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.
A Back to School resource where children name and label the pictures related to school. Pictures include books, art materials, school bags, exercise books and stationary.
There are 4 black and white sheets and the same 4 sheets are also included in colour.
As an extension, you may want to duplicate and cut out the colour pictures to make a fun matching game.
Suitable for KS1 and EYFS.
A set of alphabet cards where children can trace the letters, colour in the cards and cut them out. These can then be ordered or made into a class display or alphabet chart.
There are 4 space craft where children can add their own letters or draw aliens.
Links to phonics, writing and handwriting, cutting skills and topics on Space.
A bumper bundle of phonics resources for EYFS and KS1.
There are 7 sounds included: B, S, C, T, R, K and D.
Letter P is a free resource available on this site.
Each sound has a colour worked example sheet showing pictures of things beginning with the given sound and words written on for labels.
There are then 6 worksheets for each sound showing black and white pictures for children to colour in and label.
A lesson resource tailored for early learners, focusing on developing thinking skills and reading comprehension. The story links to Ourselves, Families and Babies.
The story revolves around Stella, a young girl who realises that she loves her twin siblings equally, illustrating the joys and challenges of having new family members.
There are 3 simple questions to ask the children and some activity extension ideas.
A lesson resource tailored for early learners, focusing on speaking and listening and reading comprehension. The story links to Ourselves, Friends, Animals and Feelings.
The story revolves around Lizzy, a lonely elephant who wishing for a friend. Lizzy finds another elephant just like her and she is no longer lonely.
There are 3 simple questions to ask the children and some activity extension ideas including drawing a picture of Lizzy and her new friend in the jungle, role playing and speaking and listening.
Here is a collection of 10 colouring sheets where children can also read and trace over the writing.
Page 1 shows 12 pictures. Children can mark off the ones as they colour them in and then discover the missing 2 (the ball and the flowers), promoting observation skills.
This literacy resource is designed for EYFS and KS1, focusing on story creation, speaking and listening, and creative writing.
It features a colour poster of ‘Fantasy Land’, complete with princesses, fairies, dragons, castles, houses, and a pirate ship. A black-and-white version of the poster is also provided for children to colour in.
Additionally, each of the 20 images from the poster is available on individual worksheets in both colour and black-and-white formats, allowing for personalised colouring activities.
Children can use these images to inspire and create their own stories, either individually or in groups, fostering creativity and enhancing their storytelling and communication skills.
Children can create their own posters of ‘Fantasy Land’ or add to a large scale class display.
A resource linked to animals and pets for young children.
There are 5 worksheets:
Colouring Cats sheet.
Count how many of each cat or kitten and colour them the same.
Colour the cats and write the words. Use letters for children to practice spelling out the words.
Children write the sentence ‘I am a cat’ and colour in the cat.
A creative writing sheet. Children imagine they have a cat - they write a sentence about it and draw a picture.
A resource linking topic work on the Farm to literacy.
There are 4 black and white sheets for children to name the animals and things you might find on a farm and label them.
The same sheets are duplicated in colour.
There are 2 sheets asking children to draw or cut and paste animals or things they might find on the farm.
This resource is designed to engage young learners with the excitement of the Olympic Games. It includes a set of colour cards for each of the following Olympic sports: swimming, cycling, boxing, table tennis, football, rugby, hockey, water polo, golf, and volleyball.
Alongside each colour card, there is a corresponding black and white version for children to colour in.
Key Uses:
• Classroom Displays: Use the colour cards to create an Olympic-themed display that brings the spirit of the Games into your classroom. The displays can be updated with children’s coloured versions to showcase their work.
• Discussion: Introduce each sport by showing the colour cards, discussing the basic rules, and sharing interesting facts about the sport. Encourage children to talk about which sports they like and why.
• Writing Activities: Use the cards as prompts for writing exercises. Children can write about their favourite sports, describe the images, or imagine themselves as athletes in one of the sports.
• Learning about Diversity: Highlight how the Olympics bring together athletes from around the world, promoting values of respect, excellence, and friendship.
5 worksheets for children linked to topics on Ourselves and Speaking and Listening.
Children talk about the children in the pictures and overwrite the sentences.
There are 3 children on each page.
8 worksheets in black and white with a farm theme and phonics link.
Children name what they see on the farm, say the sounds and write the letters and sentences.
Included pictures: farmer, tractor, bull, hen,pig, goat, cow and sheep.
A colourful phonics resource for children linked to topics on feelings or ourselves.
The first sheet shows an example of how children could make a poster using the letters of the words ‘We are happy’.
Page 2 gives each letter ready to cut out, order and paste.
Page 3 shows the banner ‘We are happy’. Children can paste or draw around the words or cut them out to include in their own poster or banner.
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 cross curricular resource linked to Clothing and Footwear for EYFS and /or KS1.
Page 1 is a sheet for children to colour the pairs of shoes and talk about them.
Suggested questions:
Who would wear these shoes?
What weather would these shoes be suitable for?
What kind of shoes would you wear in the garden?
What footwear would be suitable for ice skating?
What shoes would a baby wear?
Page 2 is the same sheet but each pair of footwear is numbered.
Children could make a list of footwear for different purposes / seasons etc.
Children could choose some numbered shoes to talk about or write about.
Page 3 is a grid where children can draw the numbered shoes or draw a range of different shoes of their choice.
A differentiated resource for children learning about Transport.
There are 3 worksheets where children match the pictures and colour in the black and white ones. They can read and trace over the words and match these to the pictures. Each page has a theme - Air, Land or Water transport.
Each sheet also has a differentiated version where children write in their own words.
Links to Sorting, reading, writing, labelling, handwriting and phonics.
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.
4 activities in one resource of infants / EYFS.
Sheet 1 and 2 shows 12 Christmas pictures in black and white with words for children to write.
Sheet 3 shows all the pictures in black and white with no words.
Sheet 4 shows the pictures in colour.
Links to reading, writing, handwriting, matching and speaking and listening.
A collection of writing frames that you can use with children of EYFS and KS1 linked to the topic Ourselves, Me or School.
The first page is an example of how a child might use the frame.
Then there are 10 different styles of writing frames each showing children doing different activities.
The final page is a template that you can use or adapt /personalise for your children.
The writing frame makes a lovely front cover for a book about Me / ourselves and here children could use the frame to write their names, ages, school / class.
Add to your wall displays too.