Buzzy Bee Maths and Literacy games A collection of 8 fun games for you to print out and play Literacy games: 1-Find the picture- Turn over the letter card and cover the intial letter sound picture on your bee hive. 2-Rhyming bees- Find the two cards that rhyme- how many pairs can you find? 3-CVC words- Turn over a bee picture card and cover the CVC word on your card- can you find all the words first? 4-Flower garden letters- Move across the flower garden game board and say the sound you land on. The winner is the first person to reach the bee hive. There is also a version of this game to say the initial sound of the picture you land on. Maths games: 1-Make a bee- Roll a die and collect the numbered part of your bee. Can you complete your bee first? 2-Add the numbers- Roll two dice and add the numbers together. Find the number on your game board and cover the number. The winner is the person who covers all their bees first. 3-Count the bees- Choose a bee card and count how many bees. Cover the number on your bee card. The winner is the person to cover all their numbers first. 4-Race to bee hive- Roll the die and move across the flower garden. Can you reach the bee hive first? Each game is supplied with full instructions and further ideas for using the materials. Each game is supplied in full colour and also in black and white so it can be printed out more economically and also photocopied to be sent home with the children.

A colourful set of phonics fish-great for displays, flashcards, games etc on CD This is a great set on CD of colourful fish each with a letter of the alphabet or grapheme as taught in the Letters and Sounds teaching programme. These would make a great display for your classroom or water area. Alternatively they could be used as flashcards when teaching the sounds. The fish could also be used for various games such as magnetic fishing games, matching pairs etc. The fish are also provided in black and white on the CD so they can be coloured by yourself or by the children. The font used on the fish is Sassoon Primary Infant which is widely used in Primary schools. The fish are saved as PDF files and can be opened using Adobe Acrobat Reader which is available for free from their website or is probably already on your computer.

A fun pack of resources for you to print out and use to create a role play area of a Space rocket. This pack is also included in my bumper Space pack. The pack includes: · Large banner for your role play area · Astronaut masks in colour and black and white · Alien masks in colour and black and white · Posters- lots of posters for the role play area including warning signs, today’s captain, today’s astronauts etc. · Control panel pieces- lots of colourful parts of the rocket control panel- dials, signs, levers etc · Log book- a log book cover in colour and also in black and white and pages to use in the book for the children to record what they did and saw on the space trip · Space rocket checklist · Badges for the space crew to wear · ID badges for the space crew to fill in and use in their play · Alien stick puppets to make · Rocket fuel guage- a large guage to make and warning posters to display when they are low on fuel!

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

Phoneme bunting sets Four colourful sets of Phoneme 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 All of the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds scheme on colourful star flags Set 2 Bunting flags with phonemes and a picture on each flag Set 3 To be made double sided or displayed side by side- the flags have the phoneme on one and a picture and word with the phoneme highlighted on the other Set 4 To be made double sided or displayed side by side- using the phoneme flags from set 3 and the additional flags which have two pictures which contain the phoneme

Caterpillar Maths and Literacy games A collection of 8 fun games with a cute caterpillar theme for you to print out and play Literacy games: 1-Cover your caterpillar- Roll the special picture or letter die and cover the letter on your caterpillar. This game can be played to identify initial sounds of pictures or to recognise letters. There are four different version of the game for different letters. 2-Match the CVC word- Choose a caterpillar and a leaf card- if the CVC word matches the picture you keep the pair. How many matching pairs can you find? 3-I spy- A version of Bingo to find the initial letter sound pictures. 4-Find the letter- Spin the Caterpillar spinner and find the letter on your sheet. Will you be the first to trace all of your letters? There are four version of this game for different sets of letters. Maths games: 1-Make a caterpillar- Roll the special die and add or take away a circle of your caterpillar. Be the first to make your caterpillar but watch out because someone may take a piece of your caterpillar! 2-How many caterpillars- Roll the die and find the number card. Count how many caterpillars you have found on the leaf. The winner is the person who has found the most caterpillars! 3-Add two numbers- Roll two dice and add the numbers together- can you cover all the numbered leaves on your board first? 4-Missing numbers- Be the first to find all the missing numbers on your long caterpillar. Each game is supplied with full instructions and further ideas for using the materials. Each game is supplied in full colour and also in black and white so it can be printed out more economically and also photocopied to be sent home with the children.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears story resources The pack includes: Large characters and story props pictures- great for displays or for laminating and adding velcro to the back to use on flannel boards Small characters and story props pictures with A4 sized playboard- great for individual table top play and also great to laminate and keep with the book or in a story sack Story word cards- great for use in the childrens writing Sentence cards to sequence of the story Black and white pictures of the characters and story props for the children to colour Black and white and colour face masks of the Three Bears and Goldilocks- great for retelling of the story and for use in outdoor play Goldilocks and the Three Bears themed picture dominoes game A lovely bingo game with pictures for the story A matching pairs game Photos of real bears- great for display and discussion Plus many other resources.

A bumper pack of resource for Easter and Spring including: Photo packs for Easter and spring Lots of things to make including masks, Easter baskets, puppets and bookmarks Colouring pages Easter rhymes and songs with props for singing Maths resources including activities, worksheets, number lines, matching activities Literacy resources including worksheets, alphabet lines, phoneme eggs and writing mats Display materials Religious resources including a Powerpoint of the Easter story, worksheets and pictures for sequencing and posters Lots of games and activities

Three colourful dominoes games Each set of dominoes has a different coloured border to help you put them back into the correct set although the sets could be mixed to make different dominoes games or ones with more domino pieces. One set of dominoes has the letters in alphabetical order and the other two have the letters in a mixed order. Each domino set has a different set of initial sound pictures used on them. Each domino has the initial letter sound and a coloured picture. The game is played in the conventional way with the children placing a domino piece which has a matching sound or picture next to the one already played. The domino pieces are sized six to an A4 page but by altering printer settings prior to printing you could print them larger or smaller.

A great resource pack to accompany the lovely children’s book ‘The Winter Hedgehog' by Ann and Reg Cartwright. Also includes resources about hibernation. The pack includes: Display resources: Banner- a long colourful display banner Display borders A4 word card Story words- decorated words relating to the story Question cards Fact cards- about hibernation and different animals that hibernate Title page Hibernation words Hibernation banner Photos- of different winter scenes Numeracy resources: Number line on hedgehogs Size hedgehogs- order the different hedgehogs in size order Counting worksheets- a version for numbers up to 5 and for up to 10 Dice game- roll 1 or 2 dice and colour the correct numbered spike on your hedgehog Snowflake symmetry Missing number worksheets Role play/ story props Face masks- coloured masks of the hedgehog and the other animals Story props- large coloured pictures to use when retelling the story Puppets Powerpoints Hedgehogs- find out different facts about hedgehogs Winter- what happens in winter and what can we do? Hibernation- find out about different animal that hibernate over Winter Literacy resources Snowflake alphabet Book review Worksheets-various worksheets about the story, Winter and the characters Word searches Writing pages- various pages to photocopy for the children to write and colour in the borders Writing sheets Hibernation worksheets Worksheets- Signs of Autumn, Winter and Spring worksheets Acrostic poem Art and crafts Animal paw prints- use the cards to copy the paw prints in the sand tray or in the snow Tracing picture Colouring worksheets Winter scene worksheet Animal puppets to make Animal masks- black and white masks of the different animals in the story Games Bingo- a colourful picture bingo game Snowman building game- throw the die and collect the different parts of your snowman Hibernation game- throw a die and turn over a card to see how many hedgehogs are hibernating under the pile of leaves 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.

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.

This pack has lots of activities to use with the book ‘Chrysanthemum’ by Kevin Henkes. The activities will extend the story for the students and also let them think about their own name with various worksheets. The pack includes: 1-Story map worksheet 2-Character traits worksheets for Chrysanthemum and Victoria 3-Colour photographs of Chrysanthemum flowers for your bulletin board or discussion 4-A Chrysanthemum themed writing page 5-My favorite part of the story worksheet 6-Flower craft activity- three different Chrysanthemum flowers to cut out and layer 7-Graphic organizers about the story 8-My first day at school worksheet for the students to draw and write about their first day 9-My first day feelings- draw and write about how they felt on their first day 10-My friends- two fun worksheets for the children to find others in their class with different qualities 11-Name worksheets- three different worksheets for children to think about their name and how many letters etc there are and also a worksheet 'All about me’ 12-Sentences about Chrysanthemum 13-The alphabet- trace over the letters in the alphabet and then circle the letters in their name 14-This is me- a worksheet for children to draw a picture of themselves and then think of some words to describe themselves 15-Venn diagram- compare and contrast the characters Chrysanthemum and Victoria 16-Word search

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 colourful set of Grapheme posters for you to print and use with your children during literacy or for use on displays. Great for Early years teachers, nursery teachers, special needs teachers, childminders and parents to use with their children. This set of grapheme posters has been produced using the graphemes taught in the Letters and Sounds scheme. There are a total of 69 posters to print and use (separate cards for f and ff etc). Each poster has 2 or 3 colourful pictures to represent that sound, and the word with the grapheme highlighted in red. The posters are organised in files for each of the Letters and Sounds phases in which they are taught making them very easy to access and use. Each poster is approximately A4 in size although they could be printed larger or smaller by altering print settings before printing.

This is a bumper pack on disk with loads of resources for Literacy and phonics games outdoors. The pack would be great for nursery settings, school settings and childminders to use for exciting Literacy activities in the outdoor area. Also great for Literacy games in the classroom. The pack includes: 40 A5 sized task/ activity cards - each with the area of Literacy covered in that activity such as alphabetical order, reading cvc words, letter recognition ect, the resources needed for that activity and the activity in detail. The cards also have space for you to write further notes such as the stepping stones/ specific learning objectives, focus children for the activity etc. Also in the pack are all the resources you will need to print out and use with activity cards such as: Large CVC dice to make Letter spinners for playing the games Large rainbow lower case letters of the alphabet A large colourful alphabetical order snake to make Upper and lower case letter socks CVC cards and pictures Various letter and phoneme cards A CVC bingo game Large colourful human and monster alphabet footprints Games to play Plus lots lots more!

There was an old lady who swallowed a bell is a perfect story for Christmas! This pack is full of retelling activities, craftivities, writing activities plus a set of colored sequence cards. The activities included are: A set of 14 coloured pictures for sequencing the story- these can all be used or for younger children just a few of the main picture cards can be used Comprehension worksheet A set of comprehension question cards to choose the correct answer from a choice of two Worksheet- colour the things the old lady swallowed and put a cross through the things she didn’t swallow Craftivity- assemble the parts and fill in a choice of two sentences Cut and paste worksheet of what the old lady ate Craftivity- cut out the old lady and feed her the picture cards in order- the face can be pasted onto a box and the mouth cut out Writing sheets- 8 different worksheet to list five things the old lady ate such as five things that are green, five things that begin with ‘b’. Plus a blank version of the worksheet Missing word worksheet to complete the sentences with the words listed at the bottom of the page A Question worksheet A story retelling worksheet to write four main parts of the story Sentence scramble pack which can be used for activities or a literacy center with words to sequence and three worksheets to cut and stick the words to make the sentences A cut and paste story sequence worksheet Simple picture cards to sequence for the story