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Literacy for early years
The Smartest Giant in Town story resources
A bumper resource pack for the story 'The Smartest Giant in Town' by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. An engaging Literacy unit with worksheets, display materials, games and crafts.
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 decorated cards relating to the story
Title poster- an A4 poster with title, author and illustrators name
Word and picture flashcards- colourful cards with the different clothes to add to a display or writing area
A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story
Clothes alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on colourful clothes
Writing sheets- a set of writing sheets with borders for the children to write on and use in the writing area
Speech bubble worksheets- fill in the speech bubbles to show what the characters are saying
Word searches- two word searches with words from the story to find
Write about the story- write sentences about the different pictures
Diary- write George’s diary
Questions worksheets- write some questions you would like to ask the Giant
Labelling and matching worksheets- label the clothes and animals, write the missing words, Match the clothing to the correct animal and fill in the initial letters
Letter writing- write a letter to the Giant
Thank you letters and cards- write some letters from the animals to thank the Giant
Sequencing worksheet- cut and stick the story pictures in the correct order
What happens next- draw and write what happens next in the story
Number line- a number line to 50
Missing number worksheets- fill in the missing numbers on the shoes plus a blank worksheet so you can differentiate
Size ordering worksheets
Dot to dots- three different sheets with numbers from 1-10, 1-15 and 1-20
Colour by numbers- colour the pictures using the numbers
Repeating patterns- copy and continue the patterns on the ties
Matching pairs
Bingo- a colourful bingo game
Dice game- throw a die to collect the parts of the picture first
Design a tie- design a new tie for the giant to wear
Tracing ties- various patterns on tie to trace over the dotty lines
Draw new clothes- draw a new outfit for the giant
Finish the picture- draw the missing parts of the different pictures
Face masks- a set of coloured face masks
Stick puppets- coloured and black and white stick puppets
Rosie's Walk resource pack- story sack, farm
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.
Duck in the Truck story pack- rhyming words
A great pack for the story ‘Duck in the Truck’ by Jez Alborough. Great for teaching about the book or making into a story sack.
Contains:
Display banner
Story word cards
Display border
Story poster
Picture flashcards
Story question cards for display
Face masks for retelling the story in colour and black and white
Stick puppets to make
A4 word card with pictures
Speech bubble worksheets
Alphabet line
Book review worksheet
Writing sheets
Rhyming words worksheet
Favourite part of the story worksheet
Number line
Missing numbers worksheets
Counting worksheets
Tracing pictures
Cut and assemble the truck worksheet
Cut and stick rhyme worksheet
Colouring pictures
Board game
Matching pairs game
Rhyming bingo game
Monkey Puzzle story sack resources
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banner
Display border
Story words
Large lettering- Large A-Z letters in lower and upper case with a leaf decoration- great for larger display titles or to create a different alphabet line
Large pictures- Large coloured pictures of the animals in the story, leaves and plants and different bugs to help you create a great display
Word and picture cards- cards with the name and picture of each of the animals in the story
LITERACY
Word mat- An A4 word mat with words and pictures relating to the story
Speech bubble worksheets- various worksheets to write what the different animals are saying
Writing paper- various writing sheets with themed borders to use for work about the story or to add to the writing area
Alphabet line
Acrostic poems
Guess the animal cards- read the clues and match to the correct animal from the story
Worksheets- Various worksheets about the story and animals including matching the animal to the clue, initial sounds, cut and stick animal names etc
My jungle day
Describe your mum- A worksheet to draw and describe your own mum
Favourite part- draw and write about your favourite part of the story
NUMERACY
Number line
Size ordering- order the caterpillars and snakes in length order
Roll-a-die game- roll a die and collect the part of your animal
Colour by numbers
Symmetry
Counting worksheets- Count the animals worksheets with numbers 1-3, 1-5 and 1-10
Addition- an alternative colour by numbers sheets where children find the answer and colour the part of the butterfly
Missing numbers- fill in the missing numbers on the caterpillars
ART AND CRAFT
Animal puppets
Animal masks
Draw a jungle scene- draw your own jungle and the animals in it
Colouring
Jigsaw puzzle- design your own jigsaw puzzle and then cut out the pieces
Poems and rhymes- a collection of decorated cards with rhymes and poems about jungle animals
Tracing
UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD
Animal photos- lovely colour photos to print out and add to a display
Jungle photos
Animal fact cards
Butterfly life cycle pictures
Life cycle worksheets- various worksheets about the life cycle of a butterfly
Power Point
STORY TELLING
Story sack tag
Coloured puppets
Coloured face masks
Sequence 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.
Commotion in the Ocean- Under the Sea
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
Police role play pack
A bumper pack full of posters, signs, flashcards, pictures and writing opportunities to set up a role play area of a Police Station
The pack includes:
· A large colourful display banner
· Large A4 size letters of 'Police Station' - a great alternative for the role play area
· Large policeman and policewoman picture
· Large colour pictures of different things used by the police such as hats, whistle, handcuffs
· Topic word and picture cards
· A checked border which can be used on display and the police station notice boards
· A clock to make to display in the police station
· A number line to 50 on police helmets
· An alphabet line on police traffic cones- great to use in your outside area
· A plain police traffic cone- great for use in the outside area-laminate and attach to a block for the children to place where it is needed
· Police warning tape- laminate this and make into strips for the children to place around crime scenes
· Signs for your police station including 'Interview room', 'cells', 'store cupboard' etc.
· Dial 999 poster to display in your police station
· Police badges to make
· Police hats to make
Writing resources:
· An A4 incident book to make with cover and pages- this is in both colour and black and white
· A small incident book for the police officers to carry around with them
· An A4 prisoner book to make with cover and pages- this is in both colour and black and white
· Crime reporting forms
· Police identity cards
· Various wanted posters to draw and write on
· Five different writing pages-these can be used in the role play area and also for topic work
· Emergency message sheets
· Finger print forms
· Note and message pages
· A speeding ticket- great to use in the outdoor play area with the vehicles
The posters, signs and pictures will create a motivating and colourful role play area either inside your classroom or in your outside area which will encourage the children to further their vocabulary and language and encourage writing for different purposes.
Kipper's Toy box story resource pack- story sack, toys
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.
Rumble in the Jungle story sack resources
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
Tiddler the Story Telling Fish story sack resources
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banners- 2 colourful banner to print over 2 A4 pages- one with ‘Tiddler’ and the other with ‘Tiddler The story-telling fish’
Display border
Word cards- words relating to the story- great to add to a display or in the writing area
Word and picture flashcards
Character posters- a set of colourful posters showing different fish in the story with their names
Fish facts- simple facts about fish
Colour photos- A4 photos to print out and display showing some underwater scenes and fish
Title poster
LITERACY
A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story
Shell 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
Word searches
Worksheets- a collection of worksheets about the story and characters including initial letter sounds, labelling the creatures, list worksheet, my favourite sea creature, writing a new fishy tale, missing poster
NUMERACY
Fish number line- a number line to 50 on colourful fish
Missing number worksheets- fill in the missing numbers on the shells plus a blank worksheet so you can differentiate
Counting worksheets
Telling the time- a collection of clock posters showing the times mentioned in the story
Counting cards
Repeating patterns- draw the next sea creature to complete the repeating patterns
GAMES
Dominoes
Magnetic fishing game- make the 3D fish tank and take it in turns to catch fish plus ideas for different activities
Picture bingo
ACTIVITIES
Tracing sheets- trace the patterns on the fish
Stick puppets
Face masks
Fish templates
Story worksheets- various worksheets to draw different things, match pictures to speech bubbles and draw underwater scenes
Play dough mats- make the correct number of fish on each card
Colouring
STORY TELLING
Sequence pictures
Face masks
Sequencing worksheets- cut and stick the pictures in the correct order
Story telling props
Stick puppets
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.
Ice cream shop role play pack- Summer, seaside, ice cream parlour
Ice cream shop role play pack
Great for ourdoor or indoor play in the Early years and also for KS1 and KS2
The pack includes:
Large (A4 sized) coloured pictures of different ice creams and lollies -great for a background display
A5 sized labels of the different things in the shop eg cones, chocolate sprinkles, strawberry sauce, dishes etc
A5 sized cards showing the different ice creams and lollies and space to add a price label to use in your shop-the price labels are from 1p to 50p allowing you to make your own prices for the items and to alter them according to the ability of your children
Double sided cones and lollies to make, with different flavours and sizes of ice cream to put in them
4 different ice cream seller hats to make to use in the role play
A large title ‘Ice cream shop’
Order forms
Note paper and telephone message paper
Ice cream themed bunting to cut out and decorate the shop -this can be made as long as you wish by printing out more times
An ice cream number line up to 30
Aliens Love Underpants story resource pack
An engaging for the story ‘Aliens love Underpants’ by Claire Freedman. The unit includes worksheets, games, display materials, craft activities and sequencing activities.
Includes:
DISPLAY:
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 cards- words on spaceships relating to the story
Word and picture flashcards- colourful cards to add to a display or writing area
Underpant colours- coloured underpants each with the colour name on
Alien posters- a set of colourful posters showing different aliens
LITERACY:
A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story
Underpants alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on colourful underpants
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 aliens are saying
Word searches- two word searches with words from the story to find
Worksheets- a collection of worksheets about the story
MATHS:
Alien number line- a number line to 50 on colourful aliens
Missing number worksheets- fill in the missing numbers on the underpants plus a blank worksheet so you can differentiate
Size ordering worksheets- order the underpants and aliens by size- in colour and also black and white
Counting worksheets- count the number of aliens and the underpants on the washing line
GAMES:
Matching pairs- match the underpants with the same patterns
Build an alien- roll a die and collect a part of your alien- how many aliens can you make?
Washing line game- find the missing number underpants to hang on your washing line
Dominoes- a number dominoes game to make and play
ARTS AND CRAFTS:
Design some underpants- draw a pattern on the underpants
Split pin aliens- cut and assemble some aliens
Tracing sheets- trace the patterns on the underpants and trace over the dotted lines on the aliens
Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppet aliens
Spaceship design- design a new spaceship for the aliens
Face masks- colour and decorate the alien face masks
Play dough mats- make the correct number of underpants for the washing line or make the patterns on the underpants
Colouring- a collection of colouring worksheets
STORY TELLING:
Sequence pictures- a set of coloured pictures to use when retelling the story
Face masks- a set of coloured alien face masks to use when retelling the story or making up new stories
Stick puppets- coloured stick puppets 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.
The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch story resource pack- Powerpoints, games, literacy, story telling
A great resource pack to accompany the lovely children’s book ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’ by Ronda Armitage.
Banner- a long colourful display banner
Display borders- colourful borders to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
A4 word card- great to use when writing about the story
Story words- decorated words relating to the story-great to use on a display or in the writing area
Question cards-with questions about the story
Title page- a colourful page with the title, author and illustrator of the story
Picture and word cards
Photos- of different lighthouses- great for displays and discussion
Food display cards- colourful cards showing the different foods that Mrs Grinling put into the basket
Worksheets- various worksheets about the story such as thinking of ways to trick the seagulls, favourite meals, drawing parts of the story etc
Number line- A number line on lighthouses
Height lighthouses- order the different lighthouses in size order
Counting worksheets- count the number of seagulls and write the number in the boxes- a version for numbers up to 5 and for up to 10
Face masks- coloured masks to make and use when retelling the story or making new stories
Story props- large coloured props to use when retelling the story
Puppets- stick puppets to make of Mr Grinling, Mrs Grinling, Hamish the cat and the seagulls
Lighthouses- all about lighthouses and what they are used for
Maths- count the number of seagulls on each page and click on the correct answer
Story Powerpoint- answer the questions about the story and click on the correct answer
Phonemes on seagulls- all of the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds scheme on seagulls- these look great on a display of paper ‘rocks’
Speech bubble worksheets
Book review- write about the story and draw a picture
Worksheets-various worksheets about the story and characters
Word search- two different word searches with words relating to the story
Flying seagull- cut out and assemble a seagull which can be hung from the ceiling to make a flock of seagulls
Lighthouse- cut out and rearrange the lighthouse parts before sticking them onto your page
Colouring pictures- a collection of pictures to colour of the characters, food in the story, seaside scenes etc
Moving basket sheet- use a split pin to make the basket move from the cottage to the lighthouse
Make a basket- make a 3D basket and then draw some food to cut out and add to the basket
Face masks
Bingo- a colourful picture bingo game
Dominoes
Dice game- roll a die and cover the correctly numbered seagull
Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the author or publishers of the story or any related stories or products.
A Squash and a Squeeze story resource pack
A bumper pack for the story ‘A Squash and a Squeeze’ by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. The unit contains worksheets, sequencing activities, games, display materials and crafts.
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banner
Display border
Word cards- words on houses relating to the story
Word and picture flashcards
Animal photos- a collection of coloured photos of the different animals in the story
Large coloured pictures- large character and animal pictures and a large house to print out and use on a display
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 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 characters are saying
Word searches- two word searches 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
Rhyming words- A worksheet to find rhyming words in the story
Label the animals- A worksheet for each animal for the children to label the different parts of the animal
What happens next- A collection of worksheets for the children to draw and write what happens next in the story
NUMERACY
House number line
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
Table top number line- Number lines from 1-10 and 1-20 with the numbers on houses
Repeating patterns- continue the repeating animal patterns on the worksheets
GAMES
Matching pairs- match the pictures to play matching pairs or snap
Picture bingo- cover the different pictures from the story
Picture dominoes- a lovely game to make and play
ACTIVITIES
Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppets
A new house- draw a larger purpose built house for all the animals to live in with the little old lady
Face masks- colour and decorate the character and animal face masks
Colouring sheets
Split pin animals- cut out the animal parts and join together using split pins
Tracing pictures
Draw the scene- Draw the different scenes in the house when each animal arrives
STORY TELLING
Sequence pictures
Face masks
Stick puppets- coloured stick puppets to use when retelling the story
Story sack tag
Story props- large coloured props of the house, characters etc 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.
Whatever Next story sack resources
The pack includes:
Display resources
Banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border- a starry border for you to print out as many times as you need to use on a display board of any size
Characters- large coloured pictures of the characters in the story ‘Whatever Next’ to add to your display
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
Role play/ story props
Face masks
Puppets- coloured stick puppets to make
Sequencing pictures- pictures to sequence when retelling the story
Literacy
A4 word card
Star alphabet line- a bright alphabet line to print out and display
Worksheets- various worksheets including a book review, writing and drawing about a favourite part of the story, drawing what happens next etc.
Writing pages- four photocopiable sheets with borders for the children to write about the story or to include in your writing area
Acrostic poem- an acrostic poem worksheet to write a poem about Space
Numeracy
Moon boot number line- count in twos on the coloured boots
Owl number line- a number line to 50 on owls
Worksheets- fill in the missing numbers, count the number of stars and addition sums on stars
Counting cards- cards with numbers to 20 and the corresponding number of stars for the children to count
Rocket countdown posters- a set of posters from 5-0 with Baby Bears rocket
Power points
Story questions- answer the questions about the story and click on the correct answer
Colour boots- reveal the coloured moon boots and then read the colour words and click on the correct one
Counting Power point- count the number of stars on each page and click on the correct answer
Art and craft
Design a rocket- design your own rocket for travelling to the moon
Puppets- colour and make your own puppets for retelling the story
Face masks- colour the face masks
Colouring pictures- various pictures to colour
Picnic on the moon- create your own picnic to take to the moon
Games to make and play
Matching pairs- match up the patterned moon boots
Picture bingo- a colourful bingo game to make and play
Number dominoes- match the number to the stars
Rocket dice game- roll two dice and add the numbers together and cover the rocket on your card
Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story, or any related stories or products.
Winnie the Witch story resource pack- Halloween
This pack is designed to be used with the stories about ‘Winnie the Witch' and is a great pack to as Halloween.
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border- a themed display border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Word cards- words on stars relating to the story
Large coloured pictures- large character pictures to print out and use on a display
Question cards- questions on decorated cards about the story to use as prompts or to add to a display
Display lettering- an alternative display title with large letters decorated with rainbow stars
Colours posters- A4 posters of Wilbur the cat in different colours with the colour name
LITERACY
Wilbur alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on different coloured Wilburs
Writing sheets- a set of writing sheets with borders for the children to write on and use in the writing area
Speech bubble worksheets- fill in the speech bubbles to show what the characters are saying
Word searches- a search with words from the story to find
Favourite part if the story- draw and write about your favourite part of the story
Write a spell- A cauldron worksheet to write a new spell for Winnie the Witch
NUMERACY
Witches hat number line- a number line to 50 on colourful witches’ hats
Size ordering- cut and order the magic wands by length
Counting cards- count the pictures from 1-10
Counting worksheets- Count the different pictures on each page
GAMES
Matching pairs- match the pictures to play matching pairs or snap
Picture bingo- cover the different colour Wilburs
Find Wilbur- a collection of coloured cats to hide and find in the outside area or indoors
ACTIVITIES
Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppets
Face masks- colour and decorate the face masks of Winnie the Witch and Wilbur the cat
Colouring- colouring worksheets
Design an outfit- design a new multi-coloured outfit for Winnie the Witch
Design a hat- design your own witches hat
Make a wand- colour and make your own witches wand
STORY TELLING
Face masks- coloured face masks to use when retelling the story or making up new stories
Stick puppets- coloured stick puppets to use when retelling the story
Story sack tag- two different tags to add to your story telling sack
Story props- large coloured props to use when retelling the story
Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story, or any related stories or products.
The Little Red Hen story resources- activities, Powerpoint, Harvest
A bumper pack of resources for the story 'The Little Red Hen'.
Great to include in your Harvest topic.
Display resources:
A large colourful display banner of the title
Story words on bread slice shapes
Large and small character pictures from the story- hen, pig, cat, rat, goose/duck and dog- these could be used for story telling or displays - these are in black and white and colour
Large colour and black and white pictures of the tools used by The Little Red Hen and a windmill
Two different colourful display borders for you to print out as many times as you need for your display board
Question cards with questions about what the characters were thinking, what they were doing and why they were doing different things
Photographs of some different windmills- great for displays and discussion
Large lettering of 'The Little Red Hen' with each letter decorated with ears of corn
A4 character posters in colour of the different characters and their names
Word and picture cards of the different animals and props used by The Little Red Hen
Understanding of the World resources:
Photos of breads, wheat, corn and flour and fields of corn- great for displays and discussion
A Powerpoint about harvest and wheat/corn
Colour photos of the different animals in the story
Literacy resources:
A lovely Powerpoint of the story of 'The Little Red Hen'- the pages of this could also be printed out to make a book for your classroom
Colour and black and white pictures to sequence
Sequencing worksheets of the story
Speech bubbles with some key phrases from the story
Various speech bubble worksheets
Various other literacy worksheets- missing words, matching words to pictures, answering questions about the story, character worksheets, rhyming words etc
An alphabet line on hens
Various A4 pages in colour and black and white for the children to write on- these are each decorated with pictures from the story
Maths resources:
A number line to 50 on colourful windmills
Counting cards up to 10 with pictures from the story
Various themed worksheets- addition, subtraction and missing numbers
Activities:
Finger puppets to make of the different characters- greatfor retelling the story and for creating their own stories
Colour face masks of the different characters
Black and white face masks of the different characters
Various colouring sheets
Outline pictures of wheat, a windmill and the animals in the story- these could be used for writing activities or art activities
Games to make and play:
A lovely colourful board game to make based on the story
Matching pairs game
A Bingo game with pictures relating to the story of 'The Little Red Hen'
A rhyming word game
The Tiny Seed story sack pack- growing, seasons
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
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
Plant part flashcards- colourful cards to add to a display
Flower and plant photos- coloured photos of some different plants and flowers- great for displays and discussion
Question cards- questions relating to the story- great to add to your display or to use as prompts during literacy
Colour flowers
Plant labelling poster- an A4 and A3 sized poster showing the different parts of a plant with labels to add
Parts of a plant photos
LITERACY
A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story
Plant alphabet
Writing sheets- a set of writing sheets with themed borders- great for writing about the story or for using in the writing area
Word searches
Label a plant
Growth diary
Seasons worksheets
Seed packet worksheet
What will your seeds be- draw and write what your seed will grow into
Question worksheet
Planting instructions worksheet- sequence the pictures for planting a seed worksheet and a worksheet to write what you did when planting the seed
Sort the story pictures worksheet- sort the things which helped the seed grow and the things that didn’t
NUMERACY
Flower number line
Size ordering worksheets- order the seeds and plants by size- in colour and also black and white
Seed counting worksheets- count and write the number of seeds, glue the correct number of real seeds next to each number, draw the correct number of seeds worksheet
Dot to dot worksheets
Leaf counting up to 10
Colour by numbers
GAMES
Matching pairs/ snap
Bingo
Make a plant game- spin the spinner and collect the different parts of your plant
Flower building game- roll the special die to add or take away petals from your colourful flower
Bird game- spin the spinner to see how many seeds your bird is going to eat
ART AND CRAFT
Tracing sheets
Face mask- make a flower face mask
Colouring pictures- large black and white pictures of different spring flowers to colour
Workbook cover
Season sorting cards
Make a windmill- make a windmill to stand in your garden
Cut and assemble flowers
Make a seed packet
STORY TELLING
Sequence pictures
Large pictures
Story sack labels
Seasons cards
Plant growing sequence
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.
Handa's Surprise story resource pack- story sack
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
Sweet shop role play
Sweet shop role play
This pack can be used to set up an exciting Sweet shop role play area -also a great idea for Maths work and counting!
Includes:
Large (A4 sized) coloured pictures of different sweets-great for a background display
A5 sized pictures of the different sweets
A5 sized cards showing the different sweets and space to add a price label to use in your shop-the price labels are from 1p to 50p allowing you to make your own prices for the items and to alter them according to the ability of your children
4 different Sweet shop seller hats to make to use in the role play area
A large title ‘Sweet Shop’ sign with small pictures of sweets around it
Sweets in different colours with the colour name on them- great for your sweet shop or art area!
Chocolate bar wrappers to colour in and wrap around pieces of card to make your own pretend bars of chocolate for the shop
A number line up to 50 with each number on a different sweet- makes a lovely colourful number line for anywhere in the classroom
Special offer posters
Labels to colour and stick onto sweet jars
Order forms
Note paper and telephone message paper decorated with small pictures of sweets
Large black and white pictures of lots of different sweets for the children to colour and decorate in whatever way to decorate your sweet shop
Pirate Ship role play pack
A fun pack of resources for you to print out and use to create a role play area of a Pirate Ship.
The pack includes:
Large banner for your role play area ‘Pirate ship’
Pirate masks in colour and black and white
Pirate badges
Make a pirate hat
Make an eye patch
A dagger template to make your own pirate dagger
Pirate ship rule posters
A collection of different beards, hats, eye patches and moustaches to make your own pirate masks
Various posters for the role play area
ID cards for the pirates
Colour 'treasure'
Black and white 'treasure'- great to collage
Ships log book cover and pages for the children to fill in
Maps
Treasure book cover and pages for the children to fill in
Pirate jobs check list