Here are a collection of word search worksheets for KS1 children. This collection is Set 1 in the series. Links to reading, spelling, phonics and word work as well as the topics shown. The themes are: Circus, Spring, Nature, Birthday, Christmas, Halloween, Food and Toys. Each word search has a colour version and a black and white version. Children have 8 pictures which they can label and then look for the words in the word search grids below. There are answer sheets on the final page for all the word searches. The children could work as part of a guided reading group or work individually or in pairs.

5 worksheets for young learners finding out about phonics and the letter O Links to reading, phonics, writing, handwriting and the alphabet. Sheet 1 - Children overwrite the sentence O is for octopus 2 - Children practice writing the letter o and overwrite the word octopus 3 - A set of flashcards to cut out, read, write, colour and match 4 - Overwrite a sentence for each word beginning with O - octopus, olive, orange and onion 5 - Draw a line to join the words and pictures

This resource includes planning, a sample book review, key elements of a book review cards, sentence starters and 2 book review templates for children to use. You could use the planning (which includes learning objectives, resources, activity outline, and conclusion) or just use the resources you want. Children will enjoy reading the review of a fictitious story and author - Dizzy the Dinosaur. Extend the activity by asking children to write a short story about Dizzy the Dinosaur and his adventures.

Play this PPT as a slide show with plenty of speaking and listening and questions to ask along the way. There are 13 stories included to share, retell and discuss. There area set of extension activities included at the end. Link to book or reading celebrations and / or use as a basis for an assembly.

This resource is a fun way to introduce young children to story making and telling and working in small groups. The objectives are to encourage creativity, teamwork, speaking and listening and story telling skills. There is a planning sheet included with a sample story created using some of the story cards. The sets of symbol cards include; who, what, when, where, how and the End There is a set of colour symbol cards that go with each of these headings. Children will choose a card from each of the sections and put these together imaginatively to tell a simple story. Extend the activity by asking children to illustrate their story and write a short sentence or caption to go with it. Boardmaker licenced.

3 activities to for children at KS1 to think about looking after their hygiene. Activity 1 Write or match the words from the word bank to match the pictures Activity 2 Cut out the picture cards and write a sentence about each item Activity 3 Write the sequence of how we keep our hands clean

This is a speaking and listening activity, where children make up the dice and then play with friends or family getting to know them better. Useful also, at the start of a new term or when working with new people. There are 6 dice with written questions for the children to think and talk about and 6 dice with pictures and key words. Suitable for a range of reading ability.

10 sets of 4 colour cards in this Catch Phrase Game where pupils work out from the pictures what the phrase /sign or idiom might mean. The theme is citizenship and involves things like looking after our planet and environment as well as our responsibilities to look after ourselves and others. There is a suggested answer sheet but the pictures can be interpreted in different ways and make for good discussions as well as speaking and listening. Extend by asking your pupils to each come up with a picture card themselves with a given theme e.g. recycling. This makes a great display and assembly!

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 close observation, memory and speaking and listening game that gets progressively more difficult as more and more items are taken away. The game is a PPT take on the more traditional Kim’s game were items might be on a tray, covered up and one taken away. Children guess what is missing. The game is based on a teacher arriving in class and the items and decoration that is in the classroom. The first slide on each page is the same and on the second one or more items have been taken away. E.g the lunch box from under the table in slide 1 and the empty cola can in slide 2. Children could work in pairs or groups or you could play the game as a whole class. Use a timer for more fun! By the time the children get to slide 14 the classroom is almost empty and there are many items to recall or list. Use less slides depending on the age and ability of the class. Print the slides out for a table top group activity. Very useful for those learning English and links to Describing School/ the classroom.

Back to school worksheets. Templates for children to fill in about themselves. Boy and Girl versions.

A lovely game for EYFS and KS1 learning their sounds. There are 12 pictures to talk about and sort into the sound groups. Children could sort C and K or you could challenge them to sort ch, c and k sounds. The pictures can be matched to the words and/or corresponding sounds. Cut out and laminate for games that you can re-use. Print out twice for more matching games.

A great activity for stimulating writing for KS1. There are 7 pages with 2 boxes on each which are useful templates for children to write their jokes in. Each page shows different characters laughing and commenting. There is also a page showing first liners that children can use when writing their own jokes including limerick starters.

A great little back to school quiz or anytime game encouraging team work, speaking and listening and vocabulary extension. Examples of pictures/sayings are ‘the hungry caterpillar’ and ‘the cat in the hat’. What to do Show the colour page with 28 pictures on. Children work in pairs or teams to try to work out the common sayings or idioms. Give them the grid template provided to write their answers on. Sheet 3 is the answer sheet, although children may come up with plausible alternative answers of their own. Another way of doing the quiz, is to give the children the answers, but in a mixed up form, and ask them to match them to the pictures. Children can go on to research any saying they do not know such as ‘pigs might fly’ or the’ elephant in the room’. This is a good resource too, for English language learners.

Children will enjoy drawing these characters and naming them. Each picture has a letter next to it and children write the words in the grid. Page 1 is for children to make up names beginning with the associated letter. Pages 2 and 3 show pictures with their corresponding initial letter next to them.

A complete lesson with planning and resources included, with a phonics theme. Planning includes objectives, resources, activities, assessment and homework. There are 2 pages of colour picture cards using symbols. There is a set of alphabet cards to be cut and laminated. There are 2 black and white worksheets where children write the CVC words under the pictures and colour them in. There is also a template worksheet, where children can draw and write CVC words and pictures. Boardmaker licenced.

This is a fun way to engage your class with reading and writing. There is a picture alphabet for them to use in their work. Sheet 1 - Add the letters of the alphabet Sheet 2 - Draw or paste the pictures Sheet 3 - Add the picture code to complete the words Sheet 4 - Work out the words from the pictures alone Sheet 5 - Write the names in picture code and add a name of your own

Suitable for children learning CCVC words. Links to Reading, Phonics and Spelling and speaking and listening. This animated PPT has 10 slides . The pictures are animated and the letters come in as a switch or key is pressed. The initial CC part of the words are coloured differently and come in together.

An assessment sheet designed to find out how your pupils feel about reading. There are boxes to fill in such as my favourite book and words /phrases to tick off such as: Reading is amazing / a chore / interesting /cool. The second template has only the title and pupils can fill in the rest for themselves. Link to any celebrations around books or special reading days/weeks.

A phonics activity for KS1 or SEN pupils. Here are 5 worksheets where children use the picture cues to sound out and write the words. The words are of 3 and 4 letters. There are also 3 blank template sheets for you, or the children, to make more of their own.