This is a fun game to play supporting your work on colours and speaking and listening. There is a slide for each of the colours and 10 pictures on each slide. Children name the pictures and can say a phrase or sentence for each one. Colours are red, yellow, green, blue, orange, brown, silver, black and white, pink and purple and multicolours. Press and the answers will fly in on command. You could extend this activity by asking the children to write a list for each of the colours and the answers can then be checked. Children could work in pairs or small groups or on their own. The picture cards can also be printed and cut out and then sorted into colours or matched to the original slides.

Early work on adjectives for young children and / or those learning English. A speaking and listening resource for young children to see if they can distinguish between the opposites: tidy and untidy. There are 10 posters to discuss. Print out or / and show on the white board. Encourage children to look around their classroom / environment and find things that are tidy or untidy and say why.

Early work on adjectives for young children and / or those learning English. A speaking and listening resource for young children to see if they can distinguish between the opposites: fast and slow. There are 10 posters to discuss. Print out or / and show on the white board. Links to measures in maths.

Early work on adjectives for young children and / or those learning English. A speaking and listening resource for young children to see if they can distinguish between the opposites: empty and full. There are 10 posters to discuss. Print out or / and show on the white board. Encourage children to look around their classroom / environment and find things that are empty and full. Some posters will provoke thinking skills e.g. the swimming pool is full of people but there are no swimmers in it. Some posters could also be interpreted as half full such as some of the coffee cups.

A 10 slide power point presentation based on sight, speaking and listening and using our senses. Each slide asks children to look at the picture and say what they see. Slides include animals, places, food and weather. Pictures used in the power point are photographs. Copy, cut out and laminate to make cards for the writing area where children can trace over the words and sentences.

This resource links to your topic work on the Farm, animals and Harvest. There are 8 slides each showing 3 animals or things you might find on the farm. The PPT is animated so that on a click, each square is removed to reveal the picture. You could ask children to read the words and describe what they might see or hear before the big reveal. You could also print off the cards and add them to your writing or dramatic play area. Laminate and the children could use them to trace the words with dry markers. Duplicate and you can use the cards for matching games.

8 worksheets in black and white with a seaside theme and phonics link. Children name what they see at the seaside, say the sounds and write the letters and sentences. Included pictures:donkey, starfish, sun cream, ball, boat, ice cream, crab and fish.

This lesson plan offers a fun approach to teaching the alphabet and phonics to young children, with a Flower or Garden theme. There is a planning sheet with suggestions for using the resources provided. These include a sheet for each letter of the alphabet, showing a flower with 7 petals and 7 pictures beginning with the given sound. There is a blank flower on each page that the children can draw in or write the words corresponding to the pictures. The first sheet is coloured in as an example to share with children. This is based on the letter S and shows written words corresponding to the pictures. Creating a Learning Display: The culminating Class Alphabet Garden display suggested in the planning, serves as a visual reinforcement of the lessons learned, making the classroom an engaging learning environment.

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.

A short story written to share with young children during topic work on Kings and Queens, Famous people or King Charles 111 Coronation in May 2023. The story is about a Prince who loses his crown and eventually it is found. There is a page sharing flashcards of characters in the story and objects such as the crown and the palace. Children can use the picture or symbol board to help them to retell the story themselves. The final page shows the words for the characters and objects and has space for children to draw in or paste the pictures. Boarmaker Licenced.

This a set of planning and activities that includes learning objectives, resources and assessment. It uses Boardmaker symbols and is suitable for EYFS, KS1 and SEND pupils. Boardmaker licenced. The planning is based on the delightful book by Julia Donaldson. ‘The Hippo has a Hat’. The activities link to literacy - story, rhyme and handwriting. They also link in well with animals and clothing for your topic work. Activities include: Rhyme recognition and word matching, word tracing and drawing, creative arts and drama. You can use the planning and resources for a complete lesson or unit of work or dip in to Story sessions.

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.

4 worksheets in black and white. Each sheet shows five animals. The task is to name the animals and find the sentence that matches each one. Children can then trace over the sentence, write the animal’s name or a short sentence. There are also 4 worksheets where there is no writing so that children can write their own word or sentence about the animals. *PCS Licenced - Boardmaker symbols.

10 masks with a food / vegetable theme for storymaking / telling and role play. Cut out and reinforce on card or laminate. Cut out the eyes and fasten the back with ribbon or elastic. Links in with topics on food / vegetables and plants as well as Harvest.

11 worksheets for children learning to recognise, read and write their numbers and number words. Numbers are from 0 to 10 with a character theme for each number.

Sports themed resource activity sheets in colour and black and white. Data handling recording sheet showing favourite sports. Colour and B/W. 8 pictures of different sports for children to label. Colour and B/W. 3 and 4. Children write a phrase or short sentence about each sport or piece of sports equipment. Colour and B/W. Links to Sports and Sports Day, Data Handling, labelling and writing.

3 original poems to share with your early years children when introducing 2D shapes. My shape poem My Heart Shape Sorting The final sheet has 2 outline templates with shape borders. Children can use these to draw and label shapes or to make simple shape poetry.

Welcome to this dot-to-dot adventure! This resource is designed to help young learners practice connecting dots to form various shapes while improving their handwriting skills. Each of the five pages feature eight shapes with dot-to-dot outlines that children can follow. By connecting the dots, children practice fine motor skills but also enhance their shape recognition and early writing abilities.

*PCS Licenced - Boardmaker symbols. My trip to the Supermarket. One of a set of resources based on trips suitable for EYFS / KS1 and SEND pupils. Each resource includes 12 colour and 12 black and white flashcards with symbols. Sheet 3 asks the children to draw the symbols or paste the pictures under the words. Sheet 4 is a writing and drawing template. Children can write about their trip. Links to topic work, journeys, travel, explorers, shopping, money as well as reading, writing and speaking and listening. *Boardmaker licence.