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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.
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 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!
Summer writing activity pack- KS1 /EYFS
A fun pack of writing sheets for the summer term or any summery day!
Includes:
Making a list of food and drink for a picnic
My day at the beach
Writing instructions for building a sandcastle
Staying safe in the sun
Cooling down in the heat
Writing sentences plus more...
Could be made into a workbook or the sheets could be used individually- great for end of term assessment!
Airport role play pack- holidays, transport
A great pack for creating a role play area of an airport in your setting.
Contains lots of colourful posters and signs, lots of opportunities for mark making/ writing and banners and large posters for arrivals and departures both filled in and blank.
Back to school writing pack- first week of term KS1/ EYFS
A fun set of sheets for use after the summer holidays and for the first week of the autumn term.
Includes:
Summer holiday memories
Thoughts and plans for the new school year
My new class
Classroom rules
Be a friend, not a bully plus more...
Contains 22 different sheets which could be used individually or made into a workbook or even used to make quick and easy displays!
Monkey Puzzle story sack resources
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banner
Display border
Story words
Large lettering- Large A-Z letters in lower and upper case with a leaf decoration- great for larger display titles or to create a different alphabet line
Large pictures- Large coloured pictures of the animals in the story, leaves and plants and different bugs to help you create a great display
Word and picture cards- cards with the name and picture of each of the animals in the story
LITERACY
Word mat- An A4 word mat with words and pictures relating to the story
Speech bubble worksheets- various worksheets to write what the different animals are saying
Writing paper- various writing sheets with themed borders to use for work about the story or to add to the writing area
Alphabet line
Acrostic poems
Guess the animal cards- read the clues and match to the correct animal from the story
Worksheets- Various worksheets about the story and animals including matching the animal to the clue, initial sounds, cut and stick animal names etc
My jungle day
Describe your mum- A worksheet to draw and describe your own mum
Favourite part- draw and write about your favourite part of the story
NUMERACY
Number line
Size ordering- order the caterpillars and snakes in length order
Roll-a-die game- roll a die and collect the part of your animal
Colour by numbers
Symmetry
Counting worksheets- Count the animals worksheets with numbers 1-3, 1-5 and 1-10
Addition- an alternative colour by numbers sheets where children find the answer and colour the part of the butterfly
Missing numbers- fill in the missing numbers on the caterpillars
ART AND CRAFT
Animal puppets
Animal masks
Draw a jungle scene- draw your own jungle and the animals in it
Colouring
Jigsaw puzzle- design your own jigsaw puzzle and then cut out the pieces
Poems and rhymes- a collection of decorated cards with rhymes and poems about jungle animals
Tracing
UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD
Animal photos- lovely colour photos to print out and add to a display
Jungle photos
Animal fact cards
Butterfly life cycle pictures
Life cycle worksheets- various worksheets about the life cycle of a butterfly
Power Point
STORY TELLING
Story sack tag
Coloured puppets
Coloured face masks
Sequence cards
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.
Nursery Rhyme song sack pack- Games, posters, activities, display
The pack includes:
Rhyme sheets for 6 popular Nursery Rhymes:
Humpty Dumpty
Sing a Song of Sixpence
Twinkle Twinkle
Hickory Dickory Dock
Baa Baa black Sheep
Jack and Jill
Colour character props for each rhyme- these would be great on a display or great when laminated and kept with nursery rhyme books for singing the rhymes
Black and white characters and props for each rhyme for the children to colour/ collage etc
A large (3xA4) size grandfather clock in colour for the rhyme ‘Hickory Dickory Dock’
Colourful games to accompany each rhyme
A 3D wall and Humpty Dumpty model to make using a split pin
Numbered blackbirds up to 24 for the rhyme ‘Sing a Song of Sixpence’
A rhyming word game
A4 colouring sheets for each rhyme
A great bumper pack-great for displays, games and making class rhyme books.
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.
Kipper's Toy box story resource pack- story sack, toys
Kipper’s Toybox
DISPLAY
Display banner
Display border- a display border with lots of mice to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Word cards
Large coloured pictures- large character pictures to print out and use on a display
Question cards- questions on decorated cards about the story to use as prompts or to add to a display
LITERACY
A4 word card
Alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on mice
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
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
My favourite toy
‘K’ for Kipper and ‘t’ for toys worksheets- two worksheets about the letters k and t
Initial sound worksheets- match the labels to the correct toy pictures, write the initial sounds of the toys, cut and stick the toy pictures onto the initial sounds on the toybox
NUMERACY
Number line- a number line to 50 on Kipper’s toys
Counting worksheets- count the number of toys- 3 differentiated worksheets
Number worksheets- a set of 10 worksheets, one for each number from 1-10
Counting cards
Number jigsaws- count the mice and match to the correct number to complete the jigsaw
GAMES
Matching pairs- find the most pairs to win the game
Picture bingo- cover the different pictures from the story
Picture dominoes- a colourful dominoes game to make and play
Collect the toys- spin the spinner to collect all the toys in your toybox
ACTIVITIES
Stick puppets- colour and make your own Kipper stick puppet
Face masks- colour and decorate the face mask of Kipper
Colouring- a collection of colouring worksheets
Finger mouse puppet- make your own mouse finger puppet
Cut and assemble the owl- cut out the parts of the owl toy and reassemble
Decorate the snake- make a pattern of the snake toy
Draw the toys- draw all of Kipper’s toys in his toybox
Make the pictures the same- make each pair of pictures on the worksheets the same- 3 different worksheets
STORY TELLING
Face mask
Stick puppet
Story sack tag
Story props
Number cards
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.
Peace at Last story resource pack- Phonics Phase 1
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border- a themed display border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Word cards- words on decorated cards relating to the story
Large coloured pictures- large character pictures to print out and use on a display
Question cards- questions on decorated cards about the story to use as prompts or to add to a display
Sound posters- a set of colourful posters showing the different things that made sounds in the story
LITERACY
Alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on owls
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
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
Match the noise- match the different pictures to labels
‘b’ for bear- a worksheet all about the letter ‘b’
Sequencing worksheet- cut and order the pictures
NUMERACY
Number line
Counting worksheets
Make the clock- cut and stick the clock numbers onto the cuckoo clock
Missing numbers- differentiated worksheets to fill in the missing numbers on the stars
Counting cards
GAMES
Picture bingo
Make the sound- pick a card and make the sound for the others to guess
ACTIVITIES
Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppets
Face masks- colour and decorate the face masks
Colouring- a collection of colouring worksheets
Make some big ears-make you own paper big ears to go on a listening walk with instructions and picture cards for discussion
STORY TELLING
Sequence pictures- a set of coloured pictures to use when retelling the story
Face masks- a set of coloured face masks to use when retelling the story or making up new stories
Stick puppets- coloured stick puppets to use when retelling the story
Story sack tag- a tag to add to your story telling sack
POWER POINTS
Sound lotto- click on the stars to listen to the sounds and cover them on your lotto boards
Guess the sounds- an interactive activity to choose the correct sound they can hear on each page
Make the sounds- look at the different pictures and use your instruments to make the sounds
Voice sounds- listen to the sounds on each page and use your voice to make the different sounds
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 Bad Tempered Ladybird story sack resources
The pack includes:
A display banner with the title of the story on and pictures from the story
Large coloured pictures of the animals in the story- these have been hand drawn and watercoloured by myself
Large black and white pictures of the animals in the story- these are great for colouring and art activities
Smaller colour and black and white pictures of the animals in the story- these can be made into games, displays etc
A ladybird number line up to 30
Colour face masks of all the animals in the story
Black and white face masks of the animals
Story word cards decorated with ladybirds- these are great for adding to a display, discussions, adding to a writing area etc
Cards showing a clock face and an animal for the children to draw the hands on the clock to show the time
Cards showing the time and the animal the Bad Tempered Ladybird met at that time
Various worksheets- Maths, counting and telling the time worksheets and Literacy worksheets
Different clocks to cut out and make- there is a plain clock, a clock to add the numbers to, a colour clock showing the animals the Bad Tempered Ladybird met at different hours and also a black and white version of this clock for the children to colour and make
A ladybird themed game
Fact cards with pictures and some facts about each of the animals in the story
Rhyme cards with some rhymes about ladybirds
A colourful animal bingo game to make and play
An animal picture domino game to make and play
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
The Enormous Turnip story resource pack- Autumn, harvest, growing
A great story pack to accompany the story ‘The Enormous Turnip’. The pack includes worksheets, games, craft activities and display materials.
Great to use with your Harvest theme and during the Autumn / Fall term
Includes:
Large colourful characters and story props- 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- 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 useful to add to a display or to include in a writing area
A coloured A4 story word card- great for the children to use when writing about the story
Black and white pictures of the characters and story props for the children to colour or collage
Colour face masks of the different characters- great for role play and retelling the story
Black and white face masks of the characters in ‘The Enormous Turnip’ story
A game based on ‘The Enormous Turnip’ story- collect the different vegetables to plant in your vegetable garden
A colourful matching pairs game with pictures from the story
Finger puppets to colour and make- great for retelling the story and including in your story sack
Black and white pictures to sequence of the story
Various worksheets about ‘The Enormous Turnip’
Question cards to encourage the children to think about the story and what happened in ‘The Enormous Turnip’ story
Duck in the Truck story pack- rhyming words
A great pack for the story ‘Duck in the Truck’ by Jez Alborough. Great for teaching about the book or making into a story sack.
Contains:
Display banner
Story word cards
Display border
Story poster
Picture flashcards
Story question cards for display
Face masks for retelling the story in colour and black and white
Stick puppets to make
A4 word card with pictures
Speech bubble worksheets
Alphabet line
Book review worksheet
Writing sheets
Rhyming words worksheet
Favourite part of the story worksheet
Number line
Missing numbers worksheets
Counting worksheets
Tracing pictures
Cut and assemble the truck worksheet
Cut and stick rhyme worksheet
Colouring pictures
Board game
Matching pairs game
Rhyming bingo game
The Animal Boogie story resource pack- Jungle animals
The pack includes:
Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border- a themed display border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Word cards- words relating to the story
Word and picture flashcards- colourful cards of the animals in the story to add to a display or writing area
Animal photos- a collection of coloured photos of the different animals in the story
Large coloured pictures- large character and animal pictures to print out and use on a display
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 children are saying
Word search-a word search 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
Acrostic poem- A decorated worksheet to write your own ‘Jungle’ acrostic poem
Label the animals- Worksheets to label some of the animals in the story
Describe the animals worksheets
Children number line- a number line to 50 on multicultural children
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
Roll and colour- roll one or two die and colour in the correct animal on the sheet
Repeating patterns- continue the repeating animal patterns on the worksheets
Matching pairs
Picture bingo
Picture dominoes
Move like the animal- Cut out and make the die and move like the different animals
Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppets
Bird collage- decorate the bird outline
Move like an animal- flashcards to prompt the children to move in different ways like the animals in the story
Face masks- colour and decorate the animal face masks
Tracing pictures
Cut and stick- Cut out the different animals
Draw the animals- Draw the different jungle animals in the scene
Sequence pictures- a set of coloured pictures to use when retelling the story
Face masks- a set of coloured face masks
Stick puppets- coloured stick puppets to use when retelling the story
Story sack tag- a colourful tag to add to your story telling sack
Story props- large coloured props of the children and animals
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.
WE'RE GOING ON A BEAR HUNT story resource pack
Display resources:
A long display banner
A large colour bear and a cave picture- great to add to a display
Story word cards- these are great to add to your display or use in the writing area when writing about the story of 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'
A display border of footprints and bear paw prints-these can be printed as many times as you like to border a display of any size
A display page with the title, author and illustrator on
Colourful pictures of the different parts of the story
Bear footprints- these can be added to a display or used on the floor to create trails- also great to use for outdoor play
Footprints of boots- great for outdoor play and creating trails
Photobucket
Literacy resources:
An alphabet line of bears holding each letter- these could also be used to spell different words
Colour and black and white story sequence cards
An A4 word card- great to use when writing about 'We're going on a bear hunt'
Various worksheets with speech bubbles, missing words, questions etc
Various colour and black and white writing pages- these could be added to the writing area or used to quickly display children's work
Maths resources:
A number line up to 50 with bears each holding a number
Individual desktop number lines up to 10 and 20 with bears
Counting cards up to 10 with bears to count
Various themed worksheets -addition, subtraction and missing numbers
A size activity to put the different sized bears in order- in colour and as a worksheet
Positional cards and pictures to put the bear over, in, under the cave etc
Understanding of the World resources:
A Powerpoint about different bears and where they live
A Powerpoint about brown bears
Colour photos of brown bears
Colour photos of different bears
Fact cards about different bears
Photos of the different areas visited in the story- a cave, long grass, mud etc
Activities:
Pictures of the different areas visited in the story for the children to colour
A moving bear to make using split pins
Colour face masks of the characters and the bear- great for retelling the story or making up new stories
Black and white face masks of the characters
Songs and rhymes about bears and mud
Playdough mats based on the story
Games to make and play:
A colourful board game- this prints on 2 A4 pages
A Build-the-Bear game- collect the pieces needed to make your bear
A game of snap based on the story
A colourful bingo game
Colourful picture dominoes
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.
Each Peach Pear Plum story resource pack- posters, literacy, numeracy, nursery rhymes
A bumper resource pack for the popular story ‘Each Peach Pear Plum'.
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border- a colourful display border or branches and leaves to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Word cards- words on leaves relating to the story
Character flashcards- coloured pictures of each of the characters in the story and their names
Large leaves, fruit and trees- use these to create extra display borders, displays etc
Character posters- A4 sized posters of each character and their name
LITERACY
A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story
Leaves alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on leaves
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
Character letters- write a letter from each of the characters in the story
‘I Spy’ initial sounds display- create a colourful display with A4 card with ‘I spy something beginning with…’ and a collection of A-Z pictures to hide behind leaves on the display for the children to spot the object
Nursery rhyme posters- coloured posters with some of the rhymes from the story
Nursery rhyme sequencing- cut up the sentences from the nursery rhymes and order
Rhyming word worksheet
MATHS
Tree number line- a number line to 50 on colourful fruit trees
Counting cards- count the objects from 1-10
Size ordering worksheets- order the character props by size- in colour and also black and white
Counting worksheets- count the number of fruit and leaves
Number book- make your own number book for numbers from 1-10 by drawing the correct number of objects on each page
GAMES
Picture bingo- collect the characters and props for your bingo board
I spy game- spin the letter spinner and be the first to spot a picture starting with that sound
Rhyming pairs- find the matching rhyming pairs
ART & CRAFT
Picture jigsaws
Tracing sheets
Stick puppets
I spy mini book- draw objects starting with the correct initial sound on each page
Face masks- colour and decorate the face masks
Play dough mats
Matching worksheet
Colouring sheets
STORY TELLING
Sequence pictures- a set of coloured pictures to use when retelling the story
Face masks
Stick puppets
Large character and prop pictures to match
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.
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.