Engage your EYFS and KS1 children with this “Ducks in Hats” flashcard collection. The set includes 10 sheets, each featuring 12 ducks, each adorned with a different hat. Additionally, there is a separate set of Hat Flashcards for children to match with the ducks. This set includes 6 pages of colourful flashcards, each featuring 24 different hats. Children can look carefully for the matching hats, looking out for any that are missing, similar, different or duplicated. The hats on their own offer opportunities lots of opportunities for matching and sorting. Also included are a sheet of colour ducks for children to add or draw hats on, and a black-and-white copy for children to colour in and draw hats. The flashcards can be duplicated, cut out, and laminated for durability, offering endless activities such as matching, sorting, counting and pattern recognition. The flashcards link to lessons on data handling, clothing, fashion, animals, colours, number and patterns.

This engaging set of games offers a set of 48 colourfully illustrated cards featuring common school objects, along with detailed plans and instructions for four fun and educational games: ‘Making Pairs,’ ‘Classroom Challenge,’ ‘Story Chains,’ and ‘Relay Card Game.’ Designed with Key Stage 1 children in mind, these games help stimulate various skills such as memory, concentration, creativity, communication, storytelling, teamwork, and quick decision-making. Each game serves a different purpose, catering to different learning styles, and offering the possibility to challenge children in unique ways. ‘Making Pairs’ will challenge observation and memory, ‘Classroom Challenge’ will improve their description skills and attention to detail, ‘Story Chains’ will unlock their creativity and enhance their storytelling skills, and the ‘Relay Card Game’ will encourage teamwork and fast thinking. Whether you’re looking to fill a spare half-hour or planning a dedicated day of learning-based fun, this versatile set is sure to be a hit with your class.

A set of 60 colour photo cards showing pictures of hearts and diamonds that you may come across in everyday life. The shape cards are designed to help children to develop their understanding of 2D shape and has an emphasis on real world connections. Children can use the cards in various ways: Duplicate for matching pictures / games Sort cards into 2 shape categories of hearts and diamonds Look for hearts and diamonds shapes in school or outdoors Diamonds and hearts scavenger hunt where cards are hidden outdoors and children have clues to help them find them Use various media including paint, felt pens, collage and crayons to create heart and diamond patterns Suitable for EYFS and KS1 and links to speaking and listening, 2D shape, pattern and maths games.

‘Circles All Around Us’ is made up of 30 Photo Cards. The cards feature photographs of round or spherical objects found in everyday life. The cards promote observational skills and give lots of opportunity for speaking and listening. Here are some activities that children could play with these cards: Circle Hunt: Divide the cards among the children and ask them to find similar round objects in the classroom or at home. Memory Game: Duplicate cards and turn all cards face down, children take turns trying to find matching pairs. Sorting Circles: The children can sort the cards by different categories, such as color, size, or usage (e.g., food items,vegetables, etc.). Art and Craft: Children can make prints with round objects or make their own posters of round or spherical objects. The cards will enhance any display on shape.

‘Squares All Around Us’ is made up of 30 Photo Cards. The cards feature photographs of square or cubes and are objects found in everyday life. The cards promote observational skills and give lots of opportunity for speaking and listening. Here are some activities that children could play with these cards: Square Hunt: Divide the cards among the children and ask them to find similar square objects in the classroom or at home. They could also search in books on the internet if access. Memory Game: Duplicate cards and turn all cards face down, children take turns trying to find matching pairs. Sorting Squares: The children can sort the cards by different categories, such as color, size, or usage (e.g., food items, toys or games etc.). Art and Craft: Children can make prints with square objects or make their own posters of square. The cards will enhance any display on shape.

10 lovely animals to learn to count with. Use on the Smart Board or as individual posters or visual aids.

10 lovely transport pictures to learn to count with. Use on the Smart Board or as individual posters or visual aids. Great as a lesson starter.

A maths story power point for young children with an animal theme. Skills include counting to 5, knowing and using ordinal number, ordering the days of the week, developing memory skills, sequencing and colour matching. On each day of the week from Monday to Friday, the narrator sees a different animal. So, on Monday, the animal is a slow snail, Tuesday, a slow snail and a happy hippo etc. Children can join in the reading of the story on the PPT using the picture cues to help them. Encourage the children, later, to recall the animals and days of the week without the picture cues. There are 3 sets of flashcards to cut out and laminate- animals, ordinal number and days of the week. Following the story, use the flashcards as an activity where children sequence, match and recall.

Here is a new version of an old favourite: The Twelve Days of Christmas. You can use the music and rhythm from this to sing along with/ read this PPT. The Christmas tree builds up from having a red robin , 2 shiny stars, 3 naughty elves and up to 12 drums a drumming. Children can join in with the counting as your go along from slide 1 to 12. Slide 13 is the title slide showing the 12 days of Christmas pictures. Slide 14 is a worksheet where children can cut out and order the 12 days of Christmas.