Dear Father Christmas A delightful story for Christmas about the letters from a little girl to Father Christmas and the replies from him. The pack includes: A long title banner with pictures of Father Christmas and the elves Word cards with words relating to the story and Father Christmas A large picture of Father Christmas in his sleigh and the reindeers to cut out and make into a large picture with the reindeer pulling the sleigh Question cards with questions relating to the story and pictures of Father Christmas Colour pictures of Father Christmas, his sleigh, the elves and reindeer A collection of colouring pictures and posters A collection of Christmas wintery houses and trees to make into a lovely village scene display Display words for writing letters- great for Christmas letter writing An Advent calendar to make A matching pairs game to collect the matching coloured stockings Letter writing templates for writing your letter to Father Christmas An alphabet line on patterned envelopes Face masks in colour and black and white of Father Christmas, elves and reindeer A number line to 50 on cute elves A worksheet to draw Erol the elf A worksheet to decorate the Christmas tree Design a decoration to hang on the Christmas tree A collection of decorations to cut out and colour which you can then hang on the Christmas tree A game to spin the spinner and collect the coloured presents Posters of all the reindeer and their names A worksheet to decorate the sleigh and draw some presents for Father Christmas to deliver A worksheet to design a ticket for a sleigh ride A colourful bingo game with a Christmas theme Various maths worksheets to count the number of presents, fill in the missing numbers and order the numbered stockings 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.

An engaging pack for the story ‘A House for Hermit Crab’ by Eric Carle. The pack includes worksheets, display materials, games, activities and crafts and is great to include in a sea life or seaside unit. The pack includes: A long colourful display banner A display border with colourful Hermit crabs An A4 word card to use when writing about the story and sea creatures A title poster for display Word and picture cards of the different sea creatures in the story Word cards with words relating to the story on sea shells Sea creature flash cards Sea creature fact cards with simple facts about the sea creatures in the story Tracing pattern worksheets Match the label to the correct sea creature worksheet Colour photographs of different sea creatures and underwater scenes- great for discussion and displays Design a new house for Hermit crab worksheet Label the sea creatures worksheets A Hermit crab fact book to make and complete Fact posters about Hermit crabs with colour photographs Sequencing picture cards for the story Cut and paste sequence worksheet What happens next worksheets My favourite part of the story worksheet Comparing my house to Hermit crabs house worksheet- with different version for different abilities Cut and paste the months of the year with pictures of the corresponding sea creature Month cards for display with corresponding sea creatures Beginning, middle and end worksheet Count the different sea creatures on the shell worksheets An alphabet line on Hermit crabs A number line to 30 on different sea creatures A crab face mask to make- in colour and black and white Writing paper with themed borders Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story, or any related stories or products.

The pack includes: Display resources Banner Display border Characters- large coloured pictures of the characters in the story ‘Oliver’s Fruit Salad’ to add to your display Story words Story questions Posters- a set of posters showing the fruit name and picture Oliver’s fruit photos- a lovely set of photos showing the different fruit that Oliver used for his fruit salad Other fruit photos- a set of 20 photo posters showing other fruit that could be included in a fruit salad and also some unusual fruits Title poster- a colourful poster with the title, authors name and illustrators’ name Fruit descriptive words- a set of word cards with a fruit border with words the children can use to describe different fruits and also blank cards for you to add your own words Role play/ story props Face masks Puppets Sequencing pictures Story props Literacy A4 word card- an A4 sized card with words and pictures about the story ‘Oliver’s Fruit Salad’- great to use when writing Fruit alphabet line Worksheets- various worksheets including speech bubbles, matching words to pictures, writing the initial sounds of different fruits, writing words to describe different fruits, fruit salad instruction writing and fruits I like and dislike Writing pages- four photocopiable sheets with borders for the children to write about the story or to include in your writing area Word searches Five a day- a worksheet for the children to draw and write about the fruit and vegetables they have eaten each day to make their ‘five a day’ Story sack label Shopping list worksheet Shopping list templates- decorated templates to write your own shopping lists Numeracy Jam number line- create a long number line for your classroom on strawberry and blackcurrant jam pots Number rhyme pack 1- ‘Five currant bun s with a cherry on top’- contains rhyme card, singing props and face masks Number rhyme pack 2- ‘Way up high in the apple tree’- contains rhyme card, singing props and face masks Addition sums on fruits- great to make a number display Counting cards Counting mat Power points Story questions Guess the fruits Counting Power point- count the number of objects on each page and click on the correct answer Art and craft Puppets Face masks Colouring pictures Colouring posters Cut and stick the fruits Draw and describe Design a fruit salad Games to make and play Matching pairs Dice game Shopping trolley game- collect the fruits shown in your shopping trolley Fruit Bingo 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.

ARCTIC EXPLORERS This role play works particularly well in the outside are but can be used indoors too to create a colourful and stimulating role play area. Resources on the pack include: Coloured pictures of Arctic animals for the children to find such as a Killer Whale, Polar Bear, Seal, Reindeer etc Black and white pictures of the animals so the children can colour or collage them Badges for the Arctic explorers to wear Identity cards for the explorers to fill in their details Word and picture cards showing some of the kit the explorers will need Check lists and forms to fill in to check the kit Check lists, forms, sketch books etc for the explorers to fill in when they have found some Arctic animals A large A-Z alphabet with each letter in the form of ice Number up to 50 on snowflakes- great to use if you are creating the role play area indoors Colour photographs of some Arctic animals Colour photos of some Arctic scenes

Jungle Explorers role play pack This role play works particularly well in the outside are but can be used indoors too to create a colourful and stimulating role play area. Resources include: Coloured pictures of jungle animals for the children to find Black and white pictures of the animals so the children can colour or collage them Badge for the jungle explorers to wear Identity badges for the explorers Word and picture cards showing some of the kit the explorers will need Check lists and forms to fill in to check the kit Check lists, forms, sketch books etc for the explorers to fill in when they have found some jungle animals Animal footprints- print out and leave trails for the children to find and follow A large A-Z alphabet with each letter decorated with animal patterns Number up to 50 on leaves- great to use if you are creating the role play area indoors Colour photographs of some jungle animals

A colourful role play pack to create a role play area of the ‘Three Little Pigs Building Site’ with pictures, signs, posters, forms to fill in etc Includes: Building site large sign Building site tools posters Construction site sign House design sheet House part posters Materials list Themed notes and messages sheets to photocopy Building supplies order form Building site safety ribbon Safety sign posters Warning sign posters

The pack includes: Banners and A4 sized posters (with pictures) for a garage, a car wash and a petrol station Signs and pictures for each of the role play areas of different things which could be found in them such as petrol pump, spanner and sponge and bucket Large A4 size pictures of the different items as above General signs for each of the areas such as price signs, signs for where to take your car for an MOT, a no-smoking sign, signs to tell the customers where to pay etc Lots of different forms and notes to encourage writing in the role play areas Opening times with pictures for each of the areas and an OPEN/CLOSED sign for each area 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

I love reading The Kissing Hand to my students on the first day of school. Its a lovely comforting story for young children. This pack contains: 8 colored pictures to sequence when retelling the story A face mask to make in color and black and white A finger puppet to make My first day portrait worksheet A story map A cut and paste sequence worksheet My favorite part of the story worksheet Graphic organizers

This Maths and Literacy center pack is perfect for Autumn / Fall with themes of leaves, pumpkins etc. There are 9 centers included- 4 for Maths, and 5 for Literacy. Repeating patterns- make repeating patterns using the colored Fall themed picture cards and then use the recording sheets to draw your patterns or use on of the three cut and paste sheets to continue the patterns. Count and clip- count and the Fall pictures up to ten and clip with a paperclip or peg. There is a recording sheet to write the number and fill in a ten frame. Math match- complete the jigsaws with a number pumpkin, ten frame and tally complete with a recording sheet. Number ordering- Order the numbered Fall leaves and then complete the recording sheet to cut and stick numbers 1-10 in order or 1-5. Lower and upper case matching- match the leaves with upper case letters and lower case letters plus a recording sheet to record some of the matches. Rhyming pumpkins- 24 sets of rhyming pairs with pictures on pumpkins. There are two recording sheets for students to draw their rhyming pairs and four sheets to cut and paste with two difficulties. Word family sorting- sort the apples onto the trees with word families _at, _en, _ip, _og, _ug, _an. There are three recording sheets each with 2 word families on each to write the words and six recording sheets which each cover a word family for the students to cut and paste the apples. Initial sounds- Three sets of Fall themed picture cards for students to choose a card and trace the initial sound letter on the apple tree. Sentence scramble- Six sets of sentence cards to rearrange to make the sentence and a recording sheet for each sentence to cut and paste the words and then copy the sentence.

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.

A resource pack for the story ‘The Jolly Postman’ by Janet & Allan Ahlberg. This engaging Literacy pack includes worksheets, display materials, games and crafts. Also available is the resource pack for ‘The Jolly Christmas Postman’ The pack includes: Two Large display banners: ‘The Jolly Postman’ and also ‘The Jolly Postman or Other People’s Letters’ with a picture of the postman and lots of letters A display border with pictures of letters and the Jolly Postman-this can be printed as many times as you need to border a display of any size Drawings of the characters in the book such as the Jolly Postman and his bike, the Three Bears, the Wicked Witch, Cinderella etc (these are not printed from the book but have been drawn by myself)- these are in black and white and colour and are great for story telling and displays Templates for writing different letters to the characters with black and white pictures and without pictures, templates for postcards, airmail letters and birthday cards Masks of the characters in the story- these are provided in colour and black and white- great for retelling the story or for making up their own story Worksheets for Numeracy, Literacy and general work- some of these are differentiated or can be used as templates for you to put your own sums on Story word cards each with a picture of the Jolly Postman- these look good on displays or can be used in the writing area of your classroom to help when writing about the story An A4 word card with words and pictures relating to the story A4 poster with some nursery rhymes and pictures on Question cards with questions relating to the story and a picture of the Jolly Postman and his bike-these are great to add to a display to encourage the children to think more about the story A game relating to the story- deliver the letters from your sack the quickest to win the game A colourful bingo game with pictures of the different characters and letters and parcels A colourful matching pairs game Counting cards up to 20 Large number line pictures with the numbers up to 20 Individual number lines up to 10 and 20 with the numbers written on letters Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the author or publisher of the story or any related stories or products.

This book companion is based on the book ‘The Biggest Apple Ever’ by Steven Kroll which is a great story for Fall and Halloween. This engaging pack includes worksheets, games, crafts, story sequencing activities and Science activities. The pack contains: Beginning, middle and end organizer Character posters- these are great for bulletin boards to add adjectives about each character Character traits worksheets about Clayton and Desmond Graphic organizers My favorite part of the story- draw and write Retell the story- two versions of writing/drawing worksheets Sequence pictures in color and blackline Sequence the story cut and paste True or False- read the statements about the story and color the true and false ones What happens next- two worksheets to draw and write Venn diagram comparisons- compare Clayton and Desmond and their ideas Literacy Centre- ABC order with two levels of difficulty Instructional writing- ‘How to make apple pie’ - drawing and writing activity Science: Apple investigation worksheet Label the apple- help Clayton and Desmond to label the apple- two versions My facts about apples- write some facts about apples Emergent reader book- The apple - a book about the life cycle of an apple

This book companion is based on the book ‘The Biggest Pumpkin Ever’ which is a great story for Fall and Halloween. It includes worksheets, games, display materials, games and activities. It also includes science activities to learn more about pumpkins. The pack contains: Beginning, middle and end organizer Character posters- these are great for bulletin boards to add adjectives about each character Character traits worksheets about Clayton and Desmond Graphic organizers My favorite part of the story- draw and write Retell the story- two versions of writing/drawing worksheets Sequence pictures in color and blackline Sequence the story cut and paste Sort the statements- cut and paste the statements about Clayton and Desmond Speech bubble worksheets- two writing activities to think what the characters might be saying What happens next- two worksheets to draw and write Word search- a fun themed word search Writing activity- draw and write what each character did with the biggest pumpkin and what you would do Venn diagram comparisons- compare Clayton and Desmond and their ideas Science: Pumpkin investigation worksheet The life cycle of a pumpkin cut and paste activity Pumpkin life cycle color posters Instructional writing- write or draw the steps for how to grow a pumpkin Emergent reader book- My Pumpkin - a book about the life cycle of a pumpkin

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