We sell unique, child friendly teaching resources to give children back their love of learning. Education has become very test driven, with many resources in a 'test format' . This can become very uninspiring for learners and be a cause for lack of motivation and enthusiasm. At Applefortheteacher, we create teaching resources to give children the skills they need academically, socially and emotionally, whilst encouraging that important 'love of learning'. Inspiring learners to thrive!
We sell unique, child friendly teaching resources to give children back their love of learning. Education has become very test driven, with many resources in a 'test format' . This can become very uninspiring for learners and be a cause for lack of motivation and enthusiasm. At Applefortheteacher, we create teaching resources to give children the skills they need academically, socially and emotionally, whilst encouraging that important 'love of learning'. Inspiring learners to thrive!
Here are 7 different activities to support the ‘All about me’ topic in EYFS. There are 2 cute poems which children can make personal to them as well as a range of other activities including a maths about me and a literacy about me sheet. These are lovely activities for young learners to realise how unique and special they all are.
This is a gorgeous presentation, which creates a high level of engagement, motivation and participation from children. Encouraging child interaction throughout. Can the children beat the jungle animals to find the number that is one more or one less? This has been tried and tested on young children and they absolutely love it! Also included are domino type loop cards of more/less and worksheets which allow children to draw dots to show their understanding of one more/one less if number formation isn’t possible. Putting the love back in learning, enthusing children to thrive!
As a token of our respect for Remembrance Day, these are all FREE for you to download in preparation for your Remembrance Day activities.
We hope you will love our Remembrance Day bundle which we have created in honour of the people who lost their lives. Here you will find a lovely, child friendly powerpoint presentation explaining about Remembrance Day, suitable for younger children as well as older, ideal for assemblies or class discussions.
Also included is a word mat to support Remembrance Day writing of key vocabulary showing correct spellings, this also provides good prompts for writing.
There are acrostic poem sheets on a gorgeous poppy background.
There is also a word search using key Remembrance Day Vocabulary.
Finally, there is a poem, created by us here at Applefortheteacher.co.uk, with a planning sheet and worksheet to support children in making up a poem of their own in the theme of ours, using their imagination, the information they have learned and their senses.
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These are great vocabulary building activities to support learners in being creative with their vocabulary. Encouraging them to magpie ideas to use in their own writing. Images are used to inspire ideas in order to use creative writing skills to write a detailed setting paragraph. Settings included are beach, forest, desert and city. Suitable for LKS2 Year 4 to develop writing skills. Put the love in learning!
These are 3 great games to support KS1 learners in their times tables. Helps with rapid recall once the ground work of understanding the different ways of multiplying are consolidated. Fantastic games with a high engagement level to see who can get to the Monster Mash by answering a range of times table questions. 3 printable board games included, with numerals and question cards for 2 x tables, 5 times tables and 10 times tables. Putting the love back in learning!
The English language can be tricky with the many different words which sound the same. These homophones flash cards will support children in their understanding of the meanings and the different spellings. Also included is a homophones detective word mat which is a great writing support. Put the love into learning!
Stunning Habitat images to be used as a stimulus for the habitats topic. Gorgeous for a display to aid a discussion on the climate and the types of animals that might be found there and why. Desert, woodland, ocean, seashore, rainforest are amongst the images. 7 in total. Put the love in learning.
This is a great assessment tool, to check if a learner has mastered multiplication and fully understands the different methods which can be used such as grouping, arrays, repeated addition and inverse operations. 15 pages included as well as a blank page to input own numbers. Designed in a child friendly way to engage and motivate children. Put the love in learning!
This is a lovely activity focusing on sports objects. Learners who are beginning with counting who find writing and forming shapes a challenge with Special Educational Needs, can access this resource to assess their knowledge and understanding. By counting the objects and recording using dots or dashes in the space provided, it allows learners to evidence and evaluate their answers. A great tool to promote independence and maths recording of children with difficulties in this area.
This is a selection of superhero resources, a fantastic maths game with instructions, played similar to snakes and ladders, if you land on a ‘Pow’ move to 10 more. If you land on a ‘Dark Destroyer’ move to 10 less. The winner is the first person to reach 100. There is also a 10 more 10 less activity with base 10’s and ones - draw 10 more and 10 less. Also included is a missing number hundred square of heroes and villains. Ideal for KS1 learners and LKS2 if 10 more 10 less is not consolidated. Putting the love in learning!
This is a great activity for SEN learners to build their knowledge of the things around them. Using a mixture of photographs and illustrations, this is a tried and tested matching activity to relate the image to the real object. Supports the use of communication methods and is a good assessment for the level of understanding. Pictures of classroom objects and the environment are included. (6 pages).
Here are 10 great activities of the highest quality, to support children in working independently when reading. These sheets cover a range of tasks which involve the book the children are currently reading. Also attached is a guided reading Crib Sheet to support Volunteers/new Teaching Assistants in questions/format of reading with young learners. Put the love in learning!
This is a fabulous activity for early learners as part of the Technology Understanding the World topic. 7 sheets each with 4 activities, total of 28 cards for children to go out and explore, taking photographs of the things they have been asked to find on the cards (using cameras or IPad’s. Gorgeous illustrations on child friendly cards. These photographs can then be made into an ‘I Spy Collage’. Putting the love back into learning!
This is a very child friendly powerpoint presentation showing how to stay safe online. "20 slides telling a story that young children can relate to in order to encourage engagement and a solid understanding of this important subject. Online Safety is something which all children need to be aware of. An excellent learning tool, putting children at the core of their learning.
These gorgeous paint pot colour posters are the perfect visual for young learners to begin colour recognition. Visually stimulating to enhance any room or art display. Putting children at the core of their learning.
These gorgeous shape activities support learners with the knowledge of different shapes, using matching skills of various difficulties. The first set of Shape Flash Cards (3 pages) can be used to match to real shapes in practical activities, the names of shapes which are also included can also be matched to the cards, they can be used with or without shape names to check understanding. There is also a shape cut and stick activity (10 pages) where different sized shapes need to be matched and stuck inside a larger matching shape. The third shape matching activity(10 pages) matches the exact same sized shapes to each other. Great for SEN learners giving them different levels of progression.
This is a short powerpoint presentation to present to children that numbers are all around the environment, with photographs of where they can find them. 6 slides, visually stimulating.
These are gorgeous printable phonics sheets, to support children in their initial sound matching. Clear photographs and illustrations can be cut out and placed on the Initial Sound Cards. These can be laminated and used again and again. Suitable for EYFS, SEN and KS1 learners. 18 Pages to download in total. Putting the love back into learning!
This is a set of resources for the History Topic of Toys Past and Present in KS1. There is a gorgeous animated Powerpoint which is very child friendly with a bear telling the story, for young learners to relate to. Also included are comparison sheets to allow children to make comparisons between toys now and in the past. There is a word mat with key words to support the topic, old and new toy posters and a cut and stick sorting activity. Fantastic set of resources to support this topic. Putting children at the core of their learning.
This is a fun and engaging activity, encouraging early learners to recognise and match numerals by being a postal worker, delivering letters to houses. The houses and addresses can be laminated and placed indoors or outdoors, to allow children to do their postal jobs and deliver by attaching each address to the correct house.