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Literacy for early years
70 Phonics flash cards- Letters and Sounds Literacy phases 1-6
This pack contains 69 flashcards of sounds taught in the Letters and Sounds scheme.
Each card is A4 sized so could be displayed as a colourful poster but can easily be printed in A5 or A6 size to make flash cards or for cards to use at home for revision.
Each card has the sound, 2-3 pictures with words and 6 further words, each with the sound highlighted.
The second filehas all of the sounds so can be used as a poster or revision/ assessment page.
Theatre role play pack
This pack can be used to set up a role play area of a theatre - a great pack to encourage speaking and listening!
Contents in the pack:
Large letters that spell ‘Theatre’
Large colourful ‘Theatre’ banner
Posters that the children can fill in showing the times the performances and shows start, what the performance will be and also who actors in that days performance are
Templates to make simple masks
Posters showing the refreshments available, also large coloured pictures of drinks and popcorn,
A coloured and a black and white 3D popcorn box to make- this can be filled with pretend ‘popcorn’ or left empty
Price posters and posters showing the seating places for the theatre
Booking forms and forms to order more refreshments- both are great for encouraging writing in the role play area
A5 cards showing the different things in the theatre - each with word and picture- eg.ticket office, lights, costumes etc
Lots of different signs for your theatre such as ‘NO SMOKING’, toilet signs, emergency exit signs, dressing room signs, entrance and exit etc
Tickets which the children can pretend to sell for the puppet show and the theatre
A 3D ticket holder to make which can be made to hang around the sellers neck,
Number for the seats in the theatre
Plus lots more!
Seaside shop role play pack
The pack includes:
A colourful 'Seaside shop' banner with small pictures of the things for sale in the shop,
Large colour pictures of the things for sale in the shop such as spades, buckets, inflatable boats, sun cream etc,
Large black and white pictures of the things in the shop -great for art work or collage work,
Posters decorated with small pictures of seaside related items- open/ closed, opening times plus a blank opening times poster for you to fill in your own opening times,
Posters advertising the seaside goods and posters to add your special offers on,
Labels with each picture and the name of it on,
Lots of different colourful posters to decorate your seaside shop- posters to warn the customers about the flags on the beach, posters to tell people when they can take dogs on the beach and posters advertising events such as rock pooling and seaside competitions,
Lots of forms to encourage writing such as order forms, telephone messages, jobs to do,
A number line to 30 on seaside themed pictures,
Posters to remind customers to be safe in the sun and what they need to buy to be protected in the sun.
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
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 Winter Hedgehog story resource pack- powerpoints, games, literacy, numeracy
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.
Aliens Love Underpants story resource pack
An engaging for the story ‘Aliens love Underpants’ by Claire Freedman. The unit includes worksheets, games, display materials, craft activities and sequencing activities.
Includes:
DISPLAY:
Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border- two colourful themed borders to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Word cards- words on spaceships relating to the story
Word and picture flashcards- colourful cards to add to a display or writing area
Underpant colours- coloured underpants each with the colour name on
Alien posters- a set of colourful posters showing different aliens
LITERACY:
A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story
Underpants alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on colourful underpants
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 aliens are saying
Word searches- two word searches with words from the story to find
Worksheets- a collection of worksheets about the story
MATHS:
Alien number line- a number line to 50 on colourful aliens
Missing number worksheets- fill in the missing numbers on the underpants plus a blank worksheet so you can differentiate
Size ordering worksheets- order the underpants and aliens by size- in colour and also black and white
Counting worksheets- count the number of aliens and the underpants on the washing line
GAMES:
Matching pairs- match the underpants with the same patterns
Build an alien- roll a die and collect a part of your alien- how many aliens can you make?
Washing line game- find the missing number underpants to hang on your washing line
Dominoes- a number dominoes game to make and play
ARTS AND CRAFTS:
Design some underpants- draw a pattern on the underpants
Split pin aliens- cut and assemble some aliens
Tracing sheets- trace the patterns on the underpants and trace over the dotted lines on the aliens
Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppet aliens
Spaceship design- design a new spaceship for the aliens
Face masks- colour and decorate the alien face masks
Play dough mats- make the correct number of underpants for the washing line or make the patterns on the underpants
Colouring- a collection of colouring worksheets
STORY TELLING:
Sequence pictures- a set of coloured pictures to use when retelling the story
Face masks- a set of coloured alien face masks to use when retelling the story or making up new stories
Stick puppets- coloured stick puppets 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.
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.
Sweet shop role play
Sweet shop role play
This pack can be used to set up an exciting Sweet shop role play area -also a great idea for Maths work and counting!
Includes:
Large (A4 sized) coloured pictures of different sweets-great for a background display
A5 sized pictures of the different sweets
A5 sized cards showing the different sweets 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
4 different Sweet shop seller hats to make to use in the role play area
A large title ‘Sweet Shop’ sign with small pictures of sweets around it
Sweets in different colours with the colour name on them- great for your sweet shop or art area!
Chocolate bar wrappers to colour in and wrap around pieces of card to make your own pretend bars of chocolate for the shop
A number line up to 50 with each number on a different sweet- makes a lovely colourful number line for anywhere in the classroom
Special offer posters
Labels to colour and stick onto sweet jars
Order forms
Note paper and telephone message paper decorated with small pictures of sweets
Large black and white pictures of lots of different sweets for the children to colour and decorate in whatever way to decorate your sweet shop
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
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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.
Gingerbread Man themed literacy and maths games- CVC, counting, addition, letters and sounds
Gingerbread Man
Maths and Literacy games
A collection of 8 fun games with a cute Gingerbread Man theme for you to print out and play
Literacy games:
1-Match the letters- Turn over two Gingerbread Man cards to match the lower and upper case letters. The game could also be played to match lower case letters together or upper case letters together.
2-Make the CVC word- Find the Gingerbread Man letters you need to make the word on your plate- how many plates can you fill?
3-Gingerbread Man bingo- Find all the Gingerbread Man letters on your bingo board the first to be the winner!
4-Gingerbread Man skittles- Cut out and make these cute Gingerbread Man letter skittles to knock down with a ball- various games can be played to identify letters, find initial sounds, make CVC words etc. Lots of ideas are included on the instruction and ideas card.
Maths games:
1-Make a Gingerbread Man- Roll a die and collect the numbered part of your Gingerbread Man. How many Gingerbread Men can you make?
2-Colour the Gingerbread Man- Roll a die and find the number on your sheet. Can you be the first person to colour all your Gingerbread Men?
3-Add the numbers- Roll two dice and add the numbers together- can you cover all the numbered Gingerbread Men on your board first?
4-Stepping stones- Move your Gingerbread Man across the stepping stones to be the first to reach the other side. If you fall in the water you have to start again!
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.
Grapheme display posters- Letters and Sounds
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.
Dear Father Christmas story resource pack- letter writing, activities, games
Dear Father Christmas
A delightful story for Christmas about the letters from a little girl to Father Christmas and the replies from him.
The pack includes:
A long title banner with pictures of Father Christmas and the elves
Word cards with words relating to the story and Father Christmas
A large picture of Father Christmas in his sleigh and the reindeers to cut out and make into a large picture with the reindeer pulling the sleigh
Question cards with questions relating to the story and pictures of Father Christmas
Colour pictures of Father Christmas, his sleigh, the elves and reindeer
A collection of colouring pictures and posters
A collection of Christmas wintery houses and trees to make into a lovely village scene display
Display words for writing letters- great for Christmas letter writing
An Advent calendar to make
A matching pairs game to collect the matching coloured stockings
Letter writing templates for writing your letter to Father Christmas
An alphabet line on patterned envelopes
Face masks in colour and black and white of Father Christmas, elves and reindeer
A number line to 50 on cute elves
A worksheet to draw Erol the elf
A worksheet to decorate the Christmas tree
Design a decoration to hang on the Christmas tree
A collection of decorations to cut out and colour which you can then hang on the Christmas tree
A game to spin the spinner and collect the coloured presents
Posters of all the reindeer and their names
A worksheet to decorate the sleigh and draw some presents for Father Christmas to deliver
A worksheet to design a ticket for a sleigh ride
A colourful bingo game with a Christmas theme
Various maths worksheets to count the number of presents, fill in the missing numbers and order the numbered stockings
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 House for Hermit Crab story resource pack
An engaging pack for the story ‘A House for Hermit Crab’ by Eric Carle. The pack includes worksheets, display materials, games, activities and crafts and is great to include in a sea life or seaside unit.
The pack includes:
A long colourful display banner
A display border with colourful Hermit crabs
An A4 word card to use when writing about the story and sea creatures
A title poster for display
Word and picture cards of the different sea creatures in the story
Word cards with words relating to the story on sea shells
Sea creature flash cards
Sea creature fact cards with simple facts about the sea creatures in the story
Tracing pattern worksheets
Match the label to the correct sea creature worksheet
Colour photographs of different sea creatures and underwater scenes- great for discussion and displays
Design a new house for Hermit crab worksheet
Label the sea creatures worksheets
A Hermit crab fact book to make and complete
Fact posters about Hermit crabs with colour photographs
Sequencing picture cards for the story
Cut and paste sequence worksheet
What happens next worksheets
My favourite part of the story worksheet
Comparing my house to Hermit crabs house worksheet- with different version for different abilities
Cut and paste the months of the year with pictures of the corresponding sea creature
Month cards for display with corresponding sea creatures
Beginning, middle and end worksheet
Count the different sea creatures on the shell worksheets
An alphabet line on Hermit crabs
A number line to 30 on different sea creatures
A crab face mask to make- in colour and black and white
Writing paper with themed borders
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.
Oliver's Fruit Salad story sack resources
The pack includes:
Display resources
Banner
Display border
Characters- large coloured pictures of the characters in the story ‘Oliver’s Fruit Salad’ to add to your display
Story words
Story questions
Posters- a set of posters showing the fruit name and picture
Oliver’s fruit photos- a lovely set of photos showing the different fruit that Oliver used for his fruit salad
Other fruit photos- a set of 20 photo posters showing other fruit that could be included in a fruit salad and also some unusual fruits
Title poster- a colourful poster with the title, authors name and illustrators’ name
Fruit descriptive words- a set of word cards with a fruit border with words the children can use to describe different fruits and also blank cards for you to add your own words
Role play/ story props
Face masks
Puppets
Sequencing pictures
Story props
Literacy
A4 word card- an A4 sized card with words and pictures about the story ‘Oliver’s Fruit Salad’- great to use when writing
Fruit alphabet line
Worksheets- various worksheets including speech bubbles, matching words to pictures, writing the initial sounds of different fruits, writing words to describe different fruits, fruit salad instruction writing and fruits I like and dislike
Writing pages- four photocopiable sheets with borders for the children to write about the story or to include in your writing area
Word searches
Five a day- a worksheet for the children to draw and write about the fruit and vegetables they have eaten each day to make their ‘five a day’
Story sack label
Shopping list worksheet
Shopping list templates- decorated templates to write your own shopping lists
Numeracy
Jam number line- create a long number line for your classroom on strawberry and blackcurrant jam pots
Number rhyme pack 1- ‘Five currant bun s with a cherry on top’- contains rhyme card, singing props and face masks
Number rhyme pack 2- ‘Way up high in the apple tree’- contains rhyme card, singing props and face masks
Addition sums on fruits- great to make a number display
Counting cards
Counting mat
Power points
Story questions
Guess the fruits
Counting Power point- count the number of objects on each page and click on the correct answer
Art and craft
Puppets
Face masks
Colouring pictures
Colouring posters
Cut and stick the fruits
Draw and describe
Design a fruit salad
Games to make and play
Matching pairs
Dice game
Shopping trolley game- collect the fruits shown in your shopping trolley
Fruit 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.
Jungle Explorers role play pack
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
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
Autumn / Fall Maths and Literacy activity centers
This Maths and Literacy center pack is perfect for Autumn / Fall with themes of leaves, pumpkins etc.
There are 9 centers included- 4 for Maths, and 5 for Literacy.
Repeating patterns- make repeating patterns using the colored Fall themed picture cards and then use the recording sheets to draw your patterns or use on of the three cut and paste sheets to continue the patterns.
Count and clip- count and the Fall pictures up to ten and clip with a paperclip or peg. There is a recording sheet to write the number and fill in a ten frame.
Math match- complete the jigsaws with a number pumpkin, ten frame and tally complete with a recording sheet.
Number ordering- Order the numbered Fall leaves and then complete the recording sheet to cut and stick numbers 1-10 in order or 1-5.
Lower and upper case matching- match the leaves with upper case letters and lower case letters plus a recording sheet to record some of the matches.
Rhyming pumpkins- 24 sets of rhyming pairs with pictures on pumpkins. There are two recording sheets for students to draw their rhyming pairs and four sheets to cut and paste with two difficulties.
Word family sorting- sort the apples onto the trees with word families _at, _en, _ip, _og, _ug, _an. There are three recording sheets each with 2 word families on each to write the words and six recording sheets which each cover a word family for the students to cut and paste the apples.
Initial sounds- Three sets of Fall themed picture cards for students to choose a card and trace the initial sound letter on the apple tree.
Sentence scramble- Six sets of sentence cards to rearrange to make the sentence and a recording sheet for each sentence to cut and paste the words and then copy the sentence.
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.
The Jolly Postman story resource pack
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 Biggest Apple Ever - Book Companion, Sequencing and Science
This book companion is based on the book ‘The Biggest Apple Ever’ by Steven Kroll which is a great story for Fall and Halloween.
This engaging pack includes worksheets, games, crafts, story sequencing activities and Science activities.
The pack contains:
Beginning, middle and end organizer
Character posters- these are great for bulletin boards to add adjectives about each character
Character traits worksheets about Clayton and Desmond
Graphic organizers
My favorite part of the story- draw and write
Retell the story- two versions of writing/drawing worksheets
Sequence pictures in color and blackline
Sequence the story cut and paste
True or False- read the statements about the story and color the true and false ones
What happens next- two worksheets to draw and write
Venn diagram comparisons- compare Clayton and Desmond and their ideas
Literacy Centre- ABC order with two levels of difficulty
Instructional writing- ‘How to make apple pie’ - drawing and writing activity
Science:
Apple investigation worksheet
Label the apple- help Clayton and Desmond to label the apple- two versions
My facts about apples- write some facts about apples
Emergent reader book- The apple - a book about the life cycle of an apple