For EYFS - Reception A weeks worth of work to be sent home for home learning while schools are closed. This is a document for parents to follow to lead short, practical activities with their child. It includes: One phonics activity per day (5 in total)- practicing phase 2 and 3 phonics skills rather than parents attempting to teach new sounds One maths activity per day (addition focus) (5 in total)-using practical objects, using number line, understanding and interpreting number sentences (sums) All activities have clear instructions for parents to follow and use resources easily found or made at home. It includes advice for parents letter formation and spelling. Each activity has a suggested time it should take. sent to children during COVID 19 school closure alongside a separate sheet of topic based activities (not included)

Phase 3 ‘oa’ presentation and reading activity + phase 3 digraph bingo Fun presentation to teach Phase 3 ‘oa’ (as in goat) with activities. There is a recap Phase 3 graphemes bingo boards for a starter, reading activities within the presentation and an active reading football game which is differentiated for reading words or sentences which include ‘oa’. Note- to complete the reading activity you will need a ball and some space e.g. a hall or outdoors.

A presentation introducing ‘igh’ (Phase 3). This can be used for whole group teaching. This includes starter recap activity where children read Tricky Words to gain stars. It then introduces ‘igh’ as a phoneme and grapheme, through its use in single words, then within sentences with lots of reading opportunities for the children. There are then 2 activities for the children to complete: a naughts and crosses reading game which can be done as a whole group or in pairs, then a writing activity with self assessment opportunity. I used with Reception but could be used with any age group learning or recapping the ‘igh’ sound in phonics. Could easily be used for remote learning too.

25 space picture fact cards. Each card contains a picture and a fact. Perfect for display or to use within topic work or play setups to create interest and reading opportunities. EYFS, KS1, SEN

Everything you need for a counting and addition activity linked to Pancake Day. Differentiated 3 ways, children count out and add up toppings on a pancake. Suitable for EYFS and KS1. It includes: 18 challenge cards- differentiated 3 ways: adding 3 numbers, adding 2 numbers, counting out a number of items Fruits and pancakes that can be printed and cut out to be used as an aid for working out and as a creative activity Fruit themed number lines Suggested set up- photo with notes This could be used as a totally practical activity (as in my suggested setup- included in resource) OR it can be a more formal written activity if children were to stick the challenge cards in books and write out their working. This could be accessed on screen for home learning and children could draw the fruits needed - to make it usable without an ability to print

20 photo cards showing the leaves of trees common in Britain. Can be used for outdoor learning, Forest School or science. Perfect for topic work, enhancing continuous provision or play setups or work in science. Can be used for sorting and ID activities. 20 flash cards featuring a photo and caption. Child friendly font used for easy recognition by early readers.

‘Christmas’ themed home learning tasks for Nursery or Reception (Early Years)There are a total of 18 activities that can easily be done at home split over two sheets. Activities are practical using items children will have at home. There are key questions to guide parents delivering the activities at home. The activities are topic based. They cover all areas of the EYFS curriculum. There are art projects, research ideas, movement, imaginative etc. There aren’t really stand alone phonics or number activities but these subjects are addressed in other activities e.g. where writing, stories, counting or measuring are involved. I orignally sent out during Covid school/ bubble closures and asked children to complete 3 tasks a week, however, it could be easily used as a half termly or termly home learning sheet where children complete one task a week or similar. This can also be used as a basis for activity planning for the topic or used by support or cover staff.

Easter themed shape and repeating pattern maths activities. 4 lessons including planning, slides and challenge cards to support simple and easy to resource practical activities. Learning objectives cover: Lesson 1 : LO: Identify & describe shapes Lesson 2 : Identify & describe shapes Lesson 3 : To continue and create repeating patterns with shapes Lesson 4 : To create own repeating patterns Aimed at Early Years EYFS or lower ability Year 1. Activities include: Creating Spring pictures using plastic or paper shapes Creating repeating patterns on Easter Eggs Children have opportunities to: identify shapes describe shapes, including identifying and counting corners and sides Use shapes to make pictures describe repeating patterns (2x and 3x repeats) continue repeating patterns (2x and 3x repeats) Create own repeating patterns Watch the teacher model, work together in a group, practise individually All lessons include: Starter idea- whole group Teach - whole group Practice- in a group and/or individually Review - group or independently

‘Winter Wonderland’ themed home learning tasks for Nursery or Reception (Early Years) Winter Wonderland covers winter as a theme, including looking at winter weather, cold places, animals, keeping safe and warm in winter. There are a total of 18 activities that can easily be done at home split over two sheets.Activities are practical using items children will have at home. There are key questions to guide parents delivering the activities at home. The activities are topic based. They cover all areas of the EYFS curriculum. There are art projects, research ideas, movement, imaginative etc. There aren’t really stand alone phonics or number activities but these subjects are addressed in other activities e.g. where writing, stories, counting or measuring are involved. I orignally sent out during Covid school/ bubble closures and asked children to complete 3 tasks a week, however, it could be easily used as a half termly or termly home learning sheet where children complete one task a week or similar. This can also be used as a basis for activity planning for the topic or used by support or cover staff.

Everything you need for Pancake Day literacy! After children have watched a pancake being made (in real life or on a video) they will use the resources to write ingredients lists, order the steps and write instructions. This resource fully editable and includes: Pancake recipe booklet - instruction writing template Photos of each step of making a pancake for children to cut out and stick on to their recipe booklet or ordering sheet How to make a pancake- picture and step ordering activity Pancake ingredients list Write your own pancake ingredients list Pancake Day word mat The resource could cover multiple literacy lessons and/or can be used for differentiation. Children will need the printed resource, pencils, scissors and glue. For a free ‘design a pancake’ sheet to accompany this resource please see: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/design-a-pancake-sheet-pancake-day-12481053

40 activities you can do at home to practise phonics! Each activity is explained fully and only use common household items as resources. No printing required. All the activities will work for Phonic phases 2- 5 and most activities will work for practising tricky words (common exception words) too. Activities are practical and fun! Great for EYFS, KS1 or SEN. Great for home learning or for using in school as they are adaptable for different phases. There is also a jargon buster and top tips for parents or staff

A menu of 18 forest school and outdoor learning activities tasks for Nursery or Reception (Early Years) They can be used in school or nursery as planning or can be sent home as a home learning menu. There are a total of 18 activities that can easily be done with few resources. This makes them easy to do at school or at home with parents/guardians. Activities are practical using items children can find in the outdoors and/or at home. There are key questions to guide parents delivering the activities at home. The activities are all based outdoors and are woodland/forest school type activities. They cover all areas of the EYFS curriculum. There are art, building, science, imaginative activities etc. There are lots of opportunities for children to develop personal and social skills, communication skills and physical skills throughout. There are some risk taking activities such as those using tools or working around fire. There aren’t any stand alone phonics or number activities but these subjects are addressed in other activities e.g. where writing or counting is involved. Can be used as planning with support for staff or sent out during school closures, to support remote learning or as a homework or home learning grid.

14 Phase 2 phonics activity sheets giving opportunities for reading and writing of initial sounds, CVC words and sentences. There is also opportunities to demonstrate understanding of what the child has read. Several activities are differentiated. Activities include: Read and colour - graphemes Read a colour- common exception words Say and write initial sounds Read and match to the picture - CVC words Read and match to the picture -Simple sentences Read and match to the picture - Slightly more tricky sentences Read and draw - CVC words Read and Draw- simple sentences Spell- CVC words It is all Christmas themed with bright pictures and simple-to-read font. Can be used as individual worksheets or the whole thing can be printed as a workbook. Children can write or use magnetic letters to complete the spelling activities. For matching Phase 2 flashcards and grapheme handwriting cards see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12610872 For lots of practical Early Years ideas follow me on Instagram @LittleWildLearners

5 activities designed to be used outside to get evidence of independent, child initiated reading activities. 3 are differentiated to 2 or 3 levels. This is show by colour so the same activity can be going on at different levels at the same time e.g. children with the purple sheet find the purple words, children with the orange sheet find the orange words. The other 2 can be differentiated by staff who can guide children to a suitable word/caption. Activities include phonetically decodable words and ‘tricky words’. Phase 2, Phase 3 and Phase 4 covered. Activities require very little setting up apart from printing out the activities and cutting them up. Activities include- 2x instructions for children to follow 1 x labeling activity 1x word hunt 1 x picture hunt (read and draw)

This 14 page book is specially made so that young children or emerging readers can read, access and interpret the recipe as independently as possible. It uses simple instructions and measurements in ‘cups’ so that children can make the pancake mixture independently and really lead on their learning without using scales. Also included are notes of how to use this resource This resource is suitable for making pancakes on a hob and also has a FOREST SCHOOL alternative where recipe can be followed for pancakes cooked on a campfire. For a teacher, independent activities like this are AMAZING to just sit back and watch (until the cooking part!). I model then put kids in a small mixed ability group and just watch and see how they get on. Its so interesting and I can really see who has which skills and how they interact in a group. Great for evidence in pretty much every area of the EYFS. Lots of opportunities within an activity using this book for maths and literacy skill development. Perfect for a non-fiction text suitable and accessible to early readers. Could be used for guided reading. Could be used for home learning as children can access on a screen without printing. EYFS, Nursery, Reception, KS1, SEN Please note this is the same resource as: ‘Campfire pancakes recipe book Forest School Outdoor Learning‘ For a free ‘design a pancake’ sheet to accompany this resource please see: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/design-a-pancake-sheet-pancake-day-12481053

Nursery or Reception (Early Years) home learning sheets for People Who Help Us Topic The ‘People Who Help Us’ topic covers the different jobs and roles in the community that help us, from emergency services, to teachers and builders. Children are encouraged to learn about these different roles and also have opportunities to practise life skills to keep themselves safe and healthy, such as learning about the emergency phone number 999 and dental / oral hygiene. There are a total of 18 activities that can easily be done at home split over two sheets. I ask children to select 3 per week to complete but you could suggest more. Activities are practical using items children will have at home. There are key questions to guide parents delivering the activities at home. The activities are topic based. They cover all areas of the EYFS curriculum. There are art projects, self care activities, movement, imaginative etc. There aren’t really stand alone phonics or number activities but these subjects are addressed in other activities e.g. where writing, stories, counting or measuring are involved. Originally made for Covid school/ bubble closures and where children were asked to complete 3 tasks a week, however, it could be easily used as a half termly or termly home learning sheet where children complete one task a week or similar. This can also be used as a basis for activity planning for the topic or used by support or cover staff.

14 Phase 2 phonics activity sheets giving opportunities for reading and writing of initial sounds, CVC words and sentences. There is also opportunities to demonstrate understanding of what the child has read. There is a phase 2 grapheme mat which children can use for support. PDF resource. Several activities are differentiated. Activities include: Read a colour- common exception words Say and write initial sounds Read and match to the picture - CVC words Read and match to the picture - Sentences Read and draw - CVC words Read and Draw- Sentences Spell- CVC words It is all winter themed with photographic pictures and simple-to-read font. Can be used as individual worksheets or the whole thing can be printed as a workbook. Children can write or use magnetic letters to complete the spelling activities. For matching Phase 2 flashcards and grapheme handwriting cards see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12617445 See my shop for winter themes maths resources including some FREE ‘Frozen’ resources which may match your topic too. For lots of practical Early Years ideas follow me on Instagram @LittleWildLearners

This 14 page book is specially made so that young children or emerging readers can read, access and interpret the recipe as independently as possible. It uses simple instructions and measurements in ‘cups’ so that children can make the pancake mixture independently and really lead on their learning without using scales. There are two options for cooking the pancakes either on a camp fire or on a hob- simply print the relevant pages. Perfect for Pancake Day outdoor learning, this resource can be followed to cook pancakes on the camp fire. Also included are notes of how to use this resource For a teacher, independent activities like this are AMAZING to just sit back and watch (until the cooking part!). I model then put kids in a small mixed ability group and just watch and see how they get on. Its so interesting and I can really see who has which skills and how they interact in a group. Great for evidence in pretty much every area of the EYFS. Lots of opportunities within an activity using this book for maths and literacy skill development. Perfect for a non-fiction text suitable and accessible to early readers. Could be used for guided reading. Could be used for home learning as children can access on a screen without printing. EYFS, Nursery, Reception, KS1, SEN Please note this is the same resource as: ‘Pancake Recipe book read it yourself home learning EYFS KS1 independent pancake activity ‘ For a free ‘design a pancake’ sheet to accompany this resource please see: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/design-a-pancake-sheet-pancake-day-12481053

Phase 2 phonics resource that includes differentiated Phase 2 Phonics. There are 5 activities for the interactive white board, 12 differentiated worksheets and picture cards with 5 practical activities to use them for. Learning objectives covered in interactive white board activities: identify initial phonemes and graphemes read CVC words spell CVC words read Phase 2 Tricky Words read Phase 2 sentences Learning objectives covered in worksheets/ activities identify initial phonemes and corresponding graphemes (satpin only) identify initial phonemes and corresponding graphemes (all phase 2) read CVC words (phase 2) write CVC words (phase 2) read sentences (phase 2) write sentences (phase 2) make CVC words (phase 2) read and understand words read and understand sentences Children have the opportunity to practise and learn reading and writing skills in fun, interactive ways suitable for young learners learning Phase 2 phonics.

Printable flash cards with Phase 2 phonemes on. Printable grapheme cards to support handwriting - each has a star on where the child must start forming the letter. I print and laminate these to use over and over again. I use dry-wipe pens on the laminated grapheme cards.