A set of four Alphabet Game Boards.
Each board contains every letter of the alphabet and four different instructions - write a capital , write a lower case , name this lower case letter or name this capital letter.
Children work their way around the board until one of them reaches the end of the board and wins the game.
These boards help children to learn, practise and remember capital letters and letter names.
Aimed at Early Years and Key Stage 1 children.
A matching activity game that helps children to recognise capital and lower case letters and to think about initial sounds.
This activity game includes 26 lower case letter cards, 26 capital letter cards and 26 picture cards. Children can play against each other or work as a team to match the letters with the correct picture.
Aimed at Early Years and Key Stage 1 children.
A set of alphabet word cards. Each card contains a picture and on the reverse the letters that the children need to write the word. There are 26 cards - one for each letter of the alphabet. Children can write the words and then place the cards in alphabetical order.
Aimed at Early Years and Key Stage 1 children.
Alphabet Loop Cards
A set of 26 alphabet loop/follow me cards.
Each card features a picture and a who has something beginning with __ question. Children must listen carefully to the who has question and see if they have a picture that matches the letter. These cards help children to think about letter names and sounds and to recognise capital letters. These cards can be started on any card.
Alphabet Letter Loop Cards
Two sets of alphabet loop cards. One set covers finding capital letters and the other set covers finding lower case letters.
Each set of loop cards includes 26 loop/follow me cards.
Each card features a capital or a lower case letter and a who has __ question. Children must listen carefully to the who has question and see if they have the matching capital or lower case letter. These cards help children to think about letter names and to recognise capital and lower case letters. These cards can be started on any card.
Match the Letter and Picture Game
A matching activity game that helps children to recognise capital and lower case letters and to think about initial sounds.
This activity game includes 26 lower case letter cards, 26 capital letter cards and 26 picture cards. Children can play against each other or work as a team to match the letters with the correct picture.
Alphabet Game
A set of four Alphabet Game Boards.
Each board contains every letter of the alphabet and four different instructions - write a capital __, write a lower case __, name this lower case letter or name this capital letter.
Children work their way around the board until one of them reaches the end of the board and wins the game.
These boards help children to learn, practise and remember capital letters and letter names.
Alphabet Word Cards
A set of alphabet word cards. Each card contains a picture and on the reverse the letters that the children need to write the word. There are 26 cards - one for each letter of the alphabet. Children can write the words and then place the cards in alphabetical order.
Aimed at Early Years and Key Stage 1 children.
A classroom behaviour chart for teachers to use to spot positive behaviours. The chart includes 8 positive classroom behaviours, these behaviours are -
excellent attitude
fantastic lining up
superb effort
brilliant tidying
wonderful kindness
good listening
super sitting
beautiful manners
There is also a set of alien name tags. The children can choose the colour alien that they would like and their name can be added. When the children are spotted displaying one of the positive behaviours they can add their alien name tag to that picture on the chart.
The chart encourages children to engage in the positive behaviours and children enjoy having their name on the chart and being praised for their positive behaviour.
Aimed at Early Years and Key Stage One children.
Classroom Behaviours Powerpoint and Worksheets
A powerpoint focussing on classroom behaviours. This powerpoint can be used as an assembly or during a PSHCE lesson. The powerpoint encourages children to think about positive classroom behaviours and gives examples of what positive classroom behaviours look like.
There are also 3 worksheets for the children to complete as a follow up to an assembly or during a PSHCE lesson. The worksheets cover creating a poster, identifying positive classroom behaviours and making a pledge to yourself to try to be better at one of the classroom behaviours.
Classroom Behaviour Chart
A classroom behaviour chart for teachers to use to spot positive behaviours. The chart includes 8 positive classroom behaviours, these behaviours are -
excellent attitude
fantastic lining up
superb effort
brilliant tidying
wonderful kindness
good listening
super sitting
beautiful manners
There is also a set of alien name tags. The children can choose the colour alien that they would like and their name can be added. When the children are spotted displaying one of the positive behaviours they can add their alien name tag to that picture on the chart.
The chart encourages children to engage in the positive behaviours and children enjoy having their name on the chart and being praised for their positive behaviour.
Classroom Behaviour Certificates
A set of 8 classroom behaviour certificates for teachers to use when they spot a pupil displaying one of the positive behaviours linked to the Classroom Behaviour Chart.
The certificates encourage children to engage in the positive behaviours and children enjoy being praised for their positive behaviour.
Spot a Friend Behaviour Cards
A set of classroom behaviour cards to be used in the classroom for children to spot other classmates who are displaying positive behaviours.
The whole class can be given the same card so that all children are looking out for the same behaviour or they can have a mixture of cards so that they are looking out for different behaviours. I hand these cards out in the morning and we talk about the behaviours that we are going to be spotting and the children keep the card on their desk throughout the day and when they spot another child displaying the behaviour then they write that child’s name on the card.
At the end of the day we then share the cards and celebrate those children who have been spotted doing the right thing.
These cards encourage children to think about and look out for positive behaviours whilst also engaging in positive behaviours themselves.
Aimed at Early Years and Key Stage One children.
A powerpoint focussing on classroom behaviours. This powerpoint can be used as an assembly or during a PSHCE lesson. The powerpoint encourages children to think about positive classroom behaviours and gives examples of what positive classroom behaviours look like.
There are also 3 worksheets for the children to complete as a follow up to an assembly or during a PSHCE lesson. The worksheets cover creating a poster, identifying positive classroom behaviours and making a pledge to yourself to try to be better at one of the classroom behaviours.
Aimed at Early Years and Key Stage 1 children.
A set of counting song PowerPoints covering five counting songs.
The songs are -
Five Little Speckled Frogs
Five Little Men in a Flying Saucer
Five Little Ducks went Swimming One Day
Five Currant Buns in a Baker’s Shop
Ten Fat Sausages Sizzling in a Pan
The songs are interactive although ** do not** include the music. Children can sing along and watch the objects disappear. They can also guess the missing numbers before they are revealed.
Aimed at Early Years and Key Stage 1 children
A set of 4 Maths activities to support children to learn to count and to recognise numbers 0 - 10 using pictorial representations.
The activities include ordering towers from 0 - 10, counting objects and writing numbers 0 - 10, drawing objects to represent numbers 0 - 10 and playing Spot it for numbers and pictorial representations for numbers 0 - 10.
These activities can be laminated for continued use.
Aimed at Early Years and Key Stage 1 children
A set of classroom behaviour cards to be used in the classroom for children to spot other classmates who are displaying positive behaviours. These cards include these behaviours -
excellent attitude
fantastic lining up
superb effort
brilliant tidying
wonderful kindness
good listening
super sitting
beautiful manners
The whole class can be given the same card so that all children are looking out for the same behaviour or they can have a mixture of cards so that they are looking out for different behaviours. I hand these cards out in the morning and we talk about the behaviours that we are going to be spotting and the children keep the card on their desk throughout the day and when they spot another child displaying the behaviour then they write that child’s name on the card.
At the end of the day we then share the cards and celebrate those children who have been spotted doing the right thing.
These cards encourage children to think about and look out for positive behaviours whilst also engaging in positive behaviours themselves.
Aimed at Early Years and Key Stage One children.
A set of 6 activities to support children to learn to write numbers 0 - 10.
The activities include practising writing numbers, filling in missing numbers, creating a number line, tracing over numbers and writing the number of objects.
These sheets can be laminated so that they can be used again and again.
Aimed at Early Years and Key Stage 1 children or those who need extra support to learn to write numbers 0 - 10.
A set of counting song cards covering five counting songs.
The songs are -
Five Little Speckled Frogs
Five Little Men in a Flying Saucer
Five Little Ducks went Swimming One Day
Five Currant Buns in a Baker’s Shop
Ten Fat Sausages Sizzling in a Pan
Each set of cards contains a picture scene for example a set of shelves or a spaceship and pictures to be cut out for example currant buns or aliens. Children add the correct number of objects to the scene then sing the song and take objects away. There is also a space for children to fill in the missing number or name.
These cards can be laminated to use again.
Aimed at Early Years and Key Stage 1 children
**Counting Song Cards
A set of counting song cards covering five counting songs.
The songs are -
Five Little Speckled Frogs
Five Little Men in a Flying Saucer
Five Little Ducks went Swimming One Day
Five Currant Buns in a Baker’s Shop
Ten Fat Sausages Sizzling in a Pan
Each set of cards contains a picture scene for example a set of shelves or a spaceship and pictures to be cut out for example currant buns or aliens. Children add the correct number of objects to the scene then sing the song and take objects away. There is also a space for children to fill in the missing number or name.
These cards can be laminated to use again.
**Counting Songs PowerPoints
A set of counting song PowerPoints covering five counting songs.
The songs are -
Five Little Speckled Frogs
Five Little Men in a Flying Saucer
Five Little Ducks went Swimming One Day
Five Currant Buns in a Baker’s Shop
Ten Fat Sausages Sizzling in a Pan
The songs are interactive although ** do not** include the music. Children can sing along and watch the objects disappear. They can also guess the missing numbers before they are revealed.
Counting to 10 Cards
A set of cards showing numbers 0 - 10.
Children can practise counting the dots or can place objects such as counters over the dots to practise counting to 10. Each card displays the number too so children start to associate the number of objects with the numeral.
These cards can be laminated for continued use.
Match Numerals, Pictures and Words
A set of matching cards for numbers 0 - 10.
Children have to match the numeral, picture and word. They could also use these cards to order numbers from 0 - 10, order the pictures from 0 - 10 or order the number words from zero to ten.
Pictorial Representations
A set of 4 Maths activities to support children to learn to count and to recognise numbers 0 - 10 using pictorial representations.
The activities include ordering towers from 0 - 10, counting objects and writing numebrs 0 - 10, drawing objects to represent numbers 0 - 10 and playing Spot it for numbers and pictorial representations for numbers 0 - 10.
These activities can be laminated for continued use.
Writing Numbers 0 - 10
A set of 6 activities to support children to learn to write numbers 0 - 10.
The activities include practising writing numbers, filling in missing numbers, creating a number line, tracing over numbers and writing the number of objects.
These sheets can be laminated so that they can be used again and again.
Aimed at Early Years and Key Stage 1 children or those who need extra support to learn to write numbers 0 - 10.
Counting Song Cards
A set of counting song cards covering five counting songs.
The songs are -
Five Little Speckled Frogs
Five Little Men in a Flying Saucer
Five Little Ducks went Swimming One Day
Five Currant Buns in a Baker’s Shop
Ten Fat Sausages Sizzling in a Pan
Each set of cards contains a picture scene for example a set of shelves or a spaceship and pictures to be cut out for example currant buns or aliens. Children add the correct number of objects to the scene then sing the song and take objects away. There is also a space for children to fill in the missing number or name.
These cards can be laminated to use again.
Aimed at Early Years and Key Stage 1 children
Counting Song PowerPoints
A set of counting song PowerPoints covering five counting songs.
The songs are -
Five Little Speckled Frogs
Five Little Men in a Flying Saucer
Five Little Ducks went Swimming One Day
Five Currant Buns in a Baker’s Shop
Ten Fat Sausages Sizzling in a Pan
The songs are interactive although ** do not** include the music. Children can sing along and watch the objects disappear. They can also guess the missing numbers before they are revealed.
Aimed at Early Years and Key Stage 1 children
A set of 39 phonics exit tickets.
Exit tickets can be used at the end of a lesson to assess children’s knowledge and understanding. They can be used to assess what the children have learnt during the lesson or their prior knowledge. These phonics exit tickets can be used to assess phonics knowledge. Each ticket contains a grapheme and words that the children could use with the grapheme missing. Children can therefore say one of the words from their card or can work out the words and then see if they can think of their own word.
These exit tickets can be printed and laminated or displayed on the Interactive Whiteboard. Each child could answer the same question or they could all have their own ticket - this method is useful for differentiating and assessing the phonics knowledge of specific children.
Aimed at Early Years and Key Stage 1 children
A set of 50 Maths exit tickets based on Year 1 Maths curriculum.
Exit tickets can be used at the end of a lesson to assess children’s knowledge and understanding. They can be used to assess what the children have learnt during the lesson or their prior knowledge. These Maths exit tickets can be used to assess Maths knowledge about number. Each ticket contains a Maths problem for the children to solve. The Maths problems include missing numbers in number sentences, counting in 2s, 5s and 10s, place value, one more and one less.
These exit tickets can be printed and laminated or displayed on the Interactive Whiteboard. Each child could solve the same problem or they could all have their own ticket - this method is useful for differentiating and assessing the Maths knowledge of specific children.
Aimed at Key Stage 1 children
A short story about worries.
The little girl in the story has a worry that starts in her tummy and keeps growing and growing until she shares her worry with other people.
The short story can be used during an assembly or as a discussion point during a PSHCE lesson.
This resource also includes three worksheets focussing on worries. The worksheets are draw what you think a worry would look like and then find adjectives to describe a worry, draw somebody that you could talk to about a worry and think about what you could do to help a friend who had a worry.
Aimed at Early Years and Key Stage 1 children
Maths Exit Tickets
A set of 50 Maths exit tickets based on the Year 1 Maths curriculum.
Exit tickets can be used at the end of a lesson to assess children’s knowledge and understanding. They can be used to assess what the children have learnt during the lesson or their prior knowledge. These Maths exit tickets can be used to assess Maths knowledge about number. Each ticket contains a Maths problem for the children to solve. The Maths problems include missing numbers in number sentences, counting in 2s, 5s and 10s, place value, one more and one less.
These exit tickets can be printed and laminated or displayed on the Interactive Whiteboard. Each child could solve the same problem or they could all have their own ticket - this method is useful for differentiating and assessing the Maths knowledge of specific children.
Phonics Exit Tickets
A set of 39 phonics exit tickets based on the Year 1 English curriculum.
Exit tickets can be used at the end of a lesson to assess children’s knowledge and understanding. They can be used to assess what the children have learnt during the lesson or their prior knowledge. These phonics exit tickets can be used to assess phonics knowledge. Each ticket contains a grapheme and words that the children could use with the grapheme missing. Children can therefore say one of the words from their card or can work out the words and then see if they can think of their own word.
These exit tickets can be printed and laminated or displayed on the Interactive Whiteboard. Each child could answer the same question or they could all have their own ticket - this
method is useful for differentiating and assessing the phonics knowledge of specific children.
Aimed at Early Years and Key Stage 1 children.
Phonics Exit Tickets
A set of 39 phonics exit tickets.
Exit tickets can be used at the end of a lesson to assess children’s knowledge and understanding. They can be used to assess what the children have learnt during the lesson or their prior knowledge. These phonics exit tickets can be used to assess phonics knowledge. Each ticket contains a grapheme and words that the children could use with the grapheme missing. Children can therefore say one of the words from their card or can work out the words and then see if they can think of their own word.
These exit tickets can be printed and laminated or displayed on the Interactive Whiteboard. Each child could answer the same question or they could all have their own ticket - this method is useful for differentiating and assessing the phonics knowledge of specific children.
Phonics Activity PowerPoint
A phonics activity for practising and revising vowel digraphs and trigraphs or special friends sounds.
Children are shown the focus sound and then real words and alien words with the focus sound missing. Children can practise writing real and alien words on their whiteboards using the focus sounds. The activity could be used during phonics lessons, as an intervention for any children requiring extra support or in the lead up to the phonics screening.
A good activity to support children to recognise sounds plus spell and read words.
Phonics Activity Workbook
A fun phonics activity workbook covering vowel digraphs and trigraphs.
Each new ‘special friend’ sound has three workbook pages - one to practise writing real words, one to identify alien words and one to complete a sentence using the focus sound in a word. There is a space on the sentence writing page for children to draw a picture to match their sentence.
This activity workbook could be completed as part of a group, independently or could be sent home as home learning/homework.
I have also used this workbook as Early Morning Work for children to practise their phonics. The workbook supports children to become more confident with each focus sound and as the activities are repeated for each new sound the children can become more independent when
completing the workbook.
Aimed at Early Years and Year 1 although could be used as a booster or intervention activity for Year 2 children.
A set of 20 word maker cards, a sheet of vowel sounds and 10 Phonics worksheets.
These cards cover split digraphs only.
Children can pick either a word maker card or a sound card and then see how many split digraph words they can make with the cards by placing the sound card onto the word maker card.
There are also 10 Phonics worksheets that children can use alongside the word maker cards. The worksheets cover real and alien words, rhyme, sentence making, word meaning, word sorting activities.
Aimed at Key Stage 1 children