Preschool teaching resources

A collection of photos of bracken and ferns that I have taken for my students during my row around Great Britain, which will be added to over time. Can be used for projects, presentations, knowledge, and discussions about topics such as habitat, ecosystem, seed dispersal, plants, and uses in history. Please leave me a review and I will send you any other resource of your choice for free (contact me: office@oceansproject.com). Check out my other resources at my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/sarah277 Let me know if you have any resource requests and I will tailor make a resource for you.

A collection of seeds from trees around Great Britain that I have been curating for my students as part our module on plants, trees, pollination, and reproduction. I will add to this during my row around the coast of Great Britain. Please leave me a review and I will send you any other resource of your choice for free (contact me: office@oceansproject.com). Check out my other resources at my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/sarah277 Let me know if you have any resource requests and I will tailor make a resource for you.

This was done in Forest School with a Year 2 class (they are half completed in the accompanying photo). We also read "The Crow's Tale" which is a Native legend with a nice moral and lovely pictures. Included are: Detailed Lesson Plan Examples (I printed these and stuck them on card to pass around in the forest) Dream Catcher History (to read to the class) Instructions on how to make a net (We didn't make proper nets with Year 2 but this could be used with older children)

A collection of foxglove flowers from around Britain that I have been putting together for my class to use in their projects, discussions, research, and presentations about flowers, plants, folklore, ecosystems, pollination, and habitats. Please leave me a review and I will send you any other resource of your choice for free (contact me: office@oceansproject.com). Check out my other resources at my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/sarah277 Let me know if you have any resource requests and I will tailor make a resource for you.

3 sets of Bingo mats with matching picture cards and matching word cards to learn names of popular minibeasts. Suggest laminating for durability. Included blank one to practise writing spellings and that can be used repeatedly if laminated.

This booklet contains 13 different maps of India, all in a child friendly style. They make the perfect tool to help you in your studies when teaching and learning all about India. There are: Blank maps, outline maps, maps of the states of India, maps of Indian cities. There are also thematic maps including the climatic regions of India, the population density map of India and maps highlighting the rivers of India.

5 sets of Bingo mats with matching picture cards and matching word cards to learn vocabulary associated to garden/planting tools. Suggest laminating for durability. Included blank ones to practise writing spellings and that can be used repeatedly if laminated.

• Searching for minibeasts: tick box when seen; use word bank to label each one; easier: draw a line around the picture when you see one! • Use word bank to complete sentences about insects; label an insect body parts • Draw favourite insect and label body parts; write interesting facts • Sorting / grouping minibeasts pictures (cut and paste) into insects or not insects categories • Minibeasts Fact Sheet: write where minibeasts live, what they have, what they do and what they eat • Life circle of the butterfly: cut pictures and labels and paste in correct order Minibeasts Classification: • Sorting / grouping minibeasts pictures into different ‘moving’ categories • Recording names of insects that can fly, crawl, slide or jump • Recording insects that can fly, crawl, slide or jump using a table • Recording insects that can fly, crawl, slide or jump using a graph • Sorting / grouping minibeasts pictures and features into different ‘group’ categories (insect - arachnid - mollusc - arthropod - onychophora - isopod crustacean) • Record findings into a table Word Mat included for spellings Created for independent work Suggestion: print any worksheets on A3 for group work and to create posters for display!

Garden Topic • Create a scene using cut and paste pictures • Draw a plan of a favourite garden; use word bank for ideas and for labelling. • Label garden tools • Sort garden tools into 2 different categories Plants Topic • Write facts about sunflowers • Label parts of a sunflower • Paste and label real pictures of favourite plants; cut and order in alphabetic order Beans Topic • Write facts about beans • Paste and label real pictures of different types of beans • Colour and label different countries on a map to show where beans come from • Write instructions for planting a bean; explain what beans needs to grow healthy • Observation sheet: record growth / progress (date, cm, leaves) • Draw and label own bean plant; record observations • Complete a Glossary • Complete an Index • Choose a recipe using beans; list ingredients and utensils • Write instructions for a recipe using beans My Bean Diary – created for younger ones! • Write facts about beans • Cut and place instructions flashcards in correct order • Instructions: cut planting instructions pictures and paste in the correct order • Record observations on a time line • Draw and label bean plant; record how tall it is

12 printable pages to create a non-fiction book including Observations sheets (diary) Activities: • Facts About Beans: writing information & finding real pictures of different types of beans • Beans Around the World: identifying countries on an atlas, colouring & labelling • Planting Beans: writing instructions • Growing Beans: explaining / listing what beans need to grow healthy • Observations: recording growth and changes • Recipe using beans: explaining choice; listing ingredients & utensils; writing instructions Making & completing our book: • Attaching all pages (see instructions) • Numbering pages: labelling pages in the correct order • Content Page: numbering pages • Glossary Page: writing definitions • Index Page: listing pages • Writing a blurb

I had so much fun playing Scattergories with friends that I just had to find a way to adapt it for the classroom. There are 2 different playing sheets (different questions) and each has a regular version or a version with hints on it (1.a, 2.a). Give each student a playing sheet with numbers to 11. Pick someone in the class to choose a letter (for example, b) all the students must then answer each question using a word beginning with that letter. For example, a synonym for mad = barking, A word ending in 'ies' = babies etc,. At the end of 2 minutes (use a timer with sound preferably) they must put down their pencils as you go through their answers as a class. They get 1 point for each correct answer. If you want to make it a bit more challenging have them partner up with the person beside them and they cannot choose the same word so if both pupils wrote 'baboon' as 'an animal' then neither gets the point. Most but not all of the questions are grammar or literacy related. I played this with a Year 2 class who loved it but this could be used with all age groups and edited to suit many topics (for example, you could create a science version ; famous scientist, element, unit of measurement etc,.) as well as edited to be easier/harder/to revise something previously covered. A great warm-up or treat at the end of a lesson. I also really like silly sentences as a finishing-up game which can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/adjective-noun-verb-and-adverb-game-silly-sent-6267020

Find someone who worksheet used to encourage students to get to know one another and forms as an ice-breaker. Students go around the class trying to find someone who fits each statement on the worksheet. A good idea to come together at the end of the activity and discuss similarities amongst one another.