Harriet the Hedgehog and the Letter H Objective: Reinforce phonics and early literacy skills by identifying, tracing, and writing words that begin with the letter “h.” Resource Components: Short Story: Read the story to the children and have them listen for words starting with “H”. They can then find and underline the words beginning with ‘h’ and colour the picture of Harriet and Heidi. Activity Sheets and Instructions: Phonics and Story Time: o Read the story, identifying “h” words. Worksheet Activities: o Sheet 1: Write “h” words under each colour picture. o Sheet 2: Complete the activity in black and white. o Sheet 3: Trace “h” words under the pictures. Children could finish off by making up their own story about Harriet the Happy Hedgehog and her friends.

This is a fun cross - curricular game to play with your pupils. Show the images or cut into cards. Pupils work out the idiom or saying for each image and mark these off on the answer sheets. Great for group or pairs/team work. Links to literacy. There are 2 pages of idioms with 15 pictures on each page. Alternatively cut out all the cards for pupils to match. Differentiate with a small number of cards to start and increasing once pupils get the idea. Pupils can research any idioms they are unfamiliar with. Lots of speaking and listening and thinking opportunities.

Benny the Happy Bunny and the Letter B Teacher’s Guide for EYFS and KS1 Objective: Reinforce phonics and early literacy skills by identifying, tracing, and writing words that begin with the letter “B.” Resource Components: Short Story: Read the story and have children find and underline words starting with “b.” Next children can colour in the 4 pictures of the story and cut and sequence. Activity Sheets: Sheet 1: Colour Picture Sheet o Includes images of bunny, banana, bath, bird, balloon, butterfly, bus, book, and bee. o Children write the “b” words under each picture. Sheet 2: Black and White Picture Sheet o Same images as Sheet 1 in black and white. o Children write the “b” words under each picture. Sheet 3: Traceable Sheet o Same images as Sheet 2 with “b” words in dotted form. o Children trace the words. Links to Phonics, Story, Reading, Writing:

Learning the Letter P Objective: Reinforce phonics and early literacy skills by identifying, tracing, and writing words that begin with the letter “P.” Resource Components: Short Story: Read the story “Peter, Pam, and the Pets Party” and have children underline the words starting with “P” and then colour the pictures. Activity Instructions: Phonics and Story Time: o Read the story, identifying and underlining “P” words. o Discuss the “P” sound and list other words starting with “P.” Worksheet Activities: o Sheet 1: Label the colour pictures. o Sheet 2: Label and colour in the black and white pictures. o Sheet 3: Trace dotted “P” words and colour in the pictures. This resource supports early literacy development by combining storytelling, phonics, and writing activities in a fun way. Boardmaker licenced.