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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.

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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.
How to Draw Seasonal Pictures  Step by Step
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How to Draw Seasonal Pictures Step by Step

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This KS1 resource links drawing with popular seasonal themes such as Autumn animals, Bonfire Night, Christmas, Easter, and Halloween. Each set provides children with step-by-step pictorial instructions to guide them in drawing related subjects, like a squirrel or hedgehog for Autumn animals. The clear and engaging process helps develop fine motor skills and creativity. Each activity concludes with a full-colour picture of the completed drawing, offering children a reference as they bring their own creations to life.
How to draw simple Easter pictures
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How to draw simple Easter pictures

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This resource is a collection of 10 worksheets designed for Key Stage 1 teachers to help children learn how to draw simple Easter-themed pictures. Each worksheet focuses on different Easter-related item, such as bunnies, chicks, a caterpillar, a ladybird, and an Easter egg. The pictures are broken down into easy-to-follow steps, guiding children from basic shapes to the completed image. For example, a worksheet for drawing an Easter bunny might include steps such as: Drawing the outline of the bunny’s head (a large circle). Adding long, floppy ears on top. Adding the bunny’s body, arms / feet. Completing the picture by colouring in the bunny. These worksheets provide a fun and engaging way for children to develop their drawing skills while celebrating the Easter holiday.
How to draw Bonfire Night
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How to draw Bonfire Night

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This resource is a collection of 8 worksheets designed for Key Stage 1 teachers to help children learn how to draw simple Bonfire Night-themed pictures. Each worksheet focuses on a different image from Bonfire Night, such as fireworks, a bonfire, rockets, and sparklers. The pictures are broken down into easy-to-follow steps, guiding children from basic outlines to the completed image. For example, the worksheet for drawing a firework might include steps such as: Drawing the basic outline of the firework’s body. Adding lines for the fuse and details like patterns or stars on the body. Including facial features (eyes, mouth) for a fun, cartoon-style firework. Colouring the image to match the colour version. These worksheets provide a fun way for children to develop their drawing skills while learning about Bonfire Night traditions. This resource is ideal for integrating art into Bonfire Night-themed lessons, making the festivities both educational and enjoyable!
How to draw simple Christmas pictures
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How to draw simple Christmas pictures

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This resource is a collection of 10 worksheets designed for Key Stage 1 teachers to help children learn how to draw simple Christmas-themed pictures. Each worksheet focuses on a different festive item, such as a snowman, reindeer, gingerbread man, Christmas star, or Father Christmas. The pictures are broken down into easy-to-follow steps, guiding children from basic shapes to the completed image. For example, the worksheet for drawing a snowman includes steps such as: Drawing the snowman’s face. Adding the body below the face. Drawing the hat on top of the snowman’s head. Adding facial features like eyes and nose (carrot). Drawing the twig arms and scarf around the neck. Finishing with a fully coloured-in snowman. These worksheets provide a fun way for children to develop their drawing skills while getting into the Christmas spirit.
How to draw simple Halloween pictures
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How to draw simple Halloween pictures

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This resource is a collection of 10 worksheets designed for Key Stage 1 teachers to help young children learn how to draw simple Halloween-themed pictures. Each worksheet focuses on a different Halloween item, such as a pumpkin, bat, ghost, or a spider. The pictures are broken down into easy-to-follow steps, guiding children from basic shapes to the completed image. For example, the worksheet for drawing a pumpkin includes steps such as: Drawing the outline of the pumpkin. Adding eyes and mouth. Drawing the stalk at the top. Finishing with a coloured-in version of the pumpkin. These worksheets provide a fun and engaging way for children to develop their drawing skills while embracing the Halloween spirit. The visual steps make it easy for even the youngest learners to follow along, and the completed, coloured images give a visual guide to the final product. This resource is ideal for integrating art into Halloween-themed lessons.
20 Design Ideas on Paper KS1
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20 Design Ideas on Paper KS1

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Here is a fun and creative activity for KS1 children to explore art and design through “20 Design Ideas on Paper.” This resource includes a variety of design ideas: a book cover, t-shirt, ID card, birthday card, plate, stamp, photo frame, floral wreath, for sale poster, gift tag, socks, Christmas stocking, vase, Easter card, new baby poster, gift box, lunch box, butterfly, bird house, and wanted poster. Each page features a picture idea for the design, sparking children’s imaginations, along with a blank template for them to draw their own design. The activity can be extended by providing children with the materials to design and make. This activity can be linked to topics in other subjects, such as creating a “wanted poster” in a history lesson or designing an Easter card in a religious education class, providing a cross-curricular approach to learning.
Skateboard Matching and Sorting Cards
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Skateboard Matching and Sorting Cards

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Introducing a teaching resource designed for young learners: a set of 10 pages, each featuring 6 colourful skateboards with unique designs including flowers, patterns, hearts, and animals. This resource is perfect for enhancing children’s colour and pattern recognition and creativity. Teachers can cut out and duplicate the skateboards for various matching and sorting activities, making learning fun and interactive. Additionally, a blank skateboard template is included, allowing children to design their own skateboards, fostering creativity and individual expression. Links to Art and Design, Sorting and Matching, Colour and Pattern, Sports.
Make a Class or School Puzzle Tree
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Make a Class or School Puzzle Tree

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This is a creative and flexible activity that has a multitude of uses. The idea is to make a tree out of puzzle pieces. On a large scale this looks really effective. Display in class or in the Hall for assemblies. There are a set of instructions for a class or group to use to make their own tree or for an individual to make a puzzle tree. There are then, 8 ideas or ways of using the tree. My favourite is the ‘Achievement Tree’ where the tree starts off with no pieces and then as a child achieves a goal or learns a new skill, then they add a piece of puzzle to the tree. The tree is regularly reviewed and celebrated. This idea supports behaviour manaagement. Other activity ideas include a Story tree, a Number tree, and a 4 Seasons tree. All you need is a box of old puzzle pieces, paint, paper and glue.
Catch Phrase: A Journey of Words and Art
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Catch Phrase: A Journey of Words and Art

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Introducing: “Catch Phrase!” - A Journey Through Words and Art A hands-on activity tailored for Key Stage 2 pupils. From the comforting “There’s no place like home” to the festive “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas” and the determined “I’ve started so I’ll finish,” pupils embark on a captivating journey, uncovering the origins and meanings of 10 timeless catch phrases. Each catch phrase has it’s own original poster for inspiration, showing origins and meaning as well as instructions for pupils own poster work. “Catch Phrase!” links Literacy with Creativity: A fusion of language, art and design. Suitable for individual or group work, adapting to classroom needs.
Animals with a Fruity Name Fun Lesson
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Animals with a Fruity Name Fun Lesson

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This is a fun lesson where children find out about animals with fruity names such as the lemon shark and the raspberry crazy ant. Share the power point with the children and see if they can guess the name of each animal using the picture clues. Click the key and the name will appear on each page. There are 8 animal slides. The final slide is a list of suggested activities or tasks that the children can do. e.g. finding a picture or photo of each animal, drawing cartoon animals combining the fruit and the animal and then making a model. Links to art and design and science(animals).
Faces Feeling and Features
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Faces Feeling and Features

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19 different outlines of faces for children to complete. Children can draw or paint in features and feelings. Each page shows a large outline face with 2 small faces. Here, children could experiment with different skin tones, eye colour and expressions. Link to Ourselves, All about me, Art and Design and Feelings.
Mandalas with an Animal theme
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Mandalas with an Animal theme

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Many children find colouring or designing mandalas to be relaxing and calming. Here are 3 mandalas with animal themes - sea creatures, monkeys and dinosaurs. There are 3 versions of each one: black and white version to colour in semi - coloured version for children to complete outlines for children to draw within using their own designs Links to behaviour management, animals, art and mindfulness.
Drawing Cartoon Faces and Features
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Drawing Cartoon Faces and Features

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Here are a collection of cartoon faces and features for children to use to practice drawing cartoon characters. There are 2 pages of eyes, a page of mouths, noses, ears and face outlines.
Create a Football Scene or Poster
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Create a Football Scene or Poster

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This is a fun activity where children create their own soccer scene or poster. There are players wearing two different colour kits - red and blue/pink. There is a pitch, 2 goal nets, goalkeepers and a referee. Children could paint their own pitch or enlarge the print out here. Children could add word art or use the poster to advertise a match or Sports Day.
Design an App Image for your Phone
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Design an App Image for your Phone

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This is a hit resource with small children. There are 10 pages of examples of pictures that indicate what an App might be about: Art, health, drawing, computer games, sport, music, history, geography and French. There are 2 of the same ‘app’ per page for younger children to play matching games. There is a blank template at the end for children to use to make their own designs of an App of their choice. This template is also very good for making into subject cards and displaying as a timetable. Something original and different to the norm.
Hobby and Craft Flashcards Game KS1
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Hobby and Craft Flashcards Game KS1

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5 colour pages showing popular hobbies and crafts such as sewing, knitting, collage, model making and painting. Each page shows 9 picture cards with matching word cards. The matching borders of the picture and word cards help children with their reading as needed. Cards can be sorted into sets such as sewing, knitting and crafts. This resource can be cut out, laminated and used as a matching, reading game. Links to speaking and listening, reading, art and craft, Ourselves, sorting and hobbies. Useful too, for those learning English language around Leisure time.
Create your own Badges Activity EYFS / KS1
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Create your own Badges Activity EYFS / KS1

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A fun creative activity where children look at the examples of 10 badges and then use one or more of the 3 template sheets to design their own badges. They can then choose 1 or more of their designs to create and make into a badge.
Design my Football Strip EYFS KS1
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Design my Football Strip EYFS KS1

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A topical resource for children. The worksheet gives them the opportunity to design a football strip. Boots, socks, shorts and front and back of shirt. Links to art and design and sports.
Design your own Bunting
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Design your own Bunting

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8 sets of Bunting ideas with 2 to a page to stimulate your children’s imagination and creativity for designing and making bunting. There are 8 template shapes included that children can use as a basis for their work. Links to any form of celebrations as well as Art and Design. Add story characters for World Book Day and / or letters of the alphabet. Use a range of materials and media.
Interior Design Challenge
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Interior Design Challenge

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An exciting challenge for budding designers and artists who will relish the idea of turning this ‘blank canvas’ space into a stylish room. There are lots of stimulating ideas included, on 12 slides, for children to use and/or be inspired by. This project is easily differentiated dependent on ability and children can work in pairs or groups if they wish. Suitable for KS1 and KS2.