Teaching and Learning Resources for Early Learners and KS1
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Looking for something fresh and original to ignite your classroom? Dive into a treasure trove of resources designed to captivate and inspire KS1 children. Plus, explore engaging materials for Key Stage 2 and tailored resources for SEND learners.
From Phonics to Speaking & Listening, Reading & Writing activities, Maths, PSHE and a variety of exciting topic-based resources, you’ll find everything you need to create new lessons that stand out.
Looking for something fresh and original to ignite your classroom? Dive into a treasure trove of resources designed to captivate and inspire KS1 children. Plus, explore engaging materials for Key Stage 2 and tailored resources for SEND learners.
From Phonics to Speaking & Listening, Reading & Writing activities, Maths, PSHE and a variety of exciting topic-based resources, you’ll find everything you need to create new lessons that stand out.
A colourful fun resource for children learning about animals and their habitats at EYFS and KS1.
There are 8 animals that can be found in the African Grasslands shown in colour and differentiated for children to label.
Sheet 1 - overwrite the names of the animals
Sheet 2 - Write the words / names of the animals
Sheet 3 - Draw the animals or paste in a picture and then overwrite the words
There is then a Word Search where children look for the names of the 8 animals.
The final sheet is an answer sheet so children can check their own answers.
These resources, designed with the EYFS and KS1 curricula in mind, boost children’s literacy and knowledge of the world around them, with an engaging theme of Caribbean wildlife.
The word search asks children to find and mark off 10 animals found in the Caribbean region including the pelican, flamingo and hummingbird. Each animal name is hidden within the grid, ensuring a challenging activity that will enhance spelling and vocabulary. For peer-assessment and self-checking, an answer sheet is provided.
The included work sheets are differentiated to meet the varying abilities and learning styles of the children in your class.
1 Trace and Colour: Children can trace the words of 8 different Caribbean animals, improving their handwriting skills. They can also colour in the corresponding pictures of the animals.
2 Write and Colour: This worksheet requires children to write the names of the animals independently. This helps to reinforce their spelling and handwriting skills. The colouring task remains, making the sheet a fun activity.
3 Draw and Trace: This worksheet encourages children to draw the animals, encouraging attention to detail. They can also trace the words of the animals, reinforcing handwriting skills.
Engage in the vibrant hues and textures of the Autumn season with this resource for SEND, EYFS, and KS1 teachers and children.
This set consists of six sheets, each showcasing six boxes filled with inspiring ideas for both activities and display items centred around an autumn theme.
Children can interact with the activity boxes exploring pinecones, pumpkins, seeds, flowers, and feathers.
Children are given opportunities for crafting necklaces or wreaths using autumn-coloured beads and resources, or immerse in hands-on activities using themed papers, sand, materials, instruments and craft supplies.
The set further encompasses autumn-themed bricks, sand, numbers, and stickers, ensuring an interactive autumn experience for the young learners.
Whether you’re looking to decorate your classroom, add to displays, or engage children in seasonal projects, this resource offers a blend of nature and craft.
Individual cards can also be duplicated and cut out for speaking and listening, matching games or to label activity boxes.
A fun and engaging activity for young children, whilst assessing their progress and knowledge and challenging them at the same time. It is linked to phonics, nature, observation and problem solving skills.
This ‘Treasure Hunt’ has 10 nature-themed colour picture cards that can be hidden in your school’s garden, the playground, classroom or even at home for remote learning.
Each picture is associated with a letter of the alphabet and these are also provided on colour cards.
Sheet 1 provides simple rhymes that gives children clues into the location of the picture cards. To challenge the children even more and also adding a bit of a twist, the letter cards aren’t always the initial sounds of the pictures, thus, the letter ‘O’ might lead children to a snail!
Sheet 2 can be used for children to mark off when they find the picture cards and / or children can use this black and white sheet to label and colour in pictures.
There are 2 colour cards to each page which can be enlarged / laminated, if needed.
The resource uses symbols and is suitable of EYFS, KS1 and SEND pupils.
Boardmaker licenced.
“In My Ocean” is a topic resource designed for EYFS and KS1 children, linked to the celebration of World Ocean Day in June.
The resource includes a detailed planning sheet outlining five activities, each complete with objectives, required materials, step-by-step instructions, and assessment opportunities.
Central to the resource is a set of 10 colour posters depicting various sea creatures and a seashell.
These posters can be laminated for durability and used in activities such as a school-wide sea creature hunt, where children record their findings on a provided colour or black-and-white sheet.
Additionally, there is a labelling sheet available in both color and black-and-white for children to practice writing the names of the sea creatures.
Another component is an outline of a bottle, encouraging children to plan what they would include in their Ocean Bottle creation activity.
To spark imagination and storytelling skills, the resource includes a delightful story titled “Under the Ocean Adventure,” featuring all the characters from the posters, which children can enjoy before creating their own stories.
Transform rainy days into educational adventures with this activity guide, tailored for EYFS and KS1 children, bridging learning outdoors and making the most of the weather!
The resource shows colour pictures of 8 Rainy Days activities.
There are 2 planning sheets showing the activity titles, resources needed, objectives, adult support and a step by step guide.
Activities include Rainy Day story writing, Listening to and making rain sounds, Rainy spatter art, Waterproofing and Rainy day bird watching.
Links science, art and literature.
Dip in and out of this resource on a rainy day or use as a unit of work or lessons for Outdoor learning.
A set of resources that links nicely to your topics on Food, Vegetables and Matching.
Included are worksheets, flashcards and colour photos.
Sheet 1 is the title page and shows a range of spoons that children could talk about and consider their uses, sizes, what they are made from and what they would be useful for.
Page 2 is a set of 4 vegetables duplicated so that children can cut and match them.
Page 3 is a worksheet where children trace over the names of the vegetables and colour in the black and white ones to match the colour pictures.
Pages 4 and 5 are larger versions of the 4 vegetable cards to cut and use on displays or for matching.
The final pages are photographs of the vegetables and matching soups in colour-
Tomatoes and tomato soup
Peas and pea soup
Corn and corn soup
Onion and onion soup
5 Lotto games with 6 boards and 15 cards to copy and cut and play the game with.
Themes: Halloween, Christmas, Fruit and Vegetables, Insects and Animals.
A resource which provides children with 20 cards showing Yoga poses. Children can colour in the cards and learn the poses. They can indicate in the ‘sun’ how they feel about the pose using a colour code.
There is a table outlining potential benefits of Yoga for children.
There is also a cross curricular sheet giving a range of ideas such as: Writing a Daily Diary, Pose Modifications, Role Playing, Colour Codes, Class Displays and creating Nature Scenes.
Once all the cards are coloured and cut out these can then be used to make a display board. Make it portable for using inside and outside class.
A collection of colour flashcards for your topic on Food.
Page 1 shows all 15 pictures in a small format. These can be cut out and matched to the word cards on page 2, or to the larger flashcards provided.
The larger flashcards are 2 to a page.
These are duplicated so that you can make matching games.
Laminate for durability.
The flashcards are useful for displays in class and for cookery lessons.
They can be used as a maths lesson for a favourite food survey.
Also use as a basis for speaking and listening and for discussing healthy eating.
This resource is an engaging tool for Key Stage 1 and EYFS teachers, aiming to instill an understanding and appreciation of endangered animals in young children. It links to primary science, literacy, citizenship and art areas of the curriculum.
The resource pack includes a unit of work planning template detailing objectives, activities, assessment and resources.
Activities like word searches, labelling, drawing and discussions help to engage children and cater for different learning styles. Resources are included and there are signposted suggested resources also.
The content connects classroom learning to real-world conservation and global issues, fostering a sense of environmental responsibility.
The planning is adaptable to children’s abilities, and can be used as a whole or in parts.
The resource also provides clear ways for teachers to assess children’s understanding of endangered animals.
This resource is an engaging tool for Key Stage 1 and EYFS teachers, aiming to instill an understanding of Coral Reefs and animals that can be found there, in young children. It links to primary science, literacy, geography and art areas of the curriculum, as well as Oceans and Seas.
The resource pack includes a unit of work planning template detailing objectives, activities, assessment and resources.
Activities like word searches, labelling, drawing and discussions help to engage children and cater for different learning styles.
The planning is adaptable to children’s abilities, and can be used as a whole or in parts.
The resource also provides clear ways for teachers to assess children’s understanding of Coral Reef animals.
This resource is an engaging tool for Key Stage 1 and EYFS teachers, aiming to instill an understanding of Madagascar, and animals that can be found there, in young children. It links to primary science, literacy, geography, citizenship and art areas of the curriculum.
The resource pack includes a unit of work detailing objectives, activities, assessment and resources as well as challenging extension ideas.
Activities like the word search, labelling, drawing, colouring and discussions help to engage children and cater for different learning styles.
The planning is adaptable to different abilities, and can be used as a whole or in parts.
The resource also provides suggestions for teachers to assess children’s understanding of Madagascar and animals found there.
This resource is an engaging tool for Key Stage 1 and EYFS teachers, aiming to instill an understanding of the Antarctica and animals that can be found there, in young children. It links to primary science, literacy, geography, citizenship and art areas of the curriculum.
The resource pack includes a unit of work planning template detailing objectives, activities, assessment and resources as well as extension ideas.
Activities like the word search, labelling, drawing, colouring and discussions help to engage children and cater for different learning styles.
The planning is adaptable to different abilities, and can be used as a whole or in parts.
The resource also provides suggestions for teachers to assess children’s understanding of Antarctica animals.
This resource is an engaging tool for Key Stage 1 and EYFS teachers, aiming to instill an understanding of the Arctic and animals that can be found there, in young children. It links to primary science, literacy, geography and art areas of the curriculum.
The resource pack includes a unit of work planning template detailing objectives, activities, assessment and resources as well as extension ideas.
Activities like word searches, labelling, drawing and discussions help to engage children and cater for different learning styles.
The planning is adaptable to different abilities, and can be used as a whole or in parts.
The resource also provides suggestions for teachers to assess children’s understanding of Arctic animals.
Tes paid licence
This resource is an engaging tool for Key Stage 1 and EYFS teachers, aiming to instill an understanding of the desert and animals that can be found there, in young children. It links to primary science, literacy, geography and art areas of the curriculum.
The resource pack includes a unit of work planning template detailing objectives, activities, assessment and resources as well as interesting extension ideas.
Activities like word searches, labelling, drawing and discussions help to engage children and cater for different learning styles.
The planning is adaptable to different abilities, and can be used as a whole or in parts.
The resource also provides suggestions for teachers to assess children’s learning and understanding of the desert and desert animals.
This resource contains a planning sheet with a unit of work for you to use or select lessons or activities from.
Planning includes LOs, assessment, resources, activity ideas, curriculum links etc.
Suitable of EYFS/ KS1 and SEND.
Symbols are used - Boardmaker Licenced.
The resources come in black and white and are replicated in colour.
There is a poster showing a collection of things that make sounds to discuss and use for a stimulus for further activities.
There are 13 worksheets each showing 8 symbols of things that make a sound such as a whistle or a car crash.
Children write under each picture the activity or a word that might describe the sound e.g. an ‘accident’ or ‘crash’.
Introduce children to the concepts of Sounds all around and that of onomatopoeia.
A collection of resources for your topic on the Zodiac or Horoscopes.
There are 3 lots of different picture symbols that children can cut and sort.
There is a table showing signs and dates for each star sign.
There are 2 worksheets to go with this where children fill in either the name of the star sign or the dates.
There are colour and black and white colouring sheets for each star sign.
There is also a table showing which signs are Fire, Earth, Water and Air signs.
Children can use this page as a template for carrying out a survey on friends star signs.
This resource is a bundle of worksheets designed to enhance handwriting and fine motor skills for children in EYFS, SEND and KS1).
The bundle includes 10 themed sets, each containing 4 worksheets.
The themes cover topics: food and drinks, transport, toys, weather, feeling faces, farm, music, flowers and plants, clothes, and the seaside. Each worksheet aims to support the development of motor skills in young learners.
A bundle of resources for your topic on Water, Seas and Oceans and Sea Creatures.
Resources include counting activities, matching, card games, a PPT, colouring sheets and a fishing game.
Cross curricular links to literacy, PSHE and maths.