Here are 7 animal faces / worksheets for children to begin to find out about symmetry. All they need are scissors, pencils and a mirror. The animal faces are differentiated as they do get more complex by sheets 6 and 7. Page 8 allows your children to begin to experiment with mirrors and lines of symmetry and gives them the idea of butterfly painting.

Lots of ideas for teaching 3D shape. Starting with 3 colour posters to get the class talking about shape. Spheres and Cubes Cylinders and Cones Cuboids and Pyramids Activity 1:The next poster contains all the shapes and can be used on display or for children to sort out the 6 shapes. Activity 2: Find and draw objects the same as each of the 6 shapes. Activity 3: Cut and match the colour and /or grey shape symbols. Activity 4: Read the descriptions of the shape properties and join these to the shapes shown.

Here are a few new ideas for collecting and organising data for KS1. Activities: Birthday Tally Chart Eye Colour Survey Making Sets of Girls and Boys - can use colour to distinguish girls from boys Favourite colour survey - ask each person to colour a star in their favourite colour then make the results into a graph or chart Probability and Chance game using a dice with numbers 1 to 3

This is a bright colourful way to teach KS1 children about size. Use along side any sports or PE equipment you have for a practical aspect to the lesson. There are 10 posters which can be used for discussion on different sports and sizes. Children can also cut up the images and sort into large, medium and small. Children can make size sets and / or different sports sets. Children can make their own posters using the computer or drawing / painting.

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 12 page workbook for children learning to count to 5 and to recognise and write their numbers and number words. Activities include counting, colouring, writing, making sets and naming animals.

A card game to cut out, laminate and have fun learning to count and match with. There are groups of objects from 1 to 5. There are also sets of each number , each with a different design. Children can count and match the objects to 5 with the numbers. Children can make sets of the different designs of each number to 5.

Children will enjoy these activities together with learning the number rhyme. Activities include, colouring, cutting and pasting, ordering letters and numbers and matching numbers to number words.

4 sheets with circles, squares, triangles and rectangles. Children can improve their cutting and fine motor skills by cutting out the shapes from the largest to the smallest. Children can learn about shape and size with this activity.

Children will love this simple dice game. Roll a 6 to start and then collect pictures on the way (related to Christmas)until you reach 25 - Christmas Day! Children can land on the stickers to collect them or just pass them for an easier version. This game could be used as a basis for children to design and make their own. There are 2 different colour games of the same design. There are 2 game boards to mark off the pictures - 1 with a colour background and one without. First one to 25 rings the Jingle Bells! Have fun!

5 worksheets where children colour in the pictures according to the colour numbers. Paint pots Teddy Bears Balls Cars Ducks Numbers are from 1 to 10

Handy assessment sheets to see if your children can recognise numbers up to 30 and match them to number words. There are 5 sheets.

A simple one slide animated PPT showing appearing numbers on the Christmas tree from 1 to 25. You could reverse the numbers if you want.

Children colour and count the correct number of animals and they have the number signed to help them. Numbers from 1 to 10.

Cute colour cartoon flashcards to cut and laminate and use to help children learning to count to 3. There are some Christmas and celebration pictures included also. There are 9 pages with 6 cards on each and a page with numbers and number words to 3.

Christmas wreaths to cut out and use for number work or displays. There are both numbers and number words from 1 to 10.

A counting activity showing 8 sea creatures: Shark, Octopus, Seahorse, Turtle, Crab, Fish, Dolphin, Starfish and Shells. Share on the Smart board as a counting activity and / or cut and laminate the pictures for children to count, order, and match numbers. Children can also make into book marks.

2D and 3D shape cards for learning to recognise and name shapes. Print these cards double sided so they resemble playing cards. There are 2 sets - a colour set where children read the words and identify the correct one to match the shapes. Set 2 is black and white and animated with faces - children can colour these in if they want. Children can play pairs, snap or sorting with these cards.

Can your children identify the letters and the numbers and sort them? Here is an activity to assess them. There is a black and white worksheet that you could use for children to choose a different colour for the numbers and letters.

6 worksheets where children either fill in the missing numbers to 20 or write the missing number words.