This is an activity that I like to set up in the run-up to Halloween. I put our oilcloth chalkboard tablecloth on the table with some...

My children's school send home a look, cover, write, check sheet for spellings. One of my children will happily fill it in, whereas the other one avoids it! We started to play some spelling games instead and made a note on the sheet to say that we had been working on them at home. Here are 10 things you can use instead of a worksheet and a pencil! This post contains Amazon Affiliate links, which are labelled as aff links. Clicking the Amazon links doesn't cost you any extra,

Start with the answer and try to work out what the question could have been. For example if the answer is jelly the question might be...

Print the sheets and read the sentence at the top. Think of 26 things you would find in that place. Can you think of something beginning...

Add details to each of the shapes to create animals e.g. ears, eyes, a nose, mouth and whiskers to create a cat. Then think of a name for...