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Campsite role play pack- Outdoor play
A great pack full of posters, signs, flashcards, pictures and writing opportunities to set up a role play area of a Camp site
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.
A great pack to incorporate in the outdoor play area and to include in a topic on Holidays.
The pack includes:
· A large colourful display banner
· Large A4 size letters of ‘Campsite’ - a great alternative for the role play area
· Large colour pictures of different things on a campsite such as tents, shop, water tap etc
· Word and picture cards of different camping equipment
· A4 posters with words of different camping equipment
· A display border which can be used in your role play area and on notice boards in your campsite
· A number line to 50 on red and green tents
· An alphabet line on trees- great for your outside area
· Signs for your campsite including toilets, showers, water tap etc
· Posters for your campsite including ‘Keep dogs on leads’, ‘No fires’, ‘Please clear up your rubbish’ etc
· Badges for the campsite staff to wear
· Camping pitch numbers
· Posters about things that are happening on the campsite, woodland walk signs, welcome posters, pitches available signs, picnic spot posters
· Campsite rates posters
Writing resources:
· Booking forms
· Telephone message sheets
· A book cover for telephone booking and pages for the book
· Jobs to do lists
· Postcards to write
· Inspection sheets for the campsite to check the toilets, rubbish on the site, who is on each pitch etc
· A form to fill in naming who is camped in each pitch
· Blank posters to add writing to
· Four blank pages with camping themed borders which can be used in the role play area or as a writing activity
· A kit check form to be used by the campers
· Comments form for the campers to fill in after their stay
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.
The Fish who could Wish story sack resources
This pack is designed to be used with the story ‘The fish who could wish’ by John Bush.
Display resources
· 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
· Picture flashcards- flashcards with words and pictures of the props in the story
· Story questions
Role play/ story props
· Colour face masks- of different fish and the Fish who could Wish- great for retelling the story or creating your own stories
· Colour puppets
· Story telling props
Literacy
· An A4 word card with pictures
· Speech bubbles worksheets
· Worksheet- write a book review about the book
· Alphabet line
· Writing sheets
· My favourite part of the story
· Sh, th, ch fishing game- catch the picture fish and decide if they go in the sh, th or ch fishing nets- with full instrustions and further ideas
· Sh, th, ch worksheets- a worksheet for each phoneme
· Phoneme word and picture cards- a collection of pictures of words with sh, ch and th sounds in them and the words with the grapheme highlighted
· Make a wish worksheet- think of one wish you would make and draw and write about it
· The fish’s wish- draw and write three things the fish wished for
· Phonemes on fish
Numeracy
· A number line
· Shape fish posters
· Shape fish bingo game- cover the different shaped fish first to win the game
· Sea scenes number game- roll a die and colour the part of the picture with that number
· Number ordering- cut out the numbered fish and stick in the correct order
Art and craft
· Stick puppets
· Face masks
· Tracing pictures
· Colouring pictures
· Playdough mats- make the correct number of fish on each board
· Cut and assemble castle- cut out the parts of the castle and reassemble to make your own castle
· Cut and assemble fish- cut out the parts of the fish and reassemble
More Games to make and play
· Board game- explore the underwater scene and collect the items the fish wished for to add to your board
· Number dominoes- a fish themed dominoes game
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.
Garage role play pack- car wash, petrol station
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
Handa's Hen story sack resources
Colour posters showing the different animals in the story
· Display banner- a long colourful display banner
· A colourful display border
Number line- A colourful number line to 50 on the animals in the story
· A4 display pages- 4 different page borders to quickly display work
· Writing pages- black and white page borders to use when writing about the story or to add to the writing area
· A colourful bingo game
· Matching pairs game
· Story words- each card is decorated with an African design border
· A4 word card- with words and pictures
· Information fact cards about the different animals in the story
· Colour posters of the characters- Handa, Akeyo and Grandma
· Face masks to make of the characters
· Counting cards up to 10 with the number and the correct number of animals to count
· Coloured story sequencing pictures
· A small world background- great to use with small world characters or in the sand tray for retelling the story
· Various worksheets- Match the animal to the name, write about the story and your favourite part of the story
· Colouring posters of the characters and animals
· Large black and white pictures to colour and sequence
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.
Optician role play pack- Ourselves
The pack includes:
Large letters, each with small pictures of glasses, spelling the word ‘Opticians’- great to give your opticians a bold shop name,
A large sign saying ‘Opticians’ decorated with pictures of glasses,
Posters for the Opticians with the opening times (also an opening times posters without the times written on for you to do choose your own opening hours), and open and closed signs,
Label cards with pictures of different things in the opticians- glasses, sunglasses, optician etc,
Lots of different forms to encourage writing in the role play area- customer details, details of check-ups, reminder forms, appointments etc,
A4 and A3 posters for the children to give eye tests- with capital letters and lower case letters,
Posters to display in your opticians- waiting room, which frame colour and shape would you like, try your glasses on here etc,
A poster to fill in the name of the optician for that day,
Hats to make for the optician and optician staff to wear and also a blank hat for you to design yourself
Plus lots more!
CVC resource pack- games, worksheets etc- Letters and Sounds, phonics, spelling
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!
Owl Babies story pack - plus Nocturnal animals and Emotions
The pack includes:
Owl Babies:
A large display banner with pictures of the owls in the story 'Owl Babies'
Word cards relating to the story- these are great for writing displays when writing about the story or general displays about the story
A colourful A3 sized board game with 2 sets of Maths questions (easy and harder) so you can change and differentiate the game according to the group of children playing it
Various worksheets about the story and characters- missing words to fill in, speech bubbles, thought bubbles, owl labelling, true and false etc.
Story props to help you retell the story- you have the option to print large pictures and characters for display and also a small A4 sized story board with smaller pictures which would be great for individual table-top work and also for use in a story sack to keep with the book
Owl masks for the children to colour and make- these are provided in colour and black and white- masks of mother owl and the baby owls
Two different colourful display borders- just print out as many times as you need to border a display of any size
A powerpoint about Owls- the pages of this could also be printed out to make a book for your classroom
An A4 word card- great to use when writing about the story
High Frequency Words on feathers
An alphabet line on baby owls
A number line to 100 on ivy leaves- this makes a lovely display or edging to a display
An owl number rhyme and props for use when singing the rhyme
Writing borders in colour and black and white
Colouring pages
Tracing sheets of the owls
A size ordering worksheet to cut and order the owls in size
Nocturnal animals
A photo pack of different nocturnal animals
A colourful display banner
Two different display borders
Fact cards about different nocturnal animals
Large coloured pictures of nocturnal animals
Colouring pictures
A nocturnal animal bingo game
An A4 word card
Colourful display word cards
Emotions
Large pictures of faces showing different emotions
Display banners of 'Emotions' and 'How do you feel today?'
Word cards for displays
Worksheets to draw and write about different emotions
Emotion flash cards with faces and the emotion word
Where's My Teddy story sack resources
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banner
Display border
Word cards- words on decorated cards relating to the story
Large coloured pictures- large character and tree 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
Title poster- an A4 poster with title, author and illustrator information on
Colour photos- photos of forests and different bears to use on displays and discussion
LITERACY
A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story
Alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on teddy bears
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
What are you scared of?- draw and write about some things that you are scared of
What happens next- worksheets to draw and write what happens next in the story
My trip to the woods- a lovely decorated worksheet for writing about a trip to the woods
NUMERACY
Number line- a number line to 50 on trees
Counting worksheets- count the number of objects
Size ordering- cut and order the bears by size
Counting cards- count the teddies from1-10
GAMES
Board game- move your characters through the forest to reach the bear first
Colour bingo- cover the different coloured bears on your board
Number dominoes- a colourful dominoes game to make and play
ACTIVITIES
Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppets
Face masks- colour and decorate the face masks
Colouring- a collection of colouring worksheets
Draw the bears- draw the teddies for Eddy and the bear
Split pin bear-cut and make your own bear
What is in the woods- draw some different things you found on a woodland walk
Woodland animals- colour the animals you might find in the woods
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
Story props- large coloured props to use when retelling the story
POWER POINTS
All about bears- learn about bears in this simple Power Point
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 Tiger who came to Tea story sack resources
The pack includes:
Colourful pictures of the characters in the story- these have been hand drawn by myself and are not the exact pictures from the book
Black and white pictures of the characters in the story 'The Tiger Who Came to Tea' for the children to colour or collage to make a colourful display
A large title banner with tiger print border
A smaller colourful title poster
A number line to 50 on tea cups
An alphabet line on milk bottles
Fact cards about real tigers
Colourful face masks to print and make of the Tiger and other characters in the story
Black and white face masks for the children to decorate
Stick puppets of the characters and props in the story 'The Tiger Who Came to Tea' for the children to retell the story or make up other stories
Various Literacy worksheets for different abilities
Various Maths worksheets for different abilities
A colourful shopping bingo game,
A 'Tiger Who Came to Tea' themed board game to make and play
A colourful tiger print display border- this can be printed as many times as you like to frame a display board of any size
Word flash cards of key words from the story- these are great to display when the children are writing about the story
An A4 word card
Question cards with questions about the story- these are great on a display to promote thinking about the story
The Train Ride story sack resources- Transport
The pack includes:
Display resources
Banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border- a train track border for you to print out as many times as you need to use on a display board of any size
Characters- large coloured pictures of the characters in the story ‘The Train Ride’ to add to your display
Story words- as set of word cards with words relating to the story- great to add to your display or use on your writing area
Story questions- a set of decorated cards with questions about the story
Title poster- a decorative poster with title, author and illustrator on
Photos- colour photos of steam trains- great to add to your displays
Large colour train- create a long train for your wall with engine and carriages
Role play/ story props
Face masks- a set of coloured masks for retelling the story of ‘The Train Ride’ or for making up new stories
Puppets- coloured stick puppets to make
Sequencing pictures- pictures to sequence when retelling the story
Small world background- print out and use as backdrop for your train set
Literacy
A4 word card- an A4 sized card with words and pictures about the story ‘The Train Ride- great to use when writing
A train shaped book to make- on each page the children can complete the sentence ‘I see a…’
Design a ticket- fill in the details on the train ticket
Worksheets- various worksheets including a book review, writing and drawing about a favourite part of the story, matching word to picture, filling in speech bubbles and writing initial sounds
Writing pages- four photocopiable sheets with borders for the children to write about the story or to include in your writing area
Alphabet line- a colourful alphabet line on hot air balloons
Numeracy
Sheep number line- a number line from 0-50 on cute sheep
Worksheets- add the numbers on the train carriages, fill in the missing numbers and count how many objects there are
Power points
The Train Ride- spot all the objects beginning with the letter ‘t’ as the train moves along and then see how many you can remember at the end!
A listening journey- click to hear the sounds on each page and guess what sounds they are
Art and craft
Puppets- colour and make your own puppets for retelling the story
Face masks- colour the face masks
Colouring pictures- various pictures to colour
Cut and assemble the train- cut out the simple train parts and assemble your own train
What do you see out of the window- draw a scene you might see on a train journey
Make a tunnel
Games to make and play
Matching pairs
Colour train bingo
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,
Post Office role play
Included in the pack are:
A large (5 and a hlaf times A4!) post box to print out and put on the wall (or on a box and cut out the post slot),
A 'Post Office sign',
Posters for your post office such as 'Buy your tv licence here',
TV licences, passports, tax disks etc for the children to fill in,
Hats to make for the post master/mistress and post man/woman,
A variety of stamps.
plus lots more!
Outdoor play EYFS
This is a bumper pack enabling you to create or develop your outdoor area to cover the revised 7 areas of Learning.
The pack would be great for nursery settings, school settings and childminders to use to create a stimulating and exciting outdoor area.
The pack includes:
Ideas sheets: A sheet of ideas for each of the revised 7 areas of learning - each sheet has a number of ideas to start you off on your planning for the outdoor area - (you will also be sent the sheets for the current framework of 6 areas).
Planning: Planning sheets for the outdoor area for you to fill in with you planning- included are examples of short term activity plans, medium termweekly plans and long term plans. These are the sheets I have used and can be used as they are or as a starting point for you to create your own sheets for your own setting.
Observations: Observation sheets for the adults to use in the Early Years setting to observe individuals and groups of children.
Box labels: 20 topic box labels
Physical Development
· Tuff spot ideas- A large collection of ideas to use in the tuff spot or in a large tray
· 10 movement and action songs- on decorated A4 cards
· Messy play recipes
· Movement posters
· Movement game
· Target games for use with a beanbag or ball
· Sand area- 12 word cards relating to the sand area- great to discuss and try in the sand
· Water area- 12 word cards relating to the water area
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
· Outdoor rules- A colourful banner to use to create an ‘Outdoor rules’ display
· Outdoor rules
· How many can play- 5 posters showing how many children can play in each area from 2-6 children
· Emotion cards
Communication and Language
· Role play signs
· Face masks- A set of colourful woodland themed face masks- great for role play
· Story telling masks
Puppet show
· Rhyme cards
Literacy
· Alphabet lines
Phoneme display cards- Various colourful phoneme display sets –helicopters, ladybirds and suns. These all have the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds document
· Word wall- The High Frequency Words from the Letters and Sounds document on colourful bricks to create a bright word wall and also on colourful bunches of balloons
· Flower initial sounds game
· Bird letters game
· Name game
· Rhyming game
Expressive Arts and Design
Minibeast rhymes and songs
· Weather songs and rhymes
Colour butterflies
Role play resources
Understanding of the World
Different weather ideas
· Bird spotting
Plus lots more!
Picture alphabet line posters
A colourful picture alphabet line for you to print out and use in your educational setting.
Included is a colour alphabet and also a black and white alphabet which you can colour in yourselves or allow the children to colour to create their own alphabet.
Each letter has a selection of pictures with that initial sound. These cards could be used in your writing area, used to create a colourful display, used as flash cards, for games etc.
The letter cards are approximately A5 size however by altering printer settings you will be able to print them out in whatever size you would like.
The Rainbow Fish story sack resources
This story is a lovely story of friendship which is loved by children and this pack is great for bringing the story and characters to life.
The pack includes:
A large display title banner featuring pictures of fish and other sea creatures
A smaller display title poster
18 sea creature colour pictures including the Rainbow Fish, his friends, the Wise Octopus plus other items to make up an under the sea scene. These pictures are in large A4 size
All of the sea creature drawings in black and white so they can be used for colouring and art activities
A lovely colourful photo pack with 15 photos of fish and other sea creatures
Alphabet fish- each letter on a separate colourful fish
Number fish up to 100- each number on a separate colourful fish
A black and white fish face mask to make
A black and white octopus face mask to make- great for retelling the story or making up new stories
A set of colourful fish face masks of the Rainbow Fish and other colourful fish in the story
A coloured octopus face mask
Large lettering with a bubble pattern spelling 'The Rainbow Fish'
A matching pairs game
Dotted tracing pictures of the Rainbow Fish and the Octopus
Counting cards showing the different sea creatures and numbers
A display border with sea creatures and a bubble design-this can be printed as many times as you need enabling it to fit around a display board of any size
A book information display sheet with pictures and the title and author of the book
A game to collect the coloured scales for your fish with a special die to make
Story words on bubbles
A magnetic fishing game to make with characters from the story- three parts of this are shown at the bottom of the picture as a frieze which would also look great as a backdrop to the water area. When the 4 A4 panels are fixed into a square, the sea creatures can be put inside and 'caught' with a fishing rod
3 black and white colouring scenes
Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the author or publishers of the story, or any related stories or products.
Hansel and Gretel story resource pack- story sack, fairy tales
Hansel and Gretel
The pack includes:
Large characters and story prop pictures from the story of Hansel and Gretel- 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 prop pictures- 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 great to add to a display about Hansel and Gretel or to include in a writing area
A coloured A4 story word card- very useful for the children to use when writing about the story
Black and white pictures of the characters and story props from Hansel and Gretel for the children to colour or collage
Black and white face masks of the characters in the Hansel and Gretel story
A board game based on the story of Hansel and Gretel
Finger puppets to colour and make- great for retelling the story and including in your story sack
Various worksheets about the story of Hansel and Gretel
Question cards to encourage the children to think about the story and what happened in the Hansel and Gretel story
A number line to 50 on biscuit pictures
A matching pairs game to match the biscuit pictures
Bakery role play pack + Five Currant Buns number rhyme pack
A bumper pack full of posters, signs, flashcards, pictures and writing opportunites to set up a role play area of a Bakery.
The pack is great for use in the EYFS and also within KS1 and KS2 enabling you to print out the resources again and again.
The pack includes:
· A long colourful banner for the Bakery
· Posters for the bakery to add names to which show who the bakers are that day
· A number line to 20 on various bakery products
· A decorated open and closed sign for your bakery
· Opening times posters- one with times already added and one to add your own opening times
· Posters including ‘queue here’ and ‘Beware hot oven’
· Flashcards of different products for sale in the bakery with words and pictures
· Small word and picture signs to add to the products for sale
· Large colour pictures of different products for sale
· Large black and white images- great for art work
· Large lettering ‘Bakery’ decorated with images of bakery goods
· A colourful Gingerbread man alphabet line
· A number line to 100 on colourful cupcakes
· Bread posters showing different breads for sale etc
· Birthday cake posters showing different choices
· Equipment and ingredients posters
· Price cards with space to add the price or write your own price according to the ability and age of the children
· Special offer posters
· Wedding cake posters
· Colour photo posters with images of bakery displays and goods in a bakery
· Hats to make- 3 different colourful designs and a black hat to design your own
· A ‘Remember to wash your hands’ poster
· Name badges- colourful badges to write the staff names on
Opportunities for writing and mark making:
· A birthday cake order form
· Ingredients order form
· A colour and black and white customer order form with all of the bakery goods
· Decorated shopping lists
· Wedding cake order forms
· Decorated phone messages and note paper
· Blank special offer posters for you to write the offers for that day
· Decorated receipts to write
The posters, signs and pictures will create a motivating and colourful role play area in your setting which will encourage the children to further their vocabulary and language and encourage writing for different purposes.
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!
Chinese Restaurant and Takeaway role play pack
Chinese Restaurant and Takeaway
A bumper resource for setting up a colourful role play area of a Chinese restaurant and/or takeaway.
The pack includes:
Banner- A long banner for your restaurant- this is provided in Sasson Primary Infant font and also in Chinese style writing
Posters- Open and closed signs for your restaurant
Opening times- An opening times poster
Food posters- 10 colourful pictures of different foods to buy in the restaurant
Price posters- Each showing a different colourful picture of Chinese food and space to write the price
Menus- Various menus in colour and black and white for your restaurant
Hats- 3 different hats to make for the restaurant staff to wear
Badges- Name badges to make for the staff to wear
Welcome- A long ‘Welcome’ with Chinese style writing
Today’s special- A poster with Chinese style writing to write in that days special meal
Restaurant posters- 'Wait here to be seated' and 'Thank you for your custom'
Poster- A poster for the restaurant Kitchen area
Clock- A themed clock to laminate and either draw the hands on or add clock hands using a split pin
Colour lanterns- Colourful lanterns to hang in the restaurant area- each lantern is a different colour and has colour labels to add if you want to
Number line- A number line to 20 on food bowls
Table numbers- Table numbers up to 10 to display on the restaurant tables with Chinese style writing
Order forms- Printable order forms for the restaurant and takeaway
Colouring mats- Colouring mats to use in the restaurant- these could also be coloured and used as posters in the restaurant
Message pads- Message pads and telephone message pads to make decorated with Chinese lanterns
Takeaway opening poster- a poster showing the opening times of the Chinese Takeaway
Bundle
Growing plants bundle plus Garden Centre role play
A bumper topic pack for Growing, a fun role play pack to create your own Garden Centre and two complete story activity packs.