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.'

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

This includes 11 weeks planning for the topic animals. There is Literacy/Numeracy planning - 2 lessons per week, skills planning for the other areas of the classroom and several worksheets. The stories included are I wish I was a..., Funnybones the pet shop, walking through the jungle, we're going on a bear hunt, monkey puzzle, jen the hen, rumble in the jungle, farmyard hullabaloo, the great pet sale, the rainbow fish and Elmer

This 5 week planning includes a topic web, weekly literacy and numeracy planning, skills planning for other areas of the classroom and weekly PSED,PD,EAD and UTW. Also a couple of worksheets

Literacy and Numeracy planning on the text We're going on a Treasure Hunt.

Planning ideas for early years on the topic space. Includes ideas for Whatever Next and Aliens Loves Underpants

A selection of worksheets to use in Early years or KS1 linked to the topic minibeasts. Included are counting worksheets, doubling, missing numbers, repeating patterns, phonics, matching to habitats, minibeast hunt, sorting minibeasts, symmetrical butterflies, what am I cards and a research map.

Flipcharts including 5 pictures to match each sound. Each picture has a phoneme box underneath. I use these during phonics teaching- I show the pictures related to the sounds we are learning then everyone writes matching word on their own whiteboard or on the flipchart.

Planning for phonics for Early Years. Mainly phase 2 plans using magnetic letters. Includes 2 weeks of new sounds then a recap week.

A block of Literacy planning on the text 'Where's my Teddy.,' 'Peace at Last ' and 'The Tiger who came for Tea.'

Quiz we used as part of a whole school Fairy Tale morning for parents and children

Quiz we used as part of our fairy Tale Morning for parents and children to enter.

Some literacy and maths ideas and activities for the other areas of the classroom during child initiated play.

4 Literacy lessons for Early Years on the text 'The Little Red Hen.'

This is a class assembly I used with year 1 children. It has information about castles and then the children act out their own fairy tales.

Detailed lesson plan on phase2 phonics which I used for an observed lesson

Lesson plan which was used with Reception children on describing the setting of a forest. Included collecting things from the outdoor area to describe.

Some worksheets I used with Early Years when doing the story Elmer.

These worksheets are for Elmer, Walking through the jungle, we're going on a bear hunt, monkey puzzle and the rainbow fish,

These pictures are to match worksheets in Space topic planning. They are for Whatever next and Aliens love underpants.