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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.
Phonics: A and T Words with Symbols
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Phonics: A and T Words with Symbols

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This phonics resource is prepared with the needs of SEND and KS1 children in mind, focusing on distinguishing between the sounds and written letters A and T. It can form a complete lesson or part of a unit of work on phonics. The visual worksheets, featuring colourful illustrations of Anne, Tim, and their interests, offer an engaging approach to learning. There are two distinct worksheets for each letter, complete with amusing stories that embed the words beginning with the A and T, facilitating auditory and visual recognition. The activity promotes cutting, matching, colouring, tracing, and writing, covering a range of fine motor skills and comprehension tasks. For SEND children, particular support has been considered, such as adaptive scissors, auditory cues, enlarged fonts, and tactile resources like sandpaper letters. The combination of these features ensures that the resource is inclusive as well as enjoyable. Boardmaker licenced.
Phonics Initial Sound Work with Symbols
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Phonics Initial Sound Work with Symbols

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A structured phonics lesson pack for SEND and KS1 children, that uses Boardmaker symbols (licenced). The pack includes a planning overview showing the sounds focused on, the resources needed, and an extension activity for each initial sound. There are 15 worksheets, each with a different sound focus including st, sp, pl, pr, gl, gr, cr, cl, tr and th. There are 9 pictures/symbols on each sheet. These can be coloured in. By offering a step-by-step guide, complete with visual cues, repetitive tracing exercises, and engaging pictures, the resources ensure that every child, regardless of their learning style or pace, can begin to grasp the essential phonics concepts. The act of tracing, writing, and visually associating images with sounds offers multi-sensory stimulation, ensuring that learning is not just limited to listening. The extension activities allow children to recognize and apply phonics in varied contexts.
Phonics: Final Sounds Work with Symbols
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Phonics: Final Sounds Work with Symbols

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A comprehensive resource pack, designed to strengthen and consolidate the understanding of final sounds in words, specifically those with 2 letters (e.g., ‘og’) and 3 letters (e.g., ‘ing’). An invaluable tool for SEND and KS1 pupils. Pack Features: 2 planning sheets showing sound, resources needed, activity steps and extension ideas for each sound. Variety and Depth: The pack comprises 15 worksheets, each dedicated to a different final sound. Say, Write, and Trace: The exercises follow a three-step learning process for each sound: Say the Sound: Encourages auditory recognition and oral repetition, building phonemic awareness. Write the Sound: Pupils complete words by matching them with corresponding pictures, promoting association and comprehension. Trace the Letters: Alongside each worksheet, there’s a panel for tracing, fostering fine motor skills and reinforcing letter formation. Integration with Boardmaker Symbols (licenced): Each worksheet incorporates relevant symbols. These symbols offer visual support for auditory instructions. Use the worksheets and ideas to support your phonics work or as a unit of work in itself.
Feelings Counting Activity with Symbols
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Feelings Counting Activity with Symbols

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This resource consists of two worksheets, each focusing on FEELINGS. The first worksheet covers numbers 1 to 5, the second covers numbers 6 to 10. Sheet 3 is a blank template that can be used in a variety of ways. Each worksheet includes five pictures related to feelings, such as worried, happy, sad and excited. Children count and colour the pictures and cut them out. There are matching number cards for each picture. Children can write the corresponding number, trace the numeral, and then match these cards to the picture symbols on the worksheets. There are also cards displaying feeling words such as worried, miserable and angry. Children can practice their writing skills, cut out the words, and match them to the appropriate picture symbols. The resource also includes a blank template, allowing children to get creative by drawing their own feeling related pictures or pasting pictures in numerical order. Links Feelings with Ourselves, Number with Reading and Writing. Boardmaker licenced.
6 Hand Writing Skills Food Sheets SEND
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6 Hand Writing Skills Food Sheets SEND

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A set of 6 sheets with a food theme where children can practice their fine motor skills and colour in the pictures. Ice Cream Fruit Vegetables Cakes Party Food Christmas Food
Toys 3 Activities with Symbols
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Toys 3 Activities with Symbols

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This resource focuses on activities cantered around the theme of toys. Tailored to support SEND, EYFS, and KS1 curricula, it provides: Visual Stimulation: 4 coloured worksheets and corresponding black and white versions showcasing a range of toys. Hands-on Interaction: Activities involving cutting, pasting, and colouring to enhance fine motor skills. Cognitive Development: Tasks aimed at categorization, and descriptive language skills. Personal Connection: Opportunities for children to express personal toy preferences, fostering emotional and social growth. Included is a planning sheet with 3 suggested activities which make use of the resources provided. Planning includes resource lists, objectives and step by step guides. Boardmaker Licenced.
Transport Activities with Symbols
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Transport Activities with Symbols

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This “Transport Symbols” resource is tailored to engage SEND, EYFS, and KS1 children. The resource provides opportunities for children to recognise different vehicles, understand their environments, and engage in creative play. It encompasses hands-on activities, from colouring and sticking to collaborative group tasks and imaginative play. There is a planning sheet which sets out 5 different activities, lists resources needed, gives objectives and step by step guides for children / teachers. There are 4 black and white worksheets and 4 in colour. There is also a blank template which is included in the planned activities. Each worksheet contains 13 picture symbols of types of transport. Boardmaker licenced.
Weather Counting to 10 With Symbols
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Weather Counting to 10 With Symbols

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This resource consists of two worksheets, each focusing on Weather. The first worksheet covers numbers 1 to 5, the second covers numbers 6 to 10. Sheet 3 is a blank template that can be used in a variety of ways. Each worksheet includes five pictures related to weather such as sunny, snowmen and rainy. Children count and colour the pictures and cut them out. There are matching number cards for each picture. Children can write the corresponding number, trace the numeral, and then match these cards to the picture symbols. There are also cards displaying the names such as boots, mittens and snowmen. Children can practice their writing skills, cut out the words, and match them to the appropriate pictures. The resource also includes a blank template, allowing children to get creative by drawing their own weather related pictures or pasting pictures in numerical order. Links Seasons, Winter, Weather, Number with Reading and Writing. Boardmaker licenced
Animals to Write and Match with Symbols
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Animals to Write and Match with Symbols

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5 worksheets where children can match the animal symbols. They can draw a line to the matching symbol or colour, cut out the pictures and match. They can then trace over the names of the animals improving handwriting skills. Boardmaker Licenced. Suitable for SEND children, EYFS and KS1.
Festive Counting to 6 Cards with Symbols
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Festive Counting to 6 Cards with Symbols

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Link Number work with the Festive Season with this counting and matching game from 1 to 6. There is a colour version and a black and white version that children can colour in themselves. Children can cut out and match the cards showing things related to Christmas such as a snowman, 4 candy canes and 6 bells. There are number cards included and a blank sheet with 6 boxes that children can paste into or draw in. Boardmaker Licenced.
Fruit and Veg Activity Pack with Symbols
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Fruit and Veg Activity Pack with Symbols

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A Fruit and Vegetable Activity Pack for SEND and KS1 children. A fun and engaging way to teach children about fruits and vegetables. This Activity Pack has 12 colourful fruit and vegetable flashcards, colouring sheets, tracing and drawing activities and word searches for both fruit and vegetables, with picture clues for reading and phonics practice. Answer sheets are included for the word searches, so children can check their own work. Boardmaker Licenced.
Special Days and Celebrations Symbol Cards
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Special Days and Celebrations Symbol Cards

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A collection of colour symbols related to special days / events and festivals /celebrations. There are 2 pages, each showing 18 flashcards. The pages are duplicated with the flashcards appearing in a shuffled order. Children can talk about the symbols, sort them, order them and match. Cut out and laminate for sorting, matching and displays. Boardmaker licenced.
Writing Frames  4 Seasons with Symbols
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Writing Frames 4 Seasons with Symbols

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A collection of Seasons writing frames using symbols. The resources are in colour and black and white. Boardmaker licenced. Each writing frame shows a section that the children can write on and a picture related to the season. The black and white pictures can be coloured in. The frames are for Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn. There is also a frame for Night time and Day time. Great for SEND pupils who will benefit from the use of symbols and also for EYFS and KS1.
Festive Circular Pairing Activity with Symbols
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Festive Circular Pairing Activity with Symbols

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Enhance your festive classroom activities with this colour, cutting and matching activity. Designed for SEN (Special Educational Needs) pupils, in particular, this resource utilizes easily recognizable Christmas symbols. Also suitable of EYFS and KS1 children. The children cut out the circular pictures and match them into pairs. Pictures could be printed onto card and laminated for more matching fun. There are 10 sheets each showing 3 pairs of colour symbols on circles. Boardmaker licenced.
Festive Flashcards to Label and Match with Symbols
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Festive Flashcards to Label and Match with Symbols

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A fun activity for children incorporating learning with the Festive Season. There are 10 colour sheets each showing 8 symbols / pictures related to the Christmas Season. The cards can be duplicated, cut out and laminated and used for matching games or to add to displays. Alternatively use each sheet as a worksheet where children name the pictures and write the words underneath. There is a planning sheet included with ideas, materials needed and assessment opportunities. Boardmaker licenced. Suitable for SEND, EYFS and KS1 children.
Easter Writing Frames with Symbols
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Easter Writing Frames with Symbols

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A collection of Easter writing frames using symbols. The resources are in colour and black and white. Boardmaker licenced. Each writing frame shows a section that the children can write on and a picture related to Easter. The black and white pictures can be coloured in. There are 5 different designs of frames and a template for the children to draw their own picture in. The writing frames are useful too, to make into Easter Cards. Great for SEND pupils who will benefit from the use of symbols and also for EYFS and KS1.
Draw and write the Alphabet with Symbols
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Draw and write the Alphabet with Symbols

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A resource linked to phonics, the alphabet, reading and writing. There are a set of alphabet colour flash cards showing symbols for each letter of the alphabet. Next there are 2 worksheets: Children draw a picture for each letter of the alphabet using the black and white symbols to guide them and/or the colour flashcards. Children write the words for each sound using the word cards to support them. Boardmaker licenced.
Large and Small Flashcards with Symbols
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Large and Small Flashcards with Symbols

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A set of colour coded flashcards to support Measures and linked to Sorting and Matching for SEND, EYFS and KS1. There are 8 sheets, each with 6 flashcards. 3 are yellow (indicating small) and 3 are blue (indicating large). SEND pupils will be familiar with symbols and this will support their learning. Boardmaker Licenced. Cut out the flashcards and children can use these for speaking and listening, sorting and matching. Measures: In the context of measures, large and small are fundamental concepts that help children understand size, scale, and quantity. These are basic mathematical concepts that are crucial for understanding measurement, comparison, and spatial awareness. For example, children learn to measure and compare objects to determine which is larger or smaller, an essential skill in mathematics. The final page of the resource is a black and white template. Children can draw 3 large objects and 3 small objects and this will assess their learning and understanding.
Rainy Day Bingo Game with Symbols
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Rainy Day Bingo Game with Symbols

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This Rainy-Day Bingo Game resource provides a fun and engaging way to spend a rainy day indoors or to supplement your topic on Weather or Seasons. Children will have fun playing a themed Bingo game using symbols associated with rainy weather. The resource features: Game Planning Guide: Step-by-step instructions on how to set up and play the Rainy-Day Bingo Game. (Children can make their own). Ready-Made Bingo Boards: Six pre-designed Bingo boards featuring a variety of ‘rainy day’ symbols. Each board has a unique arrangement of symbols, ensuring a different experience for each player. Boards are colour coded with different colour borders. Boardmaker licenced