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Kate Williams

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Poetry & literacy resources by published children's poet. Also lead poetry workshops for UK primary schools. Website: katewilliamspoet.com YouTube latest: Buttercup Party: https://youtu.be/pHKh1_NvaiY Book of animal poems - Squeak! Squawk! Roar! - out 9th Jan '25.

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Poetry & literacy resources by published children's poet. Also lead poetry workshops for UK primary schools. Website: katewilliamspoet.com YouTube latest: Buttercup Party: https://youtu.be/pHKh1_NvaiY Book of animal poems - Squeak! Squawk! Roar! - out 9th Jan '25.
Weather Poetry Bundle - KS1
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Weather Poetry Bundle - KS1

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Contents: Snow Writing - easier/harder, Sun + Cloud picture-poem sheets (simple), Clouds Poetry frame (with similes), guided, Sun + Cloud rhymes, Rain rhymes + picture-writing sheet, guided. Designed to engage young children, develop creativity + language, + nurture sense of rhythm, rhyme + poetry.
SPACE POETRY
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SPACE POETRY

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5 space writing activities and support resources: funny rhymes, acrostics, slotting words into a space picture, space rhyme bank, and a simile poem to write - IN a planet! Guide notes provided where handy. Approx. Y3-6.
Rhyme Banks + Frames - Mixed Topics
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Rhyme Banks + Frames - Mixed Topics

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Rhyme fun! 4 topic-based rhyme banks + a rhyming couplet frame sheet - featuring aliens, dragons, castle characters and more. These rhymes-made-easy will spur your whole class into action, getting them waxing lyrical before they know it, and sharpening up their literacy skills all-round.
Seaside Reading + Writing
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Seaside Reading + Writing

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7 activities (1 free) combining seaside and literacy, featuring shells, sea and under the sea. The attractive, illustrated sheets offer phonics and reading practice, creative writing opportunities and environmental learning. Shells and fish sheets have accompanying suggestions for teachers.
Castle-Themed Literacy Activities + Inspiration - KS1
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Castle-Themed Literacy Activities + Inspiration - KS1

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Bring castles to life for your Infants with this varied mix of fun rhymes, thought-provoking picture-poems, simple reading challenge (on a castle scene) and an atmospheric castle picture (also available separately). The 3 rhymes come with guidance and embellishment tips. The picture-poems comprise a castle picture with lines for describing words, and 3 graded versions of 'In the castle lives a … ghost, king, and other characters. Doing Dragons at all? This demo video might be handy? https://youtu.be/1NLutDY2zVQ
Bonanza of Creepy Crawly Rhymes + Picture-Poem Frames (7 activities), guided
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Bonanza of Creepy Crawly Rhymes + Picture-Poem Frames (7 activities), guided

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This mini-beast feast comprises 10 sheets, including 3 guidance sheets. These contain 3 rhymes to clap, enact, word-swap, perform, sing, inspire writing - Butterfly, Ladybird, Spider respectively - guidance provided below each rhyme; also 4 picture poems to write & colour: Butterfly, Ladybird, Spider x 2 (guidance notes separate). These provide rounded learning experience on mini-beasts, also supporting Literacy and more.
Rhymes Galore (15) for EY/KS1
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Rhymes Galore (15) for EY/KS1

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Rhymes to chant, clap, act out and develop, promoting many learning areas: Literacy, Understanding the World, Communication Language, Expressive Arts & Design and Physical Development. Topics: mini-beasts, seaside, stars, castles, busy street, school, big & small, park and windy day. Guidance notes included for all. Save 50% with this bundle!
SPRING ANIMALS Writing Sheet Stack, KS1
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SPRING ANIMALS Writing Sheet Stack, KS1

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Springtime writing sheets galore! Creative writing will blossom with all these simple, attractively illustrated frames. Robins, rabbits, squirrels, butterflies, frogs and more, with spring meadows and woods to write about too. Supports seasonal work, literacy, creativity and expressive arts and design at EY + KS1 levels.
Dragon + Castle Creative Writing - R + KS1
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Dragon + Castle Creative Writing - R + KS1

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Celebrate St David’s Day with Welsh dragons, castles or both, with this array of attractive, child-friendly picture-poems, stretching vocabulary and ideas simultaneously. A dragon’s menu (with alliteration), castle features and characters, castle treasure and who knows what sort of dragons (the children can decide) feature in these sheets, some with 3 grades of difficulty. Successfully tried and tested.
10 Pubished Poems for Children (by this author)
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10 Pubished Poems for Children (by this author)

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These 10 rhythmic, rhyme-rich, accessible poems address nature, animals, and outdoor atmospheres, offering inspiration for creative writing and attractive introductions to poetry. Suitable for KS2, and some also for KS1. Topics include clouds, trees, rivers, weather, seaside, day and night, community spirit, animals and birds. Ten sheets, some containing two poems. Each sheet contains an illustration; some have coloured backgrounds too, as appropriate. I’ve used a number of these poems in my poetry workshops to spur ideas.
Writing in Pictures (KS1)
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Writing in Pictures (KS1)

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Writing inside a picture is great fun, and brings the words alive for children. This stack of picture-writing frames features clouds, stars, ladybirds, snakes, castles, leaves and seasides, some with graded variations. This bundle will inspire imagination, fire enthusiasm, develop skills and boost confidence.
Yr 1 Reading Fun - Bundle
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Yr 1 Reading Fun - Bundle

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Six sheets of fun, attractive reading challenges for approx. Yr 1 level readers - themed. Contents: 2 reading games in pictures + 4 pictures with words to read and identify - themes: woodland animals, under the sea, mini-beasts, shells - describing-words. Texts large, clear and colourful. Taking the fear out of reading; putting fun and meaning into it.
Spring Animals - Activities
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Spring Animals - Activities

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Baby animals, birds and insects of springtime are celebrated in this stack of colouring and colour/writing sheets for Early Years and Yr 1 pupils, PLUS 3 Spring Rhymes to read, chant, clap and enact, written by the author.
COLOURS!  Activity Mix - EY/KS1
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COLOURS! Activity Mix - EY/KS1

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An exciting bundle of COLOUR-focused resources: rhymes to listen to, chant, clap and enact, creative writing frames to complete, pictures and illustrations to colour - activities for all ages and stages from EYFS - Yr 2+. Helps children identify and name colours, and to apply them, talk, sing and write about them, and even rhyme them to make funny or beautiful verses. All work original.
Phonics Fun Mix
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Phonics Fun Mix

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A big bundle of themed activities to help EYFS children get to grips with phonics and letters and start reading naturally: a mix of reading cards, games, rhymes and challenges, featuring castles, creepy-crawlies, woods, under the sea, animals, and more.
Simple Writing + Colouring - Wildlife
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Simple Writing + Colouring - Wildlife

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7 simple writing and colouring sheets, focused on UK wildlife - robin, butterfly, ladybird, squirrel, hedgehog, frog + rabbit. One writing line per sheet, with space for 1, 2 or a few words to complete a simple phrase. Promotes literacy (phonics, handwriting, expressive language, language structure), fine motor control, colour and pattern sense, and an understanding and appreciation of nature.
Colour Rhymes + Colouring Sheets
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Colour Rhymes + Colouring Sheets

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Bright colours abound in this stack of simple colour rhymes and colour-linked pictures to shade in. Poems and rhymes can be chanted, clapped, sung, enacted and associated with available objects of the relevant colours. Contents: 11 rhymes and 4 printable colouring sheets (robin, butterfly, autumn leaves, frog). See my colour poem videos:
Fun & Cheer - EYFS
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Fun & Cheer - EYFS

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A goody-bag of bright, fun, cheerful activities for young children. Colouring sheets, action rhymes, + attractive words to read, write and add to. Educational, creative, upbeat activities, some lively, others calming. Themes: Dragons, Butterflies, Rockets, Aliens, Colours, Sunshine, Hot Air Balloon.