Digging Pig Story Starter
This fun story starter is bound to spark the imagination! A lovely pig has dug up something sparkly, but what could it be?
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Lots NEW! We have an interesting creative writing activity, some hand writing practice and much more on a Year of the Pig theme, perfect for Chinese New Year 2019!
This fun story starter is bound to spark the imagination! A lovely pig has dug up something sparkly, but what could it be?
Can the children circle the letters that form words when you put them in front of '-ig'? We have UK and US versions available to download below...
This acrostic poem might be a good place to start with younger children, who won't be too taxed to come up with a three-line poem. Use the printable pages for writing (or drawing) frames too.
Learn a little about pigs by reading the text on this cloze worksheet, then fill in the blanks using words from the word bank.
Encourage the kids to practise cutting skills with these adorable pig cutting shapes! They just need to cut carefully along the dotted lines...
Practise addition skills with the help of some cute pigs! Roll two dice, add up the numbers and colour in the answer - you can time yourself against the clock, or play against a friend!
Do the kids like pigs? Or are you studying farm animals, or the Chinese zodiac? If so, as a simple CVC phonetic word, this finger tracing worksheet is perfect for you!
Pig is an excellent word for children beginning to use handwriting worksheets as it is spelled phonetically and is nice and short! Plus, who can resist the cute picture?
This cheerful little pig is just crying out to be coloured in - but first the kids need to solve the simple sums to work out which colour to use in each section.
Are you learning about pigs for a farmyard project or even Chinese New Year? Use our notebooking pages to present your work neatly.
The kids will enjoy practising their pencil control with this fun pig worksheet, carefully following the dotted lines from the start towards the pigs. You could also use this worksheet as a cutting exercise
This lovely pig needs completing using symmetry! The grid version makes it a little easier for younger children...
Younger children will enjoy tracing the lines on this cute pig tracing and colouring page. It's a fun way to practise pencil control, and perfect for farmyard themes or for Chinese Year of the Pig celebrations perhaps?
This simple pig tracing page is a fun activity for younger kids and helps them to practise pencil control too.
Here's a simple tracing worksheet and colouring page for beginner readers / writers.
Here's a useful printable writing page illustrated with our cute pig. Good for all sorts of writing projects, it's available in black and white or colour.
Children sometimes need a little help with creating original characters and describing them in detail. We've listed the characteristics of someone born in the Year of the Pig to help them, so the children just need to describe their character and add as much detail as possible!
Print out this pretty Year of the Pig jigsaw for the kids to enjoy! All you have to do is slice along the vertical lines. Then the kids can use the numbers to help them put it back together.
Learn ordinal numbers with the help of this lovely Year of the Pig jigsaw. Choose from colour or black and white. If choosing the black and white version, ask the kids to colour it in first. Now slice up the jigsaw, including the numbers.
Our Year of the Pig spelling jigsaw is designed to be suitable for different ages. For younger children, slice down the vertical lines but leave the letters attached to the bottom row, and they can use the letters to help them put the picture back together.
Inspire some story writing for Chinese New Year with this Year of the Pig story paper. Those born in the Year of the Pig are said to be honest and brave - personality characteristics for the main character, perhaps?