A complete lesson and resources around Friends suitable for EYFS and KS1 children. Activities include sorting, matching, writing and design work. The story is based around Mr Green who is a teacher with 10 children in his class. Each child has a best friend and so the children are paired on some sheets. Sheet 1 shows the 10 children, these can be duplicated and cut out into cards for matching and sorting activities. Sheet 2 shows the children paired in Mr Green’s class. Sheet 3 explains what the activities are and this can be shared with the children. Sheet 4 asks the children to give each of the children a name. Sheets 5,6 and 7 show the children paired and there is space for children to write about each pair. Children can then write about themselves and their friends. Finally, sheet 8 is a collection of things that are found in Mr Green’s classroom. Children can cut these out and make an imaginary classroom for the 10 children. This is a nice activity for children to work in pairs.

A 6 page PPT showing photos of frogs. Add some music for a relaxing slide show. The final page is a writing frame for children to use to write about frogs / their favourite frog or facts they know. Lots of opportunity for speaking and listening and talking about colour and pattern.

Children will enjoy filling in one of these writing (or drawing) frames all about themselves. They can share these with their new friends or teacher when moving into a new class. The first page shows a worked example. Page 2 is a colour outline with suggested words added. The following 4 pages are writing frames using different colours. The final page is the writing frames in black and white.

A comprehension and writing task linked to topics such as Me, Ourselves and Friends. Children are introduced to Katie and her 3 friends. Children can read about Katie and her friends and answer questions or talk about what they have learned. Next, children can use the template to draw and write about their own friends. Page 3 is for children to draw Katie and her friends onto the outlines and write a sentence about each one. Page 4 asks the children to draw their own friends and write about them.

A lesson resource or unit of work when introducing the topic of Time Detectives or timelines to young children. There is a planning sheet included with learning objectives and activity ideas. There are 2 worksheets included where children can familiarize themselves with the idea of using information and answering questions. There is a template timeline sheet that children can use to make a simple personal timeline. There is a colour timeline completed by ‘Robert’ to share with your class to give them some ideas for when they make their own.

Blast off into the wonders of the cosmos with this KS1 Space Week Resource, featuring 10 picture grids! Each grid presents an image related to space, including the glowing moon, twinkling stars, mysterious UFOs, a satellite dish, telescope, and brave astronauts exploring the unknown. Designed to celebrate Space Week, this resource encourages children to replicate these illustrations onto a blank grid, square by square, fostering their observational and fine motor skills. Integrate the knowledge of Space Week into the classroom, inspiring young minds to learn more about the universe and our place in it. Boardmaker licenced.

A pack of 16 worksheets based on the topic of Homes with links to Ourselves, Reading and List Writing. Sheets 1 - 4 - Lists of things that can be found in the House, Garden, Bathroom and Kitchen. Colour sheets that show 20 objects with the listed words. Children read the words and match them to the correct pictures. They can write the numbers of the words next to the pictures or draw a line to match. Sheets 5 - 8 - Things found in the various rooms or garden. Colour sheets where children make their own lists of things found in each part of the house. The same activities are shown in the remainder sheets but these are in black and white.

8 colour sheets on the theme of Ourselves, Me, Senses and My Body. The resource uses symbols and is Boardmaker licenced. Each sheet shows 6 pictures related to the body including body parts, organs, hands, feet, eyes, ears, mouth and nose. Children can label the pictures. The pictures can also be cut out and laminated and used as a resource for Science, displays, flashcards or duplicate for matching games. Suitable for Send pupils, EYFS and KS1.

6 Boards showing black and white animal images. 15 game cards to copy, cut and use in this game of Lotto. Great resource for Science, Animal or matching topics. Children can also colour in the pictures and make their own unique boards.

6 colour boards and 15 pictures to copy, cut and use to play this Lotto game. Pictures show boys and girls doing different activities. Great for speaking and listening and thinking about Ourselves.

6 Lotto boards with colour images of fruit and vegetables. 15 cards to copy, cut and use to play the game. You could make enough cards for children to play pairs or match fruit and vegetables to word cards or real food. Great for your Harvest or Food topics.

A spinner game complete with 8 colour cards and 4 game boards. Children will enjoy taking turns to spin the spinner and fill their boards with these Autumn themed pictures.

12 toy colour cards with matching cards with words. A quiz is included. Great speaking and listening activity as well as reading and matching activity.

A game to print on both sides and cut into cards then laminate and re-use. There are 16 sharks including baby, daddy, mummy, Grandpa and Grandma shark. Children will enjoy playing snap, making pairs and matching.

EYFS or KS1 game of dominoes with a Fruit theme. 18 pages with 4 dominoes to a page. There are some blank templates included in case you want to add more fruits or the children can draw some of their own.

20 posters for your topic work on Homes. There are four rooms, kitchen, living room, bathroom and bedroom. Good for speaking and listening and displays. Each of the four rooms have a different border to differentiate it from the others and to reflect the decor that may be in that room e.g. tiles for the kitchen and wallpaper for the bedroom.

A resource for your topics on Homes, Houses, Buildings or Habitats. Sheet 1 shows 12 colour pictures of habitats or homes for children to talk about and label. They can label in different ways e.g. name of or who lives or would stay there. Sheet 2 has 12 sentences and children can read these and find out which habitat or home each sentence refers to e.g. A place loved by spiders but hated by flies would refer to the Web. Sheets 3 and 4 are word banks showing 12 words on each such as names of pictures on sheet 1 or ideas for who might stay or live at each place e.g. the Royal family may live in the Castle. Sheet 5 is a colouring and labelling sheet showing 10 homes or habitats.

12 anagrams written on party balloons for children to work out what the word is to do with a party or celebration e.g. ifgt - gift. Children then match the anagram cards to the picture cards. Print out as worksheets or cards and children can say, read or write the words and sentences. Cut and laminate for matching card games.

This is an animated PPT with 2 activity sheets as a follow up. Jo is trying to decide on her favourite day, event or time of year and she wants your help. There are 19 animated ideas to choose from. Children watch the PPT and help Jo to decide which special day or time of year she likes the best. The slides are animated so the children will delight in watching the special days and time of the year ideas on the TV, There are lots of details too, on the slides for children to talk about and spot in the other slides. Many of these are animated also. The activity sheets are at the back: A writing frame for children to write their choice of favourite times for Jo and their personal choice. They then draw these choices. Activity sheet 2 is for children to colour and label all the choices of special days or times of the year. Extension activities include data handling - how many children chose the same or different favourite times? What is the most popular day or time of the year? If you like this resource check out also: Help Jo to choose a new pet dog Help Jo to choose a Father’s Day gift Help Jo to choose a new hobby Help Jo to choose a job Help Jo to choose her favourite food

A great little game or activity for EYFS, KS1 or those learning English. A poster showing colour pictures of things that you might find in the home. Each set is of 3 with some sets showing the same item and some different versions of the same thing. e.g. 3 toasters the same, 3 books in different colours and 3 different tea pots. There are matching cards to go with the poster. Children can talk about the objects and match them to the main poster. They can say if they are the same or different items in each set. Show as a PPT for lots of speaking and listening. Cut and laminate the cards for multiple use including displays and flash cards. Links to Homes, Numbers, Counting and Speaking and Listening.