This KS1 literacy resource is designed to inspire young writers by linking phonics, reading, and creative storytelling. The pack includes 26 alphabet-themed worksheets, each featuring a large outline letter, a cursive writing prompt (e.g., “A is for Aladdin”) for children to trace over, and an accompanying picture or scene to spark imagination. To support story development and writing, a suggested word bank is provided, offering key vocabulary for each letter. Additionally, sentence starters tailored to each letter help guide children in crafting their own imaginative stories. This resource encourages independent and creative writing while reinforcing letter recognition, phonics, and storytelling skills in an engaging and accessible way.

First ABC Colouring Pages introduces young learners to the alphabet through colouring, tracing, and word recognition. Each of the 26 pages features a large, outlined letter to trace and colour, along with 4 to 5 simple pictures that begin with the featured letter (e.g., T is for teapot, tiger, toes, tea, and television). This resource supports phonics, handwriting, and fine motor development, reinforcing letter sounds and spelling. Tracing helps with letter formation and early writing skills. Ideal for classrooms, home learning, and activity stations, these pages encourage interactive learning. Extend activities with sound hunts, letter formation games, and rhyming fun to deepen understanding in a playful way.

Introduce children to the alphabet through this food-themed colouring resource. Each of the 26 pages features a large, outlined letterof the alphabet, alongside a single food item that begins with that letter (e.g., S is for Strawberry, Y is for Yogurt, Z is for Zucchini). Children can trace the letters and the cursive sentences, colour the pictures, and explore new food vocabulary while reinforcing letter recognition, phonics, and fine motor skills. Suitable for EYFS, KS1, and home learning, this ‘foodie fun’ resource makes learning the alphabet both fun and tasty!

This EYFS and KS1 resource supports vocabulary development, reading and writing skills, and topic work related to babies and young children. It features 10 colourful worksheets, each displaying 16 silhouette-style pictures connected to the theme of babies and childhood. Each picture is accompanied by a matching word, helping children to recognize and associate words with images. Ideas for Use: • Cut and Match: Cut out the words and have children match them to the correct pictures. • Word Ordering: Provide the words separately and encourage children to sequence them in the same order as the pictures on the worksheet. • Sentence Building: Use the words to form simple sentences (e.g., “Babies learn how to crawl” or “We push babies in a pram”). (Children can write out words and/or sentences). • Laminated Cards: Cut and laminate the pictures for durability and reuse in matching and sorting games. • Sorting Activities: Encourage children to group pictures by categories such as food, toys, clothes, equipment, and toiletries. • Discussion & Storytelling: Link the resource to topics such as Ourselves, Change, Growing Up and Family, supporting speaking and listening, reading, and early writing. (The provided black and white template can be used for drawing and writing or pasting pictures into). This resource provides a flexible way to explore early years themes while reinforcing key literacy skills.

Get ready for Halloween with “Halloween Fun Awaits,” designed for EYFS and KS1 children. The resource features nine activities that link to literacy, numeracy, sensory exploration, and art. It blends learning with Halloween fun. Poem: Halloween Fun Awaits Share and enjoy a Halloween poem to introduce the theme. Comprehension Questions Answer seven questions to check understanding and encourage critical thinking about the poem. Halloween Collage Create a festive Halloween collage using craft supplies to boost creativity. Word Search Find Halloween-themed words to enhance letter recognition and spelling. Count How Many Legs Count the legs of Halloween creatures up to 8 to practice numeracy skills. Initial Sounds Activity Complete Halloween-themed words with initial sounds and match pictures to the words. Match the Halloween Pictures Pair Halloween pictures to build visual discrimination. Create a Halloween Sensory Bin Make a sensory bin with Halloween-themed items for sensory exploration and imaginative play. Read and Write Read and trace over nine Halloween words to improve reading and fine motor skills. Final Page: Answer Sheet for comprehension questions and word search.

This resource is a collection of 10 quizzes designed for (EYFS), (KS1), and (SEND) children. This versatile resource can be used to support end-of-year or start-of-year celebrations, providing a fun and inclusive activity that encourages teamwork and reinforces and celebrates learning in a playful environment. Each quiz comprises 12 questions, supported by 12 colourful symbols /pictures, making it accessible and enjoyable for all children. The questions cover a range of simple, engaging topics, such as identifying fruits (e.g., “What is this fruit?”), recognizing places (e.g., “Where is this place?”), naming types of transport (e.g., “What kind of transport is this?”), and describing weather conditions (e.g., “What kind of weather is this?”). The design ensures that every child can participate and succeed, whether by calling out answers, working in pairs or small groups or, for more able children, writing their responses. Boardmaker licenced.

Circle of Learning Cards is a literacy-focused resource that brings fun to the classroom. The activities enhance vocabulary, promote critical thinking and link to reading, writing and speaking and listening. There are 10 worksheets with 8 circular cards on each page. Each page is colour coded. There is a blank template for children to make their own cards. There is a planning sheet with 3 activity ideas for teachers including objectives, resources needed and instructions. Engaging Visual Learning: The cards are designed with colourful illustrations and text that engage learners and sparks imagination. Promotes Critical Thinking and Discussion: The cards encourage children to observe, describe, and infer meanings. For example, asking “What does it mean to be ‘all tied up’?” prompts children to explore figurative language and context clues. Enhances Vocabulary and Language Skills: Cards introduce new vocabulary and phrases in a fun, memorable way. Children can expand their language skills, learn new words, and practice using them in context. Supports Creative Expression: The resource includes activities where children create their own cards, encouraging them to express their ideas and creativity. By designing cards like “Sporty Turtle” or “Rainbow Fish,” children practice writing descriptive text and drawing illustrations, integrating art with literacy. Interactive and Fun: The cards include interactive activities such as the “Feely Bag Matching Game,” which combines tactile exploration with literacy skills. A fun end of term lesson too!

This literacy resource for EYFS and Key Stage 1 children features a colour storybook with ten pages, each dedicated to the adventures of a charming character named Lolly. Lolly enjoys a variety of activities, such as playing in the snow, playing football, horse riding, spending holidays at the seaside, and learning geography and maths at school. Each page showcases an illustration of Lolly paired with a simple sentence to read. After sharing the storybook, children can further their learning with corresponding worksheets designed to develop their handwriting skills. These worksheets allow children to trace words and sentences related to Lolly’s activities and draw accompanying pictures. Each worksheet aligns with the storybook pages, enabling children to either select individual sheets or complete the entire booklet over time. Extend by asking children to make a storybook / worksheet about themselves. This resource is perfect for linking themes of self-awareness, Ourselves, storytelling, reading, speaking and listening, writing, and handwriting development.

This literacy resource for EYFS and Key Stage 1 children features a colour storybook with ten pages, each dedicated to the adventures of a charming character named Bill. Bill enjoys a variety of activities, such as swimming, playing football, listening to the birds sing and learning about Space. Each page showcases an illustration of Bill paired with a simple sentence to read. After sharing the storybook, children can further their learning with corresponding worksheets designed to develop their handwriting skills. These worksheets allow children to trace words and sentences related to Bill’s activities and draw accompanying pictures. Each worksheet aligns with the storybook pages, enabling children to either select individual sheets or complete the entire booklet over time. Extend by asking children to make a storybook / worksheet about themselves. This resource is perfect for linking themes of self-awareness, Ourselves, storytelling, reading, speaking and listening, writing, and handwriting development.

‘Unravelling the Unusual’ is a unit of work for Key Stage 1 children using a collection of black and white picture resources. There are 10 pages, with 12 pictures on each page. Each picture is unusual in some way and can be classed in different ways such as silly, useless or wrong. Examples include the bucket with holes, the train with square wheels, a fingerless glove and a child riding a donkey back to front. The activities included are engaging and are designed to develop speaking, listening, writing, and creative thinking skills. The Unit of Work provided is in a table format detailing 7 suggested activities, their objectives, the resources needed, and step-by-step instructions for implementation.

A fun activity linked to both Animals and Bible Stories. There are 20 pairs of animals to prepare for their journey on Noah’s Ark. One of each pair is in colour. The other is black and white. Children colour these in to make matching animal pairs. They can also trace over the dotted lines of the names of the animals. When all of the animals are coloured, children can cut them out and play matching games such as Snap and Pairs. Print on thin card for best results. There are also cards to colour in and cut out for Noah and Noah’s Ark.

This unit of work is designed for Key Stage 1 and integrates literacy and phonics with maths concepts like sorting, pairing, and categorizing. Each lesson encourages children to recognize, sound out, and spell simple words, with a specific focus, mostly, on CVC words and children’s names -making the learning experience fun and engaging. Lessons include cutting and sorting colour character cards into alphabetical order by name; drawing, writing or pasting characters under their names; finding a name for each letter of the alphabet in the word search; sharing a short story and answering comprehension questions, as well as finding hidden names in lines of letters. There are 5 lessons and each of these are outlined in the Unit of work with clear objectives, step-by-step activities, resources needed and assessment opportunities.

A fun lesson, or unit of work based around festive food characters that each have their own character, rhyme and culminating in a charming story. This resource is created around 8 food cartoon characters that you might find on your Christmas dinner plate. Each character comes in colour cards or black and white cards for the children to colour in. Included are Stella Sprout, Percy Pudding and Tulula Turkey and more. There is a sheet where the character names are written under the black and white characters for children to trace over. There is also a little rhyme to go with each character. Finally, there is a story: A Merry Feast: The Christmas Adventures of the Kitchen Friends. This is a charming story to share and to act out as part of a festive assembly or Christmas play. As an extension activity, children could create their own festive food characters.

This resource is designed to inspire a love of books in Key Stage 1 pupils while developing their understanding of literary classifications. Young learners distinguish between fiction and non-fiction and then delve deeper into genres and topics. Included is a planning sheet that outlines three lesson plans, complete with objectives, a list of necessary materials, activities, and follow-up suggestions to reinforce learning. There are two ready-made labels for fiction and non-fiction to facilitate a hands-on card sorting activity. Accompanying these are 10 pages, each featuring six diverse book covers in black and white, which can be cut out for an interactive classification game and a range of activities. Examples of book covers are ‘Learn to Play the Piano’, ‘I have a New Daddy’ and ‘My Book of Fairy Tales for 7 year olds’. Tailored for Key Stage 1 children, the book covers lend themselves to lots of speaking and listening and predicting. Follow up with sorting of real books and / or children can design their own book covers using the cards for inspiration. The resource is a useful addition to library skills and any celebrations around Books.

This Planning Resource pack encourages Speaking and Listening through discussion, rhyme, story, non - ficiton, and a range of activities. It is suitable for EYFS and KS1. Children can offer explanations for why things might (or do) happen, making use of recently introduced vocabulary from stories, non-fiction, and rhymes. The first page is a comprehensive planning overview with 7 lessons, objectives, activities, resources included and assessment ideas. Activities include non – fiction – farm animals; Story sequencing, Rhymes, Celebrating Christmas and Understanding change. The materials include worksheets and word lists and relevant suggestions for books such as ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ (Eric Carle) for sequencing and ‘If you give a mouse a cookie’ (Laura Numeroff) for introducing cause and effect. There are 11 worksheets to accompany your planning. Some symbols are included. Boardmaker Licenced.

This Autumn resource is aimed at Early Years (EYFS) and Key Stage 1 (KS1) children through the magic of storytelling, creativity, and literacy. The resource is based on an original story about a curious young boy named Sam and his magical paintbrush. Story Overview: In this tale, children will follow the adventures of Sam and his newfound friend, Squirry Whip, as they explore the wonders of autumn. Sam’s magical paintbrush brings their world to life, and together, they embark on a mission to create joy and happiness in their town. The story conveys the importance of friendship, creativity, and spreading happiness. Resource Highlights: Planning Sheet: There are seven lessons, each with objectives and the necessary resources outlined. Full and Simplified Story: The simplified version allows children to trace the text and colour in the illustration. Colouring Sheets: Children can colour in scenes from the story, bringing the characters and settings to life. Flashcards: These 12 flashcards provide a fun way for children to reinforce their phonics skills by matching, reading, and discussing key story-related words. Children can use the cards to tell the story in their own words. Comprehension Sheet: Assess comprehension and reading skills with the comprehension sheet containing eight questions based on the story. Word Search: Children can explore autumn-related vocabulary from the story in a word search activity, complete with answers. This activity can also serve as a springboard for creative writing and poetry. Pattern Creation: This lesson is based on the zig zags and swirls in the story.

A cross-curricular topic on animals. This theme links to literacy, art 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. Parrot Colour by Numbers: A fun way to mix mathematics and art, as children use numbers as cues to create an animal masterpiece. Animal Sudoku: Challenges logical reasoning while having fun. A Party in the Jungle Story - read and answer/write the questions. Animal Facts: Read and handwrite the animal facts then answer the questions. Word Search: A game to reinforce vocabulary related to animals. 5 animal words to find. Answer sheet included. Animal Colouring Sheet: Children colour the animals to match the example or use their own designs and colours. Animal Poem: A captivating poem to share – An Animal Show. Guide children to craft their own poems. Writing Template: Stimulate thinking with a structured template for writing facts about animals or an animal of their choice. A Lion Maze: Enhance problem-solving skills with this maze. One in colour and one in black and white. Handwriting Sheet: Refine handwriting with focused practice on the initial letters of 5 animals. Then children overwrite a fun fact about each animal. Use as a unit or work or dip in to support your work on animals, habitats, literacy, art or number.

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.

Set 5 in this story collection invites children to share in 5 new, original short tales. Each of these five tales holds a unique message and sparks thinking, speaking, listening, and creative writing. Links to PSHE and Citizenship and Ourselves. There are colouring sheets included. “The Elephant with the Bad Memory” teaches our children that it’s not what you do or do not remember that is important, but what is in your heart that makes you truly special. “The Girl Who Loved Balloons” celebrates a little girl’s love of balloons and the enchanting things that happen when she shares them. “The Rainbow Unicorn” enchants our little ones with the magic of unicorns. The rainbow unicorn has a unique style that inspires others to be themselves. “Doris Duck and Her Two Little Ducklings” explores the importance of acceptance and diversity in a community. ‘‘The Owl that needed Glasses’’ is the final story, teaching children how even the wisest of us may need to seek and accept help. The magic of these stories will inspire creative writing among children. Let them create their sequels, alternative endings, or even design new characters and adventures.

Autumn’s here and here is a collection of 5 short stories to inspire your children. The tales are perfect for story time, end-of-day reading, and linking with literacy, reading, and creative writing. They also touch on themes of seasons and feelings, making them relevant and relatable for the children. The Lonely Scarecrow: A story about loneliness and friendship. The Fox and the Acorn: A lesson in growth and nature. The Squirrel That Slept Too Long: The importance of preparation and timing. The Windy Day: A fun look at the effects of a breezy autumn day (Follow up with kite making of your own). Adrian Mouse and the Special Pumpkin: A tiny mouse finds a very special autumn home.