We sell unique, child friendly teaching resources to give children back their love of learning. Education has become very test driven, with many resources in a 'test format' . This can become very uninspiring for learners and be a cause for lack of motivation and enthusiasm. At Applefortheteacher, we create teaching resources to give children the skills they need academically, socially and emotionally, whilst encouraging that important 'love of learning'. Inspiring learners to thrive!
We sell unique, child friendly teaching resources to give children back their love of learning. Education has become very test driven, with many resources in a 'test format' . This can become very uninspiring for learners and be a cause for lack of motivation and enthusiasm. At Applefortheteacher, we create teaching resources to give children the skills they need academically, socially and emotionally, whilst encouraging that important 'love of learning'. Inspiring learners to thrive!
These are great activities which can be laminated to support children in writing and spelling of high frequency words. Encourages sounding out of words and word recognition (Read it), encourages making the word using plastic letters or playdough (make it), then encourages writing using a whiteboard pen to copy the word (write it). Over 40 high frequency words included to download in this set…
This is a set of matching pair cards. These can be used to build sentences of past and present tense. Also included is a sheet with words already given where knowledge can be assessed on independently using past and present tense in the correct context. Putting the love back in learning…
Four activities to support number formations. Trace and write the numerals using the cute rhymes from zero to five to support children in forming the numbers correctly. Trace and write numerals without rhymes activites are also included.
This is a great bundle of activities to support the teaching of Fronted Adverbials to Year 3 Year 4 learners in KS2. You will find a brilliant interactive powerpoint created in a very child friendly way to make it accessible to all learners. Designed in a way to engage and motivate children by allowing a high level of interaction when learning what some can find tricky. Also included is a Fronted adverbial poster and word mat to support understanding. There is a mix and match activity to allow children to make sentences using fronted adverbials in a practical way. A great bundle to support KS2 learners over a group of lessons.
These fantastic worksheets support children in forming letters in the standard uncursive form. Many children struggle with the cursive writing and go through school with writing which is unreadable. These are a great tool to support children in producing legible writing in an uncursive form, suitable for EYFS, KS1 and learners with SEN who struggle to remember how to form letters. Each letter of the alphabet contains a lower case and an upper case letter and also a sheet with both to put the letters together in a short phrase. A great resource to support letter formation.
This is a brilliant, engaging game for young learners. Remember the game of writing a word and folding your paper over then passing to a partner to write the next part? Or is that just me? This is a similar game to that (instructions are included). This game has been tried and tested with many children, children in Year 1, Year 2 and children higher up in KS2 who find sentence building difficult. After playing this game a few times, the pieces begin to fit together. Why make it difficult? Putting the love in learning, we put the children at the centre of everything we create…
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.
This is a lovely activity focusing on sports objects. Learners who are beginning with counting who find writing and forming shapes a challenge with Special Educational Needs, can access this resource to assess their knowledge and understanding. By counting the objects and recording using dots or dashes in the space provided, it allows learners to evidence and evaluate their answers. A great tool to promote independence and maths recording of children with difficulties in this area.
This is a great activity for SEN learners to build their knowledge of the things around them. Using a mixture of photographs and illustrations, this is a tried and tested matching activity to relate the image to the real object. Supports the use of communication methods and is a good assessment for the level of understanding. Pictures of classroom objects and the environment are included. (6 pages).
This is a fabulous activity for early learners as part of the Technology Understanding the World topic. 7 sheets each with 4 activities, total of 28 cards for children to go out and explore, taking photographs of the things they have been asked to find on the cards (using cameras or IPad’s. Gorgeous illustrations on child friendly cards. These photographs can then be made into an ‘I Spy Collage’. Putting the love back into learning!
These are great vocabulary building activities to support learners in being creative with their vocabulary. Encouraging them to magpie ideas to use in their own writing. Images are used to inspire ideas in order to use creative writing skills to write a detailed setting paragraph. Settings included are beach, forest, desert and city. Suitable for LKS2 Year 4 to develop writing skills. Put the love in learning!
This is a great bundle of comprehension activities for children who are not able to write legibly, but are able to read. In order to assess reading and comprehension skills we need to check their understanding. These activities are brilliant for doing just that. The activities encourage children read the story / instructions and then find the sentences/pictures to stick in the correct places to show the answers. Other sheets encourage looking at pictures or reading information to find clues and children can make a mark on the answers they believe to be correct.
A great activity for children with Special Educational Needs who find writing a struggle.
This is a great activity to do with learners on their return from the summer holidays, when starting in a new class. It is also a great speaking and listening activity.
Print out on card or laminate them, cut them out and let the children ask away in their groups or pairs. All the questions are the types that children can relate to, allowing them to find out about each other.
Here we have a gorgeous Phase 2 phonics display package, includes all phase 2 sound/picture cards, the first sounds lettering and the upper and lower case classroom train with letters from A -Z.
All the phase 2 sound picture cards are interactive so the sounds can be added whilst working in groups with the children.
A gorgeous display to enhance a learning environment focusing on letter sounds.
This is a gorgeous Lion King Themed child well being display. Featuring seven key words to help children to recognise how to get along with others and be happier. Available to download in 2 sections, both included in this package. Includes all lettering, animal images (which can be enlarged to suit the size of the display) and flowers. The backgrounds of the sunset would need to be made using poster paper/tissue paper etc. A stunning display to enhance any classroom.
Included in this Fire of London bundle is an animated powerpoint presentation, to engage and enthuse young children. A completed timeline poster and a timeline cut and stick activity. Also included is a recount planning sheet and a newspaper recount worksheet. Samuel Pepys wrote a diary entry which is also provided and a template of a blank diary for children to complete their own. There is also a Fire of London Key word mat to support writing and spelling and to give prompts of events. A great bundle to put children at the core of their learning.
This is a great selection of resources to support learners in KS1 with comprehension. Focusing on the topic of Traditional Tales, this collection has a story of Ben and the Sunflower, this is a different take on the story Jack and the Beanstalk. Children can watch the story on a powerpoint presentation, because this is so visual it helps them to relate to the story and discussions can be had whilst reading the story to a group of children. There are different levels of comprehensions available to download in this pack, which allow children to answer questions all about the story they have just observed. Each comprehension is designed to suit the different levels and needs of children so there are 3 to choose from and a story sequencing activity. Other traditional story powerpoints and comprehensions (with a difference) are available to download separately from TES and from our website applefortheteacher.co.uk.
Year 1 Free Resources are SATPIN handwriting sheets that are great for allowing young learners to begin forming letters. Cute, memorable rhymes are a great resource to encourage correct formations for each letter sound, includes uppercase and lowercase letters to trace and write.
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