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.
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.
This Christmas-themed resource is designed for KS1 children to inspire festive writing and drawing activities.
It includes 8 colourful themed border frames, each with lined versions for children to write about Christmas topics such as a present wish list, a letter to Santa, or even a message to use as an insert for a Christmas card.
The same designs are also available without lines, allowing children to draw their festive scenes or decorate their cards.
This versatile resource encourages creativity and writing during the Christmas season.
A collection of short stories about best friends Robby and Looty. Follow their adventures where the importance of friends is key and a range of feelings are explored such as honesty, kindness and pride.
Each resource has an illustrated one page story and a comprehension sheet.
Suitable for EYFS and KS1.
This 2 page resource is designed to support teaching key social-emotional topics such as friendship, feelings, and honesty for young learners.
Using the short story of ‘Robby and Looty’, children can begin to understand the importance of making good choices, being honest, and considering how their actions affect others.
Key Focus Areas:
Friendship: Children learn how Robby and Looty are friends but must make better choices together. Discussions can centre around what makes a good friend and how friends help each other make the right decisions.
Feelings: The story explores how Robby and Looty feel before and after taking the apples, helping children recognise feelings like guilt, regret, and relief. Teachers can use this to prompt discussions about how actions impact emotions.
Honesty: By returning the stolen apples, Robby and Looty show the importance of being honest and making things right. This opens up conversations on why honesty matters and what children can do if they make a mistake.
Worksheet: A simple worksheet with key questions is provided which helps children reflect on and write about the story.
Role-Playing: Children can act out situations where honesty is important, learning how to apologise and make amends.
A set of alphabet colour cards for young children.
The cards can be cut out, laminated and used for matching, sequencing and spelling activities.
There is a template for children to make their own letter cards e.g.they could use the letters of their own name.
The activity introduces the rhyme: And the Band keeps marching on…
Share the rhyme and children can begin to learn the chorus whilst interacting using musical instruments and body parts to create sounds.
This worksheet encourages creativity and helps children learn about different instruments in a fun and interactive way. The structure guides them through adding their own verses while reinforcing the repeated chorus, making it a fun literacy and music activity.
The rhyme sheet is in colour and duplicated in black and white. Children can colour in the band and write underneath the text.
A fun activity for the introduction of Autumn for KS1.
Children have the opportunity to create creatures from leaves and then invent adventure stories for them.
The resources include a lesson plan: Creating leaf Creatures for Autumn, which lays out objectives, materials and step by step instructions.
There are 2 stories with ready made examples of leaf creatures:
Flappy the Flying Frog and Squiggle the Squirrel. Each story shows the character and has a comprehension sheet with 6 questions for children to answer.
The resource links to reading, guided reading, writing, comprehension, animals and Autumn.
This “Who’s Who in the Classroom” resource is a colourful poster for KS1 children returning to school. It features 18 children, each ready for their new class and year, making it a fun way to explore new friendships and learn about one another.
The resource includes five activities where children can read and answer questions about the characters, identify them from descriptions, and practice phonics by matching names. They’ll also get to write names in alphabetical order, describe the characters to a friend, and write their own short descriptions. This resource supports learning about feelings, Ourselves, School and phonics.
To make the learning experience more personal and engaging, you can create a class resource using the children’s own photos or drawings. Start by asking each child to either bring in a photo of themselves or draw a picture of how they see themselves. Then, create a large poster or a digital display featuring all the children’s images. Alongside each photo or drawing, add a space for the child’s name, a fun fact about them, and their favourite things. You can also include activities similar to the ones in the “Who’s Who in the Classroom” resource, such as matching names, ordering them alphabetically, or describing a classmate’s picture. This personalized resource reinforces the skills practiced in the original poster and also helps children feel more connected to their classmates and comfortable in their new environment.
The “Sentence Writing with Tigers” resource for KS1 features seven pictures of tigers, both in colour and black and white, each showing a tiger engaged in an activity they enjoy, such as playing football, baseball, karate, or swimming.
Beneath each picture are words that need to be rearranged to form sentences, like “My name is Sam and I am a tiger. I like to play darts.”
The last page includes a blank template for children to draw their own tiger and write words in the boxes, which they can then rearrange to create their own sentences.
The sheets can be used in guided reading activities and support grammar and punctuation work.
This literacy resource helps young children practice sentence construction and boosts their creativity.
“The School Bus” resource consists of a poem and two engaging worksheets designed for Key Stage 1 children.
The poem is divided into two parts: the first part features a black-and-white illustration of a sad bus, symbolizing the end of the school year and the loneliness of summer; the second part showcases a colourful, happy bus filled with children, representing the joy of returning to school.
This resource links to a variety of themes such as poems, change, feelings, transportation and the school experience.
The first worksheet encourages children to listen to the poem and fill in the missing words, reinforcing their listening and comprehension skills.
The second worksheet involves listening to the poem and answering multiple-choice questions, further enhancing their understanding and critical thinking.
A bundle of literacy resources linked to letters of the alphabet: U, V, W, X, Y and Z. There are a collection of worksheets for each sound including: word search, handwriting, reading, matching and colouring.
4 Worksheets for EYFS and KS1 children based on the Letter ‘U’.
Sheet 1- Children cut out and match the colour and black and white cards showing pictures of things beginning with the letter U such as unicorn, umbrella and upstairs. They can write and match the words.
Sheet 2- A handwriting practice sheet for the letter ‘U’.
Sheet 3 and 4 - Colouring sheets where children colour in the unicorn and umbrella and write the sentence.
Boardmaker licenced.
5 Worksheets for children at EYFS and KS1 learning the alphabet and the letter X.
Sheet 1: Children cut out the pictures and make pairs of words with X in them. They then write the words and match them.
Sheet 2: Handwriting the letter X.
Sheet 3: Word Search; Find 5 words with the letter X in them using the pictures as a guide.
Sheets 4 and 5: Children colour the Ox and Fox and write the sentences.
Boardmaker licenced.
This phonics resource for EYFS and KS1 teachers focuses on the letter “Z” and includes seven worksheets:
Matching cut-out pictures by sound (e.g., zoo and flew, zip and rip).
Handwriting practice for capital and lowercase “Z”.
A word search with 5 words to find, like zoom, zoo, and zebra, where children tick off corresponding pictures as they find the words.
Colouring a zebra and overwriting the sentence “Z is for Zebra”.
Tracing letters “Z” and naming pictures beginning with “Z”.
Reading and underlining “Z” words in a poem about a zebra at the zoo.
Colouring a picture of the zoo and writing the sentence.
Boardmaker licenced.
This resource is designed for KS1, SEND and EYFS teachers to help children recognize, write, and understand the initial sound - the letter ‘Y.’
It includes seven black and white worksheets: letter formation practice, colour by numbers, matching rhyming picture pairs, join the dots, a word search, find and underline the ‘Y’ words in the ‘Yacht’ poem, and picture-sound matching.
These activities promote fine motor skills, letter recognition, and phonemic awareness through multi-sensory learning.
Teachers can integrate these printable worksheets into daily lessons, providing a fun way for children to learn the letter ‘Y’.
Boardmaker licenced.
This resource is designed for KS1, SEND and EYFS teachers to help children recognize, write, and understand the initial sound - the letter ‘W.’
It includes seven black and white worksheets: letter formation practice, colour by numbers, matching rhyming picture pairs, join the dots, a word search, find and underline the ‘W’ words in the ‘Witch’ poem, and picture-sound matching.
These activities promote fine motor skills, letter recognition, and phonemic awareness through multi-sensory learning.
Teachers can integrate these printable worksheets into daily lessons, providing a fun way for children to learn the letter ‘W’.
Boardmaker licenced.
A phonics resource to support KS1 and SEND pupils with a focus on the letter ‘V’.
There are 5 worksheets which are in colour and replicated in black and white.
8 picture symbols with words beginning with V. Children trace the words and match them to the pictures and label them e.g. volcano and violin.
8 picture symbols showing words that end in ve. Children trace the words and match them to the pictures and label them e.g. drive and dive.
Singular and plural nouns - Children find matching pairs e.g. wolf and wolves and knife and knives. Children trace the words and match them to the pictures and label them.
Things found in the house with the letter V e.g. vacuum, oven and vase. Children trace the words and match them to the pictures and label them.
Pairs of rhyming words e.g. van and pan, vet and met. Children trace the words and match them to the pictures and label them.
Links to reading and handwriting.
Boardmaker licenced.
This resource is designed for KS1, SEND and EYFS teachers to help children recognize, write, and understand the initial sound - the letter “V.”
It includes seven worksheets: letter formation practice, colour by numbers, matching picture pairs, join the dots, word search, find the V words in the poem, and picture-sound matching.
These activities promote fine motor skills, letter recognition, and phonemic awareness through multi-sensory learning.
Teachers can integrate these printable worksheets into daily lessons, providing a fun way for children to learn the letter “V.”
Boardmaker licenced.
This phonics resource is ideal for KS1 and SEND pupils.
It includes a word wall featuring 54 words containing “ck,” such as “back,” “pickles,” “pocket,” and “stocking.”
Additionally, there are three worksheets available in both colour and black-and-white, showing symbols/pictures of these 54 words.
Children label the pictures and use the word wall to support their writing, vocabulary development and spelling skills.
Boardmaker licenced.
This literacy resource for Key Stage 1 focuses on consonant blends with the letter R.
The main objectives are to help children identify and use consonant blends with R, to improve their handwriting, spelling, reading and to build vocabulary.
Symbols and visual aids are used to support learning. Additionally, children are taught that the letter W is silent when it precedes R, as in “write” and “wrist.”
The resource includes five colourful worksheets and their black-and-white counterparts, each designed to help children recognize and practice these blends.
Each page targets specific blends:
Page 1 covers “br” and “cr”
Page 2 focuses on “dr” and “fr”
Page 3 highlights “gr” and “wr”
Page 4 addresses “pr” and “tr”
The final page serves as an assessment, combining blends from the previous pages (“br,” “fr,” “tr,” and “gr”).
Children are tasked with writing the words under their corresponding pictures. The words are displayed along the right side of each worksheet in dotted form, which children trace before writing them independently.
Boardmaker licenced.
This literacy resource is designed for KS1 and SEND children, focusing on consonant blends with the letter ‘L’.
The main objectives are to enhance phonetic recognition, improve handwriting, and support spelling skills. Symbols and images are incorporated to aid comprehension and engagement, ensuring the resource is accessible for all learners(Boardmaker Licenced).
The resource includes 10 worksheets: 5 in colour and 5 in black and white.
Each worksheet targets specific two-letter blends:
Page 1 covers “bl” and “cl”,
Page 2 focuses on “fl” and “gl”,
Page 3 addresses “pl” and “sl”.
Pages 4 and 5 are assessment pages, combining various blends: “pl”, “gl”, “cl”, and “fl” on Page 4, and “bl”, “sl”, “fl”, and “gl” on Page 5.
Children are prompted to write words under pictures, with each word shown along the right side in dotted form for tracing.