*PCS Licenced - Boardmaker symbols. A fun way to encourage children to speak, listen, communicate and work in teams. This is a speaking and listening game based on Ourselves / Me and linked to Jobs/Occupation/Community. The aim of the game is for children to describe a character in detail for the other team to locate the character on their board and give a grid reference. Add timers for more excitement and challenge. The full instructions are included. There are 3 sets of card boards. A and B show the same 20 colour pictures. These are jumbled up on Board B. Similarly, C and D are same, as are E and F boards.

8 pages of colour flashcards related to the Seaside and all beginning with S. Each page shows 4 flashcards with words. Use in your phonics work or as part of your topic on Holidays, Journeys, Ourselves, Seaside or Weather. Useful display or visual aids encouraging speaking and listening. There is a mixture of symbols and pictures in this resource. Cut and laminate for durability. Boardmaker Licenced.

Suitable for children learning CCVCC words. Links to Reading, Phonics and Spelling and speaking and listening. This animated PPT has 10 slides . The pictures are animated and the letters come in as a switch or key is pressed.

Patterns to help with fine motor control and pencil skills. 40 different patterns, with 2 to a page. Patterns are within circle shapes. Cut out and laminate and add to your writing table / corner. Alternatively, children can use a wide range of media to complete the patterns such as finger paints, felt pens, paints with thick and thin brushes and plasticine. Link with your maths work on circle shapes.

This resource is a set of 32 colour cards for Communication or Behaviour Management. Each card shows a bear indicating what they want. Cut out the cards and laminate them. Add a key ring with the child’s name on to personalise it. Punch a hole through the red dots for your key ring to go through. Choose the cards that are relevant to the child and those activities that you can offer if they request them at the time e.g if food not available to them don’t include the food and drink cards - or have these on a seperate key ring for snack / meal times. There is a blank template of cards for you to make your own relevant to your child’s needs.

Here are 50 practical ideas for your EYFS / KS1 or / and SEN pupils. These are all everyday things found in the home, school or garden. Each page shows 5 colour pictures with ideas for sorting. These pictures are good to cut out too and add to any jars or collections the children make. Arm yourself with sorting trays such as bun trays, jars, bags, egg boxes or draw inserts/cutlery trays. Children have a range of practical opportunities all around them for sorting in various ways including colour, shape, pattern, sets, texture, taste, smell and feel. ****Remember some items may be unsuitable for small children such as marbles, without careful supervision.

What am I thinking of? A fun, colourful quiz to engage your children in speaking, listening and thinking. Instructions are included with this animated power point. Children are asked questions without giving away the name of the object in the picture and they guess / or locate the answer on the grid. There are 3 sets of pictures which could be used as 3 different activities or as 1 depending on your children and their concentration levels. As children get used to the idea of the quiz, you can begin to engage them in asking the questions. A great treat too, for end of term or the beginning of a new term.

*PCS Licenced - Boardmaker symbols. A set of 28 flash cards to use with your topic work on occupations or jobs. Each card has a symbol and the occupation written on it. Use as flash cards or / and add to your display on Occupations.

An activity suitable for SEND, EYFS and KS1. Links to holidays, weather, seasons, and journeys. There is a set of worksheets with 3 pages in colour and the same 3 pages in black and white. Children can name the symbols, draw a matching line to make pairs and / or cut out the cards and match/paste them to make pairs. The cards can be added to classroom displays. *PCS Licenced - Boardmaker symbols.

*PCS Licenced - Boardmaker symbols. A set of activities linked to holidays at the beach that uses symbols. Suitable for EYFS, KS1 and SEND children. Page 1 is a set of 12 beach flashcards in colour and page 2 is the same set of 12 flashcards in black and white. Children can cut these out and match / paste them onto the words on page 3. Page 4 is an outline template for children to write about a holiday at the beach. The flashcards can be used to promote speaking and listening and added to wall displays. Laminate and add to your sand tray with matching objects such as shells, toy boats, buckets and spades.

*PCS Licenced - Boardmaker symbols. 6 worksheets for young children and SEND pupils with an Easter / Spring theme. Links with numbers, pattern and reading / writing. Sheet 1 - A colouring sheet based on Easter / Spring. Sheet 2 - Continue to make patterns on the eggs and colour them in. Sheet 3 - children colour in the correct number of objects e.g. eggs and write the number words. Sheet 4 - 20 symbol cards to colour in, cut out and use e.g. in story writing. Sheets 5 and 6 - Children match the words to the pictures.

3 pages of flashcards related to flowers and plants. The pages can be used as worksheets or cut into 8 flashcards. Each card shows a symbol such as roots or leaves and asks children to trace over the words and colour in the pictures. Once the children have completed the activity you could add the cards for displays, visual aids, or use in nature trails or scavenger hunts. Links to your Science, nature or outdoor learning topics and suitable for EYFS/KS1 and SEND pupils. Also link to National Plant a Flower Day on March 12th. Boardmaker licenced.

This resource links with SEN, Healthy Lifestyles, Looking after Ourselves, People who Help us, Me, Ourselves, Feelings and Literacy: reading, writing and speaking and listening. There are two communication boards - I don’t feel well and At the Hospital. I don’t feel well - this board shows children displaying a range of emotions when they are unwell. At the Hospital board - this board shows words of things/people that you might find at the hospital. There is a matching worksheet for each board where children write a word or phrase beneath the 12 colour pictures. Page 5 asks children to think of words and phrases a doctor might say to them and complete the boxes by writing in their own words. Page 6 shows a nurse instead of a doctor. Again children fill in the empty boxes with their own words or phrases. A useful resource for children who may be experiencing medical problems or may have to visit a hospital. Use together with social stories.

5 colour sheets with 8 wellbeing cards on each to cut out. Each card shows an activity to discuss with children when thinking about their wellbeing and what they can do to support their wellbeing. Cut and laminate the cards and they can then be a lasting reusable resource or added to a wellbeing display. Children could work in pairs or with an adult to consider which of the cards would suit them and which they would not be interested in. They can make 2 piles. If there are other activities children come up with, then they could make some more cards of their own. Links to behaviour regulation. May be valuable too, for SEND children.

Here are 5 example Star Charts that your children can choose from. Each one has a different theme: School Unicorn Rainbow Princess Dinosaurs All you need is some stickers or felt pens for drawing. There is a blank template included for you to make your own. There is a sample of a worked star chart where stickers have been added for different reasons to make it personal to the child. A motivating tool for behaviour management, assessing progress and/or rewarding children at home and at school.

This resource contains a worksheet for each of the days of the week. It is suitable for SEND, EYFS and KS1 children and uses some symbols. Children can practice and improve their handwriting skills and learn to spell each of the days of the week. The 7 box grid at the end of each page is for children to fill in the initial letter of each day of the week. They then circle the correct day corresponding to the worksheet. *PCS Licenced - Boardmaker symbols.

A lovely differentiated resource for phonics work based on the letter S. Sheet 1 is a word mat showing 20 colour pictures beginning with S and their matching words. Children can find the matching pairs, write under the words or draw lines to the pictures from the words. Sheet 2 shows the pictures in the centre and boxes around the outside for children to write the words into. Sheet 3 shows the words and no pictures. Children copy the words underneath and draw or paste pictures into the centre box. Sheet 4 shows pictures with lines in the middle for a list of S words or a sentence /short story using some of the key words and pictures. Sheet 5 - children can either draw 12 of the pictures in the boxes or write 12 words beginning with S. Sheet 6 - shows pictures around the outside. Children can use the space in the middle to draw or write in, or practice their letter S handwriting.

A set of resources fro children where they can recognise and name emotions / feelings. They can extend their vocabulary to support them in expressing how they feel. There are 24 circular colour feeling cards and the same cards in black and white. There is a worksheet showing 12 emotion faces for children to label. There are 3 worksheets showing 21 emotion faces - 7 per page. Children can write a word or sentence next to the pictures. Cards can be cut and sorted into categories such as happy and sad to begin with and extended to other emotions. Circular cards can be cut out, laminated and added to a keyring for children to use to express how they feel in a given moment. Start with the basic emotions and extend as children become familiar with the others such as frustrated or angry.

A lovely differentiated resource for phonics work based on the letter P. Sheet 1 is a word mat showing 20 colour pictures beginning with P and their matching words. Children can find the matching pairs, write under the words or draw lines to the pictures from the words. Sheet 2 shows the pictures in the centre and boxes around the outside for children to write the words into. Sheet 3 shows the words and no pictures. Children copy the words underneath and draw or paste pictures into the centre box. Sheet 4 shows pictures with lines in the middle for a list of P words or a sentence /short story using some of the key words and pictures. Sheet 5 - children can either draw 12 of the pictures in the boxes or write 12 words beginning with P. Sheet 6 - shows pictures around the outside. Children can use the space in the middle to draw or write in, or practice their letter P handwriting.

A lovely differentiated resource for phonics work based on the letter T. Sheet 1 is a word mat showing 20 colour pictures beginning with T and their matching words. Children can find the matching pairs, write under the words or draw lines to the pictures from the words. Sheet 2 shows the pictures in the centre and boxes around the outside for children to write the words into. Sheet 3 shows the words and no pictures. Children copy the words underneath and draw or paste pictures into the centre box. Sheet 4 shows pictures with lines in the middle for a list of T words or a sentence /short story using some of the key words and pictures. Sheet 5 - children can either draw 12 of the pictures in the boxes or write 12 words beginning with T. Sheet 6 - shows pictures around the outside. Children can use the space in the middle to draw or write in, or practice their letter T handwriting.