The Little Red Hen: Early Years (EYFS & KS1) Activities, Displays & Ideas
🌾 Get ready to cluck, scratch, and learn with our wonderful 'The Little Red Hen' resources! From our vibrant Display Banner & Call Out Quotes to engaging Story Sequence Cards, we have everything to bring this classic tale to life. Encourage imaginative play with our Role-Play Masks and Role-Play Headbands (both available in colouring and pre-coloured versions), and explore character traits with our Character Descriptions. Get active with Activity/Movement Challenge Cards, spark creativity with 'My Favourite Part' and 'My Favourite Character' drawing/writing sheets, and make literacy fun with Sentence Illustration. Plus, enjoy a lively Picture Snap Game and relaxing Colouring Sheets. We even have theme and activity ideas tailored for different age groups to ensure everyone can join in the farmyard fun! 🦊
Please scroll down to browse our The Little Red Hen themed activity ideas, printable educational materials, planning inspiration, display resources, classroom & setting management tools and much more! If you’re looking for Preschool, Nursery, Childminder, Reception, SEND or Home Education resources for 0-7 year olds, you’ve come to the right place! Our interactive and engaging EYFS and KS1 learning resources are lovingly made (including original hand drawn images) by early years teaching and learning experts; a husband and wife team. We hope it helps! 😊
On this page you will find Free Sample Resources alongside our core Premium Printable Provision for this theme. In addition, you will find some Professional EYFS Curriculum & Pedagogy Suite Planning Documents. Explore membership options here.
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Free Sample Resources
Educational value of teaching & learning surrounding ‘The Little Red Hen’ for Early Years children (0-7 years)
Core ‘The Little Red Hen’ Printable Resources
Related Theme & Project Planning Support
‘The Little Red Hen’ related Theme Title & Activity Ideas by age (🥚0-3/🐣3-5/🐤5-7 years)
Related Resources
More Traditional Tales
General ‘Traditional Tales’ printable resources
Role-Play Packs
Further pages to support learning surrounding ‘The Little Red Hen’
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Free ‘The Little Red Hen’ Printables | Early Years
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Perfect for ‘The Little Red Hen’ role-play activities! Plus your children will love to colour the headbands themselves!
Hen, Cat, Pig and Goose included.
Prepare a loop of paper to fit the child’s head.
Colour and cut out the desired headband and stick to the paper loop.
Wear the headband!
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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These sheets are made for children to think about the characters from the story and record their thoughts.
These thoughts can be written around the pictures by the children if they are able but equally valuable if scribed by an adult.
The discussions and ideas are the most important part of this activity!
At the end of the pack is a short question idea card to get the discussion started but add as many other questions as you like and encourage the children to ask their own questions too!
Hen, Cat, Pig and Goose included.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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'My Favourite/Favorite Character’ Writing/Drawing/Mark Making Sheets. Both spellings included.
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Educational value of teaching & learning surrounding ‘The Little Red Hen’ for Early Years children (0-7 years)
Teaching "The Little Red Hen" to early years children offers a wealth of educational opportunities, perfectly aligning with key developmental stages. For EYFS, this classic tale enriches Communication and Language through vibrant storytelling and expands vocabulary. It fosters Personal, Social and Emotional Development by exploring themes of fairness, cooperation, and consequences, prompting discussions about the characters' actions. In Literacy, children engage with narrative structure, character understanding, and sequencing events, laying foundations for comprehension and retelling. As children progress into KS1, the story continues to be invaluable for English curriculum objectives, supporting deeper comprehension, character analysis, and inspiring creative writing and dramatic retellings, encouraging pupils to understand cause and effect within a familiar narrative.
Core ‘The Little Red Hen’ Themed EYFS & KS1 Resources | Teaching & Learning Materials
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Pack includes ‘The Little Red Hen’ display banner, character faces, plus call outs for key phrases within the story.
Animals, Hen, Posters/Displays, Cat, Goose, Pig, Observation
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Large (18.5 cm square) ‘Little Red Hen’ story sequence cards to share with your children. Ideal as a group starter.
This pack includes story cards for children to sequence with or without an adult.
As there are repeated sections/refrains in this story, it may be useful to print some cards more than once depending on your activity, e.g. the ‘Not I’ cards.
There are also two versions of the ‘Not I’ cards. One set has more descriptive language, and one more basic.
Animals, Hen, Activities, Group Activities, Descriptive Language, Discussion Prompts, Posters/Displays, Sequencing/Ordering, Cards/Flashcards, Cat, Goose, Pig
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Perfect for ‘The Little Red Hen’ role-play activities!
Hen, Cat, Pig and Goose included.
Role-Play, Animals, Hen, Cat, Pig, Goose, Activities, Group Activities
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Perfect for ‘The Little Red Hen’ role-play activities! Plus your children will love to colour the masks themselves!
Hen, Cat, Pig and Goose included.
Role-Play, Colouring, Mark making/Drawing/Writing, Animals, Hen, Cat, Pig, Goose, Activities, Fine Motor, Art and Craft, Group Activities
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Perfect for ‘The Little Red Hen’ role-play activities!
Hen, Cat, Pig and Goose included.
Prepare a loop of paper to fit the child’s head.
Cut out the desired headband and stick to the paper loop.
Wear the headband!
Role-Play, Animals, Hen, Cat, Pig, Goose, Activities, Group Activities
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Perfect for ‘The Little Red Hen’ role-play activities! Plus your children will love to colour the headbands themselves!
Hen, Cat, Pig and Goose included.
Prepare a loop of paper to fit the child’s head.
Colour and cut out the desired headband and stick to the paper loop.
Wear the headband!
Role-Play, Colouring, Mark making/Drawing/Writing, Animals, Hen, Cat, Pig, Goose, Activities, Fine Motor, Art and Craft, Group Activities
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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These sheets are made for children to think about the characters from the story and record their thoughts.
These thoughts can be written around the pictures by the children if they are able but equally valuable if scribed by an adult.
The discussions and ideas are the most important part of this activity!
At the end of the pack is a short question idea card to get the discussion started but add as many other questions as you like and encourage the children to ask their own questions too!
Hen, Cat, Pig and Goose included.
Mark making/Drawing/Writing, Animals, Hen, Cat, Pig, Goose, Activities, Fine Motor, Group Activities, Descriptive Language, Take Home, Discussion Prompts, Posters/Displays, Pencil Control
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Have fun with this set of ‘Little Red Hen’ Activity Challenge cards. Great for exploring the story further! The suggested movement activities will bring elements of the story to life and embed ideas securely through active learning.
Perhaps children could stand in a circle around the pile of cards and take turns to pick one for everyone to do. Once the children get to know the cards they will be able to relate the action to the picture without necessarily needing the card read to them...For example an adult may be able to simply hold up a card and everyone will be able to do the activity together!
Great for physical development, descriptive language, sequencing, understanding the world, number recognition and turn taking.
Animals, Hen, Activities, Group Activities, Descriptive Language, Discussion Prompts, Posters/Displays, Gross Motor, Expressive Movement, Sequencing/Ordering, Number Recognition and Ordering, Cards/Flashcards
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'My Favourite/Favorite Part’ Writing/Drawing/Mark Making Sheets. Both spellings included.
Mark making/Drawing/Writing, Animals, Hen, Cat, Activities, Fine Motor, Take Home, Discussion Prompts, Personal Opinions, Pencil Control
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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'My Favourite/Favorite Character’ Writing/Drawing/Mark Making Sheets. Both spellings included.
Mark making/Drawing/Writing, Animals, Hen, Cat, Activities, Fine Motor, Take Home, Discussion Prompts, Personal Opinions, Pencil Control
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Key points in ‘The Little Red Hen’ story are highlighted. Space on each sheet is allocated for children to draw what is being described in the sentence(s) below. 11 pages included.
Mark making/Drawing/Writing, Animals, Hen, Cat, Activities, Fine Motor, Take Home, Discussion Prompts, Pencil Control, Goose, Pig
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Consolidate children’s knowledge of ‘The Little Red Hen’ tale whilst playing a fun game of ‘snap’ (or a memory game of ‘picking up pairs’ if you only print 2 of each card) with this set of large snap cards. The cards are made with a tab backing which can be folded before lamination in order to strengthen the final product. This also means that when turned over, the picture on the front can not be seen.
Animals, Hen, Activities, Group Activities, Cards/Flashcards, Cat, Goose, Pig, Games, Fine Motor, Turn Taking
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Colouring pages including the Little Red Hen, Wheat, Flour, Bread and the Lazy Cat, Goose and Pig.
Colouring, Mark making/Drawing/Writing, Animals, Hen, Cat, Pig, Goose, Activities, Fine Motor, Art and Craft, Take Home
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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🐔‘The Little Red Hen’ related Theme & Activity Ideas by age (🥚0-3/🐣3-5/🐤5-7 years)
(Note: Ideas by age and stage below are merely a guideline. Please use your own discretion and knowledge of your children to ensure appropriateness of each activity and safety concerning any materials given.)
Possible Theme/Topic Titles
🥚Ages 0–3 Years (simple and sensory-based titles introducing key elements of the story)
- Cluck Cluck Hen - Who Will Help? - Bread for Hen - Hen’s Busy Day - Flour, Dough, and Bread
🐣Ages 3–5 Years (support storytelling, turn-taking, and basic moral understanding)
- Helping Hands - From Grain to Bread - Hen’s Bakery - Let’s Help the Hen!
🐤Ages 5–7 Years (encourage deeper thinking, sequencing, and moral reflection)
- Hard Work Pays Off - Hen’s Harvest Challenge - Should They Share? - The Bread Makers - The Tale of the Wise Little Hen
📚 Literacy & Storytelling
Explore a cloth or board book version of the story with animal textures or listen to an audio story with animal sound effects (🥚0–3 years)
Use puppets or soft toys to retell the story in group time (🐣3–5 years)
Rewrite the ending or create speech bubbles for each character (🐤5–7 years)
🌾 Understanding the World & Science
Explore real grains, flour, and dough in sensory trays (🥚0–3 years)
Bake simple bread or rolls with adult support (🐣3–5 years)
Investigate the farm-to-table process of making bread (🐤5–7 years)
🎨 Creative Arts
Handprint or sponge painting to make hens and chicks (🥚0–3 years)
Create a collage of the hen using natural materials (🐣3–5 years)
Design posters showing the hen’s hard work and the moral of the story (🐤5–7 years)
🔢 Maths
Stack and count soft toy animals (🥚0–3 years)
Match animal pictures with quantities (e.g., 3 pigs, 1 hen) (🐣3–5 years)
Measure ingredients while baking or weigh grain vs. flour (🐤5–7 years)
🎭 Imaginative Play
Explore animal noises and movements in a small world farm set (🥚0–3 years)
Set up a role play bakery or farm shop with pretend play items (🐣3–5 years)
Create a short play or skit retelling the story with props (🐤5–7 years)
🏃 Physical Development
Crawl and cluck like hens through tunnels or soft play areas (🥚0–3 years)
Carry baskets of “grain” in a relay game – careful balance required! (🐣3–5 years)
Knead dough or create actions to match key story phrases (🐤5–7 years)
💡 Thinking & Problem-Solving
Match toy animals to their homes (barn, coop, field) (🥚0–3 years)
Discuss fairness and helping others – "Should the animals get the bread?" (🐣3–5 years)
Debate and write alternative endings – What if the animals helped? (🐤5–7 years)
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Pack includes:
Information Posters
Information Posters (Colouring)
Drawing/Writing Sheets
Draw items Sheet
Draw items Sheet (Colouring)
Item Poster
Item Poster (Colouring)
Multimats for Art & Craft/Loose Parts/Playdough
5x 2-Piece individual items puzzles
1x 4-Piece all items puzzle
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CLICK HERE to visit ‘ON THE FARM’ PAGE.
Printable ‘Farm’ related teaching and learning resources include: word mats/cards, banners, farm animals and the young/babies counting, puzzles, I spy activities, follow the lines pencil control, animal body part posters, multimats, playdough mats, loose part activities, art and craft, fine motor control, phase 1, 2 and 3 letters and sounds, animal colouring, number slice puzzles, pictogram, size ordering, matching and memory games, fact cards, picture snap, farm trip pack and more!
More Traditional Fairy Tales
General ‘Traditional Tales’ Resources
‘Traditional Tales’ display pack including a banner, definition of a ‘Traditional Tale’, some of its key features and some key words/subheadings.
Includes features: ‘Once upon a time’, Fantasy, Magic, The Power of 3, Morals, Good vs Evil and ‘They lived happily ever after’.
Includes words/subheadings: Setting, Villain, Hero, Magic, Moral, Task, Characters, Events, Items, Objects and blank cards.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Poster giving a definition of a ‘Traditional Tale’ and some of its key features.
Includes features such as: ‘Once upon a time’, Fantasy, Magic, The Power of 3, Morals, Good vs Evil and ‘They lived happily ever after’.
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These traditional fairy and folk tale sign posts are ideal for an inspirational display board, role play area or activity.
Sign posts included: Forest, Woods, Castle, Palace, Dragon x 2, Treasure x 2, Cottage, Farmhouse, Beanstalk, Unicorn, Witch, Wizard, Wolf, Bears, Queen, King, Prince & Princess.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Use these speech bubble prompts however you like!
You may like to use one or two of them as part of a display. Laminate them and write instructions and messages for your children which are different each day. What message does Little Red Riding Hood have for us today?
Alternatively, put them out for the children to experiment with emergent writing. What would the Gingerbread Man say at this point in the story?
Included in pack: Little Red Riding Hood, the Wolf in Grandma’s clothing, Jack, the Giant, the Gingerbread Man, the Fox, The Big Bad Wolf, the Three Little Pigs, Goldilocks, the Three Bears, the Little Red Hen and a blank template.
Have fun!
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2-Piece Traditional Tale themed puzzles within the pack include: the Three Little Pigs, the Big Bad Wolf, Goldilocks, the Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood, the Wolf in Grandma’s clothing, Jack climbing the beanstalk, the Giant with harp and gold coins, the Gingerbread Man, Fox, a Goat from the Three Billy Goats Gruff and the Little Red Hen with her bread.
Each of the above mentioned puzzles are included twice within the pack: p2-7 = Horizontal line puzzles & p8-13 = Diagonal line puzzles
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These matching puzzles have a different connection for each set to allow the children to self-correct.
Puzzles included for the traditional fairy tales and folk tales: Jack and the Beanstalk, The Three Little Pigs, The Gingerbread Man, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood, The Little Red Hen and Three Billy Goats Gruff.
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Various lined and blank ‘Traditional Tale’ themed sheets for drawing, writing and mark making.
Characters included within designs: Little Red Riding Hood, the Little Red Hen, The Big Bad Wolf, Goldilocks, the Gingerbread Man, the Fox and the Three Little Pigs.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Two ‘My Story Map’ templates.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Differentiated Book Review sheets. These sheets move from encouraging mark making and emergent writing right up to prompts for extended thinking and independent writing. In all cases, these sheets can be worked on alongside an adult with lots of discussion and possible scribing of the children’s ideas.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Beginning, Middle and End story template sheets. Children can draw/write/make marks in each box to show their understanding of what happens during each part of a given story. You may like to use this in conjunction with our traditional tales resources.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Role-Play Packs
'Fairy Tale Theatre' role play pack.
Pack includes:
(Please note that due to file size, the docx document has been split into 2 separate files. However, the pdf and zip files are still available as a single download each.)
Banner
Hi my name is…how can I help you? Name badges
Ticket templates
Open/Closed signs
Timetable for opening times (including blank clock face for children to draw on their own hands)
Various signs, e.g. box office, exit, stage door, actors this way
Seat number signs
Name writing activity - Character image posters with writing ‘Played by…’ with space for children to write their name underneath. Blank version also available for additional characters.
Advert posters, e.g. ‘Fairy Tale Theatre Presents Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ - full colour, colouring in and design your own versions: Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, The Little Red Hen and The Three Little Pigs.
Mark making border sheets
Mark making ‘Starring…’ sheets
Character masks x 21: Daddy Bear, Mummy Bear, Baby Bear, Goldilocks, Jack, Jack’s Mum, Giant, Red Riding Hood, Brick Pig, Straw Pig, Stick Pig, Little Red Hen, Lazy Cat, Lazy Goose, Lazy Pig, Bean Seller, Giant’s Wife, Grandmother, Wolf in disguise, Wolf and Wood Cutter.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Everything you need to set up a library role-play area!
Pack includes:
(Please note that words, etc. can be altered within the editable docx file version.)
‘Welcome to the Library’ banner
Library cards
Librarian identity cards - Name Writing
Posters
‘Please wait’ footprint floormats
Signs for - ‘Non-Fiction Books’ and ‘Fiction Books’
‘Books beginning with…’ signs for sorting activities
‘Put…books in a pile here’ counting activity signs
‘Open’ & ‘Closed’ signs
‘Library Opening Times’ Poster
Templates for emergent writing (ideally laminated) - ‘Library Book List’ & ‘Write your name here when you borrow a book’,
Differentiated book review sheets
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Christmas 'Pantomime Theatre' role play pack.
Pack includes:
Banners x 2
Hi my name is…how can I help you? Name badges
Usher badges
Ticket templates
Open/Closed signs
Timetable for opening times (including blank clock face for children to draw on their own hands)
Various signs, e.g. box office, exit, stage door, actors this way
Seat number signs
Name writing activity - Character image posters with writing ‘Played by…’ with space for children to write their name underneath. Blank version also available for additional characters.
Pantomime call out posters, e.g. ‘He’s behind you!’ and ‘Oh no it isn’t!’
Pantomime advert posters - full colour, colouring in and design your own versions: Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Jack and the Beanstalk and Little Red Riding Hood.
Mark making border sheets
Character masks x 14
Mark making ‘Starring…’ sheets
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Further pages to support learning surrounding ‘The Little Red Hen’
CLICK HERE to visit ‘LIFE CYCLES’ PAGE.
Printable ‘Life Cycle’ teaching and learning resources include: cyclic puzzles, frog, chicken, caterpillar/butterfly, ant/bean life cycle display packs, posters, cut and stick activities, banners, cards, playdough mats and more!
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Printable ‘Farm’ related teaching and learning resources include: word mats/cards, banners, farm animals and the young/babies counting, puzzles, I spy activities, follow the lines pencil control, animal body part posters, multimats, playdough mats, loose part activities, art and craft, fine motor control, phase 1, 2 and 3 letters and sounds, animal colouring, number slice puzzles, pictogram, size ordering, matching and memory games, fact cards, picture snap, farm trip pack and more!
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