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 resource, or lesson, linked to Weather and the Four Seasons. There are 3 activity ideas included and worksheets.
Matching pictures to seasons and colouring sheet
List writing exercise for each season
Sentence creation task for the 4 seasons
The resource aids the understanding of the cyclic nature of the seasons, enhances handwriting and vocabulary building for EYFS and KS1 children.
Engage young minds with this vibrant, 10-in-1 pack of colourful writing frames designed for KS1 and EYFS. Perfect for inspiring creativity and enhancing early literacy skills.
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.
These five fun, original poems for KS1, accompanied by activities will captivate your children’s imagination and help to reassure them when starting back at school.
“Lolly’s Lunchtime Lesson: A School Tale”
Lolly learns that a friendship can start over a shared lunch!
“A Purr-fect First Day at School”
Lenny hides his kitten in his backpack to take to school
“Molly Plays Hide and Seek”
Molly hides behind the sofa on her first day of school
“My First Day at School”
School turns out to be fun after all!
“Under the Stair and Behind the Bear”
Penelope and her brother Gary, find their courage and nerve just in time for school!
A cross-curricular topic on animals, with a focus on tigers. This theme links to literacy and number and offers a chance for children to broaden their understanding of the world around them.
Suitable for EYFS and KS1 children.
This bumper pack includes 10 worksheets.
Tiger Sudoku: Challenges logical reasoning while having fun.
Story Read and Answer: A tiger tale to read and share and answer comprehension questions.
Tiger Facts: Read about tiger facts and encourage children to answer the questions.
Word Search: A game to reinforce vocabulary related to tigers. 5 words to find.
Tiger Colouring Sheet: Children colour the tiger to match the example or use their own design and colour.
Tigers Tale Poem: A captivating acrostic poem. Guide children to craft their own poem using the initial letters of “Tiger a cat”.
Writing Template: Stimulate thinking with a structured template for writing 8 facts about tigers and writing about tigers in general.
Tiger Maze: Enhance problem-solving skills with this maze. One in colour and one in black and white.
Tiger Colour by Numbers: A fun way to mix mathematics and art, as children use numbers as cues to create a tiger masterpiece.
Handwriting Sheet: Refine handwriting with focused practice on the letters ‘t’ and ‘T’ and tiger-related words.
Use as a unit or work or dip in to support your work on animals or Tigers, literacy or number.
Introducing 2 Fantasy Doodle Sheets for KS1 and EYFS, a simple tool to stimulate children’s imagination and creativity!
These sheets,with their diverse characters and images, are aimed at inspiring children to begin to craft their own fantasy stories or poems.
Easily integrate into various lesson plans and subjects.
Suitable for all children, fostering creativity regardless of ability.
Print and distribute, or adapt for online learning.
The Alphabet Animal Adventure is a fun resource designed to make learning the alphabet an enjoyable experience for young children.
By combining letter recognition with engaging animal illustrations and interactive colouring activities, this resource supports early literacy development and fosters a love for both letters and animals.
Whether used in the classroom or at home, this resource is sure to capture the imaginations of young learners and make the journey through the alphabet an exciting adventure.
Use the sheets for sounding out and colouring in, or cut out the letters/characters and use as an animal alphabet display.
This lesson features 26 engaging colouring pages, each representing a different mode of, or connection to transport.
From “A” for aeroplane to “Z” for zeppelin, each page is designed to make learning fun and interactive.
These themed pages reinforce phonics by associating each letter with a transport-related word, helping children connect letters with their sounds.
2 worksheets in black and white where children name and label the musical instruments and colour them in. Duplicate the worksheets and cut out the cards for matching games.
Each worksheet contains 8 musical instruments set on a turntable - this links the topic with history.
The resource includes four worksheets, each focusing on a different animal beginning with the letter “J”: Joey, jaguar, jellyfish and jackdaw.
Each worksheet features:
• A picture of the animal, that children can colour in.
• A writing practice section where children can trace and write the name of each animal and overwrite letters.
The resource reinforces letter-sound recognition while connecting literacy with nature and wildlife.
A set of colour and black and white flashcards showing 6 animals.
These can be used as flashcards, display or visual aids.
Children can use the worksheets to write or dictate sentences about animals. A wordbank is included.
There are colour and black and white versions of the worksheets.
A poster showing 20 animals beginning with the letter B.
Children can write out the words on a list.
There are also word cards that can be cut out and pasted to make the list.
Play a game where children can time each other to see who can find all the pictures first.
15 pages of animals to colour in and write their names using the jumbled letters.
Children can trace around the letters and then put them in the correct order to make the animal names.
A colouring book for EYFS or KS1.
Each letter of the alphabet has a colour picture and animals to colour in.
There is a colour poster for every 4 letters and the final 2 - Y and Z.
Links with Phonics, the Alphabet and any Animal topic.
A set of worksheets for children finding out about baby animals.
There are 6 baby animals with photos and pictures for the children to colour in.
There is a sheet where children can draw the animals or write the words and they can either underline or draw around the correct adult animal on each sheet.
7 activity sheets on black and white animals
dalmation
panda
skunk
zebra
penguin
cow
Children can name, label, match, write a caption or sentence, draw an animal and unsramble letters to find and match the animal names.
6 sheets of colouring sheets with 4 pictures on each one.
Children read the sentence and then decide which animal they need to colour.
e.g. Colour the flying owl or Colour the striped animal.
This encourages reading for meaning, thinking skills and speaking and listening.
This is a resource where children match the 4 letter words to the animals in two ways using the word cards and the posters.
There is a poster for each animal word where the children are holding up each letter.
A lovely phonics, reading and spelling activity which also makes a good classroom display.
If you have letter tiles or cards, children can match these to the posters. Laminate the posters and they can be used for play-doh mats.
Note there is one extra animal - a tiger - see if children can spot this.