I am passionate about learning that is tailored to children's interests and gives lots of opportunity for children to be creative and critical thinkers. I think it's important that learning materials cater to a variety of learning styles and are differentiated so that individual needs can be better met. These resources will not only engage your learners, but they'll save you time, so that you can focus on doing what you do best.
I am passionate about learning that is tailored to children's interests and gives lots of opportunity for children to be creative and critical thinkers. I think it's important that learning materials cater to a variety of learning styles and are differentiated so that individual needs can be better met. These resources will not only engage your learners, but they'll save you time, so that you can focus on doing what you do best.
Do you need some hands-on activities to bring your Ancient Rome unit to life? This pack has six hands-on craft activities: a soldier’s belt, money pouch, Colosseum, laurel wreath, legionnaire’s pack, and chariot.
There is a great mix of wearable crafts and miniature models to make. Each craft comes with visual step-by-step instructions.
You will need:
craft templates
glue sticks and white glue
scissors and coloring pencils
adhesive putty
string
4 craft sticks per student
1 wooden skewer per student
I hope your students enjoy getting hands-on while learning about Ancient Roman history with these crafts.
If you’re teaching about Ancient Rome, then this money pouch is an easy hands-on craft to go with your topic. There are five coins based on actual coins which can be put inside. Roman soldiers wore these pouches on their arms.
Visual step-by-step instructions are included.
What you’ll need for the craft:
♥︎ craft template
♥︎ glue stick
♥︎ string (about 35cm)
I hope your students have fun making their Roman money pouches.
If you’re learning about Ancient Rome, then this template to make a soldier’s belt will be a fun craft that children can actually wear.
Visual step-by-step instructions are included.
What you’ll need for the craft:
♥︎ craft template
♥︎ glue stick
♥︎ adhesive/reusable putty
I hope your students have fun making this ancient Roman belt craft!
This template to make an Ancient Roman laurel wreath is a fun, hands-on activity which students can wear. This will make a great addition to your Ancient Rome topic.
Visual step-by-step instructions, and colour and ink saver versions are included.
What you’ll need for the craft:
♥︎ craft template
♥︎ glue stick or tape
I hope your students have fun making and wearing their ancient Roman laurel wreaths.
If you’re teaching about Ancient Rome, then it would great if your students could make a 3D model of the Colosseum, right? Then, you’ll love this template to build a miniature version of the largest ancient amphitheater in history.
Visual step-by-step instructions are included.
What you’ll need for the craft:
♥︎ craft template
♥︎ glue sticks
I hope your students have fun making their Colosseum models.
If you’re learning about Ancient Rome, then you’ll love these hands-on crafts to make an ancient Roman legionnaire’s pack, or Marius’s mule, and an ancient Roman chariot.
About the Legionnaire’s Pack:
Students make a pack similar to the ones ancient Roman soldiers carried, with a bag for a tunic and sandals, a pan, jug, water bottle, and blanket.
What you’ll need for the craft:
craft template
white glue and glue stick
tape
string
two wooden craft sticks
About the Chariot:
The craft uses an axle so the wheels actually turn, and the chariot can be pulled by hand.
There’s an option with a design drawn on the chariot and an option for students draw their own designs.
What you’ll need for the craft:
chariot template
a straw
a wooden skewer (15cm/6in)
tape
two wooden craft sticks
thick card for the wheels (cardboard from packing boxes work well)
I hope your students have fun making these ancient Roman crafts!
If you’re learning about Ancient Rome, then this template to make an ancient Roman legionnaire’s pack, or Marius’s mule, will be a great hands-on activity.
Students make a pack similar to the ones ancient Roman soldiers carried, with a bag for a tunic and sandals, a pan, jug, water bottle, and blanket.
Visual step-by-step instructions are included.
What you’ll need for the craft:
craft template
white glue and glue stick
tape
string
two wooden craft sticks
I hope your students have fun making this ancient Roman craft!
If you’re learning about Ancient Rome, then this template to make an ancient Roman chariot will be a great hands-on activity.
The craft uses an axle so the wheels actually turn, and the chariot can be pulled by hand.
There’s an option with a design drawn on the chariot and an option for students draw their own designs.
Visual step-by-step instructions are included.
What you’ll need for the craft:
chariot template with a design
blank chariot template for children to draw their own designs
a straw
a wooden skewer
tape
two wooden craft sticks
thick card for the wheels (cardboard from packing boxes work well)
I hope your students enjoy making their ancient Roman chariots.
This collection of 10 Nursery Rhyme Pattern Block mats and task cards will support your learners as they learn to identify, sort, flip, rotate and turn shapes. Great as a supplemental activity when learning nursery rhymes, as a fine motor activity, or when learning about 2D shapes.
How challenging is it?
There are three levels of difficulty so you can tailor the activities to your learners:
full-size colour and ink saver version for practicing matching
task cards for learners to put the shapes together without a mat
outline version for those that need an extra challenge
What’s included in the zip file?
Mats (colour and ink saver)
Wheels on the Bus
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Five Little Monkeys
Hickory Dickory Dock
Humpty Dumpty
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Jack and Jill
Twinkle, Twinkle
Incy, Wincy Spider
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Task cards (2 per page to cut in half)
Ideas for use:
supplemental materials
morning tables
maths centres
stations
early finishers
I hope you enjoy using these pattern block mats with your learners.
TIPS FOR PRINTING:
These are optimized to print on letter paper.
Please ensure that you select actual size or set scaling to none depending on your print options.
This collection of 10 Summer Fun Pattern Block mats and task cards will support your learners as they learn to identify, sort, flip, rotate and turn shapes. Great as a summer activity, fine motor activity, or when learning about 2D shapes.
How challenging is it?
There are three levels of difficulty so you can tailor the activities to your learners:
full-size colour and ink saver version for practising matching
task cards for learners to put the shapes together without a mat (colour and ink saver versions only)
outline version for those that need an extra challenge
plus five design mats for students to draw and make their own designs
What’s included?
Mats (colour and ink saver)
watermelon
umbrella
surfboard
sunscreen
sunglasses
spade
shell
scuba gear
sandcastle
ice cream
Task cards (2 per page to cut in half)
Ideas for use:
supplemental materials
morning tables
math centres
stations
early finishers
I hope you enjoy using these pattern block mats with your learners.
TIPS FOR PRINTING:
These are optimized to print on letter paper.
Please ensure that you select actual size or set scaling to none depending on your print options.
If you’re looking for a fun activity to help your students learn the nine stars which make up the Matariki star cluster, then this will be a great craft to make.
Children will cut out and glue on the nine stars of the Matariki star cluster above their names. They can then glue on some tamariki and fold the craft into a diorama that they can display on their desk or table.
There are visual instructions, although it’s a very easy craft to put together.
Ideas for use:
whole-school rotation activity
station activity
library project
whole-class activity
Colour and ink saver versions are included.
I hope your students have fun making their Matariki dioramas!
If you’re doing a topic on ocean animals or a summer sea theme, then this pack of linking cube or snap cubes will be a great addition.
There are 12 different sea animals to choose from, plus options in the format as well with colour, ink saver, outline and task cards.
The ink saver and outline versions allow for more creativity with colour choice.
The outline version also provides more of a challenge for your capable students.
What’s included:
whale
seahorse
shark
angelfish
fish
swordfish
starfish
lobster
crab
turtle
seal
jellyfish
I hope your students have fun with these.
Here’s an easy, hands-on camping craft that’s ideal for the end-of-the-year, summer fun, a camping theme, or a summer camp project.
This activity gets children choosing different camp equipment and kids to make a 3D diorama of a camping scene.
There are two pages of equipment and kids and one page for the background.
Visual step-by-step instructions are included, although it’s a very easy craft.
Colour and ink saver versions available.
I hope your students have fun making their camp scenes.
If you’re looking for an engaging hands-on craft for your topic on sea creatures, the ocean, or a summer activity, then your students will love creating their own 3D under-the-sea diorama craft.
There are 16 sea creatures, plus seaweed that can be colored and glued onto a foldable ocean world that the children make.
There is a shorter, easier version with one piece for the background, and a taller, slightly harder version with two pieces for the background.
Colour and ink saver versions are included.
Visual step-by-step instructions are included.
This craft is super-easy and your students will be so proud of their under-the-sea worlds! I hope they have fun making them.
This collection of 12 Ocean Animals Pattern Block mats and task cards will support your learners as they learn to identify, sort, flip, rotate and turn shapes. Great as part of an ocean life or summer topic, or when learning about 2D shapes.
How challenging is it?
There are three levels of difficulty so you can tailor the activities to your learners:
full-size colour and ink saver version for practising matching
task cards for learners to put the shapes together without a mat (colour and ink saver versions only)
outline version for those that need an extra challenge
What’s included?
Mats (colour and ink saver)
shark
whale
seal
octopus
jellyfish
fish
angelfish
lobster
crab
starfish
turtle
seahorse
Task cards (2 per page to cut in half)
Ideas for use:
supplemental materials
morning tables
math centres
stations
early finishers
I hope you enjoy using these pattern block mats with your learners.
If you’re after a star-themed place value maths activity, you’ve found it! This activity is a great way for children to practise their understanding of place value by using place value blocks to make each star, then students count the ones, tens, or hundreds to work out the total.
There are 11 different star designs to choose from, plus a page for students to design and make their own star.
Possible ways to use these stars:
at a centre with place value blocks
a station activity with place value blocks
on the wall for students to go and look at (visual activity rather than hands-on)
a Matariki activity
space-themed day
What’s included?
12 full-size mats
12 task cards
recording sheet
answer key
Nine cards use ones and tens blocks, and two cards use ones and hundred blocks.
I hope your students enjoy practising their place value skills with these stars!
If you’re after an engaging lesson about William Shakespeare which includes a PowerPoint presentation and a hands-on craft activity, then this bundle which includes a slideshow with 32 animated slides, guided notes worksheet, and 3D model of the Globe Theatre will be ideal.
About the PowerPoint and Guided Notes:
The text is editable on the slides and worksheet so that you can adapt this to your needs. (Headings, images, and layout aren’t editable.)
Topics which are covered:
Who Shakespeare was and why he is significant
Early life
Family life
The "lost years"
London
The theatre
Becoming a playwright
Shakespeare's inspiration
Types of plays
Actors, costumes, and music
Being famous
Later years
Legacy
Interesting facts
Famous quotes
U.K. and U.S. versions of the slides are included.
About the Globe Theatre Craft:
You can differentiate with the craft with a simpler version (five pieces to attach) and a more challenging version (nine pieces to attach) which includes the two stair towers.
What’s included?
easier template (3 pages)
more challenging template (4 pages)
visual step-by-step instructions
colour and ink saver versions
Approx. size is 12cm x 12cm (easier version) and 12cm x 18cm (harder version).
Whether you’re learning about Shakespeare as an introduction to his plays, or learning about significant people in history, this presentation and hands-on craft will teach your students all about the fascinating life of William Shakespeare.
If you’re after an engaging PowerPoint lesson about William Shakespeare, then this slideshow with 32 animated slides and guided notes worksheet will be ideal.
The text is editable on the slides and worksheet so that you can adapt this to your needs. (Headings, images, and layout aren’t editable.)
Topics which are covered:
Who Shakespeare was and why he is significant
Early life
Family life
The "lost years"
London
The theatre
Becoming a playwright
Shakespeare's inspiration
Types of plays
Actors, costumes, and music
Being famous
Later years
Legacy
Interesting facts
Famous quotes
U.K. and U.S. versions of the slides are included.
Whether you’re learning about Shakespeare as an introduction to his plays, or learning about significant people in history, this presentation will teach your students all about the fascinating life of William Shakespeare.
If you’re studying William Shakespeare, this 3D paper model will bring your topic to life. This is a hands-on project ideal for Year 4 and above.
You can differentiate with the craft with a simpler version (five pieces to attach) and a more challenging version (nine pieces to attach) which includes the two stair towers.
** Ideas for use:**
Students could colour it first or use the colour version.
Use as part of a topic on William Shakespeare.
Use when learning about famous buildings around the world.
Use it as a hands-on activity for early finishers, golden time, GATE, or similar.
You will need:
paper
glue sticks
white glue
double-sided tape (optional)
scissors
colouring pencils (optional)
What’s included?
smaller, easier template
larger, more challenging template
visual step-by-step instructions
colour and ink saver versions
Approx. size is 12cm x 12cm (easier version) and 12cm x 18cm (harder version).
I hope your students enjoy making their Globe Theatres!
This timeline activity is a hands-on visual way for students to put the events of Ancient China in order, so that they can see how one of the great civilisations began and developed over time.
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This activity meets the following learning objectives:**
develop an understanding of when the first civilisations appeared (Ancient China)
develop an understanding of a historical period
develop an understanding of how the Ancient Chinese civilisation changed over time
sequence important events on a timeline*
There are two options to choose from:
Worksheet timeline cut and paste – either glue pictures under the dates (easier option), or write dates and glue pictures on (harder version). Comes with clues to help students.
Foldable timeline - glue events under the dates. Students use pictures and clue cards to help them order the events, which include dynasties, inventions, and important people.
I hope your children enjoy making their timelines.
