This is a training presentation when I was an LA Early Years Advisor. It gives lots of ideas to develop the provision but also how adults can support and extend childrens thinking skills during child initiated play.

Differentiated activities with picture clues and sentence openers to support writing the story How the Tortoise got its Shell.

Great pictures for display on this story.

Ordering the instructions for how to trap a dragon.

Great for creative writing - based on the story of Jack and the Beanstalk and great to show how to sequence a tale and write creatively.

Based on the story of Handa’s Surprise- another tale based on the other main character based on the book - great to model sequencing and writing own African Tales.

This was a non fiction unit based on a trip to the local beach. In this bundle I have included a print out of the text, a powerpoint and also a reading comprehension linked to the text. I have included lots of common exception words in the text to support spelling assessment.

KS1 reading comprehension about Handa’s Surprise. I have used this during a unit of work on Handa’s Surprise and also as part of guided reading sessions

Adapted from the book - this text was used in the innovation stage of the english unit - aimed at Year 2 but this could be easily adapted for another year group

Adapted text for writing unit - aimed at Year 2 but could easily be adapted for another year group.

This word mat was created to support children when writing the story of Room on the Broom and also to support them to create their own stories based on the book.

Planning tree where the roots are used to put the learning objectives for the unit and branches are the activities. A lovely way to plan and share your medium term plans with the children.

This was a great morning investigating Silly Putty and its properties and then coming up with some ideas about what to call this material and how to sell it to the rest of the school! Enjoy!

These posters are ideal to go with first aid boxes in classes

Great set to use for dominoes for problem solving activities. I photocopied onto different colour card to keep the sets complete.

50 ideas on different everyday items that you can use to inspire counting and calculating with. Rather than using cubes every day!

Blank TASC wheel to support children to use all thinking skills when discussing a question or new topic.

List of books to support the teaching of alliteration

A unit of work based on teaching the ee sound. Ideas for what children can hear, see, smell, do taste etc. Also included are ideas for songs and stories linked to the sound.

Activity card with ideas linked to the ai sound- what can you see, do ,hear, smell etc linked to the ai sound? Ideas also for stories and songs related to the sound too. Check out my other Phase 3 multisensory cards too!