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.
A colour matching game for EYFS with a Button theme.
There are 3 pages each showing pairs of colour buttons. Children can cut them out and make pairs.
Laminate the buttons and they can be re used.
There is a black and white sheet included with 12 buttons. Children can use this sheet to colour in pairs of buttons with their chosen colours.
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.
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.
3 pages of pairs of animals in photo form.
Each page shows 9 pairs of animals.
Use in your animal projects or work on pairs, numbers or sets cross curricular.
Duplicate and print / cut for children to match the animal pairs.
This resource links to pattern, colour and shape as well as topics on clothing.
There are 6 examples of pairs of shoes /trainers that show the soles and the patterns on these.
Children can talk about the colours, shapes and patterns.
They can then look at a selection of shoes /trainers examining their soles /patterns. They could consider why certain shoes may have particular patterns.
Children could bring to school a pair of shoes from home that show interesting patterns.
They can draw the patterns and/or make up patterns of their own.
Sheet 1 of the resource shows black and white pairs of trainers. These can be photocopied for children to colour or paint.
A card game for children to cut out and make.
Games include Snap, Pairs, or Sorting games.
Children can find pairs, or sets of 3 matching cards.
They can use the outline colours of green or red to help them as needed.
There are 9 pages of cards to cut out with 3 of each of 2 designs on each one e.g 3 Santas and 3 Santa’s sacks.
Each individual sheet could also be used as a worksheet where children cut and match / make sets of 3 Christmas pictures.
Laminate the cards for durability and for use next Christmas too!
The final page is a template for children to add their own Christmas pictures to.
A simple snap game for Christmas activity week.
Cut out the colour pictures and laminate for durability.
Children can play pairs or snap games.
There are 3 pages with 6 pairs of cards on each one.
A fun game for young children that can be differentiated from counting and adding small numbers together to adding up to 36.
There are different ways of using the resources.
Activity 1
Share page 1 and work through together with the children so they understand the process. Then children can complete page 2 on their own, or in pairs. Here they say how many ducks they see on the ponds and add up the numbers using the colour duck key.
Page 3 is a template so that the children can add their own colours to the duck key. Add their own ducks to the pond and then work out the answers to the questions.
Activity 2
Page 4 is a set of colour duck cards. Duplicate these and cut them out to play matching games, snap, pairs and colour sorting.
Page 5 is a pond for children to colour in and add ducks of their own.
Page 6 are outline black and white ducks for the children to colour in how they want. They could cut these out and add them to the pond.
Extend by making a class pond collage where all the children can add their own duck.
*PCS Licenced - Boardmaker symbols.
A pack of resources for young learners with a cross curricular theme. Something here for everyone in the class to enjoy.
Links to maths - sorting, matching, counting, symmetry, ordering, numbers and fractions. Links to food - fruits and plants. Links to Art and Design and Literacy - reading comprehension and phonics.
Resources:
Apple counting sheet and template to make your own
A set of apple dominoes to colour, cut out and play
A comprehension sheet about a market stall to read and write the answers
The letters in a p p l e s to colour, cut out and order
Letters to trace or colour in
A counting whole and half apples number sheet
A colouring fruit page
3 colour half fruits to cut and make whole
Apple character ideas to stimulate children to design their own
An apple poster to stimulate children’s own poster designs
4 worksheets that can also be used as assessment sheets linked to a Transport theme.
Children can use the worksheets to count and write the number words or numerals from 1 to 10.
They could also cut out the pictures and match them or put them in numerical order.
There is a blank template for children to draw in or insert pictures.
Boardmaker licenced
A colourful matching game to make for EYFS and suitable for KS1 children.
Cut out all the cards to play matching games.
There are 10 pages with 3 different picture circle designs on each.
There are 4 of each design - in 2 colours.
Each sheet can be a stand alone worksheet where the children cut out the cards and make them into sets.
The cards are nice added to displays for Spring or Easter.
Enlarge if you want these bigger.
4 worksheets in black and white linked to Clothing or Ourselves themes.
Children find the matching clothing on each page, colour them in and cut them out to make pairs.
3 fun activities to do with young children learning about Dinosaurs.
The first 2 pages are colour flashcards of dinosaurs for children to play a matching game with.
Sheet 3 shows 2 bookmarks to make with a dinosaur theme.
Sheet 3 is a colouring worksheet where children write a sentence underneath.
5 black and white worksheets on the theme of food and numbers from 1 to 8.
4 worksheets show food items that children cut out, count and order from 1 to 8.
The final sheet shows numbers from 1 to 8.
Children can cut and order the numbers or use this as a template for pasting into.
A counting and ordering activity for children learning their numbers up to 15.
Sheet 1 shows the colour shirts to 15. Children can trace the numbers, cut and order the shirts.
Sheet 2 is the same as sheet 1 but in black and white.
Sheet 3 is a template of shirts that children can use to write their own numbers and /or design their own shirts.
Sheet 4 shows 2 large shirt templates.
This is a fun activity for young children which requires close observation and number matching.
What to do:
Show the first page of the quiz to the class or to a group of children. The page shows 15 baby animal parts and each one is numbered.
See if children can name the baby animals from the small parts they can see.
Give each child a copy of sheet 2, the numbered template. Children can write the name of the animals or draw them next to the correct numbers.
Sheet 3 shows the full pictures of the 15 baby animals. Children could mark off the animals as they recognise them from the quiz. Or, they can cut out the pictures and add them to sheet 2 - pasting them onto the correct number squares.
The final sheet is a colouring page showing the 15 baby animals.
A fun activity linked to Colour, Sorting, Easter, Spring or Animals.
There are 6 bunny pictures in different colours to cut and sort - green, yellow, white, pink, blue and orange.
Page 1 can shows all 6 colour bunnies.
The other pages show 6 of each colours - e.g. 6 yellow bunnies or 6 blue.
Cut and laminate the bunnies for durability and for playing games such as Lotto, Sorting, Counting and Matching.
Page 1 with the 6 different colour bunnies can be used as a base board and children can find matching bunnies to place on top.
The white bunnies can also be coloured in by children and then cut and matched.
Colour flashcards with a food theme for you to cut out and laminate and use in counting, ordering and matching games with young children.
Numbers are from 1 to 5.
There are 3 colour cards - blue, yellow and green and 30 flash cards in total.
This engaging set of games offers a set of 48 colourfully illustrated cards featuring common school objects, along with detailed plans and instructions for four fun and educational games: ‘Making Pairs,’ ‘Classroom Challenge,’ ‘Story Chains,’ and ‘Relay Card Game.’
Designed with Key Stage 1 children in mind, these games help stimulate various skills such as memory, concentration, creativity, communication, storytelling, teamwork, and quick decision-making.
Each game serves a different purpose, catering to different learning styles, and offering the possibility to challenge children in unique ways.
‘Making Pairs’ will challenge observation and memory, ‘Classroom Challenge’ will improve their description skills and attention to detail, ‘Story Chains’ will unlock their creativity and enhance their storytelling skills, and the ‘Relay Card Game’ will encourage teamwork and fast thinking.
Whether you’re looking to fill a spare half-hour or planning a dedicated day of learning-based fun, this versatile set is sure to be a hit with your class.
6 activity worksheets based on the clock face and using numbers from 1 to 12.
Match the numbers and months of the year
Match the numbers and number names
Match the hours to the clock face
Match the hours to the clock face and trace the numbers
Count and match the numbers and shapes
Join the numbers from 1 to 12 and trace the numbers