This book is a collection of activities to extend pupils’ opportunities to encounter words and their meanings. The sheets are also useful for developing dictionary skills, and are arranged alphabetically for ease of reference for the teacher. Most of the words can be found in junior dictionaries. Previously available through Easylearn.

This book is ideal for beginner readers and for older students who are struggling with literacy and have poor rhyming skills. I’m Ready to Rhyme contains tasks which children enjoy, such as cut-and-stick and matching: no writing is required. Included is a copiable set of full-colour, rhyme cards with which to play many games and activities. Previously available through Easylearn.

This reference skills book is ideal for working on letter names and the alphabet and is invaluable for reinforcing work on alphabetic letter knowledge and alphabetical order. The sheets are suitable for a wide age-range: Foundation Stage to KS2 plus older pupils with special needs. Tasks range from filling in missing alphabet letters to arranging words in alphabetical order using the first two letters. ‘Master’ sheets are included for you to create your own worksheets to suit different levels/abilities quickly and easily. Previously available through Easylearn.

Third in a series of 6 books that make the most of budding writing skills. The 25 topics in each book are ideal for early sentence writing, and the 6 books are crammed full of things that primary school pupils love to write about. Each sheet is highly motivating, enabling pupils with very limited writing skills to produce an attractive piece of work. Write About the Picture is easy for pupils to understand and use and requires minimal teacher assistance. Previously available through Easylearn. Book 3 topic titles include: Barbecue Time, The Pet Shop and Firefighters.

This graded series of nine books contains over 400 tried and tested phonics worksheets. Book 5 Black Mask looks at adjacent consonants. The sheets are completely different from those in the Big Phonics Books I have produced, so they provide even more practice, and also represent good value for money. Eight other books available. Previously sold through Easylearn.

This graded series of nine books contains over 400 tried and tested phonics worksheets. Book 8 New Coat looks at vowel phonemes: words such as ‘boat’, ‘sheep’ and ‘dream’. The sheets are completely different from those in the Big Phonics Books I have produced, so they provide even more practice, and also represent good value for money. Eight other books available. Previously sold through Easylearn.

Worksheets to support and consolidate practical work on telling the time from analogue and digital clock faces. Suitable for a wide age range from Reception to KS3, and for a wide range of abilities. The clear layout and simple, illustrated instructions enable independent work. This book covers telling the time to five minutes, then minutes, with 3 pages dealing with a.m. and p.m. Previously available through Easylearn. Two more books available.

Stories to improve sequencing and text comprehension, each with a five-part text to put in order. Each story has two versions: one with simpler text and more limited vocabulary, which is useful for less-confident readers. Suitable for KS2 plus older pupils with less-developed literacy skills. Previously available through Easylearn. Two more books available.

Fine Motoring improves pencil control and provides opportunities for cutting and sticking. Activities include tracing over straight lines and circles, copying lines and cutting and sticking pictures. Most sheets provide an opportunity for the child to add details and make the sheet personal. This photocopiable book is essential for children who need a structure as they work towards writing letters. Previously available through Easylearn.

Writing with Storyboards helps pupils to develop good story writing skills, and is especially useful for those who find it difficult to organise and plan their writing. The book includes whole stories, stories without endings and story starters. Each sheet encourages pupils to develop plot, setting, characterisation etc and stimulates the use of dialogue. A second book with the same format but 25 different topics is available. Previously available through Easylearn.

The two On the Write Track books contain sentence construction work for beginner writers with stimulating images to help independent writing. Both books have a similar format and are useful for a wide range of pupils at an early stage of literacy. The sheets can also be used for Speaking and Listening work. Previously available through Easylearn.

Helps to develop and consolidate phonic skills. Little non-phonic writing is required and the clear, easy format enables independent working. Successfully used with older students struggling with phonics to help them to catch up or to give them a fresh start. Ideal for revision and homework and suitable for a wide age range. The 37 pages in book 2 deal with the long vowel phonemes ar, or, ur, ow, oi, air and ear, plus adjacent consonants. Previously available through Easylearn. Second in a series of three books covering most phonic skills taught in school.

Helps to develop and consolidate phonic skills. Little non-phonic writing is required and the clear, easy format enables independent working. Successfully used with older students struggling with phonics to help them to catch up or to give them a fresh start. Ideal for revision and homework and suitable for a wide age range. The 40 pages in book 3 cover the various graphemes for the long vowel phonemes, alternative pronunciations for some graphemes and alternative spellings/silent letters. Previously available through Easylearn. Third in a series of three books covering most phonic skills taught in school.

The 4 Read, Find, Write books are ideal for the crucial stage when children start to segment and blend words and learn high-frequency words. Book 1 uses short phrases and introduces a small number of common words. The sheets have been successfully used with KS1 and 2 children, who really enjoyed using them. The graded books are suitable for all beginner readers. The straightforward layout and slow, steady progression make the books particularly suitable for children struggling with literacy who can use the sheets independently. This series fits in well with ‘Letters and Sounds’: the 4 books cover the 100 first words. Each book includes dictation and record/assessment sheets. 3 other books available. Previously sold through Easylearn

This graded series of nine books contains over 400 tried and tested phonics worksheets. Book 3 Pat’s Bed looks at bdp differentiation. The sheets are completely different from those in the Big Phonics Books I have produced, so they provide even more practice, and also represent good value for money. Eight other books available. Previously sold through Easylearn.

This book encourages the development of phonological and phonemic awareness: essential in teaching children to read successfully. It concentrates on the onset and rime approach to phonics and contains all the common rimes, enabling children to spell hundreds of words. The book includes a revision section, which is useful for consolidation work and assessment. Phonic Rime Time helps children to learn by analogy and become good, independent spellers. It is ideal for those pupils who are not succeeding with a purely synthetic phonics approach. 80 pages. Also see: Spelling with Rime. For introductory work which is more suited to younger pupils, another book, Time to Rime, is available. Previously available through Easylearn.

Encourage independent narrative writing with the 50 More Write Reason worksheets. This is one of a series of two books which enables pupils to use simple structures to produce sentences. The activities encourage independent narrative writing, from sentence formation to story writing. Both books enable pupils to write at different levels and for different purposes and have a wide appeal. The series is also useful for comprehension, speaking and listening and grammar work. Another book, Write Reason, is also available. Previously sold through Easylearn.

The interesting and appealing cutting activities in this book are excellent in the classroom as a diagnostic tool, to improve fine-motor skills and to encourage independent work. Sheets link well with topic work and are perfect for pupils with dyspraxia and others who need to to improve eye and hand co-ordination. Start Cutting follows the developmental progression of cutting: tasks range from short snips to cutting combinations of straight and curved lines. Pupils really enjoy cutting out the missing parts to complete each attractive picture. Previously available through Easylearn.

These worksheets concentrate solely on the important task of counting. They provide a great follow-up to practical early counting work and are ideal for young children starting maths work and older pupils with special needs. The book contains two sections, one for numbers 1 to 5 and one for numbers 1 to 10. The attractive pictures of familiar objects are often linked with topics teachers cover with young pupils. Children can also colour the pictures while counting. The clear, easy-to-use format means children can work independently, making the sheets ideal to send home. Previously available through Easylearn.

The three Read and Think books encourage poor readers, especially older pupils, to read sentences and simple texts and understand what they read. Book 2 looks at short narrative and informative texts and includes timetables and a calendar. Pupils must understand the texts they read in order to perform the tasks and this ensures text comprehension. The 25 sheets contain a variety of tasks which appeal to a range of pupils, including older, poor readers. Pupils are encouraged to deduce, infer, and interpret information and events. Vocabulary is limited to high-frequency words and the emphasis is on reading: very little writing is required. Previously available through Easylearn.