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 KS1 resource linked to food, writing and sorting.
Sheet 1 is a poster showing a variety of food and drinks.
Share the poster and talk about the pictures - you could link to healthy eating.
(Children could make their own posters).
Sheet 2 is for children to draw the pictures themselves or cut and paste.
(Children could put these into alphabetic order or order of preference).
Sheet 3 is for children to write a list. They could add pictures to this.
Sheet 4 asks the children to sort the foods into 7 different categories - there will be some overlap and repetition here.
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 are 7 animal faces / worksheets for children to begin to find out about symmetry.
All they need are scissors, pencils and a mirror.
The animal faces are differentiated as they do get more complex by sheets 6 and 7.
Page 8 allows your children to begin to experiment with mirrors and lines of symmetry and gives them the idea of butterfly painting.
Here is a poster showing clock faces, watches and types of clocks to discuss or use as a stimulus for children to make their own.
There are 12 clocks for children to read the time from and write in different ways.
There are 12 cartoon outline clock faces with multiple uses and 1 large clock face.
A fun way to teach grid referencing linking to Geography, Literacy and Maths.
Here are two versions of the popular game Battleships - one easier, one harder.
The aim of the game is for team or pupil 1 to hide battleships on their grid. Team or pupil 2 tries to locate them suggesting grid references. If they get a ‘hit’, they cover their grid referenced with a hit symbol- ‘Kapow’, ‘Boo’, etc or a colour counter. They can add a different colour counter to indicate a miss keeping track of the references they have already suggested.
There are 2 colour boards
Numbers to 4 and letters a - d.
Numbers to 7 and letters a - g.
There are blank grids included for you or pupils to make their own personalised games.
There are colour battleships included for cutting out and black and white ones for colouring in .
There are colour symbols for the hits e.g. Zap and Pow.
Print onto card and laminate for durability and reusable games.
A power point presentation for use when teaching children the time.
This one shows o’clock, but can be altered by turning the clock hands for any times you want.
The question and answer is animated and these appear on a click of the key or use of a switch: ‘Can you tell me the time please?’ ‘It’s three o’clock’.
The final page is a clock template for children to make their own.
Print these on card and laminate. Add split pins for the hands.
Children can then make the times indicated on the PPT.