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An engaging pack for the story ‘A House for Hermit Crab’ by Eric Carle. The pack includes worksheets, display materials, games, activities and crafts and is great to include in a sea life or seaside unit. The pack includes: A long colourful display banner A display border with colourful Hermit crabs An A4 word card to use when writing about the story and sea creatures A title poster for display Word and picture cards of the different sea creatures in the story Word cards with words relating to the story on sea shells Sea creature flash cards Sea creature fact cards with simple facts about the sea creatures in the story Tracing pattern worksheets Match the label to the correct sea creature worksheet Colour photographs of different sea creatures and underwater scenes- great for discussion and displays Design a new house for Hermit crab worksheet Label the sea creatures worksheets A Hermit crab fact book to make and complete Fact posters about Hermit crabs with colour photographs Sequencing picture cards for the story Cut and paste sequence worksheet What happens next worksheets My favourite part of the story worksheet Comparing my house to Hermit crabs house worksheet- with different version for different abilities Cut and paste the months of the year with pictures of the corresponding sea creature Month cards for display with corresponding sea creatures Beginning, middle and end worksheet Count the different sea creatures on the shell worksheets An alphabet line on Hermit crabs A number line to 30 on different sea creatures A crab face mask to make- in colour and black and white Writing paper with themed borders Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story, or any related stories or products.

This Minibeasts pack has been created to fit in with the current Early Years curriculum with a range of resources to cover all areas of learning. Display Display banner Display border Large lettering Topic words Photographs Mathematics Number line Number bingo- two bingo games with numbers from 1-5 and 1-10 Counting cards Measuring- order the different length worms Butterfly symmetry Butterfly symmetry matching halves Ladybird spot counting cards Cut and match the spotty ladybirds Spider web counting mats Butterfly cards Colour by numbers Large number cards Cut and stick number worksheets Ladybird adding worksheets Numbered beehives Five Little Spiders number rhyme pack Five Wiggly Worms number rhyme pack One Little Bee number rhyme pack Literacy Draw and write mini beast sheets Decorated writing sheets Acrostic poem worksheets An alphabet line on ladybirds A simple mini beast word mat Upper and lower case letters on bees Cut and stick the initial sound butterflies onto the correct nets Swat the fly game Personal, Social and Emotional Development Various posters to display in your mini beast area Various blank posters for the children to write their own posters for the mini beast area Photos of different mini beast habitats Communication and Language What am I? cards Various rhymes and songs A story telling pack for The Very Hungry Caterpillar Guess the mini beast Physical development A target game Various maze worksheets Trace the patterns on the mini beasts Worksheets to trace the different paths the mini beasts make Move like a mini beast Preposition posters Mini beast cutting skills Lacing pictures Understanding the World Mini beast pictures and sorting cards Posters of mini beasts A mini beast fan to make A Power Point to find out and about different mini beasts Life cycle posters of caterpillars and frogs Lots of small mini beast photo cards Vegetable patch detective cards A photo bingo game Expressive Arts and Design Shadow matching cards Incy Wincy Spider song pack Mini beast stick puppets Mini beast face masks Colouring posters A collection of craft ideas sheets Outline pictures of different mini beasts Colour bugs posters Ideas sheets for making spiders webs with string Observational drawing and recording sheets Complete the pictures

The pack includes: A large display banner A smaller display title decorated with pictures from the story of Jack and the Beanstalk Large characters and story props in colour Large characters and black and white- great for creating displays or also great to laminate, add velcro to the back and the children to use to retell the story on a flannel board 48 story word cards on beans A beanstalk board game in colour - 3x A4 sized with 'Jack' playing pieces A moving Giant model to make using split pins Black and white face masks for the children to decorate and make Colour face masks- a great addition to your story sack for retelling the story and to make up your own stories Finger puppets to colour and make A number beanstalk with a number on each of the leaves A speech bubble worksheet Speech bubbles to add to your displays All of the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds scheme on beanstalks- these would look great laminated and used in the outdoor area Black and white bean growing posters Colour bean growing posters Photographs of beans, bean plants and bean pods Leaf and stalk templates to make your own beanstalk in your classroom A 'collect a beanstalk' game- roll the die and pick a card to see how many beanstalk leaves you have Counting cards- count the number of magic beans

The pack includes: Colour pictures of Jasper the cat and the tools he uses for his gardening as well as a beanstalk Black and white pictures for the children to colour or collage A large title banner with a picture of Jasper and a beanstalk A Jasper finger puppet to make- great for retelling the story A colour face mask of Jasper A black and white face mask of Jasper for the children to colour Words relating to the story with pictures A display border of a beanstalk and also a border of beans- these can be printed as many times as you need for a display board of any size A colourful matching pairs game Bean height posters- put the pictures in height order- these are also provided in black and white for the children to sort and stick in height order Numbered plant pots from 0-10 each with a bean plant with the corresponding number of leaves on each plant Three different work borders- great for displaying the childrens work quickly and easily- these are also provided in black and white for the children to colour and write on A colourful picture bingo game Colour bean sequence posters Days of the week labels A label for your story sack of Jasper's Beanstalk Two word searches for different abilities A number line on garden tools- this would also be great in a garden centre role play area An alphabet line on beans A growing bean diary to make and fill in each day Various Maths worksheets Various Literacy themed worksheets Question cards about the story- great to add to your display An A4 word card with words and pictures Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by, the authors or publishers of the story or any related stories or products.

A great resource pack to accompany the lovely children’s book ‘The Winter Hedgehog' by Ann and Reg Cartwright. Also includes resources about hibernation. The pack includes: Display resources: Banner- a long colourful display banner Display borders A4 word card Story words- decorated words relating to the story Question cards Fact cards- about hibernation and different animals that hibernate Title page Hibernation words Hibernation banner Photos- of different winter scenes Numeracy resources: Number line on hedgehogs Size hedgehogs- order the different hedgehogs in size order Counting worksheets- a version for numbers up to 5 and for up to 10 Dice game- roll 1 or 2 dice and colour the correct numbered spike on your hedgehog Snowflake symmetry Missing number worksheets Role play/ story props Face masks- coloured masks of the hedgehog and the other animals Story props- large coloured pictures to use when retelling the story Puppets Powerpoints Hedgehogs- find out different facts about hedgehogs Winter- what happens in winter and what can we do? Hibernation- find out about different animal that hibernate over Winter Literacy resources Snowflake alphabet Book review Worksheets-various worksheets about the story, Winter and the characters Word searches Writing pages- various pages to photocopy for the children to write and colour in the borders Writing sheets Hibernation worksheets Worksheets- Signs of Autumn, Winter and Spring worksheets Acrostic poem Art and crafts Animal paw prints- use the cards to copy the paw prints in the sand tray or in the snow Tracing picture Colouring worksheets Winter scene worksheet Animal puppets to make Animal masks- black and white masks of the different animals in the story Games Bingo- a colourful picture bingo game Snowman building game- throw the die and collect the different parts of your snowman Hibernation game- throw a die and turn over a card to see how many hedgehogs are hibernating under the pile of leaves Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the author or publishers of the story or any related stories or products.

Chinese Restaurant and Takeaway A bumper resource for setting up a colourful role play area of a Chinese restaurant and/or takeaway. The pack includes: Banner- A long banner for your restaurant- this is provided in Sasson Primary Infant font and also in Chinese style writing Posters- Open and closed signs for your restaurant Opening times- An opening times poster Food posters- 10 colourful pictures of different foods to buy in the restaurant Price posters- Each showing a different colourful picture of Chinese food and space to write the price Menus- Various menus in colour and black and white for your restaurant Hats- 3 different hats to make for the restaurant staff to wear Badges- Name badges to make for the staff to wear Welcome- A long ‘Welcome’ with Chinese style writing Today’s special- A poster with Chinese style writing to write in that days special meal Restaurant posters- 'Wait here to be seated' and 'Thank you for your custom' Poster- A poster for the restaurant Kitchen area Clock- A themed clock to laminate and either draw the hands on or add clock hands using a split pin Colour lanterns- Colourful lanterns to hang in the restaurant area- each lantern is a different colour and has colour labels to add if you want to Number line- A number line to 20 on food bowls Table numbers- Table numbers up to 10 to display on the restaurant tables with Chinese style writing Order forms- Printable order forms for the restaurant and takeaway Colouring mats- Colouring mats to use in the restaurant- these could also be coloured and used as posters in the restaurant Message pads- Message pads and telephone message pads to make decorated with Chinese lanterns Takeaway opening poster- a poster showing the opening times of the Chinese Takeaway

Jesus’ Christmas Party This pack has been produced to accompany the story of ‘Jesus’ Christmas Party’ by Nicholas Allan- a lovely story about the birth of Jesus. The pack includes: 1. A long colourful display banner 2. Question cards with questions about the story 3. Word cards- great for a display or to add to the writing area 4. Face masks in colour and black and white of the different characters in the story 5. Colour pictures to sequence to use when retelling the story 6. A sequencing worksheet 7. Puppets to make of the characters in the story- these are in colour and black and white 8. Design a crown for one of the Kings 9. Design a gift that you would give to baby Jesus 10. Make a 3D angel- this is provided in colour and black and white 11. Writing worksheets with pictures and lines below to write about the story 12. Writing pages with black and white borders to photocopy and add to the writing area 13. An alphabet line on angels 14. A number line to 50 on stars 15. A collection of activity play dough mats to make extra parts of the picture 16. A bingo game with pictures of the characters in ‘Jesus’ Christmas Party’ 17. A colourful matching pairs game to make and play 18. A dice game to roll one or two dice and colour the angel with the correct number 19. An A4 word mat- great to use when writing about the story 20. A collection of colouring pictures 21. A 3D nativity scene to make- this is provided in colour and black and white 22. Word and picture flash cards 23. A worksheet to draw the different characters in the stable 24. A worksheet to cut and stick the characters on the stable scene according to the initial letters 25. A board game to make and play- ‘Follow that star’ follow the path of stars to see which wise man reaches the stable first Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story, or any related stories or products.

Dear Father Christmas A delightful story for Christmas about the letters from a little girl to Father Christmas and the replies from him. The pack includes: A long title banner with pictures of Father Christmas and the elves Word cards with words relating to the story and Father Christmas A large picture of Father Christmas in his sleigh and the reindeers to cut out and make into a large picture with the reindeer pulling the sleigh Question cards with questions relating to the story and pictures of Father Christmas Colour pictures of Father Christmas, his sleigh, the elves and reindeer A collection of colouring pictures and posters A collection of Christmas wintery houses and trees to make into a lovely village scene display Display words for writing letters- great for Christmas letter writing An Advent calendar to make A matching pairs game to collect the matching coloured stockings Letter writing templates for writing your letter to Father Christmas An alphabet line on patterned envelopes Face masks in colour and black and white of Father Christmas, elves and reindeer A number line to 50 on cute elves A worksheet to draw Erol the elf A worksheet to decorate the Christmas tree Design a decoration to hang on the Christmas tree A collection of decorations to cut out and colour which you can then hang on the Christmas tree A game to spin the spinner and collect the coloured presents Posters of all the reindeer and their names A worksheet to decorate the sleigh and draw some presents for Father Christmas to deliver A worksheet to design a ticket for a sleigh ride A colourful bingo game with a Christmas theme Various maths worksheets to count the number of presents, fill in the missing numbers and order the numbered stockings Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by, the authors or publishers of the story or any related stories or products.

Jungle Explorers role play pack This role play works particularly well in the outside are but can be used indoors too to create a colourful and stimulating role play area. Resources include: Coloured pictures of jungle animals for the children to find Black and white pictures of the animals so the children can colour or collage them Badge for the jungle explorers to wear Identity badges for the explorers Word and picture cards showing some of the kit the explorers will need Check lists and forms to fill in to check the kit Check lists, forms, sketch books etc for the explorers to fill in when they have found some jungle animals Animal footprints- print out and leave trails for the children to find and follow A large A-Z alphabet with each letter decorated with animal patterns Number up to 50 on leaves- great to use if you are creating the role play area indoors Colour photographs of some jungle animals

A great pack for teaching the topic of Minibeasts and Insects and The Hungry Caterpillar or for use when going on nature walks The pack includes: 18 flash cards of different coloured insects and minibeasts with their names A lovely photo pack of 16 colour photos of different insects and minibeasts Three large colourful display banners with pictures of insects and minibeast- ‘Minibeasts and Insects’, ‘Minibeasts’ and ‘Insects’ A coloured and a black and white insect and minibeast spotting card- great for taking on your nature walks or for sending home with the children to search for minibeasts at home ‘What am I?’ clue cards to guess the minibeast or insect Question cards to add to your displays Rhymes about minibeasts and insects 18 A4 sized black and white pictures for colouring or craft work Topic word cards to help when describing the habitats of the creatures Individual fans to make with different minibeasts/insects on and a list of questions for use by the teacher-a clue can be read and the children have to show you the correct creature A5 fact cards for each minibeast and insect A display border to print out showing the different creatures featured in the pack-this can be printed out as many times as you need for whatever size display board you have An A4 bordered page to display the children’s work A large title of ‘Minibeasts and Insects’ -each letter is decorated with small minibeast pictures Also included are some resources for the story ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’- for more resources see my separate Hungry Caterpillar pack: A large Hungry Caterpillar display banner A colour photo pack of caterpillars and butterflies Days of the week cards with pictures of the food the Hungry Caterpillar ate each day Picture and word cards A colourful themed bingo game

This pack is designed to be used with the story ‘Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?’ which is a lovely story about colours and is great for use in the Early Years. Display banner Story word cards- great to add to a display or use in the writing area Display border- A themed display border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size Title poster- An A4 sized poster Picture flashcards- Flashcards with words and pictures Colour labels- labels of the different colours in the correct coloured text Colour face masks Colour puppets- make your own stick puppets of the animals Large mural- a long colourful mural to print out onto which the animals and children can be added An A4 word card with pictures- great to use when writing about the story Speech bubbles worksheets- worksheets with each animal and a speech bubble- great to encourage early writing Alphabet line- an alphabet line on children Writing sheets- various sheets with borders to use for writing activities or in the writing area Initial sound worksheets- write the initial sound of the animals below the pictures, match the initial sound to the correct picture and cut and match the animal to the animal name My favourite animal worksheet- children can draw and write a sentence about their favourite animal from the book What do you see, hear worksheet- a worksheet for children to think about the senses and draw or write about what they can see, hear, feel, touch and taste Matching worksheet- match the animal to the correct colour name A number line- a number line on animals Counting cards up to 10 Number worksheets Sorting pictures- sort the pictures according to the number of legs Dot to dot worksheets-with numbers to 10, 20 and 30 My number book- make a number book by drawing the correct number of animals on each page Stick puppets- make your own character stick puppets for retelling the story Colouring worksheet- read the colour names on the bears and colour them in Face masks to colour Colour worksheet- different worksheets for each colour Tracing pictures- trace over the dotty lines and colour Cut and make the animals- four puzzles for the children to cut out the animal parts and reassemble to make the animal Colouring pictures- pictures of the animals to colour Colour hunt- find and draw some things of different colours Make a colour wheel Colour collecting game- collect the pictures of the same colour as your game board Animal bingo- a colourful game to collect the animals from the story Please note: The art work used in these resources has been produced by ourselves. It is not associated with, or endorsed by the authors or publishers of the story, or any related stories or products.

The pack includes: Display banner: A large display banner with the title 'Growing plants' on a photo background of Daisies Additional banners: 'Growing' and 'Plants' on a photographic plant background Topic words: each card has a photographic border- great to add to your display or writing area Question cards: great to encourage the children to think about plants and growing Photographs: Lots of coloured photos of different plants and wild plants which the children may spot in the school grounds or on the way to school Colour weed photographs: Photos of wild plants with the plant names Plant spotting cards: A4 and A3 sized plant spotting cards- great for the children to use in the school grounds to mark off which plants they have found Plant fan to make: A fan to make with photos of different wild plants on- great to fold up and take on a nature walk Colours display: Photographs of different coloured flowers with the colour name- great for the growing plants topic but also lovely to include in the art area Make a plant game: A game to collect the different parts of your plant first Parts of a plant: Information cards about the different parts of a plant Fruit and Vegetable photographs: colour photographs showing some different plants- great for a discussion about what they can and can't eat on a plant and how to grow fruit and vegetables Worksheets: Two differentiated worksheets for labelling the different parts of a plant Labelling plant posters: A4 and A3 sized coloured posters with labels for the different parts of a plant Wordsearch: find the growing and plant related words My plant worksheet: A fun worksheet to fill in details about a plant they have found on a nature walk or in the school grounds Plant parts photographs: coloured photographs showing the detail of different parts of plants such as the leaf, stem, flower and roots Matching pairs: Photographs of different types of seeds to play a matching pairs game or for comparing and describing the different seeds Wilting plant photograph: a colour photograph of a wilting plant- great for discussion about what a plant needs to grow

The pack includes: 1. A long display banner with pictures of nocturnal animals 2. Posters of different nocturnal animals with their names 3. Information posters about nocturnal animals with interesting facts about them 4. Colour photos to print out and use in displays and for discussion of different night scenes and nocturnal animals 5. A colourful display border to print out as many time as you need for a display board of any size 6. Writing sheets with decorated borders- these look lovely on displays with the childrens’ work on them or great to use in the writing area 7. Colouring pictures of different nocturnal animals 8. A set of sorting pictures and base boards to sort the animals into nocturnal and diurnal 9. Face masks in colour and black and white of an owl, badger, mouse, moth, bat, hedgehog and a fox 10. Finger puppets to make of different nocturnal animals 11. A PowerPoint about each of the different nocturnal animals: owl, badger, mouse, moth, bat, hedgehog and fox 12. A PowerPoint about nocturnal animals 13. An interactive PowerPoint where children are asked which animals are nocturnal and which are diurnal 14. Acrostic poem worksheets 15. A nocturnal animal bingo game to make and play 16. Word searches 17. An A4 word mat- great to use when writing about nocturnal animals 18. Topic word cards for use on your displays or in the writing area 19. A colourful matching pairs game 20. Worksheets about different nocturnal animals and about nocturnal and diurnal animals

The pack contains: Display materials including colour pictures and arrows and a title page A long colourful display banner Power point A life cycle wheel to make Various life cycle sequencing worksheets such as a cut and stick sheet, a drawing worksheet and different writing worksheets Templates for craft work Writing pages which can be made into a book with a cover Duck fact worksheets A started worksheet to see what the children know and what they want to find out Vocabulary flash cards and also cards with words and meanings A themed word search A colourful picture bingo game A duck life cycle headband to make Labelling worksheets Photos of ducks and ducklings Photos of the different stages of the life cycle of a duck Various number activities Various other worksheets including describing a duck, missing words, sentence scramble, sequencing sentences etc Plus more!

The Farm A bumper resource with a Farm theme. Great to use alongside a farm visit, at Harvest festival or for a Farm topic. The pack includes: Display banner- a long colourful display banner with farm animal pictures Display border- a colourful border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size Animal masks- a selection of farm animal face masks in colour and black and white- great for story telling, role play and for use when singing songs such as ‘Old Macdonald Had a Farm’ Farmer and scarecrow face masks- face masks in colour and black and white Photos Word and picture cards- flashcards with the names of things found on a farm and the names Page borders- four A4 page borders with a farm theme- great for displaying the children’s work Writing pages- four black and white pages to photocopy and add to the writing area for the children to write about farms My trip to the farm booklet- various pages and a cover which can be used to produce a book for children to fill in after a farm visit Individual number lines- a selection of number lines with a farm theme Alphabet lines- table top alphabet lines with farm animal pictures Odd and even number line- a cute number line to 30 with odd numbers on chickens and even numbers on chicks Fruit and vegetable posters- colourful posters showing different fruits and vegetables grown on farms in the UK Animal alphabet line- a colourful alphabet line on farm animals Powerpoint- what can we find at a farm- find out about the different animals found on farms Food from animals posters- a collection of posters showing what different foods we get from different farm animals Topic words- word cards with words relating to farms and farming- great to add to your writing area or farm display Picture bingo- cover the farm animal picture the first to win the game Number worksheets- make 10 animals in each field, count the number of farm animals and draw the correct number of animals in each field Counting book- make your own farm animal counting book Tractor colour posters- lovely posters each with a coloured tractor and the colour name A4 word mat- a word mat with words relating to farms- great when writing about farms and animals Pencil control worksheets- trace over the sheeps wooly coat and trace the animals Large lettering- large letters to print out and use for a large alphabet line or to spell and title- each letter has small farm animals on it Play dough mats- a collection of mats to use with play dough with a farm theme Colouring pictures- a collection of pictures for colouring Fact cards- learn all about different animals on the farm with these colourful posters

The pack contains: 1- A long colourful display banner 2- A display border with dinosaur pictures 3- Large dinosaur themed lettering to make a display title for a larger display board 4- Large pictures of trees, mountains, plants, a volcano etc to create your own dinosaur display 5- Face masks of some different dinosaurs- these are in colour and black and white 6- An alphabet line on dinosaurs 7- A number line to 50 on dinosaur themed cards 8- An A4 word mat to use when writing about dinosaurs 9- Posters of 12 different dinosaurs with their names 10- Split pin dinosaurs to colour, cut out and assemble 11- A dinosaur themed acrostic poem 12- Fact cards about 12 different dinosaurs 13- Fact cards about dinosaurs and when they lived 14- Mini books to make about dinosaurs 15- A dinosaur themed Bingo game to print and play 16- Dinosaur jigsaws to cut and make- these are in colour and black and white 17- Play dough activity mats with a dinosaur theme 18- Word and picture cards of different dinosaurs 19- Colour by number worksheets 20- A Power Point about dinosaurs 21- A large alphabet with each letter made up of dinosaur bones 22- An A4 workbook cover to keep all the dinosaur work together 23- Dot to dot worksheets- with numbers 1-10, 1-15 and 1-20 24- Large dinosaur footprints with numbers on- great to use in your outside setting 25- Colouring pictures of dinosaurs and dinosaur scenes 26- Topic word cards decorated with dinosaurs 27- Four great number rhyme packs each with rhyme card, singing props and face masks 28- Size ordering worksheets to order the dinosaurs and the dinosaur bones by size order 29- Dinosaur puppets to colour and make 30- Various dinosaur themed worksheets including addition and subtraction, missing numbers on dinosaur eggs, count the number of dinosaurs, match the dinosaur to its name, My pet dinosaur etc

A great set of resources for exploring emotions with photographs of multicultural children to create eye catching displays, lots of worksheets, activities, games and much more. Great to use for circle times and SEAL lessons too. The pack includes: Coloured posters showing photographs of multicultural children showing different emotions. Display labels of the different emotions. Stick puppets of multicultural children showing different emotions -these are provided in colour and black and white. A Power Point 'How do I feel?' about different times the children may feel different emotions. An interactive Power Point for children to choose the emotion the person is showing. A large boy and girl face with lots of features to add to the faces to show different emotions- these cold be attached with blue-tak or velcro. Question cards to add to a display to ask the children how they would feel in diffeent situations. A bingo game to make and play. Make a happy and sad mouth to show how you are feeling. Worksheets about the children's worst and best day ever to talk about how they felt and why. A collection of play dough mats to explore different feelings. A die to make showing different faces on each side to discuss the emotions shown. An emotions booklet to make. An emotion wheel to make which the children could use at home to show how they are feeling each day. A long display banner. A colourful display border. Acrostic poems about 'Emotions' and 'Feelings'. A book cover to use to keep all of your work together. Emotion stars with different words on to create a colourful display. A collection of worksheets exploring emotions and feelings.