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The Gingerbread Man Loose at Christmas book companion
Celebrate the Christmas holidays with this activity pack which accompanies the book ‘The Gingerbread Man Loose at Christmas’ by Laura Murray.
The pack includes:
Sequencing picture cards- these are in full color and also in blackline
Sequencing worksheet cut and paste
Story sequencing worksheet- beginning, middle and end
Graphic organizers
Character traits- what do the children say about their teacher
My favorite part of the story writing and drawing activity
Doing something special writing activity- three different sheets to choose from
Asking question- Think of Who, What, When, Where and Why questions to ask the Gingerbread Man
Retell the story writing worksheet, writing and drawing worksheet and drawing worksheet allowing you to differentiate
Alphabetical order- order the professions in alphabetical order
Text-to-self connections- Who did the Gingerbread Man thank and who would you like to thank- two different worksheets
Three what happens next drawing and writing worksheets
Who did the Gingerbread Man meet in the town- draw and write some of the people he met
True or False sentences about the story- differentiated versions
Beginning, middle and end of the story- a worksheet to draw or write about the different parts
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Apple Trouble book companion- Autumn / Fall
This book companion is based on the book ‘Apple Trouble’ which is a lovely story for Autumn/Fall. It contains a variety of activities and colorful sequencing cards.
The packet contains:
A set of colorful sequencing cards- also provided in blackline
Story comprehension cards with a choice of two picture answers or three picture answers for children of differing abilities
My favorite part of the story- draw and write worksheet
Graphic organizers- three versions
Text-to-self activity- What trouble did Hedgehog have and what trouble have they had themselves
Writing activity- what would you so Hedgehog didn’t get things caught on her spikes again?
Sequencing worksheets- order the pictures from 1st to 10th to retell the story or cut and paste the pictures of the things that got stuck on Hedgehogs back in the correct order
Beginning, Middle and End organizer
Hedgehog grid- Hedgehogs Can, Have, Are
Writing activity- write three sentences about Hedgehog
What happens next- two worksheets to draw and write what happens next in the story
List writing- make a list of everything that got stuck on Hedgehog’s spikes
Problem and Solution- draw and write about Hedgehog’s problem, a solution that didn’t work and the solution that did work
Story retelling set craftivity- A large hedgehog and all of the items that got stuck on her spikes to cut and paste or use when listening to the story- in color and blackline
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The Lonely Scarecrow- book companion
This book companion is based on the book ‘The Lonely Scarecrow’ by Tim Preston and contains a variety of activities and colorful sequencing cards.
The packet contains:
A set of colorful sequencing cards
Cause and effect worksheets- three versions
The lonely scarecrows character traits
My favorite part of the story- draw and write worksheet
Graphic organizers- three versions
Label the scarecrow- two versions to cut and paste or write the labels
Writing activity- write a letter to the animals from the scarecrow- three versions
Retell the story writing worksheet
My scarecrow worksheets- three different versions for differentiation
The Lonely Scarecrow grid- The Lonely Scarecrow has, lives, feels
Writing activity- write three sentences about the lonely scarecrow
Feelings worksheets- draw the faces on the scarecrow to show how he feels at the beginning and the end of the story or write how he feels at the beginning, middle and end of the story
True or False- read the statements about the story and decide which are true or false plus an extra worksheet to write some of your own true and false statements
A bonus scarecrow game
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Space topic resource pack- planets
SPACE TOPIC PACK
The pack includes:
· A long colourful display banner
· Several different display borders
· Information fact cards on the planets and the sun
· An A4 word card-great to use when writing
· Photos- coloured photos showing space rockets, astronauts, the night sky etc.
· Planet photos- coloured pictures of each of the planets plus the sun and Pluto
· Topic words- cards with different words relating to the topic of ‘space’
· Constellation posters- ten posters showing ten popular star constellations
· Five Little Men number rhyme- a fun pack to use with this number rhyme with rhyme card, singing props and face masks
· Display lettering- large letter in both upper case and lower case decorated with a night sky theme- make a large alphabet line or use to make any display title you want!
· Five Little Astronauts number rhyme- a pack to use with the number rhyme including rhyme cards, singing props and face masks
· Space Powerpoint- all about space and the planets
· Phonemes on planets- all of the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds scheme-makes a great colourful display
· Moon and Earth number line- an odd and even number line to 50
· My rocket worksheet- design your own rocket to travel into space
· My visit to the moon- 2 different worksheets to draw what they found on the moon and to draw and write about their trip to the moon
· Rocket number line- a colourful rocket number line to 100
· Countdown cards- showing a rocket and the countdown to Blast off!
· Astronaut alphabet line
· Colouring pictures- pictures of space scenes, astronauts, space rockets etc to colour
· Board game- a ‘race to space’ board game to make and play
· Play dough mats- make the correct number of objects on each card using play dough
· Make a split pin astronaut
· Counting mat- a counting mat showing aliens from 1-10
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The Little Scarecrow Boy book companion - Autumn / Fall
This book companion is based on the book ‘The Little Scarecrow Boy’ by Margaret Wise Brown. This is a fun book for Autumn/Fall about a scarecrow boy and growing up.
The packet contains:
Beginning, middle and end organizer
Writing activity- I would scare the crows by…
Text-to-self activity- The Little Scarecrow Boy needed to grow up before he could… I need to grow up before I can…
Drawing and writing activity- my #6 face
Emergent reader book- My Scarecrow- read and color the book
Comparing characters- compare Old Man Scarecrow and The Little Scarecrow Boy plus color pictures of the characters to add words and phrases around
Graphic organizers
Scarecrows Can, Have, Are grid
Draw the six faces that the Little Scarecrow Boy made to scare the crows
Feelings writing activity- how he felt at the begging of the story and why and how he felt at the end and why he felt that way
My Scarecrow writing activity- draw your own scarecrow and describe it
If I were a Scarecrow activity sheet- what would you name be, what would you look like, how would you scare the crows, where would you live and what would by your favorite thing to do
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Tacky the Penguin book companion
Tacky the Penguin is a lovely fun story about accepting peoples differences.
This book companion includes:
Graphic organizers
My favorite part of the story writing and drawing activity
I would like to be friends with Tacky because… writing activity
Venn diagrams- compare Tacky and his companions and also Tacky and real penguins
‘A new companion for Tacky’ writing activity
Can, Have, Are grids for Tacky and Penguins
Text-to-self connections- Things the Penguins are afraid of and things I am afraid of- two worksheets
True or False worksheets about the story of Tacky the Penguin
Tacky’s Tricks- draw and write
Writing activity to write about why it is good to be different
Writing activity- All About Tacky
Beginning, middle and end of the story- a worksheet to draw or write about the different parts
Cause and Effect- cards to match plus three differentiated worksheets
Character traits
Writing activity- ‘I am Unique’
Cut and paste the beginning and ends of the sentences
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Chinese New Year activity, craft and game pack for EYFS
A great pack of fun activities to help your children learn about Chinese New Year.
Includes mini reading books for group reading to learn more about the celebrations, games and interactivie activities.
Fun crafts to practice cutting skills and pencil control.
Lots of actitives that can be used to create a classoom display to show off their work.
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Chinese New Year bumper pack 2023- Year of the Rabbit
A bumper pack of resources to learn about and celebrate Chinese New Year.
Includes- literacy and maths activities, crafts, information cards and Powerpoint, display materials, games, writing activities plus more!
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Chinese New Year games, crafts and activities resource pack
Chinese New Year
Games, activities and crafts
The Year of the Rabbit -2023
A set of new activities for celebrating Chinese New Year
The pack includes:
Mini information book- A5 sized colouring and information books for the children to learn about Chinese New Year
Classroom activity- Hide the word cards around the classroom or outside are and the children can find the matching pictures and write the word on their sheet- plus blank cards so the children can search for HFW words or letters/ numbers
Comparisons sheet- write or draw about their own new year celebrations and the celebrations for Chinese New Year
First reader book- An easy to read book for the children to colour and make
Make the sentences- Three sheets to cut and reassamble the sentences about Chinese New Year
Make fans- Various templates to make a fan and write about Chinese New Year
Bingo- A picture bingo game to make and play
Colouring- Colouring pictures
Colouring posters- Chinese New Year posters to colour
Activity worksheets- various worksheets to label the pictures, write about celebrations, write facts about Chinese New Year and cut and stick the beginning and end of sentences
Make a hat- 2 different 3D hats to make and colour
Board game- Collect the coins for your lucky money envelope as you move around the board
Make a lantern- practice cutting skills with this cut and stick Chinese lantern
Matching pairs- A colourful matching pairs game to make and play
Count and match- Count the pictures up to 10 and match to the numbered piece of jigsaw
Number activity sheets- Dot to dots and colour by number sheets
Map sheet- Find and colour China on a map of the world and colour the flag of China
Acrostic poems- 2 acrostic poems of lantern templates- CHINA and NEW YEAR
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Chinese New Year bumper pack + Powerpoint
A bumper resource full of display materials, games, worksheets and information all about Chinese New Year plus activities for the Year of the Rabbit 2023
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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.
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Halloween activity pack- games, worksheets, activities, display materials
A great pack to print out and have a spooky time!
The pack includes:
Display banners- Two different colourful banners for your Halloween display
Display borders- Various borders which can be printed as many times as you need for display boards of any size
Pictures- Large colour and black and white pictures of things such as a spider, a pumpkin, a ghost etc- these look great on displays and the black and white version could be used for art work
Matching pairs game- A Halloween themed game
Bingo- A colourful Halloween themed bingo game
A4 display borders- Work borders in colour and black and white for displaying work quickly or to use as writing pages
Worksheets- Various worksheets with a Halloween theme- maths, writing, drawing
Tracing- Various tracing worksheets to trace over the dotted lines of the pictures
Counting cards- Cards up to ten each with a spider web and the corresponding number of spiders
Alphabet- A colourful alphabet line on pumpkins
Colour photos- Great for displays or discussion
Face masks- Halloween face masks in colour and black and white of a witch, a pumpkin, a black cat and a skeleton
Numbers- A number line to 100 on spiders
Word cards- Topic word cards about Halloween-each decorated with Halloween pictures
A4 word card- A colourful card with words and pictures which can be used when writing about Halloween
Word searches- Two different wordsearches with words and pictures relating to Halloween
Colouring- Various colouring sheets for Halloween
Number rhyme- The rhyme 'Five Little Pumpkins'- a lovely Halloween number rhyme with rhyme cards, props and face masks
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Bonfire Night activity and display pack- Guy Fawkes, Autumn- Assembly
A bumper pack of resources for Bonfire Night including a Powerpoint which could be used for an assembly.
Resources in the pack include:
Display banner- A large banner title of 'Bonfire Night'
Display letters- Large letters to cut out and spell 'Bonfire Night' -great for a whole school display!
Board game- An A3 sized board game to make- this is on the CD in colour and also in black and white for the children to decorate themselves- the game can be played using the cards supplied on the CD which are true and false questions about Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night or can be simplified for younger children
Powerpoint- A Powerpoint of the story of Guy Fawkes for the IWB or computer.
Display pictures- Large A4 coloured pictures of things to do with bonfire night and the story of Guy Fawkes
Colouring pictures- Large black and white pictures
Display border- Each piece is decorated with pictures and can be printed as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Songs and rhymes- Six decorated songs and rhyme cards related to Bonfire Night for the children to learn- 2 of these rhymes are number rhymes so would be great for your maths lessons
A4 border- Individual A4 sized page with a border- great for adding work to ready for the display or for the children to use in the writing area
Questions- Question cards each decorated with colour pictures
Topic words- Words about Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night each decorated with fireworks
Fireworks- Colour photos of fireworks- great for discussion and displays
Houses of Parliament- Colour photos of The Houses of Parliament
Counting card- Rocket counting cards
Dice game- Two different sheets with a black and white firework picture- roll the die and colour the correct part of the firework
Literacy Worksheets- Various worksheets such as completing the sentences about fireworks, true and false worksheet about Guy Fawkes, describing fireworks, writing safety instructions
Maths Worksheets- Make the rocket symmetrical, complete the addition and subtraction sums on the fireworks plus blank calculation sheets so you can differentiate the sums
Ideas- An ideas sheet with lots of ideas to cover different areas of the curriculum when teaching about Bonfire Night and the Gunpowder Plot
Cutting skills- Cut out the parts of the firework and assemble- there are two different sheets
Safety Posters- Eight posters about firework safety for the children to colour
Picture dominoes- A colour dominoes game
Guy Fawkes pictures- Pictures from old documents about Guy Fawkes and the plot
Draw the fireworks- A colour and a black and white worksheet
Size worksheet- Cut out and order the rockets in size order- in colour and black and white
Matching pairs game- Match the coloured Bonfire Night pictures
Rhyme- ‘Remember, Remember the Fifth of November’- A decorated rhyme card
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Christmas numbers rhymes- 10 packs with rhymes, singing props, games and activities
This great pack contains resources, rhyme cards, worksheets and games for 10 Christmas number rhymes for you to use each Christmas
The pack includes :
1- Five Christmas Trees
Rhyme card, rhyme props including a Christmas tree shop poster, face masks in colour and black and white, a matching pairs game and a counting worksheet.
2- Eight Little Reindeer
Rhyme card, rhyme props, face masks of reindeer and Santa, a number line and a colour number domino game.
3- Five Little Snowmen
Rhyme card, rhyme props, snowmen face masks, missing number activity cards, a board game with differentiated maths questions, a game to build a snowman and a snowman tracing sheet.
4- Five Christmas puddings
Rhyme card, rhyme props including a colourful bakery poster, pudding face masks, a maths Christmas pudding game and a number line.
5- Ten Christmas stockings
Rhyme card, rhyme props, a game to collect ten stockings, a colourful number line and worksheets to decorate and trace patterns on stockings.
6- Five Little Elves
Rhyme card, rhyme props, elf face masks, a colour matching pairs game and a worksheet to trace the elf.
7- Six Little Penguins
Rhyme card, rhyme props, penguin face masks, a game to collect the numbered penguins for your game board and a cute penguin number line.
8- Five Little Snowflakes
Rhyme card, rhyme props, face masks, a number snowflake game and a number line.
9- Ten Warm Mittens
Rhyme card, rhyme props, a matching pairs game, worksheets to trace the patterns on the mittens.
10-Ten Little Icicles
Rhyme card, rhyme props, activity cards to write the missing numbers on the icicles and a size ordering worksheet.
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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.
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Materials science topic pack- floating and sinking, magnets, sorting activities
A topic pack for teaching about materials
The pack includes:
Display materials including posters, banner, photos etc
A materials bingo game
A Power point about different materials
Sorting pictures
Plus lots more!
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Tree matching pairs game- flash cards, display- Forest schools
A lovely matching pairs game with British trees.
This pack contains two sets of coloured cards- one with tree names and one without.
The cards can be used as a matching pairs game or as flash cards or displayed in the outdoor area for children to spot and name the trees in the surroundings.
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Flower matching pairs game- flash cards, display
A lovely matching pairs game with British flowers.
This pack contains one set of coloured cards.
The cards can be used as a matching pairs game or as flash cards or displayed in the outdoor area for children to spot and name the flowers in the surroundings.
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Pets topic pack- animals
The pack includes:
1. A long display banner with pictures of different pets
2. A Power point about different pets and separate Power points about some popular pets
3. Posters of different pet animals with their names
4. A colourful display border with pictures of different pets
5. Topic words on decorated cards to print out and add to a display
6. Writing pages with picture of different pets and lines below to write about the animal- these are in colour and black and white
7. An A4 word card to use when writing about different pets
8. Fact cards about different animals kept as pets
9. Colour photos to print and add to a display showing lots of different pet animals
10. Colouring pictures
11. Pictures to trace of different pets and the things pets need
12. Face masks of different pets- great for making up stories or role play
13. A colourful picture bingo game
14. ‘My Pet’ worksheet with spaces to fill in details of the childs’ pet or a pet they would like
15. A colourful number line
16. An alphabet line
17. Counting worksheets
18. Clue cards with some clues for the children to guess the different animals plus pictures to use with the cards
19. Dog and bone matching- match the addition sums to the dogs with the correct answer
20. Taking care of a pet worksheets
21. ‘My unusual pet’ worksheet- children can choose any animal and write about it as their pet
22. ‘I bought my pet to school one day…’ –a worksheet to write a story
23. Match the animal to the things it needs
24. A workbook cover
25. A mini book to make- complete the sentence on each page and draw a picture
26. Word searches about pets
27. A crossword
28. Fish counting cards
29. Acrostic poem worksheets
30. Various worksheets about pets such as sentence writing, unscrambling the words, describing pets etc
31. A bingo game to collect the different things needed for the different pets
32. Pet shop maths activity set- use the price cards or write your own according to the ability of your children and complete the task cards
33. Large colour pet accessory pictures- great for sorting and using on displays
34. Make a pet in a home- create an optical illusion of an animal in its home
35. Pet and home matching cards
36. Favourite pet survey worksheet
37. Play dough mats
38. Label the animals worksheets
39. Lost pet posters to fill in – 3 different worksheets for different abilities
40. Pet adjective cards- great to add to a display or use in literacy lessons