I'm Fiona and I design and run courses for children learning English as a 2nd language. These courses put stories, play and craft at the centre. The result is an integrated approach that combines total language immersion with activities and crafts that can develop topic based vocabulary, social skills, fine motor skills, literacy skills and understanding of the world.
I'm Fiona and I design and run courses for children learning English as a 2nd language. These courses put stories, play and craft at the centre. The result is an integrated approach that combines total language immersion with activities and crafts that can develop topic based vocabulary, social skills, fine motor skills, literacy skills and understanding of the world.
Differentiated worksheets, games and craft activities to complement The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Great for supporting teaching of food, days of the week, the butterfly lifecycle, colours and numbers, while developing fine motor skills, literacy skills, social skills and understanding of the world. SEE PREVIEW FOR CLOSE-UPS OF COMPLETE CONTENTS.
Activities are specifically designed to allow for differentiation of ability and context and come complete with COMPREHENSIVE ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS that help promote higher engagement, interaction and language that goes beyond word level.
The entire pack contains 237 pages of information and resource templates!
Colouring sheets
There are 4 different sheets to choose from. See the activity suggestions for fun interactive ways to maximise language practice.
Colour by number sheets
Choose one of the three options to practise colour and number recognition and create an attractive multi-colored caterpillar.
What food do you like? Find and stick
Encourage children to talk about their food preferences, while learning the food vocabulary from the story.
Mini-books
Differentiate according to abilities in your group by choosing among these eight different mini-books. Focus on sequencing, literacy, oral comprehension or production to create fun books that the kids can take home and re-tell the story to their families and friends.
3D Butterfly lifecycle craft
Kids learn about the butterfly lifecycle, while creating this 3D butterfly. Stand on its own or turn it into a mobile. Different versions are available so you can choose whether to include tracing, reading, sticking or colouring elements.
Find and stick craft
Children make a fun fold out card with a fat caterpillar full of food. Great for practising food vocabulary in the story. Follow the activity suggestions for ways to maximise language practice.
Board games
Fun games to practise a variety of skills. Either print and play or print, create and play. See the activity suggestions for great ideas for dynamic language practice.
Sequencing Cards
Follow the suggestions for games you can play to consolidate key story language, days of the week and food. Black and white options are included so that kids can make their own sets and take them home to play with their families. These also work great in literacy stations and for retelling the story in pairs or groups.
Matching Cards
Use these cards to play fun matching and memory games.
Mini-cards
Excellent for a range of games and matching tasks. Sets include key story character and nature vocabulary, food, days of the week and separate food per day cards. Print multiple sets for pair and small group work.
Flash Cards
Use in a variety of ways to introduce and practice new language, develop literacy skills or as visual prompts for language games.
These Hungry Caterpillar Digital Board Games include 6 boards divided into 3 types:
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*Picture boards
*Colouring Boards (to be used with annotate/draw software)
*Text and Picture Match Boards (pictures can be dragged in place)
Board game pieces can be dragged and dropped as the players move from START to FINISH. The games can be played as part of an online teaching or therapy session or set as an assignment for independent play and study. Physical dice can be used but we suggest using a virtual dice or virtual spinner. Simply have it open in your browser on another tab separate from your boomlearning page.
Audio is recorded in Scottish Standard English. This may be useful for listen and repeat game play, for literacy support with the text boards or for independent use. Game play suggestions are included for ideas on dynamic game play to maximise language use.
Within each game type, there are 2 boards:
Board 1 - The fruit the caterpillar eats in the story.
Board 2 - The complete food collection that the caterpillar eats.
Especially useful for ESL, EAL, EFL and teletherapy sessions.
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· No printing, cutting, laminating BUT you can print them if you choose
· Interactive
· Self-grading (grading is not relevant to this resource)
· Use with internet-connected devices: computers, tablets, phones, Smartboards
· Data tracking with paid subscription
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Designed to complement the story Shark in the Park, this exciting 217 page activity pack is packed full of interactive crafts and activities that can be used to support children’s learning in a variety of ways. Use with or without the story to support learning about people, family, animals, prepositions, colours, numbers and discovering the world around you, whilst also building on literacy and vocabulary skills. While the activities are primarily designed to facilitate English language acquisition, they are also valuable materials to develop fine-motor skills, social skills and understanding of the world.
Activities are specifically designed to allow for differentiation of ability and context and come complete with COMPREHENSIVE ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS.
For videos of the story and other related songs and resources see:
www.kidsclubenglish.com
This pack includes ALL of the following:
Colouring sheets
Find and colour sheets
Make a telescope instructions and activity suggestions
Shark family stick puppets
Find and stick crafts
Graphing dice and graphing sheets
Jigsaw display mural
Display borders
Mini-books
Jigsaws
Write and draw templates
Matching cards
Mini-cards
Flashcards
Designed to complement the story There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly, this exciting activity pack from Kids Club English can be used to support children’s learning in a variety of ways. Use with or without the story to learn about animals, support colour and shape recognition, practise counting, introduce sounds, letters and rhymes and build on literacy and vocabulary skills.
For videos of the story and other related songs and resources see:
www.kidsclubenglish.com
Following activities in the pack, children will also develop fine motor skills through colouring, tracing, cutting and sticking to create the various crafts whilst being encouraged to listen, follow instructions and develop social skills.
Activities are specifically designed to allow for differentiation of ability and context and come complete with COMPREHENSIVE ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS.
This pack includes ALL of the following:
Jigsaws colour and count
Stick and count crafts
Spinner craft
Find and stick craft
Stick puppets
Vocabulary fans
Matching cards
Mini-cards
Flashcards
This excellent value for money resource is packed full of interactive printable worksheets and craft games and activities that focus on food, daily routines and places in a town language. While the activities are primarily designed to facilitate English language acquisition, they are also valuable materials to develop fine-motor skills, social skills and understanding of the world.
Activities are specifically designed to allow for differentiation of ability and context and come complete with COMPREHENSIVE ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS.
Find dominoes, board games, mini-books, graphing dice, coloring sheets, counting sheets, food preferences flipbooks, personalised food worksheets, pop-up town crafts and attractive flashcards, mini-cards and matching cards.
These activities are the perfect complement to the very entertaining book, Eat your Peas by Kes Gray and Nick Sharratt BUT they also work well independently as part of a unit focused on food, daily routines and/or places in a town.
If you don’t have access to the story, you can find a good collection of storytelling videos on www.kidsclubenglish.com
Designed to complement the story Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, this exciting activity pack can be used to support children’s learning in a variety of ways. Use with or without the story to support learning about animals, body parts and physical appearance, whilst also building on literacy and vocabulary skills.
For videos of the story and other related songs and resources see:
www.kidsclubenglish.com
Following activities in the pack, children will also develop fine motor skills through colouring, tracing, cutting and sticking to create the various crafts whilst being encouraged to listen, follow instructions and develop social skills.
Activities are specifically designed to allow for differentiation of ability and context and come complete with COMPREHENSIVE ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS.
This pack includes ALL of the following:
Storytelling cards
Find and stick crafts
Jigsaws
Butterfly crafts
Monkey marionette craft
Jigsaw display mural
Cut and paste mural
Roleplay masks / puppets
Board games
Mazes
Matching cards
Mini-cards
Flashcards
Designed to complement the song book, Over In The Meadow by Louise Voce, this exciting activity pack from Kids Club English can be used to support children’s learning in a variety of ways. Use with or without the story to support learning about animals, numbers, actions, noises, habitats and nature whilst also building on literacy and vocabulary skills.
For videos of the story and other related songs and resources see: www.kidsclubenglish.com
Following activities in the pack, children will also develop fine motor skills through colouring, tracing, cutting and sticking to create the various crafts whilst being encouraged to listen, follow instructions and develop social skills.
Activities are specifically designed to allow for differentiation of ability and context and come complete with COMPREHENSIVE ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS.
This pack includes all of the following:
Meadow Scene Crafts
Number Match Jigsaws
Graphing Dice and graphing sheets
Stick Puppets
Spinner Game
Mini-Books
Song Flip Craft
Matching Cards
Mini-cards
Flashcards
Differentiated worksheets and craft activities to complement From Head to Toe by Eric Carle. Perfect revision and practice of animals, body parts and actions vocabulary while developing fine motor skills, literacy skills, social skills and understanding of the world.
Activities are specifically designed to allow for differentiation of ability and context and come complete with COMPREHENSIVE ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS.
The pack includes:
body labelling sheets
body parts cut and paste
mini-books
numbers jigsaws
cut and paste sequencing worksheets
playing cards crafts
roleplay headbands/puppets
bingo games and craft
write and draw templates
matching cards
mini-cards
flashcards
These activities are the perfect complement to the very entertaining picture book, From Head to Toe BUT they also work well independently as part of a unit focused on the body, animals or actions.
If you don’t have access to the story, you can find a good collection of storytelling videos and related songs on www.kidsclubenglish.com
Designed to complement the story Elmer The Elephant, this exciting activity pack can be used to support children’s learning in a variety of ways. Use with or without the story to help children with colour recognition, understanding patterns, counting, literacy and vocabulary development whilst building on the theme that we are all unique.
For videos of the story and other related songs and resources see: www.kidsclubenglish.com
Through following activities in the pack, children are also encouraged to listen and follow instructions, maintain concentration on a given task, talk about themselves, learn about others and develop social skills.
Activities are specifically designed to allow for differentiation of ability and context and come complete with COMPREHENSIVE ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS.
This pack includes ALL of the following:
*** Storytelling Cards
Colouring Sheets
Elmer Colour and Count
Elmer Finger Puppets
Elmer Jigsaw
Elmer Fortune Teller
Elmer Stick Puppets
Elmer Write and Draw
Matching Cards
Mini Cards
Flash Cards
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Complementing the story, Go Away Big Green Monster, this exciting 222 page activity pack can be used to support children’s learning in a variety of ways. Use with or without the story to help children learn about body parts and features, practise colour and shape recognition and build on their counting, literacy and vocabulary skills.
Through following activities in the pack, children are also encouraged to listen and follow instructions, maintain concentration on a given task, talk about themselves, learn about others and develop social skills.
Activities are specifically designed to allow for differentiation of ability and context and come complete with COMPREHENSIVE ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS. The suggestions inspire a range of interactive procedures to maximise language acquisition.
This pack includes ALL of the following:
*** Colouring Sheets
Make a Monster Face
Find and Count
Monster Body Jigsaw
Body Labelling Sheets
Board Games
16 Page Mini-Book
Dominoes
Matching Cards
Mini Cards
Flash Cards**
Crafts, worksheets and games to complement the Meg’s Eggs story by Helen Nicoll and Jan Pienkowski. Storytelling cards are also included for use WITHOUT THE BOOK. These fun, interactive activities help children learn and revise colours, numbers, 2D shapes, food, animals, dinosaurs and halloween vocabulary while developing fine motor skills, social skills and useful language for the classroom.
Activities are specifically designed to allow for differentiation of ability and context and come complete with COMPREHENSIVE ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS.
If you don’t have access to the story, you can find a FREE SIMPLIFIED STORY POWERPOINT on the Kids Club English website. You can also find our collections of storytelling videos and related songs.
This pack includes ALL of the following:
Numbers Jigsaws
Storytelling cards
Counting cauldron board games
Stick puppets
Colouring sheets
Colour by number / shape
Make a Meg shapes craft
Meg’s Eggs storyboards
Make a spell write and draw templates
Mini-cards
Matching Cards
Flash Cards
Card games and crafts to complement the original Meg and Mog story by Helen Nicoll and Jan Pienkowski. These fun, interactive activities help children learn and revise food, clothes, animals and halloween vocabulary while developing fine motor skills, literacy skills, social skills and useful language for the classroom.
Activities are specifically designed to allow for differentiation of ability and context and come complete with COMPREHENSIVE ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS.
Find flashcards, mini-cards, matching cards, bingo games and craft, find and stick cauldron craft, numbers jigsaws and stick puppets.
If you don’t have access to the story, you can find a good collection of storytelling videos and related songs on www.kidsclubenglish.com
This pack includes ALL of the following:
Numbers jigsaws - Choose one of the four options in either a game or craft activity to make an attractive Meg and Mog jigsaw while practising numbers, sequencing and animal language at the same time.
Bingo games and craft - Print and laminate these bingo card sets for multiple use and/or use the provided templates for students to create their own.
Cauldron find and stick craft - Follow the activity suggestions for interactive ways in which kids can complete this cut and paste activity. Choose to support learning of animals, food or both.
Stick puppets - Using these templates, children create stick puppets that they can use in a variety of story retelling activities and games.
Mini-cards - Excellent for a range of games and matching tasks. Print multiple sets for pair and small group work. Vocabulary includes the following sets:
Matching Cards – Use these cards to play fun matching and memory games.
Flash Cards – Use in a variety of ways to introduce and practice new language, develop literacy skills or as visual prompts for language games.