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.

A great resource pack on CD for you to print out and use to create a bright stimulating role play area for Christmas of Santa's toy workshop. The pack includes: Large lettering- Large letters to spell out 'Santa's Workshop', each letter decorated with small pictures of holly Sign- A 'Santa's workshop' sign decorated with festive pictures Post box- A large festive Post box printed on 6 A4 sheets- great to stick on the front of a large box so the children can open the door and collect the letters from children each day Open/ Closed- Signs for your role play area Number line- A Santa number line to 20- this could be used in the role play area or in any area of the classroom at Christmas time Alphabet line- An alphabet line on colourful Christmas elves Display pictures- Pictures of Santa and the reindeers (each with their names) in pretend picture frames Post area posters- Posters to display in the post area and the packing areas of the role play area Wrapping area posters- Colourful posters for the wrapping area of your role play area Sleigh room poster- A large poster saying ‘Sleigh room’ for the children to put their parcels Shape parcels- Posters of different shaped parcels and a poster asking the children what shape their parcel is Wrapping paper- Black and white wrapping paper which can be printed out, coloured in and used to wrap the gifts Face masks- Black and white face masks of Santa and an elf- these could be used in this role play area or for other role play activities at Christmas Stockings- Colourful stockings to decorate Santa's workshop Stocking- A black and white stocking outline for the children to decorate and colour Design sheets- Toy design sheets in black and white for the children to write and draw their toy they will make Poster- A poster for the children to write or draw the toys that need to be made that day Window display- A large (4x A4) size snowy window scene to print out and display in the role play area North Pole poster- A poster saying 'Welcome to the North Pole’ with a cute penguin Letters to Santa- Various different letter templates to write a letter to Santa Gift tags- To colour and write Lists- Decorated list pages to encourage writing in the role play area The posters, signs and pictures will create a motivating and colourful role play area in your classroom which will encourage the children to further their vocabulary and language and encourage writing for different purposes and also use their Art and DT skills.

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

A bumper resource pack for the popular story ‘The Shopping Basket’ by John Burningham The pack includes: DISPLAY Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display Display border- a colourful display border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size Word cards- words on shopping baskets relating to the story Word and picture flashcards- coloured pictures of each of the animals and foods in the story and the words Shopping and animal posters- A4 posters with each animal and food on with the name LITERACY A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story Shopping alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on the different foods in the shopping basket 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 Writing worksheet- write about the different animals in the story Shopping list worksheet- label the different items in the shopping basket Favourite part of the story- draw and write about your favourite part of the story MATHS Basket number line- a number line to 50 on shopping baskets 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 items in each shopping basket Number worksheet- draw the correct number of foods GAMES Picture bingo- collect the characters and foods for your bingo board Matching pairs- find the picture matching pairs Number dominoes- a colourful domino game to make and play Shopping game- collect the different foods needed for your shopping basket by spinning the spinner ART & CRAFT Picture jigsaws- cut out and reassemble the jigsaws of the different characters Tracing sheets Stick puppets Face masks Play dough mats- make the correct number of items in each shopping basket Matching worksheet- match each character to the correct food Colouring Make a 3D basket- cut out and make a shopping basket Drawing worksheet STORY TELLING Sequence pictures Face masks Stick puppets- coloured stick puppets to use when retelling the story Large character and food 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 product

This pack can be used to set up a role play area of a Greengrocers or can be used as part of a topic on Fruit and Vegetables or Healthy Eating The pack includes: Large (A4 sized) coloured and black and white fruit and veg pictures, A large (4 times A4) poster to put together of different fruit with their names and another poster showing different vegetables and their names, A5 sized cards showing the fruit and veg 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, Topic cards with the name and pictures of the different fruit and vegetables 4 different Greengrocer hats to make to use in the role play A large title 'Greengrocers' to cut out with each letter decorated with fruit and veg pictures (also included in the pack is a similar large title of 'Fruit and Vegetables' which is great for use on a large display board) Plus lots more!

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.

The pack includes: A colourful display title Lovely colour face masks of each of the jungle animals in the book Black and white face masks of the animals for children to colour/ decorate/ collage etc An A4 information sheet about each animal with interesting facts Animal jigsaws to cut out and reassemble of an elephant, giraffe, zebra and crocodile Word labels of different animal parts-great for discussion and writing A display border of leaves-these can be printed as many times as you like to border a display of any size A5 cards showing some of the patterns from the animals An A4 word card with pictures of each of the animals on-this can be used for writing or maybe when reading the book to spot the animals A display page with the title, author and illustrator on A colourful bingo game for up to 5 players with a special jungle die to cut out and make An A4 sized work border- great for displaying the childrens work quickly Worksheets to cut out and label the parts of some animals-elephant, giraffe and zebra Matching pairs game with pictures of the animals-this could also be used to make a snap game or many other different uses Word related to the story-great for display and writing ideas Worksheets to match animal pictures to their names and a worksheet to design their own jungle animal

A bumper pack with lots of posters, banners and pictures to set up a role play area of a Cafe The pack is great for use in the EYFS and also within KS1 and KS2 The pack includes: A large banner with ‘Cafe’, decorated with food pictures A large banner with ‘Restaurant’, decorated with food pictures Large coloured pictures of different food to buy and the crockery to use A colourful drinks poster A large colourful food poster Hats to make for the staff to wear Name badges to make for the staff to wear A colourful poster with space for you to add the price of the food- this enables you to price it according to the ability of the children Sandwich filling labels, drinks labels and food labels A large colourful sandwich filling poster An open and closed sign for you cafe with pictures of food on Opening times posters for you cafe A sandwich filling order form with pictures of the different sandwich types and fillings available A colour and black and white menu for your cafe Order forms in colour and black and white for the cafe Decorated notes and messages paper to encourage writing in the role play area

A great resource pack for you to print out for the story 'Funnybones' - great for use with the Funnybones story and also when teaching the topic 'Ourselves' or 'Halloween'. The resources include: Display banner- Large display title 'Funnybones' with a bone patterned border Display border- A display border of bones- this can be printed as many times as you need for a display board of any size Character pictures- posters of the different characters in the story Make a moving Funnybones skeleton- A moving skeleton of the big skeleton in the Funnybones story to make- the pieces need to be fixed together using split pins Make a moving skeleton- A moving skeleton to make with the bones in our bodies- this is more suited to older children and is best printed and made in A3 size Body part label flash cards- Labels of the different bones in the body Large display skeleton- A large (nearly 4x A4 size) picture of the skeleton- ones with labels of the bones and one without Word cards- Story words related to the story of 'Funnybones' - each card has drawings of characters from the story Story telling face masks- Face masks to make of the characters- these are great for retelling the story and also making up different stories Bone number line- A number line to 50 with the numbers on bones Song and rhyme posters- Songs and rhymes related to bones and skeletons Writing paper- An A4 sized page border- great for quickly displaying the childrens work or pictures or using for writing activities Story question cards- Question cards with questions related to the story of 'Funnybones' A game to make and play- A game to build your own Funnybones skeleton the first Writing mat- An A4 word mat- great for writing about the story or for display in the writing area

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

A bumper pack with lots of forms, signs and pictures to set up a role play area of a Pet Shop The pack is great for use in the EYFS and also within KS1 and 2 enabling you to print out the resources again and again. The resources would also be great for parents or child-minders to create their own role play area at home and for nurseries and playgroups. The pack includes: Large letters to spell ‘Pet Shop’ -each letter is decorated with small pictures of items for sale in the pet shop, A ‘Pet Shop’ banner with small pictures of animal accessories and food etc, Large colour pictures of the pets and pet accessories for sale such as dog collars, food bowls, animal tanks etc, Large black and white pictures of the pets and pet accessories for sale in the shop -great for art work or collage work, Posters decorated with small pictures of animal related items- open/ closed, opening times plus a blank opening times poster for you to fill in your own opening times, Posters advertising the pet accessories suggesting what you will need to buy for each pet and with special offers, Smaller posters for each pet with a list of accessories needed for that pet, Animal signs, Leaflets to print in colour or black and white with information about keeping that pet, Lots of forms to encourage writing such as order forms, telephone messages, animal cleaning tick list, animal feeding tick lists, jobs to do, A number line to 30 on paw prints, Posters advertising dog training sessions, dog groomers etc, Food packets to cut out and assemble and labels to stick onto tins and packets to make them into ‘dog food’ or ‘cat food’ etc The posters, signs and pictures will create a motivating and colourful role play area either inside your classroom or in your outside area which will encourage the children to further their vocabulary and language and encourage writing for different purposes

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.

A great pack with lots of files for literacy for you to print off and use This pack would be great to use with the Letters and Sounds phonics scheme or with other phonics schemes to use in your teaching and for the children to use independently and in groups. Included in the pack are: Flash cards in colour and black and white with the picture and word and just with words or just pictures, Flash cards with space to write the word underneath (when laminated these can be used with dry-wipe pens), Flash cards with the letters than can be hidden so children can say what the initial, medial or end sound is, Bingo games with the different medial sounds and a mixture of medial sounds, Large vowel and alphabet cards for the children to hold to make CVC words, Loop game card sets, Word wheels, Matching pairs game, dominoes, Board games to make and play, Spelling worksheets, Reading worksheets Plus lots more!

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

This pack is designed to be used with the story ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Christmas’ Display resources · Display banner · Story word cards- great to add to a display or use in the writing area · Display border · Title poster · Picture flashcards- Flashcards with words and pictures of the characters and props in the story · Story questions- colourful cards for a display with questions about the story · Large lighthouse- a large Christmas decorated lighthouse to print out- prints over several pages · Animal photos- colour photos of some of the sea animals seen in the book · Story sea photos- a collection of photos of stormy seas, lighthouses and snow storms- great for displays and for inspiration for art work Role play/ story props · Colour face masks- of thecharacters in the story- great to use for retelling the story or for making up new stories · Colour puppets- make your ownstick puppets of the characters in the story to retell the story or make up your own stories · Lighthouse role play ideas- ideas for setting up a role play area of alighthouse in your classroom Literacy · An A4 word card with pictures- great to use when writing about the story · Speech bubbles worksheets- worksheets for children to fill in the speech bubbles and then colour the picture · Letter to Father Christmas- write a letter to tell Father Christmas where theywill be for Christmas · Alphabet line- a colourful alphabet line on Christmas bunting · Christmas list worksheet- write your own or George’s Christmas list · Menu- write a menu for Christmas dinner · Lighthouse jobs worksheet- write the different jobs which the Lighthouse Keeper needs to do · Book review- a worksheet to write a book review about the story · Acrostic poem worksheet- write a Christmas acrostic poem · Character worksheets- various worksheets to write and draw about the different characters in the story · Word searches- 2 different word searches · Writing pages- various themed black and white pages to use for writing about the story or in the writing area · Match words to pictures- various worksheets to match words to pictures and fill in the initial letters Numeracy · A number line- A number line to 50 on colourful Christmas presents · Dot to dots- worksheets to join the dots on the lighthouses and seagulls · Colour by numbers- colour the scenes using the number key · Missing number worksheets- various worksheets to fill in the missing numbers on the lighthouses · Order size worksheet- cut out and order the Christmas trees in size order · Count the decorations worksheet- count the different decorations on the Christmas tree · Countingcards- count the number of decorations on each Christmas tree

A set of 30 snowmen to make to spell CVC words. There are 6 snowmen for each middle sound. Great for phonics activities during winter and the snowy weather.

The pack includes: Banners and A4 sized posters (with pictures) for a garage, a car wash and a petrol station Signs and pictures for each of the role play areas of different things which could be found in them such as petrol pump, spanner and sponge and bucket Large A4 size pictures of the different items as above General signs for each of the areas such as price signs, signs for where to take your car for an MOT, a no-smoking sign, signs to tell the customers where to pay etc Lots of different forms and notes to encourage writing in the role play areas Opening times with pictures for each of the areas and an OPEN/CLOSED sign for each area The posters, signs and pictures will create a motivating and colourful role play area either inside your classroom or in your outside area which will encourage the children to further their vocabulary and language and encourage writing for different purposes

A resource pack for the story ‘The Jolly Postman’ by Janet & Allan Ahlberg. This engaging Literacy pack includes worksheets, display materials, games and crafts. Also available is the resource pack for ‘The Jolly Christmas Postman’ The pack includes: Two Large display banners: ‘The Jolly Postman’ and also ‘The Jolly Postman or Other People’s Letters’ with a picture of the postman and lots of letters A display border with pictures of letters and the Jolly Postman-this can be printed as many times as you need to border a display of any size Drawings of the characters in the book such as the Jolly Postman and his bike, the Three Bears, the Wicked Witch, Cinderella etc (these are not printed from the book but have been drawn by myself)- these are in black and white and colour and are great for story telling and displays Templates for writing different letters to the characters with black and white pictures and without pictures, templates for postcards, airmail letters and birthday cards Masks of the characters in the story- these are provided in colour and black and white- great for retelling the story or for making up their own story Worksheets for Numeracy, Literacy and general work- some of these are differentiated or can be used as templates for you to put your own sums on Story word cards each with a picture of the Jolly Postman- these look good on displays or can be used in the writing area of your classroom to help when writing about the story An A4 word card with words and pictures relating to the story A4 poster with some nursery rhymes and pictures on Question cards with questions relating to the story and a picture of the Jolly Postman and his bike-these are great to add to a display to encourage the children to think more about the story A game relating to the story- deliver the letters from your sack the quickest to win the game A colourful bingo game with pictures of the different characters and letters and parcels A colourful matching pairs game Counting cards up to 20 Large number line pictures with the numbers up to 20 Individual number lines up to 10 and 20 with the numbers written on letters 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.

The pack includes: Large characters and story props pictures- great for displays or for laminating and adding velcro to the back so they can be used on flannel boards for retelling Story word cards- great for displays or encouraging writing Black and white pictures of the characters and story props for the children to colour Black and white and colour face masks of Little Red Riding Hood, the Woodcutter, the Wolf, Grandma and the wolf in Grandma’s hat- great for retelling the story and for use in the outdoor area, Woodland nature spotting cards A basket to cut out and make (in black and white to colour and assemble) Coloured pictures of gifts for Grandma Word and picture cards of the gifts for Grandma Finger puppets to make and use for retelling the story-a great addition to your story sack A food collecting game- collect the items to fill your basket first Plus many other resources.

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