The perfect place for all your EYFS, KS1 and KS2 resources, Explore Education aims to provide you with amazing, outstanding lessons that help you to shine. Each lesson often has detailed planning, PowerPoints and differentiated resources. So whether you are looking for a maths lesson to get you through your next interview, an English lesson that will help you impress OFSTED or a history, science, RE, PSHE or PE unit to wow your class, this is the shop for you!
The perfect place for all your EYFS, KS1 and KS2 resources, Explore Education aims to provide you with amazing, outstanding lessons that help you to shine. Each lesson often has detailed planning, PowerPoints and differentiated resources. So whether you are looking for a maths lesson to get you through your next interview, an English lesson that will help you impress OFSTED or a history, science, RE, PSHE or PE unit to wow your class, this is the shop for you!
Ignite a love of maths in your early years child with this collection of 25 fun and easy activities designed for home learning! This versatile resource is perfect for parents and caregivers looking to support their child’s early maths development in a playful and engaging way.
What’s Inside:
☆ 25 Hands-On Activities: A wide variety of activities that cover key early maths skills, including counting, number recognition, shapes, measurement, and patterns.
☆ Everyday Materials: Most activities use simple household items, making it easy to incorporate maths into everyday routines.
☆ Clear Instructions: Each activity includes clear, concise instructions that are easy for both adults and children to follow.
☆ Differentiated Challenges: Activities can be adapted to suit your child’s individual needs and interests.
Key Skills Covered:
☆ Counting: Forward and backward counting, counting objects, one-to-one correspondence.
☆ Number Recognition: Identifying and writing numbers 1-20.
☆ Shapes: Recognizing and naming basic shapes, exploring 2D and 3D shapes.
☆ Measurement: Comparing sizes, using non-standard units to measure length and height.
☆ Patterns: Creating and extending patterns with colors, shapes, and sounds.
Why Choose This Resource?
☆ Fun and Engaging: Activities are designed to be playful and enjoyable, making learning maths a positive experience.
☆ Easy to Use: Simple instructions and readily available materials make it easy to get started.
☆ Versatile: Perfect for independent play, family time, or as a supplement to classroom learning.
☆ Supports Early Development: Helps children build a strong foundation in essential maths skills.
Give your child a head start in maths with this fantastic collection of home learning activities!
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Back to school! Numbers 0-100 on zebras - these are perfect for a zebra themed classroom, display or role play. Also suitable for jungle or animal themes. Make a number line or count up in 2s, 5s, 10s etc. by selecting the pages.
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Back to school! Get their mouths watering with these numbered burgers. 1-100, these are perfect for a food themed classroom, display and role play. Make a number line or count up in 2s, 5s, 10s etc. by selecting the pages to print.
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Back to school! Get their mouths watering with these numbered pizzas. 1-100, these are perfect for a food themed classroom, display and role play. Make a number line or count up in 2s, 5s, 10s etc. by selecting the pages.
Elevate your maths teaching with this outstanding Year 3/4 Maths Reflection Interview Lesson. This comprehensive resource includes a pre-teaching assessment, a detailed lesson plan, a PowerPoint presentation, and a variety of tasks catering to different skill levels. From easy to challenging tasks, table challenges, extension activities, to a quiz, this lesson provides a wealth of adaptable resources for varying lesson durations.
Learning Objective:
I can reflect patterns and shapes in a mirror line.
Steps to Success:
★ Understanding Symmetry: Reflect patterns and shapes across a mirror line using symmetry principles.
★ Horizontal and Vertical Reflections: Skillfully reflect shapes in both horizontal and vertical mirror lines.
★ Tracing Proficiency: Utilize tracing paper to accurately reflect intricate patterns and shapes.
★ Mirror Verification: Apply a mirror to validate the correctness of reflections.
Resource Highlights:
★ Pre-teaching Assessment: Gauge students’ prior knowledge to tailor the lesson effectively.
★ Adaptable Tasks: Easy, medium, and harder tasks ensure inclusivity for all learners.
★ Extension Activities: Provide opportunities for further exploration and challenge.
★ Table Challenge: Foster collaborative learning with engaging table challenges.
★ Quiz: Evaluate understanding with a thought-provoking quiz.
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Are you teaching year 5 or 6 children (UKS2) about obtuse, acute, and right angles and how to use protractors to measure angles in math? This outstanding interview lesson plan is perfect for you!
This outstanding interview lesson teaches year 5 and year 6 children about obtuse, acute and right angles and using protractors to measure angles in maths is designed to showcase your mastery of subject knowledge and effective teaching techniques, impressing any Ofsted inspector.
Using the principles of mastery learning and reasoning, this lesson is differentiated to meet the needs of all learners. The learning objective is to accurately use a protractor, with success criteria that include lining up the bottom of the protractor with one of the lines, making sure the corner (vertex) of the angle is in the middle of the protractor, and looking at where the 0 is on the line to use the correct set of numbers.
The starter activity invites the children to look at the success criteria and complete a cold task on the screen, while the main activity provides teacher input on what angles are, as well as a discussion of real-life examples and different types of angles, such as right angles, obtuse angles, and acute angles. Children also have the opportunity to play “Simon Says” to identify whole turns, half turns, and 90-degree turns, shouting out the degrees of each angle as they do it.
To engage higher ability children, they can complete the Hot Task (input) silently and independently while the rest of the class receives input. Differentiated activities include using angle eaters to measure and identify different types of angles, estimating and measuring angles on worksheets, and exploring the patterns and relationships between angles in different shapes.
In the plenary, students will review the success criteria and reflect on their learning, sharing which part of the lesson was the easiest or hardest. The resources for this lesson include a PowerPoint, protractors, angle eaters, cold task, show it tasks, table display, and challenge tasks.
Overall, this lesson is a strong example of how to teach a complex mathematical concept while promoting mastery and reasoning skills, making it an excellent choice for showcasing your teaching abilities during an interview or impressing an Ofsted inspector or SLT observer.
Ideal for a 30 minute-1 hour lesson.
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Blast off into learning with this comprehensive, 4-week space-themed unit for EYFS! Packed with engaging activities for both indoor and outdoor continuous provision, this resource will ignite your children’s curiosity and imagination as they explore the wonders of the universe.
What’s Included:
★ 24 Detailed Activity Plans: Each week features six exciting activities, three for indoor and three for outdoor learning, covering a wide range of EYFS curriculum areas.
★ Cross-Curricular Learning: Activities integrate literacy, maths, creative development, and more, providing a holistic learning experience.
★ Hands-On Exploration: From building rockets to creating alien landscapes, children will be actively engaged in their learning.
★ Differentiated Activities: Each activity includes suggestions for supporting and challenging learners of all abilities.
★ Open-Ended Play: Encourage imagination and creativity with open-ended activities that allow children to explore their own ideas.
Key Learning Areas:
★ Literacy: Space-themed stories, vocabulary development, mark-making, and writing activities.
★ Maths: Counting, number recognition, shape exploration, measurement, and pattern creation.
★ Creative Development: Art, music, dance, and imaginative play inspired by space.
★ Physical Development: Gross motor skills, fine motor skills, and coordination through active play.
★ Understanding the World: Learning about planets, stars, astronauts, and space exploration.
Why Choose This Resource?
★ Engaging and Fun: Captivating activities that spark curiosity and a love of learning.
★ Easy to Implement: Clear instructions and simple materials make setup a breeze.
★ Flexible and Adaptable: Activities can be easily modified to suit your setting and resources.
★ Promotes Holistic Development: Supports all areas of the EYFS curriculum.
★ Created by Early Years Experts: Designed by experienced educators with a deep understanding of early childhood development.
Launch your EYFS students into a universe of learning with this exciting space-themed unit!
Ideal for: EYFS, early years, space theme, continuous provision, indoor play, outdoor play, literacy, maths, creative development, physical development, understanding the world.
This EYFS Colour Continuous Provision Pack offers four weeks of engaging activities designed for both indoor and outdoor areas, perfect for exploring colours with young learners. The activities focus on sensory exploration, creativity, and early learning skills, encouraging children to experiment with colours through hands-on experiences such as colour sorting, painting, and outdoor colour hunts. Each activity aligns with the EYFS framework, supporting the development of key skills in maths, literacy, and fine motor coordination. The tasks are easily adaptable to suit different abilities, making them ideal for varied learning needs in nursery or reception classes.
This pack includes:
☆ Four weeks of continuous provision activities.
☆ Colour-themed tasks for both indoor and outdoor learning.
☆ Activities that promote sensory development, creativity, and early learning goals.
Enhance your EYFS setting with this comprehensive colour-themed resource, designed to inspire curiosity and learning in children aged 3-5. Perfect for nurseries, reception classes, and early years educators.
Enhance your EYFS setting with our detailed Animals and Pets Continuous Provision Pack. This resource provides a full four weeks of engaging, themed activities designed to support continuous provision in both indoor and outdoor environments.
Product Features:
Structured Four-Week Plan: Offers a month’s worth of activities, ensuring comprehensive coverage across multiple learning areas.
Indoor and Outdoor Activities: Includes two carefully crafted activities per week for each learning area, promoting varied and consistent engagement.
Activity Breakdown: Each activity features a title, a concise description, guidance for creating an enabling environment, and differentiation strategies to accommodate diverse learning needs.
Comprehensive Learning Areas: Indoor stations include water, sand, malleable, sensory, easel, creation, investigation, role play, writing, maths, carpet, small world, reading den, construction, games and puzzles, and computer areas. Outdoor stations focus on construction, role play, gross motor skills, fine motor skills, literacy, maths, creativity, and small world activities.
This pack is an invaluable resource for EYFS practitioners seeking to create a dynamic and enriching learning environment centered around the theme of animals and pets.
Keywords: EYFS, continuous provision, animals and pets activities, indoor and outdoor learning, Early Years resources, educational activities, continuous provision pack, early years development.
Elevate your Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) setting with our comprehensive Under the Sea Continuous Provision Pack. This resource provides four weeks of engaging activities for both indoor and outdoor environments, designed to enrich learning experiences across multiple areas.
Product Features:
Four Weeks of Activities: A well-structured plan covering a full month, offering a variety of activities tailored for different learning areas.
Indoor and Outdoor Options: Includes two activities per week for each key area, ensuring diverse and dynamic play experiences both inside and outside.
Activity Details: Each activity comes with a title, a brief description, guidelines for setting up the environment, and differentiation strategies to cater to various learning needs.
Comprehensive Coverage: Indoor activities include water, sand, malleable, sensory, easel, creation, investigation, role play, writing, maths, carpet, small world, reading den, construction, games and puzzles, and computer areas. Outdoor activities focus on construction, role play, gross motor skills, fine motor skills, literacy, maths, creativity, and small world play.
This pack supports the development of key skills and provides a structured approach to continuous provision, making it an essential resource for EYFS practitioners aiming to create a rich and varied learning environment.
Keywords: EYFS, continuous provision, under the sea activities, indoor and outdoor learning, Early Years resources, educational activities, continuous provision pack, early years development.
Ignite your young learners’ curiosity and embark on an exciting mathematical journey with our comprehensive EYFS Maths Unit: Explorers. Designed specifically for early years foundation stage (EYFS) students, this engaging unit is aligned with the EYFS framework, ensuring a seamless integration into your curriculum.
With six weeks of meticulously crafted lesson plans and accompanying resources, this unit takes children on a captivating exploration of the world, covering a range of fascinating topics. Each week presents a unique theme, stimulating their imagination and fostering their mathematical skills in an immersive and playful way.
Week 1: Introduction to Explorers
Introduce your little explorers to the wonders of the world as they discover the concept of exploration itself. Through interactive activities and engaging numeracy exercises, they will develop their counting, sorting, and shape recognition abilities.
Week 2: Famous Explorers
Inspire your students by delving into the lives of renowned explorers. From Christopher Columbus to Amelia Earhart, children will engage in mathematical challenges related to mapping, navigation, and measurement, honing their problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
Week 3: Arctic Animals
Take a chilly plunge into the Arctic as children explore the icy landscapes and the fascinating creatures that inhabit them. Through mathematical investigations involving temperature, size comparisons, and pattern recognition, students will expand their understanding of numerical concepts.
Week 4: Rainforest Explorers
Venture into the lush rainforests and uncover the mysteries within. Students will explore mathematical concepts such as symmetry, estimation, and data handling while encountering the diverse flora and fauna of this captivating ecosystem.
Week 5: Exploring the Ocean
Dive deep into the ocean’s depths as children encounter marine life and discover the wonders of the underwater world. This week’s lessons incorporate counting, measurement, and shape recognition activities, enabling students to develop their mathematical proficiency while exploring oceanic marvels.
Week 6: Exploring Space
Embark on an astronomical adventure as students journey to the vast expanse of outer space. From learning about planets and constellations to engaging in mathematical challenges involving space-themed shapes, sequencing, and number patterns, children will develop a solid foundation in mathematics while exploring the cosmos.
Delivered in PDF format, our EYFS Maths Unit: Explorers provides you with all the necessary resources to effortlessly implement these engaging lessons in your classroom. With its seamless alignment to the EYFS framework, this unit ensures that your students not only acquire essential mathematical skills but also foster a love for exploration and discovery.
Don’t miss out on this captivating resource! Purchase the EYFS Maths Unit: Explorers today and ignite a lifelong passion for mathematics in your yo
This set of resources is a great way to start off a nursery rhymes unit in an EYFS classroom. Previously used in FS1, this can easily be tweaked to be also used in FS2.
Included in this unit are adult led activities and child led activities across the curriculum that meet the new EYFS curriculum.
It is specially made to enhance children’s vocabulary and number knowledge whilst learning in fun ways.
This unit includes a bumper pack of 26 accompanying resources, an indoor play provision planner and detailed English, maths and Understanding the World differentiated planning.
These file is in PDF format. You can print, laminate, cut the resources out to be reused year after year.
This unit includes:
Planning for English, maths and Understanding the World lessons
Indoor provision planner (with activities already planned)
Construction activity sheets
Creative activity sheets
Dough activity sheets
Literacy activity sheets
Maths activity sheets
Sand activity sheets
Character activity sheet
Word cards (for all nursery rhymes)
Hickory Dickory Dock rhyme sheet
Colouring sheet
Sequencing cards
Mouse mask (cut out and use)
Blank clock
Numbers on mice
QR codes for nursery rhymes (scan and listen)
Embark on a comprehensive and enriching learning adventure with our EYFS Explorers Curriculum Bundle. This all-inclusive bundle features three essential units for each week: Literacy, Maths, and Wider Curriculum. Aligned with the EYFS framework, each unit offers six weeks of captivating lesson plans and accompanying PDF resources, providing you with a treasure trove of 90 engaging lessons to captivate and educate your young learners.
Week 1: Introduction to Explorers
In the Literacy unit, students will develop communication, language, and literacy skills through interactive activities, storytelling, and writing tasks, while the Maths unit will reinforce numeracy concepts through exploratory and hands-on tasks. The Wider Curriculum unit will introduce students to explorers’ lives, fostering an appreciation for history, geography, art, science, and personal, social, health, and economic (PSHE) education.
Week 2: Famous Explorers
The Literacy unit brings famous explorers to life through captivating reading materials, role-playing exercises, and writing prompts. The Maths unit continues to strengthen numeracy skills, while the Wider Curriculum unit delves deeper into history, geography, art, science, and PSHE topics related to famous explorers.
Week 3: Arctic Animals
Students will explore Arctic animals’ unique characteristics and habitat through engaging Literacy, Maths, and Wider Curriculum units. The Literacy unit incorporates reading comprehension, descriptive writing, and creative activities, while the Maths unit integrates Arctic-themed problem-solving, measurement, and pattern recognition. The Wider Curriculum unit delves into scientific concepts, art exploration, and geographical understanding of the Arctic region.
Week 4: Rainforest Explorers
The Literacy unit immerses students in the wonders of rainforest exploration through reading, writing, and imaginative activities. In the Maths unit, students will encounter rainforest-themed numerical challenges, shape recognition, and data interpretation. The Wider Curriculum unit deepens understanding through rainforest science, geography, art, and PSHE lessons.
Week 5: Exploring the Ocean
Students will dive into oceanic adventures with the Literacy unit, where they will engage in reading, writing, and speaking activities centered around marine life. The Maths unit reinforces numeracy skills through ocean-themed problem-solving and data analysis. The Wider Curriculum unit explores marine biology, geography, art, and PSHE, encouraging a deeper connection with the ocean environment.
Week 6: Exploring Space
The Literacy unit takes students on a cosmic journey through reading, writing, and imaginative tasks related to space exploration. In the Maths unit, students will encounter celestial-themed numeracy challenges, shape recognition, and spatial reasoning. The Wider Curriculum unit delves into astronomy, geography, art, and PSHE lessons, expanding students’ understanding of the vastness of space.
With our EYFS Explorers Curriculum Bundle, you will have a wealth of resources at your fingertips to create an immersive and well-rounded learning experience for your young explorers. From literacy and maths to a wide range of subjects in the wider curriculum, this bundle provides a comprehensive foundation for their educational journey.
