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.
12 colour food flashcards with matching number cards for children to count to 12 at Christmas.
Cut and laminate for a durable resource that you can reuse.
More able children can also count how many items of food are on each plate and practice their addition or multiplication skills.
End of term fun for KS1 children.
4 worksheets with a maths and literacy theme
Numbers to 10 - children colour in the correct number of objects
Join the matching words and trace them e.g. Christmas and Tree
List Christmas words and work out their number values
Join the pictures to their initial sounds
4 designs of Christmas gift boxes for children to cut out and assemble.
They also make lovely tree decorations. Just add string.
Print onto thin card or paste onto thin card for best results.
Cut off any tabs that the children may not need.
Add a chocolate and some tissue and the children have a little gift to take home.
A set of colour flashcards showing number characters and corresponding amounts of animals for each number.
The numbers and animals are on a blackboard background.
There are 3 sets of cards, small, medium and large.
Laminate and use for number work, wall displays or your maths corner.
Sheet 1 can be used as an activity where children cut out the cards and order them from 0 to 9 or backwards.
An introduction to young children learning to add up to 10 with the use of a number line.
There are 2 sheets for children to work out the answers.
Sheet 3 is a template for teachers to use to add more addition sums onto.
Sheet 4 is a template that you can add numbers to and use for addition or subtraction.
3 pages of cut out cards showing fruit machines where there are 3 numbers.
Cut out the cards and laminate and use as flashcards or use single sheets as worksheets.
Children add together the 3 numbers.
Numbers are up to 18.
There is a blank template included that you can use to make more flashcards or to differentiate for higher / lower abilities.
‘Circles All Around Us’ is made up of 30 Photo Cards. The cards feature photographs of round or spherical objects found in everyday life.
The cards promote observational skills and give lots of opportunity for speaking and listening.
Here are some activities that children could play with these cards:
Circle Hunt: Divide the cards among the children and ask them to find similar round objects in the classroom or at home.
Memory Game: Duplicate cards and turn all cards face down, children take turns trying to find matching pairs.
Sorting Circles: The children can sort the cards by different categories, such as color, size, or usage (e.g., food items,vegetables, etc.).
Art and Craft: Children can make prints with round objects or make their own posters of round or spherical objects.
The cards will enhance any display on shape.
‘Squares All Around Us’ is made up of 30 Photo Cards. The cards feature photographs of square or cubes and are objects found in everyday life.
The cards promote observational skills and give lots of opportunity for speaking and listening.
Here are some activities that children could play with these cards:
Square Hunt: Divide the cards among the children and ask them to find similar square objects in the classroom or at home. They could also search in books on the internet if access.
Memory Game: Duplicate cards and turn all cards face down, children take turns trying to find matching pairs.
Sorting Squares: The children can sort the cards by different categories, such as color, size, or usage (e.g., food items, toys or games etc.).
Art and Craft: Children can make prints with square objects or make their own posters of square.
The cards will enhance any display on shape.
A set of 60 colour photo cards showing pictures of hearts and diamonds that you may come across in everyday life.
The shape cards are designed to help children to develop their understanding of 2D shape and has an emphasis on real world connections.
Children can use the cards in various ways:
Duplicate for matching pictures / games
Sort cards into 2 shape categories of hearts and diamonds
Look for hearts and diamonds shapes in school or outdoors
Diamonds and hearts scavenger hunt where cards are hidden outdoors and children have clues to help them find them
Use various media including paint, felt pens, collage and crayons to create heart and diamond patterns
Suitable for EYFS and KS1 and links to speaking and listening, 2D shape, pattern and maths games.
Cultivate a love for nature and symmetry in your KS1 children with this resource featuring 10 picture grids!
Each grid showcases a variety of flowers and floral patterns, with a focus on symmetry in some of the designs, encouraging children to observe and appreciate plant life.
This resource is crafted to inspire children to replicate these illustrations onto a blank grid, square by square, enhancing their observational and fine motor skills.
Enlarge the grid paper as required.
Extend by asking children to then draw or paint the plants and flowers freehand.
With this resource, children learn about a fun game called ‘Sudoku’, but with a twist! Instead of numbers, it uses animal pictures!
*Explain how to play to your class with these fun instructions. *
Imagine a big square, with 4 little boxes in a row and 4 little boxes in a column. That makes it 4 by 4.
We have 10 different puzzles, each with a special animal theme:
Squirrels - Cute little creatures with bushy tails!
Animal Sounds x 2 - Match the first letter with the animal! Like ‘E’ for Elephant!
Bears - Cuddly animals.
Tigers - Striped big cats that roar!
Fish - Animals that live in the water and swim around!
Under the Sea - Discover different animals living beneath the waves!
On the Farm - Say hello to the friendly animals living on a farm!
Flying High - Look up to find birds and animals that fly in the sky!
Animals - A mix of all kinds of animals!
Blank Template - Create your own Sudoku with your favourite animals!
On each work sheet, animals already make up a puzzle. Your job is to make your own picture puzzle in the empty grids. If you like, you can also count and colour the pictures on the ready made puzzles to make sure they are correct.
Each row (that’s the line going across) can only have one of each animal! No duplicates allowed!
Each column (that’s the line going up and down) also can only have one of each animal!
And of course, each little box of 4 inside the big box can only have one of each animal too!
Ready to have some fun and solve the animal Sudoku puzzles?
Let’s get started!
A sequencing activity linked to Phonics, Time, Months of the Year and seasons.
There are 2 worksheets in black and white.
Each worksheet shows cards with 6 months of the year.
Children can write the month of the year and / or the name of the child shown in the picture. e.g. Declan is shown in December.
Each picture has things for children to find beginning with the initial sound of the month. e.g. in June, children can find Jenny, jam, juice and jewellery.
Children can colour in the cards and then cut and sequence them from January to December.
They could also make sets of cards for seasons.
3 colour worksheets showing colour hoops. Each colour hoop has a number value. The values are shown on page 1.
The worksheets start with one hoop on each peg. Children work out the totals and write in the numbers.
Sheets 2 and 3 show 1,2 or 3 hoops per peg.
The final sheet is a template for children to make their own colour code.
Extend with PE hoops for classroom fun.
A free resource for Key Stage 1 and Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) classrooms.
The resource is a “Daily Classroom Calendar.”
This colourful poster is designed to be a blank canvas that children can interact with each school day. It encourages participation and learning by allowing children to add the day of the week, month, date, and year, turning daily routine into an engaging learning opportunity.
There is an example of the poster filled in.
By integrating this tool into the classroom, educators can support foundational skills in reading, understanding calendars, and grasping the concept of time.
Laminate the blank poster and children can use markers to add the detail or use ready made words and numbers that children can fix with Velcro.
A free resource for young children linked to Maths and the New Year.
Children can colour in the numbers, cut and order on sheet 1.
Duplicate sheet 2 for matching numbers and sequencing.
On sheet 3 children can write their own numbers or make number characters.
This resource aims to make learning about shapes an interactive, fun, and comprehensive experience for young children, laying a solid foundation for their understanding of geometry and the world around them.
Materials Included:
Curved Shapes and Lines Cards:
A set of 5 sheets each showing 12 colour cards with items with curved lines, straight lines, or shapes. These can be used to discuss the concept of curves and lines in both natural and man-made objects.
Activity Worksheet:
A final worksheet that allows children to draw or paste pictures of items with curved, straight, or mixed lines and shapes. This worksheet can serve as a review of the concepts learned.
Instructions for Use:
Cutting and Sorting: Begin by cutting out the cards on each of the five pages. Laminate them for durability if desired.
Categorization Activities: Use the cards to engage children in sorting activities. They can sort by type of line (curved vs. straight), by shape, or by whether the object is natural or man-made.
Matching Game: Duplicate the cards for a matching game, encouraging children to find pairs of similar shapes or lines.
Shape Recognition: Use the shapes-only cards to focus on pure shape recognition, discussing sides, angles, and properties.
Creative Application: Utilize the worksheet for children to apply what they’ve learned by drawing or pasting in items that match the discussed categories.
Field Trip: If possible, organize a short walk or field trip around the school to identify shapes in the real world, enhancing the connection between the lesson and everyday life.
Show this counting activity on the Smart Board and/or print off the sheets for children to use in their counting/number lessons.
Count, colour, cut and order Easter Eggs from 1 to 8.
There are also 2 outline egg shapes for children to draw their own cartoon eggs.
Here is a set of dominoes from 1 to 10 for EYFS and KS1 learners.
Cut and laminate for number games, matching, ordering and tracing.
There are 26 pages with 4 dominoes per page.
There are some blanks for you to use or for children to write in.