Teaching and Learning Resources for Early Learners and KS1
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Looking for something fresh and original to ignite your classroom? Dive into a treasure trove of resources designed to captivate and inspire KS1 children. Plus, explore engaging materials for Key Stage 2 and tailored resources for SEND learners.
From Phonics to Speaking & Listening, Reading & Writing activities, Maths, PSHE and a variety of exciting topic-based resources, you’ll find everything you need to create new lessons that stand out.
Looking for something fresh and original to ignite your classroom? Dive into a treasure trove of resources designed to captivate and inspire KS1 children. Plus, explore engaging materials for Key Stage 2 and tailored resources for SEND learners.
From Phonics to Speaking & Listening, Reading & Writing activities, Maths, PSHE and a variety of exciting topic-based resources, you’ll find everything you need to create new lessons that stand out.
This pack (Set 3) of five engaging story resources is perfect for sparking creativity and imagination in your KS1 children.
Each title has a message for children:
“The Clever Little Mouse” teaches children about quick thinking and friendship.
“Dad Gets a Big Surprise” is a heartwarming story of family love and the joy of giving.
“The Strawberry Hamster”, kids will learn about problem-solving and resourcefulness.
“The Kiwi That Lost His Mother” offers lessons of resilience, identity, and the strength of familial bonds.
“When Bertha Took a Tumble” encourages a positive mindset, showing how challenges can be overcome with courage and imagination.
These tales can be the foundation for various creative writing exercises, encouraging children to expand the narratives, explore different endings, or even create their own stories inspired by the themes and characters.
This is Set 4 in the collection of Creative Stories. This new compilation consists of five engaging stories that are sure to stimulate young minds and get their creative juices flowing.
In “The Little Chef with a Big Idea”, children will learn about empathy and the joy of giving, as they follow the adventure of a thoughtful chef who goes above and beyond for his neighbour.
“The Little Prince and the Rose” is a captivating tale that teaches lessons about friendship, growing up, and seeking wisdom in unexpected places.
In “Santa Gets Stuck”, the magic of Christmas comes to life, illustrating the importance of perseverance and problem-solving in fun, festive circumstances.
“Imelda and Cecilia and the Magic Shoes” is a story about friendship and discovery. Here, two best friends embark on an unexpected adventure at their ballet class, encouraging children to embrace the magic in everyday life.
Finally, in “Patch the Dog Finds a New Playmate”, young readers will learn about overcoming loneliness, making friends, and the simple joys of playing and sharing.
Each story in this collection provides opportunities for creative writing. Children can expand the narratives, explore different endings, or create their own stories inspired by these characters and themes.
There is a colouring sheet to go with each story.
Encourage your KS1 children to dive into the wonderful world of creative writing with this fun story pack. This is Set 1 in the Collection.
This collection features five original tales:
“The Boy Who Could Not Stop Growing”,
“The Princess and the Knight”,
“Hide and Squeak”,
“The Lonely Bear and the Magic Umbrella”, and
“The Cat That Nobody Wanted”.
Each story is thoughtfully written, with engaging plots that will stimulate your children’s imaginations and foster their creativity.
The stories are good starting points for various writing activities, encouraging children to create their own tales, write sequels, or pen character descriptions.
The stories also carry subtle moral lessons - from embracing individual differences to overcoming fear with friendship.
There is a colouring sheet to go with each story.
A fun speaking and listening game, for back to school, or any time, to get children into the swing of learning and concentrating again.
A bumper pack of 120 flash cards showing catch phrases or sayings. Some children will be familiar with and others they may need to research or try to work out.
There are 2 colour flashcards to a page.
There is an answer grid that covers all the pictures and a blank grid for children to write in.
There are also a set of worksheets where the cards are split up into sets of A to J, with 12 pictures per page and space underneath for them to write the answers in.
A great speaking and listening activity where children can discuss with their partners or small groups and come up with likely answers. There may be more than one answer that is appropriate.
May be useful, too for those learning English.
This engaging set of games offers a set of 48 colourfully illustrated cards featuring common school objects, along with detailed plans and instructions for four fun and educational games: ‘Making Pairs,’ ‘Classroom Challenge,’ ‘Story Chains,’ and ‘Relay Card Game.’
Designed with Key Stage 1 children in mind, these games help stimulate various skills such as memory, concentration, creativity, communication, storytelling, teamwork, and quick decision-making.
Each game serves a different purpose, catering to different learning styles, and offering the possibility to challenge children in unique ways.
‘Making Pairs’ will challenge observation and memory, ‘Classroom Challenge’ will improve their description skills and attention to detail, ‘Story Chains’ will unlock their creativity and enhance their storytelling skills, and the ‘Relay Card Game’ will encourage teamwork and fast thinking.
Whether you’re looking to fill a spare half-hour or planning a dedicated day of learning-based fun, this versatile set is sure to be a hit with your class.
Are you looking to engage your Key Stage 1 children in a fun and educational way as the term wraps up?
Here is a pack of 10 interactive set of tasks allowing your children to wind down while keeping their minds active.
Each poster can be used at its current A4 size or can be enlarged for bigger groups and has been designed with a variety of tasks to suit a range of abilities.
The 8 tasks on each sheet include:
Mazes to challenge problem-solving skills and spatial awareness
Handwriting exercises to reinforce good writing practices
Counting activities to boost math proficiency
Speaking and listening tasks to improve communication skills
Symmetry exercises to promote an understanding of shapes and patterns
Word art tasks to bolster vocabulary and artistic abilities
Spot-the-difference games for enhancing attention to detail
Word search to enrich language and spelling
The pack also includes a blank template for you or the children to create their own game posters.
This resource is useful for classroom, at home or in after-school settings.
Children can work individually, with a friend or a group to complete the tasks.
A complete lesson with planning and resources included, with a phonics theme.
Planning includes objectives, resources, activities, assessment and homework.
There are 2 pages of colour picture cards using symbols.
There is a set of alphabet cards to be cut and laminated.
There are 2 black and white worksheets where children write the CVC words under the pictures and colour them in.
There is also a template worksheet, where children can draw and write CVC words and pictures.
Boardmaker licenced.
This resource is linked to phonics work, CVC words and word endings.
There are 20 posters with 2 per page.
The posters are in colour and show a word ending e.g. AG and then 4 words associated with this e.g. bag, tag, nag and wag. There are matching pictures to go with the words.
The posters are good for speaking and listening, revision, quick reading and recall as well as for displaying in your classroom / writing corner.
Page 1 of the resource gives an example of some of the posters and their content together with 4 ideas for lesson activities.
Suitable for Key Stage 1 and English Language Learners.
A bumper 28 page pack of resources on a Superhero theme.
Everything you will need to excite your children and stimulate their writing, drawing and imagination.
Included are:
12 colour A4 posters of superheroes characters
Mask templates
Graffiti words
Superhero symbols
A template for comic strips
Black / white and colour pictures for writing in speech and thought bubbles
Wanted photo frames and blank frames
Superhero certificates for boys and girls
Superhero drawing frames
6 baddy cards
12 small Superhero picture cards
Have fun!
This resource presents a colourful array of 15 carefully chosen photographs depicting objects beginning with ‘A’. Key Stage 1 will enjoy these ‘real world’ phonics activities.
Cut and laminated, the photographs will enhance your displays on the letter A and encourage lots of discussion.
The pack includes:
A poster showcasing all 15 ‘A’ images along with their corresponding words. This poster can serve as a visual aid to stimulate vocabulary and enhance word-picture association.
A word search activity, where children can put their detective hats on and hunt for all 15 ‘A’ words. An answer sheet is included, enabling learners to check their answers.
A worksheet that will allow children to demonstrate their understanding by filling in the missing gaps with ‘A’ words to complete the sentences. Make sure you mix up the missing words first.
This resource presents a colourful array of 15 carefully chosen photographs depicting objects beginning with ‘U’ and ‘V’. Key Stage 1 will enjoy these ‘real world’ phonics activities.
Cut and laminated, the photographs will enhance your displays on the letters U and V and encourage lots of speaking and listening.
The pack includes:
A poster showcasing all 15 ‘U’ and ‘V’ images along with their corresponding words. This poster can serve as a visual aid to stimulate vocabulary and enhance word-picture association.
A word search activity, where children can put their detective hats on and hunt for all 15 ‘U’ and ‘V’ words is included. An answer sheet is added, enabling learners to check their own answers.
A worksheet that will allow children to demonstrate their understanding by filling in the missing gaps with 'U’ and ‘V’ words to complete the sentences. Make sure you mix up the missing words first.
This resource presents a colourful array of 15 carefully chosen photographs depicting objects beginning with W, X, Y and Z. Key Stage 1 will enjoy these ‘real world’ phonics activities.
Cut and laminated, the photographs will enhance your displays on the letters W, X, Y and Z and encourage lots of speaking and listening.
The pack includes:
A poster showcasing all 15 W, X, Y and Z images along with their corresponding words. This poster can serve as a visual aid to stimulate vocabulary and enhance word-picture association.
A word search activity, where children can put their detective hats on and hunt for all 15 W, X, Y and Z words is included. An answer sheet is added, enabling learners to check their own answers.
A worksheet that will allow children to demonstrate their understanding by filling in the missing gaps with W, X, Y and Z words to complete the sentences. Make sure you mix up the missing words first.
This resource presents a colourful array of 15 carefully chosen photographs depicting objects beginning with ‘H’. Key Stage 1 will enjoy these ‘real world’ phonics activities.
Cut and laminated, the photographs will enhance your displays on the letter H and encourage lots of speaking and listening.
The pack includes:
A poster showcasing all 15 ‘H’ images along with their corresponding words. This poster can serve as a visual aid to stimulate vocabulary and enhance word-picture association.
A word search activity, where children can put their detective hats on and hunt for all 15 ‘H’ words is included. An answer sheet is added, enabling learners to check their own answers.
A worksheet that will allow children to demonstrate their understanding by filling in the missing gaps with ‘H’ words to complete the sentences. Make sure you mix up the missing words first.
This resource presents a colourful array of 15 carefully chosen photographs depicting objects beginning with ‘J’. Key Stage 1 will enjoy these ‘real world’ phonics activities.
Cut and laminated, the photographs will enhance your displays on the letter J and encourage lots of speaking and listening.
The pack includes:
A poster showcasing all 15 ‘J’ images along with their corresponding words. This poster can serve as a visual aid to stimulate vocabulary and enhance word-picture association.
A word search activity, where children can put their detective hats on and hunt for all 15 ‘J’ words is included. An answer sheet is added, enabling learners to check their own answers.
A worksheet that will allow children to demonstrate their understanding by filling in the missing gaps with 'J’ words to complete the sentences. Make sure you mix up the missing words first.
This resource presents a colourful array of 15 carefully chosen photographs depicting objects beginning with ‘i’. Key Stage 1 will enjoy these ‘real world’ phonics activities.
Cut and laminated, the photographs will enhance your displays on the letter i and encourage lots of speaking and listening.
The pack includes:
A poster showcasing all 15 ‘i’ images along with their corresponding words. This poster can serve as a visual aid to stimulate vocabulary and enhance word-picture association.
A word search activity, where children can put their detective hats on and hunt for all 15 ‘i’ words is included. An answer sheet is added, enabling learners to check their own answers.
A worksheet that will allow children to demonstrate their understanding by filling in the missing gaps with ‘i’ words to complete the sentences. Make sure you mix up the missing words first.
This resource presents a colourful array of 15 carefully chosen photographs depicting objects beginning with ‘K’. Key Stage 1 will enjoy these ‘real world’ phonics activities.
Cut and laminated, the photographs will enhance your displays on the letter K and encourage lots of speaking and listening.
The pack includes:
A poster showcasing all 15 ‘K’ images along with their corresponding words. This poster can serve as a visual aid to stimulate vocabulary and enhance word-picture association.
A word search activity, where children can put their detective hats on and hunt for all 15 ‘K’ words is included. An answer sheet is added, enabling learners to check their own answers.
A worksheet that will allow children to demonstrate their understanding by filling in the missing gaps with 'K’ words to complete the sentences. Make sure you mix up the missing words first.
This resource presents a colourful array of 15 carefully chosen photographs depicting objects beginning with ‘L’. Key Stage 1 will enjoy these ‘real world’ phonics activities.
Cut and laminated, the photographs will enhance your displays on the letter L and encourage lots of speaking and listening.
The pack includes:
A poster showcasing all 15 ‘L’ images along with their corresponding words. This poster can serve as a visual aid to stimulate vocabulary and enhance word-picture association.
A word search activity, where children can put their detective hats on and hunt for all 15 ‘L’ words is included. An answer sheet is added, enabling learners to check their own answers.
A worksheet that will allow children to demonstrate their understanding by filling in the missing gaps with 'L’ words to complete the sentences. Make sure you mix up the missing words first.
This resource presents a colourful array of 15 carefully chosen photographs depicting objects beginning with ‘N’. Key Stage 1 will enjoy these ‘real world’ phonics activities.
Cut and laminated, the photographs will enhance your displays on the letter N and encourage lots of speaking and listening.
The pack includes:
A poster showcasing all 15 ‘N’ images along with their corresponding words. This poster can serve as a visual aid to stimulate vocabulary and enhance word-picture association.
A word search activity, where children can put their detective hats on and hunt for all 15 ‘N’ words is included. An answer sheet is added, enabling learners to check their own answers.
A worksheet that will allow children to demonstrate their understanding by filling in the missing gaps with 'N’ words to complete the sentences. Make sure you mix up the missing words first.
This resource presents a colourful array of 15 carefully chosen photographs depicting objects beginning with ‘M’. Key Stage 1 will enjoy these ‘real world’ phonics activities.
Cut and laminated, the photographs will enhance your displays on the letter M and encourage lots of speaking and listening.
The pack includes:
A poster showcasing all 15 ‘M’ images along with their corresponding words. This poster can serve as a visual aid to stimulate vocabulary and enhance word-picture association.
A word search activity, where children can put their detective hats on and hunt for all 15 ‘M’ words is included. An answer sheet is added, enabling learners to check their own answers.
A worksheet that will allow children to demonstrate their understanding by filling in the missing gaps with 'M’ words to complete the sentences. Make sure you mix up the missing words first.
This resource presents a colourful array of 15 carefully chosen photographs depicting objects beginning with ‘O’. Key Stage 1 will enjoy these ‘real world’ phonics activities.
Cut and laminated, the photographs will enhance your displays on the letter O and encourage lots of speaking and listening.
The pack includes:
A poster showcasing all 15 ‘O’ images along with their corresponding words. This poster can serve as a visual aid to stimulate vocabulary and enhance word-picture association.
A word search activity, where children can put their detective hats on and hunt for all 15 ‘O’ words is included. An answer sheet is added, enabling learners to check their own answers.
A worksheet that will allow children to demonstrate their understanding by filling in the missing gaps with 'O’ words to complete the sentences. Make sure you mix up the missing words first.