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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.

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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.
10 Vowels Phonic Sheets for KS1 and SEND
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10 Vowels Phonic Sheets for KS1 and SEND

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10 worksheets in this collection using symbols. Suitable for KS1 and SEND pupils. Links to phonics, handwriting and writing. Each worksheet shows 12 pictures with the vowels underneath. Children trace over the letters and add the missing vowels to make the CVC words. These sheets encourage thinking skills and speaking and listening. Boardmaker licenced
CHANGE Planning and Resources for KS1
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CHANGE Planning and Resources for KS1

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A pack of resources around the theme of Change. Suitable for EYFS / KS1 and SEND pupils. Boarmaker licenced. Page 1 is a sample planning sheet Page 2 is the actual planning sheet and includes LOs, Cross curricular links, resources, conclusion, assessment, extension, introduction and lesson / activity ideas. Included are 9 colour pages of flashcards showing change and supporting the activities in the planning overview. These cover Change in respect of animals, household objects and transport as well as food and clothing. The final sheet is a sequencing template that also links to planning. Cut and laminate the cards for matching, comparing and contrasting activities which link to history and science.
20 Topic Boards with Boardmaker Symbols
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20 Topic Boards with Boardmaker Symbols

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*Licenced to use, produce and sell resources using Boardmaker symbols. A resource designed with SEND pupils in mind that works well too, for KS1 children. There are 20 different topic boards using colour Boardmaker symbols. Each board has 10 symbols - 2 rows of 5. Topics covered are: Toys, Buildings, Chocolate, Clothes, Days of the Week, Family, Farm, Feelings, Take away food, Garden, Going for Gold, Growing up, Holidays and Celebrations, Journeys, Keeping Healthy, Under the Sea, Transport, Weather, Shopping and Space. The resource can be used in different ways: a visual aid; to encourage speaking and listening and communication; introducing a new topic or topic vocabulary; cutting out and adding to work or making worksheets;duplicating and playing matching games;adding to displays and much more.
My Garden Cross Curricular Resource Pack
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My Garden Cross Curricular Resource Pack

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A 13 page resource pack with a Garden theme. Links to Outdoor Learning, Science, Plants and Animals, nature, reading, writing, handwriting, numbers to 10 and poetry. Pages 1,2 and 3 show colour cards using symbols. Children can count, cut and order from 1 to 10. They can also match the numbers and number words to the pictures. Pages 4 to 7 show colour flashcards of the objects seen in the maths sheets and found in the garden. Cut and duplicate (and laminate) for matching games, and to add to your displays. Page 8 is a colouring sheet showing black and white pictures of all of the symbols in the garden. Pages 9 to 12 show handwriting sheets where children read the sentences, trace them and match them to the correct black and white symbols. Page 13 is an original poem - Rosie’s Garden. Share the poem and children can then draw Rosie’s garden. They could also underline rhyming words and / or words related to the garden symbols. Choose from the resources to make several lessons on the Garden theme. Boardmaker licenced.
Sounds All Around Resources with Symbols
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Sounds All Around Resources with Symbols

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This resource contains a planning sheet with a unit of work for you to use or select lessons or activities from. Planning includes LOs, assessment, resources, activity ideas, curriculum links etc. Suitable of EYFS/ KS1 and SEND. Symbols are used - Boardmaker Licenced. The resources come in black and white and are replicated in colour. There is a poster showing a collection of things that make sounds to discuss and use for a stimulus for further activities. There are 13 worksheets each showing 8 symbols of things that make a sound such as a whistle or a car crash. Children write under each picture the activity or a word that might describe the sound e.g. an ‘accident’ or ‘crash’. Introduce children to the concepts of Sounds all around and that of onomatopoeia.
Fine Motor Activity Card Sets
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Fine Motor Activity Card Sets

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This resource contains images of activity ideas. These activity ideas can support children with handwriting and fine motor control. They give the staff or parents working with the children ideas too which are sometimes hard to find or come up with. 8 sets of colour activity card sets are included here. These cover: Fine motor isolation skills e.g. using a finger to finger paint Releases e.g. adding a brick to a tower and releasing Grasps e.g. pincer or spherical Hand and finger manipulation e.g. working with puppets Hand strengthening e.g. cutting out or pouring Hand Eye coordination e.g. target work or threading Left/Right awareness e.g. following directions Crossing the midline e.g. tennis or finger rhymes Each set of cards is a different colour so that staff and children can identify the skills they are or need to work with/on. The cards can be cut out and used for labels for collections of fine motor skills activities. They can be used on a choosing board for children to have a say in their own learning and activities.
Maths Basic Symbol Starter Pack Send KS1
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Maths Basic Symbol Starter Pack Send KS1

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*Licenced to use, produce and sell resources using Boardmaker symbols. A set of time saving symbols for using with SEND pupils or KS1 as visual aids. The set includes 210 symbols on 14 boards. Use as boards or cut out for individual cards to laminate and velcro onto your own boards or pupils’s individual communication boards. There are colour and black and white versions of the symbols. Enlarge for flashcards or add to maths displays. The set includes numbers to 20, colours, shapes, size, order, time and capacity symbols. Useful for maths teachers and teaching assistants, parents and cover teachers.
Fine Motor Topic Resource Sheets
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Fine Motor Topic Resource Sheets

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This resource is a bundle of worksheets designed to enhance handwriting and fine motor skills for children in EYFS, SEND and KS1). The bundle includes 10 themed sets, each containing 4 worksheets. The themes cover topics: food and drinks, transport, toys, weather, feeling faces, farm, music, flowers and plants, clothes, and the seaside. Each worksheet aims to support the development of motor skills in young learners.
First Letters and Sounds with Symbols
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First Letters and Sounds with Symbols

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This resource consists of six worksheets aimed at Key Stage 1 and SEND children, focusing on the initial sounds of the letters S, A, T, P, I, and N. Each sheet features a list of 20 words and corresponding symbols (licensed by Boardmaker), designed to help children associate sounds with images. The worksheets are available in both colour and black-and-white. Children are tasked with matching the words to the right symbols and can either tick off the words as they find them or write the word’s number next to the correct picture. This activity set supports learning in phonics and reading. To extend the use of the resource you may want to laminate the colour sheets and children can use dry markers with these in the writing corner.
Let's Label Cross Curricular Topics
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Let's Label Cross Curricular Topics

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A collection of resources in colour and black and white for young children to name and label. Collections include Clothing, Football, Picnic, Tools, Toys and Transport. Boardmaker licenced.
Bundle of Shopping Resources for EYFS / KS1
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Bundle of Shopping Resources for EYFS / KS1

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A collection of resources on to the theme of Shopping . There are 9 resources with a cross curricular link e.g to money, data handling, number, sorting, toys, food, list writing, labelling, maths gamse and comprehension. Something original here for all your children at different ability levels from early learners to KS1 and SEND children.
5 Trips Out and Special Days
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5 Trips Out and Special Days

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Take your class on exciting or virtual trips out with these 5 resources - Our Trip to the Seaside, the Circus, the Toy Shop, the Farm and the Zoo. Link with your topic work and your literacy work. Suitable for EYFS, KS1 and Send pupils. Boardmaker licenced symbols.
Phonics Bundle Wordsearch and Worksheets
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Phonics Bundle Wordsearch and Worksheets

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A Bumper Collection of 10 sets of Phonics Resources. Each set follows the same format of a Wordsearch (with answers) and 2 Worksheets: Labelling and Reading and Writing Answers. Sets have their own focus: Words with EN, AN, AP, AT, ET, IG, IN, IP, IT and OP Boardmaker Licenced.
My ABC Topic Resource Bundle
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My ABC Topic Resource Bundle

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A bundle of ABC resources based on the alphabet and linking to your phonics and topic work on: My ABC Farm Food Christmas Gardens and Parks Toys Children trace the letters, name and colour the pictures and then cut and order the cards from A to Z. Suitable for EYFS / KS1 and SEND pupils. Boardmaker licenced.
Let's Explore Letters of the Alphabet Bundle
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Let's Explore Letters of the Alphabet Bundle

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A bundle of literacy resources linked to letters of the alphabet: U, V, W, X, Y and Z. There are a collection of worksheets for each sound including: word search, handwriting, reading, matching and colouring.
Phonics Word Endings Bundle with Symbols
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Phonics Word Endings Bundle with Symbols

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5 sets of resources. 3 sheets in each set. These are LL, FF, SS, CK and ING. Resources are linked to Phonics and words endings. Each set contains: 12 words with matching pictures. Worksheets 1 - Children trace the words endings and colour the pictures 2 - Children name the colour pictures , cut and match the pictures to the words on sheet 3 3 - Children can either write the words underneath the words given, or draw or paste underneath the words. Suitable for KS1 and SEND pupils. Boarmaker licenced.
ABC of Mindfulness Childrens Workbook
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ABC of Mindfulness Childrens Workbook

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A complete workbook full of engaging and bright resources to encourage Mindfulness and support children with their emotions and emotional regulation. Suitable for PSHE lessons for Primary children, for play therapists, teachers or counsellors working with children 1:1 or in small groups. Useful ideas too, for parents to carry out at home. The workbook contains an activity for each letter of the alphabet. Page 2 gives an index. Page 3 is for children to create their own mindfulness index or to use as an assessment sheet, children write on the pages that they have completed and the dates. Adults could initial. Activities range from making a dream cloud mobile, painting emotion faces on stones to making a ‘First Aid kit’ to feeling better. The workbook can be used as a unit of work or individual activities.
Coronation of King Charles 111 Bumper Resource Pack
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Coronation of King Charles 111 Bumper Resource Pack

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Let’s celebrate King Charles 111 and his Coronation on May 6th 2023. A bundle of 9 original resources for your class or school with activities suitable for EYFS, KS1 and SEND pupils. Resources include colour and black and white flashcards, story and story writing and poetry, page border templates, a word search, bunting, colouring sheets, reading, writing and speaking and listening activities. There are opportunities to design and make including postcards, flags, stamps, souvenir balls, rings, crowns, a coat of arms and a tea set. Boardmaker licenced.
My Trips to Different Places With Symbols
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My Trips to Different Places With Symbols

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A set of resources based on trips suitable for EYFS / KS1 and SEND pupils. Each resource includes 12 colour and 12 black and white flashcards with symbols. Sheet 3 asks the children to draw the symbols or paste the pictures under the words. Sheet 4 is a writing and drawing template. Children can write about their trip. Links to topic work, journeys, travel, explorers as well as reading, writing and speaking and listening. Trips include to the Zoo, Desert, Dentist, Park, Railway, Rainforest and Supermarket.