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.
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.
2 underwater scenes for children to talk about and colour in.
There is a black and white and a colour version of each of the 2 scenes.
Links to your topic on Animals and their Habitats and Seas and Oceans.
3 worksheets each showing 6 pictures related to the Pirate theme.
A key word is written for each picture that the children can include in their sentence writing.
Discuss with your children what Autumn means to them and what they associate with Autumn time.
Sheets 1 and 2 show acorns containing Autumn associated objects. Children can use the empty acorn on the sheets to write words or draw pictures related to Autumn.
Page 3 shows all the Autumn objects on one page for naming, labelling, listing and/or colouring.
2 Rainforest worksheets suitable for SEND and KS1.
Each worksheet comes in colour and black and white.
Children can label the things that can be found in the Rainforest using the words underneath.
There are 12 pictures / symbols on each page. These can be duplicated and cut out to make matching pairs.
Children can use the key vocabulary to write about the Rainforest or to make a list. The blank space on the worksheets could also be used for drawings, stories or poems.
Pictures and symbols could also be enlarged and used for visual aids or displays.
Boardmaker licence
A little book for children to make and fold with a Royal theme.
Print out double sided, children can complete the activities and then fold in 3 to make their own special book to commemorate Coronation Day.
Activities include, labelling, matching words, writing, drawing, colouring and a mini quiz.
Boardmaker licenced.
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.
5 worksheets and activities based on the theme of ‘Going for Gold’. The resources cover Sports focused activities and Personal achievements and accomplishments.
Each resource has a learning objective.
Personal focus:
To reflect on personal interests and strengths
To recognise and celebrate personal achievements
To recognise and talk about different achievements and accomplishments
Sports focus:
To identify, name and match sports equipment and write about each one
To sort the sports pictures into groups - throwing, swimming, hitting and kicking.
The resource includes reading and writing activities, speaking and listening and sorting. It links to PSHE, Ourselves and Me.
A poetry writing activity to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles 111.
3 example poems for children to share and use to stimulate their own poetry writing.
There are also 3 framed templates that children can use to write rhyming words in, notes or to compose their own poems in.
The final page is a table showing some rhyming words that children may use or add to.
A literacy resource for young children and SEND pupils, linked to King Charles 111 and his Coronation in May 2023.
3 worksheets in colour for children to name the picture symbols related to Kings and Queens and match them to the words in the centre of the sheet. Children can write the words and cut out the colour pictures to make pairs.
The same 3 worksheets are replicated in black and white. Here children can colour in the pictures and trace over the words. They can then cut and match the pictures making pairs.
*Boardmaker licenced. *
A set of colouring cards using symbols for children to use when learning their alphabet and phonics and linking to Food topics.
Each page has 8/9 cards where each letter of the alphabet has symbols or pictures of food beginning with that sound. Children can trace the letters, name what they see and colour in the pictures.
Cut these up and laminate them after the children have coloured them in. They could be duplicated for pairs or matching games or made into a book or classroom frieze.
Suitable for EYFS / KS1 and SEND pupils.
Boardmaker licenced.
A simple word search for Halloween for children at KS1.
There are 8 words to find which correspond to the colour pictures around the word search.
There is an answer sheet and a blank template for you to fill in other words of your own related to Halloween or Autumn.
Other similar word search sheets including Christmas, farm, toys and bugs can be found on this shop too.
Photos of 6 Jungle animals along with pictures for children to colour in, name, write a phrase or sentence about and match to their names.
The last sheet is a doodle sheet where children can count how many of each animal there are and colour them in.
A complete lesson plan with objectives, resources, activity ideas and extension. Based on Animals and linking to Pattern with Spots and Stripes.
The resources include, reading, writing, labelling, matching, drawing and colouring.
There are 8 sheets in total
Planning sheet for lesson or unit of work
6 colour flashcards showing ladybird, zebra, tiger, frog, dog and snake
Sheet showing animal names for drawing or pasting pictures into
A labelling sheet showing animals with space for writing
Handwriting sheet showing 6 animals - write and colour in
6 pattern and colour cards
6 word cards - children read and match the pattern and colour cards to animals
Outline animals for children to add the patterns and colour
Suitable for EYFS and KS1 children.
A set of resources for your EYFS or KS1 children based around Harvest or Autumn time themes.
Activities:
Colour named cards to cut, duplicate and match.
Black and white named cards to cut, colour, duplicate and match.
Colour pictures to match to their names such as turkey and toffee apples.
Black and white version of activity 3 where children can colour the pictures.
Colour and black and white writing frames with picture borders.
Colour Harvest poster and a black and white one for children to colour in themselves.
12 colour flashcards with corresponding black and white versions.
Just in time for Christmas Jumper Day.
Children can hold a contest if they want and there is a poster here to advertise this.
Page 2 shows 6 knitted jumper designs to give children some ideas.
Page 3 shows some patterns up closer.
Next there are some outline jumpers that can be used for designing - one white and 3 other colour jumper outlines.
Finally there are some black and white options for designing onto different clothing - a cap, t-shirts and socks.
Have fun.
Welcome to “Toys, Tales, and Tasks” - a six-part lesson for young learners, with special emphasis on SEND, EYFS and KS1 children. Link to your lessons on Toys, Ourselves, Me, Emotions, History and Speaking and Listening.
The pack includes lesson plans showing objectives, resources, activities and extension ideas.
There are 10 sheets which include 9 black and white symbols of toys on each. Use the sheets as stand-alone worksheets or cut up the cards for games and activities.
Emphasizing Inclusivity:
Recognizing the diverse needs of SEND pupils, symbols are integrated into the resources to aid communication. These symbols act as familiar visual cues, aiding comprehension.
Boardmaker licenced User.
Lessons 1 to 6 Overview:
Toy Stories: Dive into narratives, enhancing creativity, story skills and vocabulary.
Sorting and Matching: Encourage logical reasoning by sorting, classifying and matching toys.
Descriptive Adjectives: Build vocabulary and language skills using toys as a reference.
Toy History : Understand change over time, introducing a historical perspective.
Money and Toy Pricing: Develop mathematical skills around number and money.
Emotions : Explore feelings, promoting emotional intelligence and empathy.
3 doodle sheets for children to talk about, identify a range of special days and celebrations and colour in.
Children can then design their own doodle sheets or posters.
A 10 page slide show based on your topic of Clothes.
Links to thinking skills, speaking and listening, materials, community and diversity .
Questions to consider include:
What do we wear for different purposes and occasions and why we wear them.
A nice follow up activity for group work is to give each group a task and ask them to design and make a poster or collage on the theme. Themes could be taken from the slides such as celebrations or work. Children may come up with their own themes too.
This cross curricular unit of work is an interactive Transport resource where children enhance their understanding of transport categories: Land, Air and Sea.
There is a planning overview with 3 suggested activities with their objectives and overview. Suggested activities are: Vehicle Sorting, Transport Storytelling and Transport Alphabet.
There are 3 worksheets, each showing the different categories and types of transport for Land, Air and Sea. These are incorporated into the planning ideas.
There is an example of a Transport alphabet and a blank template that children can use to make their own.
Suitable for Key Stage 1 and EYFS children.
Links to Literacy, Sorting and Transport.
Immerse your KS1 children in the spirit of Thanksgiving with this resource featuring 10 picture grids!
Each grid portrays a Thanksgiving-themed image, incorporating the iconic pumpkin, festive turkeys, and pumpkin pie.
This resource is crafted to encourage children to replicate these Thanksgiving illustrations onto a blank grid, square by square, nurturing their observational and fine motor skills.
Enlarge the grids as required and extend by asking children to draw or paint freehand.