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 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.
Teacher’s Guide for EYFS SEND children.
Objective: Introduce children to music and movement through engaging singing games.
Resource Components:
Singing Games:
o The Farmer in the Dell: Sing and act out the roles in the song.
o Looby Loo: Follow the lyrics with actions for each body part.
o Oranges and Lemons: Sing along and join in the game.
o The Grand Old Duke of York: March and follow the actions in the song sitting or standing.
Lyrics and Instructions:
o Each game includes the lyrics and simple instructions for the actions / games.
Flashcards:
o Flashcards with symbols for each game. In colour and black and white for 3 games and colour for The Grand Old Duke of York.
o Use for reference, sequencing activities, or matching and sorting.
Boardmaker licenced.
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.
A topic resource related to Animals and Birds.
Bird Word Search: Engage learners with a fun word search activity where they find the names of 5 birds. An answer sheet is included to help them check their work.
Three Bird Colouring Sheets: Children are provided with a set of birds that they need to colour to match pre-coloured examples.
Bird Matching Activity: Children draw lines connecting three birds to their corresponding images.
Bird Yoga Poses: Introduce children to mindfulness and physical activity with this worksheet showing two yoga poses inspired by birds: the Eagle Pose and the Cow Face Pose with Eagle Arms. The illustrations guide children to mimic these poses, promoting balance and flexibility.
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.
10 easy quizzes to share with young children, each one with a topic based theme:
Pets, Transport, Clothing, Toys, School, Food, Drinks, Musical Instruments, Sports and Home.
Share the colour symbols related to each topic and use the question sheet for comprehension questions promoting thinking, speaking and listening skills.
Extend by printing off the quiz sheets and children can cut out the pictures, paste into their books and write about them; or cut out the whole collection of pictures for children to sort into topic sets.
Duplicate the cards for matching games.
Laminate for durability.
Boardmaker licenced.
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 an animal theme and phonics link.
Children name the animals, say the sounds and write the letters and sentences.
Included animals: panda, tiger, elephant, dog, whale, fox, hippo and kangaroo.
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.
A complete lesson for EYFS or KS1 based on Autumn and animals that are often associated with Autumn.
There is a power point to start, with a page on each of the 5 animals represented:
red fox, red squirrel, barn owl, hedgehog and badger.
Each page shows a photograph of the animal and 6 facts about the animal to discuss.
There is then a writing template for each of the animals.
Children can recall some of the facts they have heard, write a story or poem about the animal.
The final worksheet is a labelling sheet where children match and write the words under the pictures. The can then colour the pictures or they could draw their own.
A bright power point showing animals from A to Z.
Each page encourages the children to say the sounds, recognise the lower and upper case letters and read the sentence about the animal.
Use as part of your work on animals and phonics.
The slides also make a lovely wall display or alphabet frieze.
Extend by printing off the slides and cutting off the black letter and word sections. Laminate for reuse. Children can match the two parts together to complete the pictures.
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.