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.
Ignite creativity and kindle the Halloween spirit in your classroom with these 6 Spooky Halloween colouring sheets. With playful ghosts, a black cat, haunted houses and children ready for their Trick-or-Treat adventures.
Extend the activities by encouraging children to weave stories around their coloured masterpieces.
As Halloween approaches, don’t miss out on this specially created “Spooky Fun for All” collection.
This unit of work has been carefully crafted, keeping in mind the diverse needs of our SEND, EYFS, and KS1 students.
Within, there are 10 fully inclusive Halloween activities, each accompanied by clear objectives, required resources, easy-to-follow steps, suggested adult input, and tailored differentiation strategies to ensure all learners feel valued and engaged.
Activities include matching and making pairs, Halloween card making, Bobbing for Apples, making a hat for a witch, carving a Jack O’ Lantern, working with dough and making a scarecrow.
The unit culminates in a celebration Halloween party, providing children with a platform to showcase their creations, participate in newly learned games, and join a parade.
Included are two sets of 15 Halloween symbols /visuals: one in color and the other in black and white, all themed around and linked to the activities. There are also 2 sample scary poems and imaginative story/poem starters designed to ignite creative writing.
Boarmaker licenced.
Bring the spooky and enchanting spirit of Halloween to your KS1 children with this resource featuring 10 picture grids!
Each grid unveils a classic Halloween-themed image, including a mysterious haunted house, a grinning pumpkin, a creepy spider, a fluttering bat, and a funny witch.
The resource is crafted to inspire children to replicate these Halloween illustrations onto a blank grid, square by square, nurturing their observational and fine motor skills.
You may want to enlarge the grids and extend the activity by asking children to then draw or paint the pictures free hand.
This Spooky Creativity Pack is designed to bring festive Halloween spirit into EYFS and KS1 classrooms. The pack contains 10 worksheets, each showing a Halloween theme in both colour and black & white versions.
Children can either match the colours or use their own colours or designs!
The worksheets cover a variety of Halloween themes, including pumpkins, ghosts, witches, and more, keeping the children engaged and excited.
Versatile Use: Beyond colouring, these sheets can be used to create Halloween cards, enhance classroom displays, or serve as matching game cards.
This ‘Halloween’ Bingo Game resource provides a fun and engaging way to spend a wet play indoors or to supplement your topic on Halloween, Celebrations, Special Days and Seasons.
Children will have fun playing a themed Bingo game using symbols associated with Halloween.
Make your own game using the plan provided or use the 6 ready made symbol boards and/or the blank template.
The resource features:
Game Planning Guide: Step-by-step instructions on how to set up and play the Halloween Bingo Game ; Objectives and resources needed.
Ready-Made Bingo Boards: Six pre-designed Bingo boards featuring a variety of colour ‘Halloween’ symbols. Each board has a unique arrangement of symbols, ensuring a different experience for each player. Boards are colour coded with different colour borders.
Boardmaker licenced
10 Halloween card ideas for EYFS and KS1 children to make.
Each of the 10 pages shows a colour illustration related to Halloween.
The templates can be cut out and pasted onto card or printed onto thin card and folded.
Alternatively, children could use the ideas for inspiration for drawing their own cards or for making posters.
Plan ahead and engage young children in spooky fun with a set of 60 colour Halloween-themed cards, each featuring a variety of themes such as Halloween creatures, witches, spiders and ghosts.
These cards, bordered in orange, black, green or purple and featuring dotted outlines for cutting, offer a range of games and activities.
Children can cut out the shapes to create personalized Halloween cards, gift tags, or festive decorations.
Matching games can be played with duplicate cards to enhance memory and recognition skills.
Sort the cards by sensory categories, discussing what they see, hear, smell, or taste during Halloween. Sort by colour borders or themes such as monsters.
The cards can also be used to create themed classroom displays or as prompts for storytelling and discussions about Halloween experiences.
Interactive games like “Halloween Bingo” or “Halloween Charades” add an extra layer of festive fun. These activities help children engage creatively and meaningfully with the Halloween theme while developing various skills in a playful, seasonal setting.
A set of letters which together make up the words:
Happy Halloween.
Letters are in the theme of Halloween, with bones.
There are 2 letters per page.
Children can work in groups to colour in and cut out the letter stencils in order to design a poster. They then arrange the letters for the correct spelling and add decorations such as bats, ghosts and spiders.
Alternatively, children can design their own posters using the lettering as a starting point.
Suitable for EYFS and KS1.
The “Alphabet Halloween Fonts” resource is an engaging and creative tool designed for KS1 and EYFS children.
It features 9 pages, each showcasing the alphabet in a different Halloween-themed font. Page 10 is a template.
These letters can be cut out, sorted, or arranged in alphabetical order, making it a fun and interactive way for children to learn.
Additionally, the template encourages children to design their own Halloween-themed alphabet, fostering both literacy and creativity during the festive season.
A resource designed for EYFS and KS1 children, perfect for enhancing their skills in phonics, spelling, and writing while celebrating Halloween. This 10-page activity set features two Halloween-themed pictures /words per page that children can spell by organizing jumbled letters.
Activity Breakdown:
• Each picture represents a Halloween word, such as owl, cat, bat, witch, spider, and haunted house.
• The letters of each word are scrambled, and children are tasked with putting them in the correct order to spell the word.The font used is a Halloween ‘bone’ theme.
• Along with the jumbled letters, the pictures have a dotted outline that children can cut out. These outlines make for easy cutting and can be added to displays or used as decorations.
• Children can stick the cut-out pictures into their workbooks, adding a written reflection about each word or the Halloween theme.
• Children can colour in the Halloween pictures.
This resource reinforces key phonics and spelling skills and enhances fine motor skills through cutting and colouring.
“KS1 & EYFS Halloween Expression Cards: Witches, Monsters, Red Devils, Skeletons, Spiders, Pumpkins and more (10- sets in Colour & Black-and-White, 6 Cards per Page, with 1 Blank Face per Set)”
Suggested Ways to Use the Cards:
Recognizing Expressions: Encourage children to identify and name the emotions on each character’s face (e.g., happy witch, scared monster). Can they make the expression? When might someone make that expression?
Drawing Expressions: Use the blank-faced character card to let children draw an expression that matches the set or create their own unique emotion.
Colour Matching: Have children match the coloured cards to their black-and-white counterparts to reinforce visual discrimination.
Cut and Play: Cut out all cards and use them for matching pairs, encouraging memory skills by flipping them face-down for a fun matching game.
Storytelling: Have children create short Halloween-themed stories based on the characters’ expressions.
Sets: Children can collect sets e.g. happy characters and angry characters.
This provides a versatile resource for emotional recognition, creativity, and group activities!
For EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage) and KS1 (Key Stage 1) children.
Four Halloween-themed colouring sheets to spark creativity and excitement about the holiday. These resources can be used to introduce children to the concept of Halloween in a fun, engaging way while also helping develop their fine motor skills.
A fun poem for Halloween to share and recite with your children.
Page 1 of the resource shows the poem with a colour illustration of the pumpkin train.
Page 2 is a black and white version, where children add their own pumpkins and trace over the letters of the poem.
A new and different writing frame for your children to use around Halloween. They can use this to write or draw in, to make a poster or display their work.
24 cards for children to colour in, cut and match to the colour versions. Pictures can be used to decorate trick or treat bags or decorate your classroom.
6 Lotto Boards with colour cartoon characters and pictures related to Halloween. 15 cards to copy and cut out to use in the game or for matching games.
A spinner game complete with 8 colour cards and 4 game boards.
Children will enjoy taking turns to spin the spinner and fill their boards with these Halloween themed pictures.