A fun approach to pattern and shape where children have the opportunity to learn about geometric shapes, improve their memory and counting skills whilst fostering creativity. Page 1 is a planning sheet with 10 suggestions for using the geometric pattern cards. Activities include pattern recognition, matching games, creating new patterns, sorting, identifying shapes, sequencing and symmetry. There are then 16 geometric black and white pattern cards, with 2 per page. Use as worksheets, flashcards, for games, colouring, pencil control and inspiration for pattern making. Suitable for EYFS and KS1 children. Use as a lesson, unit of work or resource to dip in and out of.

This ‘Exploring 3D Shapes with Colours for KS1’ resource is an interactive, hands-on learning experience that supports learning of 3D shapes, particularly cubes,colour and pattern recognition. By engaging with a variety of activities, from building, colouring to puzzle solving, children will develop essential skills like problem-solving and spatial awareness. Sheet 1 is a planning sheet with 5 suggested ideas for using the resources. Sheets 2,3 and 4 are colour posters showing cube patterns for children to recreate. Sheet 5 is a large colour cube made up of smaller cubes - children can recreate the cube. Sheet 6 is a black and white version of the large cube. There are 3 worksheets for children to copy and recreate patterns. Finally there is a template of cubes that children can cut out and use in a variety of ways. The resource can form the basis of a lesson, make up a unit of work, or just dip in and out for 3D shape worksheets.

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.

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.

Plan ahead and engage young children in festive learning with a set of 60 colourful Christmas-themed cards, each featuring themes such as Christmas animals, clothes, and seasonal sights, sounds, and smells. These cards, bordered in green or red and featuring dotted outlines for cutting, are versatile tools for a variety of activities. Children can cut out the shapes to create personalized Christmas cards, gift tags, or festive displays or card games. Matching games can be played with duplicate cards, enhancing memory and recognition skills. Sort the cards by sensory categories to discuss and explore what they see, hear, smell, or touch during the holiday season. The cards can also be used to create themed classroom displays or as prompts for storytelling and discussions about personal Christmas experiences. Interactive games like “Christmas Bingo” or “Christmas Charades” add an extra layer of fun.

A set of resources showing colour cards from Ace to King in the suits of hearts, diamonds, spades and clubs. A lesson plan is included with 5 ways of using the resource. Objectives: Help KS1 children develop sorting, categorization, and creative skills using playing cards. This activity combines mathematics with art, allowing children to cut out, sort, and design custom playing cards with shapes and colours. Materials Needed: Printable playing card templates, coloured pencils/markers, scissors, glue sticks, cardstock, and optional sorting mats. Lesson planning sheet. Traditional playing card packs(optional). Differentiation: Provide pre-cut cards and guided templates for less confident learners and introduce advanced sorting criteria for those ready for more challenges. This activity reinforces fundamental mathematical concepts like number to 13, sorting, sequencing and categorization, but also allows children to exercise their creativity and fine motor skills.

In this resource for KS1 and EYFS children, the objective is to enhance counting skills, pattern recognition, and basic arithmetic. Using 9 pages of colour school themed cards (showing quantities from 1 to 6), number cards, and 4 pattern cards, children will first practice counting objects and matching number cards to colour objects cards. Colour cards include pencils, crayons, books, children and desks. Basic addition and subtraction concepts will be introduced through visual aids, allowing children to combine and remove objects to solve simple problems. They will engage in pattern matching by identifying and creating sequences with the pattern cards and colour cards. A lesson overview is included detailing the 3 lesson ideas. All cards can be duplicated, cut and laminated for matching and sorting games.

A pack of resources for teachers working on Time or teaching the months of the year. The activities can be used as stand alone lessons or a unit of work. There is a lesson plan with objectives, resources and activity ideas. Resources include a collection of 12 colour circular pictures denoting each month of the year. Children can cut these out and sequence them and paste onto the blank template. There is a worksheet for each month of the year which shows the monthly symbol and calendar. Children are asked how many days there are in each month, what day each month begins on and to add any stars for special days. Children write in all the days for each month. The circular colour months can be enlarged to make useful flashcards.

Counting in Nature: A Resource for EYFS and KS1 Children. Counting in Nature is a fun and engaging resource designed to help children in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and Key Stage 1 (KS1) develop their counting skills from 1 to 12. The activity focuses on using nature-themed picture cards to teach counting while sparking children’s interest in the natural world. By counting and recording the number of nature-related items on each card, children learn to recognize and understand numbers. Children can sequence the cards, or duplicate the cards, for making pairs. Add number cards for matching pictures and numerals. Cut out and laminate the cards for durability and for use in games. Laminate and add dry markers and the resource makes a welcome addition to your maths corner or table. Boardmaker licenced to use symbols.

A colour powerpoint presentation for your children learning to count to 20 or consolidating numbers to 20. The theme is the Seaside with each slide showing a number with an object/objects appearing for them to count related to the sea/seaside. You can re-order the slides and / or print them and use them as visual aids or posters.

This resource for EYFS and KS1 is centred around the theme “Ourselves / Me” and linked to clothing, matching and speaking and listening. The resource includes 10 pages with 6 colour cards on each. There are 5 children featured and each child has 12 cards showing different outfits / activities, allowing children to engage in observation and speaking and listening activities. By carefully observing the pictures, children can discuss the characters and their outfits, speculating about their interests, such as reading books, singing, or playing football. They can talk about their own similarities and differences. Teachers can duplicate, cut out, and laminate the cards for versatile use in matching games and activities. Examples include playing pairs, matching children with similar interests, or identifying outfits appropriate for different seasons or occasions. This interactive resource fosters observation, discussion, and social interaction among children.

Engage your EYFS and KS1 children with this “Ducks in Hats” flashcard collection. The set includes 10 sheets, each featuring 12 ducks, each adorned with a different hat. Additionally, there is a separate set of Hat Flashcards for children to match with the ducks. This set includes 6 pages of colourful flashcards, each featuring 24 different hats. Children can look carefully for the matching hats, looking out for any that are missing, similar, different or duplicated. The hats on their own offer opportunities lots of opportunities for matching and sorting. Also included are a sheet of colour ducks for children to add or draw hats on, and a black-and-white copy for children to colour in and draw hats. The flashcards can be duplicated, cut out, and laminated for durability, offering endless activities such as matching, sorting, counting and pattern recognition. The flashcards link to lessons on data handling, clothing, fashion, animals, colours, number and patterns.

This engaging set of games offers a set of 48 colourfully illustrated cards featuring common school objects, along with detailed plans and instructions for four fun and educational games: ‘Making Pairs,’ ‘Classroom Challenge,’ ‘Story Chains,’ and ‘Relay Card Game.’ Designed with Key Stage 1 children in mind, these games help stimulate various skills such as memory, concentration, creativity, communication, storytelling, teamwork, and quick decision-making. Each game serves a different purpose, catering to different learning styles, and offering the possibility to challenge children in unique ways. ‘Making Pairs’ will challenge observation and memory, ‘Classroom Challenge’ will improve their description skills and attention to detail, ‘Story Chains’ will unlock their creativity and enhance their storytelling skills, and the ‘Relay Card Game’ will encourage teamwork and fast thinking. Whether you’re looking to fill a spare half-hour or planning a dedicated day of learning-based fun, this versatile set is sure to be a hit with your class.

‘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.

10 lovely animals to learn to count with. Use on the Smart Board or as individual posters or visual aids.

10 lovely transport pictures to learn to count with. Use on the Smart Board or as individual posters or visual aids. Great as a lesson starter.

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.

Here is a new version of an old favourite: The Twelve Days of Christmas. You can use the music and rhythm from this to sing along with/ read this PPT. The Christmas tree builds up from having a red robin , 2 shiny stars, 3 naughty elves and up to 12 drums a drumming. Children can join in with the counting as your go along from slide 1 to 12. Slide 13 is the title slide showing the 12 days of Christmas pictures. Slide 14 is a worksheet where children can cut out and order the 12 days of Christmas.