This resource is an Exploration of Baby and Parent Animals using 10 black and white worksheets. Each worksheet showcases a different baby animal alongside its parent. Children will learn new vocabulary like ‘cygnet’ and ‘swan’, ‘lamb’ and ‘sheep’. Children can colour in the pictures, whilst developing their understanding of the animal kingdom. An added activity includes sentence writing, which gives further opportunities to enhance language and writing skills. Each picture is surrounded by a thick border, assisting the children in the task of cutting out the shapes.

Here are 10 baby animals for children to find in a word search grid. An answer sheet is included. Baby animals include cygnets, goslings, kids and piglets. There is a sheet where children can mark off the animals as they find them. This sheet can be laminated and then reused to save paper / printing. There is also a labelling sheet where children name and label 6 of the colour baby animals.

“Our World and Where We Live,” encourages children to explore and appreciate their local environment and culture, and promotes understanding and empathy of others by facilitating comparison and discussion of diverse global environments and cultures. The resource includes a complete lesson plan including aims, resources, activities, assessment and homework. There is a colour disucssion sheet to introduce different aspects of where we live and the local environment. Children can colour in the black and white version of this sheet and overwrite the sentences. The next worksheet asks the children to draw and write about the different aspects and an example sheet is provided that the children can use as a reference or stimulus. *Boardmaker licenced. * The Boardmaker symbols can be a great resource for SEND students. They are a set of picture symbols used for communication with individuals who are nonverbal, have limited speech or who benefit from pictorial / visual input. They can aid in understanding and expressing ideas around the topic of Our World and where we live.

12 cross curricular task cards for children to choose from or work through connected to their topic on Time Detectives, History or Time. Each of the task cards can be worked on in pairs, individually or in groups. Examples are: Write a letter to the Future You. Listen to a famous speech such as the moon landing. Make a timeline or time capsule. Interview a grandparent. Link this resource with others in this set including a Bundle of Resources on Time Detectives. The final page has 2 Time Detective pictures that children could use for their topic book covers or add to your weekly timetable or displays. Cut and laminate the resources for durability and reuse. Useful too, for homework tasks.

13 black and white doodle worksheets with a food theme: Fruit, Veg, Dairy, Meat and Fish, Drinks, Sweets, Fast Food, Bread, Cakes, Party Food, Christmas, Easter and French. Children can name, colour in and label the foods in each category. Suitable for EYFS, KS1 and SEND children. Symbols and pictures are used. Boardmaker Licenced.

A set of six activities using a Tumbling Tower game, tailored for EYFS and KS1 children. These activities encourage children to talk, listen, share, and learn about themselves while understanding their peers in a fun, engaging environment. Each lesson comes with detailed planning sheets, outlining objectives, the resources required, and step-by-step activity instructions. Likes and Dislikes: Explore individual preferences, celebrating the uniqueness of each child. My School: Discuss school and school experiences, from favourite subjects to memorable events. Animal Adventures: Immerse in the world of animals, understanding their sounds, behaviours, and habitats, as well as finding out about each other. My Family: Discuss diverse family roles and dynamics, embracing every child’s background. All About Me: Discuss Ourselves, personal likes whilst promoting discussion and good listening. Me and My Emotions: Recognize, express, and discuss a range of emotions, building emotional literacy.

This resource is a tool to help children not only understand the story of Rosy and Ryan and their first day at school, but also relate to their feelings and prepare themselves for their journey into school life. This story focuses around twins Rosy and Ryan as they prepare for their first day of school. Their mother, Janet, provides them with five helpful tips to ensure they enjoy their first day and make the most out of their school experience. Activities associated with the story: Circle or Colour the Faces: Children are presented with a series of faces displaying different emotions. They are asked to circle or colour the faces that represent how they feel about starting school, encouraging them to express their emotions and fostering emotional literacy. Write 3 Tips: Based on the story, children are asked to write down three tips they would give to a new child to help them settle into school. This task encourages reflection, understanding, and empathy towards others. Draw Rosy and Ryan: Children are encouraged to draw their interpretations of Rosy and Ryan on their first day of school. This fosters creativity and allows children to visualize and connect with the story’s characters. Comprehension Questions: A list of simple questions about the story is provided to assess and enhance the children’s comprehension skills. This promotes critical thinking, understanding, and engagement with the story. This resource is designed for teachers and parents alike to guide young children into understanding and preparing for the school environment. The resource uses symbols. Boardmaker licenced.

This series of activities is aimed at making the exploration of art and colour interactive and fun for young children. The activities draw inspiration from the palettes of cartoon artists included on the posters. Each activity aims to enhance different skill sets such as colour recognition, creativity, imagination, emotional awareness, observational and problem-solving skills. Activities include colour identification, storytelling with art, colour-based emotion exercises, a scavenger hunt, colour mixing and finger painting. The resource includes a planning sheet with 7 activity ideas that use the 11 colour artist cartoon posters that are included. The final sheet gives a black and white version of the cartoon artist. There are 4 to a page, so these can be enlarged or/and cut out. Suitable for Early Years and KS1 children. Useful for English Language Learning and Art and Design lessons. Can be used as a unit of work or dipped in and out of as individual lessons.

This cross curricular unit of work is an interactive Transport resource where children enhance their understanding of transport categories: Land, Air and Sea. There is a planning overview with 3 suggested activities with their objectives and overview. Suggested activities are: Vehicle Sorting, Transport Storytelling and Transport Alphabet. There are 3 worksheets, each showing the different categories and types of transport for Land, Air and Sea. These are incorporated into the planning ideas. There is an example of a Transport alphabet and a blank template that children can use to make their own. Suitable for Key Stage 1 and EYFS children. Links to Literacy, Sorting and Transport.

This resource provides a creative way for Key Stage 1 children to engage with various topics through 12 topic writing frames. Each frame is adorned with colourful pictures and boxes and shapes, encouraging learners to write words, phrases, or sentences relevant to a given theme. The topics covered are diverse and include clothes, Ourselves, circus, animals, occupations, minibeasts, toys, food, transport and the farm. A worked example using ‘weather’ is provided as a guide on page 1. Additionally, there is a blank template included so that children have the freedom to explore and write about their own topic ideas. These writing frames are useful and fun tools for teachers to integrate into their lesson plans.

This resource for KS2, “Time to Talk about Feelings,” includes 12 sheets, each with 8 colourful cards focusing on a wide range of emotions such as unhappy, sad, angry, proud, happy, afraid, frustrated, tired, cross, sorry, and many more. The cards feature diverse images representing different ages, genders, and cultures, making them inclusive and relatable. Children can use these cards to discuss emotions as a class, in pairs, or in small groups. Suggested activities could include role- play, sorting emotions, creating sentences or stories based on a chosen card, and adding speech bubbles to express the characters feelings. Children could use art materials to represent emotions and match key emotion words to pictures. Links to Me, Ourselves, PSHE, Feelings and Emotions, Speaking and Listening and Emotional Regulation.

This is Me: Creative Ideas for Introducing Ourselves is a fun, engaging resource designed for EYFS and KS1 teachers to help young children explore and express their identity. Planning, worksheets and resources are included. Through hands-on activities like drawing, writing, and sorting, children will reflect on their family, likes and dislikes, and personal facts in creative ways. The resource includes easy-to-use templates and activities that encourage self-expression, promote speaking and listening skills, and help build confidence. It’s perfect for early years classrooms and supports key learning areas such as communication, language development, and personal, social, and emotional development Teachers can easily integrate these activities into daily lessons or use them as part of transition or “getting to know you” activities.

This “Magical Mystery at Halloween” resource is a lesson idea designed for EYFS and KS1 children to explore Halloween traditions through engaging activities. It includes: • Lesson Plan: Introduces Halloween symbols and traditions through interactive exploration of a mystery box containing miniature pumpkins, spooky creatures, and a magical potion. • Colour Flashcards: Features 8 colour images of pictures related to the story with a Halloween theme. • Story: “The Friendly Ghost and the Magical Halloween Mystery Box” – Follow Gary, the friendly ghost, as he discovers and learns about Halloween elements, sharing his findings with his friends. This resource combines storytelling, hands-on activities, and visual aids for a fun, educational Halloween experience.

The “Emotions Exploring Activity Kit” is a resource designed for SEND and KS1 children, providing teachers with a planning sheet containing five engaging activity ideas: Emotion Sorting, Emotion Stories, Emotion Matching, Emotion Diary, and Feelings Board. Each activity is clearly outlined with objectives, step-by-step instructions, and a list of necessary resources, making it easy to implement in the classroom. The kit includes two pages of cards displaying symbols connected to various emotions, which can be printed in colour or black and white. Each page features 28 small cards that can be cut out and laminated, offering a versatile tool for a range of activities centered on emotions, feelings, self-awareness, emotional regulation, and behaviour support. This resource supports children to explore and understand their emotions in a structured and supportive environment. Boardmaker licensed.

“In My Ocean” is a topic resource designed for EYFS and KS1 children, linked to the celebration of World Ocean Day in June. The resource includes a detailed planning sheet outlining five activities, each complete with objectives, required materials, step-by-step instructions, and assessment opportunities. Central to the resource is a set of 10 colour posters depicting various sea creatures and a seashell. These posters can be laminated for durability and used in activities such as a school-wide sea creature hunt, where children record their findings on a provided colour or black-and-white sheet. Additionally, there is a labelling sheet available in both color and black-and-white for children to practice writing the names of the sea creatures. Another component is an outline of a bottle, encouraging children to plan what they would include in their Ocean Bottle creation activity. To spark imagination and storytelling skills, the resource includes a delightful story titled “Under the Ocean Adventure,” featuring all the characters from the posters, which children can enjoy before creating their own stories.

Fun with Hats: A Data Adventure for Children is a maths resource designed for Key Stage 1 and EYFS children. The resource aims to develop early data handling and sorting skills through fun activities. The resource includes: • Three Sets of Colour Picture Cards: Each set contains 18 colour pictures of children wearing different hats. Sets 1A and 1B, Set 2A and 2B, and Set 3A and 3B include the same pictures but are jumbled in different orders, providing multiple opportunities for matching and sorting activities. • Activity Sheet for Counting and Matching Hats: This sheet allows children to practice counting, sorting, matching and recording. There are 6 planned Activity ideas which come with objectives, instructions and assessment opportunities. Hat Matching Game: Objective: Develop data handling and sorting skills by matching pictures of children with different hats. Sorting Hat Game: Objective: Practice sorting and categorising skills based on hat colour and type. Hat Relay Race: Objective: Reinforce sorting skills and promote teamwork. Hat Storytelling: Objective: Encourage creativity and language development through storytelling. Design Your Own Hat: Objective: Encourage creativity and artistic expression while reinforcing understanding of different types of hats. Counting and Matching Hats: Objective: Practice counting and matching skills. The resource links to topics on Clothing. Boardmaker licenced.

A Christmas tracing activity set of resources with 60 Festive Pictures for Pencil Control Mastery. There are 10 pages in total, with 6 pictures to trace and colour on each. An engaging resource crafted for EYFS, SEND, and KS1 children. This collection offers a blend of 60 Christmas-themed pictures, each designed with dashed lines to give children the opportunity to refine their pencil control skills. The collection of pictures includes Christmas jumpers, socks, snowmen, and Christmas stockings. This resource enhances fine motor skills whilst bringing the fun of Christmas into your classroom.

The “Expressing Ourselves” activity sheets are designed to encourage self-awareness and self-expression among SEND and KS1 children. Through picture-prompted answers and self-representation drawings, the lesson aims to combine comprehension, creativity, and communication among children. There is a planning overview on how to use the worksheets and activities with objectives, resources needed, activity steps and extension ideas. There are 2 worksheets that come in black and white and colour. Each sheet shows a child with symbols related to their likes and preferences. The picture cues support children in filling in the boxes e.g. My favourite colour is… or Soup I like is…. There is a sheet where children draw their own self-portrait and fill in their likes and preferences in response to the questions. The final sheet is a template for teachers or children to use in their preferred way. Links to topics on Me, Ourselves as well as Literacy, speaking and listening, reading and writing. Boardmaker licenced.

Animal Spelling Cards: These resources consist of 60 printable cards, each showcasing an image of an animal accompanied by a scrambled letter hint. Each of the 10 sheets comprises six animal cards that can also serve as worksheets. From three-letter animals like an ‘ant’, to eight-letter animals like an ‘elephant’, there’s a whole zoological world for children to explore. With the option of laminating the sheets or individual cards, they can be repurposed as durable resources for a writing corner. Paired with dry erase markers, children can repeatedly practice their spelling, writing, and decoding skills. Whether cut out as cards for individual play or used as worksheets for group activities, these resources are useful for developing early literacy skills, promoting letter recognition, and linking in with any animal theme.