I am also going through boxes of teaching resources to find other suitable equipment that the orphanage may find useful. The nursery is run as 3 classes from age 2-6. It is run as part of the orphanage which is called Mama Janes and is located in Jinja- a town on Lake Victoria.

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Uganda Support Fund

The purpose of the fund is to raise money for various projects which have included painting the orphanage and providing some equipment for the nursery as well as other projects in other areas such as building a school out in the village of Kawanga. They also arrange for people to sponsor children at the orphanage so that they can go to a better school.

Clare is using my resource packs to work with the teachers of the nursery in trying to encourage them to tell more stories and use resources alongside such as the story packs to be more interactive with the children rather than just talk at them. She is also trying to get them to display more as there is often a mindset in Uganda that they don’t want to put stuff on the walls because it will get spoilt! The teachers are young and keen and are open to suggestions.

Clare has said she will send me some pictures of the resources in use so keep an eye out!

Here are some great resources to use with a selection of the best loved children’s books. Story Sack Resources are available right now as a digital download at £3.99 each.

For the safest possible buying experience we use PayPal to handle payments. Once you have paid for your purchase the resource pack can be downloaded and used straight away. With the exception of the Power Point presentations, the resources are all delivered as PDF documents which means that they can be used on a Windows PC, an Apple Mac or a Linux PC. When printed, the resources can be laminated and used time and time again.

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Story Sack  Resources available to buy as a digital download are :

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

The Bad-Tempered Ladybird

The Three Little Pigs

Owl Babies

Can’t You Sleep, Little Bear?

The Gingerbread Man

Jack and the Beanstalk

5 Counting Rhymes

The Gruffalo

All of these resource packs have at least 50 different files on them. The majority of them have Power Point presentations. They include guidance notes,  lesson plan ideas and links to websites for further ideas and information.

To view and print PDF documents you will need the free Adobe Acrobat PDF reader which is installed by default on the vast majority of machines. If your PC is missing a PDF reader then you can download the PDF reader software from Adobe’s web site. If you do not have Microsoft PowerPoint on your computer then you can download a free PowerPoint viewer from Microsoft or install the totally free Open Office suite which has its own presentation program called Impress which can play Power Point presentations.

These resources will save you many hours of preparation. Teachers, teaching assistants, childminders, play groups, pre-school groups, parents and grandparents will find using these resources a great asset to use alongside the book.

Complete physical story sacks will be available to buy in the next few months and will usually include items such as books, puppets, DVDs and so on.

More titles are coming soon!