COUNTING · AGES 3-5 · ABOUT 10 MINUTES
Count the park discoveries
Count new flower, leaf, kite and pebble drawings, write the totals and add your own stepping stones.
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A little play. A little discovery.
Count park discoveries, listen for first sounds and follow a pencil path. Choose one small activity to enjoy together.
The six-page PDF contains five activity sheets and an answer and support page. These activities use new text and drawings created for this website; no pages or artwork from the published books are reused.
SHAPES AND COLOUR · AGES 3-6 · ABOUT 10 MINUTES
A picnic full of shapes
Find circles, squares, triangles and rectangles in a new geometric picnic pattern.
Open and print the activity →EARLY SOUNDS · AGES 4-6 · ABOUT 10 MINUTES
Listen for the first sound
Say sun, kite, leaf and map with a grown-up, then choose the letter for the first sound.
Open and print the activity →PENCIL CONTROL · AGES 3-5 · ABOUT 10 MINUTES
Follow the park paths
Trace original straight, curved and zigzag trails, then draw a trail of your own.
Open and print the activity →COMPARING GROUPS · AGES 4-7 · ABOUT 10 MINUTES
More, fewer or the same?
Compare four pairs of newly drawn park objects and spot a pair with the same number.
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The ages are suggestions, not a test. Choose a task your child can enjoy, help where useful and stop while it still feels playful. First-sound activities support practice; they do not replace a school’s phonics programme.
Print at A4, using “fit to page” if your printer needs a margin. A pencil or colouring crayons are enough. You may print the new sheets for home or classroom use; please link to the collection when sharing it.
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