This resource includes 10 Valentine’s-themed tracing and colouring sheets designed for children in the EYFS and KS1 stages and suitable for SEND pupils. Each sheet helps develop early handwriting and fine motor skills through tracing shapes, letters, and simple patterns, while also encouraging creativity through colouring. Perfect for Valentine’s Day activities, they can be used as worksheets, displayed as posters, or incorporated into making Valentine’s cards.

“Let’s Write About the New Year 2025” is a set of 10 writing templates designed for Key Stage 1 learners. Each template is different, and includes a themed illustration for children to colour—such as the Capricorn zodiac symbol, or imagery inspired by the Year of the Snake or the party season — alongside a simple lined ‘calendar’ area. Children can add short sentences, words, or phrases related to their New Year plans, traditions, the seasons or their resolutions. This resource encourages creativity, fine motor skills, and early literacy development as children engage with the festive season.

A collection of 10 worksheets with a Father Christmas theme. Each worksheet is a template for children to use to write about Christmas Day. The worksheets differ in terms of the picture of Father Christmas. Children will enjoy choosing their favourite picture of Santa for their written work. Suitable for EYFS and KS1 children.

These 15 worksheets are designed to help little learners develop positional awareness. Each sheet focuses on a specific direction: up, down, up and down, forwards, and sideways.There are more than one of each direction sheet. • Visual Cues: Each worksheet includes a simple symbol representing the direction, helping children associate the word with its meaning. • Colouring Activity: A fun picture illustrates the direction, such as a boy climbing a mountain (up) or a butterfly fluttering (up and down), inviting children to colour the picture in. • Writing Practice: A sentence describing the action is provided for children to overwrite, reinforcing both handwriting and vocabulary as well as reading. These worksheets are perfect for introducing movement-based concepts in an interactive way! Boardmaker licenced.

Santa and Rudolph are on their way to deliver presents when their sleigh gets stuck in the snow! The toy robots—Red and Blue—come to the rescue. The robots use their clever skills to free the sleigh, and Christmas is once again a magical time for everyone. The story highlights kindness, problem-solving, and teamwork, making it perfect for Early Years children. Start with a shared reading of the story. Use the 3 worksheets as follow-up activities for group work or independent learning. Extend learning by discussing how children can help others, like the robots helped Santa. Worksheets Overview: Colouring Sheet o The red and blue robots o Santa and Rudolph o The sleigh o Presents and snowy weather Picture Labelling Write / match the words to pictures from the story: Picture Writing Activity Each picture has lines for children to write a few words or a simple sentence about the pictures or what is happening in the story.

“Alphabet Tracing Bottle Fun” involves giving children, bottle-shaped letter templates—one for each letter of the alphabet—plus a blank bottle for their own custom letters. By using a range of pencils, felt tip pens and (for laminated sheets) dry-erase markers, children can trace and re-trace letters, developing fine motor skills and improving handwriting. Once complete, each child’s bottle can be displayed together on a classroom wall, creating a collaborative alphabet display. This activity is ideal for Early Years, Key Stage 1, and children with Special Educational Needs, promoting letter formation and handwriting practice in a fun, hands-on way.

This resource consists of 29 bottles featuring unique patterns and shapes for children to trace, plus a blank bottle template for creating their own designs. The resource can be laminated to be durable and reusable. It supports fine motor skill development, creativity, and early pattern recognition. Key Features: • Pre-designed bottles with a variety of patterns and shapes and cross curricular themes. • A blank template for personalised designs. Ideas sheet included for teachers use. Objectives: Develop fine motor skills through tracing and mark-making. Support shape and pattern recognition. Foster creativity by encouraging children to design their own patterns. Enhance focus and hand-eye coordination. Provide a sensory-friendly, hands-on activity suitable for SEND learners.

This festive resource introduces the tradition of leaving milk for Santa and transforms it into engaging educational activities for early years and primary learners. Using milk bottles as a theme, the resource fosters creativity, literacy, numeracy, and fine motor skills through nine planned lessons . Key Features: • Focused Objectives: Lessons target writing, speaking and listening and number skills. • Ready-to-Use Worksheets: Printable templates include milk bottles, shapes, letters, and festive illustrations. • Easy Planning: Detailed instructions ensure smooth facilitation for educators. What’s Included: • 9 Lessons: With objectives, step-by-step instructions, and worksheets for each activity. • Examples of Activities: o Colouring Bottles: Develop fine motor skills and creativity. o Christmas Wish List: Write and draw festive wishes. o Sort and Count Characters: Practice numeracy by sorting and counting Christmas characters. o What to Leave for Santa: Plan and label items for Santa’s visit.

This EYFS resource includes 5 Christmas-themed writing frames designed to support early reading and writing skills. Each frame encourages children to fill in missing words or complete short phrases and sentences with a festive focus: What is in My Stocking? - Children list or draw items they imagine finding in their stocking. Dear Santa Letter - A simple letter template for children to express their Christmas wishes. If I Were a Reindeer/Elf, I Would… - Prompts children to imagine and describe their roles as part of Santa’s team. My Christmas Wishes - A space for children to write or draw their Christmas hopes and wishes. My Christmas Day - A simple sequence to describe their morning, afternoon, and night on Christmas Day.

Bring holiday cheer to early learning with Festive Phonics! This set of 5 worksheets for EYFS and KS1 makes phonics practice fun and engaging. Activities include tracing Christmas-themed words, matching initial sounds to festive pictures, filling in missing sounds, and creating words by reordering letters. Perfect for adding a seasonal twist to literacy learning!

This resource features two original engaging poems, each highlighting 10 different animals with simple “dos” and “don’t” phrases to teach children the importance of being gentle and kind to animals. Examples include “Don’t bother the butterflies, let them fly high,” and “Do smile at the sparrows as they soar by.” Each poetry sheet includes animal symbols for children to colour and identify, enhancing their understanding and connection to the animals. The set also comes with a colouring sheet displaying the animals, and both colour and black-and-white flashcards for children to cut, colour, and match. The flashcards can be used as worksheets or cut out, laminated, and used for matching games. Additionally, there is a blank sheet where children can create their own simple version of the poem, encouraging creativity and reinforcing lessons about kindness to animals.

These Christmas tracing cards are perfect for EYFS and KS1! The set includes 10 festive designs, with the first card already coloured in as an example. Children can trace the outlines, colour them in, and use them as a starting point for writing or drawing. They can also be used to create personalized Christmas cards, encouraging creativity and fine motor skills.

This resource introduces young learners to winter animals through fun activities including poetry, colouring, matching, and comprehension questions. Page 1: Winter Animals Poem and Colouring A simple alliterative poem featuring six winter animals - Hairy Hedgehog, Scampering Squirrel, Bouncy Bunny, Furry Fox, Robin Red, and Dashing Deer. Children colour in each animal while listening to the poem. Page 2: Animal Photos Real-life photos of each animal to help children connect the poem to actual animals. Page 3: Colouring Match Children colour the animals, cut them out and match them to the photos from page 2, reinforcing recognition skills. Page 4: Draw or Write Children draw or write a word/phrase about each animal, encouraging creativity and vocabulary development. Page 5: Read and Answer Questions Simple questions about each animal to assess understanding, such as “Why do bunnies like to hop so much?” Suggested answers are included on the final page for easy teacher reference. How to Use: Start with the poem and colouring, discuss the animal photos, cut and match them, and finish with the draw/write and question activities. Perfect for winter-themed learning and your topics on Weather and Animals! The resource can be used as a unit of work or individual activities.

This Halloween-themed resource, based on the story “Robby and Looty’s Trick or Treat,” teaches children the value of friendship and kindness, even in playful situations like trick-or-treating. The story shows how Robby and Looty learn that kindness, rather than tricks, brings more happiness and positivity to themselves and others. Teachers can use this resource to discuss how even on festive occasions like Halloween, it’s important to make good choices and think about others’ feelings. The resource promotes empathy, kindness, and the idea that friends can influence each other to do the right thing, making it perfect for social-emotional learning activities. The resource consists of the story with illustration and a comprehension sheet. For EYFS and KS1.

This Christmas-themed resource, using the story “Robby and Looty Think Twice,” helps children explore important values such as friendship, kindness, and making the right choices. The story emphasizes thinking before acting, especially when tempted to take something that isn’t theirs, teaching the importance of honesty and empathy during the holiday season. Teachers can use this resource to foster discussions about giving, the true spirit of Christmas, and how friends can support each other in doing the right thing. It ties into personal, social, and emotional learning, encouraging thoughtful decision-making in a festive, relatable context. The resource includes the short story and a comprehension worksheet.

A set of alphabet colour cards for young children. The cards can be cut out, laminated and used for matching, sequencing and spelling activities. There is a template for children to make their own letter cards e.g.they could use the letters of their own name.

This resource, Santa and the Four Seasons, is perfect for engaging children in both literacy and creative activities throughout the year and in preparation for Christmas. Children can begin to think about what Santa gets up to when he is not working! The resource features a seasonal poem and accompanying picture for each of the four seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. Children can first read or share the poems, developing their understanding of rhythm, rhyme, and seasonal themes. Next, they can underwrite the text associated with each poem, supporting early writing and fine motor skills. Finally, they get to colour the cheerful, seasonally themed pictures of Santa. The resource is ideal for encouraging reading, writing, and artistic expression in a fun, festive way, while connecting children with the changing seasons. Extend the activity by cutting out the 4 pictures and asking children to sequence them in order of season.

A simple activity for teachers looking to engage children in festive activities while developing their fine motor skills and word recognition. Theme: Christmas Structure: 10 pages, each with 6 Christmas-themed pictures. Content: o Each page includes images such as a reindeer, a snowman, a turkey, baby Jesus, the 3 Kings, a cracker, decorations, etc. o Above each picture is the word for children to trace over, helping them practice their fine motor skills. o After tracing, children can colour the pictures. This resource helps develop early writing skills, hand-eye coordination, and festive vocabulary, making it a fun activity during the Christmas season.

5 worksheets linking literacy with Autumn. Each sheet shows 6 Autumn related pictures with words for children to overwrite. Children can then colour in the pictures. Suitable for EYFS and KS1.