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 Can you find these words in the grid below?

W H U V C V V N E L

H H S E A G U L L A
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 Make Your Own Paper Chains
Help the clever little ladybird make paper chains
to celebrate her birthday
Cut out the paper chain designs below
– don’t forget to ask an adult for help using scissors
Fold the first strip into a ring and glue the ends together
Slide the next strip of paper through the ring and glue the ends together
Repeat until your chain is complete – you might need to print this sheet out a few times
to make a chain that is long enough or you could even add your own designs

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 Colouring In
Can you colour in the farm from What the Ladybird Heard?

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dsearch Picture Wordsearch
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D L A D Y B I R D Ladybird
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 Spot the Difference
Can you help the clever little ladybird spot the 10 differences between these pictures?

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 Glue the dominoes to a piece of card and your set will be stronger and last longer.
Ask an adult to help you cut along the dotted lines.
Dominoes
Illustrations taken from WHAT THE LADYBIRD HEARD © Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks 2009
Domino Rules (two players)
1. Shuffle the dominoes and place them face down on a table or floor. Both players choose one
domino and the player who has the most ladybirds on their domino starts the game.
2. Shuffle the dominoes and place them all face down again. Each player chooses seven dominoes.
It is important that they do not show their dominoes to each other.
3. Each player takes it in turns to place one domino at a time. Each player must match one of the dominoes in his
or her stash to one of the ends of the dominoes already played. For example, if the domino on the end has two
ladybirds on it, another domino with two ladybirds must be placed against it.
4. If one player does not have a domino that matches either end of the dominoes already played,
he or she is blocked. The other player may continue to place dominoes until the blocked player
has a match and can take a turn.
5. When one player runs out of dominoes or both players become blocked, the game is over.
The winner is the player who ‘dominoes’ (runs out of dominoes first) or who has the fewest
ladybirds on his or her unplayed dominoes.

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Glue the dominoes to a piece of card and your set will be stronger and last longer.
Ask an adult to help you cut along the dotted lines.

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Glue the dominoes to a piece of card and your set will be stronger and last longer.
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There are 10 ladybirds hidden down on the farm.
Can you spot them all?

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 Draw the Snuggly Snerd

Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len have

been tricked into searching for
an imaginary bird called
the super-duper Snuggly Snerd!

Draw what you think the Snerd might

look like in the thought bubble.

What the Ladybird Heard Next © Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks 2015

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 There are 10 ladybirds hidden across London.
Can you spot them all?

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 Can you draw a line to match each of the zoo animals to their noises?
She saw the parks, and the palace too,
The she flew off to visit the zoo.

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 Can you match the animals to their shapes?

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 Can you help Monkey Joe and the They led the way while the Queen still slept,
And they showed young Joe where their bones were kept.
Queen’s corgis to find the bones?

Corgi Holly
starts here

Corgi Willow
starts here

Monkey Joe
starts here

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Fun facts about amazing ladybirds 
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