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.
These worksheets are designed to help young learners develop colour recognition skills and practice reading colour words.
Each sheet features a different theme to keep learning fun and varied:
Crayons to Colour In – Children match colours to the correct word and colour in the crayons accordingly.
Trucks – A transport-themed sheet where children colour trucks using the correct colours based on the labels.
Clown with Balloons – A cheerful clown holding balloons, each labelled with a colour word for children to match and colour in.
Frogs – A nature-themed worksheet where children colour frogs based on the given colour words.
Buttons with Two Colours – A pattern-based activity where children recognize and colour buttons in two different shades, reinforcing colour word recognition.
These worksheets support early reading and visual discrimination while encouraging creativity.
“Creative Writing - Magical Adventures” is an engaging literacy resource designed for KS1 teachers to support early reading, storytelling, and creative writing development.
This resource encourages children to use their imagination to create their own stories, inspired by four short, exciting adventures:
The Magical Adventure
The Magic Beans and the Superhero Cow
Pirate Pete and the Hidden Treasure
The Boy and the Talking Mirror
Each story comes with:
✔ A collection of black and white pictures for visual inspiration
✔ The short story text for guided reading and discussion
✔ A story doodle sheet for interactive storytelling
How it Works:
Children explore the provided stories and images, then use their creativity to craft their own versions of the tales. The picture collections act as prompts, helping children build their own imaginative narratives.
Activities Include:
Keyword Hunt – Finding and underlining key words in the story text
Illustration Time – Drawing a picture of the provided stories or inventing their own
Creative Writing – Using the pictures and key words to develop unique stories. Picture Collecting - Finding or drawing picture collections to use for own creative stories.
This resource is perfect for enhancing literacy skills, encouraging storytelling, and building confidence in writing.
Clothesline Alphabet Phonics is a fun phonics resource designed for Early Years Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 learners.
This activity features large, bold capital letters of the alphabet outlined for colouring, each hung on a washing line, together with picture cards.
There are 5 worksheets showing groups of letters from A to Z.
Children can explore letter-sound correspondence by matching the letters to picture cards, such as S for Sun, D for Dog, B for Banana, and Q for Queen Bee.
Extend this activity by having washing lines and pegs available. Children can peg out letters and corresponding picture cards or objects.
Clothesline Phonics supports early reading skills while making learning both creative and enjoyable.
This set of 10 worksheets helps children develop pencil control and fine motor skills, building confidence for early writing.
Examples of what is included:
• Follow the Footprints Home
• Trace the Butterfly
• Trace the Three Bears
• Trace the Shapes
• Trace the Arrows
• Help the Ladybirds Find Their Leaves
Uses & Benefits
✔ Strengthens fine motor skills & grip
✔ Prepares for letter formation
✔ Boosts confidence & independence
✔ Perfect for writing areas, group work, or 1:1 support
✔ Laminate for reusable practice with dry-wipe markers
Suitable for SEND children and EYFS.
This resource helps young learners explore musical instruments through colourful and black-and-white flashcards.
Featuring 8 instruments, including a drum, guitar, harp, and trumpet, the set includes a writing frame for listing instruments, a drawing frame for illustrations, and a cut-and-match activity.
Children develop vocabulary, spelling and writing, and creativity while learning to recognise and name instruments.
The activities encourage memory, problem-solving, and musical awareness.
Great for classrooms or home learning, this pack makes music learning engaging and enjoyable!
Hello Spring Doodle and Labelling Sheets is a fun resource designed for EYFS and KS1 learners, perfect for exploring the season of spring.
Page 1 is a doodle sheet showing Spring themed pictures for children to name and colour.
Each of the 10 black-and-white worksheets included, features four spring-themed pictures, such as flowers, plants, a watering can, the sun, wind, a rainbow, a lamb, and a chick (these can all be found on the doodle sheet).
With space for children to label each image, the worksheets help develop early literacy and vocabulary skills while reinforcing knowledge about weather and seasons.
Ideal for classroom activities or home learning, they are also great for supporting English language learners in building seasonal vocabulary through visual and interactive learning.
This ‘Toys’ Worksheet resource includes an engaging doodle sheet designed for EYFS and KS1 learners, featuring a variety of toys like a doll, car, dice, paint, keyboard, balloon, and dinosaur. Children can name and colour these in.
Each of the 10 black-and-white worksheets highlights four toys, providing space for children to label them, helping to develop early literacy and vocabulary skills.
These worksheets are also particularly useful for English language learners, as they support word recognition, spelling, and language development through visual cues and interactive activities.
Perfect for classroom use or home learning, they make learning new words fun and accessible for young learners.
Links Toys with literacy and topics on Oursleves.
Schooldays Supplies Worksheets - included is an engaging doodle sheet designed for EYFS and KS1 learners, featuring a variety of school-related items like a pencil case, school bag, desk, and paints.
Each of the 10 black-and-white worksheets provided, highlights four objects, leaving space for children to label them - helping to develop early literacy and vocabulary skills. Children can colour the pictures.
Perfect for classroom activities or home learning, these worksheets encourage young learners to recognize and name everyday school supplies.
Suitable for English Language Learning with a School topic base.
The Picture Puzzle Games Bundle (1-4) is a fun resource designed for EYFS and KS1, promoting speaking and listening, reading and writing, matching, and thinking skills. Each game includes colour pictures, and hands-on activities that encourage discussion, vocabulary building, and teamwork. Children can work individually, in pairs, or groups to name, describe, and match pictures, form compound words, or draw their own interpretations. The bundle offers teachers flexibility to work through all four games progressively or select individual games to suit their lesson objectives.
This Picture Puzzle Game 4 is a versatile resource designed for EYFS and KS1 children. Also available are games 1,2 and 3.
The game encourages thinking skills, vocabulary building, and matching.
It begins with a colourful discussion sheet featuring 21 pictures, prompting children to name and describe what they see. Pictures can use simple words or phrases, like ‘Treasure Chest’ and ‘Drummer Boy’. Some pictures are more straightforward to make the quiz accessible to all.
The second page challenges children to recall the missing images by writing or drawing their guesses.
On the third page, children match written clues with pictures. They can write the numbers for each word, draw a picture or paste into.
The fourth page includes pictures to cut-out which can then be sorted and pasted onto the number grid or matched to words.
The final page is an answer sheet, listing all 21 picture-related words or phrases.
This resource is ideal for class, group, pair, or individual activities, fostering collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking in a fun and educational way.
This Picture Puzzle Game 3 is a versatile resource designed for EYFS and KS1 children. Also available are Game 1 and Game 2.
The game encourages thinking skills, vocabulary building, and matching.
It begins with a colourful discussion sheet featuring 21 pictures, prompting children to name and describe what they see. Pictures can use compound words or phrases, like combining “cup” and “cake” to form “cupcake”. Some pictures are more straightforward to make the quiz accessible to all.
The second page challenges children to recall the missing images by writing or drawing their guesses.
On the third page, children match written clues with pictures. They can write the numbers for each word, draw a picture or paste into.
The fourth page includes pictures to cut-out which can then be sorted and pasted onto the number grid or matched to words.
The final page is an answer sheet, listing all 21 picture-related words or phrases.
This resource is ideal for class, group, pair, or individual activities, fostering collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking in a fun and educational way.
This Picture Puzzle Game 2 is a versatile resource designed for EYFS and KS1 children. It follows on from Game 1.
The game encourages thinking skills, vocabulary building, and matching.
It begins with a colourful discussion sheet featuring 21 pictures, prompting children to name and describe what they see. Pictures can use compound words or phrases, like combining “tools” and “box” to form “toolbox”. Some pictures are more straightforward to make the quiz accessible to all.
The second page challenges children to recall the missing images by writing or drawing their guesses.
On the third page, children match written clues with pictures. They can write the numbers for each word, draw a picture or paste into.
The fourth page includes pictures to cut-out which can then be sorted and pasted onto the number grid or matched to words.
The final page is an answer sheet, listing all 21 picture-related words or phrases.
This resource is ideal for class, group, pair, or individual activities, fostering collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking in a fun and educational way.
This Picture Puzzle Game 1 is a versatile resource designed for EYFS and KS1.
It encourages the development of thinking skills, vocabulary building, and matching through a creative and interactive activity.
The game begins with a colourful discussion sheet featuring 21 pictures, prompting children to name and describe what they see. Pictures can use compound words or phrases, like combining “cat” and “fish” to form “catfish.”
The second page challenges children to recall and imagine the missing images by writing or drawing their guesses.
On the third page, children match written clues with pictures. They can write the numbers for each word, draw a picture or paste into.
For a hands-on element, the fourth page includes pictures to cut-out which can then be sorted and pasted onto the number grid or matched to words. (Duplicate and laminate for reusable matching games).
The final page serves as an answer sheet, listing all 21 picture-related words or phrases.
This resource is ideal for class, group, pair, or individual activities, fostering collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking in a fun and educational way.
My Groundhog Day Workbook is a resource designed for EYFS and KS1 learners, offering seven worksheets that introduce the tradition of Groundhog Day while developing early literacy, numeracy, and creativity skills.
What’s Inside:
Groundhog’s Big Day Poem: A simple poem to share with the class, with traceable words to support handwriting.
& 3. Writing Frames: A colour and black-and-white frame for children to retell the Groundhog Day story or write their own poem.
Colouring Sheet: Five groundhogs for children to colour.
Counting Activity: A fun sheet where children count and colour groundhogs in groups from 1 to 5.
Flashcards (Colour): 12 colourful groundhog-themed cards to laminate for matching or memory games.
Flashcards (Black & White): The same set in black and white for children to colour, cut, and match themselves.
Objectives and Links:
• Literacy: Develop reading, writing, and storytelling skills through poems, tracing, and creative writing.
• Maths: Build early counting and number recognition skills.
• Expressive Arts: Encourage creativity through colouring and matching activities.
• Cultural Awareness: Introduce children to the tradition of Groundhog Day, exploring its link to seasons and weather. Links to Groundhog Day this February.
This resource includes two fun worksheets designed for Early Years and KS1 children to develop foundational literacy and numeracy skills:
Letters of the Alphabet (Worksheet 1)
o Children identify and sound out letters in alphabetical order.
o They colour each letter, reinforcing recognition and phonics.
Numbers 0 to 9 (Worksheet 2)
o Children find and match numbers, enhancing number recognition.
o They can colour each number and its match in the same theme or pattern for fun and creativity.
Children can trace letters and numbers for handwriting practice.
This resource for EYFS and KS1 includes six worksheets, each focusing on one of the initial sounds: s, a, t, p, i, and n.
Each worksheet features bold pictures to name and colour, helping children develop early phonics skills while reinforcing their understanding of the alphabet.
Perfect for introducing and practicing key sounds in a fun, interactive way.
This activity consists of four worksheets designed to help children explore their interests, hobbies, and leisure activities.
Each worksheet focuses on a specific theme and includes colourful illustrations with captions to guide discussions and writing.
Overview of the worksheets:
What Hobbies do the children enjoy?
What Sports do the children like?
My Leisure Time
What Things do you like to do?
Each worksheet combines discussion, sentence completion, and creative writing, fostering both communication and literacy skills. The resource connects themes about “Ourselves” to reading and writing practice!
Children will enjoy counting to 5 with these 6 colourful worksheets including themes of the circus, animals and school.
Laminate the sheets and they can be reused.
A useful tool to generate speaking and listening and to support EYFS topic work and counting.
This Literacy based resource is designed for children aged 5 to 7 and combines storytelling, creativity, and skill-building activities.
It begins with a short, engaging fairy tale about a castle, a princess, a queen, a knight, and a dragon, complete with illustrations to spark imagination. Children are encouraged to discuss characters, settings, events, and key objects, with a black-and-white version provided for colouring.
The set includes:
8 Story Flashcards: Brightly coloured cards featuring key elements of the story, alongside black-and-white versions for children to colour in. (Cut and laminate for durability and reuse).
Dragon Silhouette Activity: A poster of dragon silhouettes with matching flashcards for children to cut out and match to the poster.
Castle Colouring Sheet: A detailed colour illustration of a castle and a matching version for children to colour.
Trace-and-Colour Sheet: A fine motor skill activity where children trace and colour a castle and knight.
Extend by asking the children to write their own short story using the flashcards/ or write guided stories in groups. Children can also use the story for drama and role play.
This engaging bundle includes five ‘Kim’s’ memory games designed for young children, using colour photos of food.
Each game presents a collection of different food items.
Children are challenged to identify the missing foods as they are removed, encouraging them to think critically and observe closely.
Ideal for classroom activities, team collaboration, or individual work, this resource is a versatile and fun way to enhance thinking skills, expand vocabulary and boost memory retention.
The visuals and interactive format make these games an enjoyable learning experience for young minds. Perfect for introducing food-related vocabulary and promoting cognitive development!