Introducing my LilyPad Blending Cards, designed to make phonics learning a hopping adventure for children! Each LilyPad features a distinct grapheme, aiding children in recognising and blending sounds as they hop along. For an extra dose of fun and engagement, pair these cards with a small frog figurine, encouraging children to hop along with their newfound phonetic skills.
To further enhance learning, I’ve included matching visual cards, providing a stimulating challenge or extra support as children progress. Our LilyPad Blending Cards seamlessly integrate with the renowned Ruth Miskin Read Write Inc. programme of Phonics, offering a playful twist with the use of a frog companion to aid in blending.
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This is a fabulous resource ideal for anyone teaching numbers to 10. It consists of a powerpoint of Hop the little frog, a board game, frog numbers 0-20, lily pad numbers 0-20, plain frogs, a life cycle of the frog activity, plus a slimy frog playdough recipe.
Need a fun and active way of teaching your students or children common exception words? If so then this simple game is just the one for you. This simple sight word hop game can be used at part of your English corner, sports time, transition period or even in your back garden as part of a home/distance learning curriculum. It includes 52 pre-made kindergarten Dolch sight words, and 40 blank editable sight word lily pads so you can create your very own personalised version at home. Your children will enjoy hopping from one lily pad to the next, shouting aloud the sight words as they go.
These lily pads are best used when cut and laminated but can be used on screen using a small toy/cut out frog to add to the fun. The sight words in the pack are written in Comic Sans so that they can be easily read by all language learners.
Top tip: These editable lily pads could also be used with any vocabulary words of your choice. They would be particularly useful for teaching ESL students new vocabulary.
Need a fun and active way of teaching your students or children sight words? If so then this simple game is just the one for you. This simple sight word hop game can be used at part of your English corner, sports time, transition period or even in your back garden as part of a home/distance learning curriculum. It includes 52 pre-made kindergarten Dolch sight words, and 40 blank editable sight word lily pads so you can create your very own personalised version at home. Your children will enjoy hopping from one lily pad to the next, shouting aloud the sight words as they go. These lily pads are best used when cut and laminated but can be used on screen using a small toy/cut out frog to add to the fun. The sight words in the pack are written in Comic Sans so that they can be easily read by all language learners.
Top tip: These editable lily pads could also be used with any vocabulary words of your choice. They would be particularly useful for teaching ESL students new vocabulary.
This is a demo version of Froggy Creek 50 Hops. It works great as a stand alone activity. If you enjoy the demo version, have a look at the full version in the One Sheet, Two Sheet resource shop. There are some super large bundles with over 150 Sheets!
Help Sir Hops-a-lot reach the edge of the pond on this lily pad leaping adventure.
Objective:
This game is a classroom favourite and was created to improve addition and subtraction speed.
Instructions:
Starting at the first lily pad, you will be asked to add or subtract a number. The number is then used in the next hop. This is repeated 50 times until you get to the land. Can you complete all 50 questions to get the final answer?
Included in this resource:
1 document.
The demo version contains 2 question sheets and 2 answer sheets
Question 1 Add and Subtract to 50
Question 2: Add and subtract to 10
More sheets
If you’d like more sheets
Printing Instructions:
Print all even numbers for just questions.
I use this investigation to encourage learners to discover the nth term. I printed out and laminated the large lily pads and got learners up to the front to hop and slide from each lilypad. I also made little frogs that the learners used to try to discover the pattern.
Help Sir Hops-a-lot reach the edge of the pond on this lily pad leaping adventure.
Objective:
This game is a classroom favourite and was created to improve addition and subtraction speed.
Instructions:
Starting at the first lily pad, you will be asked to add or subtract a number. The number is then used in the next hop. This is repeated 50 times until you get to the land. Can you complete all 50 questions to get the final answer?
Included in this resource:
3 documents.
Each document has 50 question and 50 answer sheets. Each sheet is one full game with 50 operations.
Document 1: Add and Subtract to 10
Document 2: Add and subtract to 20
Document 3: Add and subtract to 50
Demo
If you’d like to try before you by, please see the demo on the One Sheet, Two Sheet resource shop.
Printing Instructions:
Print all even numbers for just questions.
Frog- Numbers 1-20- Match the frog to their pads
Lily pads 1-20
Frogs 1-20
Table sign
Role of the adult prompt
Question to ask prompt
Count the frogs-1-10
-Count the frogs on a log 1-10 worksheet
-Blank logs to draw frogs
-Table card
-Role of the adult prompt
-Questions prompt
Five little speckled frogs
-Five little speckled frogs images
-Table card
-Role of the adult prompt
-Questions to ask prompt
Frog- Catch the flies- Maths game
-Catch the flies- game board
-Catch the flies- instructions
-Table card
-Role of the adult prompt
-Questions prompt
Frog- Phonics - Word Writing on Lily Pads- cvc
-Frogs with obects/ things-Blank lily pads for children to write the words
-Words are:
-cat
-bell
-hill
-hat
-mat
-kiss
-dog
-crab
-duck
-nest
-sock
-sing
-fish
-chip
-shell
-shop
-Table sign
-Role of the adult prompt
-Questions prompt
Playdough frogs
-Playdough frogs - table card
-Frog ideas
-Role of the adult prompt
-Questions prompt
Drawing a frog 1& 2
-Drawing a frog 1& 2 table cards
-One is using 4 simple steps
-The second uses Art Hub for kids
-Adult role prompt for both
-Questions to ask prompt for both
Frog- Phonics- Hop and blend
-Hop and blend table card
-a-z on lily pads
-Digraph lily pads
-Double consonants lily pads
-Role of the adult prompt
-Questions to ask prompt
Frog spawn draw and count
-Frog spawn draw and count table cards
-Frogs 1-20 with space for children to draw the correct number of frog spawn by its side.
-Adult role prompt card
-Questions prompt card
Catch the frogspawn- messy play
-Table card
-Adult role prompt card
-Questions prompt card
Help Sir Hops-a-lot reach the edge of the pond on this lily pad leaping adventure.
The sequence starts with two numbers (each between 1-9) and either an addition or subtraction. The answer is then used in the next equation, with another random operating and number. A very popular classroom game, especially the 50 leap version (coming soon!)
This free pack includes:
3 Question Sheets (5 questions on each sheet)
3 Answer Sheets
Printing Instructions:
Print all even numbers for just questions.
A set of worksheets to help pupil with
1. PLURALS, eg adding ies to the end of a word ending in Y
2. Doubling last consonant eg hop hopping
3. Dropping E eg live living
A set of worksheets to help pupil with
1. PLURALS, eg adding ies to the end of a word ending in Y
2. Doubling last consonant eg hop hopping
3. Dropping E eg live living
Hop into Spring learning! Make science interactive and fun with this engaging Frog Life Cycle Activity Packet.
Perfect for Kindergarten and 1st Grade, this resource moves beyond basic coloring pages. It helps students understand the amazing transformation of amphibians through science, art, and math. Watch them marvel as a tiny egg turns into a frog!
STAR FEATURE: The Life Cycle Spinner Craft!
This packet includes a printable template for students to color, cut, and create their own rotating life cycle wheel (Egg ➔ Tadpole ➔ Froglet ➔ Frog). It’s a fantastic hands-on tool that students love taking home to show their families!
What’s Inside This Spring Packet? (10 No-Prep Pages)
Science & Anatomy:
Life Cycle Spinner: An interactive rotating craft.
How Does a Frog Grow?: Cut & paste sequencing activity.
Parts of a Frog: Labeling diagram (Eyes, Mouth, Legs, Webbed Feet).
Life in the Pond: Identify and color pond animals in their habitat.
Math & Fine Motor:
Lily Pad Hops: Number sequencing and skip counting practice.
Hungry Frog Maze: Tracing activity to build fine motor skills.
Frog Color by Code: Number recognition coloring page.
Literacy & Writing:
A Frog’s Life: Sequencing writing prompt using transition words (First, Next, Then, Last).
Why Teachers Love It:
Cross-Curricular: Covers science, math, and writing in one cohesive theme.
Hands-On Learning: The spinner craft makes abstract concepts tangible.
No Prep: Just print and you’re ready for Spring Science Centers or Earth Day!
Catch this leap-tastic resource! Add it to your cart and bring the pond to your classroom.
This resource pack is for teachers who are bringing students to see Othello: The Remix by the Chicago Shakespeare Theater at the Unicorn Theatre in Sep 2013.
It also contains useful information / practical activities for teachers exploring Shakespeare’s Othello with students, but who aren&'t necessarily coming to see the production.
Contains - a context & background to the play, interviews with the Q Brothers, a history of hip-hop and practical drama activities to unlock the play for students.
Take phonics learning to the next level with this Phase 4 Phonics Busy Book, designed to support children in mastering all 38 sounds required for the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check (including the 30 Phase 4 sounds plus the additional 8 “tricky/other” sounds).
This print-and-go resource is perfect for teachers, parents, and carers. Simply download, print, laminate, and bind to create a reusable busy book, or use activities individually for phonics sessions, interventions, or continuous provision.
What’s Included:
This comprehensive pack is packed with hands-on, engaging activities that reinforce blending, segmenting, and reading fluency:
Core Resources
38 Sound Mat – covering all Phase 4 sounds needed for the phonics screening check
Phonics Sorting & Recognition
Sort pictures into -s / -st and -n / -nd endings
Identify whether pictures contain specific Phase 4 sounds
Reading & Word Work
Trash or Treasure – sort real and nonsense words
Feed the Alien – give the alien the nonsense (alien) words
Phonics puzzles – match pictures to the correct words
Tricky word matching pairs – build confidence with common exception words
Sentence & Caption Work
Read captions and match to pictures – develop early comprehension skills
Hands-On Interactive Games
Build a Flower – read words and match to the correct picture petals
Make a Cupcake – match words to picture toppings
Phonics Adventure Games
Help the Sloth Get Home – read each word on the path to reach the tree
Help the Frog Hop Home – read words across lily pads to reach the pond
Help the Clown Get Home – follow the balloon path by reading words correctly
Learning Benefits: This resource supports children to:
Consolidate all Phase 4 phonics sounds
Prepare for the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check
Improve blending and segmenting skills
Develop fluency in reading real and nonsense words
Build confidence with tricky words
Strengthen comprehension through captions and matching
Learn through fun, interactive, play-based activities
Perfect For:
EYFS & KS1 classrooms
Year 1 phonics revision
Home learning
Intervention groups
SEND support
Literacy centres / continuous provision
Why You’ll Love It:
Easy prep – just print, laminate, and use
Bright, engaging, and child-friendly
Reusable and durable
Covers all required Phase 4 sounds in one pack
Encourages independent, hands-on learning
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Detailed PE/dance lesson that I did with 3-5year olds, goes through the movement a frog goes through in it’s life cycle. Previously introduced the life cycle of a frog. Got observed by my tutor who was a PE lecture and said it was an outstanding lesson. Thought i’d put it on here for others to use or just for an idea.
This fantastic 6 Level English course for Early Learners of English. Each level consists of three units of 10 lessons each. Each lesson includes detailed lesson plan and worksheets.
The lesson structure:
Warm Up
Main Activity
Group Activity
Technology Time
Extra Activity
Every lesson has links to awesome sites that will facilitate the lesson. The curriculum has a hands-on approach that involves, group work, arts & crafts, technology, individual work and more.
I have tried to make the lessons as free of preparation as possible. Lesson resource requirements are included in each lesson plan.
30 Lesson Plans
30 + Worksheets
This is great for home tutoring, class supplement, ESL department or for private tutors.
Term1
Hello! What is your name?
Goodbye!/I can count to 10
Days of the week/How old are you?
A day with my friend
Review
My bag!
My Classroom
My School
My Family
Review
Term 2
My Pet
let’s take spot out
Animals at the Zoo
My body parts
Look what I can do
Hop jump skip
Crossing the road
Picnic by the Riverbank
My Favorite treats
Review
Term3
At the circus
Around town.
At the resturant
At the Candy store
Review
How tall am I?
I am feeling….
My Toys
Home sweet home
You’ve Made it
This is a lesson pack that I used for a job interview. It is 5 way differentiated for pupils WT up to level 4. I hope this is helpful. Comments and feedback are welcomed :)
I did this as an end of year task with my Year 7's. Essentially it is putting on a puppet show of Pyramus and Thisbe, the idea being that the students tell a modern version but using elements of Shakespearean language. Set up for SLAF 3 but easy enough to alter for SLAF 1 and 2.