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.
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.
This resource is a bundle of worksheets designed to enhance handwriting and fine motor skills for children in EYFS, SEND and KS1).
The bundle includes 10 themed sets, each containing 4 worksheets.
The themes cover topics: food and drinks, transport, toys, weather, feeling faces, farm, music, flowers and plants, clothes, and the seaside. Each worksheet aims to support the development of motor skills in young learners.
A speaking and listening activity where children observe the children in the pictures closely and then answer questions about them in their preferred mode of communication. There are 20 questions with answers.
Children can write out the answers or an adult can scribe for them as required.
Follow up with children drawing themselves with things that are important to them and talking / sharing with the class / group.
A compilation of 25 innovative and engaging hula hoop games which are fun and inclusive for EYFS, KS1 and SEND pupils.
There are 5 sets of games each with 5 games to play included:
Games to play with hula hoops
Teamwork games with hula hoops
Inclusive games with hula hoops
SEND games with hula hoops
Pairs games with hula hoops
The set comes with a user-friendly worksheet that allows children to devise their own hula hoop game either individually or in pairs or groups.
Each of the 25 games comes with planning including objectives, resource and activities.
A set of 6 sheets with a food theme where children can practice their fine motor skills and colour in the pictures.
Ice Cream
Fruit
Vegetables
Cakes
Party Food
Christmas Food
*Licenced to use, produce and sell resources using Boardmaker symbols.
A resource for SEN children, also suitable for EYFS and KS1.
Link with your science lessons and/or outdoor learning.
There are 3 worksheets where children name and label the pictures and then write a sentence
1.Outdoors 2. Flowers and Plants 3. In the Garden
Included is a set of Boardmaker symbols in colour and the same in black and white.
Add these to brighten up your displays, for speaking and listening and for use as flashcards.
Laminate and use in the outdoor learning space.
*PCS Licenced - Boardmaker symbols.
Phonics/spelling activity sheets for children learning about ‘ch’.
4 activity sheets in black and white replicated in colour.
Sheet 1- Children name the symbols and trace the words and sounds.
Sheet 2-A word search where children find 5 words beginning with ‘ch’. There is an answer sheet included.
Sheet 3 - Children match the words and pictures and then write the words.
Sheet 4 - Children fill in the missing words using the key at the bottom of the page completing the sentences.
4 worksheets linked to speaking and listening, reading, grammar and comprehension.
Suitable for those learning English, SEND and KS1 pupils.
Each sheet shows 6 picture symbol cards. Pupils find the correct word from 3 choices and complete the sentence.
E.g. I am talking or I am painting.
*PCS Licenced - Boardmaker symbols.
*PCS Licenced - Boardmaker symbols.
My trip to Space.
One of a set of resources based on trips suitable for EYFS / KS1 and SEND pupils.
Each resource includes 12 colour and 12 black and white flashcards with symbols.
Sheet 3 asks the children to draw the symbols or paste the pictures under the words.
Sheet 4 is a writing and drawing template. Children can write about their trip.
Links to topic work, journeys, travel, explorers as well as reading, writing and speaking and listening.
My trip to the Railway Station.
One of a set of resources based on trips suitable for EYFS / KS1 and SEND pupils.
Each resource includes 12 colour and 12 black and white flashcards with symbols.
Sheet 3 asks the children to draw the symbols or paste the pictures under the words.
Sheet 4 is a writing and drawing template. Children can write about their trip.
Links to topic work, journeys, travel, explorers as well as reading, writing and speaking and listening
*Boardmaker licenced.
2 Rainforest worksheets suitable for SEND and KS1.
Each worksheet comes in colour and black and white.
Children can label the things that can be found in the Rainforest using the words underneath.
There are 12 pictures / symbols on each page. These can be duplicated and cut out to make matching pairs.
Children can use the key vocabulary to write about the Rainforest or to make a list. The blank space on the worksheets could also be used for drawings, stories or poems.
Pictures and symbols could also be enlarged and used for visual aids or displays.
Boardmaker licence
3 worksheets linked to sorting animals and plants.
Links with Science and Maths.
Symbols support learning for SEND, EYFS and KS1.
Boardmaker licenced resource.
Sheet 1
Children can colour and cut the symbol cards and sort them into the 2 categories of animals and plants.
They can write or draw in the boxes to make lists of each set.
Sheet 2
For more able readers, children can underline animals in red and plants in green.
Sheet 3
Children either write or draw to complete the pictures.
“Our World and Where We Live,” encourages children to explore and appreciate their local environment and culture, and promotes understanding and empathy of others by facilitating comparison and discussion of diverse global environments and cultures.
The resource includes a complete lesson plan including aims, resources, activities, assessment and homework. There is a colour disucssion sheet to introduce different aspects of where we live and the local environment. Children can colour in the black and white version of this sheet and overwrite the sentences. The next worksheet asks the children to draw and write about the different aspects and an example sheet is provided that the children can use as a reference or stimulus.
*Boardmaker licenced. *
The Boardmaker symbols can be a great resource for SEND students. They are a set of picture symbols used for communication with individuals who are nonverbal, have limited speech or who benefit from pictorial / visual input. They can aid in understanding and expressing ideas around the topic of Our World and where we live.
Welcome to “Toys, Tales, and Tasks” - a six-part lesson for young learners, with special emphasis on SEND, EYFS and KS1 children. Link to your lessons on Toys, Ourselves, Me, Emotions, History and Speaking and Listening.
The pack includes lesson plans showing objectives, resources, activities and extension ideas.
There are 10 sheets which include 9 black and white symbols of toys on each. Use the sheets as stand-alone worksheets or cut up the cards for games and activities.
Emphasizing Inclusivity:
Recognizing the diverse needs of SEND pupils, symbols are integrated into the resources to aid communication. These symbols act as familiar visual cues, aiding comprehension.
Boardmaker licenced User.
Lessons 1 to 6 Overview:
Toy Stories: Dive into narratives, enhancing creativity, story skills and vocabulary.
Sorting and Matching: Encourage logical reasoning by sorting, classifying and matching toys.
Descriptive Adjectives: Build vocabulary and language skills using toys as a reference.
Toy History : Understand change over time, introducing a historical perspective.
Money and Toy Pricing: Develop mathematical skills around number and money.
Emotions : Explore feelings, promoting emotional intelligence and empathy.
A Fruit and Vegetable Activity Pack for SEND and KS1 children.
A fun and engaging way to teach children about fruits and vegetables.
This Activity Pack has 12 colourful fruit and vegetable flashcards, colouring sheets, tracing and drawing activities and word searches for both fruit and vegetables, with picture clues for reading and phonics practice.
Answer sheets are included for the word searches, so children can check their own work.
Boardmaker Licenced.
A cross curricular resource consisting of 2 worksheets, 1 in colour and the other, a version in black and white.
The resource links a Shopping theme with counting, reading, close observation skills and colouring.
The objective is for children to read and identify the shopping related pictures and symbols and mark these off on the list. When complete, children can check that they have found all 20 items.
The black and white sheet can be coloured in.
Laminate the colour sheet and this can be re-used with dry markers.
Boardmaker Licenced.
Celebrate Spring with these 4 worksheets using symbols to support learning.
25 Objects to find - this worksheet lists 25 things children may relate to Spring, including sunshine, flowers, Easter eggs, umbrella, bee, butterfly and caterpillar. Children can tick off the symbols as they find them.
A Spring Poem - children read the poem and then trace over the words. Children can colour the pictures and go on to write their own simple poems or sentences about Spring.
2 Spring labelling sheets - Children label the Spring symbols and colour them in.
Boardmaker Licenced.
Explore this Olympic-themed resource designed for KS1 and SEND children, featuring two worksheets where children label sports such as basketball, tennis, surfing, hockey, and rugby. There are 16 Sports in all with 8 per page.
Available in both colour and black-and-white versions, these worksheets use symbols which assist children with their learning.
An accompanying list of sports names and symbols encourages speaking and listening and reading and also supports writing.
Boardmaker Licenced.
A phonics activity where children have 8 words containing ‘AP’ to find:
Cap, yap, map, happy, tap, nap, apple and chap.
Picture symbols will support children with their spellings and reading.
There is an answer sheet included.
There are 2 worksheets:
Children read and answer simple questions to find the correct ‘AP’ words and write their answers.
Children label the 8 picture symbols of words with ‘AP’.
Boardmaker licenced.
A colour worksheet where children name and label the animals. There is a word bank included to support children that need it. There are 15 animals to name and label.