A set of six black and white posters,linked to Letters and Sounds and each dedicated to one of the letters: S, A, T, P, I, and N. The posters show pictures related to the initial sounds like ‘S’ for Strawberry and ‘I’ for Ink. Below each letter, a blank space invites children to either jot down words or practice the letter’s formation. Children can colour the posters, adding a personal touch and these can be used as a classroom frieze. The posters can be duplicated for a range of games. Use them for matching, where children pair objects or pictures with the corresponding initial sound. Or children can use the letters to make simple words. Other ideas for using the resource might include: Sound Hunt Adventure: Organize a classroom scavenger hunt where children search for items that start with each poster’s letter. Storytelling Starter Kit: Use the posters as prompts for storytelling or creative writing sessions. For instance, challenge children to create a story that includes words starting with each of the featured letters.

“Introducing ‘Find the Odd One Out’ – a 12-page resource where children are challenged to spot subtle differences in sets of three pictures. Perfect for honing observation skills and for speaking and listening, this activity can be a fun race against the clock for the whole class, or a collaborative task for pairs. Whether you’re stuck indoors on a rainy day or need a quick lesson starter for KS1 and EYFS, this resource is sure to engage and enthuse your young learners. Who will spot the difference first?”

Alphabet Code Breakers for your KS1 classroom: an engaging resource designed to boost literacy skills through creative challenges. With easy-to-follow lesson planning, it offers a fresh perspective on alphabetic understanding, spelling and problem-solving. The planning outlines 9 activity ideas and gives step by step guidance, objectives and resources needed. Activities include ‘Creating your own Alphabet Code’ and a ‘Code Gallery Walk’. Add pencils and you are ready to go.

An engaging autumn-themed story starter resource tailored for KS1 children. The resource links Literacy and Autumn and is aimed at fostering creativity, comprehension, and sequencing skills. Content: Worksheet 1: A colouring page featuring a mouse and a pumpkin alongside a story starter sentence. Worksheet 2: Jumbled story words for sequencing. Planning: Introduction: Read the story starter and discuss autumn features. Colouring: Children colour the images and ponder story possibilities. Sentence Completion: Children write /conclude the story starter. Word Sequencing: Using Worksheet 2, children rearrange or number/colour the words. Discussion: Children share their endings and reflect on varied narratives. The resource can be a lesson in itself, or the activities can be carried out over a period of up to 4 lessons.

An engaging Halloween-themed story starter resource tailored for KS1 children. The resource links Literacy and Halloween and is aimed at fostering creativity, comprehension, and sequencing skills. Content: Worksheet 1: A colouring page featuring Bruno the bat and Gerry the ghost alongside a story starter sentence. Worksheet 2: Jumbled story words for sequencing. Planning: Introduction: Read the story starter and discuss the vocabulary. Colouring: Children colour the images and ponder story possibilities. Sentence Completion: Children write /conclude the story starter. Word Sequencing: Using Worksheet 2, children rearrange or number/colour the words. Discussion: Children share their endings and reflect on varied narratives. The resource can be a lesson in itself, or the activities can be carried out over a period of up to 4 lessons.

An engaging Christmas-themed story starter resource tailored for KS1 children. The resource links Literacy, Winter and Christmas and is aimed at fostering creativity, comprehension, and sequencing skills. Content: Worksheet 1: A colouring page featuring Rudolph the reindeer and Ethan the elf, alongside a story starter sentence. Worksheet 2: Jumbled story words for sequencing. Planning: Introduction: Read the story starter and discuss the vocabulary. Colouring: Children colour the images and ponder story possibilities. Sentence Completion: Children write /conclude the story starter. Word Sequencing: Using Worksheet 2, children rearrange or number/colour the words. Discussion: Children share their endings and reflect on varied narratives. The resource can be a lesson in itself, or the activities can be carried out over a period of up to 4 lessons.

“Spelling Bee Phonics Activity Set,” is an interactive resource designed to enhance phonics learning in the classroom. Useful for Key Stage 1 teachers who are looking for engaging ways to assess, practice, and consolidate children’s understanding of phonics and CVC words. Each set includes five ‘honeycomb’ cards, each centered around a different vowel - ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘o’, or ‘u’. The activity encourages children to use their phonics skills to form and write up to 6 CVC words. Examples of words for the ‘a’ card could be ‘pet’, ‘pen’, ‘ten’, ‘met’, ‘peg’, and ‘meg’. The cards can be cut out and used in a multitude of ways: as stand-alone worksheets, additions to a writing corner, or even as flashcards. Also included are handy templates, allowing teachers to create more customized cards, extending the use of the resource. The templates can be used to set homework tasks, or children can create their own cards to test their friends or use for self-practice. Spelling Bee Phonics Activity Set makes phonics learning enjoyable.

Set two in this Dingbat Visual Word Game series. Let’s cheer up Fridays (or any days), with this Dingbats Visual Word Puzzle for Kids or the whole family. 28 Picture clues for children to solve, complete with a blank answer template and an answer sheet. Works well on Zoom too!

This resource is a fun way to introduce young children to story making and telling and working in small groups. The objectives are to encourage creativity, teamwork, speaking and listening and story telling skills. There is a planning sheet included with a sample story created using some of the story cards. The sets of symbol cards include; who, what, when, where, how and the End There is a set of colour symbol cards that go with each of these headings. Children will choose a card from each of the sections and put these together imaginatively to tell a simple story. Extend the activity by asking children to illustrate their story and write a short sentence or caption to go with it. Boardmaker licenced.

Children will have fun with these games for any time or the end of the term or school year. There are 12 cards to choose from. The aim of the game is for children to choose a letter of the alphabet for their chosen card and then answer the questions verbally or written e.g. the blue card catergories are hospital, family, cafe, chemist, winter and summer. If a child chooses the letter C, then answers could be: cousin for family; coffee for cafe; cough medicine for chemist, cold for winter and cool for summer. Each of the 12 cards has 6 different categories on them. The game could be carried out with a timer or a bell ring to signify the end. Add points to make it more interesting. Links to speaking and listening and works well in groups, pairs or against the clock. Useful for children learning English as a second language increasing vocabulary and understanding.

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.

Assessment or Homework sheets for Literacy. 3 differentiated target sheets for children to write their spellings on. Sheet 1 is for 4 words Sheet 2 is for 8 words Sheet 3 is for 12 words There are 2 sheets per page for you to print out and cut in half for your children. Use to write different spellings in each section or for children to practice one or two words in each section.

Use these spelling certificates to motivate and reward your children for their read, write and spelling work. Each of the 10 certificates is the same but a different colour. You can use the certificates as they are or use as a differentiated assessment tool. E.g Yellow might equate to 5 words children can spell Blue could be 10 etc. Write the number of words on the certificates that children can read, write and spell. The final certificate is white - you could colour this yourself or the children can. Suitable for pupils learning English as a 2nd language too.

Lets cheer up Fridays (or any days), with this Dingbats Visual Word Puzzle for Kids or the whole family. 28 Picture clues for children to solve, complete with a blank answer template and an answer sheet. Works well on Zoom too!

These colour cards are a useful assessment tool for your phonics work. Can children name the pictures and find the matching initial sounds? There are 2 colour cards to cut out on each of the 3 pages. Laminate so that you can reuse the resource. Add to your reading / writing corner or your phonics displays.

A PPT showing 32 samples of materials. Children can describe what they see and develop their describing vocabulary such as rough, smooth, bumpy, soft etc. They can also discuss what each material might be used for and if it is natural in origin or man made.

A phonics based resource where children are encouraged to sound out the 3 letter CVC words, write, trace the letters and colour in the pictures. 9 worksheets for children to complete and 1 template for you to use to extend the work. Word endings included are: in, at, ed, ot, ub, ig, it, an and og.

A set of phonics and writing assessment sheets for children. Resources: Sheets 1 and 2 - Pictures for children to say and write the initial sounds underneath. Sheets 3 and 4 - Lower case letters of the alphabet. Can children say the letter and name an object beginning with each letter? Teacher could write the words for the children or the children could draw a picture themselves. Sheets 5 and 6 - Lower case letter for children to name and write over to assess their handwriting. Sheet 7 is a blank template to be used any way you want for e.g. for children to write letters as you say them or write a word/draw a picture for a given sound.

A word activity where children learn about compound words with pictorial support. There are 4 worksheets and on each one there are 3 sets of compound words for children to find / learn / match e.g. page 2 - down, sun and night. The symbol cards are in colour and in black and white. Children make 3 sets of compound words on each page. Boardmake licenced.

30 colour pictures in this quiz with a History theme. Use anytime or at the end of term for a fun activity. There are a range of pictures including Sayings, Historical Terms, Idioms, Myths /Legends, People, Songs or Events. There are answer sheets for pupils to mark off or find the answers. Pupils may want to work in teams or pairs. An alternate activity is to cut out the cards and for pupils to match to the correct answers.