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.
Explore this Olympic-themed resource designed for KS1 and SEND children, featuring two worksheets where children label sports such as basketball, tennis, surfing, hockey, and rugby. There are 16 Sports in all with 8 per page.
Available in both colour and black-and-white versions, these worksheets use symbols which assist children with their learning.
An accompanying list of sports names and symbols encourages speaking and listening and reading and also supports writing.
Boardmaker Licenced.
“Shapes in the Real World,” includes six colourful worksheets, each showcasing a variety of objects in different shapes: circles, rectangles, squares, triangles, and ovals. The final worksheet presents a mix of shapes for a review and includes a diamond shape.
Each worksheet features six cards that can be cut out and laminated and used for sorting shape games or matching activities. There is a space under each shape picture for children to practice writing the shape names or the names of the objects, enhancing their literacy skills.
The worksheets are also available in black and white, providing an opportunity for children to colour them in. They can also trace over the added words.
To further enhance the learning experience, consider incorporating activities that encourage children to find shapes in their environment. Here are some ideas:
Shape Scavenger Hunt: Organise a scavenger hunt where children search for objects around the classroom or school that match the shapes they are learning about. They can take pictures or draw what they find.
Nature Walks: Take children on a nature walk and challenge them to find and identify shapes in natural objects, such as leaves, rocks, and flowers. They can document their findings through drawings or by collecting items to bring back to class.
Shape Collages: Have children create collages using cut-out shapes from magazines or coloured paper. They can categorise their findings by shape and glue them onto large posters.
Suitable for EYFS, KS1 and SEND children.
Boardmaker licenced.
*Licenced to use, produce and sell resources using Boardmaker symbols.
A resource for SEN children, also suitable for EYFS and KS1.
Link with your science lessons and/or outdoor learning.
There are 3 worksheets where children name and label the pictures and then write a sentence
1.Outdoors 2. Flowers and Plants 3. In the Garden
Included is a set of Boardmaker symbols in colour and the same in black and white.
Add these to brighten up your displays, for speaking and listening and for use as flashcards.
Laminate and use in the outdoor learning space.
4 ideas for making Valentine’s Day Cards for EYFS, KS1 and SEND children.
There are 3 colour hearts that children can trace around, cut out and glue back together. Children can stick onto folded coloured card to make original cards and write their messages inside.
The 4th example is a heart in black and white using symbols that SEND children may recognise. The children can colour in the pictures.
Boardmaker licenced.
A collection of colour symbols related to special days / events and festivals /celebrations.
There are 2 pages, each showing 18 flashcards.
The pages are duplicated with the flashcards appearing in a shuffled order.
Children can talk about the symbols, sort them, order them and match.
Cut out and laminate for sorting, matching and displays.
Boardmaker licenced.
Link Number work with the Festive Season with this counting and matching game from 1 to 6.
There is a colour version and a black and white version that children can colour in themselves.
Children can cut out and match the cards showing things related to Christmas such as a snowman, 4 candy canes and 6 bells.
There are number cards included and a blank sheet with 6 boxes that children can paste into or draw in.
Boardmaker Licenced.
5 worksheets where children can match the animal symbols. They can draw a line to the matching symbol or colour, cut out the pictures and match. They can then trace over the names of the animals improving handwriting skills.
Boardmaker Licenced.
Suitable for SEND children, EYFS and KS1.
A set of 6 sheets with a food theme where children can practice their fine motor skills and colour in the pictures.
Ice Cream
Fruit
Vegetables
Cakes
Party Food
Christmas Food
This resource consists of two worksheets, each focusing on FEELINGS.
The first worksheet covers numbers 1 to 5, the second covers numbers 6 to 10.
Sheet 3 is a blank template that can be used in a variety of ways.
Each worksheet includes five pictures related to feelings, such as worried, happy, sad and excited. Children count and colour the pictures and cut them out.
There are matching number cards for each picture. Children can write the corresponding number, trace the numeral, and then match these cards to the picture symbols on the worksheets.
There are also cards displaying feeling words such as worried, miserable and angry. Children can practice their writing skills, cut out the words, and match them to the appropriate picture symbols.
The resource also includes a blank template, allowing children to get creative by drawing their own feeling related pictures or pasting pictures in numerical order.
Links Feelings with Ourselves, Number with Reading and Writing.
Boardmaker licenced.
This resource consists of two worksheets, each focusing on Weather.
The first worksheet covers numbers 1 to 5, the second covers numbers 6 to 10.
Sheet 3 is a blank template that can be used in a variety of ways.
Each worksheet includes five pictures related to weather such as sunny, snowmen and rainy. Children count and colour the pictures and cut them out.
There are matching number cards for each picture. Children can write the corresponding number, trace the numeral, and then match these cards to the picture symbols.
There are also cards displaying the names such as boots, mittens and snowmen. Children can practice their writing skills, cut out the words, and match them to the appropriate pictures.
The resource also includes a blank template, allowing children to get creative by drawing their own weather related pictures or pasting pictures in numerical order.
Links Seasons, Winter, Weather, Number with Reading and Writing.
Boardmaker licenced
A set of five lessons on hand care crafted for SEND children (and suitable for EYFS and KS1), emphasizing sensory exploration, using visual symbolism, and interactive learning.
Here, children learn about hand hygiene, but also about kindness, empathy, and the value of self-care.
The resource contains a unit of work with 5 activities and includes activities, objectives, materials required, steps involved and the teacher support required.
Through tactile experiences, colour contrasts in symbols, and role-play scenarios, children are offered a multi-sensory approach, catering to varied learning needs.
The lessons provide children with the skills and knowledge to undertake their own hand care, fostering a sense of autonomy.
The 15 colour and black & white symbols serve as visual cues, reinforcing memory and association.
The role-playing activities emphasize kind actions with hands, guiding children towards empathetic interactions and promoting positive social behaviour.
The lessons are modular and can be tailored to suit individual children’s requirements, pacing, and comfort levels.
Boardmaker Licenced.
The set of 5 lessons based on Looking after Hair, has an emphasis on Sensory Exploration.
Incorporating sensory exploration into hair care lessons offers SEND children an engaging learning experience.
The lessons promote personal care skills and are designed with the learning needs of SEND children in mind.
The resources include lesson plans with objectives, suggested materials, steps and teacher support required. There are 2 sets of symbol cards, each showing 15 cards. Set 1 is in colour and set 2 is in black and white.
The approach focuses on understanding hair care basics to engaging in role-play activities.
Through hands-on activities, children are encouraged to take an active role in personal care, fostering a sense of independence.
The modular nature of the lessons allows teachers to adapt and modify based on individual classroom needs, resources, and children’s preferences.
Boardmaker Licenced.
Let your children step into the world of hygiene with a sensory twist tailored for SEND & EYFS learners. The focus is foot care.
The activity, includes a detailed lesson plan outlining objectives, materials, steps, and all the support a teacher might need to meet children’s needs.
With 15 symbol sets in both colour and black and white, this resource encourages children to begin to understand and explore the importance of foot care in a practical and engaging way.
The immersive experience of a foot spa combined with the tactile activity of a feely bag promotes sensory exploration.
Symbols can be coloured in, cut, laminated, matched as well as used in discussions or displays.
Boardmaker licenced.
A set of resources linked to Feelings, Ourselves and Me.
Useful to support children in recognising different feelings and emotions, improving their vocabulary and emotional intelligence.
Suitable for KS1 and SEND pupils.
Boardmaker symbol licenced.
The lesson pack includes:
A lesson plan including objectives, activities, resources, assessment and extension ideas.
Worksheets 1 to 4 where children have the opportunity to draw emotions, label them and complete sentences to express their emotions.
5 activity sheets to help develop handwriting skills and fine motor control in children and for SEND pupils.
Each sheet has a maze and asks children to trace within the maze to take animals or people to the centre e.g. dog to the bone, fish to the pond and children to the slide.
Children can also trace the letters and colour the pictures.
Boardmaker licenced.
A set of colouring cards using symbols for children to use when learning their alphabet and phonics.
Each page has 8/9 cards where each letter of the alphabet has 2 or more symbols. Children can trace the letters, name what they see and colour in the pictures.
Cut these up and laminate them after the children have coloured them in. They could be duplicated for pairs or matching games or made into a book or classroom frieze.
Suitable for EYFS / KS1 and SEND pupils.
Boardmaker licenced.
3 worksheets linked to sorting animals and plants.
Links with Science and Maths.
Symbols support learning for SEND, EYFS and KS1.
Boardmaker licenced resource.
Sheet 1
Children can colour and cut the symbol cards and sort them into the 2 categories of animals and plants.
They can write or draw in the boxes to make lists of each set.
Sheet 2
For more able readers, children can underline animals in red and plants in green.
Sheet 3
Children either write or draw to complete the pictures.
A set of 5 pages of colour flashcards related to the lovely story by John Burningham ‘The Shopping Basket’.
Most images are symbols with some pictures.
Flashcards include the animals in the story, the food on the shopping list, characters and ordinal numbers.
These cards can be used in a range of ways such as matching up the animals with the foods, sequencing the story, ordering the numbers - the cards can also enhance any display work.
Other activities could include a Scavenger hunt around school, food sorting and talking, story mapping, role play and creative art work such as a collage shopping basket.
*PCS Licenced - Boardmaker symbols.
3 worksheets with a fun approach to spelling.
Each of the 8 words used when spelt backwards makes a different word.
Symbols are used to support SEND pupils.
(Boardmaker licenced)
Sheet 1 shows a symbol for each of the words.
Children can cut these out and make pairs of matching words spelt forwards and backwards e.g star and rats.
They can write out the pairs of words in the space provided.
Sheet 2 asks children to read the sentences and fill in the missing words using the table.
Sheet 3 asks children to underline the correct words from each pair to complete the sentences e.g.* I heard a wolf /flow howling in the night.*
4 activity sheets based on the letter K.
Suitable for SEND, KS1 and EYFS children.
Links to work on phonics, poetry, reading, writing and matching.
Sheet 1
An original poem to share with your children. Children can underline any words that rhyme. There is an outline border for children to write the rhyming words in or to compose their own poem or sentences.
Sheet 2
8 flashcards in black and white, replicated in colour. There are words taken from the poem: My cat called Una. Children can cut and match the pictures and find rhyming pairs. they can then use the lines in the box to write about the kitten.
Sheet 3
Children label the pictures connected to the kitten from the poem. They can trace over the dotted words.
Sheet 4
6 symbols / pictures of things beginning with the letter K. Children can label the pictures and trace/write the words.
Boardmaker Licenced**