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 10 page resource for KS1 and EYFS children celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Activities include:
Designing a Platinum Jubilee Stamp
Make/write a postcard from London
Design a London souvenir ball
Label 2 sets of colour pictures
Cut out, duplicate and match colour cards related to London
Colour the London bus
Design a tea set for the Platinum Jubilee celebrations
Cut and match the buses going to different places in London
A topic resource linking coffee to geography, literacy, poetry, art and design.
The resource comes with a planning sheet suggesting 5 activities that children could do related to the theme and using the resources provided.
Activities and worksheets include designing a coffee cup. linking types of coffee to different cultures and countries, reading and writing poems and creating posters and coffee related doodle colouring in.
Children will enjoy making a rosette for Fathers Day. There are 2 ready made ones which children can cut out and stick onto card. There is a colour outline and a black and white outline included for children to add to. Add ribbons and photos if these are available for extra effect.
These could also be used as a basis for a Father’s Day card.
4 worksheets for children to write on sharing their thoughts about friends and friendship.
What does friendship mean to you. Name your best friend.
Write the words that describe a good friend.
Write about a time when you were a good friend.
Write about what you look for in a good friend.
Links to writing, PSHE, Ourselves, Me, Feelings and Family and Friends.
*Licenced to use, produce and sell resources using Boardmaker symbols.
A resource for SEN children, also suitable for EYFS and KS1.
Link with your science lessons and/or outdoor learning.
There are 3 worksheets where children name and label the pictures and then write a sentence
1.Outdoors 2. Flowers and Plants 3. In the Garden
Included is a set of Boardmaker symbols in colour and the same in black and white.
Add these to brighten up your displays, for speaking and listening and for use as flashcards.
Laminate and use in the outdoor learning space.
A little writing book to make at Christmas which stimulates children’s writing and imagination.
There is a colour front cover and 7 different lists for children to write with colour borders.
These are:
Christmas smells
All about Christmas
Christmas sounds
Christmas wish list
Christmas toys
Christmas story and Christmas food.
A cross-curricular resource with a toy theme.
Children label the 12 toys for sale in the toy shop.
Children say how much each toy is as written on the price tags and count out the appropriate amount of coins for each one.
Children draw a picture of the toys matching the price tags.
Differentiate here by adding in your own prices or children use this sheet to write the cost of the toys.
Add up the cost of two toys and write the answer.
Tie in with some practical work with your own toy shop, tags and coins for role play fun and application of counting and money skills.
A PPT linked to your topic on Weather, Autumn or Seasons.
A 4 page colourful PPT to share and discuss with your children at KS1 or EYFS.
What can you see at Autumn time?
What will you wear at Autumn time?
Look at the farm at Autumn time.
Look at the weather at Autumn time.
This is a Collection of 5 fun Short Stories about Dinosaurs for young children. The stories are entertaining and stimulate childrens imagination encouraging them to create their own dinosaur stories.
Each story incorporates a simple lesson such as friendship, perseverance, and kindness.
The stories can be incorporated into various subjects, from science (studying prehistoric life) to art (drawing and imagining dinosaur worlds) to language arts (writing their own dino-tales or poems).
Teachers can create activities based on the stories, like discussions, role-playing, or even field trips to museums, amplifying the learning experience.
There is a colouring sheet for each of the stories.
Suitable for EYFS and KS1 children.
Set 5 in this story collection invites children to share in 5 new, original short tales.
Each of these five tales holds a unique message and sparks thinking, speaking, listening, and creative writing. Links to PSHE and Citizenship and Ourselves. There are colouring sheets included.
“The Elephant with the Bad Memory” teaches our children that it’s not what you do or do not remember that is important, but what is in your heart that makes you truly special.
“The Girl Who Loved Balloons” celebrates a little girl’s love of balloons and the enchanting things that happen when she shares them.
“The Rainbow Unicorn” enchants our little ones with the magic of unicorns. The rainbow unicorn has a unique style that inspires others to be themselves.
“Doris Duck and Her Two Little Ducklings” explores the importance of acceptance and diversity in a community.
‘‘The Owl that needed Glasses’’ is the final story, teaching children how even the wisest of us may need to seek and accept help.
The magic of these stories will inspire creative writing among children.
Let them create their sequels, alternative endings, or even design new characters and adventures.
Autumn’s here and here is a collection of 5 short stories to inspire your children.
The tales are perfect for story time, end-of-day reading, and linking with literacy, reading, and creative writing.
They also touch on themes of seasons and feelings, making them relevant and relatable for the children.
The Lonely Scarecrow: A story about loneliness and friendship.
The Fox and the Acorn: A lesson in growth and nature.
The Squirrel That Slept Too Long: The importance of preparation and timing.
The Windy Day: A fun look at the effects of a breezy autumn day (Follow up with kite making of your own).
Adrian Mouse and the Special Pumpkin: A tiny mouse finds a very special autumn home.
A fun activity for young children to link in with topics on Ourselves, Me , Sorting and Speaking and Listening.
There are 15 pictures of children doing a range of activities such as singing, playing football or climbing.
Children can talk about what they like and do not like and cut out the cards to sort.
There are 2 different sheets for writing, drawing or pasting onto.
Children can write 3 things they like and 3 things they do not like.
Or / and they can draw or paste pictures of things they like and do not like,
8 Colour cards showing weather types and 8 black and white cards to match or colour in.
Print the cards double sided so they have a back, laminate and use for games, reading and matching weather words and pictures.
Children can work in pairs to name the weather and come up with a sentence about it.
These planning sheets are for children to write key words that they will then use in their written work.
Differentiate for those children needing extra support by writing in key words for them to use in their writing.
There are 4 different options for planning to write about the weather or the 4 seasons:
Set 1 - Shows photos of trees in the 4 seasons
Set 2,3,4 shows different trees over the 4 seasons
16 templates in all.
The first page is an example of filled in word anagrams.
A 10 page worksheet resource.
A collection of worksheets with a weather theme where the letters of each word make an anagram of a weather word.
Children write the words, draw and colour the weather pictures.
2/3- 3 letter anagrams without initial sounds included
3 letter anagrams with the initial sound
4/5 - 4 letter word anagrams with initial sounds
4 letter anagrams with missing initial sounds
6/7 -4 letter word anagrams with initial sounds
4 letter anagrams with missing initial sounds
8 /9
10/11 - 5 or 6 letter word anagrams without initial sounds
5 or 6 letter word anagrams with initial sounds included
Links to your topic work on seasons, weather as well as word work / phonics.
A cross curricular activity linked to Geography, Weather, Seasons and Literacy.
10 worksheets where children have space to write key weather words to go with each weather type.
They can then use their key words to write about the weather or season and / or write a poem.
A collection of activities about the weather and 4 seasons.
The workbook includes:
Hot and Cold Sorting
Making seasons bookmarks
Sorting celebrations into seasons
Learning about weather idioms
Researching the meaning of common weather idioms
Challenge Cards
Wordsearch and answers for the 4 seasons
A set of worksheets to stimulate writing about the weather and seasons at KS1.
Sheet 1 shows muddled weather words for children to unscramble.
Sheet 2 is a template for children to write their own weather words into.
Sheet 3 is divided into the 4 seasons and asks children to write weather words for each season.
Sheet 4, 5, 6 and 7 asks children to write words in the boxes for each of the seasons.
A resource suitable for children who benefit from symbols and visual aids including those learning English language, SEND pupils and KS1.
The resource is linked to the weather / Seasons.
Sheet 1 asks children to identify the colour weather symbols and complete the sentences e.g On Monday it was sunny / I wear boots when it is rainy.
Sheet 2 is the same as sheet 1 in black and white.
Sheet 3 has space for children to draw their own weather symbols / pictures and asks them to say / write about their favourite weather.
Finally there are 6 colour and 6 black and white weather flashcards to support the learning / lesson.
*PCS Licenced - Boardmaker symbols.