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.
An animated PPT for Nursery or KS1.
There are 10 slides to show on your Smart Board.
Each slide shows 2 children who like the same thing e.g. Christmas or Animals.
Lots of opportunities for speaking and listening and to find out what your children have in common.
Follow up with a class survey to find out likes or dislikes.
The final page shows pictures of all the characters for cutting and matching activities.
Teacher’s Guide: The resources offer a practical approach to help children explore their emotions effectively. It includes a captivating poem and accompanying worksheets, designed to encourage self-expression and reflection.
The 4 worksheets provide visual prompts for children to identify and express their feelings. They’ll have the opportunity to overwrite the emotions displayed in the pictures and articulate/ write how they feel in the present moment.
Links with Ourselves, Me, Emotions, Well Being, Feelings and Literacy.
Sadie has a special Christmas wish that she keeps to herself.
Sadie soon realises that if she wants her wish to come true, she needs to take matters into her own hands!
Here is a sneak preview in the form of a story sequencing sheet.
Enlarge on your smart board or download the ebook.
A wonderfully illustrated colouring book to go with the picture book:
Sadie and her Red Shiny Shoes
10 colouring sheets included :
Sadie and her Red Shiny Shoes
Sadie and dad in the garden
Sadie and her best friend Una
Sadie plays football
Sadie plays in the sand tray
Sadie has a birthday
Sadie loves elephants
Sadie plays with Fluff the cat
Sadie and Daisy make a snowman
Sadie at Christmas
A resource designed to captivate the imagination through the world of frogs.
There are an array of activities including colouring, matching, fine motor skills, sensory exploration, literacy, and numeracy.
Resources Include:
Frog Colouring Pages
Cutting and Matching Exercises
Sets of flashcards in colour and in black and white in large and small sizes.
Encourage early literacy with frog-themed writing frames in colour and black and white. Children can practice handwriting with froggy patterns that mimic the leaps and bounds of frogs.
Children can cut out and arrange frogs smallest to largest, fostering understanding of basic math principles. These are in colour and black and white.
Sensory Frog Bin: Dive into sensory play with a guide to creating a frog-themed sensory bin, offering a tactile experience to explore textures, sights and sounds associated with pond life.
Whether as part of a science unit, a literacy program, or simply for fun, this resource promises to foster curiosity and exploration in young children.
Write about what Sadie likes and dislikes.
Write about what you and your best friend like.
Write short descriptions and key words to describe your self and best friend.
Show your pupils how a story character was created and link to the ebook, paperback and the video of the character being painted.
Activities include what to think about when creating a character, planning and writing a story.
Links beautifully with Art too.
A pack of resources for children based around the topics of the Seaside / Beach / Tropics / Hot Countries and Weather.
There are 3 activity types:
Matching words and pictures: There are 10 worksheets both in colour and in black and white. Children cut and match the words and pictures. Symbols and pictures are used.
Boarmaker licenced.
Scavenger Hunt: There are 2 Scavenger Hunt sheets in black and white. You can use the colour or black and white cards from the worksheets, cut these out, enlarge (if desired) and place around the classroom, school or play ground. Children locate the cards and tick off what they have found. They can then colour the sheets.
Matching Words and Descriptions: Sheet 1 shows a list of words related to the topic and descriptions. Children match the correct description to the right words. Sheet 2 is a list of words and children write a brief description for each word.
Cut and laminate these colour cards to play matching games with picture to picture or picture to word or dominoes.
Create you own dominoes with the single cards if you need them.
64 household items for children to name, colour in , sort into rooms.
There are 2 versions of each sheet of 16 pictures - one with room for labelling underneath. Supports any topic on Houses or Homes or Ourselves.
A lovely set of planning ideas and resources for the topic of Ourselves / Homes or as a vehicle for teaching early Literacy / Numeracy / Science / Art.
The work is centered around the picture of Bluebell Village.
(On it’s own this makes for great speaking and listening)!
There are 10 comprehension questions to answer and an activity sheet.
There is a planning grid example and a blank template for you to use.
There is plenty here for a unit of work.
A writing frame for boys and girls where children write about themselves.
There are blank templates included for children to add their own headings.
Links to Ourselves nicely and for children entering a new class.
This resource links to Ourselves, All about Me and Change.
Using the Senses, children draw or / and write
What they do and do not like to watch / see
What they do and do not like to listen to / hear
What they do and do not like to do /play/touch
What they do and do not like to taste /eat
What they do and do not like to smell
There is a filled in example and 3 versions of the template included.
Very useful when children transition or move to a new class or have a new teacher.
Here are some additions to your topic on Houses, Homes or Ourselves.
There is a colour poster useful for displays.
There are colouring sheets of homes.
There is a writing sheet for children to write about their homes and a sheet for children to draw their home and write their address on the envelope.
This links to topics such as Ourselves, All about Me and PSHE.
4 pages of colour cards showing faces with different expressions or feelings.
Children can cut these out, talk about them and match them.
There are 4 different feeling faces on each page to match.
Children can sort the emotions e.g. into happy or sad or angry.
Laminate the cards and they can be reused multiple times.
4 colour sets of writing frames for St Patrick’s day.
There are 2 lined and 2 non - lined.
Children can use to write simple sentences or key words to do with St Patrick’s day, or draw / paste pictures.
Also very useful to add to your display work.
A complete lesson and resources around Friends suitable for EYFS and KS1 children. Activities include sorting, matching, writing and design work.
The story is based around Mr Green who is a teacher with 10 children in his class. Each child has a best friend and so the children are paired on some sheets.
Sheet 1 shows the 10 children, these can be duplicated and cut out into cards for matching and sorting activities.
Sheet 2 shows the children paired in Mr Green’s class.
Sheet 3 explains what the activities are and this can be shared with the children.
Sheet 4 asks the children to give each of the children a name.
Sheets 5,6 and 7 show the children paired and there is space for children to write about each pair. Children can then write about themselves and their friends.
Finally, sheet 8 is a collection of things that are found in Mr Green’s classroom. Children can cut these out and make an imaginary classroom for the 10 children.
This is a nice activity for children to work in pairs.