A fun approach to learning to tell the time with a game for young children. There are 36 cards each showing different clocks, analog and digital. Show each card and children can read the times. If they find the 12 O’clock card it is dinner time! You could duplicate this card so that it appears more than once!

4 recount sheets for children to write and draw about their Christmas experience. There are 2 in colour and 2 in black and white. Each of the 4 sheets contains a drawing and a writing option.

This unit of work is designed for Key Stage 1 and integrates literacy and phonics with maths concepts like sorting, pairing, and categorizing. Each lesson encourages children to recognize, sound out, and spell simple words, with a specific focus, mostly, on CVC words and children’s names -making the learning experience fun and engaging. Lessons include cutting and sorting colour character cards into alphabetical order by name; drawing, writing or pasting characters under their names; finding a name for each letter of the alphabet in the word search; sharing a short story and answering comprehension questions, as well as finding hidden names in lines of letters. There are 5 lessons and each of these are outlined in the Unit of work with clear objectives, step-by-step activities, resources needed and assessment opportunities.

A ‘Hot’ and ‘Cold’ Activity Pack for SEND and KS1 children. A fun and engaging way to teach children about Geography and Science: Hot and Cold. Links to Weather and Seasons. This Activity Pack has 12 colourful hot and cold flashcards, colouring sheets, tracing words activities and word searches for both hot and cold, with picture clues for reading and phonics practice. There is a template sheet for both hot and cold that can be used for drawing, writing, or pasting/sorting into. Answer sheets are included for the word searches, so children can check their own work. Use as a unit of work, a lesson or just dip in for your Science topic / literacy work.

6 examples of how lolly sticks, or popsicle sticks, can be used creatively in the classroom, cross curricular. There are 6 picture examples of ways in which the sticks can be used, linking art and design to topic work e.g. Animals and Transport. There are also links to literacy, reading, story telling, imaginative play and gift making. There is a simple planning sheet that teachers (or children) can use outlining the activity, objectives, resources needed and step by step instructions. The planning could be used as a unit of work or dipped in and out of as required.

Link the Festive Season with handwriting and shape work with this activity. There are 3 sheets with 7 crackers on each. Each cracker has shapes with dashed lines for children to trace over. The final sheet has blank crackers for children to draw and colour their own shapes.

5 pages of basic Christmas pictures such as Santa, a snowman, a candle and some mittens. There are 4 pictures on each page - these can be cut out into cards. Children can label the pictures, colour them in and cut them out. Enlarge for painting or collage. Suitable for EYFS and KS1.

4 designs for making a Christmas card for young children. Children can use the colour version as a front cover of their cards or use these as inspiration for making their own cards using the black and white versions.

An activity that is great for talking about traditions at Christmas time and for using on School Christmas Dinner Day! There are 2 sheets, each with 6 colour pictures showing items for the dinner table. Children can read, cut and match these pictures. Sheet 3 shows the words only and children can write these words or draw or paste pictures into. Sheet 4 shows the 6 word cards for cutting and matching to the pictures.

A fun colouring and matching activity for EYFS and KS1 at Christmas. There are 10 work sheets. Each one shows a colour version of a Christmas picture and a matching black and white one. Children can colour in the pictures the same, or use their own choice of colours. They can also trace the writing for each picture. The pictures then make lovely Christmas cards.

A phonics activity linked to the Festive Season for EYFS and KS1. The resource includes a planning sheet and 4 activities based on learning to spell the word Christmas. Planning sheet includes objectives, resources needed/provided and step by step instructions. The idea is that children use the stars to form the word ‘Christmas’ using / developing their phonics knowledge. The finished stars can also be used for gift tags or tree decorations.

Wise Owl is learning his ABC. Here are 4 worksheets with Christmas related pictures beginning with A, B and C for children to complete.

A fun way to incorporate maths into the festive season. Cut out the 24 colour pictures of socks for children to make into pairs of Christmas socks. They can look out for the odd picture, that shows a pair of socks, rather than a single one, as a talking point. Once the socks are all paired, children can use the sock template worksheet to create their own Christmas designs on the white socks and make these into matching pairs. Children can look out for pattern and colour to help them with their sorting and matching. There is a blank sheet that children can paste pairs onto or draw their own socks and designs. For younger children and / or a practical element, ask children to bring in a pair of socks and create a class sorting sock activity!

4 worksheets each showing 6 Christmas themed pictures, where children can trace dashed lines, colour in the pictures and add a caption. Links to handwriting, pencil control and the Festive season.

A Fruit and Vegetable Activity Pack for SEND and KS1 children. A fun and engaging way to teach children about fruits and vegetables. This Activity Pack has 12 colourful fruit and vegetable flashcards, colouring sheets, tracing and drawing activities and word searches for both fruit and vegetables, with picture clues for reading and phonics practice. Answer sheets are included for the word searches, so children can check their own work. Boardmaker Licenced.

Here is a collection of 12 creative ideas that children can use to spark their imagination for using hand printing for making their own Christmas cards or posters. Ideas include Santa, a Robin, a Reindeer and a Christmas tree.

An animal topic resource designed for early learners, with 20 big animal outlines for colouring, painting, or collage. Featuring land animals, water animals , and flying animals.

A Transport topic resource designed for early learners, with 20 big vehicle outlines for colouring, painting, or collage. Featuring land, sea, and air vehicles.

12 simple colour bookmarks for children to cut out, paste onto card and complete for Christmas gifts.

A fun lesson, or unit of work based around festive food characters that each have their own character, rhyme and culminating in a charming story. This resource is created around 8 food cartoon characters that you might find on your Christmas dinner plate. Each character comes in colour cards or black and white cards for the children to colour in. Included are Stella Sprout, Percy Pudding and Tulula Turkey and more. There is a sheet where the character names are written under the black and white characters for children to trace over. There is also a little rhyme to go with each character. Finally, there is a story: A Merry Feast: The Christmas Adventures of the Kitchen Friends. This is a charming story to share and to act out as part of a festive assembly or Christmas play. As an extension activity, children could create their own festive food characters.