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Literacy for early childhood

The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School - Book activities
Start off the new school year with this activity pack which accompanies the book ‘The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School’ by Laura Murray.
It is a fun story to use to help introduce your children to the school and staff.
The packs includes:
Sequencing picture cards- these are in full color and also in black and white
Sequencing worksheet cut and paste
Story sequencing worksheet- beginning, middle and end
Graphic organisers
Character traits
My favourite part of the story writing and drawing activity
Design a Gingerbread Man and Design a Gingerbread Person worksheets
Asking question- Think of Who, What, When, Where and Why questions to ask the Gingerbread Man
The Gingerbread Man Is, Can, Have grid
Problems and solutions- three differentiated sheets
Retell the story writing worksheet
Design a MISSING poster- three differentiated versions
Missing word worksheets- two versions with each one differentiated
Text-to-self connections- What I do at school and what the Gingerbread Man does
Three what happens next drawing and writing worksheets
Write three sentences about the Gingerbread Man
True or False sentences about the story- differentiated versions
Instructional writing- write the recipe for Gingerbread Men
Comprehension worksheet

There was an Old Lady who Swallowed Some Books - Back to school book activities
There was an old lady who swallowed some books is a perfect story for the start of the school year.
This pack is full of writing activities, sequencing activities, comprehension activities and a story telling craftivity.
The activities included are:
If I were an old lady I would swallow… worksheet
A set of comprehension question cards to choose the correct answer from a choice of two
Worksheet- color the things the cold lady swallowed and put a cross through the things she didn’t swallow
Cut and paste worksheet of what the cold lady ate in the correct order
Craftivity- cut out the cold lady and feed her the picture cards in order- the face can be pasted onto a box and the mouth cut out
Writing sheet to write three sentences
My favorite part of the story worksheet to draw and write
A cut and paste story sequence worksheet
Simple picture cards to sequence for the story
Alphabetical order literacy center with recording sheet
In my backpack… writing sheet
Missing word worksheet based on the story
Three number jigsaws with numbers 1-5 and 1-10 to order
Rhyming words literacy center with recording sheet
What happens next… two worksheets

The Easter Egg - Book activity pack
I love this cute story for Easter and this set of activities is great to use after reading the book.
The pack includes:
Graphic organisers
My favorite part of the story drawing and writing activity (also included is the spelling favourite)
Adjective activity to describe Hoppi
‘If I were a bunny…’ activity sheet
My Easter egg- design an Easter egg and write three sentences about it
Text-to-self connections- three different sheets for drawing and writing
Writing activities
My favorite egg- draw and write about your favorite egg from the story (also included is the spelling favourite)
Sequencing cards- 12 picture cards for retelling the story, describing activities or even make into games such as matching pairs
I hope you enjoy using the activities x

Rosie's Walk - Book activities, story telling, Prepositions
The story ‘Rosie’s Walk’ is a lovely story that follows the hen, Rosie on her walk around the farmyard followed by the fox!
This book companion pack has activities for extending the book for your students and also preposition activities which are great for speech and language activities.
The pack includes:
A graphic organiser to write or draw the beginning, middle and end of the story
An emergent reader book- Where is Rosie?
Preposition task cards and props- read the card and place Rosie, the hen, or the fox, in the correct position
Story map worksheets- draw the different things that Rosie sees on her walk or cut and stick the things she sees in the correct order
Sequencing pictures- 14 color pictures for retelling the story
Sorting worksheet- sort the different statements about foxes and hens to learn more about the animals
Stick puppets- make your own stick puppets of a hen and fox and use to retell the story- these can be used with the picture props in the preposition task card activity
Story map- move the fox and hen around the story board to retell the story or make up your own stories
Where is Rosie- an activity for speaking and listening- includes ten picture cards for the kids to describe where Rosie is in each one
I hope you and your children enjoy using these activities to support the story ‘Rosie’s Walk’.

There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Frog - Book activities
There was an old lady who swallowed a frog is a perfect story for Spring and to use with a topic on Growing.
This pack is full of writing activities, sequencing activities, literacy centers and a story telling craftivity.
The activities included are:
Cut, paste and color worksheet to add the labels to the picture
Rhyming words literacy center
Worksheet- color the things the cold lady swallowed and put a cross through the things she didn’t swallow
Cut and paste worksheet of what the cold lady ate in the correct order
Craftivity- cut out the cold lady and feed her the picture cards in order- the face can be pasted onto a box and the mouth cut out
Cut and paste the things the old lady swallowed and didn’t swallow
My favorite part of the story worksheet to draw and write
Writing worksheet- the old lady swallowed a ______ because ______
Simple picture cards to sequence for the story
Upper and lower case letters on gloves literacy center
Planting a seed sequencing cards and worksheet
What do plants need - two different worksheets
(Worksheets with alternative spelling are included)

Brown Bear, Brown Bear - Story, Maths and Literacy activities
This pack is great to use with the book ‘Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?’
It contains four centers and activities for story retelling and learning colors.
Ten build a sentences worksheets to read, write and make the sentences
Color clip cards
Count and trace Maths center
Initial sounds Literacy center
Label the bear- two versions
Read and color- two versions
Repeating patterns Maths center
Upper and lower case letters Literacy center
Color sequencing cards

If You Take a Mouse to School - Book activities
Start off the new school year with the activity pack which accompanies the book ‘If You Take a Mouse to School’ by Laura Numeroff.
The packs includes:
Literacy Center- ABC order
Literacy Center- Syllable sort with three differentiated worksheets
Sequencing picture cards
Sequencing worksheets - two cut and paste activities
Story sequencing worksheet- beginning, middle and end
Graphic organisers
Character description
If I took an animal to school… writing and drawing activity
List the things the mouse did at school
Making comparisons- write three things you do at school and three things mouse does
Retell the story writing worksheet
School writing activity
Making comparisons- what is in my backpack compared to the boys
Text-to-self connections- Draw and write you at school and the mouse at school
Two what happens next drawing and writing worksheets
Venn diagram

David Goes to School - Back to School book activities
Start off the new school year with the activity pack which accompanies the book ‘David Goes to School’ by David Shannon.
It is a great story for looking at school rules and the effects of bad choices.
The packs includes:
Story sequencing worksheet- beginning, middle and end
Graphic organisers
Character traits of David
Advice for David- write and draw what he should/ should not do at school
Favourite part of the story worksheet
Draw and write things David did at school- two variations
My school writing worksheet for children to write one of their rules and explain why it is important
Making comparisons
Opinion writing- would you like David in your class?
My school rules- children write four of their rules
Retell the story worksheet
School rules- what we should and shouldn’t do
Davids behaviour at school- write about what David should have done
Writing and drawing worksheet

There was a Cold Lady who Swallowed some Snow - Book activities
There was a cold lady who swallowed some snow is a perfect story for the winter snowy days!
This pack is full of writing activities, sequencing activities, comprehension activities and a story telling craftivity.
The activities included are:
If I were a cold lady I would swallow… worksheet
Comprehension worksheet
A set of comprehension question cards to choose the correct answer from a choice of two
Worksheet- color the things the cold lady swallowed and put a cross through the things she didn’t swallow
Cut and paste worksheet of what the cold lady ate
Craftivity- cut out the cold lady and feed her the picture cards in order- the face can be pasted onto a box and the mouth cut out
Writing sheet to write three sentences
Finish the sentences worksheet
Label the snowman- one worksheet with words at the bottom to use for labelling and the other without words
A story retelling worksheet to write four main parts of the story
My favorite part of the story worksheet to draw and write
A cut and paste story sequence worksheet
Simple picture cards to sequence for the story

There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Bat - Book activities, Halloween
There was an old lady who swallowed a bat is a perfect story for Halloween.
This pack is full of writing activities, sequencing activities, comprehension activities and a story telling craftivity.
The activities included are:
Cut, paste and color worksheet to add the labels to the picture
A comprehension worksheet about the story
Worksheet- color the things the cold lady swallowed and put a cross through the things she didn’t swallow
Cut and paste worksheet of what the cold lady ate in the correct order
Craftivity- cut out the cold lady and feed her the picture cards in order- the face can be pasted onto a box and the mouth cut out
Bats Can, Have, Are grid worksheet
My favorite part of the story worksheet to draw and write
A cut and paste story sequence worksheet
Simple picture cards to sequence for the story
Retelling the story writing worksheet
Upper and lower case letters literacy center
Finish the sentences writing worksheet based on the story
Word family literacy center for short vowel ‘a’ with two recording sheets
What happens next… two worksheets
(Worksheets with alternative spelling are included)

All About Me
ALL ABOUT ME
This collection of worksheets would be great for an end of term activity to make into a book to send up to the new teacher or would be great in September for getting to know your new children.
Would also be great to make quick and easy displays for the new term.
Also great for NQT’s to get to know the children in their class.
These are all activities which have been trialled in schools and used for project books and display work.
The pack contains 20 pages which can be made into a workbook (some sheets have similar ideas on so you could choose the most suitable for your class).
In the pack:
Long colourful banner ‘All About Me’
Workbook cover
All about Me page
My self portrait
My birthday
Design your own t-shirt
My favourite book
I am good at…
I feel happy/ sad when…
I hope to learn…
I like watching…
In my house…
My favourite activities
My favourite animals etc
My friends
My new class
Name cards to make
Shield and guide for filling in the parts
Things I am good at
Trophy page
Great resources for a new term or ‘Ourselves’ topic.

Christmas resources for Early Years, Childminders, Pre-school
A bumper pack of Christmas teaching resources
Specially designed for younger pre-school children
Lots of maths, literacy, games, craft activities etc to keep the children busy for hours!
The pack contains over 200 sheets to print.
Activities in the pack include:
Happy Christmas bunting to print and colour
Simple colour jigsaws to cut and reassemble
Number ordering jigsaws to colour and order
Initial letter sheets
Number playdough mats up to 10
Activity playdough mats
Colour by numbers sheets with numbers up to 5
Christmas themed colour posters to display in your setting
Simple cutting skills sheets
Simple tracing sheets to practice pencil control
Various games to print and play
Lots of craft sheets such as face mask, 3D models to make, decorations to make
Christmas themed reward charts
Plus lots lots more!

70 Phonics flash cards- Letters and Sounds Literacy phases 1-6
This pack contains 69 flashcards of sounds taught in the Letters and Sounds scheme.
Each card is A4 sized so could be displayed as a colourful poster but can easily be printed in A5 or A6 size to make flash cards or for cards to use at home for revision.
Each card has the sound, 2-3 pictures with words and 6 further words, each with the sound highlighted.
The second filehas all of the sounds so can be used as a poster or revision/ assessment page.

Theatre role play pack
This pack can be used to set up a role play area of a theatre - a great pack to encourage speaking and listening!
Contents in the pack:
Large letters that spell ‘Theatre’
Large colourful ‘Theatre’ banner
Posters that the children can fill in showing the times the performances and shows start, what the performance will be and also who actors in that days performance are
Templates to make simple masks
Posters showing the refreshments available, also large coloured pictures of drinks and popcorn,
A coloured and a black and white 3D popcorn box to make- this can be filled with pretend ‘popcorn’ or left empty
Price posters and posters showing the seating places for the theatre
Booking forms and forms to order more refreshments- both are great for encouraging writing in the role play area
A5 cards showing the different things in the theatre - each with word and picture- eg.ticket office, lights, costumes etc
Lots of different signs for your theatre such as ‘NO SMOKING’, toilet signs, emergency exit signs, dressing room signs, entrance and exit etc
Tickets which the children can pretend to sell for the puppet show and the theatre
A 3D ticket holder to make which can be made to hang around the sellers neck,
Number for the seats in the theatre
Plus lots more!

Nursery Rhyme song sack pack- Games, posters, activities, display
The pack includes:
Rhyme sheets for 6 popular Nursery Rhymes:
Humpty Dumpty
Sing a Song of Sixpence
Twinkle Twinkle
Hickory Dickory Dock
Baa Baa black Sheep
Jack and Jill
Colour character props for each rhyme- these would be great on a display or great when laminated and kept with nursery rhyme books for singing the rhymes
Black and white characters and props for each rhyme for the children to colour/ collage etc
A large (3xA4) size grandfather clock in colour for the rhyme ‘Hickory Dickory Dock’
Colourful games to accompany each rhyme
A 3D wall and Humpty Dumpty model to make using a split pin
Numbered blackbirds up to 24 for the rhyme ‘Sing a Song of Sixpence’
A rhyming word game
A4 colouring sheets for each rhyme
A great bumper pack-great for displays, games and making class rhyme books.