Teaching and Learning Resources for Early Learners and KS1
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Looking for something fresh and original to ignite your classroom? Dive into a treasure trove of resources designed to captivate and inspire KS1 children. Plus, explore engaging materials for Key Stage 2 and tailored resources for SEND learners.
From Phonics to Speaking & Listening, Reading & Writing activities, Maths, PSHE and a variety of exciting topic-based resources, you’ll find everything you need to create new lessons that stand out.
Looking for something fresh and original to ignite your classroom? Dive into a treasure trove of resources designed to captivate and inspire KS1 children. Plus, explore engaging materials for Key Stage 2 and tailored resources for SEND learners.
From Phonics to Speaking & Listening, Reading & Writing activities, Maths, PSHE and a variety of exciting topic-based resources, you’ll find everything you need to create new lessons that stand out.
"The Lonely Daffodil: Key Stage 1 is a Unit of Work including planning ideas for Art, Science, Literacy, Music and Movement.
Are you searching for a Story resource that will captivate young minds and nurture their creativity?
‘The Lonely Daffodil’ is a cross curricular resource pack for Key Stage 1 and suitable too, for Early Learners.
At the heart of “The Lonely Daffodil” story, lies a powerful message of growth and resilience. The story instills in children the belief that even in the face of challenges, one can overcome adversity and blossom into something beautiful. The resource provides a springboard for meaningful discussions about feelings, friendship, perseverance, personal growth, and change.
The heart-warming story of “The Lonely Daffodil” will transport young readers into a world of imagination and empathy.
This resource includes the story itself, a poem, a summary, and a book review and also templates for children’s own written work.
There are 2 feelings cards that encourage children to identify and articulate their emotions and that of the story character. Picture cards support the story and can be used by the children creatively.
The unit of work links nicely to Book Days or Weeks / Celebrations.
Boardmaker Licenced.
Here are 3 templates that counsellors working with children and young people could use as a more visual aid and way of communicating the counselling contract.
There is a blank one where you could fill in your own information or questions.
There is one with key questions included.
The third has key questions but added pictures / symbols.
There is a black and white version and colour version of each of the 3 templates.
Play therapists may also adapt the templates for their work with children and young people.
A phonics resource for children learning about ‘ck’ at the end of words.
There are 2 worksheets where children use the words provided to label the pictures.
There is a sheet with 16 sentences where children add the missing words that end in ck. (S may be added for plurals). They can write these out in their workbooks or just add the missing words onto the sheet.
There is a wordsearch and wordsearch answer sheet provided.
Set two in this Dingbat Visual Word Game series.
Let’s cheer up Fridays (or any days), with this Dingbats Visual Word Puzzle for Kids or the whole family.
28 Picture clues for children to solve, complete with a blank answer template and an answer sheet.
Works well on Zoom too!
Activity ideas for teaching and learning greetings in Welsh / English.
Sheet 1 contains 10 colour flashcards that show popular greetings in both English and Welsh and using symbols (Boardmaker Licenced).
Sheet 2 shows black and white symbols of the 10 greetings for children to colour in and name in English / Welsh. They can then write the words in the blank boxes provided. The cards can be cut and matched. Alternatively, children could draw the pictures and write the word/s.
Fun with frogs and data handling at KS1.
The lesson starts with children looking at the colour poster of 18 frogs all wearing different hats.
Children observe carefully looking at the frogs eye colour and types of head wear.
Sheet 2 asks children to count and record e.g. number of frogs with brown eyes/party hats/work hats.
There are 5 questions to answer.
Sheet 3 is for children to draw a hat on each of the frogs and label them.
Sheet 4 shows frogs in different positions or activities. Children colour the matching frogs to make them the same.
Sheet 5 shows 2 writing frames for children to write about frogs or their findings of the data handling activities.
A black and white and colour version of this weather board is included.
The boards are a useful visual aid to support children / pupils with their speaking and listening and communication as well as writing about the weather.
*PCS Licenced - Boardmaker symbols
A bumper 28 page pack of resources on a Superhero theme.
Everything you will need to excite your children and stimulate their writing, drawing and imagination.
Included are:
12 colour A4 posters of superheroes characters
Mask templates
Graffiti words
Superhero symbols
A template for comic strips
Black / white and colour pictures for writing in speech and thought bubbles
Wanted photo frames and blank frames
Superhero certificates for boys and girls
Superhero drawing frames
6 baddy cards
12 small Superhero picture cards
Have fun!
6 prepositions worksheets for KS1.
Each sheet has a theme
on and off
over and under
inside and outside
behind and in front
up and down
above and below
There are 10 pictures on each page for children to discuss with a partner or group. Each picture is numbered.
Children decide e.g if the umbrella picture shows up or down. If up, they can put the number or write the word in the up box. Children may decide an umbrella could be up or down and write in the up or down box.
This resource encourages speaking and listening and thinking skills with minimal writing.
A resource suitable for children who benefit from symbols and visual aids including those learning English language, SEND pupils and KS1.
The resource is linked to the weather / Seasons.
Sheet 1 asks children to identify the colour weather symbols and complete the sentences e.g On Monday it was sunny / I wear boots when it is rainy.
Sheet 2 is the same as sheet 1 in black and white.
Sheet 3 has space for children to draw their own weather symbols / pictures and asks them to say / write about their favourite weather.
Finally there are 6 colour and 6 black and white weather flashcards to support the learning / lesson.
*PCS Licenced - Boardmaker symbols.
4 worksheets where children use the words and pictures to write rhyming words. The first 2 pages are all CVC words. Pages 3 and 4 have a few words such as frog and boat that may be a bit more challenging depending what level the children are at.
Good for your Letters and Sounds work, Phonics, Reading and writing and a good homework resource too.
This resource is designed to inspire a love of books in Key Stage 1 pupils while developing their understanding of literary classifications.
Young learners distinguish between fiction and non-fiction and then delve deeper into genres and topics.
Included is a planning sheet that outlines three lesson plans, complete with objectives, a list of necessary materials, activities, and follow-up suggestions to reinforce learning.
There are two ready-made labels for fiction and non-fiction to facilitate a hands-on card sorting activity.
Accompanying these are 10 pages, each featuring six diverse book covers in black and white, which can be cut out for an interactive classification game and a range of activities. Examples of book covers are ‘Learn to Play the Piano’, ‘I have a New Daddy’ and ‘My Book of Fairy Tales for 7 year olds’.
Tailored for Key Stage 1 children, the book covers lend themselves to lots of speaking and listening and predicting.
Follow up with sorting of real books and / or children can design their own book covers using the cards for inspiration.
The resource is a useful addition to library skills and any celebrations around Books.
A power point presentation for use when teaching children the time.
This one shows o’clock, but can be altered by turning the clock hands for any times you want.
The question and answer is animated and these appear on a click of the key or use of a switch: ‘Can you tell me the time please?’ ‘It’s three o’clock’.
The final page is a clock template for children to make their own.
Print these on card and laminate. Add split pins for the hands.
Children can then make the times indicated on the PPT.
A great resource for EYFS or KS1 to accompany your singing or nursery rhyme sessions.
Each worksheet has a different nursery or number rhyme:
One, two, three, four, five
Five little ducks
Jack and Jill
Twinkle Twinkle
Miss Polly had a dolly
10 Green bottles
I’m a little teapot
Incy Wincy Spider
Humpty Dumpty
3 Blind Mice
5 Naughty Monkeys
5 Little Speckled Frogs
Activities include sharing the rhyme, reading and adding the missing rhyming words, writing the words, colouring the pictures and adding a drawing following the instructions.
A phonics resource for kS1 based on words beginning with ‘wh’.
3 activities based on words containing the grapheme ‘wh’.
There are 3 black and white worksheets and the same worksheets in colour.
Write the words, a phrase or sentence to go with each of the 8 pictures.
Name the pictures and write ‘wh’ or the words and underline ‘wh’.
Label the 8 pictures.
Words:
wheel, wheelbarrow, wheelchair, wheat, whisk, what, whisper and whale.
Photos of 6 Jungle animals along with pictures for children to colour in, name, write a phrase or sentence about and match to their names.
The last sheet is a doodle sheet where children can count how many of each animal there are and colour them in.
A fun activity for young children to link in with topics on Ourselves, Me , Sorting and Speaking and Listening.
There are 15 pictures of children doing a range of activities such as singing, playing football or climbing.
Children can talk about what they like and do not like and cut out the cards to sort.
There are 2 different sheets for writing, drawing or pasting onto.
Children can write 3 things they like and 3 things they do not like.
Or / and they can draw or paste pictures of things they like and do not like,
A set of cards based on the story The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
The cards include days of the week and the food eaten by the caterpillar.
This resource is mainly photographs which gives a different slant to the activities.
Links to science,maths, food and plant topics as well as literacy.
Laminate the picture cards and they can be used in a variety of ways.
A set of shapes for children to improve their cutting skills.
There are 11 large shapes and 2 pages showing small shapes which can be used for assessment.
3 worksheets for children learning to write a sentence.
Themes are Friends, Travel and Shopping.
There are a selection of words on each page for children to use to write their sentences along with punctuation marks.