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Teaching and Learning Resources for Early Learners and KS1

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Looking for something original? Here are some Resources for Early Learners and Key Stage 1 that you won't have used before. There are also some Key Stage 2 and a variety of SEND resources. Alphabet, Phonics, Speaking and Listening, Reading & Writing Activities and a range of topic resources. Worksheets, flashcards, activities, PPTs, quiz games and posters are all included. Most images licenced from graphicsfactory.com and symbols are licenced from Boardmaker.

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Looking for something original? Here are some Resources for Early Learners and Key Stage 1 that you won't have used before. There are also some Key Stage 2 and a variety of SEND resources. Alphabet, Phonics, Speaking and Listening, Reading & Writing Activities and a range of topic resources. Worksheets, flashcards, activities, PPTs, quiz games and posters are all included. Most images licenced from graphicsfactory.com and symbols are licenced from Boardmaker.
Letter 'Q' Photograph Resource Pack KS1
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Letter 'Q' Photograph Resource Pack KS1

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This resource presents a colourful array of 15 carefully chosen photographs depicting objects beginning with ‘Q’. Key Stage 1 will enjoy these ‘real world’ phonics activities. Cut and laminated, the photographs will enhance your displays on the letter Q and encourage lots of speaking and listening. The pack includes: A poster showcasing all 15 ‘Q’ 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 ‘Q’ 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 'Q’ words to complete the sentences. Make sure you mix up the missing words first.
Letter 'R' Photograph Resource Pack KS1
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Letter 'R' Photograph Resource Pack KS1

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This resource presents a colourful array of 15 carefully chosen photographs depicting objects beginning with ‘R’. Key Stage 1 will enjoy these ‘real world’ phonics activities. Cut and laminated, the photographs will enhance your displays on the letter R and encourage lots of speaking and listening. The pack includes: A poster showcasing all 15 ‘R’ 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 ‘R’ 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 'R’ words to complete the sentences. Make sure you mix up the missing words first.
Letter 'S' Photograph Resource Pack KS1
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Letter 'S' Photograph Resource Pack KS1

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This resource presents a colourful array of 15 carefully chosen photographs depicting objects beginning with ‘S’. Key Stage 1 will enjoy these ‘real world’ phonics activities. Cut and laminated, the photographs will enhance your displays on the letter S and encourage lots of speaking and listening. The pack includes: A poster showcasing all 15 ‘S’ 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 ‘S’ 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 'S’ words to complete the sentences. Make sure you mix up the missing words first.
Letter B Photograph Based Resource Pack KS1
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Letter B Photograph Based Resource Pack KS1

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This resource presents a colourful array of 15 carefully chosen photographs depicting objects beginning with ‘B’. Key Stage 1 will enjoy these ‘real world’ phonics activities. Cut and laminated, the photographs will enhance your displays on the letter B and encourage lots of discussion. The pack includes: A poster showcasing all 15 ‘B’ 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 ‘B’ 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 ‘B’ words to complete the sentences. Make sure you mix up the missing words first.
Letter E Photograph Resource Pack KS1
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Letter E Photograph Resource Pack KS1

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This resource presents a colourful array of 15 carefully chosen photographs depicting objects beginning with ‘E’. Key Stage 1 will enjoy these ‘real world’ phonics activities. Cut and laminated, the photographs will enhance your displays on the letter E and encourage lots of speaking and listening. The pack includes: A poster showcasing all 15 ‘E’ 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 ‘E’ words is included. An answer sheet is added, enabling learners to check their answers. A worksheet that will allow children to demonstrate their understanding by filling in the missing gaps with ‘E’ words to complete the sentences. Make sure you mix up the missing words first.
Letter G Photograph Resource Pack KS1
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Letter G Photograph Resource Pack KS1

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This resource presents a colourful array of 15 carefully chosen photographs depicting objects beginning with ‘G’. Key Stage 1 will enjoy these ‘real world’ phonics activities. Cut and laminated, the photographs will enhance your displays on the letter G and encourage lots of speaking and listening. The pack includes: A poster showcasing all 15 ‘G’ 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 ‘G’ 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 ‘G’ words to complete the sentences. Make sure you mix up the missing words first.
Letter 'T' Photograph Resource Pack KS1
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Letter 'T' Photograph Resource Pack KS1

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This resource presents a colourful array of 15 carefully chosen photographs depicting objects beginning with ‘T’. Key Stage 1 will enjoy these ‘real world’ phonics activities. Cut and laminated, the photographs will enhance your displays on the letter T and encourage lots of speaking and listening. The pack includes: A poster showcasing all 15 ‘T’ 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 ‘T’ 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 'T’ words to complete the sentences. Make sure you mix up the missing words first.
Poetry Unit of Work exploring Ourselves
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Poetry Unit of Work exploring Ourselves

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The scheme of work is designed to encourage KS1 children to engage with poetry and explore themes of Ourselves. It includes studying 5 family oriented poems, creating a table to display the poems and their key features / information, and finally, asks children to write their own poems. Each week or session, you could focus on a different poem and children can begin to fill in the table together or individually. Page 1 gives an example of the table already filled in for your reference. There are posters showing each of the 5 poems and a template for children to write their own poems at the end. As an extension to the work you could organize a class poetry reading where children get the chance to present their own poems. End the scheme by reflecting on the poems studied and written. Discuss what children have learned about the theme ‘Ourselves’ through this poetic journey.
Telling the Time Cards at KS1
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Telling the Time Cards at KS1

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This versatile resource is designed to support teachers in teaching time to Key Stage 1 students. The set includes four different types of clock faces on ‘camera’ cards, allowing children to practice time-telling skills. The clock faces are presented in a clear and engaging manner, making it easy for young learners to understand and interact with them. Activity Ideas: Explore a range of real clocks including wall clocks, alarm clocks, watches, digital clocks and roman numeral clocks. Display a clock face card on the board and have students identify the time. This can be done as a whole class activity or in small groups. This resource supports o’clock, half past and quarter past the hour. There are blank templates for you to extend further. Create Your Own Clock: Use card circles, students create their own clock faces. They can choose a style they prefer and add the times using markers, stickers, or other materials. This hands-on activity will help them develop a deeper understanding of how different clock faces represent time. Time Matching: Print and cut out multiple sets of the clock face cards. Have students work in pairs or small groups to match the different clock faces showing the same time. This activity encourages collaboration and reinforces their time-telling skills. Cut out the camera cards, laminate and add to the maths table with dry markers. Boardmaker licenced for symbol use.
Time Detectives Make a Time Capsule KS1
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Time Detectives Make a Time Capsule KS1

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These resources link to your topic on History, Time Detectives, Ourselves and Literacy. Sheets 1 and 2 are examples of letters written by children to include in their time capsules. Children can use these to stimulate their own letter writing. Sheet 3 is a guide for children writing their letters to Future Me! There are 10 ideas of what could be included in the letters. Sheet 4 gives a list of ideas of what children might put into their time capsules. Sheet 5 gives some ideas for children to consider when making their time capsules and decorating them.
Time and Estimating Time  Intervals
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Time and Estimating Time Intervals

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A fun practical lesson linked to Time Detectives and Time for KS1 children and SEND pupils. There is a planning sheet with Learning Objectives, resources, activity suggestions and assessment ideas. There are 3 pages of colour task cards using symbols. Boardmaker licenced. There are 3 recording sheets showing all the tasks. Children work in pairs, estimating the time the tasks might take, carrying out the tasks and recording the actual time. Cut out and laminate the task cards for durability and for reuse. Ensure you have the equipment you need handy for each task such as a drum, a book, a pair of shoes, a bucket and spade etc.
Time Detectives Treasure Hunt KS1
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Time Detectives Treasure Hunt KS1

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A set of resources for your topic on Time Detectives linked to History and Literacy. The resource includes a planning sheet with learning objectives and 3 activity ideas. There are flashcards in colour and black and white showing 12 artefacts. These can be hidden indoors or outdoors for a treasure hunt. You may want to laminate if using outdoors or reusing resources for displays or for future classes. There are 2 worksheets each showing 6 artefacts. These are in colour and black and white. Use the worksheets on their own for children to label the objects or as a recording tool. Children mark off the objects they find on the treasure hunt and then label them. Activities: Treasure Hunt Research in groups and presentation Chronological timelines
Baby Animals Story, Cards and Worksheets
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Baby Animals Story, Cards and Worksheets

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A brave lioness has lost her cub. The story traces her journey and the 11 baby animals she comes across before she eventually finds her baby! Along the journey, children can name the animals, read the thoughts and speech, count the animals and match them to the flashcards included. Children can then complete the worksheets where they write the animals names and trace the words. Lots of opportunity for role play and drama too. Suitable for EYFS and KS1.
CHANGE Planning and Resources for KS1
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CHANGE Planning and Resources for KS1

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A pack of resources around the theme of Change. Suitable for EYFS / KS1 and SEND pupils. Boarmaker licenced. Page 1 is a sample planning sheet Page 2 is the actual planning sheet and includes LOs, Cross curricular links, resources, conclusion, assessment, extension, introduction and lesson / activity ideas. Included are 9 colour pages of flashcards showing change and supporting the activities in the planning overview. These cover Change in respect of animals, household objects and transport as well as food and clothing. The final sheet is a sequencing template that also links to planning. Cut and laminate the cards for matching, comparing and contrasting activities which link to history and science.
Time Detectives Planning and Activities KS1
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Time Detectives Planning and Activities KS1

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A lesson resource or unit of work when introducing the topic of Time Detectives or timelines to young children. There is a planning sheet included with learning objectives and activity ideas. There are 2 worksheets included where children can familiarize themselves with the idea of using information and answering questions. There is a template timeline sheet that children can use to make a simple personal timeline. There is a colour timeline completed by ‘Robert’ to share with your class to give them some ideas for when they make their own.
20 Topic Boards with Boardmaker Symbols
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20 Topic Boards with Boardmaker Symbols

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*Licenced to use, produce and sell resources using Boardmaker symbols. A resource designed with SEND pupils in mind that works well too, for KS1 children. There are 20 different topic boards using colour Boardmaker symbols. Each board has 10 symbols - 2 rows of 5. Topics covered are: Toys, Buildings, Chocolate, Clothes, Days of the Week, Family, Farm, Feelings, Take away food, Garden, Going for Gold, Growing up, Holidays and Celebrations, Journeys, Keeping Healthy, Under the Sea, Transport, Weather, Shopping and Space. The resource can be used in different ways: a visual aid; to encourage speaking and listening and communication; introducing a new topic or topic vocabulary; cutting out and adding to work or making worksheets;duplicating and playing matching games;adding to displays and much more.
My Garden Cross Curricular Resource Pack
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My Garden Cross Curricular Resource Pack

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A 13 page resource pack with a Garden theme. Links to Outdoor Learning, Science, Plants and Animals, nature, reading, writing, handwriting, numbers to 10 and poetry. Pages 1,2 and 3 show colour cards using symbols. Children can count, cut and order from 1 to 10. They can also match the numbers and number words to the pictures. Pages 4 to 7 show colour flashcards of the objects seen in the maths sheets and found in the garden. Cut and duplicate (and laminate) for matching games, and to add to your displays. Page 8 is a colouring sheet showing black and white pictures of all of the symbols in the garden. Pages 9 to 12 show handwriting sheets where children read the sentences, trace them and match them to the correct black and white symbols. Page 13 is an original poem - Rosie’s Garden. Share the poem and children can then draw Rosie’s garden. They could also underline rhyming words and / or words related to the garden symbols. Choose from the resources to make several lessons on the Garden theme. Boardmaker licenced.
Sounds All Around Resources with Symbols
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Sounds All Around Resources with Symbols

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This resource contains a planning sheet with a unit of work for you to use or select lessons or activities from. Planning includes LOs, assessment, resources, activity ideas, curriculum links etc. Suitable of EYFS/ KS1 and SEND. Symbols are used - Boardmaker Licenced. The resources come in black and white and are replicated in colour. There is a poster showing a collection of things that make sounds to discuss and use for a stimulus for further activities. There are 13 worksheets each showing 8 symbols of things that make a sound such as a whistle or a car crash. Children write under each picture the activity or a word that might describe the sound e.g. an ‘accident’ or ‘crash’. Introduce children to the concepts of Sounds all around and that of onomatopoeia.
Christmas Catch Phrase Game
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Christmas Catch Phrase Game

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A Catch Phrase game for KS1 and 2. A fun activity at Christmas. 40 pictorial popular catch phrases or sayings with a Christmas theme. The game encourages thinking skills and speaking and listening skills. There are 4 catch phrases on each page. Either show on the white board or cut out and show as individual cards or sets of 4. It is fun to work against the clock! Children can work in pairs or teams to try to work out the answers. An answer sheet is provided for them to mark off with suggested answers but there may be more than one acceptable answer. Cut out the cards and laminate for a game you can keep and re use. As an extra activity children can research and write the meanings or origins of the phrases. Examples of phrases are The first Noel, A Christmas Carol and Santa’s little helper. Children will enjoy making up their own Christmas phrases or sayings. Cards may also be cut out and used for matching games or making cards or tags for Christmas.
Fun Catch Phrase Quiz Time KS2
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Fun Catch Phrase Quiz Time KS2

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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.