Take EYFS/KS1 children on a journey through autumn, finding out why leaves change colour and fall Teaches: Why trees have leaves: to make food so that trees can do their work How the leaves capture light and air and roots take in water What work trees do - making seeds Kinds of seeds: nuts and berries The difference between deciduous and evergreen trees Why the leaves change colour - changing season and shortening hours of daylight Are the trees now dead? What happens next? 30 full-colour slides Animated No sound - teacher/pupils to read the simple text on each slide Ideal as a springboard to outdoor learning - get out of the classroom this autumn! No cartoons, no music, no dumbing down - for we must present learning as serious if it is to be credible and to nurture life-long, thinking, learners. See our popular Free Leaf Sorting activity See also our Horse Chestnut Tree Life Cycle Lesson Resources Pack Find out more at KS1 Nature.

A 26 slide PowerPoint about Squirrels for EYFS/Y1. Suitable for use a as lesson starter, or to ignite interest, or for reinforcement. Full of beautiful, original photos. Best used in autumn or winter when squirrels are more obvious. The PowerPoint is read by the teacher, using either the notes seen in presenter view (go to slide show and then into presenter view). or from the notes pack attached in the download. It can be used to teach the Animals component of the National Curriculum for Science for Year 1. It starts in story form to engage pupils before leading them to consider: What squirrels look like - their characteristics Where they live What they eat How they behave Once studied, pupils can use their knowledge to compare squirrels with other animals. This PowerPoint can be used with our Squirrel Photo Pack and our Squirrel Worksheets for Y1. Brought to you by KS1 Nature

Study the life cycle of a Horse Chestnut tree with our PowerPoint and lesson resource pack, giving you everything you need for a great lesson. Suitable for use throughout the year, but especially in autumn , when conkers attract children’s attention. For ages 5-6, this pack gives you all the information you need at your fingertips to study the Horse Chestnut tree through each season. It also includes: Teaching Notes Cards to learn to read and spell words associated with science work - Make a matching game and /or trace the words and draw. The Life Cycle of the Horse Chestnut tree Life cycle chart Life- cycle pictures to order Make a book about the Horse Chestnut tree Life cycle ordering exercises on two levels Pages to use for descriptive work in English - describe conker and its shell, describe a leaf. Resources: Pictures to use for display/ordering/language work etc… Pictures through the year annotated as per the book Photos for display Large pictures of the drawings for own use (subject to T’s and C’s, see page 2) by KS1 Nature Helping you to teach science through the local environment.

18 pages of ideas/activities for learning about clouds for KS1 (5-7): Science/geography/Language/Art plus supporting worksheets to record observations and learning. This short unit can be used alongside a project about weather. See also our Weather for KS1 Project Pack: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12616669

A first introduction to addition and subtraction for Reception children, or special needs. 32 pages. Starting with completing the sets the workbook takes the pupil through, gradually replacing words with signs and pictures with numbers, so building confidence. Once the concepts are secure we add further activities such as: adding and subtracting with number lines ‘How many more’ problems Find the difference Adding doubles This is old fashioned maths teaching that has been proven for years to work. Reinforces classwork Easy for parents to use Start at the beginning and work through. [(See also count 0 to 5]https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/free-count-0-to-5-number-workbook-for-reception-12270654) and [(Count 6 to 10]https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/free-count-6-to-10-number-book-for-reception-12270636) and Count 0 to 10.

A simple but effective spelling programme for Phase 5 of Letters and Sounds teaching the new graphemes. Help children become good spellers, and help struggling readers and spellers make progress. Take one sound a week, study the word list and practice the new sound and the following week do a dictation for that sound. It is that SIMPLE! Just a few minutes a day for 16 weeks! This programme works because: Each sound is studied for a whole week. This gives time for the new knowledge to be assimilated - time that the middle to lower ability groups desperately need to succeed and for whom most programmes go way too fast. The child is NEVER asked to spell a word that has not yet been systematically taught. This develops confidence and works for ALL children regardless of ability. The programme is** truly systematic**. Each dictation builds on the one before and is carefully worked out to revise the sounds. There is no SPELLING TEST that the child can fail - the dictation is the test, while also teaching children to apply their new knowledge. The child finds his/her own errors and corrects them by using phonics. It WORKS! Can be used with a whole class (where appropriate) or groups, or even individually by special needs teachers or TA’s. Note: Progress is dependent on the quality of teaching. Please ensure children can spell confidently words with the Phase 4 sounds before starting this programme. Worksheets to go with this programme can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/phonic-worksheets-for-phase-5-of-letters-and-sounds-12456406

28 slides. This presentation presents the text of the Early Reader Series 1: Clouds for the purposes of guided reading activities. However it can be used on its own. It covers: How clouds are formed Why clouds float How clouds move The three main types of clouds: cirrus, cumulus and stratus It includes several slides of different cloud formations to stimulate scientific/geographical/language/art observations. It can also be used alongside our Clouds Project Pack for KS1 available through TES.

A fun, animated PowerPoint to introduce children to the consonant blends FR featuring the lovable character, Freddy Frog! As you tell the story, which is written under each slide for use in Presentation Mode or on the accompanying PDF, stretch out the key words containing the focus blend: FRRReddy FRRRog to help children hear the blend. At the end of the story, 2 slides help you to teach the children to blend the two sounds together to make the blend and then further slides encourage the children to help you to retell the story as you highlight the key words containing each blend. The PowerPoint ends with an interactive puzzle: can the children tell you which things begin with the blend FR? Watch the pictures spin if correct and disappear if incorrect! An FR worksheet is included for follow up. Close your lesson with a plenary session, reviewing the key words containing the FR blend. Suitabel for all pupils, but written to help a disallusioned 8-yr-old who had already failed to read despite 2 phonic programmes, I needed a way to get his attention. It worked and he loved these simple PowerPoint presentations and was soon reading and spelling words with consonant blends. Suitable for distance/on-line learning, in school, at home and for home education. Find also: SL PowerPoint: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12907484 FL PowerPoint: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12907482 See our consonant blends, leveled, FREE reading books! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12645240

This is a pack of 12 ‘ar’ digraph, phonic worksheets. They were written for children who need a slower pace and more instruction but will equally suit the young child learning phonics. They can be used with any systematic phonic programme - including RWI, Jolly Phonics and Letters and Sounds, or Reading Made Simple. They are designed to be used as a workbook, but can be used individually as needed. They take the child from aurally hearing the new sound in word, to gradually reading and writing words with the ‘ar’ sound. They particularly suit those with dyslexia, or suspected dyslexia, who have failed with other approaches to learning phonics. They are highly systematic, and have a limited amount on each page as young/special needs pupils tire easily. These ‘ar’ phonic worksheets work on my ‘sound-it-out’ principal for special needs: See it! Sound-it-out! Write it! Thye utilise ‘sound-it-out’ boxes (Orton Gillingham style) to group sounds in each word to visually guide the pupil to sound out the new words. Lots of repetition builds confidence and success and culminates in the reading of two passages, with reading comprehension activities alongside. For more help, see Reading Made Simple, a 100% FREE systematic Reading and Writing programme for all ages and abilities. This book is one of a series. See also: or Phonic Worksheets ee Phonic Worksheets a-e Phonic Worksheets

This is a pack of 12 phonic worksheets to teach ‘U-E’ (silent ‘e’, Magic ‘e’, long vowels, split digraphs) words. These ‘U-E’ Phonic Worksheets can be used with very young children, although I made them for children who have processing difficulties and need more systematic teaching. They are: highly systematic have a limited amount on each page as these pupils tire easily. Pupils should be confident blending with consonant blends (Phase 4 Letters and Sounds for example). I use ‘Sound-it-out boxes’ for new words, where digraphs are grouped together to give the child the visual reminder to make one sound. The worksheets include activities to: Develop blending and segmenting Give needed repetition to to develop word recognition Develop phonemic awareness - much needed by early learners Tracking activities - to see and recognise the new sound in words Comprehension activities Writing practice Reading of longer passages Fluency triangles Lots of repetition builds confidence and success! Help a struggling reader today. You will find it hard to find such a comprehensive programme of systematic phonic instruction for a special needs child for such a price.

A bumper pack of 72 Short A CVC worksheets for all abilities in your class, fully differentiated helping every child progress in their phonic journey: Whether you require worksheets for word families or activities with mixed families, we have you covered. Suitable for use with Letters and Sounds Phase 2, Read, Write Inc Set 1 and all UK Gov. approved phonic programmes. These CVC Short A worksheets take pupils from the early stages of blending and segmenting, helping them to gain confidence, to reading short phrases made up of purely decodable Short A words. Only two more advanced worksheets include the words ‘the’ and ‘is’. They are particularly helpful for the child who needs intentional and consistent practice with Short A words. These short A worksheets focus particularly on the most common short vowel a endings: at/an/ap, with other endings included in mixed/non-picture sheets. See a FREE sample of 5 worksheets from this pack here! Use them for independent work, classwork homework: various activities for variety, with enough similarities to enable children to work independently. Here you will find ample material even for the slower learners, who can progress from the simplest sheets to the more complex as their confidence grows. The plain design of these worksheets means that those with dyslexia or another learning difficulty will not be overwhelmed. The realistic pictures mean that older ESL/EFL pupils do not think they are doing babyish work. The worksheets are fully differentiated so that you can find the perfect activity for each child. The worksheets are multisensory, utilising the power of the hand in learning phonics requiring children to trace and write as much as possible, alongside using the eyes in seeing, the ears in hearing and the lips in sounding out. Pupils will develop phonemic awareness by blending and segmenting words and finding the beginning, middle and final sounds. Exercises include: Trace, cut and stick words under pictures Trace, read and write words under pictures Read a set of words and circle the one that matches the picture Cut and stick: find the initial or final sound Write the initial and final sounds Activities working with rhymes Change a letter and make a new word Write the words under the pictures Fill in the vowel, read and stick pictures next to the correct words. Unscramble the letters 100% decodable reading comprehension; short phrases, read and draw The following words are used (I only use words that will make sense to the majority of children as at this early stage reading must be meaningful and not just for the sake of decoding): an: can, fan, man, pan, ran, van, nan at: bat, cat, hat, mat, rat, sat, fat, pat ap: cap, gap, map, nap, tap, zap am: jam, ham, Pam, Sam, dam plus: bag, sad, lad

Here are 12, FREE to download, Consonant Blends decodable, phonic reading books to support the blending of consonant blends words with a short vowel sound, for the very earliest stages of learning to read with phonics, WITH MATCHING WORKBOOKS to consolidate learning. Suitable for use with all phonic programmes. These books follow our FREE CVC words reading books, and are followed by our Graded Decodable readers, introducing common digraphs. Together they form a FREE phonic reading scheme. Give your child a head start in reading, or help your struggling reader to succeed! Suitable for home-education, parents, teachers, private tutors and all else who need them! The focus is purely on sounding out with only the key words ** I, and no, go, to** being gradually introduced. Pictures are minimal to encourage the child to gain meaning from the text and not to guess. Phonic words are introduced and then met again in subsequent readers, to help develop confidence and fluency. The highly structured nature of these books helps every child to succeed. The stories are based around farmer Tom with his animals, his wife, his son Sam and daughter, Pam, dog Jiff and the cat. Highly suitable for special needs children who have failed with other programmes. Many parents have told me they wished they had found these books sooner, or had found them at all, as they would have been ideal for their struggling reader. They have been thoroughly tested by my current pupils all of whom are boys. Even my nine-year old boy pupil loves them. Teachers can find my consonant blends worksheets here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12653569

The first in a series of factual readers for those just beginning to take off in reading independently. Satisfying children’s thirst for knowledge with beautiful photos and clear factual information. Presented simply with clear text and a large font. Ideal for use when studying a topic on weather. This book also fits well with our pack of 8 cloud worksheets. Introduces cirrus, stratus, cumulus and nimbus clouds. For guided reading, why not use our Clouds PowerPoint presentation (for sale with TES) which uses the text of this book? Suitable for upper KS1/lower KS2 and struggling/reluctant readers of any age.

This is a listening game to help the child to hear the ‘ee’ sound in words, as different to the ‘e’ sound as some children have difficulty hearing the new ee’ sound as their brain is trying to say 'e. One of my pupils has a speech delay. When I introduced him to ‘ee’, he tried to sound out the words saying ‘e’ instead of ‘ee’. It was as if ‘ee’ was a foreign sound to him. So, I devised this game to help him to hear the ‘ee’ sound in words he uses frequently in speech. After playing it a few times he is now happily sounding out to read and spell words with the ‘ee’ sound. In addition it helps the pupil to understand that the sound ‘e’ does not change as some children will start to say ‘ee’ every time they see ‘e’. Find more help with teaching the ee sound at Reading made Simple, my FREE Phonic reading and spelling programme that is really simple and really works! https://readingmadesimple.weebly.com/level-1---ee.html

An easy reader about mushrooms for those beginning to read longer simple texts - with words that can be sounded out using phonic knowledge and only a few most common sight words. Learn about mushrooms through a simple story. For lesson notes and more help see: https://ks1nature.weebly.com/free-science-lessons/mushrooms-for-ks1 See also our mushroom lesson resources and Power Point.

34 Autumn themed number worksheets/workbook for EYFS/KS1/special needs. Suitable for home-learning. This book includes worksheets to teach: Recognising and forming numbers 0 to 10 Plenty of counting practice Introducing addition and subtraction Introducing multiplying and dividing (sharing) Either print a whole book for a child, or use as individual worksheets to meet a need. This pack of worksheets is sure to delight children this autumn. Featuring conkers, acorns, cones, leaves and squirrels, and giving heaps of counting practice alongside learning to add and subtract, share and group, it is a must for every Pre-K/K class! Works well with our other Numbers books, learning numbers 0 to 5, 6 to 10 and Beginning Addition and Subtraction.

Six phonic simple games to help children learn to blend and segment cvc words. Suitable for use with Read, Write Inc. Learning to blend with set 1 sounds. These games work wonderfully to help disillusioned readers succeed, but great for helping all children Pre K to 2nd grade and older special needs pupils. These games have all been written by a special needs teacher, who knows exactly where children get stuck and what is needed to help them progress. The children will not know they are learning! Make Phonics learning fun and help it to stick! Perfect for teaching assistants, to send home in book bags and for the home-school. Supplied in pdf format, all ready coloured in. Just print and play! These games are very simple, but effective. All you need is in the pack. Full instructions provided and tips on how to help your child/ren. Laminating them will help them to last longer, but iw not necessary. Contents: Short vowel games: ‘a’, ‘e’/‘i’ and ‘o’/‘u’ (three games) - reading games All vowels Game - a reading game Missing Vowel Game - a spelling game Final sound Game - a spelling game

Five phonic games to help pupils read and spell words with consonant blends (short vowel sound only). Suitable for use with Read, Write Inc. Make Phonics learning fun and help it to stick! These games have all been written by a special needs teacher, who knows exactly where children get stuck and what is needed to help them progress. The children will not know they are learning! These games work wonderfully to help disillusioned readers succeed, but great for helping all children Pre K to 2nd grade and older special needs pupils. Great for book bags, for use by classroom assistants and for the home-school. Supplied in pdf format, all ready coloured in. Just print and play! These games are very simple to play but very effective. Full instructions provided and tips on how to help your child/ren. See our Games for teaching Initial Sounds and CVC words too!

Follow the life cycle of the Horse Chestnut tree through the seasons with this bright, engaging PowerPoint, starting with conkers. Suitable for use all year, but especially in autumn when conkers are so appealing to children. 45 full-colour slides with easy-read text. Teacher can control the speed of the slides to allow time for the reading of the text and discussion Use as a stimulus for further study (see our Lesson Resource Pack for lesson ideas, worksheets and display pictures: Stimulate the asking and answering of questions: Where do conkers come from. What are conkers? Take your learning to a new dimension by exploring the natural world out of doors with your pupils this autumn. Bring learning to life! Covers much of the National Curriculum for Science for Years 1 and 2.