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Literacy for early years
Phonics phase 1 resources- Letters and Sounds activity pack
A bumper set of easy to use activities and resources.
The set is easy to use with activities for each Aspect of Phase 1 Phonics as in the Letters and Sounds scheme.
Each activity has clear instructions and some have extra ideas for using the resources.
Aspect 1
Describe and find it- 6 sets of colourful picture cards for the activity
Enlivening stories- rhyme cards for two rhymes with masks and props
Favourite sounds- coloured photos for the activity
Listening walk- coloured pictures of sounds to hear inside and outside and a sheet with a template for making large 'listening' ears
Old Macdonald had a farm- song sheet and coloured picture cards
Aspect 2
Animal sounds-14 coloured animal pictures
Getting to know the instruments- rhyme card
New words to old songs
Which instrument- instructions, 5 coloured pictures of musical instruments and an illustrated song card with the song 'I am the music man'
Aspect 3
Action songs- instructions and 4 illustrated song cards with action songs to learn and sing
Follow the sound- instructions for the activity
Noisy neighbour- instructions and 5 photos for the activity
Sound songs- instructions and 2 song cards
Aspect 4
Odd one out- instructions and 10 sets of coloured pictures to find the odd one out
Our favourite rhymes- instructions and 12 coloured pictures to represent different rhymes and songs
Playing with words- instructions and 24 coloured pictures for the activity
Rhyming bingo- instructions and coloured bingo playing boards with coloured pictures for the game
Rhyming pairs- instructions and 15 pairs of rhyming pictures
Rhyming soup- instructions with the rhyme to sing and 16 coloured pictures for the game
Aspect 5
Digging for treasure- instructions and 6 sets of pictures for the activity
Making aliens- instructions, worksheet and 4 coloured pictures of aliens for the activity
Bertha goes to the zoo- instructions and 4 different versions of the acitivity
Musical corners- instructions and 4 sets of picture cards
Our sound box- instructions and 10 sets of coloured pictures
Silly soup- instructions and 10 sets of pictures for the activity
Aspect 6
Voice sounds- instructions and illustrated sound cards
Making trumpets- instructions, coloured pictures and a sound horn to make
Metal Mike- instructions, a large robot picture and pictures of CVC, CCVC and CVCC words
Give me a sound- instructions and illustrated sound cards
Animal face masks- a set of 7 black and white animal face masks
Aspect 7
Toy talk- instructions for the activity
Which one- instructions and 10 coloured pictures
I Spy- instructions, 15 picture cards and ideas for an extension activity
Say the sounds- instructions and 15 picture cards
Percy the Park Keeper story resource pack
The pack includes:
Display banner- a long colourful banner for your displays
Display border
Animal photos- a collection of coloured photos of the animals in the story
Title poster- a colourful A4 poster
Story words
Park photos
Character pictures
Large leaves- coloured leaves to add to your displays
Animal fact cards- fact cards about the different animals in the story
Animal footprints- flash cards showing the different footprints of the animals in the story- great for discussion, identifying footprints found and recreating the prints in the sand tray
Acorn alphabet- an alphabet line on acorns
Autumn leaves alphabet
Large Autumn themed letters- a complete alphabet with both lower and upper case letters
Favourite part of the story worksheet- draw and write about your favourite part
Wordsearch- find the hidden Percy words
Speech bubble worksheet- fill in the speech bubbles of the characters
Favourite story and animal worksheet- draw or write about your favourite part of the story and your favourite animal
Matching worksheet- match the animal pictures to their names
Describing worksheet- think of some words to describe the animals
Acorn number line- a number line from 0-50
Animals number line- a number line from 0-50 on the different animals in the story
Addition worksheets- 2 differentiated worksheets to add the numbers on the acorns
Subtraction worksheets- 2 differentiated worksheets to subtract the numbers on the acorns
Counting worksheets- 2 differentiated worksheets to count the animals
Missing number worksheets- 2 differentiated worksheets tofill in the missing numbers on the animals
Songs and rhymes- a collection of themed songs and rhymes to learn
Face masks- black and white face masks to make of Percy and the animals
Colouring sheets- a collection of colouring sheets
Large characters- large pictures of Percy and the animals- great for collage and art work
Large leaves- black and white outlines of some different leave
Percy's tools- black and white pictures of some of the tools which Percy uses
'Welcome to Percy's Hut' sign- a long banner
Character flashcards
Face masks- colour face masks of Percy and the animals
Percy's hut- a coloured and black and white picture of Percy's hut
Percy's tools- coloured pictures of some of the tools which Percy uses
Board game- a Percy themed board game to make and play
Matching pairs- find the matching pairs or use the cards for a game of 'snap'
Bingo- a picture bingo game
Picture dominoes
Pictures of Percy and the animals in 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.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear story resource pack- colours, animals
This pack is designed to be used with the story ‘Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?’ which is a lovely story about colours and is great for use in the Early Years.
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- An A4 sized poster
Picture flashcards- Flashcards with words and pictures
Colour labels- labels of the different colours in the correct coloured text
Colour face masks
Colour puppets- make your own stick puppets of the animals
Large mural- a long colourful mural to print out onto which the animals and children can be added
An A4 word card with pictures- great to use when writing about the story
Speech bubbles worksheets- worksheets with each animal and a speech bubble- great to encourage early writing
Alphabet line- an alphabet line on children
Writing sheets- various sheets with borders to use for writing activities or in the writing area
Initial sound worksheets- write the initial sound of the animals below the pictures, match the initial sound to the correct picture and cut and match the animal to the animal name
My favourite animal worksheet- children can draw and write a sentence about their favourite animal from the book
What do you see, hear worksheet- a worksheet for children to think about the senses and draw or write about what they can see, hear, feel, touch and taste
Matching worksheet- match the animal to the correct colour name
A number line- a number line on animals
Counting cards up to 10
Number worksheets
Sorting pictures- sort the pictures according to the number of legs
Dot to dot worksheets-with numbers to 10, 20 and 30
My number book- make a number book by drawing the correct number of animals on each page
Stick puppets- make your own character stick puppets for retelling the story
Colouring worksheet- read the colour names on the bears and colour them in
Face masks to colour
Colour worksheet- different worksheets for each colour
Tracing pictures- trace over the dotty lines and colour
Cut and make the animals- four puzzles for the children to cut out the animal parts and reassemble to make the animal
Colouring pictures- pictures of the animals to colour
Colour hunt- find and draw some things of different colours
Make a colour wheel
Colour collecting game- collect the pictures of the same colour as your game board
Animal bingo- a colourful game to collect the animals from 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.
Winnie the Witch story resource pack- Halloween
This pack is designed to be used with the stories about ‘Winnie the Witch' and is a great pack to as Halloween.
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border- a themed display border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Word cards- words on stars relating to the story
Large coloured pictures- large character pictures to print out and use on a display
Question cards- questions on decorated cards about the story to use as prompts or to add to a display
Display lettering- an alternative display title with large letters decorated with rainbow stars
Colours posters- A4 posters of Wilbur the cat in different colours with the colour name
LITERACY
Wilbur alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on different coloured Wilburs
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- a search with words from the story to find
Favourite part if the story- draw and write about your favourite part of the story
Write a spell- A cauldron worksheet to write a new spell for Winnie the Witch
NUMERACY
Witches hat number line- a number line to 50 on colourful witches’ hats
Size ordering- cut and order the magic wands by length
Counting cards- count the pictures from 1-10
Counting worksheets- Count the different pictures on each page
GAMES
Matching pairs- match the pictures to play matching pairs or snap
Picture bingo- cover the different colour Wilburs
Find Wilbur- a collection of coloured cats to hide and find in the outside area or indoors
ACTIVITIES
Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppets
Face masks- colour and decorate the face masks of Winnie the Witch and Wilbur the cat
Colouring- colouring worksheets
Design an outfit- design a new multi-coloured outfit for Winnie the Witch
Design a hat- design your own witches hat
Make a wand- colour and make your own witches wand
STORY TELLING
Face masks- 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- two different tags to add to your story telling sack
Story props- large coloured props 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.
Where the Wild Things are story resource pack
The pack includes:
DISPLAY BANNER- Large display title 'Where the wild things are' with pictures from the story
DISPLAY BORDER- A display border with pictures of different leaves- this can be printed as many times as you need for a display board of any size
DISPLAY PICTURES- Drawings of the characters in the book and some 'Wild things' and also Max's boat and crown and lots of different plants and trees so you can create a great scene (these are not printed from the book but have been hand drawn by myself)- these are in black and white and colour and in two different sizes
MATCHING PAIRS GAME CARDS- Colour cards with different pictures from the story- these can be used for matching pairs games, snap games or any other games you want to make up
COLOURING PICTURES- Some colouring sheets showing different scenes and characters (again these are using the characters I have drawn myself and are not exact scenes as shown in the book)
WORD CARDS- Words from the story - these are great for including in a display or for use in a writing area
WORD CARD- An A4 decorated word card-great for writing about the story or for display in the writing area
QUESTION CARDS FOR DISPLAY- Questions about the story 'Where the Wild Things are' on decorated cards
BOOK POSTER- An A4 poster with the title, author and illustrator information on
VARIOUS WORKSHEETS- Worksheets relating to the story
MAX'S CROWN TO MAKE- A crown to cut out and make
STICK PUPPET- A stick puppet of Max to make and a worksheet with prompts to help children design their own 'Wild thing' stick puppet
GAME- A 'Wild thing' game- roll the dice and draw different parts of your 'wild thing' to create different wild thing characters
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.
The Biggest Pumpkin Ever story resource pack- Halloween, Autumn
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.
Diwali activities- Maths and Literacy, games
This pack is perfect for teaching your children about the Hindu festival of Diwali.
There are two emergent reader books for different abilities- the easier version has 7 pages and slightly more difficult version has 9 pages.
There are a variety of activities which can be used as Maths and Literacy including:
Cut and paste numbered diya lamps from 1-5 and 1-10.
Roll and colour diya lamp sheets to use with one die for number recognition (or counting if using a dotty die) to 6 and colouring sheets to use for adding the numbers on two dice together.
Missing number cards which can be laminated and used with dry-wipe pens or the students can copy the sequence in their books. There are 20 different cards with numbers up to 20. There are also number cards to 20 on coloured diya lamps which can be placed on the missing numbers on the cards or can be used as a separate center to order the numbers.
Diya lamp size ordering cut and paste sheet.
Write the room- 8 colored Diwali cards to find and write the words and also blank cards to make your own version.
Make the sentences- cut and paste the beginning and end of the sentences to make 4 sentences.
Sentence scramble- coloured cards to make the 4 sentences and four cut and paste sheets to make and write the sentence.
Also included are the following activities:
A Diwali acrostic poem sheet
Comparing celebrations sheet for writing or drawing
Diwali facts sheet- two versions of this
Two Diwali themed word searches
A missing word sheet for Diwali
A set of 6 Rangoli patterns to trace and color
A colorful Rangoli matching pairs game
Four different page borders for writing activities in color and ready to print
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!
The Jolly Christmas Postman story resource pack
The pack includes:
Display banner- A long banner for a display with pictures
Colour characters- Colour pictures of the characters in the story- great for displays
Stick puppets- Smaller characters to make into puppets for retelling the story
Characters- Black and white characters to use for art work
Rhyme cards- Nursery rhyme cards of the different rhymes mentioned or pictured in the book- great to make into a rhyme book for your classroom
Number line- A number line to 50 on Christmas decorated envelopes
Character name posters- A4 posters of each character in the story with the characters’ name
Story words- Decorated word cards with words linked to the story
Lettering- Large display lettering of ‘The Jolly Christmas Postman’ decorated with holly leaves
Bingo game- A colour bingo game with the characters in the story
Sleigh game- Collect the matching parcels for your Santa sleigh
Face masks- Colour and black and white face masks of the characters in the story
Maths worksheet- Cut out and order the numbered letters- a version with numbers 1-5 and a version with numbers 1-10
Display border- Various colourful borders to print out to edge your displays- some of these could also be used for other Christmas displays
Story sack tag- A decorated tag to add to your story sack
Design worksheet- Design some postage stamps for the different characters in the story
Christmas cards- Various Christmas cards to colour and make
Christmas lists- Various decorated sheets for the children to write their lists to Santa
A4 word mat- A word mat with pictures and words relating to the story
Matching worksheet- Match the character name to the correct picture- 2 versions
Word searches- Two different word searches with words and pictures from the story
Speech bubble worksheets- Three worksheets to fill in the speech bubbles
Game outlines- Three different outlines for the children to design their own Christmas board game
Jigsaw outline- An outline of a jigsaw for the children to draw their own picture and cut out the pieces
Word wall- A Christmas word wall with the first 100 High Frequency Words on bricks and a Humpty Dumpty to sit on the wall
Gingerbread Boy game- Match the Gingerbread Boy pairs
Story worksheet- Draw and write about your favourite part of 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 author or publisher of the story or any related stories or products.
Early Years Literacy pack- phonics, alphabet, Letters and Sounds
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
Initial sound snowmen- phonics, winter, snow
A set of snowmen to create to practice initial sounds.
Each snowman has the head with the sound on the hat and 5 picture snowballs to build your snowman.
Great for independent and group phonics activities during winter and in the run up to Christmas.
The Three Little Pigs story pack- traditional tales
The pack includes:
Story Powerpoint- A colourful Powerpoint of the story of The Three Little Pigs
Pigs Powerpoint- A Powerpoint about real pigs with sound
Display banner- Two different banners for displays
Character cards- Colour pictures of the Three Little Pigs, Mother Pig and the Wolf- great for retelling the story and for displays
Black and white characters- Great to use for art and crafts
Story props- Large coloured pictures of the houses and the cooking pot- these are also provided in black and white
Face masks- Face masks of the Three Little Pigs, Mother Pig and the Wolf- great to use when retelling the story or for creating new stories- these are provided in colour and black and white
Finger puppets- Puppets to make of the characters from the story
Story words- Decorated word cards with words relating to the story- a great addition to your display or in your writing area
A4 word card- A colourful word and picture card to use when writing about the story
Colouring book- A 24 page colouring book to create using the pictures which are also used in the story Powerpoint
Sequencing pictures- Coloured pictures of the story to sequence and write about
Time game- Collect the clock and matching time card in this o'clock matching pairs game
Build a house game- Roll a die and collect the parts of your house first
House labelling- A worksheet to label the different parts of a house
Photos- Colour photos of pigs and wolves
House photos- Photos of different houses and the different parts of a house
Pig model- Create a 2D moving pig model using split pins
Dominoes- Picture dominoes with pictures of the characters and props in the story
Rhyme game- Collect the correct pictures to rhyme with the ones on your board
Ordinal Pigs- An ordinal number line to 10 with the numbers on pigs
Number line- A number line to 20 with numbers on the different houses in the story
Rhyming pairs- A colourful rhyming pairs game
Display border- Print this as many times as you need for a display border of any size
Pig dice game- Roll a die and collect the parts to make your pig first
Literacy worksheets- Various worksheets such as writing about the story, speech bubbles, matching words to pictures, choosing correct words for the sentences etc
Writing pages- Coloured and black and white A4 pages with decorative borders
Story sack label- A coloured label to add to your story sack
Pigs facts- Fact cards with pictures and facts about real pigs
Tracing sheets- Pictures to trace of the pigs and the wolf and scenes from the story
Wanted poster- Create a WANTED poster for the wolf
Wordsearch- Two different wordsearches decorated with pictures from the story
HFW bricks- The 300 High Frequency words from 'Letters and Sounds' on colourful bricks
Bingo game
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
Shark in the Park story resource pack
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border- a themed display border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Word cards- words on stars relating to the story
Large coloured pictures- large character pictures to print out and use on a display
Park photos- colourful photographs of some different parks and things you might find in parks
Shark photos- lovely photographs of sharks –great for displays and discussion
Shark fact cards- Some simple facts about sharks ready to display
LITERACY
Shark alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on sharks
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
Shark information booklet- make your own booklet with simple facts about sharks
Favourite part if the story- draw and write about your favourite part of the story
Rhyme cards- match the rhyming words from the story
Find the fins- hide the phonics fins in your outdoor area and see which the children can find
‘ar’ worksheet
‘sh’ worksheet
NUMERACY
Daisy number line
Size ordering- cut and order the sharks by size
Counting cards
Missing numbers- 3 differentiated worksheets to fill in the missing numbers on the sharks
Draw the teeth on the shark- look at the numbers to draw the correct number of teeth on each shark
Number rhyme pack- a resource pack for the rhyme ‘5 little ducks’ including rhyme card, props and face masks
Counting worksheets
GAMES
Matching pairs
Shark game- collect teeth to complete your shark
Picture dominoes
ACTIVITIES
Stick puppet- colour and make your own stick puppet of Timothy Pope and the animals in the story
Face mask- colour and decorate the face mask of Timothy Pope and the animals in the story
Colouring
What can you see through the telescope?- draw what you could see through a telescope
Design a park- cut and stick pictures to design your own park or draw your own design
Cut and stick shark teeth- practise your cutting skills to cut out teeth for the shark
Make a telescope- follow the instructions to make your own pretend telescope
STORY TELLING
Face masks
Stick puppets- coloured stick puppets to use when retelling the story
Story sack tag
Story props- large coloured props 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
Nursery Rhyme bumper pack -EYFS- 10 rhyme packs +planning ideas
A huge pack of resources for use with children in the Early Years.
This pack includes over 200 pages of planning, activities, games, crafts and worksheets to print out and use again and again.
Although the activities are planned for children up to the age of 5, there are many which could be used with older children.
The Nursery Rhyme packs included are:
1- Twinkle, twinkle little star
2- Jack and Jill
3- Baa baa black sheep
4- Little Miss Muffet
5- 1,2,3,4,5 once I caught a fish alive
6- Hickory Dickory Dock
7- Humpty Dumpty
8- Hey diddle diddle
9- Incy Wincy spider
10- Little Bo Peep
For each nursery rhyme there is a rhyme card in black and white and colour, rhyme sequencing pictures, craft ideas, colouring and activity sheets, puppets and face masks for acting out the nursery rhyme, literacy activities, maths activities plus a sheet of further activity ideas.
The Owl Who was Afraid of the Dark story pack- Light and Dark, Nocturnal animals
The pack includes:
Story Power point- a power point presentation of the sequencing pictures for children to retell the story
Interactive Power point- a power point about the story with questions
Display banners
Display border
A4 Book information poster
Sequencing pictures
Picture flash cards
Large alphabet- large alphabet letters in lower and upper case each night sky pictures and a flying owl
Large owl pictures
Constellation posters
A4 word card
Number line- an owl number line to 50
Alphabet line- an alphabet line on bright stars
Speech bubble worksheets
Writing sheets
Story word cards
Writing worksheets
Story sack tags
Question cards
Owl writing sheets
Counting cards
Colouring pictures
Owl masks
Owl finger puppets
Make a moving owl- cut out the owl pieces and attach using split pins
Word searches
A collection of worksheets- these could be made into a workbook using the book cover or used individually:
· Favourite part of the story
· Write a book review
· Speech bubble worksheet
· Write about what you are afraid of
· Who said what- draw each character next to the speech bubbles
· Two question worksheets
· Cut and sequence the story
· Write sentences about the different pictures
Nocturnal animals
A photo pack of different nocturnal animals
Masks in colour and black and white of nocturnal animals
A Powerpoint about nocturnal animals
A wordsearch
Light and Dark
A colourful banner
Question cards about day and night and light and dark
A Powerpoint about light and dark
Word cards
A themed bingo game
A wordsearch
Photos of different sources of light
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.
Airport role play pack- holidays, transport
A great pack for creating a role play area of an airport in your setting.
Contains lots of colourful posters and signs, lots of opportunities for mark making/ writing and banners and large posters for arrivals and departures both filled in and blank.
Writing bumper resource pack- mark making, phonics, literacy
Writing Area Resources
A bumper set of resources to use in your classroom or setting to create a stimulating and exciting writing and mark making area.
The pack includes:
Display materials:
Phoneme bunting flags- 2 flags for each phoneme one with the phoneme on and the other with a word and picture containing that phoneme
Alphabet line- Large colourful pencils each with the lower and upper case letters
Alphabet desk card- an A4 card with lower and upper case letters and an initial sound picture for each letter
Alphabet picture frieze- A5 cards with lower and upper case letters and a picture for each letter
Alphabet strip- a table top alphabet strip on coloured pencils
Alphabet books- a colourful set of books each with the lower case letter on
Flashcards- coloured cards with days of the week, months of the year and the seasons
Display border- a colourful pencil themed border to print out as many times as you need it
Posters for your writing area- including ‘Our Writing’, ‘We like to write’, two posters for ‘What will you write today?’
Stationery labels- coloured picture and word labels for your stationery pots in the writing area
Tray labels- 20 labels for your resources trays
Word wall bricks- 100 bricks with Reception words
Writing flash cards- 28 writing themed words such as sentence, full stop, character etc –a great addition to the writing area for older children
Display banners- a long colourful banner ‘Writing area’ and ‘Writing’
Large post box- a large colourful post box which prints over 6 pages- print out and stick to a box to create a post box for the children to post their letters
Writing materials:
Birthday invitations- 3 different designs
Book sheets- a book review and 2 different sheets about the children’s favourite books
Letters to Santa- 5 different designs
Postcards- 3 different holiday postcard designs
Magic spell- 3 sheets for writing a magic spell
Menus- 3 designs
Newspapers- Lots of different designs for different abilities
Recipes- 2 different designed sheets
Shopping lists- 4 designs
Thank you cards- 4 designs plus two blank cards to design
Wanted posters- 5 different posters for different abilities
Wedding invitations- 2 designs
Activity sheets- trace over the numbers 1-10, trace over the alphabet letters, find and colour the letters of the alphabet
Writing border sheets- a large collection of A4 photocopiable sheets with patterned borders
Multicultural alphabet line display - diversity,
Create a lovely colourful display.
This alphabet line has boys and girls each with different hair colour and skin tone and some wearing glasses to promote a diverse environment for your teaching.
The Crunching Munching Caterpillar story sack resources- minibeasts
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banner
Display borderWord cards- words on decorated cards relating to the story
Large coloured pictures- large 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
Display pictures
LITERACY
Alphabet
Writing sheets
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
‘c’ for caterpillar and ‘b’ for butterfly- two worksheets all about the letters b and c
Sequencing worksheet- cut and order the pictures
NUMERACY
Number line- a number line to 50 on caterpillars
Counting worksheets- count the holes in the leaves
Caterpillars and leaves- place the correct number of caterpillars onto the numbered leaves
Order the caterpillar- order the numbered parts of the caterpillar from 1-5 and 1-10
Symmetry- make the different butterfly pictures symmetrical
Counting book- make a counting book by drawing the correct number of caterpillars on each page
GAMES
Colour bingo- cover the different coloured butterflies
Find the caterpillar- turn over numbered cards to find different amounts of caterpillars
ACTIVITIES
Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppets
Face masks- colour and decorate the face masks
Colouring- a collection of colouring worksheets
Make a flying bird-make your own sparrow birds to hang from the ceiling
Tracing pictures- simple pictures to practice pencil control
Decorate the butterfly- an outline of a butterfly to decorate with paints or collage materials
Colour by numbers- colour the butterflies using the number key
Cut and stick the pictures- cut and stick the caterpillar, bee and butterfly
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
Understanding the World
The Seasons- A set of A4 posters to use when talking about the seasons in the story
Seasons worksheet- draw what happens to the caterpillar in Winter and Spring
Caterpillar life cycle- Coloured photos showing the life cycle of a caterpillar- great for displays and discussion
Life cycle worksheet- cut and stick the pictures in the right order
Power Point- a simple Power Point about the life cycle of a caterpillar