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Teaching and Learning Resources for Early Learners and KS1

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Looking for something original? Here are some Resources for Early Learners and Key Stage 1 that you won't have used before. There are also some Key Stage 2 and a variety of SEND resources. Alphabet, Phonics, Speaking and Listening, Reading & Writing Activities and a range of topic resources. Worksheets, flashcards, activities, PPTs, quiz games and posters are all included. Most images licenced from graphicsfactory.com and symbols are licenced from Boardmaker.

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Looking for something original? Here are some Resources for Early Learners and Key Stage 1 that you won't have used before. There are also some Key Stage 2 and a variety of SEND resources. Alphabet, Phonics, Speaking and Listening, Reading & Writing Activities and a range of topic resources. Worksheets, flashcards, activities, PPTs, quiz games and posters are all included. Most images licenced from graphicsfactory.com and symbols are licenced from Boardmaker.
30 Printable Alphabet Bookmarks EYFS / KS1
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30 Printable Alphabet Bookmarks EYFS / KS1

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30 bookmarks style Alphabet Strips to assist children with their reading, writing and phonics skills. Each bookmark shows the upper and lower case alphabet. There are 10 pages with 3 different designs on each page. Enough for children to choose their own strips. Themes include: Spring, Transport, Monsters, Halloween, Flowers, Animals and more. Cut out and laminate for durability.
Catch Phrase with a Sports Theme
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Catch Phrase with a Sports Theme

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36 pictures for children to talk about and work out a catch phrase that would describe them with a sports theme. There is an answer sheet included.
What happens next? Story Starter Cards EYFS /KS1
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What happens next? Story Starter Cards EYFS /KS1

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10 pages of story starters to spark your childrens imaginations to write or tell a story. There are 6 colour cards on each page for children to discuss and choose from in their story writing. Each card asks the question - What happens next? Children can use these cards to develop their thinking skills, extend their vocabulary and improve their creativity. Cut out and laminate for a lasting resource. Suitable for EYFS and KS1.
Catch Phrase Game Number 1
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Catch Phrase Game Number 1

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Game one in this series. 40 pictorial popular catch phrases or sayings to encourage thinking skills and speaking and listening skills. There are 4 catch phrases on each page. It is fun to work against the clock! Children can work in pairs or teams to try to work out the answers. An answer sheet is provided for them to mark off. Cut out the cards and laminate for a game you can keep and re use. As an extra activity children can research and write the meanings of the phrases.
Maths Talk PPT KS1 and EYFS
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Maths Talk PPT KS1 and EYFS

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A 10 slide Power Point for KS1 or EYFS to encourage use of maths vocabulary, thinking skills and speaking and listening. It covers measures and positional vocabulary. Each slide has 4 pictures on and each picture asks a question e.g. Which is the largest? What time is it? Where is the bottom / top? Which is the sharpest? This is a great class activity as well as a visual aid or display pictures. It also works well if you cut out and laminate the cards and use these in discussion groups or on a 1 to 1 basis.
Number Story Cards to 20 at KS1
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Number Story Cards to 20 at KS1

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Here are 5 pages of maths story cards for your cross curricular maths lessons. Each page has 6 picture cards with 6 corresponding question cards. Children read the questions and write the answers or say the answers. This tests comprehension as well as understanding and use of maths vocabulary. Numbers involved are up to 20 and there are some questions around measures too. Another activity that works well is to cut out all the cards and give them out in class so each child has one. Children put themselves into pairs if they have the correct picture card to go with the question card.
Catch Phrase Game Number 5
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Catch Phrase Game Number 5

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Game number 5 in this series. 39 pictorial popular catch phrases or sayings to encourage thinking skills and speaking and listening skills. There are 4 catch phrases on each page and 3 on the final page. It is fun to work against the clock! Children can work in pairs or teams to try to work out the answers. An answer sheet is provided for them to mark off. Cut out the cards and laminate for a game you can keep and reuse. As an extra activity children can research and write the meanings of the phrases.
Let's talk about Shopping Comprehension
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Let's talk about Shopping Comprehension

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2 colour posters to discuss with your children, or they could talk about them in pairs. Poster 1 shows a coffee shop where people are in a queue to buy food and drinks. There is a comprehension question sheet for children to answer verbally, discuss and / or write the answers to e.g. What time is the coffee shop open? Who is first in the queue? Poster 2 shows a Pizza Express with food and drinks menus. There is a comprehension question sheet for children to answer verbally, discuss and / or write the answers to e.g. How much would it cost for an Olive Pizza and a bottle of Cola? Links to Literacy, comprehension and speaking and listening as well as Maths, money and shopping.
10 Speaking and Listening Posters
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10 Speaking and Listening Posters

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10 posters to share with your children and encourage speaking and listening activities. Each poster shows something different, unusual or interesting such as an upside down house, cute animals or dolphins made from bananas. Children could think about what will happen next or what happened before each picture. Share on the white board and/or print out and the children can discuss in small groups and then choose their favourite posters to write about.
21 Story Characters Read, Write, Colour
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21 Story Characters Read, Write, Colour

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A bumper 21 worksheet collection of characters that children will be familiar with from story books. Each sheet shows a different character such as fairy, giant, knight or dragon. Children read the sentence, write the sentence and then colour the characters. There is a colour version of each character on the sheets - children can copy these colours or use some of their own. Links to initial sound work, phonics, reading and handwriting.
Word Search for every Month of the Year KS1
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Word Search for every Month of the Year KS1

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12 word search activities - one for each month of the year - comes complete with answer sheets. Each month has a focus on events or things associated with that month e.g. October - pumpkin, Halloween and witches. Each month’s sheet shows words and pictures to help children with reading. A nice activity too, for children who finish their class work early or for homework.
Describing Pictures with Silhouettes
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Describing Pictures with Silhouettes

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60 silhouette pictures for encouraging speaking, listening and forming sentences, There are 10 pages of cards which can be cut out and used in pairs or group work. All the images are also produced on a single sheet. There is an example worksheet showing how pictures could be matched to sentences. Great for those learning English or any languages.
Visual Word Puzzle Set 2 KS2
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Visual Word Puzzle Set 2 KS2

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Let’s cheer up Fridays (or any days), with this second set of Visual Word Puzzles 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! Differentiate by giving the children the answers, mixed up, and ask them to match to the pictures.
One Word or Two Words? Activity PPT
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One Word or Two Words? Activity PPT

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A word work literacy activity PPT. 5 colour slides with 12 pictures of items that have spellings with either one or two words. Talk about and decide on the spellings of each picture then press the key or switch for the words to appear. Look out for any that could have a spelling with either one or two words. There are also 5 slides where the words are separated for children to join up to make compound words / one, or two linked words. Print these off for worksheets.
Nature PPT A to Z   KS1
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Nature PPT A to Z KS1

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A colourful Power Point showing letters from A to Z. Letters fade out to reveal a word and picture for each letter of the alphabet with a Nature theme. You can set it to automatic with a timer or use a switch or key for each action. These include leaves, flowers, trees, butterfly and desert. These pictures are also good for posters or an alphabet frieze for the classroom. They can also be cut out and used for matching the sounds to the images/words.
Building Words with Word Endings
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Building Words with Word Endings

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A reading, writing and phonics activity. 10 worksheets where children build words using the initial sounds and a given word ending. Next they find the words in the Word Search and list them on the lines provided. Word endings are: aw, old, and, ink, ump, ent, are, unch, ear, ight Sheet 11 is a template for you to make more of your own.
Assessing High Frequency Words at KS1
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Assessing High Frequency Words at KS1

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Here are 106 high frequency word cards to cut out, laminate and use for assessing your children. These cards can also be used on displays or as visual or writing aids. There is also a sheet with all the words on for you to use with individual children and mark off. Cards can also be used to make sentences. There are 8 blank cards if you want to use these to add more words of your own. Useful for those learning English too.
Letter P Picture Cards and Matching Words KS1
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Letter P Picture Cards and Matching Words KS1

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24 ‘p’ colour pictures on blackboards for children to cut out and match to the words all beginning with p. You may want to cut and laminate the cards for matching fun activities that you can reuse. Links to reading and phonics work.
Handy Sound Flashcards A to Z
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Handy Sound Flashcards A to Z

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2 sets of alphabet flashcards. One with lower case letters and one with corresponding capital letters. Cut and laminate and children can match up the lower and upper case letters, match to objects, say the sounds, order the alphabet, find the vowels, copy the letter shapes and so much more. A handy resource for those moments to fill, wet plays or early finishers too.