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There's a very hungry raccoon sitting in a barrel of apples, and he'll only eat the ones that start with his letter.
That's the whole game — and it's exactly why it works. Instead of another worksheet, your little one says each apple picture out loud, listens for the very first sound, and feeds the raccoon the four apples that match. Two cards in every set don't belong, so they're really listening, not just matching pictures. To them, it's play. Underneath, it's beginning sounds, vocabulary, sorting, speaking, and fine motor practice — the early building blocks of reading.
What's in the pack
Five raccoon letter mats (S, M, F, C and B) plus a blank mat to create your own, six apple-shaped picture cards for every letter sound, and blank apples for drawing your own pictures. When the game's done, five early-finisher pages keep the calm going: a "Find and Colour 10 Leaves" woodland scene, a "Who lives here?" drawing page, and three woodland colouring pages. A simple how-to guide is included too.
Formats included
You'll receive both A4 and US Letter PDFs, plus high-resolution PNG files of every page — an instant digital download, ready to print straight away.
How to use it
1. Print the mats and apple cards — plain paper is fine, card is lovely
2. Laminate if you'd like it to last (one round of cutting and it's made forever)
3. Choose a mat, lay out its six apples, and let your little one feed the raccoon
4. Early finishers head straight to the colouring and drawing pages
Why parents and teachers love it
- Phonics practice little ones ask for by name
- Ten calm, focused minutes with no screens and no pressure
- Laminate once, use all year — at home, in a literacy centre, or in a busy bag
- The blank mat means it grows with your child, letter by letter
- Prints properly in the UK and the US — both sizes included
Please note: this is a digital download — no physical product will be posted. Your files arrive by email straight after purchase (do check your junk folder if they're shy). Any trouble at all, email me at contact@funprintables4kids.com and I'll sort it out.
Lucy x
The after-school hour can be a lot — for little ones, and for you. After a full day of following instructions, sitting still and holding it together, kids often have nothing left in the tank for "how was your day?" That's exactly the window this book is built for.
The After-School Calm Down Book is a 20-page printable pack designed to give your child a calm, screen-free way to land after school. It's not a worksheet pack and it's not a lecture about feelings — it's a gentle, low-pressure space for little ones to colour, draw, and quietly check in with themselves, at their own pace.
What's in the pack:
- 6 gentle colouring pages, including Cosy Fox, Hedgehog's Quiet Corner and Peaceful Pond
- A "How Do I Feel Right Now?" feelings check-in and a "Where Do You Feel It?" body map
- A "What Would Help?" page introducing simple, child-friendly self-regulation ideas
- Drawing-led reflection prompts — My Day in Pictures, The Best Bit and the Tricky Bit, Draw Your Safe Space, My Day Was Like…
- A Scribble It Out page for letting big feelings out on paper
- 3 dot-to-dots and 2 mazes, with a grown-up answer guide
- A "My Quiet Time Box" checklist to help you build a calm-down space at home
Formats included: Every page is provided in both A4 and US Letter, so it prints beautifully wherever you're based.
How to use it:
Download your files instantly after checkout
Print at home, or take the PDF to a local print shop
Build a simple quiet time box using the included checklist, or just pop a few pages on the table
Let your little one choose what to do with it — there's no right order and no pressure to finish
Why parents love it:
- A calm, screen-free alternative for the trickiest hour of the day
- Helps little ones build the vocabulary to name big feelings before they become big reactions
- Drawing-led prompts mean every child can join in, whether they love writing or hate it
- Laminate the feelings pages for a daily check-in you can reuse all year
- Just as handy for rainy days, school holidays and long journeys as it is after school
This is a digital download — no physical item is shipped. Your file will arrive by email straight after checkout. Questions any time — just reply to your confirmation email or contact me at contact@funprintables4kids.com.
Lucy x Fun Printables 4 Kids
A whole autumn day of quiet, screen-free colouring and learning — from waking up to bedtime.
When the afternoons draw in and the rain sets in, it helps to have something ready to print that will keep little ones happily busy for more than five minutes. This Autumn Colour & Learn Book is 30 pages of hand-drawn woodland friends, autumn treasures and gentle learning activities, made for children aged 4–7 to colour, count, spot, draw and chat their way through.
The pages follow a soft story arc, so it feels like a book rather than a pile of worksheets. A sleepy squirrel wakes up, the friends have breakfast together, there's a scavenger hunt in the leaves, apple bobbing, an apple pie, a toffee apple, and finally a bedtime story. Children want to see what happens next, which means they keep going.
What's in the book
Twenty-one colouring pages featuring the woodland friends — squirrel, hedgehog, owl, fox and robin — in scenes like Time to wake up, Breakfast time, Swinging squirrel, Cosy corner, Reading time, Apple pie, Toadstool, Friendly fox, Autumn harvest, Warm and cosy, Hibernating hedgehog, Apple bobbing, Gathering for winter, Toffee apple and Bedtime story, plus a full page of autumn leaves to colour.
Nine learning and nature activities: Who is getting ready for autumn? (colour the animals and talk about how each one prepares for colder weather), Count the autumn treasures, an Autumn Scavenger Hunt to take outside, What should we wear for a rainy walk?, an Autumn pattern path, Autumn Spot the difference, and three draw-your-own pages — Who could live here?, Who lives here? and What can you see in autumn?
There's a grown-up answer guide at the back and a "You Did It!" page to finish on, because a small sense of achievement matters at this age.
Formats included
You'll receive two PDF files: A4 for UK and European printers and US Letter for the US and Canada. Each is 34 pages (30 activity pages plus cover, terms, answer guide and finishing page), in clean black-and-white line art that prints well on any home printer.
How to use it
Download your PDF straight after checkout (it arrives by email).
Print the whole book or just the pages you need today.
Hand over the crayons and let them lose themselves in it.
Print it again whenever you need it — siblings, rainy days, the classroom, next autumn.
Why parents and teachers love it
- Ten quiet minutes (or forty) while they're happily busy — and a hot cup of tea for you
- Colouring, counting, patterns and spotting build fine motor skills, early maths and attention without it feeling like work
- The "talk about it" prompts turn colouring time into real conversations about autumn and nature
- Draw-your-own pages give children room to imagine, not just fill in
- Hand-drawn woodland characters children fall in love with
- Works for home, nursery, Reception and KS1 classrooms, home education and forest school topics
- UK and US ready: A4 and US Letter included
A digital download
This is a printable PDF; nothing will be posted to you. Your download link is in your order confirmation email — if it hasn't arrived within a few minutes, check your junk folder, then email me at contact@funprintables4kids.com and I'll send it straight over. For personal use and your own classroom only, please.
Lucy x Fun Printables 4 Kids
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