A great resource pack for the story ‘Rosie’s Walk’ Includes: Display banner Display border Word cards- words on beehives relating to the story Word and picture flashcards Photos- colours photos of farmyards and the animals in the story Fact cards- simple fact cards with facts about foxes and chickens A4 word card Hen alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on colourful hens 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 Rhyming words- sort the pictures into those that rhyme with ‘hen’ and ‘fox’ Word searches- two word searches with words from the story to find Worksheets- a collection of worksheets about the story Character worksheets- write about the characters in the story Label a hen- label the different parts of the hen ‘My Walk’ book- make your own book about your walk and what you see on the way Bee number line- a number line to 50 on colourful bees Preposition words- words from the story to add to a display Counting cards- count the bees from 1-10 Preposition posters- with word and a picture showing the hen behind, in front etc Preposition worksheet- write where the hen is in each picture Size ordering worksheets- order the hens by size- in colour and also black and white Counting worksheets- count the number of bees and hens Preposition play mat- place Rosie behind, next to etc Bee number rhyme pack- a rhyme card for singing the rhyme, face masks and props for use when singing the rhyme Matching pairs- match the pictures Build a hen- roll a die and collect a part of your hen- how many hens can you make? Board game- travel around the farmyard to reach the hen house first Preposition bingo- collect the different pictures for your board Design a new hen house- design a new house for Rosie Tracing sheets- trace the dotted lines on the pictures to practice fine motor control Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppet characters Play dough mats- make the different things seen on Rosie’s walk Colouring Drawing worksheets- draw the different things found on Rosie’s farm Farm map- cut and stick the things seen on Rosie’s walk through the farm yard Make a windmill Sequence pictures- a set of coloured pictures to use when retelling the story Story props- large coloured pictures of the different things in the story Story map- an A4 and an A3 map of the Rosie’s farm- great for display and discussion Face masks Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story, or any related stories or products.

A great resource pack to use with the story ‘Oi! Get Off Our Train’ by John Burningham. Contains: Banner Display border Character cards Story words Story question cards for display Word and picture flash cards Photos of the animals Face masks for retelling the story Stick puppets to make Sequencing pictures Small world background A4 word card Various worksheets Speech bubble worksheets Endangered animals worksheets Writing pages Phoneme train for the Letters and Sounds scheme Design a new book cover worksheet Animal number line Various maths worksheets Kites odd and even number line Pictures to colour Animal jigsaws Matching pairs game Picture bingo game

Percy the Park Keeper- One Snowy Night A great educational resource for the story ‘One Snowy Night’ ready to print and use for displays, to make story sacks, retelling stories etc. The pack includes: Colour pictures of Percy and the animals in the story Black and white pictures of Percy and the animals- great for colouring and art activities Percy’s hut picture in the snow and without snow Snowy trees to add to adisplay to make a great snowy scene A number line to 50 on cute robins Alphabet bunting to hang in your classroom- each piece has a picture of one of the animals in the story and the lower case letter Winter clothing flashcards- great for discussion about clothes to wear when it is colder Word flash cards with words relating to the story- each card is decorated with a picture of Percy in the snow Question cards with questions about the story- great to add to a display A long display banner with the title and pictures of Percy and the animals A snowy board game to make and play A dice game to collect the pieces of each animal A worksheet to draw the scene from the window Photographs of snowy scenes- a great addition to any display Winter words- Words of snowflakes about winter A collection of rhymes and songs about winter Number rhyme about snowflakes with rhyme cards, face masks and props for singing the rhyme Snowflake alphabet jigsaws- find the two halves of the snowflakes with upper and lower case letters A collection of playdough mats linked to the story Dress Percy for winter- choose the appropriate clothes for Percy to wear in the snowy weather Colouring pictures of Percy and the animals and the snowy hut Stick puppets of Percy and the animals- great for retelling the story and for making up new stories Face masks in colour and black and white of Percy and the animals A colourful bingo game for the story ‘One Snowy Night’ An A4 word mat with pictures and words relating to the story ‘Welcome to Percy’s hut’ large banner- great to use as part of a role play area of Percy’s hut A game of snap to make and play Animals footprints in the snow- great to add to a display and for discussion Two different word searches with words and pictures relating to 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 pack includes: Display resources · Display banner · Posters of Handa and Akeyo’s houses · Story word cards · Animal photos · Fruit photos · Display border · Title poster · Picture flashcards · Colour sequencing pictures of the story · Page borders · African photos · Information posters About Africa and the Luo tribe Role play/ story props · Colour face masks of Handa and Akeyo and the animals · Small world background Powerpoints · Story Powerpoint- an interactive powerpoint asking the children which fruit was taken by which animal or what happened next in the story with choices to click on · Maths Powerpoint for children to count how many fruit on each page · Guess the animals Powerpoint Literacy · An A4 word card · A story map- either draw the fruit and animals along the path to Akeyo’s house or cut and stick the animals and fruit in the correct orde · Fruit descriptive words · Story Questions · Black and white sequencing worksheets · Question worksheet- for children to think of some questions to ask Handa and Akeyo · Describing fruit worksheets · Story sequencing · Speech bubble worksheet- fill in the speech bubbles of what Handa and Akeyo are saying to each other · Various other worksheets such as initial letter sounds, matching fruit and animals to their names, writing about their favourite part of the story etc · Writing pages An alphabet line on fruit Numeracy · A number line on the animals in the story · Counting cards up to 10 · Counting worksheets · My number book- A mini book to make where the children draw the correct number of fruit on each page up to 10 Art and craft · Colouring posters of Handa and Akeyo · Colouring posters of each of the animals and the fruit · Cut and stick the fruit into the basket · Design a new pattern for Handa and Akeyo’s dresses Games to make and play · Picture matching pairs · Collect the fruit game · Jigsaw matching pairs

The pack includes: 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 relating to the story Word and picture flashcards- colourful cards of the animals in the story to add to a display or writing area Animal photos- a collection of coloured photos of the different animals in the story Large coloured pictures- large character and animal pictures to print out and use on a display 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 children are saying Word search-a word search 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 Acrostic poem- A decorated worksheet to write your own ‘Jungle’ acrostic poem Label the animals- Worksheets to label some of the animals in the story Describe the animals worksheets Children number line- a number line to 50 on multicultural children 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 Roll and colour- roll one or two die and colour in the correct animal on the sheet Repeating patterns- continue the repeating animal patterns on the worksheets Matching pairs Picture bingo Picture dominoes Move like the animal- Cut out and make the die and move like the different animals Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppets Bird collage- decorate the bird outline Move like an animal- flashcards to prompt the children to move in different ways like the animals in the story Face masks- colour and decorate the animal face masks Tracing pictures Cut and stick- Cut out the different animals Draw the animals- Draw the different jungle animals in the scene Sequence pictures- a set of coloured pictures to use when retelling the story Face masks- a set of coloured face masks Stick puppets- coloured stick puppets to use when retelling the story Story sack tag- a colourful tag to add to your story telling sack Story props- large coloured props of the children and animals 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.

Kipper’s Toybox DISPLAY Display banner Display border- a display border with lots of mice to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size Word cards 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 LITERACY A4 word card Alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on mice 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 My favourite toy ‘K’ for Kipper and ‘t’ for toys worksheets- two worksheets about the letters k and t Initial sound worksheets- match the labels to the correct toy pictures, write the initial sounds of the toys, cut and stick the toy pictures onto the initial sounds on the toybox NUMERACY Number line- a number line to 50 on Kipper’s toys Counting worksheets- count the number of toys- 3 differentiated worksheets Number worksheets- a set of 10 worksheets, one for each number from 1-10 Counting cards Number jigsaws- count the mice and match to the correct number to complete the jigsaw GAMES Matching pairs- find the most pairs to win the game Picture bingo- cover the different pictures from the story Picture dominoes- a colourful dominoes game to make and play Collect the toys- spin the spinner to collect all the toys in your toybox ACTIVITIES Stick puppets- colour and make your own Kipper stick puppet Face masks- colour and decorate the face mask of Kipper Colouring- a collection of colouring worksheets Finger mouse puppet- make your own mouse finger puppet Cut and assemble the owl- cut out the parts of the owl toy and reassemble Decorate the snake- make a pattern of the snake toy Draw the toys- draw all of Kipper’s toys in his toybox Make the pictures the same- make each pair of pictures on the worksheets the same- 3 different worksheets STORY TELLING Face mask Stick puppet Story sack tag Story props Number cards 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 pack includes: 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 and picture flashcards- colourful cards to add to a display or writing area Fish colours- coloured fish each with the colour name on Ocean posters- a set of colourful posters showing the different sea creatures in the book Title poster- an A4 poster with title, author and illustrators name complete with colourful illustrations Photos- colour photos to print out of the different creatures in the book Name labels- labels of the different creatures- great to use on displays Colour fish- large A4 size fish in different colours with colour labels to add Fact cards- simple fact cards about each creature Large display pictures- large coloured pictures of each creature plus extra pictures of seaweed, rocks, shells etc to create a great ocean display A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story Ocean animal alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on colourful creatures Writing worksheets- write below the pictures on each sheet Writing sheets Speech bubble worksheets Word searches Worksheets- a collection of worksheets about the book and the creatures Animal worksheets- fun worksheets to fill in different details about each animal in the book- these look great on display ‘My underwater adventure’- write a story about the creatures you meet Acrostic poems Odd and even number line Ocean animal number line Number rhymes Size ordering worksheets Counting worksheets Counting cards- cards from 1-10 with the corresponding number of creatures on each page Individual number line- number lines from 1-10 and 1-20 with pictures of fish and octopus Matching pairs Build a fish- roll a die and collect a part of your fish- how many fish can you make? Dominoes Colour bingo Roll and colour- roll the die and colour the matching sea creature on your sheet Picture bingo Tracing sheets- trace the patterns on the fish and trace over the dotted lines on the animals Stick puppets Face masks Play dough mats- a collection of under sea themed mats to use in your play dough area Colouring worksheets Fish crafts Octopus craft Jellyfish craft- follow the instructions to make your own hanging jellyfish Jigsaws- colour the picture and then cut along the dotty lines and reassemble to make your sea creature Templates PowerPoint- a PowerPoint with simple facts about some of the animals in the book 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

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 relating to the story Animal and crate flashcards- colourful cards to add to a display Cover picture- a poster of the picture from the book cover Animal photos- coloured photos of the different animals in the story Question cards- questions relating to the story- great to add to your display or to use as prompts during 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 coloured animals from the story Writing sheets- a set of writing sheets with animal pictures and lines below- these are in both colour and black and white Word searches- two word searches with words from the story to find Worksheets- a collection of worksheets about the story including match the clue to the animal, match the animal to the name, writing words to describe the animals and writing warning labels for the crates and boxes Crate tags and labels- make your own warning signs for the animal crates Crossword- solve the clues to find the words to complete the crossword Escaped animal posters- different worksheets to draw and write about animals escaped from the zoo Animal crates number line Size ordering worksheets Counting cards Dot to dot worksheets Worksheets- various worksheets with addition sums, subtraction sums and counting the animals Blank maths worksheets Matching pairs/ snap game Dominoes game Bingo- collect all of the pictures for your board in this colourful game Build a Zoo- spin the spinner and collect the animals needed for your zoo but make sure your animals don’t escape through the open gate! Tracing sheets Face masks- colour and decorate the animals face masks Colouring pictures Rhymes and songs- a collection of rhymes and songs on decorated sheets to learn Workbook cover Stick puppets to make Sequence pictures Large pictures- these are great to hold up with a whole class for retelling the story Book sized pictures- these can be used for retelling the story or creating your own flap book Animal and word matching- match the animals to the descriptive words Story sack labels Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story, or any related stories or products.

A great story pack to accompany the story ‘The Enormous Turnip’. The pack includes worksheets, games, craft activities and display materials. Great to use with your Harvest theme and during the Autumn / Fall term Includes: Large colourful characters and story props- 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 props- 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 useful to add to a display or to include in a writing area A coloured A4 story word card- great for the children to use when writing about the story Black and white pictures of the characters and story props for the children to colour or collage Colour face masks of the different characters- great for role play and retelling the story Black and white face masks of the characters in ‘The Enormous Turnip’ story A game based on ‘The Enormous Turnip’ story- collect the different vegetables to plant in your vegetable garden A colourful matching pairs game with pictures from the story Finger puppets to colour and make- great for retelling the story and including in your story sack Black and white pictures to sequence of the story Various worksheets about ‘The Enormous Turnip’ Question cards to encourage the children to think about the story and what happened in ‘The Enormous Turnip’ story

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.

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.

The pack includes: Banner- a long colourful banner for your display ‘Under the sea’ banner- a long alternative banner to use Display border Characters- large coloured pictures of the sea creatures in the story- these have been drawn by myself and are not copies from the book 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 colourful poster with the title, authors name and illustrators’ name Information cards Flash cards- word and picture flash cards Photos Face masks Puppets Sequencing pictures Story props A4 word card Colourful crab alphabet line Worksheets- various worksheets including speech bubbles, writing and drawing about the favourite part of the story, drawing what happens next, matching the word to picture, writing about the characters and questions about the story Writing pages- four photocopiable sheets with borders for the children to write about the story or to include in your writing area Design a book cover Word searches Sea creature writing sheets- a set of photocopiable writing sheets with space to write inside the outline of different sea creatures Shell number line Worksheets- fill in the missing number on the starfish, complete the addition and subtraction sums, count the number of sea creatures and cut out and order the numbered shells Play dough mats- a set of colourful mats to use with play dough for the children to make the correct number of sea creatures on each card Odd and even number line- a number line to 50 on red and blue starfish Five little fishes number rhyme Five pretty shells number rhyme- with rhyme card, props and masks Story questions- answer the questions about the story and click on the correct answer Counting Power point Sea creatures- learn all about some different sea creatures Five little fishes Five pretty shells- a powerpoint of the number rhyme Puppets Face masks Colouring pictures Cut and stick worksheet- cut and colour the sea creatures and add them to the rock pool or use paints to print different sea creatures on the scene Rock pool worksheet- draw some different things in the rock pool Crab craft- cut out the pieces of the cute crab and use split pins to make a moving model Tracing worksheets Sea creature outlines Matching pairs Picture bingo Jigsaw game- throw a die and collect the numbered part of your sea creature 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.

Father Christmas Needs a Wee A funny festive counting book- at every house Father Christmas eats and drinks the tasty treats that have been left for him but he realises he has forgotten to do something really important and then he really really needs a wee! These resources support the fun book by Nicholas Allan. The pack includes: Display banner- A long banner for a display with pictures Father Christmas- A large picture of Father Christmas for your displays Display lettering- Large letters to spell out ‘Father Christmas’ decorated in red and whte stripes Number line- A number line to 50 on Christmas doors Alphabet line- An alphabet line on Elves Story words- Word cards with words relating to the story- great to include in your writing area Counting cards- Cards from 1-10 with different numbers of drinks to count Speech bubble worksheets- Various worksheets to fill in the speech bubbles Word mat- An A4 word mat with pictures to help when writing about the story Face masks- Colour and black and white face masks of Father Christmas and Elves to use for story telling and role play Father Christmas model- Make a model of Father Christmas using split pins Playdough mats- Various colourful mats to use with play dough for counting and Christmas Matching pairs- A colourful matching pairs game to make and play Colour Elves- Different coloured elves with the colour name Worksheet- Design a new drink for Father Christmas Christmas tree game- Spin the spinner and collect different decorations for your tree Banner- A long ‘Happy Christmas’ banner for your classroom decorated with holly leaves Worksheets- Various worksheets to draw different parts of the story, to draw your food and drink for Father Christmas and to design a sleigh for Father Christmas Game- Deliver all the presents in your sleigh first to win the game Maths worksheets- Various worksheets with counting, addition, subtraction and symmettry Design a decoration- Design a new decoration for your Christmas tree Decorations- Various Christmas decorations to cut out and colour Game- Roll a die and cover the numbered star in the night sky- plus a version to use two dice and add the numbers together and cover the number Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the author or publisher of the story or any related stories or products.

The pack includes: DISPLAY Display banner Display border Word cards- words on decorated cards relating to the story Animal labels- a set of word cards with the animal names and the sounds and movements they make in the book Large pictures Colour butterflies Word and picture cards- flashcards showing the minibeasts and the name LITERACY Alphabet- an alphabet line on different minibeasts Writing sheets- a set of writing sheets with borders for the children to write on and use in the writing area Acrostic poems- decorated sheets to write acrostic poems about the different minibeasts A4 word card- a picture and word card to use when writing about the minibeasts Writing worksheet- write some sentences about the different pictures on the worksheets My favourite minibeast- draw and write worksheet Word search- 2 different decorated word searches about minibeasts Describing worksheets- think of some words to describe the different minibeasts Worksheets- match the minibeast to the name, write the initial letter sounds NUMERACY Number line- a number line to 100 on different minibeasts Counting book- draw the correct number of minibeasts on each page Counting cards- count the minibeasts Count the spot- count the number of spots on each ladybird and then order the cards Number rhyme packs- rhymes about minibeasts which include rhyme card, face masks and singing props Odd/ Even number line- a number line to 20 on butterflies and caterpillars Order size minibeasts UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD Mini beast sorting- sort different mini beast pictures by number of legs, wings etc Fact cards Colour photos Power Point- a power point with simple facts about different minibeasts Minibeast clues- read the minibeast clues and match to the correct picture GAMES Build a caterpillar- Collect the coloured pieces you need for your caterpillar Picture bingo Colour bingo- collect the different coloured butterflies for your board Matching pairs Dice game- roll the die and colour the numbered minibeast- a game to play with friends or an independent activity ACTIVITIES Stick puppets Face masks Colouring- a collection of colouring worksheets Split pin minibeasts Cut and stick scene- choose some minibeasts to make your own garden scene Decorate the minibeasts Play dough mats- a collection of activity mats to use with play dough Jigsaws- cut out the pieces and reassemble to make the minibeast Tracing picture 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.

ARCTIC EXPLORERS 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 on the pack include: Coloured pictures of Arctic animals for the children to find such as a Killer Whale, Polar Bear, Seal, Reindeer etc Black and white pictures of the animals so the children can colour or collage them Badges for the Arctic explorers to wear Identity cards for the explorers to fill in their details 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 Arctic animals A large A-Z alphabet with each letter in the form of ice Number up to 50 on snowflakes- great to use if you are creating the role play area indoors Colour photographs of some Arctic animals Colour photos of some Arctic scenes

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.

This Minibeasts pack has been created to fit in with the current Early Years curriculum with a range of resources to cover all areas of learning. Display Display banner Display border Large lettering Topic words Photographs Mathematics Number line Number bingo- two bingo games with numbers from 1-5 and 1-10 Counting cards Measuring- order the different length worms Butterfly symmetry Butterfly symmetry matching halves Ladybird spot counting cards Cut and match the spotty ladybirds Spider web counting mats Butterfly cards Colour by numbers Large number cards Cut and stick number worksheets Ladybird adding worksheets Numbered beehives Five Little Spiders number rhyme pack Five Wiggly Worms number rhyme pack One Little Bee number rhyme pack Literacy Draw and write mini beast sheets Decorated writing sheets Acrostic poem worksheets An alphabet line on ladybirds A simple mini beast word mat Upper and lower case letters on bees Cut and stick the initial sound butterflies onto the correct nets Swat the fly game Personal, Social and Emotional Development Various posters to display in your mini beast area Various blank posters for the children to write their own posters for the mini beast area Photos of different mini beast habitats Communication and Language What am I? cards Various rhymes and songs A story telling pack for The Very Hungry Caterpillar Guess the mini beast Physical development A target game Various maze worksheets Trace the patterns on the mini beasts Worksheets to trace the different paths the mini beasts make Move like a mini beast Preposition posters Mini beast cutting skills Lacing pictures Understanding the World Mini beast pictures and sorting cards Posters of mini beasts A mini beast fan to make A Power Point to find out and about different mini beasts Life cycle posters of caterpillars and frogs Lots of small mini beast photo cards Vegetable patch detective cards A photo bingo game Expressive Arts and Design Shadow matching cards Incy Wincy Spider song pack Mini beast stick puppets Mini beast face masks Colouring posters A collection of craft ideas sheets Outline pictures of different mini beasts Colour bugs posters Ideas sheets for making spiders webs with string Observational drawing and recording sheets Complete the pictures

The pack is designed to be used with the story ‘Fidgety Fish’ by Ruth Galloway but could also be used as part of a sea life/ under the sea topic. The pack includes: · Display banner · Colourful posters- of Fidgety Fish and the other sea creatures in the story · Story word cards- each card has an underwater scene · Underwater photos · Fact cards- colourful fact cards about sea creatures · Display border · Colour jellyfish- a set of posters with jellyfish of different colours and the colour name · Title poster · Picture flashcards · Story questions · Colour face masks · Colour puppets Sequencing pictures · An A4 word card with pictures · Speech bubbles worksheets · Alliterative labels · Worksheet- draw and write what could happen if you swam into the big fish! · Alphabet line · ‘f’ worksheet · Writing sheets · My favourite part of the story worksheet · A number line up to 30 · Counting cards up to 10 · Jellyfish missing numbers · Number bonds- Number bonds posters with number bonds to 10 and 20 on big fish · Magnetic fishing game · Colour by numbers worksheets · Number worksheets · Sea creature jigsaws · Make a jellyfish · Playdough mats · Stick puppets · Face masks- colour and decorate · Tracing pictures · Colouring pictures · Picture matching pairs · Colour bingo · Underwater scene game- spin the spinner and collect the sea creatures to complete your sea scene 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 pack includes: Display banners- two colourful banner for ‘Sea Life’ and ‘Under the sea’ Display border- an underwater themed border to print out as many times as you need for your displays Colour photos- lots of photos for your displays of sea creatures and underwater scenes Colouring pictures- a collection of colouring pictures of underwater scenes and sea creatures with their names Word and picture posters- each with a sea creature and the name Dot to dots Tracing pictures- trace the patterns on the sea creatures and the waves and bubbles in the water Cut and make octopus- cut out the octopus and add some wavy legs My underwater adventure- write your own story on this decorated page Sea creature estimation- estimate how many sea creatures you can see and then count to see who is closest Maths worksheet Deep sea diver phonemes- all of the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds schemes on colourful deep sea divers Odd and even fish number line- a number line up to 30 on red and yellow fish Alphabet line Large display pictures- large colourful pictures of sea creatures and underwater items to create a lovely display Playdough mats A board game- move around the board in the underwater scene to reach the treasure chest at the bottom of the ocean first Picture bingo- an underwater themed bingo game ‘What am I?’ Powerpoint- read the clues as they are revealed and try to guess which sea creature it is ‘Under the Sea’ Powerpoint- find out about life at the bottom of the ocean Fact cards- discover facts about different sea creatures Topic words- decorated word cards with words relating to the topic An A4 word mat- great to use in your writing area Number strips- table top number strips with a sea theme Face masks- a collection of sea life face masks in colour and black and white- great for role play and story telling Decorate a fish- various fish outlines for the children to colour or collage Size ordering worksheet- cut out the sea creatures and put into order of size- 3 different worksheets Word searches- 2 different word searches with an ‘Under the sea’ theme Magnetic fishing game- place the sea creatures in the ocean which can be assembled using the pages provided and catch different sea creatures- this can be made into a literacy or maths game using the ideas provided Design a sea creature- a worksheet with eyes! Draw the rest of the sea creature Display lettering- a large A-Z alphabet in upper and lower case with each letter decorated in an under the sea theme- great as an alphabet display or to create any title you want Colour fish- a colour display with the colour name on each corresponding fish My number book

The pack includes: Display banners Display border Banners- ‘Healthy food’ and ‘Unhealthy food’ Food group posters- A set of A4 posters with pictures and information about the different food groups Fruit and Vegetable posters Food posters- A3 posters showing some different healthy and unhealthy food and drink Bingo game Large letteringpictures- use to make a large alphabet line or to spell out any title you want Large numbers- the digits from 0-9 decorated with small fruit and vegetable pictures Fruit and vegetable describing sheets My 5-a-day worksheets- worksheets for the children to record their 5-a-day My favourite fruit and vegetable Powerpoint- a Powerpoint about healthy eating and what foods are healthy and unhealthy Interactive Powerpoint- choose the healthy options on each slide for the children to eat Our snack poster- a poster to use in the snack area to show the children what the healthy snack is that day Snack placemats Cut and stick foods- Sort the healthy and unhealthy food and drink and glue onto the worksheet My food diary Word and picture cards Picture cards- as above without words on them Writing pages- a collection of pages which the children can use for writing poems etc or for use in the writing area- each sheet has a decorative border with food pictures Counting cards Word searches Number line Food plate poster- a poster to show how much of each food group should be eaten at each meal Photos- a large collection of colour photos of healthy and unhealthy foods- these look great on displays and are useful for discussions and sorting activities Healthy lunch box activity- worksheets for the children to draw or cut and stick Dinner activity- worksheets for the children to sort the foods to make a healthy and unhealthy meal My 5-a-day reward chart Plan a healthy party- a worksheet Large food pictures Hungry Caterpillar activities: Cut and stick foods- sort the foods the Hungry Caterpillar ate into healthy and unhealthy foods Sorting activity- sort the pictures onto the correct boards Draw a new snack Worksheets- draw the healthy food the Hungry Caterpillar ate and colour the healthy foods Large coloured pictures Oliver’s Fruit Salad/ Oliver’s Vegetable activities: Bingo game- a themed bingo game to collect the fruit and vegetables in the stories Colouring worksheets- colour the fruits and vegetables in the correct colours Recipe cards- a collection of recipe cards for fruit salad, fruit smoothies and recipes using some of the vegetables in ‘Oliver’s Vegetables’ Matching pairs game- find the fruit and vegetable matching pairs Posters- A4 posters of the different fruits and vegetables in the story