A bumper pack of worksheets for children to support their phonics work and letter formation as well as helping to improve their fine motor control and hand writing. Each page has the the same format with: Upper and lower case letters to trace Letters to overwrite Pictures to colour in Short sentences to read and write Use as worksheets when you are introducing or consolidating a sound or letter. Laminate and add to your writing table or area with dry wipe markers.

4 worksheets to support children with their handwriting and letter recognition and formation. Sheet 1 encourages children to look at the shapes of the letters with rounded parts, sound them and then write them, tracing over the dotted letters. Sheet 2 shows the letters with straight parts for children to overwrite. Sheets 3 and 4 asks the children to name the objects / pictures, sounding the initial letter and then forming the letters by overwriting. Letters are in capital form.

3 differentiated word searches for EYFS /KS1 and Send pupils. Each of the word searches has picture support and there are corresponding answer sheets included. Links to topics on Celebrations, New Year, Winter and spelling and word work in literacy.

A bumper pack of resources that covers the alphabet from A to Z and has 46 Worksheets. The resource links to phonics, the alphabet, reading, writing, handwriting and matching. For letters from A to T Sheet 1 for each sound has 12 pictures to colour and cut out. Sheet 2 for each sound has 12 pictures to name, colour, write the words and cut and match to the pictures in sheet 1. Tracing the letters helps to develop fine motor control. For letters from U to Z Sheets have 2 letters on each e.g. U and V, W and X, Y and Z.

6 designs of borders with a Christmas theme. Children can colour in the borders and use the templates for their stories, poems, lists or writing about the Season.

*Licenced to use, produce and sell resources using Boardmaker symbols. 4 Phonics symbol worksheets for Christmas literacy. Each sheet shows a circle with initial sounds for children to match to the Christmas pictures. Next, they can colour in and cut out the picture cards and match these to the word cards. Children can then write a sentence about Christmas.

3 worksheets where children try to identify the unusual colour fruits and label them. The words are written out along the side for children to overwrite and use in their labelling. These fruits are less well known and the challenge can be for the children to research them and learn their names. This could be part of a guided reading project. Suitable for KS1 and KS2.

10 phonics worksheets where children name the pictures, colour them in and trace the letters and words. Pictures include: Logs, ladders, lighthouses, lemons, ladybirds, llamas, lambs, lunches, lions and lollipops.

*Licenced to use, produce and sell resources using Boardmaker symbols. A resource designed with SEND pupils in mind that works well too, for KS1 children. There are 20 different topic boards using colour Boardmaker symbols. Each board has 10 symbols - 2 rows of 5. Topics covered are: Toys, Buildings, Chocolate, Clothes, Days of the Week, Family, Farm, Feelings, Take away food, Garden, Going for Gold, Growing up, Holidays and Celebrations, Journeys, Keeping Healthy, Under the Sea, Transport, Weather, Shopping and Space. The resource can be used in different ways: a visual aid; to encourage speaking and listening and communication; introducing a new topic or topic vocabulary; cutting out and adding to work or making worksheets;duplicating and playing matching games;adding to displays and much more.

5 sentence starters for children to discuss and /or complete. These can also be used as story starters for creative writing. There are 8 unfinished sentences on each of the 5 writing sheets.

There are 10 worksheets in this resource in black and white. The idea is that children read the 5 words on each page and decide which word is the best fit for the 2 pictures shown. They can highlight or write the word they have chosen, say why and colour in the pictures. Links to speaking and listening, comprehension and guided reading. Useful for those learning the English language.

9 pages of jars all with a Christmas theme. Each page has a writing frame for children to either make a list, or use the pictures to write about Christmas, or to make up a story. Page 10 shows an empty jar - children can draw their own pictures in the jar and then do their writing. Links to Christmas, Special days, Celebrations, Creative writing and list writing.

A complete set of worksheets from A to Z linked to phonics and initial sounds. Children trace the letters, say the sounds and name the corresponding object for each letter.

Children will enjoy drawing these characters and naming them. Each picture has a letter next to it and children write the words in the grid. Page 1 is for children to make up names beginning with the associated letter. Pages 2 and 3 show pictures with their corresponding initial letter next to them.

7 worksheets linked to phonics and handwriting for young learners. Pages: 1- introduces the letters E, A and O and their characters. Children colour the pictures and overwrite the sentences. 2/3/4 - a page for each character for children to colour in and overwrite the sentences. 5 - Children write the sentences about things the colour character loves. 6 - Same as sheet 5 but in black and white for colouring in. 7. Children match up the colour and black and white characters by drawing a line.

3 sets of sorting cards for children to make into sets. Children can sort the letters into vowels and consonants and put them into alphabetical order. They could sort all the letters of the same colour, same sound or same texture, all the shiny letters, coloured letters or wooden letters. Duplicate and laminate for matching games that you can use over again.

A 10 page slide show based on your topic of Clothes. Links to thinking skills, speaking and listening, materials, community and diversity . Questions to consider include: What do we wear for different purposes and occasions and why we wear them. A nice follow up activity for group work is to give each group a task and ask them to design and make a poster or collage on the theme. Themes could be taken from the slides such as celebrations or work. Children may come up with their own themes too.

Comprehension activities based on Mrs Abbot’s class of 10 children. There is an information sheet giving details of birthdays, names and key details about each child. Children can talk about the children in pairs or groups and then complete the activities. Activity 1 A colour and black and white version of this sheet are included. Children work out the names of each child and write them underneath. Activity 2 Children draw or paste the children into the boxes and write their names underneath. Activity 3 Children read the information sheet and write a sentence about each of the children in the grid provided. As a follow up, children could design their own sheets based on children in their own class. Links to reading, writing and speaking and listening, Ourselves, as well as diversity.

A differentiated phonics / writing worksheet activity for EYFS/KS1. There are 3 worksheets with a differentiated version of each. Each sheet shows 5 or 6 words and character pictures. Children find the correct word for each character and write it on the banner that the characters are holding. On the simpler version of the sheets, the words are there for children to trace or write underneath.

A KS1 phonics resource / activity for children learning about ‘fl’ and ‘fr’. This activity comes in colour and black and white. The cards can be cut out, laminated and used for sorting activities. Or, use as worksheets, where children, colour, cut and sort into the two categories as well as match the sounds and words.