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

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.

A great pack for teaching the topic of Minibeasts and Insects and The Hungry Caterpillar or for use when going on nature walks The pack includes: 18 flash cards of different coloured insects and minibeasts with their names A lovely photo pack of 16 colour photos of different insects and minibeasts Three large colourful display banners with pictures of insects and minibeast- ‘Minibeasts and Insects’, ‘Minibeasts’ and ‘Insects’ A coloured and a black and white insect and minibeast spotting card- great for taking on your nature walks or for sending home with the children to search for minibeasts at home ‘What am I?’ clue cards to guess the minibeast or insect Question cards to add to your displays Rhymes about minibeasts and insects 18 A4 sized black and white pictures for colouring or craft work Topic word cards to help when describing the habitats of the creatures Individual fans to make with different minibeasts/insects on and a list of questions for use by the teacher-a clue can be read and the children have to show you the correct creature A5 fact cards for each minibeast and insect A display border to print out showing the different creatures featured in the pack-this can be printed out as many times as you need for whatever size display board you have An A4 bordered page to display the children’s work A large title of ‘Minibeasts and Insects’ -each letter is decorated with small minibeast pictures Also included are some resources for the story ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’- for more resources see my separate Hungry Caterpillar pack: A large Hungry Caterpillar display banner A colour photo pack of caterpillars and butterflies Days of the week cards with pictures of the food the Hungry Caterpillar ate each day Picture and word cards A colourful themed bingo game

Investigate pumpkins with a variety of activities. Great for the Autumn/Fall season and Halloween. The activities include: Labelling a pumpkin activity sheets for the inside and outside of the pumpkin- two differentiated worksheets A life cycle emergent reader book Life cycle photos for bulletin boards and discussion- these are supplied with labels and without Life cycle worksheets- four differentiated sheets for writing and cut and paste A set of 10 discussion photos with questioning ideas for each photo My facts about pumpkins writing sheet Parts of a pumpkin poster set Pumpkin adjectives worksheets Instructional writing- how to carve a pumpkin Pumpkin fact cards for bulletin boards Pumpkin investigation worksheets- three versions KWL Pumpkin grid Life cycle of a pumpkin posters with pictures and descriptions of the stages Three pumpkin templates which can be used for writing, cutting, art activities etc A set of 13 pumpkin puzzles for children to match the drawing, photo, label and description of the parts of a pumpkin Pumpkins can, have, are grid Two pumpkin word challenges Pumpkin senses investigation worksheets- three versions Pumpkin true or false worksheets

The Jacket I wear in the Snow is a perfect story for Christmas and wintery weather. This pack is full of retelling activities, writing activities and book activities. The activities included are: A cut and paste story sequencing worksheet A set of comprehension question cards to choose the correct answer from a choice of two Worksheet- colour the clothes you would wear in snowy weather and in sunny weather A snowy day writing activity Cut and paste worksheet of what you wear in snowy weather-children can talk about the order the clothes are put on and paste the clothes onto the boy and girl. This activity is included in colour and also in black and white for the students to color themselves Graphic organizers Writing sheets- 8 different worksheet to list five things the old lady ate such as five things that are green, five things that begin with ‘b’. Plus a blank version of the worksheet Label the snowy weather clothes A Question worksheet Writing activity to make a list of snowy day clothes Two text-to-self connections worksheets A word search with vocabulary from the story Writing activity to write three sentences and draw a picture

FOOTBALL RESOURCES- EYFS A fun resource pack with a football theme. Great to use during the football tournament and designed for younger children The pack includes: A colourful picture bingo game to make and play Colour by numbers worksheets Colouring pictures Count and clip cards Cut and stick worksheet for learning about the flags Cut and stick initial sound worksheets Design a football kit and trophy Colourful display pictures Collect the footballs game- roll the dice and add or take away 1 football each time 1:1 cut and stick worksheets Football player finger puppets to make Find the letters worksheets An alphabet line on footballs A rhyming football boots game A mini football book to assemble for each child for them to read and colour Jigsaws An I-spy game to make and play Various football themed games- picture dominoes, matching pairs, roll and colour dice game, spin and colour initial sounds Playdough mats Size order worksheets Repeating patterns worksheets and activity cards Templates for colouring and collage work Trace the paths pencil control worksheets and tracing pictures Sorting cards and threading cards

Creepy Carrots is one of my favourite read-aloud books to use with my class. The pack includes: A craftivity to create your own unique Creepy carrot A literacy center with CVC carrots to make Cause and effect worksheets- three versions Beginning, middle and end of story worksheet Jasper’s character traits Comprehension worksheets- two versions My favourite part of the story- draw and write worksheet Graphic organizers- three versions Instructional writing- Jasper’s plan- worksheets for drawing and writing Cut and paste sentence making activity Writing activity- My plan to stop the creepy carrots Retell the story writing worksheet Drawing activity- what does Jasper think he sees and what does he really see? What happens next- three worksheets to draw and write Writing activity- What will the carrots do next? Write and draw about Jasper Writing activity- If Creepy carrots were following me, i would…

A bright and colourful set of alphabet crayons-great for displays, flashcards, games etc This is a CD with three great alphabet crayons sets. One has the lower and upper case alphabet, a second has just the lower case letters and a third has just upper case alphabet. These would make a great display for your classroom. Alternatively they could be used as flashcards when teaching the sounds. The lower case and upper case crayons could also be used to play matching pairs or used to make a display for the children to match the lower case letter to the upper case letter. The crayons are in files with three crayons on each A4 page. However you could change your printer settings to print the crayons larger or smaller. The font used on the crayons is Sassoon Primary Infant which is widely used in Primary schools. The crayons are saved as PDF files and can be opened using Adobe Acrobat Reader which is available for free from their website or is probably already on your computer.

Colour posters showing the different animals in the story · Display banner- a long colourful display banner · A colourful display border Number line- A colourful number line to 50 on the animals in the story · A4 display pages- 4 different page borders to quickly display work · Writing pages- black and white page borders to use when writing about the story or to add to the writing area · A colourful bingo game · Matching pairs game · Story words- each card is decorated with an African design border · A4 word card- with words and pictures · Information fact cards about the different animals in the story · Colour posters of the characters- Handa, Akeyo and Grandma · Face masks to make of the characters · Counting cards up to 10 with the number and the correct number of animals to count · Coloured story sequencing pictures · A small world background- great to use with small world characters or in the sand tray for retelling the story · Various worksheets- Match the animal to the name, write about the story and your favourite part of the story · Colouring posters of the characters and animals · Large black and white pictures to colour and sequence

The pack includes: A long colourful display banner A display border to print as many times as you need for a display board of any size Topic words on decorated cards Colour photos of different types of weather- great for displays and discussion Posters of different weather symbols A long banner ‘What is the weather like today?’ An A3 weather chart to print and display in your setting with days, months, date and weather to change each day Dress the children display with a selection of different clothes to use with each poster depending on the weather A weather dial to make Large decorated lettering- this includes A-Z in lower and upper case letters so can be used for larger display titles as well as a large alphabet line A number line to 100 on different weather pictures A worksheet to draw the different weather pictures Worksheets to draw the clothes to wear for different types of weather Make a windmill activity Lots of ideas for outdoor play in different weather and ideas for creating topic boxes for outdoor play An A4 word mat with words and pictures- great to use with writing activities Sorting pictures and sorting cards with weather pictures and different clothes pictures An alphabet line on clothing Tracing pictures A selection of colouring pictures Number bonds to 10 and 20 on rainbows Match the clothes worksheet looking at clothes worn in hot and cold weather Make the pictures the same worksheets A selection of weather themed play dough mats Acrostic poems with a weather theme Decorated writing sheets- great for work about the weather or to include in your writing area THE SEASONS Seasons posters Cut and stick worksheets about the seasons colour photographs showing the weather and other things to spot in different seasons Sorting pictures and sorting cards about the seasons Senses worksheets about what can be heard, seen etc in each season RAINY WEATHER A numberline to 100 on raindrops Colour wellies An alphabet line on umbrellas Rhyme pack for ‘Five little raindrops’ including rhyme card, singing props and face masks Incy Wincy spider activity What can you do in the rain worksheet Colour the rainbow worksheet SUNNY WEATHER Sun counting cards from 1-10 Sun safety pictures Sun safety worksheet Design a sun hat activity What can you do in the sun worksheet A sun alphabet line with lower and upper case letters Plan a sunny day picnic worksheet SNOWY WEATHER Match the patterned mittens game Cut and stick the snowman A snowman template Roll and collect the snowman parts game Trace the snowflake worksheet What can you do in the snow worksheet

The pack includes: A colourful display title Lovely colour face masks of each of the jungle animals in the book Black and white face masks of the animals for children to colour/ decorate/ collage etc An A4 information sheet about each animal with interesting facts Animal jigsaws to cut out and reassemble of an elephant, giraffe, zebra and crocodile Word labels of different animal parts-great for discussion and writing A display border of leaves-these can be printed as many times as you like to border a display of any size A5 cards showing some of the patterns from the animals An A4 word card with pictures of each of the animals on-this can be used for writing or maybe when reading the book to spot the animals A display page with the title, author and illustrator on A colourful bingo game for up to 5 players with a special jungle die to cut out and make An A4 sized work border- great for displaying the childrens work quickly Worksheets to cut out and label the parts of some animals-elephant, giraffe and zebra Matching pairs game with pictures of the animals-this could also be used to make a snap game or many other different uses Word related to the story-great for display and writing ideas Worksheets to match animal pictures to their names and a worksheet to design their own jungle animal

The pack includes: A display banner with the title of the story on and pictures from the story Large coloured pictures of the animals in the story- these have been hand drawn and watercoloured by myself Large black and white pictures of the animals in the story- these are great for colouring and art activities Smaller colour and black and white pictures of the animals in the story- these can be made into games, displays etc A ladybird number line up to 30 Colour face masks of all the animals in the story Black and white face masks of the animals Story word cards decorated with ladybirds- these are great for adding to a display, discussions, adding to a writing area etc Cards showing a clock face and an animal for the children to draw the hands on the clock to show the time Cards showing the time and the animal the Bad Tempered Ladybird met at that time Various worksheets- Maths, counting and telling the time worksheets and Literacy worksheets Different clocks to cut out and make- there is a plain clock, a clock to add the numbers to, a colour clock showing the animals the Bad Tempered Ladybird met at different hours and also a black and white version of this clock for the children to colour and make A ladybird themed game Fact cards with pictures and some facts about each of the animals in the story Rhyme cards with some rhymes about ladybirds A colourful animal bingo game to make and play An animal picture domino game to make and play

A great set of resources for the Fairy Tale of ‘Snow White and Seven Dwarfs’ on a handy disk for you to print out and use again and again. The pack includes: A large display title- this is decorated with pictures of the Seven Dwarfs Large characters in colour and black and white- great for creating displays or also great to laminate, add velcro to the back and the children to use to retell the story on a flannel board Story word cards on apple shapes A large game to make and play- find the most diamonds in the mine to win A colourful Snow White themed bingo game Black and white face masks for the children to decorate and make Snow White themed dominoes game Finger puppets to colour and make of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and the other characters in the story Question cards with questions relating to the story- these are great to add to a display A word mat to help when writing about the story Photo frames of the seven dwarfs- these look great on a display and would also be great to use as part of a role play area of the Seven Dwarfs house

The pack includes: Large characters and story props pictures- great for displays or for laminating and adding velcro to the back so they can be used on flannel boards for retelling Story word cards- great for displays or encouraging writing Black and white pictures of the characters and story props for the children to colour Black and white and colour face masks of Little Red Riding Hood, the Woodcutter, the Wolf, Grandma and the wolf in Grandma’s hat- great for retelling the story and for use in the outdoor area, Woodland nature spotting cards A basket to cut out and make (in black and white to colour and assemble) Coloured pictures of gifts for Grandma Word and picture cards of the gifts for Grandma Finger puppets to make and use for retelling the story-a great addition to your story sack A food collecting game- collect the items to fill your basket first Plus many other resources.

A bumper pack to help you create a stimulating and exciting art and design area in your classroom The pack has been used in the Early Years and throughout key stage 1 and 2. The pack includes: Colour paint tins for the everyday colours plus the more unusual colours such as beige, navy, cream, turquoise etc, Colour ‘splats’ to make a number line up to 50, ‘Challenge’ cards featuring a wizard with challenges such as ‘make a hat’, ‘make a car’ and a blank challenge sheet for you to write your own challenges for your class, Topic words for display and labelling (small and larger) with words such as scissors, paint, crayons, stapler etc, Paint mixing pallets to show which colours can be mixed together to make new colours, Art words such as ‘symmetry’, ‘sketch’, ‘bright’, ‘spiral’ etc Posters to motivate the children such as ‘can you paint with your fingers, string etc’, ‘can you paint your favourite part of a story?’ etc The resource will be sent to you on CD in pdf format. A great time saving pack for the busy teacher!

The pack includes: A powerpoint about Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr, Information cards about Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr- these are great for display and also to give teachers and others more information, Topic words, each decorated with Islamic symbol of the new moon and star, A bingo game using pictures related to Eid-ul-Fitr such as food, cards, presents etc, A game about celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr - children spin the spinner and collect the different things needed for their party, A matching pairs game using pictures related to Eid-ul-Fitr, A picture of a mosque for children to colour, Large letters spelling ‘Eid-ul-Fitr’ - these are decorated in rainbow colours, Two large display titles saying ‘Eid-ul-Fitr’ and ‘Eid Mubarik’ - both of these are decorated with pictures, A display border to print as many times as you want so it can be used on display boards of any size!, Two simple Eid-ul-Fitr decorations to cut out and decorate, Coloured Mehndi hands-these are great for discussion and display, Black and white decorated and plain Mehndi hands for the children to either colour or draw their own decoration and then colour, Mehndi hand patterns to trace, A recipe to follow with simple instructions and pictures to make some traditional sweets for an Eid party.

Farmer duck resource pack Included in the pack: A colourful Display title of ‘Farmer Duck’ A colourful Display border-this can be printed as many times as you need to be used on a display board of any size Large colour pictures of the animals and items from the story Information fact cards about the different animals in the book ‘Farmer Duck’ Story words to help the children when writing or talking about the story or for use on displays Worksheets for the children to write in speech bubbles, match the animals to the sound they make plus others to help when teaching your children this story Poems and songs about farm animals Games to make and play linked to the story and animals in ‘Farmer Duck’ Question cards about the story- great to add to displays Plus many more resources.

The pack includes: DISPLAY Display banner Display border Word cards Large coloured pictures- large character and prop pictures to print out and use on a display Question cards Display lettering- an alternative display title with large letters decorated with skull and crossbones LITERACY A4 word card Parrot alphabet 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 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 What happens next- A collection of worksheets for the children to draw and write what happens next in the story Describing places- describe some of the places mentioned in the story ‘sh’ words- match the ‘sh’ words onto the pirate ship Gold coin initial letter activity- match each letter onto the correct pictures on the cards Acrostic poem Gold coin phonemes- all of the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds scheme on gold coins- great to use in a sand tray NUMERACY Sharks number line Counting worksheets Size ordering- cut and order the pirate ships by size Follow the maze- follow the numbers from 1-10 and 1-20 to help the pirates reach the Pants of Gold Making 10- Worksheets to make a total of 10 in each treasure chest Number digit cards from 0-10- each card has a decorated number and the correct number of pirates peeping from behind the number GAMES Matching pants Roll and colour- roll a die and colour the numbered underpants on your sheet Pirate board game- travel across the island and collect the goldcoins but make sure the pirates don’t steal any! ACTIVITIES Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppets of pirates and a parrot Face masks Colouring- a collection of colouring worksheets Design the Pants of Gold Treasure map Make a pirate hat Colour by numbers- colour the parrots using the number key Decorate the underpants Treasure chest activity- draw you find in the treasure chest Tracing pictures- trace over the dotted lines on the underpants STORY TELLING 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 Story props 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.