Plan ahead and engage young children in festive learning with a set of 60 colourful Christmas-themed cards, each featuring themes such as Christmas animals, clothes, and seasonal sights, sounds, and smells. These cards, bordered in green or red and featuring dotted outlines for cutting, are versatile tools for a variety of activities. Children can cut out the shapes to create personalized Christmas cards, gift tags, or festive displays or card games. Matching games can be played with duplicate cards, enhancing memory and recognition skills. Sort the cards by sensory categories to discuss and explore what they see, hear, smell, or touch during the holiday season. The cards can also be used to create themed classroom displays or as prompts for storytelling and discussions about personal Christmas experiences. Interactive games like “Christmas Bingo” or “Christmas Charades” add an extra layer of fun.

This resource consists of five maths worksheets designed for young learners in EYFS and KS1, focusing on 2D shapes. There are 5 worksheets in colour and the same sheets duplicated in black and white. The worksheets feature a variety of activities to help children become familiar with basic geometric shapes: Children can name different shapes, reinforcing their shape recognition skills. Children trace over the shapes, which aids in developing fine motor skills and shape familiarity. Children colour in the black and white shapes, using their creativity while practicing colour recognition. Children cut around the shapes, enhancing their hand-eye coordination and scissor skills. Finally, children can match cut-out shapes with corresponding outline shapes, reinforcing their understanding of shape properties and spatial relationships. Overall, the worksheets provide an interactive approach to learning 2D shapes, catering to the developmental needs of young children.

Introducing a resource for EYFS and KS1 children to explore emotions and self-expression! This set includes four colour sheets, each featuring six unique faces made from simple circle shapes. Faces displays different facial expressions, hairstyles, hair colours, and head wear. The different faces encourage speaking and listening and the use of descriptive vocabulary. In addition to the colour sheets, a blank template is provided with six empty circles for children to design their own faces. They can select their favourite face / character that they have made and then create a personalized portrait-sized face using paint, collage, or other art materials. For added fun, the faces can be duplicated and cut out to create interactive games. Use them for a matching game where children pair the same faces or those with similar expressions, or play a bingo game where they match faces on their bingo cards with those drawn from a pool.

This Egg-themed activity for KS1 children combines addition and subtraction practice with fun egg motifs. Children complete 6 pages of addition worksheets and 6 pages of subtraction worksheets, each featuring 4 questions. Numbers answers are from zero to twelve. They solve problems by writing answers as numerals or number words, or by drawing the corresponding number of eggs. To add a hands-on element, real eggs, Easter eggs or egg-shaped counters can be used to physically count and solve the problems before recording answers. This activity helps reinforce counting and basic arithmetic skills while celebrating the spirit of Easter or a link with Food.

A set of resources showing colour cards from Ace to King in the suits of hearts, diamonds, spades and clubs. A lesson plan is included with 5 ways of using the resource. Objectives: Help KS1 children develop sorting, categorization, and creative skills using playing cards. This activity combines mathematics with art, allowing children to cut out, sort, and design custom playing cards with shapes and colours. Materials Needed: Printable playing card templates, coloured pencils/markers, scissors, glue sticks, cardstock, and optional sorting mats. Lesson planning sheet. Traditional playing card packs(optional). Differentiation: Provide pre-cut cards and guided templates for less confident learners and introduce advanced sorting criteria for those ready for more challenges. This activity reinforces fundamental mathematical concepts like number to 13, sorting, sequencing and categorization, but also allows children to exercise their creativity and fine motor skills.

Welcome to this dot-to-dot adventure! This resource is designed to help young learners practice connecting dots to form various shapes while improving their handwriting skills. Each of the five pages feature eight shapes with dot-to-dot outlines that children can follow. By connecting the dots, children practice fine motor skills but also enhance their shape recognition and early writing abilities.

This number resource consists of 4 worksheets designed for Key Stage 1 children. Each worksheet presents a series of number sentences involving simple addition and subtraction problems with answers within 10. Children are tasked with reading the number sentences, calculating the answers, and then colouring in the correct number of marbles in jars to visually represent their solutions. These worksheets help reinforce basic arithmetic skills while providing a fun, interactive way for children to practice and apply their knowledge of numbers.

In this resource for KS1 and EYFS children, the objective is to enhance counting skills, pattern recognition, and basic arithmetic. Using 9 pages of colour school themed cards (showing quantities from 1 to 6), number cards, and 4 pattern cards, children will first practice counting objects and matching number cards to colour objects cards. Colour cards include pencils, crayons, books, children and desks. Basic addition and subtraction concepts will be introduced through visual aids, allowing children to combine and remove objects to solve simple problems. They will engage in pattern matching by identifying and creating sequences with the pattern cards and colour cards. A lesson overview is included detailing the 3 lesson ideas. All cards can be duplicated, cut and laminated for matching and sorting games.

This EYFS /KS1 resource helps children to develop colour and pattern recognition, matching skills, and creativity through a fun activity involving footwear. It includes coloured images and black-and-white outlines of socks, shoes, boots, and stockings. Children colour the black-and-white outlines to match the coloured images, then use blank templates to create their own designs. This activity enhances skills in art and design and matching while promoting self-expression and creativity. Materials needed are printed sheets of images and templates, and colouring tools. Extension activities like pattern creation, a fashion show, and story time could add further engagement.

Introducing a teaching resource designed for young learners: a set of 10 pages, each featuring 6 colourful skateboards with unique designs including flowers, patterns, hearts, and animals. This resource is perfect for enhancing children’s colour and pattern recognition and creativity. Teachers can cut out and duplicate the skateboards for various matching and sorting activities, making learning fun and interactive. Additionally, a blank skateboard template is included, allowing children to design their own skateboards, fostering creativity and individual expression. Links to Art and Design, Sorting and Matching, Colour and Pattern, Sports.

This Sports Counting Activity is designed for young learners in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and Key Stage 1 (KS1). It focuses on developing number recognition, counting, matching, and sorting skills, all linked to a sports theme. Resource Overview: • 10 Worksheets: Each worksheet displays numbers from 1 to 6. • 6 Sports Cards: Each worksheet comes with six colourful sports cards that children can cut out and match to the corresponding numbers e.g. 1 football, 2 rugby balls, 3 skateboards, 4 boxing gloves, 5 trainers and 6 tennis balls. • Versatile Usage: The worksheets can be used as standalone activities or as part of a larger set. Teachers can laminate the cards for durability, allowing children to sort them into number sets or types of sports objects. • Final Page Template: A versatile template that teachers can use creatively, such as for making a Bingo game or for children to paste or draw into. Curriculum Integration: Useful around Sports Day or during Olympic events, this resource adds an interactive element to the curriculum. It also supports speaking and listening skills as children discuss their sorting and counting choices and preferences for different sports.

This ‘Animal’ teaching resource is designed for Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and Key Stage 1 (KS1) children to explore and learn about animals in a fun and engaging way. The resource includes 20 worksheets, each showcasing three coloured animals alongside three matching black and white animals, providing a total of 60 animal cards. The worksheets can be used as they are and /or the colour cards can be laminated and cut out for matching and sorting games. The accompanying lesson plans outline 5 structured activities with objectives, resources needed, and step-by-step instructions. The lessons are designed to help children identify and name animals, sort them by habitat, group similar animals, engage in creative art projects, and enhance their phonetic awareness. These activities encourage collaborative learning and individual creativity and link to Animals and their habitats, Sorting and Matching and Phonics.

This resource for EYFS and KS1 is centred around the theme “Ourselves / Me” and linked to clothing, matching and speaking and listening. The resource includes 10 pages with 6 colour cards on each. There are 5 children featured and each child has 12 cards showing different outfits / activities, allowing children to engage in observation and speaking and listening activities. By carefully observing the pictures, children can discuss the characters and their outfits, speculating about their interests, such as reading books, singing, or playing football. They can talk about their own similarities and differences. Teachers can duplicate, cut out, and laminate the cards for versatile use in matching games and activities. Examples include playing pairs, matching children with similar interests, or identifying outfits appropriate for different seasons or occasions. This interactive resource fosters observation, discussion, and social interaction among children.

Children can play matching games with these colourful animal cards. The animal cards are in the shape of a phone and there are a total of 18 different animals. There is also a blank template that children can use to make their own animal cards or design the screen page of a phone. Cut out, duplicate and laminate the cards for durability.

A maths unit of work for EYFS and KS1 which comes with planning for 6 simple activities: Button Sorting Button Counting Button Matching Button Sequencing Button Ordering Button Addition and Subtraction- numbers 1 to 10. There are 4 worksheets included to supplement practical work with buttons. Shapes or counters could also be used. There are also 3 colour sheets that children can cut up for button sorting, counting and matching games.

3 worksheets where children can practice and improve their handwriting / fine motor skills. Sheet 1: Numbers from 1 to 5 Sheet 2: Numbers 5 to 10 Sheet 3: Numbers 1 to 10. Children can also cut out and sequence the numbers.

2 worksheets for children to fine tune their tracing and cutting skills whilst learning about 2D shapes - Circles and Squares.

“Shapes in the Real World,” includes six colourful worksheets, each showcasing a variety of objects in different shapes: circles, rectangles, squares, triangles, and ovals. The final worksheet presents a mix of shapes for a review and includes a diamond shape. Each worksheet features six cards that can be cut out and laminated and used for sorting shape games or matching activities. There is a space under each shape picture for children to practice writing the shape names or the names of the objects, enhancing their literacy skills. The worksheets are also available in black and white, providing an opportunity for children to colour them in. They can also trace over the added words. To further enhance the learning experience, consider incorporating activities that encourage children to find shapes in their environment. Here are some ideas: Shape Scavenger Hunt: Organise a scavenger hunt where children search for objects around the classroom or school that match the shapes they are learning about. They can take pictures or draw what they find. Nature Walks: Take children on a nature walk and challenge them to find and identify shapes in natural objects, such as leaves, rocks, and flowers. They can document their findings through drawings or by collecting items to bring back to class. Shape Collages: Have children create collages using cut-out shapes from magazines or coloured paper. They can categorise their findings by shape and glue them onto large posters. Suitable for EYFS, KS1 and SEND children. Boardmaker licenced.

A set of resources based on Homes and linked to Ourselves, Number to 8 and Writing /Labelling. Suitable for EYFS and KS1. Counting, Cutting and Ordering Children cut out the houses and position them in order from 1 to 8. There is a black and white version of this worksheet and a colour version. Children can also draw or glue houses on the number sheet showing boxes from 1 to 8. Labelling Furniture/ Rooms On this worksheet, children can name the items of furniture and label them. Alternatively, they can write the names of the rooms where the furniture can be found. There is a colour and a black and white version of the labelling sheet.

A resource where children colour in the character cards showing the days of the week. They then cut these out and place in order. There is a worksheet with small character cards and there are larger flashcards which could also be used for matching, display, visual reference or sequencing activities. Children can also trace within the lines of the days of the week on the character cards.