Number templates linked to the Numberblock characters. Children can practise creating different representations of each number as seen on my Instagram page.
You could use cubes or counters or corks and paint. The children create different ways of representing e.g number 4. They should be encouraged tp describe each pattern. ( two dots at the top and two at the bottom).
Getting ready for School poster
A rainbow designed poster with 14 different skills to work on before starting school. Each skill is linked to one of the three Prime Areas of learning from the Development Matters document.
Prime Areas: Communication and Langauge Development
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Physical Development
A space has been created for parent/carers to tick off each skill as their child can independently achieve them.
Once they have achieved all of the skills, they will have completed the rainbow. This could then be rewarded at home in anyway that suits each individual family.
2 World Ocean Day Wordsearch
Perfect for an independent reading activity in Reception.
Give the children a highlighter and let them find all six words!
Supports independent phonic skills.
What can you see?
Children look carefully at what they can see hiding in the sea themed bottles. An exciting writing activity to develop discussions about World Ocean Day.
7 different bottles containing different sea themed items.
6 books to develop children’s writing skills, linked to their understanding of life cycles.
My little book about the life cycles of a frog.
My little book about the life cycle of a butterfly.
My little book about the life cycle of a moth.
3 books with pictures children can colour in and use as a prompt for writing
3 plain, including the front cover for children to create their own drawings.
Photocopy and fold into their own little book.
A little book to support writing about `Pancake Day!’ A lined and blank version. Easy to fold and create your own little book!
Perfect to add to different provision areas of the classroom.
Chinese New Year maths track game. Add plastic animals as your players and a dice.
Rosettes to be chopped and added to the table.
Playing this game will support many mathematical skills.
Penguin Awareness Day is Monday 20th January
Use any art materials to add the colour for the land and sea on the earth outline.
You could use sponges or cue tips with paint, water colours, pastels or collage.
The pictures will prompt discussion about where penguins and polar bears live.
Numberblock Staircase Pattern Mats 4 with colour, two blank to make it more challenging.
Number Skiis
Number Beach Hut
Number Ice Cream
Number Snowman
Use cubes/counters to su pport childrens understanding of the numbers from 1-5. Help them visualise addding one more each time.
Four number mats.
Penguins Numbers 1-6
Penguin Numbers 7-12
Matching numbers represented in different ways. Chop these squares up and children can match them to the correct penguin numeral. Lots of opportunities for problem solving skills.
Winter snow globes containing a picture in each.
10 CVC words
22 words including the most common digraphs taught across different phonics schemes.
ck
sh
th
ch
ll
ff
ss
ng
nk
ee
oo
ar
Big Garden Birdwatch 24th - 26th January
10 named birds with a numeral from 1- 10 on each log.
Add a bowl of chopped pipe cleaners to represent worms. Count the correct number of worms to match the numeral on the bird.
A counting activity to celebrate love and friendship. Cut the hearts in half and play a matching game.
Numbers to 10 - a range of different representation of numbers.
Feed the penguins. Read a word on each fish and feed it to the correct penguin.
Print off and cut out each picture. Print on card or laminate to make your product last longer. You could add paper clips to the fish and magnets to make this into a game.
12 CVC words
4 CCVC words
16 Digraphs
sh
ch
th
ll
ss
ck
ng
nk
oo (book)
oo (moon)
ar
ee
CVC Christmas Snow Globes.
3 white spaces for children to write each letter to represent the object inside the snow globe.
12 designs (some including the ll for bell, ck for sack).
Christmas crackers with CVC objects on one half of the cracker. Three green buttons to write each letter for the word on the other half.
CCVC and words which contain some digraphs included with a cracker design and no green buttons. These crackers allow children to attempt to write longer words using their phonic knowledge.
12 Christmas themed CVC Words
6 longer words for children to attempt using phonic knowledge.
Can you feed the reindeers?
Reindeers, numbered 1-9
Sacks of carrots to give the reindeers.
Match the correct amount of carrots to the numbered reindeer.
Subitising cards using bells to 6
Counting bells 7 - 10.
Two blank cards, which I would recommend are laminated. These can be used to record any numbers greater than 10,
Pair these cards with loose bells and add magnets. How many can you pick up?