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.
10 masks with a food / vegetable theme for storymaking / telling and role play.
Cut out and reinforce on card or laminate. Cut out the eyes and fasten the back with ribbon or elastic.
Links in with topics on food / vegetables and plants as well as Harvest.
Sports themed resource activity sheets in colour and black and white.
Data handling recording sheet showing favourite sports. Colour and B/W.
8 pictures of different sports for children to label. Colour and B/W.
3 and 4. Children write a phrase or short sentence about each sport or piece of sports equipment. Colour and B/W.
Links to Sports and Sports Day, Data Handling, labelling and writing.
3 original poems to share with your early years children when introducing 2D shapes.
My shape poem
My Heart
Shape Sorting
The final sheet has 2 outline templates with shape borders. Children can use these to draw and label shapes or to make simple shape poetry.
Welcome to this dot-to-dot adventure! This resource is designed to help young learners practice connecting dots to form various shapes while improving their handwriting skills.
Each of the five pages feature eight shapes with dot-to-dot outlines that children can follow.
By connecting the dots, children practice fine motor skills but also enhance their shape recognition and early writing abilities.
*PCS Licenced - Boardmaker symbols.
My trip to the Supermarket.
One of a set of resources based on trips suitable for EYFS / KS1 and SEND pupils.
Each resource includes 12 colour and 12 black and white flashcards with symbols.
Sheet 3 asks the children to draw the symbols or paste the pictures under the words.
Sheet 4 is a writing and drawing template. Children can write about their trip.
Links to topic work, journeys, travel, explorers, shopping, money as well as reading, writing and speaking and listening.
*Boardmaker licence.
My trip to the Dentist.
One of a set of resources based on trips suitable for EYFS / KS1 and SEND pupils.
Each resource includes 12 colour and 12 black and white flashcards with symbols.
Sheet 3 asks the children to draw the symbols or paste the pictures under the words.
Sheet 4 is a writing and drawing template. Children can write about their trip.
Links to topic work, journeys, travel, explorers, Ourselves, as well as reading, writing and speaking and listening.
*Boardmaker licence
My trip to the Railway Station.
One of a set of resources based on trips suitable for EYFS / KS1 and SEND pupils.
Each resource includes 12 colour and 12 black and white flashcards with symbols.
Sheet 3 asks the children to draw the symbols or paste the pictures under the words.
Sheet 4 is a writing and drawing template. Children can write about their trip.
Links to topic work, journeys, travel, explorers as well as reading, writing and speaking and listening
*Boardmaker licenced.
The "Gingerbread Man with Symbols " is a resource pack for teachers, particularly those working with SEND, EYFS, and / or KS1 children.
It is designed to complement work on Folk Tales - The Gingerbread Man in particular.
This pack integrates learning areas such as storytelling, speaking and listening, reading, writing, matching and word work.
The pack includes activities like filling in missing letters in a puzzle related to the story, supported by both symbols and words, available in both colour and black and white versions.
The inclusion of 15 symbol cards aids in speaking and listening exercises, story sequencing, vocabulary development and matching activities. These are in colour and black and white.
The gingerbread-themed borders, provided in both colour and black and white, offer a creative space for children to write or draw about the story.
Additionally, the pack includes three coloured gingerbread-themed cards along with three for black and white cards for colouring.
The pack forms the basis of a lesson or unit of work.
Boardmaker licenced.
A KS1 resource for children where they can make their own decorations for Christmas and New Year using the ideas here for inspiration and the template included.
There is a poster showing colour examples of baubles with New Year images such as the year of the rabbit and 2023.
There is a black and white poster showing written examples of how children can write their own greetings.
Alternatively, children can cut out the baubles and add them to cards or the Christmas display / tree.
Here are 6 colour lotto boards and a set of lotto cards to copy and cut.
Each lotto board is different and all the relevant pictures are found on page 7.
Here are 4 printable sheets where children read and write the sentences and words.
They can trace within the words and then write the words underneath.
There is a picture to match each sentence and word for children to draw a line to.
An alphabet literacy based workbook for SEND children and suitable for EYFS and KS1.
Boardmaker licenced with symbols.
A resource linked to both Christmas, the alphabet and phonics.
Each page shows a different letter of the alphabet.
Children name the pictures on each page, say the sounds, spell and write the letters and words.
The pictures/symbols link to Christmas e.g. A is for angel and G is for gift.
A Christmas tracing activity set of resources with 60 Festive Pictures for Pencil Control Mastery.
There are 10 pages in total, with 6 pictures to trace and colour on each.
An engaging resource crafted for EYFS, SEND, and KS1 children.
This collection offers a blend of 60 Christmas-themed pictures, each designed with dashed lines to give children the opportunity to refine their pencil control skills.
The collection of pictures includes Christmas jumpers, socks, snowmen, and Christmas stockings.
This resource enhances fine motor skills whilst bringing the fun of Christmas into your classroom.
5 activity sheets to help develop handwriting skills and fine motor control in children and for SEND pupils.
Each sheet has a maze and asks children to trace within the maze to take animals or people to the centre e.g. dog to the bone, fish to the pond and children to the slide.
Children can also trace the letters and colour the pictures.
Boardmaker licenced.
A resource, or lesson, linked to Weather and the Four Seasons. There are 3 activity ideas included and worksheets.
Matching pictures to seasons and colouring sheet
List writing exercise for each season
Sentence creation task for the 4 seasons
The resource aids the understanding of the cyclic nature of the seasons, enhances handwriting and vocabulary building for EYFS and KS1 children.
5 examples of writing frames that children can use to write their resolutions for the new year, hopes, dreams and wishes.
The 6th sheet has no writing or picture so that children can make it personal to themselves.
Suitable for KS1.
A lovely little matching card game for young children where they name and match drawings and photos of a Winter theme such as a snowman, fireworks and winter clothing.
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.
Link this work with your Animals topic or phonics work.
Sheet 1 gives children the opportunity to practice handwriting skills and sound the first letter / sounds of things they might find at the zoo.
There is a key word bank together with a writing frame for the children to write a story about a trip to the zoo.
Here are 4 designs for Christmas card inserts.
Children can copy the designs or make their own on the black and white copies.
Cut and paste into home made Christmas cards.