Teaching and Learning Resources for Early Learners and KS1
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Looking for something original? Here are some Resources for Early Learners and Key Stage 1 that you won't have used before. There are also some Key Stage 2 and a variety of SEND resources.
Alphabet, Phonics, Speaking and Listening, Reading & Writing Activities and a range of topic resources. Worksheets, flashcards, activities, PPTs, quiz games and posters are all included.
Most images licenced from graphicsfactory.com and symbols are licenced from Boardmaker.
Looking for something original? Here are some Resources for Early Learners and Key Stage 1 that you won't have used before. There are also some Key Stage 2 and a variety of SEND resources.
Alphabet, Phonics, Speaking and Listening, Reading & Writing Activities and a range of topic resources. Worksheets, flashcards, activities, PPTs, quiz games and posters are all included.
Most images licenced from graphicsfactory.com and symbols are licenced from Boardmaker.
Money from 5p to £3
A fun shopping activity where children work out how much each item costs from its position on the grid and the position of the bags with money tags.
There is a sheet for children to record the cost of each item and a sheet for them to record the grid reference of the items.
There is also a black and white grid with the shopping items on for children to colour in.
Extend by asking differentiated questions such as:
How much would it cost for a duck and an apple?
Susan purchased 1a and 4d - what did she buy and how much did it cost her?
An EYFS / KS1 Data Handling Activity linked to Science.
4 pages of colour cards for children to name, sort and classify including:
Nature
Animals
Foods
There is also a blank template for you to use for drawing, pasting or adding more of your own pictures.
Children can identify the numbers to 10 and colour them to match the colour poster or sort using their own colours.
An extra challenge is for children to work out which number is missing!
A set of challenge cards for your KS1 pupils.
Great for early finishers, wet play or home work.
Cut and laminate and use over again with dry markers.
Or add to your maths/writing corner/table with paper and pens.
Continue your collection and you could store them in a small file index box.
Activities include: colour, shape, estimation, addition, making sets, describing shape and size.
Links to literacy: reading, writing and speaking and listening.
A KS1 resource linked to shopping and money up to £50.00
The first page shows a range of things for sale at the garden centre with prices.
Page 2 shows a shopping list for each member of the family - mum, dad and Jenny. Children write down the cost of each item.
Then they add the cost of each list together to get the total money spent at the garden centre.
Page 3 is a template for you to use however you want.
Page 4 - each member of the family has £20 to spend. Children write down what each member buys - they have to buy things that are different to their family members.
Link with literacy and the children could write about their trip to the garden centre.
Children fill in the missing numbers on these snakes.
Odd numbers and even numbers to 15 and numbers from 15 to 1.
Numbers up to 30.
Colour and black and white versions of this resource are included.
Blank templates are also included for you to write your own number sequences in.
A pack of resources based on Humpty Dumpty that includes Literacy and Numeracy Resources for KS1.
There are 2 pages of rhyming word cards for children to cut, write and match.
There is a writing frame for children to use the key words to write out the rhyme.
There is a set of pictures of different wall patterns that children can observe and talk about before using the shapes (or practical materials) to make their own wall for Humpty.
There are 2 shape puzzles where children cut out egg shapes and tangrams and put them back together again.
A counting resource where children count the spots on each of the animals and then count how many spots altogether on each page.
There are 8 worksheets with different animals.
2 animals per page.
A KS1 resource linked to food, writing and sorting.
Sheet 1 is a poster showing a variety of food and drinks.
Share the poster and talk about the pictures - you could link to healthy eating.
(Children could make their own posters).
Sheet 2 is for children to draw the pictures themselves or cut and paste.
(Children could put these into alphabetic order or order of preference).
Sheet 3 is for children to write a list. They could add pictures to this.
Sheet 4 asks the children to sort the foods into 7 different categories - there will be some overlap and repetition here.
3 borders with each with a different maths theme. The borders come in colour and there is a black and white version for children to colour in themselves.
The borders are great for displaying the children’s work on the walls and for jazzing up worksheets. Use the borders to make your own maths problems too.
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.
Here is a poster showing clock faces, watches and types of clocks to discuss or use as a stimulus for children to make their own.
There are 12 clocks for children to read the time from and write in different ways.
There are 12 cartoon outline clock faces with multiple uses and 1 large clock face.
A fun way to teach grid referencing linking to Geography, Literacy and Maths.
Here are two versions of the popular game Battleships - one easier, one harder.
The aim of the game is for team or pupil 1 to hide battleships on their grid. Team or pupil 2 tries to locate them suggesting grid references. If they get a ‘hit’, they cover their grid referenced with a hit symbol- ‘Kapow’, ‘Boo’, etc or a colour counter. They can add a different colour counter to indicate a miss keeping track of the references they have already suggested.
There are 2 colour boards
Numbers to 4 and letters a - d.
Numbers to 7 and letters a - g.
There are blank grids included for you or pupils to make their own personalised games.
There are colour battleships included for cutting out and black and white ones for colouring in .
There are colour symbols for the hits e.g. Zap and Pow.
Print onto card and laminate for durability and reusable games.
This resource has a nature theme and is great to show on the Smart Board for children learning to count to 12.
There are two pictures on each slide but you can alter these around if you prefer.
The images are lovely as they have a fabric feel to them and could stimulate collage work or sewing with felt or materials.
The activity included shows all 12 pictures which children can cut out and paste in order on the number sheet provided.
Worksheets where children recognise and write the times in different ways in the spaces underneath the clocks and watches and the column at the side.
Clocks include those with Roman Numerals and times using minutes, half hours and hours.
Sheet 4 gives space for children to add the hands of the clocks and watches to make the times.
Sheet 5 is a template for you or the children to make your own time worksheets.
This versatile resource is designed to support teachers in teaching time to Key Stage 1 students. The set includes four different types of clock faces on ‘camera’ cards, allowing children to practice time-telling skills. The clock faces are presented in a clear and engaging manner, making it easy for young learners to understand and interact with them.
Activity Ideas:
Explore a range of real clocks including wall clocks, alarm clocks, watches, digital clocks and roman numeral clocks.
Display a clock face card on the board and have students identify the time. This can be done as a whole class activity or in small groups. This resource supports o’clock, half past and quarter past the hour. There are blank templates for you to extend further.
Create Your Own Clock: Use card circles, students create their own clock faces. They can choose a style they prefer and add the times using markers, stickers, or other materials. This hands-on activity will help them develop a deeper understanding of how different clock faces represent time.
Time Matching: Print and cut out multiple sets of the clock face cards. Have students work in pairs or small groups to match the different clock faces showing the same time. This activity encourages collaboration and reinforces their time-telling skills.
Cut out the camera cards, laminate and add to the maths table with dry markers.
Boardmaker licenced for symbol use.
12 colour cards on 2 worksheets where children count the apples on the trees and write the numbers in the boxes.
Use as 2 worksheets or cut out the cards, laminate and add to your number corner with dry markers.
A counting and matching card activity for children learning to recognise, read and order numbers and number words to 12.
Cut out the cards and laminate for durability and practical activities.