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.
This resource helps enhance shape vocabulary and recognition for young learners.
It includes three pages, each with 8 shape cards in colour.
The three pages are duplicated in black and white.
Children can name shapes, colour the black and white versions, and match them to the colour cards or individual cut-out shapes.
Colour shape cards can be cut out and laminated for durability or the pages can be used as boards for children to match their shapes onto.
Suggested Activities:
• Children name shapes and match the black and white versions to the coloured ones, reinforcing shape recognition.
• Children colour the black and white shapes, and a template allows them to draw their own.
• Cut out. duplicate and laminate the colour cards for repeated use in hands-on activities and games such as making pairs and matching.
4 bold, black and white worksheets for young children with a sweet theme.
Each sheet shows a selection of sweets, cakes or ice cream.
Children will have fun colouring in the treats and the surrounding decorations, whilst finding out about shape and pattern.
Sheet 5 is a template for children to use to add their favourite treats!
“10 Triangular Cartoon Shape Characters” is a 10-page black and white resource designed for Early Years Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 learners.
Each page features a triangular cartoon character, providing a fun and engaging way for children to explore 2D shapes, emotions, and self-expression.
The resource encourages children to draw faces on the characters. They can make the characters the same or draw a different expression.
This activity supports understanding of shapes, promotes social-emotional learning, and encourages creativity and self-awareness.
A 10-page black and white resource designed for Early Years Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 learners.
The resource provides a fun and engaging way for children to explore 2D shapes, emotions, and self-expression.
Each page features a rectangular cartoon character and one for the children to complete.
Children can draw a matching facial expression on each blank character or draw a different face showing different emotions.
This activity supports understanding of shapes, promotes social-emotional learning, and encourages creativity and self-awareness.
This resource introduces children to shapes and emotions with the “Heart Pals,” a series of 10 heart-shaped characters, each showing a different feeling.
Each page features a simple heart character with a different expression, such as happy, sad, surprised, or sleepy. Beside the character is a blank heart for children to draw their own version or create a new expression.
The resource is black and white, making it perfect for colouring and drawing, and supports EYFS and KS1 children.
“10 Circular Cartoon Shape Characters” is a 10-page black and white resource designed for Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and Key Stage 1 (KS1) learners.
Each page features a circular cartoon character, providing a fun and engaging way for children to explore 2D shapes, emotions, and self-expression.
Children can draw different faces / expressions on the character templates on each page to match the cartoon characters or draw a different expression or feeling.
This activity supports understanding of shapes, promotes social-emotional learning, and encourages creativity and self-awareness.
This resource introduces children to octagon shapes alongside emotions, with the “Octagon Pals,” a series of octagon-shaped characters, each showing a different feeling / emotion.
Each page features a simple octagon character with a different expression, such as happy, sad, surprised, or angry. Beside the character is a blank octagon for children to draw their own version or create a new expression.
The resource is black and white, making it ideal for colouring and drawing, and it supports EYFS and KS1.
“Square Cartoon Shape Characters” is a 10-page black and white resource for EYFS and KS1.
Each page has a square cartoon character with a different facial expression and a blank square character for children to draw faces / expressions onto. They can copy the expressions or make the characters different.
The resource supports learning of 2D shapes, feelings, and emotions.
It’s a fun way to encourage creativity, self-expression, and understanding of shapes.
This resource introduces children to oval shapes and emotions with the “Oval Pals,” a series of 10 oval-shaped characters, each showing a different feeling.
Each page features a simple oval character with a different expression, such as happy, sad, surprised, or angry. Beside the character is a blank oval for children to draw their own version or create a new expression.
The resource is black and white, making it perfect for colouring and drawing, and supports EYFS and KS1 children.
A collection of resources linking Shape to Feelings for EYFS and KS1 children.
Each of the shapes has its own 10 characters with different expressions.
Resources are in black and white giving children the opportunity to draw and colour in.
2 colour activity pages where children count 2D shapes in each row up to 10 and then write the numbers in the boxes.
The same 2 activities are in black and white.
A maths resource for EYFS and KS1.
Links with Shape, Counting to 4, Number recognition and writing.
There are 4 heart shaped puzzles.
Children can trace the outlines of the heart shapes, overwrite the numbers, colour in and add pictures of their own.
The puzzles can be cut out and then reassembled.
The 4th heart is in colour and black and white.
2 worksheets, 1 in colour and the other in black and white.
Each sheet shows 20 2D and 3D shapes for children to identify, find, tick off on the list.
Sheet 2 can be coloured in. Children could match the colours or use their own.
Sheet 1 could be laminated and children could mark off the shapes as they find them with dry markers.
The resource links shape with reading, close observation and colour.
An EYFS activity based on Trees linked to Colour, Shape and Pattern.
There are 3 designs of trees.
Each of the types of trees have 3 worksheets.
Colour in the black and white tree to match the colour version.
Cut out the colour leaves and add them to the tree outline to recreate the tree exactly or to make a new version.
Colour in the leaf outlines to match the colours or use own colours. Then cut out the leaves and add to the tree.
For little fingers, you may want to enlarge the sheets for cutting out.
Enlarge even more to make a lovely classroom display tree.
A set of colour 2D shape posters showing rectangles, hearts, diamonds, squares, triangles, circles, ovals, hexagons, pentagons and octagon pictures.
These are useful for classroom display, the maths corner, speaking and listening and a host of other maths linked activities e.g.
Shape Scavenger Hunt: Children find objects in the classroom that match the shapes on the posters.
Shape Sorting Game: Children sort objects or pictures into groups based on the shapes shown in the posters.
Shape Memory Match: Have a memory match game using cards that have the shapes from the posters.
Shape Artwork: Provide children with art materials to create their own artwork based on the shapes.
Interactive Shape Wall: Turn the posters into an interactive wall where children can add objects or drawings that correspond to each shape.
Guess the Shape: Play a guessing game where you describe a shape from the posters without naming it, and the children have to guess which shape it is.
Laminate the posters and they can be reused.
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.
5 worksheets designed around Spring symbols.
Each sheet shows picture cards that can be cut out and sequenced.
Alternatively use as worksheets where children match the numbers or number words to the correct pictures.
Useful as an assessment sheet as well as a way to increase vocabulary around Spring.
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4 worksheets that can also be used as assessment sheets linked to a Transport theme.
Children can use the worksheets to count and write the number words or numerals from 1 to 10.
They could also cut out the pictures and match them or put them in numerical order.
There is a blank template for children to draw in or insert pictures.
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6 black and white worksheets with a farm theme. Children colour the pictures and count the things that can be found on the farm.
Once this is complete, children can cut out their sheets and sequence the pictures from 1 to 6.
Suitable for EYFS, KS1 and SEND
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A set of resources related to measures and teaching vocabulary.
Suitable for EYFS, KS1 and SEND pupils.
Page 1 is a poster on measures to talk about and then children can colour it in.
Pages 2,3,4 are worksheets where children write the words for each symbol / picture e.g. short and tall or hot and cold.
The final page is a word wall that children can use to support their writing.
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