Celebrate the Christmas holidays with this activity pack which accompanies the book ‘The Gingerbread Man Loose at Christmas’ by Laura Murray. The pack includes: Sequencing picture cards- these are in full color and also in blackline Sequencing worksheet cut and paste Story sequencing worksheet- beginning, middle and end Graphic organizers Character traits- what do the children say about their teacher My favorite part of the story writing and drawing activity Doing something special writing activity- three different sheets to choose from Asking question- Think of Who, What, When, Where and Why questions to ask the Gingerbread Man Retell the story writing worksheet, writing and drawing worksheet and drawing worksheet allowing you to differentiate Alphabetical order- order the professions in alphabetical order Text-to-self connections- Who did the Gingerbread Man thank and who would you like to thank- two different worksheets Three what happens next drawing and writing worksheets Who did the Gingerbread Man meet in the town- draw and write some of the people he met True or False sentences about the story- differentiated versions Beginning, middle and end of the story- a worksheet to draw or write about the different parts

This book companion is based on the book ‘The Lonely Scarecrow’ by Tim Preston and contains a variety of activities and colorful sequencing cards. The packet contains: A set of colorful sequencing cards Cause and effect worksheets- three versions The lonely scarecrows character traits My favorite part of the story- draw and write worksheet Graphic organizers- three versions Label the scarecrow- two versions to cut and paste or write the labels Writing activity- write a letter to the animals from the scarecrow- three versions Retell the story writing worksheet My scarecrow worksheets- three different versions for differentiation The Lonely Scarecrow grid- The Lonely Scarecrow has, lives, feels Writing activity- write three sentences about the lonely scarecrow Feelings worksheets- draw the faces on the scarecrow to show how he feels at the beginning and the end of the story or write how he feels at the beginning, middle and end of the story True or False- read the statements about the story and decide which are true or false plus an extra worksheet to write some of your own true and false statements A bonus scarecrow game

The story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar is loved by all children! This pack supports the book and is Common Core aligned but also suitable for the National Curriculum. The pack includes: A set of sequencing pictures in color and black line Initial sounds worksheets and cut and paste activities Comprehension picture cards with a choice of two or three answers to choose Graphic organizers Writing activities including drawing and write their favorite part of the story, drawing and writing what happens next and writing what they would eat if they were the caterpillar Sequence worksheets Text-to-self connections worksheets A set of colored vocabulary cards Plus a bonus Math book to trace and count the pictures to 10.

Snowmen at Night is a lovely story for Winter. This book companion includes: Sequencing picture cards- these are in full color and also in blackline Sequencing worksheet cut and paste Graphic organizers Sequence the sentences to retell the story My favorite part of the story writing and drawing activity If I were a snowman activity sheet Label the snowman- two versions for writing or cut and paste ‘My Snowman’ writing activity Snowman Can, Have, Are grid Story map- draw in the missing parts of the story- two versions for differentiation Text-to-self connections- What do the snowmen and you do at night, What do the snowman and you do in the snow Three ‘What happens next’ drawing and writing worksheets Two worksheets for students to list or draw the things the snowmen did at night Writing activity to write about what they would do at night if they were snowmen- a writing and a drawing version Writing activity- What do the snowmen do at night in the story and what do they think snowmen really do at night Beginning, middle and end of the story- a worksheet to draw or write about the different parts

Three colourful sets of alphabet bunting to hang in your classroom or the outside area- Just print and display! Each flag is approximately A4 in size but can be printed smaller The pack includes: Set 1 The letters of the alphabet on colourful star flags Set 2 Bunting flags with letters and a picture on each flag Set 3 To be made double sided or displayed side by side- the flags have the letter on one and pictures beginning with that sound on the other All of the sets are also included in black and white so they can be coloured in- they contain extra blank flags so that they can be made as a whole class activity with each child decorating their own flag- a great new term activity!

Two colourful initial sound bingo games In the set there are two sets of bingo game cards. Each set has 20 different bingo playing cards so they can be used for a whole class (the cards can be repeated for a larger class) or for group games. One bingo game has colourful pictures and other set has letters. The bingo games can be played in various ways- by calling a letter and the child covering a picture if it begins with that sound, by calling a letter and covering the letter on their board, by calling a picture and covering the initial sound letter or by calling a picture and covering that picture on their board. The calling cards can also be used in various ways- to play the bingo games, to play matching games to match pictures, letters or picture and initial sound, for phonics displays and many more ways. Also included in the pack is an activity sheet with details of these games and others that can be played using this resource. The bingo boards are approximately A4 size but by altering printer settings prior to printing you could print them larger or smaller.

Three colourful sets of alphabet bunting to hang in your classroom or the outside area- Just print and display! Each flag is approximately A4 in size but can be printed smaller The pack includes: Set 1 The letters of the alphabet on colourful star flags Set 2 Bunting flags with letters and a picture on each flag Set 3 To be made double sided or displayed side by side- the flags have the letter on one and pictures beginning with that sound on the other All of the sets are also included in black and white so they can be coloured in- they contain extra blank flags so that they can be made as a whole class activity with each child decorating their own flag- a great new term activity!

This pack is designed to be used with the story ‘The Biggest Pumpkin Ever’ by Steven Kroll which is a lovely story to share in Autumn or for Halloween. The pack includes: Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display Display border- a colourful themed border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size Word cards- words on pumpkins relating to the story Character posters- colourful posters of the two main characters Clayton and Desmond A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story Pumpkin alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on pumpkins with lower and upper case letters Writing sheets- a set of writing sheets with borders for the children to write on and use in the writing area Speech bubble worksheets- fill in the speech bubbles to show what the characters are saying Word search- a word search with words from the story to find Worksheets- a collection of worksheets about the story such as drawing and writing about their favourite part, writing about the characters, writing about different parts in the story, drawing and writing what happens next, question worksheets, sequencing sentences about the story and sorting statements about the two characters Clayton and Desmond Missing number worksheets- fill in the missing numbers on the pumpkins plus a blank worksheet so you can differentiate Size ordering worksheets- order the pumpkins by size- in colour and also black and white Counting worksheets- count the numbers of pumpkins Rhyming pairs- match the rhyming pumpkins Dominoes- a number dominoes game to make and play Tracing sheets- trace over the dotted lines on the pictures Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppets Halloween Pumpkin design- design your own pumpkin for Halloween Face masks- colour and decorate the face masks of Clayton and Desmond Play dough mats- make the correct number of pumpkins and the different faces on the Halloween pumpkins Colouring- a collection of colouring worksheets Sequence pictures- a set of coloured pictures to use when retelling the story Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story, or any related stories or products.

This pack is perfect for teaching your children about the Hindu festival of Diwali. There are two emergent reader books for different abilities- the easier version has 7 pages and slightly more difficult version has 9 pages. There are a variety of activities which can be used as Maths and Literacy including: Cut and paste numbered diya lamps from 1-5 and 1-10. Roll and colour diya lamp sheets to use with one die for number recognition (or counting if using a dotty die) to 6 and colouring sheets to use for adding the numbers on two dice together. Missing number cards which can be laminated and used with dry-wipe pens or the students can copy the sequence in their books. There are 20 different cards with numbers up to 20. There are also number cards to 20 on coloured diya lamps which can be placed on the missing numbers on the cards or can be used as a separate center to order the numbers. Diya lamp size ordering cut and paste sheet. Write the room- 8 colored Diwali cards to find and write the words and also blank cards to make your own version. Make the sentences- cut and paste the beginning and end of the sentences to make 4 sentences. Sentence scramble- coloured cards to make the 4 sentences and four cut and paste sheets to make and write the sentence. Also included are the following activities: A Diwali acrostic poem sheet Comparing celebrations sheet for writing or drawing Diwali facts sheet- two versions of this Two Diwali themed word searches A missing word sheet for Diwali A set of 6 Rangoli patterns to trace and color A colorful Rangoli matching pairs game Four different page borders for writing activities in color and ready to print

A great pack with lots of files for literacy for you to print off and use This pack would be great to use with the Letters and Sounds phonics scheme or with other phonics schemes to use in your teaching and for the children to use independently and in groups. Included in the pack are: Flash cards in colour and black and white with the picture and word and just with words or just pictures, Flash cards with space to write the word underneath (when laminated these can be used with dry-wipe pens), Flash cards with the letters than can be hidden so children can say what the initial, medial or end sound is, Bingo games with the different medial sounds and a mixture of medial sounds, Large vowel and alphabet cards for the children to hold to make CVC words, Loop game card sets, Word wheels, Matching pairs game, dominoes, Board games to make and play, Spelling worksheets, Reading worksheets Plus lots more!

A great pack with lots of games and activities for teaching and consolidating rhyme. The resources in the pack include: Activity posters- 6 colourful A4 posters with questions about which words rhyme etc Rhyming bingo 1- collect the pictures that rhyme with your card Bingo game 2- a simpler game to match the pictures onto your rhyming mats Board game- a colourful rhyming board game to make and play Display materials- banner and titles for a rhyming word display and also a selection of question posters to add Dominoes- a rhyming picture dominoes game to make and play Large pictures- a large collection of coloured and black and white images of pictures that rhyme and rhyming groups Loop cards- 2 games to play Dice to make- onset and rhyme dice to make with activity ideas and recording sheet Posters- 4 colourful A4 posters with rhyming pictures for 4 different word families Flash cards- 18 rhyming pairs for whole class work and displays Rhyming pairs game- a colourful game to make and play Powerpoint- a powerpoint asking the children questions about rhyming words on each page Picture cards- small coloured and black and white cards with four pictures for each rhyme- great for sorting activities and making your own games Word wheels- 5 rhyming word wheels to make for the word families og, ip, at and an and also a blank word wheel Worksheets- a collection of rhyming worksheets including drawing activities, cut and stick and matching

Bumper Literacy resource on CD for the Early Years A great pack on a handy disk to print out and use in any Early Years setting The pack includes: A colourful alphabet tracing card with letters to trace and the initial sound pictures around the edge An initial sound alphabet bingo game to make and play The first 100 High Frequency words from the Letters and Sounds scheme on colourful bricks The next 200 High Frequency words from the Letters and Sounds scheme on colourful bricks CVC cards with pictures and spaces for the letters so children can choose the correct letter cards to spell the words Flash cards with missing letters for children to identify the missing sound- CVC, CCVC and CVCC cards Alphabet fans with a letter of the alphabet on each piece- choose letters the children are learning to make up your own fans to use in your teaching All of the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds scheme on bees, a set on colourful butterflies and a set on transport pictures Phoneme flash cards each with the phoneme and a picture A4 desk cards with the letters of the alphabet and corresponding initial sound pictures A4 desk card with all of the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds scheme and the corresponding pictures Alphabet lines on colourful parrots, a set on boats, a set on flowers and a set on frogs Alphabet tracing cards- each card has the upper and lower case letters and an intial sound picture in colour

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.

The pack includes: Owl Babies: A large display banner with pictures of the owls in the story 'Owl Babies' Word cards relating to the story- these are great for writing displays when writing about the story or general displays about the story A colourful A3 sized board game with 2 sets of Maths questions (easy and harder) so you can change and differentiate the game according to the group of children playing it Various worksheets about the story and characters- missing words to fill in, speech bubbles, thought bubbles, owl labelling, true and false etc. Story props to help you retell the story- you have the option to print large pictures and characters for display and also a small A4 sized story board with smaller pictures which would be great for individual table-top work and also for use in a story sack to keep with the book Owl masks for the children to colour and make- these are provided in colour and black and white- masks of mother owl and the baby owls Two different colourful display borders- just print out as many times as you need to border a display of any size A powerpoint about Owls- the pages of this could also be printed out to make a book for your classroom An A4 word card- great to use when writing about the story High Frequency Words on feathers An alphabet line on baby owls A number line to 100 on ivy leaves- this makes a lovely display or edging to a display An owl number rhyme and props for use when singing the rhyme Writing borders in colour and black and white Colouring pages Tracing sheets of the owls A size ordering worksheet to cut and order the owls in size Nocturnal animals A photo pack of different nocturnal animals A colourful display banner Two different display borders Fact cards about different nocturnal animals Large coloured pictures of nocturnal animals Colouring pictures A nocturnal animal bingo game An A4 word card Colourful display word cards Emotions Large pictures of faces showing different emotions Display banners of 'Emotions' and 'How do you feel today?' Word cards for displays Worksheets to draw and write about different emotions Emotion flash cards with faces and the emotion word

A huge pack of resources for use with children in the Early Years. This pack includes over 200 pages of planning, activities, games, crafts and worksheets to print out and use again and again. Although the activities are planned for children up to the age of 5, there are many which could be used with older children. The Nursery Rhyme packs included are: 1- Twinkle, twinkle little star 2- Jack and Jill 3- Baa baa black sheep 4- Little Miss Muffet 5- 1,2,3,4,5 once I caught a fish alive 6- Hickory Dickory Dock 7- Humpty Dumpty 8- Hey diddle diddle 9- Incy Wincy spider 10- Little Bo Peep For each nursery rhyme there is a rhyme card in black and white and colour, rhyme sequencing pictures, craft ideas, colouring and activity sheets, puppets and face masks for acting out the nursery rhyme, literacy activities, maths activities plus a sheet of further activity ideas.

A great pack for creating a role play area of an airport in your setting. Contains lots of colourful posters and signs, lots of opportunities for mark making/ writing and banners and large posters for arrivals and departures both filled in and blank.

Create a lovely colourful display. This alphabet line has boys and girls each with different hair colour and skin tone and some wearing glasses to promote a diverse environment for your teaching.

A bumper set of resources to use in your classroom or setting to create a stimulating and exciting writing and mark making area. The pack includes: Display materials: Phoneme bunting flags- 2 flags for each phoneme one with the phoneme on and the other with a word and picture containing that phoneme Alphabet line- Large colourful pencils each with the lower and upper case letters Alphabet desk card- an A4 card with lower and upper case letters and an initial sound picture for each letter Alphabet picture frieze- A5 cards with lower and upper case letters and a picture for each letter Alphabet strip- a table top alphabet strip on coloured pencils Alphabet books- a colourful set of books each with the lower case letter on Flashcards- coloured cards with days of the week, months of the year and the seasons Display border- a colourful pencil themed border to print out as many times as you need it Posters for your writing area- including ‘Our Writing’, ‘We like to write’, two posters for ‘What will you write today?’ Stationery labels- coloured picture and word labels for your stationery pots in the writing area Tray labels- 20 labels for your resources trays Word wall bricks- 100 bricks with Reception words Writing flash cards- 28 writing themed words such as sentence, full stop, character etc –a great addition to the writing area for older children Display banners- a long colourful banner ‘Writing area’ and ‘Writing’ Large post box- a large colourful post box which prints over 6 pages- print out and stick to a box to create a post box for the children to post their letters Writing materials: Birthday invitations- 3 different designs Book sheets- a book review and 2 different sheets about the children’s favourite books Letters to Santa- 5 different designs Postcards- 3 different holiday postcard designs Magic spell- 3 sheets for writing a magic spell Menus- 3 designs Newspapers- Lots of different designs for different abilities Recipes- 2 different designed sheets Shopping lists- 4 designs Thank you cards- 4 designs plus two blank cards to design Wanted posters- 5 different posters for different abilities Wedding invitations- 2 designs Activity sheets- trace over the numbers 1-10, trace over the alphabet letters, find and colour the letters of the alphabet Writing border sheets- a large collection of A4 photocopiable sheets with patterned borders- some of these are included in my other story and topic sets