Saving you valuable time with tried and tested resources. Having been a teacher for 23 Years and spending the last 15 years of those in Primary, particularly years 3-5, I’ve developed a passion for creating a wide range of resources to help support little learners.
Saving you valuable time with tried and tested resources. Having been a teacher for 23 Years and spending the last 15 years of those in Primary, particularly years 3-5, I’ve developed a passion for creating a wide range of resources to help support little learners.
Engage your little learners with activities for making ten and help them retain important number facts that they’ll need throughout their school experience. Number bonds or pairs of numbers to ten are so important throughout the math curriculum and once students secure these facts, addition and subtraction, along with other arithmetic and basic operations will become accessible more easily.
There are 10 quality worksheet activities included in the packet (where activities appear to have been duplicated, it is to accommodate both UK and US spelling of color in the description of the use of cents or pence notation) that are in line with common core standards within the math curriculum.
Activities include ten frames, matching activities, missing numbers, mazes, counting, coloring and drawing to find pairs of numbers that add to make ten. Use these as a main lesson focus, for independent learning, math centers, homework or homeschooling activities and see your youngsters engage in number sense and facts to make ten.
These are no prep activities, meaning you can simply download, print and use
Are you getting your next bulletin board ready for math display? These printable math cards are ideal for sharing key knowledge with children for using base ten materials, so they recognise thousands, hundreds, tens and ones. There are eleven cards in the set available as a digital download (A4 pdf). Each one is designed in calming colours and show different popular math symbols, including more than, less than, equal, as well as the four number operations. These would support kindergarten math within the elementary classroom, primary classroom, EYFS setting or homeschool environment.
Download yours today and share this valuable math resource as part of your classroom decor to embed these basic math skills. Please note that this resource isn’t editable.
Support you little learners with their counting to ten and beyond with this valuable time saving resource consisting of a hundred square and ten display posters showing the numbers one to ten in digits, words and ten frame representations. Each one has been designed in a calming green colour, with cute jungle images and at a size of A4.
This would make a versatile resource for use in the classroom, at table centers, during whole class delivery and on your next math bulletin board. However, you choose to use it, children will find the posters engaging and supportive as they develop their knowledge and understanding of numbers to ten and beyond.
The hundred square is an added bonus as it will also assist youngsters with the majority of their number work and basic calculations of addition and subtraction. Print multiple copies and laminate them, children have proven to use them well with a dry wipe pen to help support their learning and making them available for regular and repetitive use.
The resources aren’t editable, you’ll simply download as a pdf, print , laminate and go!
Are you looking for classroom display ideas? It could be that you’re looking for resources to support your child in maths at home?
These digit cards come in a set of 24 with numbers from 0-9, the four operation symbols, a decimal point, place value headings and a pair of brackets. The cards are A6 ( a quarter of A4) making them ideal for small group and whole class teaching activities where children can rearrange numbers themselves to develop confidence and understanding. They are a pdf download so you’ll be able to use your printer settings to alter the size should you wish. When they’re not being used in group work, you can also use them for your Maths working wall display to support learning or turn them into smaller flashcards to resource math centers. They come in gentle boho colours so they don’t over stimulate the learning environment. A great universal teaching resource to support young learners in all learning environments.
If you’re teaching Pre-K to 1st Grade and in need of alphabet posters for your classroom, then these cute plant decor themed ABC cards could be what you need to add a sense of fun within a valuable learning resource.
Each card shows the capital letter, the lower case letter and a picture containing the same initial sound as the letter. Designed with a wood coloured background and colorful plant embellishments, these are sure to capture little learners and engage them in using them to support their letter recognition and formation.
Each letter uses the Primary Penmanship Lined font so students can see how each letter should look on their own handwriting paper. The posters are A4 in size but you have the option to use your printer settings to alter the size should you wish to do so.
The resource requires no prep other than to print and laminate - it is a non editable resource available to download as a pdf.
If your learners are getting to grips with 2 digit numbers, place value and comparing, then these no prep worksheets are just what you need to add to your math centers, intervention sessions, homework or homeschooling, to save you time but also providing quality learning resources.
There are 10 worksheets included in the download, engaging students in identifying and using more than or less than symbols, coloring true and false statements, finding the greatest numbers or the smallest numbers, adding missing numbers, using domino ideas, problem solving and a lot more so that they become more confident and secure in the value of tens and ones within numbers.
These would be ideal for children in first and second grade (US) or Year 2 (UK) as they support the curriculum and standards with these age ranges in both countries.
Watch their confidence develop as they use a range of vocabulary during math talk and begin to explain their answers using correct mathematical vocabulary they’ll practice by completing the different activities.
Create a lot of fun with your little learners as they become engaged in compound words. This pack of 10 worksheets will develop their reading, writing and knowledge of compound words through fun activities such as code breakers, colouring fun, I spy activities, letter shading, sentence creation, reading passages and more.
The activities have been designed with second grade students in mind and focus a lot in the second grade compound word list with other additions. These are no prep worksheets, allowing you to free up some of your valuable time - simply download, print and use! All of the activities are in black and white to save on your copying budget too!
Pages 1&2, 7&8 and 9&10 look duplicated, however, it’s to accommodate the spelling of color for US and UK students, meaning there are 13 pages altogether in the download.
Keep your learners entertained and engaged through these fun packed activities, whilst covering curriculum standards. They are ideal for lesson activities, early finishers, table centers and homeschooling. See what fun you can have with compound words
Share the daily routine with your little learners using my visual timetable cards. There are 40 cards included in the set and include all UK primary school lesson, break time, lunch time and snack.
Each card has a cute representation that children of all ages will understand and is accompanied by a subject/routine label. Each card has been designed on a white background with a ranged of coloured labels, making them a suitable addition to most classroom decor.
There are 6 cards per A4 sheet but you can use your printer settings to enlarge to A3 if you’re needing resources for some children who may be visually impaired, or you can print smaller for individual use where some children require their own personal timetable.
Whatever your learning environment is, these cards are suitable for SEND environments, mainstream settings, homeschooling and individual use. There’s no prep needed other than to print, laminate and use!
Make learning about our continents engaging and fun with this hands on creative activity. Children can order the size of the continents, name them, add surrounding oceans and identify countries within in them. There is scope to add more facts in order to differentiate tasks.
This no prep activity consists of 7 circles with each of the continents inside them. Learners need to lay the circles on top of each other in size order to create the booklet and attach them with a split pin. From here, they can see the size order of the continents and they can begin to identify them and add relevant facts.
The finished activity would look great on your next bulletin/display board, or even glued into books for future reference.
This is a valuable resource which has always been popular with my students over the years. It will make it easier for them to retain key continent information.
Are you looking for fun resources with repeated addition and multiplication equations for your second grade learners? These quality arrays task cards focus on the 2x, 5x, 10x, 3x and 4x multiplication tables and representations as arrays. They are ideal for both the US and UK Math Curriculum to cover expected standards.
Children can often struggle with the concept and need plenty of practice. There are 20 no prep activity cards prompting students to look at each array and identify the matching repeated addition equation and multiplication equation that describes the array. Learners can then clip the answers on each card with pegs or paper clips for interventions, small group work and math centers, or they can record both equations in their notebook so they can see how repeated addition and multiplications can represent the same value.
The best thing is, once completed, students can use the included answer cards to peer or self assess answers, identifying misconceptions or receiving instant praise, knowing they’ve secured their knowledge and understanding.
There are 4 cards per A4 page (pdf download). For extra durability I’d suggest printing into card stock then laminating so they can be used as often as needed. They would be great for classroom and homeschool math lessons as centers, support and interventions.
Whilst these have been designed with second grade learners in mind, there’s scope to include them in 3rd and 4th grade too depending on prior learning and need for understanding. This would equate to Y3 and Y4 UK curriculum.
Save yourself valuable time and use these no prep cards as part of your math lessons.
Winter Add and Subtract bar model problem solving Task Cards for 2nd Grade Math
Do you find that your students can calculate simple addition and subtraction answers but struggle when it comes to problem solving? These high quality addition and subtraction task cards provide a great opportunity for students to apply their knowledge solving problems with a bar model representation. There are 20 no prep cards within the set, consisting of a mixture of two digit and three digit numbers, all set within a cute Winter theme.
The problems have been designed with the second grade curriculum in mind (or Year 3 UK) and contain word problems with a bar model representation. Bar models are often included in assessment materials and can prove to be a difficult concept for some learners. Children need to read and solve the problem on each of the cards, using key language to determine whether an addition or a subtraction calculation is needed. They can work out answers on a whiteboard and then record on the provided recording sheet, or ask them to show their working out in their notebooks. There’s also an answer sheet provided to encourage self or peer assessment, or it can be used as a quick reference guide to speed up teacher marking.
The task cards would be ideal for 2nd Grade math centers, small group work or even interventions/challenges for 2nd or 3rd grade children. They would also be suited for homeschooling, ensuring that learners access problems at the expected level or grade.
Creating word problems can be a chore when planning resources. Take the stress out of such preparation, knowing these questions meet curriculum standards, providing fluency and challenge for your students, saving you a lot of time!
The pdf download includes:
A5 direction card
A4 recording sheet (black and white)
A4 answer sheet - coloured Winter theme
20 problem task cards with a Winter theme background (4 per A4 page)
Once they’re printed, laminate them for extra durability and use as often as you like to secure problem solving skills with addition and subtraction.
Dive into the world of arithmetic with my set of progressive and engaging subtraction worksheet printables, suitable for 7-9 year olds. The worksheets have been designed to build upon concrete and pictorial skills taught in schools so that your little one becomes confident in using the popular column method for subtracting larger numbers and does so with increased ease. This set focuses on subtracting with an exchange (borrowing as we knew it back in the day!) using pictorial and abstract concepts. Worksheets include subtracting two 2 digit numbers, subtracting a 2 digit from a 3 digit number and subtracting two 3 digit numbers.
As a primary school teacher myself, these concepts have been part of the curriculum for years and the activities you find here will support your child’s application and knowledge in column subtraction, whether these are used in the classroom, as part of home schooling or as extra practise at home with adult support.
Give your child the chance they need to master this method and apply it confidently throughout the rest of their math’s education!
This math printable set includes 20 subtraction worksheets for you to download in pdf and print.
Have fun in the classroom this Halloween season with this set of 10 engaging and high quality Halloween worksheets aimed at 1st-3rd Grade learners. There’s a range of activities from Halloween poetry, Halloween grammar, sentence structure, alphabetical order and Halloween writing activities to keep youngsters learning and on track whilst having fun.
The worksheets will help to develop a range of basic skills as well as tease out the imagination children have as they set their ideas to writing in a spooky context. The different worksheets cover:
Punctuation through capitalisation and full stops (periods)
Missing adjectives - choose the appropriate one
Halloween poetry and comprehension through drawing and annotating
Descriptive writing through a ‘Wanted’ task
Asking questions with the correct structure and punctuation
Writing instructions
Alphabetical order
Word building within words
Finish the sentence using conjunctions
The coverage of skills ensures there’s something for everyone from first grade through to third grade (Y1-Y2 UK). Whether you’re teaching a whole Halloween theme, looking for early finishing tasks, literacy centers, homeschool activities or something for youngsters during a Halloween themed activity day then these worksheets are ideal.
There’s no prep needed, simply download (pdf), print and use. Each worksheet is A4 in size and black and white to save on copying costs.
Let’s keep our youngsters learning whilst enjoying the seasonal fun - Happy Halloween!
Silly sentence building cards are great fun for children. As well as creating laughs, they are also an educational resource, developing language skills and story telling without children realising they are learning! There are 36 cards in this Christmas themed set. Children reveal 3 cards at a time, consisting of a Christmas character, an action and an outcome or place. Children of varied ages can play as they then put the 3 cards together to read and say the silly sentence. For older children, they use these as a start for creating a short paragraph, developing imagination and story telling stamina.
The activity would be great to help those learners who struggle to use imagination for story telling, whether that be in the classroom, at home or in the homeschool learning environment. Use them as writing centers, support, writing prompts and to develop speaking and listening skills amongst learners.
You will receive a link to access your download due to file size. From there you can instantly download, print and use.
Add some humour this festive season. Be sure to order yours in plenty of time and let the laughter begin!
Add a valuable coping strategy to your calm corner with these printable yoga flashcards, ideal for wall decor, smaller flashcards or an individual resource on a key chain.
There are 15 different yoga poses for children to participate in and I’ve chosen some of the favourite ones that my 3rd and 4th grade (Year 4 & 5 UK) students used to enjoy doing the most.
These can be used in a variety of ways, individually by those students who need some time in the calm corner themselves, or as part of a small group activity for 5 minutes of mindfulness amongst students, especially when it’s an indoor recess. They can even be used by the whole class with teacher guidance - why not play some relaxing music in the background and notice the difference in your students approach to learning afterwards.
Help your learners reset and regulate themselves with these child friendly poses, having lots of fun along the way!
There are 8 A4 pages included in the download(pdf), with 2 yoga poses per page. Simply download and print and display according to your classroom needs and the needs of your learners. These work well within the elementary classroom with children of all ages, within the primary classroom and would even benefit children who are home schooled within their learning environment.
Are you looking to add some extra Santa magic during this festive season? This set of 32 daily message cards are perfect for keeping the magic alive! There are enough cards to give to your little learners one everyday throughout December, right up until Christmas Eve. Each one has a North Pole motif in the corner and then a message from Santa or his elves to tell your child or class how good they’re being, what Santa is up to and how much they’re ready for the big day. it’s a great behaviour management tool for younger elementary children, Kindergarten and Preschoolers or homeschooler.
There are 24 positive cards and 8 which can be used for motivation to keep your youngsters on task and behaving until Santa arrives. The Santa affirmation card printable will create festive memories for years to come.
There are 8 pages in the pack and cards can be downloaded instantly and used an often as you like. Keep your little ones on their toes and choose the card that is appropriate for them each day. They would be ideal to ‘appear’ on a morning, or ‘hidden’ for children to find.
Make their day and give them a daily message from Santa!
Dive into the world of arithmetic with my set of progressive and engaging subtraction worksheet printables, suitable for 7-9 year olds. The worksheets have been designed to build upon concrete and pictorial skills taught so that your little ones becomes confident in using the popular column method for subtracting larger numbers and does so with increased ease.
This set focuses on subtracting without exchanging, including 2 digit subtraction and 3 digit subtraction. Worksheets include subtracting two 2 digit numbers, subtracting a 2 digit from a 3 digit number and subtracting two 3 digit numbers. These are perfect for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Grade who are insecure with subtracting using this method, or children in Year 3 and 4 (UK).
As a primary school teacher myself, these concepts have been part of the curriculum for years and the activities you find here will support your child’s application and knowledge in column subtraction, whether these are used in the classroom for early finishing tasks, as part of your math centers, as part of home schooling or as extra practice at home with adult support.
Give your child the chance they need to master this method and apply it confidently throughout the rest of their math’s education!
Dive into the world of arithmetic with my set of progressive and engaging addition worksheet printables, suitable for 7-9 year olds. The addition worksheets have been designed to build upon concrete and pictorial skills taught in schools so that your little one becomes confident in using the popular column method for adding larger numbers and does so with increased ease. This set focuses on adding with an exchange or by regrouping using pictorial and abstract methods. Worksheets include 2 digit addition, adding a 2 digit and a 3 digit number and 3 digit addition. (Double digits and triple digits).
As a primary school teacher myself, these concepts have been part of the curriculum for years and the activities you find here will support your child’s application and knowledge in column addition, whether these are used in the classroom as early finishing tasks, math centers, as part of home schooling or as extra practice at home with adult support.
Give your children the chance they need to master this method and apply it confidently throughout the rest of their math’s education!
The set includes 21 addition worksheets for you to download in pdf and print.
Have fun in the classroom this Christmas season with these Christmas comprehension and listening skills activity worksheets. Designed with little learners in mind, these fun and engaging festive themed listening activities will keep learners calm and on task whilst developing important skills in following direction as they listen to a set of instructions given by an adult and their task is to respond by listening and coloring or listening and drawing to complete one of five Christmas pictures.
Each picture design includes an A4 student picture with an A4 teacher picture and set of instructions. Youngsters will complete the activity purely on what they hear and understand, therefore concentration is a must, encouraging children to develop their work stamina whilst having fun. Pictures include a nativity scene, Santa’s workshop, a gingerbread house, Santa’s sleigh and a snowman scene. There are approximately 11 instructions for adults to read aloud in order for children to comprehend and follow each direction.
These would be ideal for use to calm students down after recess, at the start of the day to get them ready for learning, or even in the home environment when down time is required.
The set of activities are downloadable as pdf and are recommended for 4-9 year olds or those children who have editions needs who would benefit from short bursts of listening and comprehension activities.
There’s no prep needed for these activities other than colored pens or pencils, making it a valuable time saving resource which focuses on developing key basic skills for learning. Download your copy and print as many times as you like.
Snakes and Ladders is an old family favourite but have you ever thought about using it in your classroom? This Halloween edition has players moving down the snakes but going up the broomsticks to add some Halloween fun. The game has versatility and can be used to support a range of needs and skills. There are two printable Halloween versions included in this download. The first version has numbers to 100 and the second version has numbers to 50. Learners will play the game the traditional way but the differentiation in numbers makes it easier to support all learners and include them in fun and engaging activities.
Playing the game will reinforce basic number sense through number recognition, subitizing, counting to 50 and 100, counting forwards and counting back. On a social level, the game will help to develop skills in turn taking, sportsmanship and celebrating the successes of others.
Make math fun with this simple but engaging activity and use as part of your math centers, as small group work, intervention tasks and nurture activities during the popular spooky season.
You will receive a pdf which will give you instant access to both versions of the game.