Three complementary Pumpkin Soup resources in one bundle! Explore story sequencing and retelling, character feelings, actions and problem solving, then extend the story into a Pumpkin Soup café role-play area with menus, signs, recipes and printable props.

Pumpkin Soup Complete 3-Pack Bundle

Bring Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper to life with this complete collection of three complementary resources for EYFS, Reception and KS1.

The bundle takes children from exploring and retelling the story, to thinking about the characters and their feelings, and finally to extending the story through imaginative café role play.

Three Pumpkin Soup resources in one bundle
1. Pumpkin Soup Story Sequencing & Retelling Activities

Help children develop their understanding of the story through a collection of sequencing, comprehension and retelling activities.

Children can explore:

• Story sequencing
• What happened?
• Retelling the story
• Story order
• Character and event recall
• Story mapping
• Drawing and writing responses
• Speaking and listening

The activities provide opportunities for children to remember, sequence and retell key events from Pumpkin Soup.

11-page printable pack.

2. Pumpkin Soup Character Activities

Explore Cat, Squirrel and Duck through activities focusing on feelings, actions and problem solving.

Children can:

• Match characters to actions
• Identify what different characters do
• Explore character feelings
• Discuss Duck’s feelings and changing role
• Think about problems in the story
• Suggest possible solutions
• Talk about character choices
• Draw and write about the characters
• Develop speaking and listening skills
• Includes Duck’s Feelings Display

A full-page Duck’s Feelings Display introduces a range of emotions for children to identify, name and discuss.

The display can also be cut into individual emotion cards for discussion, matching and role-play activities.

20-page printable pack.

3. Pumpkin Soup Café Role Play Pack

Turn your role-play area into Cat’s Pumpkin Soup Café!

Includes printable resources for setting up a café and encouraging extended imaginative play.

• Café signs & displays
• Cat’s Pumpkin Soup Café sign
• Welcome sign
• Order Here sign
• Please Take a Seat
• Thank You for Visiting
• Open / Closed signs
• Please Wash Your Hands sign
• Soup of the Day
• Today’s Special
• Café roles
• Chef
• Café Owner
• Waiter / Waitress
• Customer
• Helper
• Role badges
• Menus & ordering
• Illustrated café menu
• Customer order forms
• Picture-supported order slips
• Table numbers
• Reserved sign
• Pretend £1 coins/tokens

Cat’s Café Recipe Book

The pack also includes two recipe activities.

How Do We Make Pumpkin Soup?

A six-step sequencing activity:

Wash hands → Gather ingredients → Cut pumpkin → Cook soup → Serve soup → Eat soup

Make Your Own Soup Recipe

Children can create their own soup by choosing, drawing or writing ingredients and creating their own recipe.

A Cat’s Café Recipe Book cover is included so children’s completed recipes can be collected together and placed in the role-play area.

29-page printable pack.

Learning opportunities across the bundle

The three resources provide opportunities to develop:

Communication & Language
Speaking and listening
Storytelling and retelling
Vocabulary development
Asking and answering questions
Expressing ideas and preferences
Imaginative conversation
Literacy
Story sequencing
Story recall
Retelling
Recognising familiar words
Drawing and mark making
Early writing
Creating menus and recipes
Using print for a purpose
Personal, Social & Emotional Development
Exploring feelings
Talking about character emotions
Taking turns
Sharing
Cooperation
Negotiating roles
Problem solving
Developing confidence through imaginative play
Mathematics
Counting
Recognising numbers
Using pretend money
Matching quantities
Counting objects
Using mathematical language during café play

Teacher guidance & observation

The resources include teacher guidance, learning opportunities, observation suggestions and adult prompts to help support learning through activities and play.

The materials can be used flexibly depending on children’s age, stage and interests.

A complete Pumpkin Soup learning sequence

The three packs work particularly well together:

Explore the story

Story Sequencing & Retelling

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Explore the characters

Feelings, Actions & Problem Solving

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Extend the story

Pumpkin Soup Café Role Play

Children can move from understanding the story, to thinking about the characters, and then use what they know to create their own imaginative play.

Easy to prepare

The resources are designed to be easy to print and use.

Print the activities you need, then laminate or display the reusable cards, signs and role-play materials.

Children’s completed soup recipes can be collected into Cat’s Café Recipe Book and kept in the role-play area for children to revisit.

Perfect for

• EYFS
• Reception
• KS1
• Continuous Provision
• Literacy
• Story-Based Learning
• Role Play
• Book Corners
• Imaginative Play
• Pumpkin Soup activities
• Autumn activities
• Character and feelings work
• Story sequencing and retelling

Bundle includes

3 complete printable resources

1. Story Sequencing & Retelling
2. Character, Feelings, Actions & Problem Solving
3. Café Role Play, Recipes & Props

Over 50 pages of printable teaching and role-play resources across the three packs.