2 weeks of planning linked to 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar.' Includes Literacy and Numeracy activities for Early years and plans for the other areas of the classroom. There is also some worksheets and some are included in the free resources section e.g pictures to match retelling the story and counting worksheets.

4 Literacy lessons for Early Years on the text 'The Enormous Turnip.'

4 Literacy lessons for Early Years on the text 'The Little Red Hen.'

4 Literacy lessons for Early Years on the text 'Owl Babies.'

Planning for phonics for Early Years. Mainly phase 2 plans using magnetic letters. Includes 2 weeks of new sounds then a recap week.

Flipcharts including 5 pictures to match each sound. Each picture has a phoneme box underneath. I use these during phonics teaching- I show the pictures related to the sounds we are learning then everyone writes matching word on their own whiteboard or on the flipchart.

Pictures to retell the story 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' to match worksheets in 2 weeks planning.

Planning for Year 1 linked to the text Little Red Riding Hood.

Literacy planning for Year 1 linked to the story 'The Very Greedy Bee.' Includes story writing, labelling, letters and invitations. Also an outdoor lesson.

Literacy planning linked to the story 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' for Reception.

Literacy planning for 4 days for Reception linked to the story 'Rumble in the Jungle.'

4 days of Literacy planning linked to the story 'The Rainbow Fish' for Reception.

4 days of literacy planning linked to the story 'The Pet Shop' for Reception.

I used this assembly with Year 1 children and we shared the story 'The Little Mermaid.' We also shared facts we had found out and the children acted out their own story and sang seaside themed songs and poems.

This is an assembly I used with Year 1 children. We share information we have found out about different minibeasts then act out the story 'The very greedy bee.' Songs are from cbeebies or out of the ark -minibeasts CD

This is a class assembly I used with year 1 children. It has information about castles and then the children act out their own fairy tales.

I used these plans with Year 1 children. They involved an outdoor lesson where the children created their own story boxes and then photographed different scenes to make a powerpoint. Included is a detail observed lesson plan and some of our finished stories.

Literacy planning used with Reception/Year 1

Some worksheets I used with Early Years when doing the story Elmer.

This includes 11 weeks planning for the topic animals. There is Literacy/Numeracy planning - 2 lessons per week, skills planning for the other areas of the classroom and several worksheets. The stories included are I wish I was a..., Funnybones the pet shop, walking through the jungle, we're going on a bear hunt, monkey puzzle, jen the hen, rumble in the jungle, farmyard hullabaloo, the great pet sale, the rainbow fish and Elmer