A factual easy reader all about water for those just beginning to take off in reading independently. Satisfying children’s thirst for knowledge with beautiful photos and clear factual information. Presented simply with clear text and a large font. Ideal for use when studying a topic on weather/water cycle. Where does water come from? Different forms of water What does water do? How do we use water? Use for guided reading sessions or for reading comprehension work. Suitable for upper KS1 and early KS2 and reluctant/struggling readers.

Help your children to spring ahead in reading with our Spring Phonics Game, designed to help children become more confident at tackling multisyllabic words. Suitable for children at the end of Phase 5 Letters and Sounds. As a spin off, children will also learn to identify common spring plants and animals. See also our Spring Science Snap game Remember to print out two sets of the word/picture cards!

This Leaf Sorting lesson pack can help you to deliver the National Curriculum for Science in Year 1. The Leaf Sorting Pack includes 12 pictures of varying leaves, suitable for sorting according to vein pattern, formation and leaf properties (e.g. prickly/rounded edges, deep cut edges etc…) - in two sizes for whole class/group use or display. a My leaf recording worksheet a sheet of 12 small pictures to sort, cut out and stick. See also our Why do leaves fall ? PowerPoint, which goes well with this pack of resources. Full lesson notes are provided at KS1 Nature.

How to teach phonics effectively is a resource to help schools improve their delivery of phonics, through which ever programme they choose. The author has 30 years experience of teaching phonics, both in a main stream school, where she had responsibility for the teaching of phonics throughout the whole school and with individual, special needs children. She draws on her experience of helping both parents and teachers to use phonics to best effect.

Study the life cycle of a Horse Chestnut tree with our PowerPoint and lesson resource pack, giving you everything you need for a great lesson. Suitable for use throughout the year, but especially in autumn , when conkers attract children’s attention. For ages 5-6, this pack gives you all the information you need at your fingertips to study the Horse Chestnut tree through each season. It also includes: Teaching Notes Cards to learn to read and spell words associated with science work - Make a matching game and /or trace the words and draw. The Life Cycle of the Horse Chestnut tree Life cycle chart Life- cycle pictures to order Make a book about the Horse Chestnut tree Life cycle ordering exercises on two levels Pages to use for descriptive work in English - describe conker and its shell, describe a leaf. Resources: Pictures to use for display/ordering/language work etc… Pictures through the year annotated as per the book Photos for display Large pictures of the drawings for own use (subject to T’s and C’s, see page 2) by KS1 Nature Helping you to teach science through the local environment.

A lesson outline for planting Hyacinth bulbs and watching their growth over subsequent weeks. Extension activities given. What is a bulb? How do bulbs grow? Giving opportunities to observe, compare, question and record For more information see: KS1 Nature KS1 Nature: Helping you to teach Science through the local environment

A simple nature diary in which very young children can record their natural observations, with a helpful easy reading sheet to encourage young children to start observing and recording. Encourage youngsters to get close to nature and start a lifetime of learning. This diary keeps writing to the bare minimum, so that young children do not lose interest due to overkill while providing a means of building up an invaluable record of their discoveries. This 40 page diary contains 31 pages for recording observations - one for every day of a month, and three pages for extra notes and sketches at the end. See: https://ks1nature.weebly.com/free-science-lessons/keeping-a-nature-diary-for-ks1 Lilibette’s Resources: Making learning simple.

Eight Free phonics worksheets, covering cvc words, cvcc words, ‘ck’, ‘ee’/‘oo’, ‘sh’, ‘ar’ and ‘or’ providing valuable back up work to lessons. Great assessment tools. Written for ages 5-6 but can also be used with older children requiring catchup help or those with special needs. These sheets are compatible with all phonics schemes, however as different schemes introduce sounds at different time, just check that your pupil knows all the necessary digraphs to complete the sheet. For example, the word ‘shark’ has both ‘sh’ and ‘ar’ and so both should have been learnt before expecting the child to read and spell this word. Please leave feedback if you find this resource helpful. See More Phonic worksheets in Lilibette’s shop

10, newly upgraded phonics digraphs games: easy to make, easy to play, minimum prep. Games to help children get to grips with the digraphs: sh ch ck ee oo ar or Match words to pictures Pictures to digraphs Find the missing letters Find the right ending Suitable for all ages and abilities. Ideal for use with SEND pupils with or without a speech delay, for whom they were originally designed. Suitable for home or school use. 1 intervention work or use by private tutors. Most of these games can be used as Literacy center activities/individual activities as well as being played by two players. They are useful tools for assessment. They can be used alongside our digraph phonics worksheets: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonics-practice-worksheets-phases-3-and-4-12009694 See our other games: Initial Sounds Games: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/initial-sounds-games-print-cut-and-play-11998349 CVC word Games https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonic-games-to-teach-cvc-words-11998365 CVCC word Games https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonic-games-to-teach-cvcc-words-for-reception-yr-1-and-special-needs-11998391

A bumper pack of 62 number worksheets for Spring - but can be used all through the year. The clear simple layout makes them suitable for EYFS/Y1 children and SEND pupils. Suitable for home-learning. Covering: More/ Matching 1:1 correspondence Number formation 1 to 10 Counting/completing sets Beginning addition and subtraction Introduction to multiplying and dividing Grouping into tens and ones. Tried and tested on real classes. Something for everyone!

28 slides. This presentation presents the text of the Early Reader Series 1: Clouds for the purposes of guided reading activities. However it can be used on its own. It covers: How clouds are formed Why clouds float How clouds move The three main types of clouds: cirrus, cumulus and stratus It includes several slides of different cloud formations to stimulate scientific/geographical/language/art observations. It can also be used alongside our Clouds Project Pack for KS1 available through TES.

18 pages of ideas/activities for learning about clouds for KS1 (5-7): Science/geography/Language/Art plus supporting worksheets to record observations and learning. This short unit can be used alongside a project about weather. See also our Weather for KS1 Project Pack: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12616669

An A5 booklet containing 21 fun, pre-writing patterns for the young learner or special needs child. Take animals and insects for a walk, finish trees, copy patterns and more. Sure to delight young children as they start to use a pencil. This document has been set to print as a booklet - please set your printer to flip on the short edge.

A simple book to help with the teaching of initial sounds for the very young or special needs. One page for each letter of the alphabet. As each letter is taught, encourage the child to write the correct letter under each object. Each page contains one object from the previous sound. Written for use with Reading Made Simple, a 100% free systematic phonic programme for all abilities, but it can be used with any phonic programme, including Letters and Sounds, Read, Write inc., and Jolly Phonics. See also our Little Phonics Books - CVC Words: one booklet for each of the five medial vowel sounds. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12410042 You might like our ‘Colour Initial Sounds’ FREE book too! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12574498

114 fully differentiated practice sheets covering all of the digraphs and trigraphs for phase 3 and Phase 4 of the UK Gov. Letters and Sounds phonic programme, except ‘ure’. Sounds covered: ck, ch, sh, th, ng, ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air and er, in this order. Sheets with mixed sounds are included too, as well as plenty of sentences to read and puzzles. Great for revision, general class work or homework. I provide up to four sheets at two levels for most sounds: the first set for phase 3, with no consonant blends, and the second for phase 4 including words with consonant blends. Thereby giving plenty of scope for differentiation. Fully differentiated, they meet the real needs of the average class and are fully systematic: no words are introduced for which the student has not yet learned the necessary skills to decode. They provide ample practice for students in both reading and spelling. Suitable for use with other schemes as long as you make sure that your children know the sounds necessary to complete the sheet. Use them for assessment, reinforcement activities; blow them up for whole class/group teaching or send them home for extra practice once taught in class. Copy, reduce, enlarge as much as you like. Please leave a review if you find this product helpful. Please see the book of Initial sounds Worksheets, and the CVC/CVCC words Worksheets for Phases 2, early 3 and simple cvcc words in Phase 4.

Three bright, colourful Phonics Initial sounds mats for EYFS and Reception. Great for home or school use. Send home to parents for use as a chart or they can be laminated and made into a place mat. Encourage children to become familiar with the letters - their shapes, names and the sounds they represent. The pack contains 3 charts: A chart of upper and lower case letters Pictures are placed near their initial sound as a reference. Pictures placed away from their corresponding letter so that they can be found and matched Have you seen my ‘Bumper Pack of Alphabet Games’. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11998349 Or my Sound-it-out Initial sounds Worksheets for parents https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12030249 and for teachers: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11998488

A simple first ‘learn to write’ book teaching letter formation linked to beginning sounds for young children. Pictures to colour in, linked with the initial sound of the letter being taught. At the end of each page is a question the parent/teacher can use to stimulate further thought as to other things that begin with that sound, so linking phonics with the handwriting. A5 size. This document is set to print as a booklet. Please ensure that your printer is set to flip on the short edge.

Five phonic games to help pupils read and spell words with consonant blends (short vowel sound only). Suitable for use with Read, Write Inc. Make Phonics learning fun and help it to stick! These games have all been written by a special needs teacher, who knows exactly where children get stuck and what is needed to help them progress. The children will not know they are learning! These games work wonderfully to help disillusioned readers succeed, but great for helping all children Pre K to 2nd grade and older special needs pupils. Great for book bags, for use by classroom assistants and for the home-school. Supplied in pdf format, all ready coloured in. Just print and play! These games are very simple to play but very effective. Full instructions provided and tips on how to help your child/ren. See our Games for teaching Initial Sounds and CVC words too!