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.
This resource focuses on activities cantered around the theme of toys.
Tailored to support SEND, EYFS, and KS1 curricula, it provides:
Visual Stimulation: 4 coloured worksheets and corresponding black and white versions showcasing a range of toys.
Hands-on Interaction: Activities involving cutting, pasting, and colouring to enhance fine motor skills.
Cognitive Development: Tasks aimed at categorization, and descriptive language skills.
Personal Connection: Opportunities for children to express personal toy preferences, fostering emotional and social growth.
Included is a planning sheet with 3 suggested activities which make use of the resources provided.
Planning includes resource lists, objectives and step by step guides.
Boardmaker Licenced.
A set of five lessons on hand care crafted for SEND children (and suitable for EYFS and KS1), emphasizing sensory exploration, using visual symbolism, and interactive learning.
Here, children learn about hand hygiene, but also about kindness, empathy, and the value of self-care.
The resource contains a unit of work with 5 activities and includes activities, objectives, materials required, steps involved and the teacher support required.
Through tactile experiences, colour contrasts in symbols, and role-play scenarios, children are offered a multi-sensory approach, catering to varied learning needs.
The lessons provide children with the skills and knowledge to undertake their own hand care, fostering a sense of autonomy.
The 15 colour and black & white symbols serve as visual cues, reinforcing memory and association.
The role-playing activities emphasize kind actions with hands, guiding children towards empathetic interactions and promoting positive social behaviour.
The lessons are modular and can be tailored to suit individual children’s requirements, pacing, and comfort levels.
Boardmaker Licenced.
This resource consists of two worksheets, each focusing on Weather.
The first worksheet covers numbers 1 to 5, the second covers numbers 6 to 10.
Sheet 3 is a blank template that can be used in a variety of ways.
Each worksheet includes five pictures related to weather such as sunny, snowmen and rainy. Children count and colour the pictures and cut them out.
There are matching number cards for each picture. Children can write the corresponding number, trace the numeral, and then match these cards to the picture symbols.
There are also cards displaying the names such as boots, mittens and snowmen. Children can practice their writing skills, cut out the words, and match them to the appropriate pictures.
The resource also includes a blank template, allowing children to get creative by drawing their own weather related pictures or pasting pictures in numerical order.
Links Seasons, Winter, Weather, Number with Reading and Writing.
Boardmaker licenced
This resource consists of two worksheets, each focusing on FEELINGS.
The first worksheet covers numbers 1 to 5, the second covers numbers 6 to 10.
Sheet 3 is a blank template that can be used in a variety of ways.
Each worksheet includes five pictures related to feelings, such as worried, happy, sad and excited. Children count and colour the pictures and cut them out.
There are matching number cards for each picture. Children can write the corresponding number, trace the numeral, and then match these cards to the picture symbols on the worksheets.
There are also cards displaying feeling words such as worried, miserable and angry. Children can practice their writing skills, cut out the words, and match them to the appropriate picture symbols.
The resource also includes a blank template, allowing children to get creative by drawing their own feeling related pictures or pasting pictures in numerical order.
Links Feelings with Ourselves, Number with Reading and Writing.
Boardmaker licenced.
A Fruit and Vegetable Activity Pack for SEND and KS1 children.
A fun and engaging way to teach children about fruits and vegetables.
This Activity Pack has 12 colourful fruit and vegetable flashcards, colouring sheets, tracing and drawing activities and word searches for both fruit and vegetables, with picture clues for reading and phonics practice.
Answer sheets are included for the word searches, so children can check their own work.
Boardmaker Licenced.
A ‘Hot’ and ‘Cold’ Activity Pack for SEND and KS1 children.
A fun and engaging way to teach children about Geography and Science: Hot and Cold. Links to Weather and Seasons.
This Activity Pack has 12 colourful hot and cold flashcards, colouring sheets, tracing words activities and word searches for both hot and cold, with picture clues for reading and phonics practice.
There is a template sheet for both hot and cold that can be used for drawing, writing, or pasting/sorting into.
Answer sheets are included for the word searches, so children can check their own work.
Use as a unit of work, a lesson or just dip in for your Science topic / literacy work.
5 worksheets where children can match the animal symbols. They can draw a line to the matching symbol or colour, cut out the pictures and match. They can then trace over the names of the animals improving handwriting skills.
Boardmaker Licenced.
Suitable for SEND children, EYFS and KS1.
Link Number work with the Festive Season with this counting and matching game from 1 to 6.
There is a colour version and a black and white version that children can colour in themselves.
Children can cut out and match the cards showing things related to Christmas such as a snowman, 4 candy canes and 6 bells.
There are number cards included and a blank sheet with 6 boxes that children can paste into or draw in.
Boardmaker Licenced.
Enhance your festive classroom activities with this colour, cutting and matching activity.
Designed for SEN (Special Educational Needs) pupils, in particular, this resource utilizes easily recognizable Christmas symbols. Also suitable of EYFS and KS1 children.
The children cut out the circular pictures and match them into pairs.
Pictures could be printed onto card and laminated for more matching fun.
There are 10 sheets each showing 3 pairs of colour symbols on circles.
Boardmaker licenced.
An activity linked to numbers to 12, months of the year and handwriting.
Children can cut out the colour cards showing numbers 1 to 12, the months of the year and a picture for each month.
They can match these and sequence.
The fourth sheet is black and white and gives children the opportunity to consolidate their learning and to trace over the months of the year.
Boardmaker licenced.
Cut and laminate for matching games.
A fun activity for children incorporating learning with the Festive Season.
There are 10 colour sheets each showing 8 symbols / pictures related to the Christmas Season.
The cards can be duplicated, cut out and laminated and used for matching games or to add to displays.
Alternatively use each sheet as a worksheet where children name the pictures and write the words underneath.
There is a planning sheet included with ideas, materials needed and assessment opportunities.
Boardmaker licenced.
Suitable for SEND, EYFS and KS1 children.
A collection of Seasons writing frames using symbols.
The resources are in colour and black and white.
Boardmaker licenced.
Each writing frame shows a section that the children can write on and a picture related to the season. The black and white pictures can be coloured in.
The frames are for Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn.
There is also a frame for Night time and Day time.
Great for SEND pupils who will benefit from the use of symbols and also for EYFS and KS1.
The "Gingerbread Man with Symbols " is a resource pack for teachers, particularly those working with SEND, EYFS, and / or KS1 children.
It is designed to complement work on Folk Tales - The Gingerbread Man in particular.
This pack integrates learning areas such as storytelling, speaking and listening, reading, writing, matching and word work.
The pack includes activities like filling in missing letters in a puzzle related to the story, supported by both symbols and words, available in both colour and black and white versions.
The inclusion of 15 symbol cards aids in speaking and listening exercises, story sequencing, vocabulary development and matching activities. These are in colour and black and white.
The gingerbread-themed borders, provided in both colour and black and white, offer a creative space for children to write or draw about the story.
Additionally, the pack includes three coloured gingerbread-themed cards along with three for black and white cards for colouring.
The pack forms the basis of a lesson or unit of work.
Boardmaker licenced.
A Letters and Sounds Phonics resource using S, A, T, P, I and N and making CVC words.
There are 8 worksheets in colour and these are duplicated in black and white.
Each worksheet is an activity in itself. Children trace the letters of the CVC words, cut them out and order them to make the word related to the picture.
All the letters can be cut out, jumbled and children can make as many words as they can using the pictures to guide them.
Laminate the colour cards and letters to make games of matching and making CVC words.
The words included are sat, tap, pin, pan, pat, tin, tip, tan and sip.
A collection of Easter writing frames using symbols.
The resources are in colour and black and white.
Boardmaker licenced.
Each writing frame shows a section that the children can write on and a picture related to Easter. The black and white pictures can be coloured in.
There are 5 different designs of frames and a template for the children to draw their own picture in.
The writing frames are useful too, to make into Easter Cards.
Great for SEND pupils who will benefit from the use of symbols and also for EYFS and KS1.
Celebrate February with these 3 worksheets using symbols to support learning.
29 Objects to find - this worksheet lists 29 things children may relate to February, including icicles, ice skates, snowballs, pancakes, Valentine’s Day cards, mittens and winter hats. Children can tick off the symbols as they find them.
A February Poem - children read the poem and then trace over the words. Children learn about the days in the leap year. Children can go on to write their own simple poems or sentences about February.
Calendar - here is a calendar for February that children can complete and add in the key celebrations.
Boardmaker Licenced.
A cross curricular resource consisting of 2 worksheets, 1 in colour and the other, a version in black and white.
The resource links a Shopping theme with counting, reading, close observation skills and colouring.
The objective is for children to read and identify the shopping related pictures and symbols and mark these off on the list. When complete, children can check that they have found all 20 items.
The black and white sheet can be coloured in.
Laminate the colour sheet and this can be re-used with dry markers.
Boardmaker Licenced.
Celebrate Spring with these 4 worksheets using symbols to support learning.
25 Objects to find - this worksheet lists 25 things children may relate to Spring, including sunshine, flowers, Easter eggs, umbrella, bee, butterfly and caterpillar. Children can tick off the symbols as they find them.
A Spring Poem - children read the poem and then trace over the words. Children can colour the pictures and go on to write their own simple poems or sentences about Spring.
2 Spring labelling sheets - Children label the Spring symbols and colour them in.
Boardmaker Licenced.
A cross curricular resource consisting of 2 worksheets, 1 in colour and the other, a version in black and white.
The resource links a Seaside theme with counting, reading, close observation skills and colouring.
The objective is for children to read and identify the seaside pictures and symbols and mark these off on the list. When complete, children can check that they have found all 20 items.
The black and white sheet can be coloured in.
Laminate the colour sheet and this can be re-used with dry markers.
Boardmaker Licenced.
A resource linked to phonics, the alphabet, reading and writing.
There are a set of alphabet colour flash cards showing symbols for each letter of the alphabet.
Next there are 2 worksheets:
Children draw a picture for each letter of the alphabet using the black and white symbols to guide them and/or the colour flashcards.
Children write the words for each sound using the word cards to support them.
Boardmaker licenced.