10 worksheets with a Halloween theme. Each page shows a Halloween related image. There are 5 of the images on each page of various sizes. Children can colour, cut out and order the pictures from smallest to largest or large to small and label them. Alternatively, the children can make sets of the different sized pictures.

Plan ahead and engage young children in spooky fun with a set of 60 colour Halloween-themed cards, each featuring a variety of themes such as Halloween creatures, witches, spiders and ghosts. These cards, bordered in orange, black, green or purple and featuring dotted outlines for cutting, offer a range of games and activities. Children can cut out the shapes to create personalized Halloween cards, gift tags, or festive decorations. Matching games can be played with duplicate cards to enhance memory and recognition skills. Sort the cards by sensory categories, discussing what they see, hear, smell, or taste during Halloween. Sort by colour borders or themes such as monsters. The cards can also be used to create themed classroom displays or as prompts for storytelling and discussions about Halloween experiences. Interactive games like “Halloween Bingo” or “Halloween Charades” add an extra layer of festive fun. These activities help children engage creatively and meaningfully with the Halloween theme while developing various skills in a playful, seasonal setting.

This resource, designed for KS1 and EYFS learners, offers a visual exploration of patterns and colour combinations. Each of the 9 pages features 6 balls, with every ball divided into 3 sections, allowing for creative pattern creation. Page 10 is a blank template that children can use to create their own patterns. Using two or three colours, the sections on each ball are filled to form unique colour combinations and patterns. The resource emphasizes the importance of recognizing and creating patterns, helping children understand sequencing, repetition, and colour relationships. The bright colour palette keeps young learners engaged as they explore different colour combinations on each page. This hands-on tool promotes the development of visual perception, pattern recognition, while providing an introduction to basic mathematical and design concepts. Duplicate, cut out and laminate the balls and children can play maths related games such as matching, finding colour combinations and making sets in different ways.

The Patch of Pumpkins Learning Strips is a fun resource designed for young learners in EYFS and KS1. Each strip features five pumpkins, available in both colour and black-and-white versions, useful for various hands-on activities. There are suggestions for using the resource included. Children can practice key early math skills such as counting, pattern recognition, number sequencing, and simple addition. The strips can be used to create a border for your worksheets or classroom displays. This resource encourages playful learning while reinforcing key math skills in an Autumn / Halloween themed context!

A simple worksheet for EYFS to assist them with counting to 5, handwriting and linking in with an Autumn themes.

This resource introduces children to shapes and emotions through simple, activities. The “Pentagon Pals” are a series of cartoon pentagon characters, each showing a different feeling. The resource consists of ten pages, each featuring a different pentagon character. For example, one page shows a pentagon with a big smile, clearly expressing happiness, while another might display a frown to show sadness, helping children recognize and understand a range of emotions. Next to each character is a blank pentagon, giving children the chance to draw their own version of the expression or create a completely new one, fostering self-expression. This black-and-white resource helps to teach children about the properties of pentagons but also helps them explore and express different emotions. It is suitable for EYFS and KS1.

Here are a collection of ideas for simple maths games for your class. Show on the Smart Board or print out and put in zip wallets with relevant counters or necessary pieces. Children can work in small groups, pairs or individually. Games include: Colour Memory games around shape and number Adding 2 numbers Apples on the tree in numerical order Matching number words with numerals Counting 2 at a time Clock face numbers

Here are a few new ideas for collecting and organising data for KS1. Activities: Birthday Tally Chart Eye Colour Survey Making Sets of Girls and Boys - can use colour to distinguish girls from boys Favourite colour survey - ask each person to colour a star in their favourite colour then make the results into a graph or chart Probability and Chance game using a dice with numbers 1 to 3

A maths story power point for young children with an animal theme. Skills include counting to 5, knowing and using ordinal number, ordering the days of the week, developing memory skills, sequencing and colour matching. On each day of the week from Monday to Friday, the narrator sees a different animal. So, on Monday, the animal is a slow snail, Tuesday, a slow snail and a happy hippo etc. Children can join in the reading of the story on the PPT using the picture cues to help them. Encourage the children, later, to recall the animals and days of the week without the picture cues. There are 3 sets of flashcards to cut out and laminate- animals, ordinal number and days of the week. Following the story, use the flashcards as an activity where children sequence, match and recall.

3 borders with each with a different maths theme. The borders come in colour and there is a black and white version for children to colour in themselves. The borders are great for displaying the children’s work on the walls and for jazzing up worksheets. Use the borders to make your own maths problems too.

8 Tumbling Towers Maths games for the KS1 classroom. These are a fun way to teach and reinforce foundational maths skills. Games include recognition of numbers up to 12, 2D shape, basic addition and subtraction, counting and matching numbers and pictures, and, matching number words and pictures. Each activity idea has objectives, suggested resources and activity instructions and steps. Once you have your tumbling tower blocks, stickers and markers, you need little else which is a great time saver for teachers.

A maths unit of work for EYFS and KS1 which comes with planning for 6 simple activities: Button Sorting Button Counting Button Matching Button Sequencing Button Ordering Button Addition and Subtraction- numbers 1 to 10. There are 4 worksheets included to supplement practical work with buttons. Shapes or counters could also be used. There are also 3 colour sheets that children can cut up for button sorting, counting and matching games.

7 2D shape cards for display or visual aids. There are matching cards for each shape where children can trace the name and colour in the shapes. Laminate the cards and they can be used over and again on the maths table.

Children will enjoy learning about 2D shapes with this Shape Jar Activity. There are pictures of the shapes to match to the shapes in the jar and an empty jar for the children to draw their own shapes into. I like to work with empty sweet jars - you can fill one up with shapes to make this a more fun and practical activity.

Great for teaching young children about colour and shape. Laminate these colour patterns to re-use. Children can use the black and white versions to copy and continue patterns through colouring in or adding colour counters, shapes or playdough to the templates. There is a blank sheet for you to make your own.

An interactive PPT where children count 5 different 2D shapes up to number 5. Slides can be printed out and used for matching colour counters or coloured playdough shapes.

This pack contains an array of resources for teaching and learning about 2d shapes: Match shapes to words Colour Sets and shape sets to 5 Word cards and shape cards to match 3 activity sheets 4 shape posters 1 award certificate

Here are flashcards showing 8 shapes including circles, hearts, stars and squares. There are number words and colour shape pictures. Use for display or cut out for matching and counting activities. Laminate for re- use.

2D and 3D shape cards for learning to recognise and name shapes. Print these cards double sided so they resemble playing cards. There are 2 sets - a colour set where children read the words and identify the correct one to match the shapes. Set 2 is black and white and animated with faces - children can colour these in if they want. Children can play pairs, snap or sorting with these cards.

Share this presentation on the smart board when teaching basic shapes. Each slide can be printed out for drawing, matching or colouring activities. There are 8 shapes in all.