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Monkey Puzzle story sack resources
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banner
Display border
Story words
Large lettering- Large A-Z letters in lower and upper case with a leaf decoration- great for larger display titles or to create a different alphabet line
Large pictures- Large coloured pictures of the animals in the story, leaves and plants and different bugs to help you create a great display
Word and picture cards- cards with the name and picture of each of the animals in the story
LITERACY
Word mat- An A4 word mat with words and pictures relating to the story
Speech bubble worksheets- various worksheets to write what the different animals are saying
Writing paper- various writing sheets with themed borders to use for work about the story or to add to the writing area
Alphabet line
Acrostic poems
Guess the animal cards- read the clues and match to the correct animal from the story
Worksheets- Various worksheets about the story and animals including matching the animal to the clue, initial sounds, cut and stick animal names etc
My jungle day
Describe your mum- A worksheet to draw and describe your own mum
Favourite part- draw and write about your favourite part of the story
NUMERACY
Number line
Size ordering- order the caterpillars and snakes in length order
Roll-a-die game- roll a die and collect the part of your animal
Colour by numbers
Symmetry
Counting worksheets- Count the animals worksheets with numbers 1-3, 1-5 and 1-10
Addition- an alternative colour by numbers sheets where children find the answer and colour the part of the butterfly
Missing numbers- fill in the missing numbers on the caterpillars
ART AND CRAFT
Animal puppets
Animal masks
Draw a jungle scene- draw your own jungle and the animals in it
Colouring
Jigsaw puzzle- design your own jigsaw puzzle and then cut out the pieces
Poems and rhymes- a collection of decorated cards with rhymes and poems about jungle animals
Tracing
UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD
Animal photos- lovely colour photos to print out and add to a display
Jungle photos
Animal fact cards
Butterfly life cycle pictures
Life cycle worksheets- various worksheets about the life cycle of a butterfly
Power Point
STORY TELLING
Story sack tag
Coloured puppets
Coloured face masks
Sequence cards
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 Smartest Giant in Town story resources
A bumper resource pack for the story 'The Smartest Giant in Town' by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. An engaging Literacy unit with worksheets, display materials, games and crafts.
The pack includes:
Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border- a colourful themed border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Word cards- words on decorated cards relating to the story
Title poster- an A4 poster with title, author and illustrators name
Word and picture flashcards- colourful cards with the different clothes to add to a display or writing area
A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story
Clothes alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on colourful clothes
Writing sheets- a set of writing sheets with borders for the children to write on and use in the writing area
Speech bubble worksheets- fill in the speech bubbles to show what the characters are saying
Word searches- two word searches with words from the story to find
Write about the story- write sentences about the different pictures
Diary- write George’s diary
Questions worksheets- write some questions you would like to ask the Giant
Labelling and matching worksheets- label the clothes and animals, write the missing words, Match the clothing to the correct animal and fill in the initial letters
Letter writing- write a letter to the Giant
Thank you letters and cards- write some letters from the animals to thank the Giant
Sequencing worksheet- cut and stick the story pictures in the correct order
What happens next- draw and write what happens next in the story
Number line- a number line to 50
Missing number worksheets- fill in the missing numbers on the shoes plus a blank worksheet so you can differentiate
Size ordering worksheets
Dot to dots- three different sheets with numbers from 1-10, 1-15 and 1-20
Colour by numbers- colour the pictures using the numbers
Repeating patterns- copy and continue the patterns on the ties
Matching pairs
Bingo- a colourful bingo game
Dice game- throw a die to collect the parts of the picture first
Design a tie- design a new tie for the giant to wear
Tracing ties- various patterns on tie to trace over the dotty lines
Draw new clothes- draw a new outfit for the giant
Finish the picture- draw the missing parts of the different pictures
Face masks- a set of coloured face masks
Stick puppets- coloured and black and white stick puppets

Rosie's Walk resource pack- story sack, farm
A great resource pack for the story ‘Rosie’s Walk’
Includes:
Display banner
Display border
Word cards- words on beehives relating to the story
Word and picture flashcards
Photos- colours photos of farmyards and the animals in the story
Fact cards- simple fact cards with facts about foxes and chickens
A4 word card
Hen alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on colourful hens
Writing sheets- a set of writing sheets with borders for the children to write on and use in the writing area
Speech bubble worksheets- fill in the speech bubbles to show what the characters are saying
Rhyming words- sort the pictures into those that rhyme with ‘hen’ and ‘fox’
Word searches- two word searches with words from the story to find
Worksheets- a collection of worksheets about the story
Character worksheets- write about the characters in the story
Label a hen- label the different parts of the hen
‘My Walk’ book- make your own book about your walk and what you see on the way
Bee number line- a number line to 50 on colourful bees
Preposition words- words from the story to add to a display
Counting cards- count the bees from 1-10
Preposition posters- with word and a picture showing the hen behind, in front etc
Preposition worksheet- write where the hen is in each picture
Size ordering worksheets- order the hens by size- in colour and also black and white
Counting worksheets- count the number of bees and hens
Preposition play mat- place Rosie behind, next to etc
Bee number rhyme pack- a rhyme card for singing the rhyme, face masks and props for use when singing the rhyme
Matching pairs- match the pictures
Build a hen- roll a die and collect a part of your hen- how many hens can you make?
Board game- travel around the farmyard to reach the hen house first
Preposition bingo- collect the different pictures for your board
Design a new hen house- design a new house for Rosie
Tracing sheets- trace the dotted lines on the pictures to practice fine motor control
Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppet characters
Play dough mats- make the different things seen on Rosie’s walk
Colouring
Drawing worksheets- draw the different things found on Rosie’s farm
Farm map- cut and stick the things seen on Rosie’s walk through the farm yard
Make a windmill
Sequence pictures- a set of coloured pictures to use when retelling the story
Story props- large coloured pictures of the different things in the story
Story map- an A4 and an A3 map of the Rosie’s farm- great for display and discussion
Face masks
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.

Handa's Surprise story resource pack- story sack
The pack includes:
Display resources
· Display banner
· Posters of Handa and Akeyo’s houses
· Story word cards
· Animal photos
· Fruit photos
· Display border
· Title poster
· Picture flashcards
· Colour sequencing pictures of the story
· Page borders
· African photos
· Information posters About Africa and the Luo tribe
Role play/ story props
· Colour face masks of Handa and Akeyo and the animals
· Small world background
Powerpoints
· Story Powerpoint- an interactive powerpoint asking the children which fruit was taken by which animal or what happened next in the story with choices to click on
· Maths Powerpoint for children to count how many fruit on each page
· Guess the animals Powerpoint
Literacy
· An A4 word card
· A story map- either draw the fruit and animals along the path to Akeyo’s house or cut and stick the animals and fruit in the correct orde
· Fruit descriptive words
· Story Questions
· Black and white sequencing worksheets
· Question worksheet- for children to think of some questions to ask Handa and Akeyo
· Describing fruit worksheets
· Story sequencing
· Speech bubble worksheet- fill in the speech bubbles of what Handa and Akeyo are saying to each other
· Various other worksheets such as initial letter sounds, matching fruit and animals to their names, writing about their favourite part of the story etc
· Writing pages
An alphabet line on fruit
Numeracy
· A number line on the animals in the story
· Counting cards up to 10
· Counting worksheets
· My number book- A mini book to make where the children draw the correct number of fruit on each page up to 10
Art and craft
· Colouring posters of Handa and Akeyo
· Colouring posters of each of the animals and the fruit
· Cut and stick the fruit into the basket
· Design a new pattern for Handa and Akeyo’s dresses
Games to make and play
· Picture matching pairs
· Collect the fruit game
· Jigsaw matching pairs

Duck in the Truck story pack- rhyming words
A great pack for the story ‘Duck in the Truck’ by Jez Alborough. Great for teaching about the book or making into a story sack.
Contains:
Display banner
Story word cards
Display border
Story poster
Picture flashcards
Story question cards for display
Face masks for retelling the story in colour and black and white
Stick puppets to make
A4 word card with pictures
Speech bubble worksheets
Alphabet line
Book review worksheet
Writing sheets
Rhyming words worksheet
Favourite part of the story worksheet
Number line
Missing numbers worksheets
Counting worksheets
Tracing pictures
Cut and assemble the truck worksheet
Cut and stick rhyme worksheet
Colouring pictures
Board game
Matching pairs game
Rhyming bingo game

A Squash and a Squeeze story resource pack
A bumper pack for the story ‘A Squash and a Squeeze’ by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. The unit contains worksheets, sequencing activities, games, display materials and crafts.
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banner
Display border
Word cards- words on houses relating to the story
Word and picture flashcards
Animal photos- a collection of coloured photos of the different animals in the story
Large coloured pictures- large character and animal pictures and a large house to print out and use on a display
LITERACY
A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story
Animal alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on animals
Writing sheets- a set of writing sheets with borders for the children to write on and use in the writing area
Speech bubble worksheets- fill in the speech bubbles to show what the characters are saying
Word searches- two word searches with words from the story to find
Favourite part if the story- draw and write about your favourite part of the story
Writing worksheet- write some sentences about the different pictures on the worksheets
Rhyming words- A worksheet to find rhyming words in the story
Label the animals- A worksheet for each animal for the children to label the different parts of the animal
What happens next- A collection of worksheets for the children to draw and write what happens next in the story
NUMERACY
House number line
Counting worksheets
Dot to dot worksheets- three dot to dot worksheets from 1-10, 1-15 and 1-20
Size ordering- cut and order the animals by size
Table top number line- Number lines from 1-10 and 1-20 with the numbers on houses
Repeating patterns- continue the repeating animal patterns on the worksheets
GAMES
Matching pairs- match the pictures to play matching pairs or snap
Picture bingo- cover the different pictures from the story
Picture dominoes- a lovely game to make and play
ACTIVITIES
Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppets
A new house- draw a larger purpose built house for all the animals to live in with the little old lady
Face masks- colour and decorate the character and animal face masks
Colouring sheets
Split pin animals- cut out the animal parts and join together using split pins
Tracing pictures
Draw the scene- Draw the different scenes in the house when each animal arrives
STORY TELLING
Sequence pictures
Face masks
Stick puppets- coloured stick puppets to use when retelling the story
Story sack tag
Story props- large coloured props of the house, characters etc to use when retelling 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.

Peace at Last story resource pack- Phonics Phase 1
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border- a themed display border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Word cards- words on decorated cards relating to the story
Large coloured pictures- large character pictures to print out and use on a display
Question cards- questions on decorated cards about the story to use as prompts or to add to a display
Sound posters- a set of colourful posters showing the different things that made sounds in the story
LITERACY
Alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on owls
Writing sheets- a set of writing sheets with borders for the children to write on and use in the writing area
Speech bubble worksheets- fill in the speech bubbles to show what the characters are saying
Favourite part if the story- draw and write about your favourite part of the story
Writing worksheet- write some sentences about the different pictures on the worksheets
Match the noise- match the different pictures to labels
‘b’ for bear- a worksheet all about the letter ‘b’
Sequencing worksheet- cut and order the pictures
NUMERACY
Number line
Counting worksheets
Make the clock- cut and stick the clock numbers onto the cuckoo clock
Missing numbers- differentiated worksheets to fill in the missing numbers on the stars
Counting cards
GAMES
Picture bingo
Make the sound- pick a card and make the sound for the others to guess
ACTIVITIES
Stick puppets- colour and make your own stick puppets
Face masks- colour and decorate the face masks
Colouring- a collection of colouring worksheets
Make some big ears-make you own paper big ears to go on a listening walk with instructions and picture cards for discussion
STORY TELLING
Sequence pictures- a set of coloured pictures to use when retelling the story
Face masks- a set of coloured face masks to use when retelling the story or making up new stories
Stick puppets- coloured stick puppets to use when retelling the story
Story sack tag- a tag to add to your story telling sack
POWER POINTS
Sound lotto- click on the stars to listen to the sounds and cover them on your lotto boards
Guess the sounds- an interactive activity to choose the correct sound they can hear on each page
Make the sounds- look at the different pictures and use your instruments to make the sounds
Voice sounds- listen to the sounds on each page and use your voice to make the different sounds
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.

Police role play pack
A bumper pack full of posters, signs, flashcards, pictures and writing opportunities to set up a role play area of a Police Station
The pack includes:
· A large colourful display banner
· Large A4 size letters of 'Police Station' - a great alternative for the role play area
· Large policeman and policewoman picture
· Large colour pictures of different things used by the police such as hats, whistle, handcuffs
· Topic word and picture cards
· A checked border which can be used on display and the police station notice boards
· A clock to make to display in the police station
· A number line to 50 on police helmets
· An alphabet line on police traffic cones- great to use in your outside area
· A plain police traffic cone- great for use in the outside area-laminate and attach to a block for the children to place where it is needed
· Police warning tape- laminate this and make into strips for the children to place around crime scenes
· Signs for your police station including 'Interview room', 'cells', 'store cupboard' etc.
· Dial 999 poster to display in your police station
· Police badges to make
· Police hats to make
Writing resources:
· An A4 incident book to make with cover and pages- this is in both colour and black and white
· A small incident book for the police officers to carry around with them
· An A4 prisoner book to make with cover and pages- this is in both colour and black and white
· Crime reporting forms
· Police identity cards
· Various wanted posters to draw and write on
· Five different writing pages-these can be used in the role play area and also for topic work
· Emergency message sheets
· Finger print forms
· Note and message pages
· A speeding ticket- great to use in the outdoor play area with the vehicles
The posters, signs and pictures will create a motivating and colourful role play area either inside your classroom or in your outside area which will encourage the children to further their vocabulary and language and encourage writing for different purposes.

Katie Morag story sack resources
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display ‘Katie Morag’
Display banner- ‘An Island Home’ display banner
Display border- a tartan display border to print as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Word cards- words relating to the story
Word and picture flashcards- colourful cards of the buildings and characters to add to a display or writing area
Colour characters- large pictures of the different characters in the Katie Morag stories
Building posters- large colour posters showing the different buildings on the island
Animal posters- large coloured posters showing the different animals on the island
Title poster- an A4 poster with the title, authors name and illustrators name
Story questions- a collection of question cards about the stories and characters- great to add to a display
LITERACY
A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story
Writing sheets
Speech bubble worksheets- fill in the speech bubbles to show what the characters are saying
Tartan lettering
Sheep phonemes
Character writing sheets- a worksheet for each character with space to write
An Island home- writing sheets about living on an island
Word searches- two word searches with words from the Katie Morag stories
Write a postcard
Island newspaper
NUMERACY
Puffin number line
Missing number worksheets
Counting worksheets
Addition and subtractions worksheets
Odd and even number line
GAMES
Matching pairs
Board game
Collect the mail- collect the different parcels and letters needed for your mail bag
Bingo
ART AND CRAFT
Design a stamp- design a stamp for the Island of Struay
Stick puppets
Face masks-
Colouring worksheets
Cut and assemble the boat
Island map- cut and stick the buildings onto the map of Struay
Scottish flag to colour
Isle of Struay flag- design a flag for the Isle of Struay
Paint a picture- paint a picture like the lady artist to show what you might see on the island of Struay
Workbook cover
STORY TELLING
Face masks
Stick puppets
Story telling props
POWER POINT
Isle of Coll- a Power point about the island the stories are based on
POST OFFICE ROLE PLAY
A complete pack for settings up a role play area as the Isle of Struay Post Office
including posters, banners, labels, postcards, stamps, name badges, post office signs and many opportunities for writing.
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.

Outdoor play EYFS
This is a bumper pack enabling you to create or develop your outdoor area to cover the revised 7 areas of Learning.
The pack would be great for nursery settings, school settings and childminders to use to create a stimulating and exciting outdoor area.
The pack includes:
Ideas sheets: A sheet of ideas for each of the revised 7 areas of learning - each sheet has a number of ideas to start you off on your planning for the outdoor area - (you will also be sent the sheets for the current framework of 6 areas).
Planning: Planning sheets for the outdoor area for you to fill in with you planning- included are examples of short term activity plans, medium termweekly plans and long term plans. These are the sheets I have used and can be used as they are or as a starting point for you to create your own sheets for your own setting.
Observations: Observation sheets for the adults to use in the Early Years setting to observe individuals and groups of children.
Box labels: 20 topic box labels
Physical Development
· Tuff spot ideas- A large collection of ideas to use in the tuff spot or in a large tray
· 10 movement and action songs- on decorated A4 cards
· Messy play recipes
· Movement posters
· Movement game
· Target games for use with a beanbag or ball
· Sand area- 12 word cards relating to the sand area- great to discuss and try in the sand
· Water area- 12 word cards relating to the water area
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
· Outdoor rules- A colourful banner to use to create an ‘Outdoor rules’ display
· Outdoor rules
· How many can play- 5 posters showing how many children can play in each area from 2-6 children
· Emotion cards
Communication and Language
· Role play signs
· Face masks- A set of colourful woodland themed face masks- great for role play
· Story telling masks
Puppet show
· Rhyme cards
Literacy
· Alphabet lines
Phoneme display cards- Various colourful phoneme display sets –helicopters, ladybirds and suns. These all have the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds document
· Word wall- The High Frequency Words from the Letters and Sounds document on colourful bricks to create a bright word wall and also on colourful bunches of balloons
· Flower initial sounds game
· Bird letters game
· Name game
· Rhyming game
Expressive Arts and Design
Minibeast rhymes and songs
· Weather songs and rhymes
Colour butterflies
Role play resources
Understanding of the World
Different weather ideas
· Bird spotting
Plus lots more!

Commotion in the Ocean- Under the Sea
The pack includes:
Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border- two colourful themed borders to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Word and picture flashcards- colourful cards to add to a display or writing area
Fish colours- coloured fish each with the colour name on
Ocean posters- a set of colourful posters showing the different sea creatures in the book
Title poster- an A4 poster with title, author and illustrators name complete with colourful illustrations
Photos- colour photos to print out of the different creatures in the book
Name labels- labels of the different creatures- great to use on displays
Colour fish- large A4 size fish in different colours with colour labels to add
Fact cards- simple fact cards about each creature
Large display pictures- large coloured pictures of each creature plus extra pictures of seaweed, rocks, shells etc to create a great ocean display
A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story
Ocean animal alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on colourful creatures
Writing worksheets- write below the pictures on each sheet
Writing sheets
Speech bubble worksheets
Word searches
Worksheets- a collection of worksheets about the book and the creatures
Animal worksheets- fun worksheets to fill in different details about each animal in the book- these look great on display
‘My underwater adventure’- write a story about the creatures you meet
Acrostic poems
Odd and even number line
Ocean animal number line
Number rhymes
Size ordering worksheets
Counting worksheets
Counting cards- cards from 1-10 with the corresponding number of creatures on each page
Individual number line- number lines from 1-10 and 1-20 with pictures of fish and octopus
Matching pairs
Build a fish- roll a die and collect a part of your fish- how many fish can you make?
Dominoes
Colour bingo
Roll and colour- roll the die and colour the matching sea creature on your sheet
Picture bingo
Tracing sheets- trace the patterns on the fish and trace over the dotted lines on the animals
Stick puppets
Face masks
Play dough mats- a collection of under sea themed mats to use in your play dough area
Colouring worksheets
Fish crafts
Octopus craft
Jellyfish craft- follow the instructions to make your own hanging jellyfish
Jigsaws- colour the picture and then cut along the dotty lines and reassemble to make your sea creature
Templates
PowerPoint- a PowerPoint with simple facts about some of the animals in the book
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

Shark in the Park story resource pack
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border- a themed display border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Word cards- words on stars relating to the story
Large coloured pictures- large character pictures to print out and use on a display
Park photos- colourful photographs of some different parks and things you might find in parks
Shark photos- lovely photographs of sharks –great for displays and discussion
Shark fact cards- Some simple facts about sharks ready to display
LITERACY
Shark alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on sharks
Writing sheets- a set of writing sheets with borders for the children to write on and use in the writing area
Speech bubble worksheets- fill in the speech bubbles to show what the characters are saying
Word searches- two word searches with words from the story to find
Shark information booklet- make your own booklet with simple facts about sharks
Favourite part if the story- draw and write about your favourite part of the story
Rhyme cards- match the rhyming words from the story
Find the fins- hide the phonics fins in your outdoor area and see which the children can find
‘ar’ worksheet
‘sh’ worksheet
NUMERACY
Daisy number line
Size ordering- cut and order the sharks by size
Counting cards
Missing numbers- 3 differentiated worksheets to fill in the missing numbers on the sharks
Draw the teeth on the shark- look at the numbers to draw the correct number of teeth on each shark
Number rhyme pack- a resource pack for the rhyme ‘5 little ducks’ including rhyme card, props and face masks
Counting worksheets
GAMES
Matching pairs
Shark game- collect teeth to complete your shark
Picture dominoes
ACTIVITIES
Stick puppet- colour and make your own stick puppet of Timothy Pope and the animals in the story
Face mask- colour and decorate the face mask of Timothy Pope and the animals in the story
Colouring
What can you see through the telescope?- draw what you could see through a telescope
Design a park- cut and stick pictures to design your own park or draw your own design
Cut and stick shark teeth- practise your cutting skills to cut out teeth for the shark
Make a telescope- follow the instructions to make your own pretend telescope
STORY TELLING
Face masks
Stick puppets- coloured stick puppets to use when retelling the story
Story sack tag
Story props- large coloured props to use when retelling 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

The Enormous Turnip story resource pack- Autumn, harvest, growing
A great story pack to accompany the story ‘The Enormous Turnip’. The pack includes worksheets, games, craft activities and display materials.
Great to use with your Harvest theme and during the Autumn / Fall term
Includes:
Large colourful characters and story props- these would be great on a display or are good when laminated and velcro added to the back for the children to use on a flannel board
Small characters and story props- these are great for table top play and also great when laminated and stored with the story book or included in a story sack
Story word cards- these are useful to add to a display or to include in a writing area
A coloured A4 story word card- great for the children to use when writing about the story
Black and white pictures of the characters and story props for the children to colour or collage
Colour face masks of the different characters- great for role play and retelling the story
Black and white face masks of the characters in ‘The Enormous Turnip’ story
A game based on ‘The Enormous Turnip’ story- collect the different vegetables to plant in your vegetable garden
A colourful matching pairs game with pictures from the story
Finger puppets to colour and make- great for retelling the story and including in your story sack
Black and white pictures to sequence of the story
Various worksheets about ‘The Enormous Turnip’
Question cards to encourage the children to think about the story and what happened in ‘The Enormous Turnip’ story

The Fish who could Wish story sack resources
This pack is designed to be used with the story ‘The fish who could wish’ by John Bush.
Display resources
· 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
· Picture flashcards- flashcards with words and pictures of the props in the story
· Story questions
Role play/ story props
· Colour face masks- of different fish and the Fish who could Wish- great for retelling the story or creating your own stories
· Colour puppets
· Story telling props
Literacy
· An A4 word card with pictures
· Speech bubbles worksheets
· Worksheet- write a book review about the book
· Alphabet line
· Writing sheets
· My favourite part of the story
· Sh, th, ch fishing game- catch the picture fish and decide if they go in the sh, th or ch fishing nets- with full instrustions and further ideas
· Sh, th, ch worksheets- a worksheet for each phoneme
· Phoneme word and picture cards- a collection of pictures of words with sh, ch and th sounds in them and the words with the grapheme highlighted
· Make a wish worksheet- think of one wish you would make and draw and write about it
· The fish’s wish- draw and write three things the fish wished for
· Phonemes on fish
Numeracy
· A number line
· Shape fish posters
· Shape fish bingo game- cover the different shaped fish first to win the game
· Sea scenes number game- roll a die and colour the part of the picture with that number
· Number ordering- cut out the numbered fish and stick in the correct order
Art and craft
· Stick puppets
· Face masks
· Tracing pictures
· Colouring pictures
· Playdough mats- make the correct number of fish on each board
· Cut and assemble castle- cut out the parts of the castle and reassemble to make your own castle
· Cut and assemble fish- cut out the parts of the fish and reassemble
More Games to make and play
· Board game- explore the underwater scene and collect the items the fish wished for to add to your board
· Number dominoes- a fish themed dominoes game
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.

Seaside shop role play pack
The pack includes:
A colourful 'Seaside shop' banner with small pictures of the things for sale in the shop,
Large colour pictures of the things for sale in the shop such as spades, buckets, inflatable boats, sun cream etc,
Large black and white pictures of the things in the shop -great for art work or collage work,
Posters decorated with small pictures of seaside related items- open/ closed, opening times plus a blank opening times poster for you to fill in your own opening times,
Posters advertising the seaside goods and posters to add your special offers on,
Labels with each picture and the name of it on,
Lots of different colourful posters to decorate your seaside shop- posters to warn the customers about the flags on the beach, posters to tell people when they can take dogs on the beach and posters advertising events such as rock pooling and seaside competitions,
Lots of forms to encourage writing such as order forms, telephone messages, jobs to do,
A number line to 30 on seaside themed pictures,
Posters to remind customers to be safe in the sun and what they need to buy to be protected in the sun.
The posters, signs and pictures will create a motivating and colourful role play area either inside your classroom or in your outside area which will encourage the children to further their vocabulary and language and encourage writing for different purposes

Ice cream shop role play pack- Summer, seaside, ice cream parlour
Ice cream shop role play pack
Great for ourdoor or indoor play in the Early years and also for KS1 and KS2
The pack includes:
Large (A4 sized) coloured pictures of different ice creams and lollies -great for a background display
A5 sized labels of the different things in the shop eg cones, chocolate sprinkles, strawberry sauce, dishes etc
A5 sized cards showing the different ice creams and lollies and space to add a price label to use in your shop-the price labels are from 1p to 50p allowing you to make your own prices for the items and to alter them according to the ability of your children
Double sided cones and lollies to make, with different flavours and sizes of ice cream to put in them
4 different ice cream seller hats to make to use in the role play
A large title ‘Ice cream shop’
Order forms
Note paper and telephone message paper
Ice cream themed bunting to cut out and decorate the shop -this can be made as long as you wish by printing out more times
An ice cream number line up to 30

Dear Zoo story resource pack- story sack
The pack includes:
Display banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border- a colourful themed border to print out as many times as you need for a display board of any size
Word cards- words relating to the story
Animal and crate flashcards- colourful cards to add to a display
Cover picture- a poster of the picture from the book cover
Animal photos- coloured photos of the different animals in the story
Question cards- questions relating to the story- great to add to your display or to use as prompts during literacy
A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story
Animal alphabet- a lovely alphabet line on coloured animals from the story
Writing sheets- a set of writing sheets with animal pictures and lines below- these are in both colour and black and white
Word searches- two word searches with words from the story to find
Worksheets- a collection of worksheets about the story including match the clue to the animal, match the animal to the name, writing words to describe the animals and writing warning labels for the crates and boxes
Crate tags and labels- make your own warning signs for the animal crates
Crossword- solve the clues to find the words to complete the crossword
Escaped animal posters- different worksheets to draw and write about animals escaped from the zoo
Animal crates number line
Size ordering worksheets
Counting cards
Dot to dot worksheets
Worksheets- various worksheets with addition sums, subtraction sums and counting the animals
Blank maths worksheets
Matching pairs/ snap game
Dominoes game
Bingo- collect all of the pictures for your board in this colourful game
Build a Zoo- spin the spinner and collect the animals needed for your zoo but make sure your animals don’t escape through the open gate!
Tracing sheets
Face masks- colour and decorate the animals face masks
Colouring pictures
Rhymes and songs- a collection of rhymes and songs on decorated sheets to learn
Workbook cover
Stick puppets to make
Sequence pictures
Large pictures- these are great to hold up with a whole class for retelling the story
Book sized pictures- these can be used for retelling the story or creating your own flap book
Animal and word matching- match the animals to the descriptive words
Story sack labels
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.

Where the Wild Things are story resource pack
The pack includes:
DISPLAY BANNER- Large display title 'Where the wild things are' with pictures from the story
DISPLAY BORDER- A display border with pictures of different leaves- this can be printed as many times as you need for a display board of any size
DISPLAY PICTURES- Drawings of the characters in the book and some 'Wild things' and also Max's boat and crown and lots of different plants and trees so you can create a great scene (these are not printed from the book but have been hand drawn by myself)- these are in black and white and colour and in two different sizes
MATCHING PAIRS GAME CARDS- Colour cards with different pictures from the story- these can be used for matching pairs games, snap games or any other games you want to make up
COLOURING PICTURES- Some colouring sheets showing different scenes and characters (again these are using the characters I have drawn myself and are not exact scenes as shown in the book)
WORD CARDS- Words from the story - these are great for including in a display or for use in a writing area
WORD CARD- An A4 decorated word card-great for writing about the story or for display in the writing area
QUESTION CARDS FOR DISPLAY- Questions about the story 'Where the Wild Things are' on decorated cards
BOOK POSTER- An A4 poster with the title, author and illustrator information on
VARIOUS WORKSHEETS- Worksheets relating to the story
MAX'S CROWN TO MAKE- A crown to cut out and make
STICK PUPPET- A stick puppet of Max to make and a worksheet with prompts to help children design their own 'Wild thing' stick puppet
GAME- A 'Wild thing' game- roll the dice and draw different parts of your 'wild thing' to create different wild thing characters
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.

Whatever Next story sack resources
The pack includes:
Display resources
Banner- a long colourful banner for your display
Display border- a starry border for you to print out as many times as you need to use on a display board of any size
Characters- large coloured pictures of the characters in the story ‘Whatever Next’ to add to your display
Story words- as set of word cards with words relating to the story- great to add to your display or use on your writing area
Story questions- a set of decorated cards with questions about the story
Role play/ story props
Face masks
Puppets- coloured stick puppets to make
Sequencing pictures- pictures to sequence when retelling the story
Literacy
A4 word card
Star alphabet line- a bright alphabet line to print out and display
Worksheets- various worksheets including a book review, writing and drawing about a favourite part of the story, drawing what happens next etc.
Writing pages- four photocopiable sheets with borders for the children to write about the story or to include in your writing area
Acrostic poem- an acrostic poem worksheet to write a poem about Space
Numeracy
Moon boot number line- count in twos on the coloured boots
Owl number line- a number line to 50 on owls
Worksheets- fill in the missing numbers, count the number of stars and addition sums on stars
Counting cards- cards with numbers to 20 and the corresponding number of stars for the children to count
Rocket countdown posters- a set of posters from 5-0 with Baby Bears rocket
Power points
Story questions- answer the questions about the story and click on the correct answer
Colour boots- reveal the coloured moon boots and then read the colour words and click on the correct one
Counting Power point- count the number of stars on each page and click on the correct answer
Art and craft
Design a rocket- design your own rocket for travelling to the moon
Puppets- colour and make your own puppets for retelling the story
Face masks- colour the face masks
Colouring pictures- various pictures to colour
Picnic on the moon- create your own picnic to take to the moon
Games to make and play
Matching pairs- match up the patterned moon boots
Picture bingo- a colourful bingo game to make and play
Number dominoes- match the number to the stars
Rocket dice game- roll two dice and add the numbers together and cover the rocket on your card
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.

Tiddler the Story Telling Fish story sack resources
The pack includes:
DISPLAY
Display banners- 2 colourful banner to print over 2 A4 pages- one with ‘Tiddler’ and the other with ‘Tiddler The story-telling fish’
Display border
Word cards- words relating to the story- great to add to a display or in the writing area
Word and picture flashcards
Character posters- a set of colourful posters showing different fish in the story with their names
Fish facts- simple facts about fish
Colour photos- A4 photos to print out and display showing some underwater scenes and fish
Title poster
LITERACY
A4 word card- an A4 word card with words and pictures for the children to use when writing about the story
Shell alphabet
Writing sheets- a set of writing sheets with borders for the children to write on and use in the writing area
Speech bubble worksheets
Word searches
Worksheets- a collection of worksheets about the story and characters including initial letter sounds, labelling the creatures, list worksheet, my favourite sea creature, writing a new fishy tale, missing poster
NUMERACY
Fish number line- a number line to 50 on colourful fish
Missing number worksheets- fill in the missing numbers on the shells plus a blank worksheet so you can differentiate
Counting worksheets
Telling the time- a collection of clock posters showing the times mentioned in the story
Counting cards
Repeating patterns- draw the next sea creature to complete the repeating patterns
GAMES
Dominoes
Magnetic fishing game- make the 3D fish tank and take it in turns to catch fish plus ideas for different activities
Picture bingo
ACTIVITIES
Tracing sheets- trace the patterns on the fish
Stick puppets
Face masks
Fish templates
Story worksheets- various worksheets to draw different things, match pictures to speech bubbles and draw underwater scenes
Play dough mats- make the correct number of fish on each card
Colouring
STORY TELLING
Sequence pictures
Face masks
Sequencing worksheets- cut and stick the pictures in the correct order
Story telling props
Stick puppets
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.