Thank you for looking at my resource. This resource includes a fully comprehensive PowerPoint ,worksheets/resources catering to a wide range of abilities and a preparation list. This is the third lesson in a sequence. The lesson can be taught independently without the need for the past or future lessons. This lesson can be picked up and taught straight from however is fully editable. Children will continue to look at historical sources of evidence. In the first part they will use books to answer questions to help them develop a basic understanding of the Victorian era. The teacher will then substantiate this by providing clear answers to the research answers. Children will have links made with their background research and the focus on toys. For instance, how there were differences between rich and poor. Children will then learn about Victorian toys through an exploration of actual toys (pictures/videos may be needed if you can’t access Victorian toys),After an exploration of the toys and reflection questions children will be taught about Victorian toys. Finally, children will complete small steps which will support them to independently make simple comparisons with Victorian and modern toys. Children will complete either an independent task or an adapted helping hands task drawing comparisons with Victorian and modern toys. A chilli challenge is provided to broaden children’s learning. Challenges should be given to all. Not just your most able. They are purposely open ended. The ‘differentiation’ comes from how your most able access the task.

This resource is a handy A4 sheet with 36 Makaton signs for toys and/or objects. This resource includes the signs for: Ball Doll Tablet / Ipad Sand Sand Castle Teddy Bricks Music Slide Swing Sing Toys Messy Play Paint Draw Pram Spade Bucket Nappy Potty Dressing Up Telephone Playdough Bubbles Jigsaw Football Fire Car Bus Train Aeroplane Tractor Boat Bike Book Story Please check out my other Makaton resources to learn more Makaton signs, all with 12 signs to a page of A4 for easy reading. Please leave me a review, if you like my resources. If there is a resource you would find particular helpful please let me know and I can make it.

toys-past-and-present A history PowerPoint on toys now and then. 90 slides and includes photographs. toys-past-and-present includes; photographs of toys learning outcomes of lesson toys from the past toys now comparison of toys (difference) 3 Vocabulary slides (brief sentence to discuss example) discussion topics checking for understanding links to History (HASS) - life changes This lesson has been trialled in my Year One class with success. Please provide a review to let me know how you found it. I hope you enjoy it. Kind regards, Jennifer

A 2 week English plan and resources based around the book Toys in Space by Mini Grey. Ideal for the Spring term for Year 1 but could be adapted for other terms/year groups.

Pictures of toys throughout history with a built in timeline to give children a greater understanding of the chronology of time. Includes last 50 years in addition to Victorian, Tudor and Ancient Egyptian. Great as a refresher for older children or ideal for teaching younger children of how things change over decades.

A clear presentation which highlights some of the toys Victorian children would have played with, both poor and rich. This resource would lend itself to both a topic about toys and/or Victorians. It could also be used for an activity where children could sort the toys rich children played with and the ones poor children played with.

A full four week unit on narrative, inspired by the Lost in the Toy Museum by David Lucas. Suitable for KS1. This is a lovely picture book that gives wonderful opportunities for writing for KS1 pupils, and a copy of the book can be viewed on Youtube if you haven’t heard of this text before. Purchase includes: 4 x editable weekly (five-day) short-term plans 3 x editable PowerPoints for teaching 12 x Day’s worth of worksheets - including editable adapted worksheets for GD, EXP and WTS/SEND pupils (20 worksheets+). 1 x editable suggested example text (sentences) to support teaching Absolutely no amendments necessary to teach a full four week unit on narrative, featuring grammar foci and opportunities for creative writing. Planned with a newfound focus on oracy and developing pupils’ ability to orally story-tell, including clear differentiation to support pupils of all ability levels in your KS1 class. Created by a lover of English with almost a decade of experience working in KS1. If you do purchase this excellent unit of work, please consider returning to leave a review. Thank you!

Aimed for Year 1, simple sentences and sequencing events by using time conjunctions. Week 1 - Shared Write - retelling the story. Week 2 - Independent write - changing the setting and character. Week 3 - Non-Fiction Resources only

2 x week non-fiction plan 3 x week fiction plan Planned for Year 1 using the text Lost In The Toy Museum Resources included Plans include grammar lessons, short burst writes and end of unit writes

A full one week unit on poetry focusing on alliteration with an original poem featuring alliteration and rhyme. Suitable for KS1. Purchase includes: 1 x editable weekly (five-day) plan 3 x editable PowerPoints for teaching 3 x Day’s worth of worksheets - including editable adapted worksheets for GD, EXP and WTS/SEND pupils (8 worksheets). 1 x editable practical activity for SEND pupils 1 x editable original poem featuring rhyme and alliteration - can be used to teach rhyme (although this planning pack focuses on alliteration) Absolutely no amendments necessary to teach a full one week unit on poetry with a focus on alliteration, including clear differentiation to support pupils of all ability levels in your KS1 class. Created by a lover of poetry with almost a decade of experience working in KS1.

Are your students on board with the latest cuddly toy obsession? Well look no further, this resource is for you! These colouring sheets inspired by Jellycat’s soft toys are the perfect activity for all ages and stages. Just print and go! This product includes the following 8 colouring sheets. Patisserie Themed Sheet Dome Framboise Elcair Gateaux Mille Feuille Patisserie Religiusse Tarte Au Citron Tarte Au Fraises PLEASE NOTE THIS RESOURCE IS SIZED TO UK A4 PAPER

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.

This is a resource that can be used in Year 1 alongside teaching the Pathways to Write Scheme for ‘Toys in Space’ by Mini Grey. It focuses on children’s ability to create and describe their own space character. It contains sentence stems, word banks, shared write example and other prompts.

A small collection of four worksheet activities comparing old and new teddy bears, which could be used within a scheme of work on Old Toys.

Lesson examines the purpose of toys and offers a number of different tasks designed to get students to reflect on why we have toys. Adaptable and certainly relevant for the coming festival on Dec. 25 (UK). worksheet could be added.

Intended outcome for the 6 week unit of work: Pupils will design and make a toy using mechanical cams. They will investigate existing simple automata toys and other mechanical toys. They will evaluate them and look at how they work. Using this knowledge, they will design their own prototype – edit and improve it, then present it to the class. They will consider buyer and use of the product in their design. They will then make their final mechanical product. 6 week plan is included and all of the flipchart slides for the 6 lessons.

Thank you for looking at my resource. This resource includes a fully comprehensive PowerPoint ,worksheets/resources catering to a wide range of abilities and a preparation list. This is the fourth lesson in a sequence. The lesson can be taught independently without the need for the past lessons . This lesson can be picked up and taught straight from however is fully editable. Children will reflect on their own history - thinking about how the toys they have played with have changed. Children will apply this thinking to discussing how and why toys have changed from the earliest time period they have studied up to and including today. Today children will be introduced to a Victorian toy maker. They will start by using clues such as girl and boys toys to identify what era the toy maker came from. Using their prior knowledge on Victorian toys. Children will continue to reflect back on prior knowledge when they learn the maker is going to travel forward to modern times. Children will reflect on times such as the 20th century. The toy maker will then show children a toy and will explain why they think its a good toy (the toy is unsuitable for modern times such as attitude and technology) Children will be taught about why things have changed. Materials, safety , technology and attitudes. Children will write why the toy makers toy is unsuitable applying what they have learnt. Children will complete either an independent task or an adapted helping hands task. A chilli challenge is provided to broaden children’s learning. Challenges should be given to all. Not just your most able. They are purposely open ended. The ‘differentiation’ comes from how your most able access the task.

This detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for students learning or revising David Lucas’ 'Lost in the Toy Museum.’ It contains comprehensive sections on: Context; Story Summary; Settings and Characters; Themes; Writing Techniques; Important Vocabulary. Key words and ideas are underlined for easy reference. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).

Useful for an intro to any toy project design, or as a task for childcare. What is a toy sheet? Toy safety? Choke tester (print on A4 to scale) anything that fits inside the center area of the tester would not be suitable for a child under 3 years as this can cause a child to choke. Question sheet? Matching cards? A5 info adapted from Lion mark website. In order to effectively use this resource you would need to use in conjunction with toy briefs or other resources. I have used the choke task with health and social care students when discussing child development, and health and safety in the home

Interactive timeline of toys I used this with a Y2 class during a cross-curricular History/Literacy lesson before writing instruction manuals for toys.

Students will talk about their toys. They will write down the names of the toys. They will use these toy names in sentences. They may work independently. After that, students will read the questions and answer them based.