This Literacy based resource is designed for children aged 5 to 7 and combines storytelling, creativity, and skill-building activities. It begins with a short, engaging fairy tale about a castle, a princess, a queen, a knight, and a dragon, complete with illustrations to spark imagination. Children are encouraged to discuss characters, settings, events, and key objects, with a black-and-white version provided for colouring. The set includes: 8 Story Flashcards: Brightly coloured cards featuring key elements of the story, alongside black-and-white versions for children to colour in. (Cut and laminate for durability and reuse). Dragon Silhouette Activity: A poster of dragon silhouettes with matching flashcards for children to cut out and match to the poster. Castle Colouring Sheet: A detailed colour illustration of a castle and a matching version for children to colour. Trace-and-Colour Sheet: A fine motor skill activity where children trace and colour a castle and knight. Extend by asking the children to write their own short story using the flashcards/ or write guided stories in groups. Children can also use the story for drama and role play.

This resource for EYFS and KS1 includes six worksheets, each focusing on one of the initial sounds: s, a, t, p, i, and n. Each worksheet features bold pictures to name and colour, helping children develop early phonics skills while reinforcing their understanding of the alphabet. Perfect for introducing and practicing key sounds in a fun, interactive way.

This colourful resource features a fun ladder filled with six kittens, designed to help children explore numbers, colours, and positions. The resource includes three colour pages, each showing the six kittens in different arrangements and colours, on the ladder. Each page is accompanied by ten questions, such as “What colour is the kitten sitting at the top of the ladder?”, “What colour is the kitten directly above the orange kitten?”, and “How many kittens are on the ladder altogether?”. Children are encouraged to both read and write answers to the questions, enhancing literacy and numeracy skills. A black-and-white sheet is also included, inviting children to colour the kittens themselves and answer additional questions. The final sheet provides a template for children to write their own questions, record answers, and colour the kittens. This resource supports learning about animals, pets, colours, numbers up to 6, and positional language, making it a useful tool for interactive and creative learning in the classroom or at home.

This resource includes seven worksheets designed for KS1 (and EYFS), featuring colourful symmetrical flower patterns. Each worksheet presents a fully coloured flower alongside a black-and-white version for children to recreate by following the colour-by-number system (numbers 1, 2, and 3). Children can either use the three suggested colours or choose their own. The final page includes a blank black-and-white flower for free colouring and one with numbered sections to guide their creativity further. Perfect for enhancing symmetry, colour recognition, and fine motor skills!

A black and white poster for children to colour in when celebrating the New Year.

This resource features three activity sheets designed to develop comprehension, numeracy, and creativity skills: Comprehension Sheet: Includes 13 questions based on a colourful ‘house’ illustration, such as “Which house has an orange roof?” This activity strengthens reading comprehension and attention to detail. Flashcards: Printable (and optionally laminate) flashcards of houses with odd-numbered roofs (1 to 15) for ordering activities. A template on the last worksheet allows children to paste the cards in sequence. Creative Colouring: Black-and-white house templates for children to colour and number. They can use original odd numbers or switch to even numbers starting from 2, then cut and reorder them. Objectives: • Enhance reading comprehension and observational skills. • Practice numeracy with odd/even number sequencing. • Encourage creativity and fine motor skills through colouring, adding details and cutting. • Foster engagement with hands-on, multi-sensory activities while supporting cross-curricular learning.

This resource is a collection of 18 colour flashcards that can be cut out and laminated if desired. It can be used with practical resources such as blocks, bricks, gummed squares of paper. It includes: Flashcards (18): Brightly coloured images of ‘Stickle’ blocks / bricks. Practical Activity Sheets (2): Children use blocks, bricks, or square gummed paper to recreate the patterns shown on the sheets. They can also incorporate number by counting colours and how many blocks in each tower. Colouring Sheets (2): White brick templates where children can colour in the bricks to match the colour patterns shown. Brick Copying Pages (2): Colourful brick patterns for children to replicate by placing bricks or blocks directly on the template and / or colour in the template. This resource supports learning about colour, pattern, and shape. It’s ideal for Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and Key Stage 1 (KS1), helping develop fine motor skills, spatial awareness, and pattern recognition through hands-on and creative activities.

These 4 worksheets are designed to help young students develop symbol recognition, creativity, and understanding of common school resources. Through activities like matching symbols to items, recognizing signs, colouring, and creating their own symbols, children will engage in hands-on learning. These tasks encourage communication and allow students to connect their classroom experiences to visual representations. Also links to Topics on School and Ourselves. Boardmaker licenced.

These five angel-themed worksheets are perfect for EYFS, KS1, RE lessons, and Sunday school. The activities include: Angel Doodle Colouring Sheet Match the Angel Letters Colour, Cut Out, and Order Angels from 1 to 6 Colour, Cut Out, and Spell the word “ANGELS” Additionally, a Write Messages from the Angels worksheet inspires creativity and emotional growth as children craft motivational messages like “You are loved” or “Always be kind.” These activities tie into RE themes and special occasions like Christmas and Valentine’s Day.

A lovely little writing frame for children to use when thinking or writing about Spring. There is a worked example on page 1. Page 2 shows a template with sentences to complete. Page 3 is a blank template for children to draw on, write in or paste pictures onto.

10 pages of beautiful colour photo cards with a Spring / Easter theme. Each page has 4 sets of cards to cut out and match. Use as individual cutting and matching sheets where children paste the pairs onto the template provided. Or cut out and laminate the whole collection for pairs games, discussion group work or for adding to your displays. Photos include animals, minibeasts, plants and weather.

Here is a fun activity where children talk about the Spring things in the jar and then draw their own in the jar template provided. Next, they find 10 * Spring* Words in the word search jar. Answers are provided.

20 quiz questions on an Easter or Spring theme to ask your children. Children use the visual clues / pictures to answer the questions and say or write the numbers. The 20 pictures are displayed on one page so you could print it out or show on the Smart Board. There are larger pictures included which can be cut out and laminated - children could find the correct pictures from a group, to differentiate. Lots of opportunities for speaking and listening and group work.

A flashcard for every letter of the alphabet with a Spring theme and an activity template for children to design their own. Children can cut and order the cards.

A literacy / phonics resource for KS1. 3 worksheets showing pictures with a Spring theme. Children write in the missing letters. There is a Word sheet included to support children that may need it. Children can colour in the pictures.

Here is a fun doodle activity for your topic on Spring,Easter, the Seasons or Weather. Good speaking and listening activity for pairs or writing activity making lists. Show on the smart board and see how many words the children can say or list in a given time.

This is a fun speaking and listening game which involves naming, phonics and memory recall. Show these pictures on your smart board or print them out. The first sheet shows a grid with 24 colour pictures of things children might see in Spring. They need to look at them carefully as some will be removed and they will try to remember which ones they were. Children can name the pictures and say what the initial sounds are. Finally, give the children the blank grid for them to draw the pictures on that they remember or Spring pictures of their own.

6 pages on a spring theme based -a nest, lamb, rabbit, chick, duck, Easter egg, worm, rose and a bee. 6 Spring pictures with words to read and colour in. 6 Spring pictures to colour in. 6 words to read and write. 6 colour pictures to name, cut and match. 6 colour photos to name, cut and match. An outline template for you to use.

3 activity sheets for your topic on Seasons, Spring or Weather. Children label the pictures of Spring. They then match the rest of the pictures to the words in the word bank, adding the matching numbers. Finally, they draw their own Spring picture. Children write a sentence or phrase about the four pictures in the writing frame. Children cut and match the 4 word cards to the word and picture cards of Spring.

A lovely little matching card game for young children where they name and match drawings and photos of a Spring theme such as a chick, blossom and insects. Cut and laminate the cards for durability and reuse. Children could colour in the drawings to make them more personal. Useful too, for displays, drawer labels and speaking and listening work. There are 10 pages with 2 sets of cards on each one.