These activities all have a theme of balls and would be useful for children who enjoy sports related activities and like their hobbies to be brought into their work in the classroom. These activities would be useful for young children or older children with special needs who are learning about the concepts of more and less. There is a simple outline of a possible lesson with a starter and ending activity suggested. Then 3 worksheets where children have to count the balls in two sacks and circle the sack with most balls in. 3 Worksheets where children have to count balls on two sides of a box and insert the correct inequality; or = to show which side has more balls. And 3 worksheets with two number either side of a box in which the children can insert the correct inequality to show which of the two numbers is larger.

This resource includes: - 3 worksheets of counting bugs to 10. - 3 worksheets of counting the different bugs in the picture and writing the number. - 3 worksheets of counting the sets of bugs. - 2 worksheets where children can grab objects and tally what they have grabbed (you will need to provide your own objects to grab, plastic insects would be nice but coloured counters do the trick as well). - 4 worksheets counting bugs in 10s. - 6 worksheets writing and understanding ordinal numbers. - 1 worksheet to go with a suggested activity where children throw beanbags and then use ordinal numbers to order their throwing distances. - 1 worksheet looking at the different terms and symbols associated with 'more,' 'less' and 'equals.' - 9 worksheets looking at more and less. - 10 worksheets looking at tens and units and partitioning.

This is a set of counting clip cards for the story of the Little Red Hen. Simply, print, chop and laminate and give your children pegs and they can use them again and again. Perfect as a maths activity when you are using this story in class.

Pirate themed addition printables. Adding three or four 1 digit numbers. This product includes 10 printables with a pirate theme. 8 of the printables require your child to add together three 1 digit numbers and write down the total. 2 of the printables require your child to add together four 1 digit numbers and write down the total.

This resource is based on balls and would appeal to children who enjoy ball games and like their hobbies to be brought into their class work. The activities will help young children who are beginning to understand place value and are ordering numbers and comparing numbers. Or older children who need some extra help and support in this area. There is a simple outline of a suggested lesson plan including an idea for a starter and ending activity and the resources for these at the end which can be printed and laminated if necessary. - 8 worksheets where children cut out and stick numbers in order. There are 3 worksheets looking at numbers to 10. 3 worksheets looking at a and 2 digit numbers and 2 worksheets looking at numbers up to 3 digits. - 8 worksheets where children cut and paste the number that comes next. 3 of these look at numbers to 10, 3 at numbers up to 2 digits and 2 at numbers up to 3 digits. - 3 worksheets where children partition a number into tens and units. - 6 worksheets where children look at 3 digits they are given and then rearrange them to make the smallest possible number and the largest possible number.

These Valentine's day printables would be excellent for early morning work. They include: - 3 pages of word shape work. - 3 pages of word searches. - 5 pages of cut the letters out to spell the words (cvc with medial a, e, i, o and u). - 3 pages of cut and paste the number that comes next. - 4 pages of cut and paste the number to complete the number sentence. - 3 pages of complete the maze and write the directions. - 2 pages of cut and paste to complete the pattern. The best thing about these resources is you can print them and go - no prep! All your children will need is a pencil, scissors and glue.

This resource is a bingo game that aims to help children practice producing the sounds /h/ and /t/. There are 10 bingo cards using a total of 12 words which all contain either /h/ or /t/ in them. There is a set with pictures to use for pre-readers and there is a set with words only to use with fluent readers who need only practice the sound production. The bingo cards use only cvc words so can also be used to practice sounding out cvc words or as a word and picture match.

These are straight forward counting activities for young children or older children who are finding counting difficult to understand. There is a simple lesson description which includes an idea for a starter activity. 6 worksheets where children match a numeral to a number of balls. 6 worksheets where children count a row of balls and write the numeral. 3 worksheets where children draw a certain number of balls into a box. 3 worksheets where children draw a certain number of balls into a basket. The lesson plan also includes an idea for an ending activity and number cards, and picture number cards at the end which can be laminated for this activity if necessary.

Use these long a task cards to support your children to learn 3 of the different spellings for the long I sound. There are 20 task cards. Each task card has a picture and children need to decide whether the picture uses the ie, y or i_e spelling of the long i sound. They can then use the answer sheet provided to write down which spelling it is and then to spell out the word. A teacher's answer sheet is provided for easy marking or this can be given to children after they have completed the cards to mark their own work. These cards could also be used clip cards if you provided children with clothes pins to go with the cards. Simply print on card, chop and laminate so that these cards can be used time and time again. (I have also included the cards duplicated in black and white for those with only a black ink printing option).

Use these long a task cards to support your children to learn 3 of the different spellings for the long O sound. There are 16 task cards. Each task card has a picture and children need to decide whether the picture uses the oa, ow or o_e spelling of the long O sound. They can then use the answer sheet provided to write down which spelling it is and then to spell out the word. A teacher's answer sheet is provided for easy marking or this can be given to children after they have completed the cards to mark their own work. These cards could also be used clip cards if you provided children with clothes pins to go with the cards. Simply print on card stock, chop and laminate so that these cards can be used time and time again. (I have also included the cards duplicated in black and white for those with only a black ink printing option).

Use these long a task cards to support your children to learn 3 of the different spellings for the long U sound. There are 20 task cards. Each task card has a picture and children need to decide whether the picture uses the ue, u_e or oo spelling of the long U sound. They can then use the answer sheet provided to write down which spelling it is and then to spell out the word. A teacher's answer sheet is provided for easy marking or this can be given to children after they have completed the cards to mark their own work. These cards could also be used clip cards if you provided children with clothes pins to go with the cards. Simply print on card stock, chop and laminate so that these cards can be used time and time again. (I have also included the cards duplicated in black and white for those with only a black ink printing option).

Use these long a task cards to support your children to learn 3 of the different spellings for the long e sound. There are 20 task cards. Each task card has a picture and children need to decide whether the picture uses the ee or ea spelling of the long e sound. They can then use the answer sheet provided to write down which spelling it is and then to spell out the word. A teacher's answer sheet is provided for easy marking or this can be given to children after they have completed the cards to mark their own work. These cards could also be used clip cards if you provided children with clothes pins to go with the cards. Simply print on card, chop and laminate so that these cards can be used time and time again. (I have also included the cards duplicated in black and white for those with only a black ink printing option).

This resource helps children to understand how they can use a number square to add and subtract 1 and 10. It has an information sheet at the beginning of each section to show children how to do this. This sheet could be shown on the IWB at the start of the lesson. This resource includes a selection of worksheets of increasing difficulty, some more scaffolded than others. It also includes a selection of task cards which could be used for plenaries, mini-plenaries, starters or given as homework. This product includes: - 17 printable worksheets - 24 task cards - 2 explanation sheets - 1 table for children to write answers

Are you teaching about irregular verbs? Do your children know the past tense versions of irregular verbs or are they still adding -ed to the irregular verbs? Use these task cards to help reinforce understanding about irregular verbs and their past tense versions.

This resource is useful if you are using The Little Red Hen story in your classroom. It includes 6 writing papers with pictures from the story. These are provided with both wide and narrow lines. So 12 pages in all. There is also a word mat with pictures for key vocabulary from the story.

Can your children identify adjectives in a sentence? Use these simple task cards to help children to identify adjectives in a sentence. Includes 40 task cards, an answer sheet for children to use and a teacher's answer sheet for quick and easy marking. Also includes an extension sheet for children to think of their own replacement adjective.

This resource includes 18 worksheets to support children in understanding how to add 1 and take 1 from a number. They include 6 worksheets where children cut and paste a rabbit or a squirrel over a nut or a carrot to signify 'taking 1' from a number of objects. 3 worksheets where children draw an extra fish into a fish bowl to signify 'adding 1' from a number of objects. 3 worksheets where children cross out a fish from a fish bowl to signify 'taking 1' from a number of objects. 3 worksheets where children draw spots for a number and then draw one more to indicate 'adding 1' to a number. 2 worksheets where children look at a number and either add or take 1 from the number.

This resource includes a printable for each letter of the alphabet. The printable relates to the sound of that letter. Children need to trace the letters, practice handwriting the lower and upper case letters and then cut and stick three of the four pictures into the boxes to show the pictures that begin with that sound. You could use these as an alphabet or literacy activity in lesson time, as morning work or send home as homework.

Use these Winter themed early morning work printables for your class. The printables include some which are purely winter based, some which include a Christmas theme and some which include a nativity theme. They can be selected as appropriate for your class to use.

This is a simple pack for children to work on identifying rhyming words. It uses words accompanied by pictures for those children who are just starting to read. It contains: - 4 pages for children to circle (or they could colour) all the words and pictures that rhyme with a given word. - 3 pages of words and pictures for children to cut and paste into a table of 3 options of ending sounds. - 3 pages of words and pictures where children have to link across from one word to two more words that rhyme. - 30 word and picture cards that can be used for rhyming snap or rhyming pairs. - 15 dominoes using 30 words and pictures that can be used for rhyming dominoes.