Here you will find a great set of comprehension activities for young learners. Starting with photographs and illustrations 20 pages in total to download, to encourage children to look at detail in the pictures and prompt discussion. Imaginative ideas can come from discussing and thinking carefully about what is happening in a picture. Children can then draw their own interpretation of what will happen next and explain it. A great tool to encourage information retrieval and confidence with ideas and imagination. Also included are 3 short comprehension activities, with short simple sentences, to not overwhelm new readers with difficult text and language. The comprehension is the key function of these activities, to develop tools to find and fetch information and understand what has been read. Putting children at the core of their learning…

This is a great activity pack to cover the Geography topic of ‘Our Local Area’ in KS1. There is an animated, interactive powerpoint created in a very child friendly format, to engage and inspire learning. Also included are I spy sheets, to encourage young children to look carefully around their local area to see what they can find. A checklist and some drawing activities and address writing. A lovely bundle of teaching resources to put the love back in learning.

Stunning Habitat images to be used as a stimulus for the habitats topic. Gorgeous for a display to aid a discussion on the climate and the types of animals that might be found there and why. Desert, woodland, ocean, seashore, rainforest are amongst the images. 7 in total. Put the love in learning.

This engaging Powerpoint presentation provides a great visual to help children in their learning and understanding of what a homophone is and how a word which sounds the same can have other spellings and meanings. Colourful and stimulating for literacy teaching which encourages child interaction throughout. Other resources are available to download separately to complement the presentation.| Homophones Please try all our FREE resources, so you can sample the fantastic colourful and user friendly media available. https://applefortheteacher.co.uk/downloads/free-resources/ If you like what you see and would like to be part of our growing Apple community please choose one of our 3 annual subscriptions https://applefortheteacher.co.uk/subscriptions/ (Microsoft Powerpoint or similar software will be required to open this PPT. file once it has been downloaded). Apple for the teacher resources have been designed by experienced teachers for assisting home educators, parents, SEN and primary teachers including NQT’s with assessment and lesson resources. Please join our growing community of Apple for the Teacher members at one of our social media groups, so others can enjoy the experience you have had. facebook Twitter Linkedin Instagram Youtube Apple for the teacher Ltd Educational resources – putting children at the core of their learning

These are gorgeous writing activities based on a Christmas theme. Ten things in an elf’s pocket focuses on things that can be found with senses. The eight things found in Santa’s sleigh can be just a list of common or unusual items. Examples are given and both activities include planning sheets and writing templates.

These games are fantastic for supporting children in their understanding of money. They need to work out the values that coins can be added up to in order to fill their cards. Two of the activities are based on giving change, the other game is matching coin values to the prices of the items. Giving children the tools to learn in a fun way.

Support children in their pencil control when beginning the early stages in writing. Use alongside motor skills activities such as threading, painting, cutting and sticking etc, to build up muscles and build up control. Great for learners with SEN who have difficulty with writing and EYFS learners.

These are gorgeous resources to suit children with Special Educational Needs working at Plevels and children in KS1. The handprint mats are designed to be made sensory allowing children to touch the different materials to compare with a range of objects. The recording sheets for several properties are included with the choice of taking photographs of own objects or using the pre-printed objects. Also included are sections to stick in to show different properties of objects if writing is difficult. Putting the love in learning.

This is a gorgeous presentation, which creates a high level of engagement, motivation and participation from children. Encouraging child interaction throughout. Can the children beat the jungle animals to find the number that is one more or one less? This has been tried and tested on young children and they absolutely love it! Also included are domino type loop cards of more/less and worksheets which allow children to draw dots to show their understanding of one more/one less if number formation isn’t possible. Putting the love back in learning, enthusing children to thrive!

These gorgeous Climate Change activities have been designed to give children information about how Global Warming is affecting the Arctic and the animals. They have been created by teachers in very child friendly language, to engage, inspire and enthuse children in their learning. There is a powerpoint presentation on the arctic and the polar bears and a second powerpoint presentation on how the different changes in climate around the world are affecting the animals and nature. Also included is an arctic polar cooking book activity pack and some arctic science activities. There are also poster templates to encourage children to be creative in their awareness posters, which are also great for assessing learning. A fantastic bundle of activities to really support the teaching of climate change in key stage one (7 activities to download in total).

This is a set of resources for the History Topic of Toys Past and Present in KS1. There is a gorgeous animated Powerpoint which is very child friendly with a bear telling the story, for young learners to relate to. Also included are comparison sheets to allow children to make comparisons between toys now and in the past. There is a word mat with key words to support the topic, old and new toy posters and a cut and stick sorting activity. Fantastic set of resources to support this topic. Putting children at the core of their learning.

This fun maths activity provides learners with an explanation of how square numbers work. Giving them the tools to colour in the required amount of squares, to give a visual of what a square number actually is| square numbers Please try all our FREE resources including 2 ready to go powerpoint presentations, so you can sample the fantastic colourful and user friendly media available. https://applefortheteacher.co.uk/downloads/free-resources/ If you like what you see and would like to be part of our growing Apple community please choose one of our 3 annual subscriptions https://applefortheteacher.co.uk/subscriptions/ Apple for the teacher resources have been designed by experienced teachers for assisting home educators, parents, SEN and primary teachers including NQT’s with assessment and lesson resources. Please join our growing community of Apple for the Teacher members at one of our social media groups, so others can enjoy the experience you have had. facebook Twitter Linkedin Instagram Youtube Apple for the teacher Ltd Educational resources – putting children at the core of their learning

We have included a great powerpoint which has a coin reveal for children to work out which coin is being shown. This powerpoint also presents an extra challenge asking children how the value of that coin can be made using ones. A UK coin & note recognition poster is also available and money comparison activities up to 20p and £1, making the same amounts using different coins to those given in the examples. A great bundle of money activities for KS1.

This is a great selection of teaching resources to put the love in learning of this history topic. 9 activities in total, from a child friendly powerpoint giving information on Vikings, a design activity based on a longboat creation, rune alphabet puzzles and posters, a Viking timeline activity, a comic strip plan, Viking vocabulary and definitions, an activity to discuss what it feels like to move home, to put themselves into the shoes of the Vikings and a true/ false activity sheet. All of this to put children at the centre of their learning.

These are great prompt sheets of animals. Each sheet shows an image of an animal and has a selection of nouns and adjectives to provide ideas for writing. Enhancing a child’s vocabulary allowing them to magpie ideas to use in their writing. This can be used in literacy and cross curricular in the Science Topic animals including humans/Animals and habitats.

These are gorgeous activities to teach children in KS1 about tallying. Starting with a powerpoint presentation which gives small steps in learning, building up progression throughout, encouraging child participation. This is then complimented by a Tally Chart Bingo game and tally chart varied fluency activities. Inspired by White Rose with a little more excitement and a little more sparkle. Putting the love back in learning…

A gorgeous bundle of phonics CVC activities. Find the initial sounds, middle sounds and end sounds as well as activities to find all the sounds. Includes a brilliant powerpoint presentation which is animated with Benji Boo the dog to encourage participation to engage and enthuse learners. Putting the love in learning…

Here you will find 3 great activities to practise coordinates aimed at KS2 learners. Learning really can be so much fun.

These are a lovely set of posters to provide a visual reminder of different prepositions. Also inlcuded is a cut and stick activity to create a garden/park scene following instructions to place the objects using prepositional language. Great for EYFS KS1 and children with SEN. Putting the love in learning.

These are great sheets which I have used with a range of learners, including learners with Special Educational Needs who were not able to write. They signed/verbalised their caption for an adult to write down word for word. A great assessment tool for all learners to show their level of understanding. Can also be used for children to write their own captions for EYFS, KS1 and KS2. A fabulous resource to inspire creative writing and thoughts.