A cross-curricular resource with a toy theme. Children label the 12 toys for sale in the toy shop. Children say how much each toy is as written on the price tags and count out the appropriate amount of coins for each one. Children draw a picture of the toys matching the price tags. Differentiate here by adding in your own prices or children use this sheet to write the cost of the toys. Add up the cost of two toys and write the answer. Tie in with some practical work with your own toy shop, tags and coins for role play fun and application of counting and money skills.

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.

You’ll find instructions and templates for the following games and activities for young learners: Making a Toy Story themed dice Where are the toys? Toy Story graphing Toy Story classification Find and trace the shape Which one is different? Word matching -You’ve got a friend in me! Color matching Sign up NOW to get the chance to receive free materials every Monday! Also, you will be notified of our latest products and sales every now and then so stay tuned! Look for the mailchimp link in my store profile!

Wooden toy design task worksheet Ideal for use as a stand alone or a cover lesson lesson

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.

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 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!

This educational worksheet is designed to help learners understand important toy safety symbols. It features a “Match the Symbols” activity, where participants must connect each toy safety symbol to its name and definition . Some of the key symbols covered include: The red and white “Age Warning” symbol, indicating toys unsuitable for children under three. The CE Mark, which signifies compliance with European safety, environmental, and health standards. The Lion Mark, a symbol introduced to promote high safety standards, used by approved Toy Retailers Association members. The Toyograph symbol, used to help the toy industry with chemical compliance since 2013. This worksheet is perfect for teaching safety awareness in a fun and interactive way, ideal for classrooms or home use.

As part of our topic on toys, we planned our explanation writing about how a toy car works. We used the skeleton to help us with our ideas first. We also focused on adjectives to describe old and new.

Workbook and Lessons powerpoint to support the designing and making of a Pugly Monster Toy. Both resources are editable powerpoints, to add in your school logos, and accompany the free Knowledge Organiser for KS3 Year 7 Pugly Monster Toy. Workbook with introduction to working safely in the Textiles workshop; observation task and a true /false quiz. Lesson Slides with past examples of my pupils developed design work and their completed make. This helps to support the planning process, that when we are designing in DT we are planning what we are going to make. Lesson powerpoint slides support Literacy with spellings and sentence starters for Self assessment activities. The lesson powerpoint supports the initial design ideas working through to a final developed design idea, they will then make. Annotation of the design idea for textile techniques, materials and components. Developing drawing and annotation skills. Some of the slides can be printed out as table resources or enlarged as display pieces, these have been duplicated at the end of the powerpoint to highlight them. There is also an extension practical activity for early finishers that hey will be able to work independently on using all the techniques learned. This does not require a sewing machine, but all hand sewn techniques. Workbook Prototype pages to practise practical techniques for Blanket stitch and sewing on a button. These provide additional AFL opportunities, and support skills building before completing the technique on the final product, raising the level of finish pupils achieve.

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.

A practical lesson guiding students to test different variables on the speed of a car on a ramp. Linked to distance-time graphs. Information on acceleration and deceleration with graphs, Information on a woman in Science

Theme planning around Toys for week 1 of Summer 1 Includes planning sheet for theme, understanding of the world, provision enhancements, EAD and outdoor provision. Includes a seperate guided reading plan. Includes a seperate learning challenges (quest) sheet. Font used; Twinkl Light but these documents are fully editable should you not have access to this or wish to change it. I have also saved the planning as a PDF.

Introducing a Toy Story Worksheets for preschoolers – Because Every Kid’s Journey Includes a Toy Story Phase! From Nathan’s Fond Memories to Jeff’s New Adventures, We’ve Got Your Little Explorer Covered! Included in this Toy Story Pre-K Pack is: * Prewriting Practice Sheets Cutting Practice Which one is different? Finish the Pattern Sheet Size Sequencing Sheet Toy Story Strip Puzzle 4-piece Puzzles Sorting Practice Counting Practice Cards Color the Buzz Lightyear 2-Part Vocabulary Cards Letter Bb Identification Toy Story Matching Buzz Lightyear Magnet Sheet Letter Bb Sorting Page I hope your littles enjoy this pack! Have a great weekend!

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.

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

Based around the non-fictions book ‘Toys and Games’ by Sally Hewitt, this 7 lesson English Unit of Work covers Year 1 National Curriculum Objectives for S & L, Reading, Grammar and Spelling and Writing Composition. The unit includes editable planning documents, worksheets, writing frames and much more.  End of unit Writing: Factual Report about a toy from the past. Zip file includes: Lesson Planning (7 editable lessons) (Microsoft Word Document) Comparing Activity (PDF) er and est suffix display (PDF) er and est writing frame (PDF) Factual Report Writing Frame (PDF) Glossary Vocabulary Activity (PDF) Guess the Antique Toy Presentation (PPTX) My favourite toy worksheet (PDF) Sorting old and new toys game (PDF) Toy Facts Planning sheets (PDF) Toy images for comparing er and est (PDF) Toys and Games Classroom display banner (PDF) Toys from the past riddles matching game (PDF) Toys Display Timeline (PDF) Toys Word Mat (PDF) Using Verbs in sentences Worksheets (PDF) Verbs Presentation (PDF) Unit overview: In this unit, children will explore the features of the non-fiction text ‘Toys and Games’ by Sally Hewitt. They will be ‘hooked’ into the unit by describing a set of hidden mystery toys from the past. They will then try to solve a selection of riddles that describe toys from the past. Children will be taught how to retrieve simple factual information from the text. They will then use the text to support their knowledge on grammatical features, such as the use of verbs and using the word endings er and est to compare toys from the past. The children will then be taught about why the glossary is important in non-fiction books. They will read simple definitions from key words within the text. Building upon this, they will begin to write their own simple definitions of topic words relating to toys. Using the knowledge learnt from this unit, children will plan out simple ideas to write their own factual text about a toy from the past. They will describe the toy’s appearance, write about how it is made and how it moves. The children’s writing can then be displayed to build up a class timeline of toys from the past, displaying factual information about each toy. Reading Objectives: Drawing on what they already know or on background information and vocabulary provided by the teacher. Discussing word meanings, linking new meanings to those already known. To understand how non-fiction books are structured. Speaking and Listening Objectives: Use relevant strategies to build their vocabulary. Give well-structured descriptions. Grammar Objectives: How words can combine to make sentences. Using verbs in simple sentences. Using–er and –est where no change is needed in the spelling of root words [for old, older, oldest}. Writing Objectives: Saying out loud what they are going to write about. Composing a sentence orally before writing it. Sequencing sentences to form short narratives.

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.

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.