Use our Lesson notes to help you to plan your lesson about the life-cycle of butterflies.Aimed to help stimulate enquiry and observation. Useful as part of work on life-cycles. How to raise butterflies from the egg stage Links to the National Curriculum for Science What to look for/background information for each stage - helping you to feel like an expert! Questions to help get the class thinking and to model asking questions Guided reading sheets: blow up for class use, or copy for group/individual use Use the worksheets for follow up: Pictures to order the life-cycle of a butterfly Label the parts of a butterfly Draw and write about an observed caterpillar/butterfly Reading comprehension 2 poems with comprehension exercises to follow each (two ability levels) Decorated writing sheets See our other life-cycle Lesson resources and Powerpoints: Life-cycle of a Horse Chestnut Tree Apples Frogs Daffodils Apples

A simple nature diary in which very young children can record their natural observations, with a helpful easy reading sheet to encourage young children to start observing and recording. Encourage youngsters to get close to nature and start a lifetime of learning. This diary keeps writing to the bare minimum, so that young children do not lose interest due to overkill while providing a means of building up an invaluable record of their discoveries. This 40 page diary contains 31 pages for recording observations - one for every day of a month, and three pages for extra notes and sketches at the end. See: https://ks1nature.weebly.com/free-science-lessons/keeping-a-nature-diary-for-ks1 Lilibette’s Resources: Making learning simple.

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

This game practices the spelling and reading of words with ai or the split digraph a-e. Suitable for use with Read, Write inc. Set 3 words. Be the first to get to the moon as you find words to fit your rocket - either ai or the a-e words. This game helps children to learn which combination of letters are used to spell common words in the ‘ai’ and ‘a-e’ sound families. It also gives practice reading ‘ai’ and ‘a-e’ words. Excellent for reluctant learners, special needs, and just about all children. Full instructions and teaching notes included. For use with any phonic programme, including Read, Write Inc. and Jolly Phonics. Find more help at www.readingmadesimple.weebly.com. Tes paid licence

This game practices spelling words with ee or ea. Suitable for use with Read, Write inc. Set 3 words, or Letters and Sounds Phase 5 words. Be the first to pick all the apples on your tree as you decide whether a word is in the ee or the ea sound family. This game helps children to learn which combination of letters to use to spell common words in the ‘ea’ and ‘ee’ sound families. Excellent for reluctant learners, special needs, and just about all children. Full instructions and teaching notes included. For use with any phonic programme, including Read, Write Inc. and Jolly Phonics. Find more help at www.readingmadesimple.weebly.com.

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

20 Autumn topic word cards for use however you wish: display flashcards to aid with writing etc… etc… Phonetically coded to help early readers. See our phonetically coded Autumn Word Mat too!

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

A colouring page for every letter of the alphabet. Colour the things that begin with each sound. One object on each page (except A) starts with the previous initial sound. Can the child find it? Encourage neat colouring to aid pencil control. Correct phonic ‘i’ sound and ‘q’ written with ‘u’. I made these sheets for one of my pupils who is delayed in speech. He loved colouring and this was a way to motivate him. They helped him to successfully learn all 26 initial sounds. They can be used by all children and though suitable for use with all schemes, do progress in order - so if the phonic programme your child/ren is/are using does not follow the order of the alphabet, then maybe wait until all of the sounds have been taught. If you are teaching your own child, you may be interested in our totally FREE, phonic, reading and spelling programme, Reading Made Simple.

This is a graded, phonic reading proramme consisting of 22 books introducing the sounds: ck,oo, ee, sh, ch, th, ng, ing, ar fro beginner readers with phonics. They form their own phonic reading programme which can be used where other programmes have failed. These books continue on from either the Decodable CVC Readers for Older Pupils, or from my Basic CVC readers pack. If your child has been left behind in school, or is not making progress in reading, then try Reading Made Simple. It will teach the same things as your child’s school phonic programme but in a more structured way. For best effect, use alongside my FREE Spelling/writing programme, Reading Made Simple. Words Lists can be found here. Each book is thoroughly decodable using taught phonic skills only. Sight words are introduced in a structured manner. This part of the programme follows on from our CVC Words Reading Books and Workbooks and our Consonant Blends Reading books. A set of matching workbooks for each sound is provided to help each child to progress soundly. Special Features of these graded phonic reading books: As each new phonic sound is introduced, words from that phonic family are practiced and words met in previous readers revised, while new words from phonic sound families already taught are gradually introduced. Because of this highly structured nature they are suitable for all children to enable good progress , but particularly for those who are struggling to learn to read. The books should be read in sound order as above. They only use the sight words: he, we, me, be, she, so, give, have, says. they, are The pictures are minimal and do not encourage guessing so that meaning has to be gleaned from the text. Each book tells a simple story with humour where possible They have been tried on tested on many children now, including some with profound difficulties. Matching workbooks consolidate and revise learning. Vocabulary repeats so aiding reading fluency and building security and confidence. They are based on the latest research and evidence based methods. If your child is struggling to learn to read for whatever reason, these books can help. Who are the graded phonic reading books for? Young learners Special needs learners Those with dyslexia, or a processing difficulty of any kind. They can be used by parents, classrooom assistants, schools (where state rules allow teachers to choose their own phonic scheme) and private tutors. They can be used with Letters and Sounds Phases 3 and 4, and RWI Speed Set 2. Full instructions, including a suggested lesson plan and hints for hearing a child read are included. You can help a struggling reader today.

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.

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.

A simple game to help children over the tedium of learning to blend, giving plenty of practice blending CVC words, while having fun. An updated version of a classic game! Youc an just play as a board game with the fish cards scattered on the table or add more fu by making your own simple rod with a stick, string and magnet and pop a paperclip on each fish. Over 90+ words included so you will never get bored! Target the medial sound that each pupil needs practice of.

3 differentiated worksheets to teach KS1 children to label the parts of a tree when they are visible in winter. 4 parts taught: branches, trunk, crown and twigs. See our blogpost for more help to teach children to identify trees by their structure in winter. Become a Nature explorer yourself too! https://ks1nature.weebly.com/free-science-lessons/trees-in-winter-for-kids