to make and play
Large pictures- a large collection of coloured and black and white images of pictures that rhyme and rhyming groups
Loop cards- 2 games to play
Dice to make- onset and rhyme dice to make with activity ideas and recording sheet
Posters- 4 colourful A4 posters with rhyming pictures for 4 different word families
Flash cards- 18 rhyming pairs for whole class work and displays
Rhyming pairs game- a colourful game to make and play
Powerpoint- a powerpoint asking the children questions about rhyming words on each page
Picture cards- small coloured and black and white cards with four pictures for each rhyme- great for sorting activities and making your own games
Word wheels- 5 rhyming word wheels to make for the word families og, ip, at and an and also a blank word wheel
Worksheets- a collection of rhyming worksheets including drawing activities, cut and stick and matching
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.