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.
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.
Fuel your KS1 children’s curiosity and knowledge of transportation with this resource featuring 10 picture grids!
Each grid displays a mode of transport such as a soaring plane, a chugging train, a hovering helicopter, a robust truck, and a modern electric car.
This resource is designed to encourage children to replicate these transportation illustrations onto a blank grid, square by square, developing their observational and fine motor skills.
Enlarge the grids as required. Extend by asking children to draw or paint the modes of transport freehand.
Bring the spooky and enchanting spirit of Halloween to your KS1 children with this resource featuring 10 picture grids!
Each grid unveils a classic Halloween-themed image, including a mysterious haunted house, a grinning pumpkin, a creepy spider, a fluttering bat, and a funny witch.
The resource is crafted to inspire children to replicate these Halloween illustrations onto a blank grid, square by square, nurturing their observational and fine motor skills.
You may want to enlarge the grids and extend the activity by asking children to then draw or paint the pictures free hand.
This Spooky Creativity Pack is designed to bring festive Halloween spirit into EYFS and KS1 classrooms. The pack contains 10 worksheets, each showing a Halloween theme in both colour and black & white versions.
Children can either match the colours or use their own colours or designs!
The worksheets cover a variety of Halloween themes, including pumpkins, ghosts, witches, and more, keeping the children engaged and excited.
Versatile Use: Beyond colouring, these sheets can be used to create Halloween cards, enhance classroom displays, or serve as matching game cards.
Ignite the sparkling spirit of Bonfire Night in your KS1 children with this resource featuring 10 Firework related picture grids!
Each grid showcases a Bonfire Night-themed image, highlighting the visuals of rockets soaring , dynamite, and colourful fireworks painting the night sky.
The resource is designed to encourage children to replicate these illustrations onto a blank grid, square by square, enhancing their observational and fine motor skills.
An engaging way to bring the magic of Bonfire Night into the classroom!
Enlarge the grids as required and extend the activity by getting children to draw or paint firework pictures freehand.
Introduce the festive spirit of Christmas to your KS1 children with this resource featuring 10 picture grids!
Each grid displays a Christmas-themed image, such as a cosy snowman, a patterned Christmas tree, a charming snowflake, and an angel.
The resource is designed to encourage children to replicate these festive illustrations onto a blank grid, square by square, fostering their observational and fine motor skills.
This resource is a fun way to infuse the Christmas cheer into the classroom!
Prepare for, and enhance your festive activities with this set of 10 Christmas worksheets.
Each sheet shows a colour Christmas scene with a matching black and white version.
Children can copy the colours or use their own designs and colours.
These cards be a fun and educational tool for colour matching exercises, but they also offer an opportunity for children to craft their own Christmas cards.
The ‘Mystery Boxes’ game is a perfect ice-breaking activity designed for EYFS and KS1 children.
The game uses symbols and is a fun resource for SEND children too.
Boardmaker Licenced.
In the game, each child gets a turn to open a ‘Mystery Box’ containing a picture card. This prompts children to introduce themselves and share a bit about their lives, connecting their introductions with the picture on the card. For example, a card with an apple might encourage a child to say, “My name is Lucy and my favourite fruit is an apple.”
The game encourages speaking and listening. The excitement of revealing what is in the mystery box, together with the joy of sharing and listening, make it a fun and interactive way to ease children back into school or a new class.
The resource includes a lesson plan showing objectives, resources, intro, activity, conclusion and assessment opportunities. There are 5 sets of colour cards that can be cut out and laminated to go inside the treasure boxes.
Links to Ourselves, Me and School topics, as well as speaking and listening.
A fun set of lessons based on the theme of Ourselves or Me.
There is a planning sheet that gives 3 ways in which you can use the resource including activities, objectives and instructions.
Activities are: ‘Story behind the pictures’, ‘Mirror Mirror’ and ‘Copycat’.
Use as a set of lessons or as flashcards or discussion cards.
There are 10 sets of flashcards in colour with corresponding black and white copies.
Each flashcard shows a child doing something they like to do. The colour pictures have artistic effects added.
The resource links to Speaking and Listening, Ourselves and Art and Design.
Suitable for KS1 and EYFS.
A complete lesson plan with objectives, resources, activity ideas and extension. Based on Animals and linking to Pattern with Spots and Stripes.
The resources include, reading, writing, labelling, matching, drawing and colouring.
There are 8 sheets in total
Planning sheet for lesson or unit of work
6 colour flashcards showing ladybird, zebra, tiger, frog, dog and snake
Sheet showing animal names for drawing or pasting pictures into
A labelling sheet showing animals with space for writing
Handwriting sheet showing 6 animals - write and colour in
6 pattern and colour cards
6 word cards - children read and match the pattern and colour cards to animals
Outline animals for children to add the patterns and colour
Suitable for EYFS and KS1 children.
A set of 48 cards for you to cut out, laminate and use in your writing area or number area. Link the cards to your Space theme.
Each sheet could also be used as a worksheet for children to complete.
Numbers are from 0 to 6 for sheets, expect sheets 3 and 4 where children can be challenged to add the numbers together.
Use dry markers with your laminated cards.
A useful ‘finishing early’ activity for children where they can choose and complete cards.
Activities
Sheets 1 and 2 - write the missing numbers between 1 and 6
Sheets 3 and 4 - add numbers below 6 together
Sheets 5 - trace the dotted lines to write the numbers
Sheet 6 - trace within the lines to write the numbers
Sheets 7 - add the numbers to complete the sequences
Sheet 8- this is a template for you or the children to add your own activity or number sets.
This is a complete lesson which is a great starting point for introducing the Seasons to young children.
The first sheet is a lesson plan which gives 8 ideas for using the resources and for fun engaging activities for the children.
There are 4 colour flashcards representing each of the 4 seasons.
There are 4 item black and white cards for each of the seasons e.g associated with winter is a snowman, a child dressed for the snow, a snowflake and a Santa in the snow.
Children can colour these in and trace over the words.
3 writing templates for children on the theme of Change.
Children may use these when thinking about or writing about moving school, year group or any other change they are coming across.
They will be encouraged to think about things they look forward to as well as what they might miss.
A creative writing lesson that links favourite toys and creative writing.
The resource contains a planning sheet including objectives, resources, introduction, activities, assessment and homework.
There is a sheet with ideas for children to support their planning of story writing and a template for them to use. There are some key words given.
There are 4 pages of colour photos and pictures of toys and a writing cartoon strip template.
A story time activity for children linked to a Space theme and encouraging creative writing.
Suitable for EYFS and Key Stage 1 children.
Children will enjoy listening to the story of the Alien who ran out of his favourite food - Pizza, and had to travel to Earth to find more.
There are then 3 writing frames showing a black and white character on each including Wizo and his friend Fritzo. Children use the templates to write their own alien stories and colour the pictures.
Through this lesson, children will explore and express their preferences for school subjects. Children will begin to appreciate and respect differences.
There is a brief lesson plan and 3 activities to carry out.
An Early Years or KS1 activity set based on 6 colours and numbers from 1 to 3.
There are 6 labelled colour cards - red, blue, yellow, green, brown and purple.
There is a set of cards showing 1 object of each colour e.g. a yellow moon and a green pear.
There are then 6 sets of colour cards showing objects of the corresponding colours and numbers from 1 to 3.
Children can cut out the cards, match them and order from 1 to 3.
They can make sets of cards, irrespective of colour .
Cut and laminate for fun maths games.
6 black and white worksheets with a farm theme. Children colour the pictures and count the things that can be found on the farm.
Once this is complete, children can cut out their sheets and sequence the pictures from 1 to 6.
Suitable for EYFS, KS1 and SEND
Boardmaker licenced
Here are 4 robots that your class will adore. They come with a poem and some information about them and where they live.
Each robot has it’s own colours and personality. Children can gain information from the poem to colour in the 4 robot posters correctly.
There is a matching sheet where children match the robots to their names and then colour them in.
There are also templates for the children to use for their story and poetry writing.
The resource links to toys, creative writing, story, number rhymes and poetry.
4 designs of certificates for you to award to children on Graduation Day at the end of the year or class / key stage.
Each certificate shows a child graduating and receiving their awards.
The teacher can fill out the details and sign the certificates.
4 sets of colour flashcards, one for each of the seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.
Each set of 6 flashcards shows a character holding a key word associated with the 4 seasons.
The flashcards can be added to displays, duplicated, laminated and used in matching games. The flashcards link to literacy, word and phonics work.
The first page of the resource gives information about the flashcards, activity ideas and outlines the key vocabulary used.