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

Some Literacy and Numeracy planning ideas, weekly topic ideas and plans for the other areas of the classroom. There is also some worksheets linked to literacy and Numeracy. The pictures to retell the story are under the free section of the website.

Maths and Literacy ideas as well as ideas for the others areas of the classroom for child initiated play.

Literacy and Numeracy ideas which I used with Nursery. Also some topic plan ideas and plans for the other areas of the classroom.

Some ideas for maths and literacy activities for early years using the text 'mad about minibeasts.'

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

This is 4 weeks Literacy planning for Year 1/Reception linked to the topic Superheroes. Includes the texts Superhero ABC, If I was a Superhero poem, Super Daisy and Max.

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

A weeks plan linked to dragons, Children find signs of a dragon in the outdoor area, They then discover an egg and write about what it could be. A witness also spots the dragon so children write interview questions and then a report about what the witness saw.

This is a 3 week plan related to the little mermaid for Rec/year 1 children. Includes making a lost poster, retelling story, describing characters, describing a setting, invitations, postcards and writing a new story.

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

This includes 3 weeks Literacy planning. Involves making posters, writing a letter, writing a new story, retelling story, acting out a story and writing a script.

3 weeks literacy planning linked to the story 'What the Ladybird Heard.' for year 1.

Literacy and Numeracy planning linked to the story Funny Bones the pet shop and Room on the Broom. Also includes some ideas for other areas of the classroom, PE and Creative activites. Worksheets are included on retelling both stories and a Literacy and Numeracy homework activity.

Lesson plans for Early Years on the text What the Ladybird Heard

A selection of activities used in early years linked to the book Dear Zoo. Maths activities include weighing the animals using numicon and literacy activities include using talk for writing actions, drawing story maps and innovating the story.

Some activities we used in Early Years linked to the story 'The Papaya that Spoke' using talk for writing. Children used actions to retell the story, made story maps then innvoated the story to create a new story 'the strawberry that spoke.'

This sheet matches the worksheets in my 2 weeks Gruffalo planning

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

Worksheets linked to Early Years Gingerbread Man Planning. Children to stick the gingerbread men in order from 1-5, 1-8, 1-10, 1-13 or 1-20.