Here you'll find a variety of activities designed to spark curiosity, support early development, and make learning fun. From story-inspired worksheets to fine motor tasks, classroom display pieces, and keepsakes like certificates and cards — each resource is made with love, care, and first-hand classroom experience. My aim is always to help teachers, TAs, and parents support children in meaningful and creative ways. I hope you find something here to bring joy and inspiration to your setting!
Here you'll find a variety of activities designed to spark curiosity, support early development, and make learning fun. From story-inspired worksheets to fine motor tasks, classroom display pieces, and keepsakes like certificates and cards — each resource is made with love, care, and first-hand classroom experience. My aim is always to help teachers, TAs, and parents support children in meaningful and creative ways. I hope you find something here to bring joy and inspiration to your setting!
Tigers – Simple Fact PowerPoint | EYFS Slide Show (9 Pages)
This 9-page PowerPoint introduces young children to the world of tigers with easy-to-understand facts and bright visuals. Designed specifically for Early Years, it helps develop vocabulary, understanding of animals, and curiosity about the natural world.
Topics included in the slide show:
How big tigers grow
Where tigers make their homes
What tigers eat
Tigers’ ability to swim
How fast they can run
How loud their roar can be
Why every tiger has different stripes
How they care for their babies
The different species of tigers
Ideal for:
EYFS topic work
Jungle or animal themes
Whole class teaching or group time
Early science and discussion
Vocabulary building
This resource supports early science learning and can be used digitally or printed as fact cards or display materials.
If you enjoy this tiger fact resource, take a look at my other animal-themed PowerPoints and EYFS learning packs.
Please leave a review — your feedback is always appreciated!
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Polar Bears – Simple Fact PowerPoint | EYFS Slide Show (12 Pages)
This 12-page PowerPoint is a bright and engaging introduction to polar bears, created especially for Early Years learners. Packed with simple facts and clear visuals, it helps children build vocabulary, develop understanding of the world, and explore animal life in cold climates.
Topics covered in the slide show include:
What colour polar bears really are
Where they live and make their homes
Understanding that they are mammals
How blubber keeps them warm
What polar bears eat
What a group of polar bears is called
How they bathe in the wild
How fast they can move
The effect of climate change on their survival
Facts about their babies (cubs)
How big they grow and how much they weigh
This resource is perfect for:
EYFS topic work
Arctic or winter themes
Animal facts sessions
Circle time discussions
Display or printable learning prompts
Clear, concise, and developmentally appropriate — ideal for whole class teaching or small group learning.
If you found this useful, check out my other animal fact PowerPoints and Early Years printable packs.
Please consider leaving a review — I value your feedback and it helps others discover my resources!
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Penguins – Simple Fact PowerPoint | EYFS Slide Show (9 Pages)
This 9-page PowerPoint introduces young learners to fascinating, age-appropriate facts about penguins in a fun and accessible way. Designed specifically for Early Years, it supports knowledge and understanding of the world, encourages curiosity, and builds early vocabulary.
What’s included in the slide show:
What a group of penguins is called
How penguins give gifts to each other
Where penguins make their homes
Where in the world penguins live
How long they can hold their breath
What penguins eat
Their natural predators
How they care for a chick
A look at different penguin species
Perfect for:
EYFS topic work
Winter or polar regions themes
Whole-class introductions
Early research projects
Encouraging speaking and listening
Bright, clear, and easy to understand, this resource is ideal for display on your interactive whiteboard or to print out as posters or information cards.
If you enjoy this resource, check out my other Early Years animal and seasonal topic packs.
Reviews are always welcome and help me continue creating valuable classroom content.
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Christmas & New Year Printable Pack
Six engaging pages designed for children to reflect, create, and celebrate the festive season:
Draw your favourite gift, food, and who you saw at Christmas
Five phone-shaped frames to draw selfies of yourself, food, gifts, games, films, and family
A page for writing or drawing Christmas news
A page to draw pictures of New Year’s wishes
A page to write about achievements from the previous year
A thank you letter template to write to Santa
Perfect for classroom activities or holiday home learning.
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RSPB Bird Watch Activity Pack
A set of 15 engaging pages designed to support bird watching and learning about birds. Activities include labeling birds, counting, bird spotting, number flashcards, describing birds, making bird cake, and a bird window viewer. Perfect for early years nature exploration!
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Christmas Picture Bingo for 6 Players
A fun, festive bingo game perfect for small groups. Each board has 6 Christmas-themed pictures. The pack includes 6 unique bingo boards, 12 Christmas-themed pictures, and printable Christmas baubles to use as counters. Print and laminate for repeated use!
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Worksheets and Resources to Support Teaching Hibernation
This pack offers a variety of early years activities to engage children with the concept of hibernation. Includes counting to 10, colouring sheets, literacy writing frames, sorting animals, pencil and scissor control, number lines, speech bubbles, feelings cards, and number flashcards.
Perfect for classroom or home use.
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Good Friendships Activity Pack
Explore 17 thoughtful activities that encourage children to understand and build positive friendships. This pack includes creative tasks like designing odd socks and friendship bracelets, sorting good and bad actions, practising scissor control, exploring kind words to say to friends who are sad or angry, and more. Perfect for supporting social-emotional learning in early years settings.
Activities include:
Design a pair of odd socks
Design a sock
Scissor control
Sorting good and bad actions
Repeating patterns
Words to say to a sad child
Words to say to an angry child
Reasons why you want to play with particular children
Sorting sad/happy children
Friendship bracelets
Recipe for making a good friend
Design a friend
Design a poster
Colouring in
#GoodFriendships #SocialEmotionalLearning #EarlyYears #KindnessMatters #FriendshipActivities #EYFS #PositiveBehaviour #FriendshipSkills #EarlyChildhoodEducation #SocialSkills #EmotionalIntelligence
COP26 Inspired Environmental Worksheets
This 13-page resource pack features 12 engaging activities designed to support teaching about sustainability and caring for our planet, inspired by the COP26 conference.
Included activities:
Sorting exercises focused on recycling and eco-friendly alternatives
Poster creation to promote environmental awareness
Literacy tasks linked to sustainability themes
Cutting and fine motor control activities
Counting and number challenges related to nature and recycling
Perfect for early years and primary classrooms, these worksheets encourage children to explore practical ways to protect the environment while building key skills.
#COP26 #Sustainability #EarlyYears #EnvironmentalEducation #Recycling #EcoFriendly #ClimateAction #TeachingResources #KidsActivities #STEM #NatureEducation #SaveThePlanet #GreenLearning #PrimaryEducation
Night-Time Picture Comparison Activity
This resource includes 2 simple pictures set at night.
The first picture shows a scene where everything is in darkness, challenging children to find all the objects and assess how easy or difficult it was to spot them.
The second picture is the same scene, but the people, pets, and items are wearing lighter or brighter clothes.
Children can compare both images to see if their observations were correct and discuss which clothing is best for visibility at night.
Perfect for developing observation skills, visual discrimination, and understanding safety in low light.
Please leave a positive review if you find this resource helpful!
#VisualDiscrimination #EarlyYearsSafety #NightTimeLearning #EYFS #TESResources #ObservationSkills
Bonfire Night Activity Pack – 15 Pages of Early Years Resources
Support your teaching of Bonfire Night with this engaging set of 15 pages filled with a variety of fun and educational worksheets designed for early years learners.
Includes:
Cutting control activities
Pencil control practice
Design a firework display
I Spy counting game
Missing numbers exercises
Sorting objects by height
Counting to 10 activities
Colour and cut shapes to create a firework
Coloured shapes for laminating to build firework pictures
Fire safety poster
Design your own fire safety poster
Colour-in Freddie Firework
Size recognition tasks
Onomatopoeia exploration
Repeating pattern activities
Perfect for classroom or home use, this pack combines festive fun with skill-building to engage young learners.
If you find this resource helpful, please leave a positive review to support other educators.
#BonfireNight #EarlyYears #EYFS #FireworkActivities #MathsAndLiteracy #TESResources #CreativeLearning #FireSafety
Diwali Activity Pack – 21 Pages of Early Years Resources
Enhance your teaching of Diwali with this comprehensive set of 21 pages packed with creative and educational activities designed for early years learners.
Includes:
Blank hands for creative decorating
Mehndi pattern templates
Rangoli pattern designs
Diwali greeting cards to colour and personalise
Design a Diva lamp activity
Firework-themed colouring pages
Create a Diwali basket craft
Counting to 10 exercises
Ordering numbers to 10 activities
Maze challenge
4 writing frames to encourage mark-making
8 feelings cards to explore emotions
Perfect for classroom or home learning, these resources support cultural awareness alongside key early years skills.
If you enjoy this resource, please leave a positive review to help other educators discover it.
#Diwali #EarlyYears #EYFS #CulturalLearning #CreativeActivities #MathsAndLiteracy #TESResources #FestiveLearning
Remembrance Day Activity Pack – 21 Pages of Early Years Maths & Literacy
Explore a carefully crafted collection of 21 pages packed with engaging mathematics and literacy activities designed to support the teaching of Remembrance Day for early years learners.
Includes:
2 writing frames
Colour-in wreath
Create a poppy craft
“What are you thankful for” reflection
Initial sounds practice
Repeating patterns
Counting to 10
Design a medal activity
Design and colour bunting
Maze challenge
Subtraction exercises
10 and 5 frame maths activities
Concertina booklets
Ideal for classroom use or home learning, these resources encourage children to explore the meaning of Remembrance Day in a sensitive and age-appropriate way. Perfect for fostering reflection, gratitude, and developing core skills.
If you find this resource useful, please leave a positive review to help other educators.
#RemembranceDay #EarlyYears #EYFS #MathsAndLiteracy #ReflectAndRemember #TESResources #CreativeLearning #ClassroomActivities
Curiosity Corner Signs – Encourage Questioning and Language Development
Create an inviting Curiosity Corner in your classroom with this set of signs designed to spark children’s natural curiosity and language skills.
This pack includes:
A bold Curiosity Corner header
6 colourful question word signs (e.g., Who, What, Where, When, Why, How)
7 engaging pictures to prompt conversation and questioning
Once laminated and displayed, these signs help guide children to ask meaningful questions and engage deeply with the unusual objects or items you place in your curiosity corner.
Perfect for enhancing vocabulary, critical thinking, and child-led learning.
If this resource supports your teaching, please leave a positive review to help others find it!
#CuriosityCorner #EarlyYearsLanguage #QuestionWords #ClassroomDisplay #ChildLedLearning #TESResources #LanguageDevelopment #TalkForLearning #EYFS #KS1
Alien Addition – Space Landing Maths Activity
Help the aliens and spacecraft land safely on the correct planets by solving addition sums! This engaging resource features 10 numbered planets (1–10) and 12 aliens/spacecraft, each with an addition problem up to 10.
Children work out the answers and match the aliens or spacecraft to the correct planet, reinforcing their addition skills in a fun and interactive way. Ideal for early years and Key Stage 1 learners, this activity promotes number recognition, addition practice, and fine motor skills.
Perfect for classroom maths centers, independent work, or as a hands-on group activity.
#AdditionActivities #EarlyYearsMaths #KS1Maths #NumberRecognition #MathsGames #FunWithNumbers #MathsPractice #CountingTo10 #MathsWorksheets #ClassroomResources #HandsOnLearning #MathsFun #STEMLearning
The Tadpole’s Promise – 14-Page Resource Pack
Support your literacy and topic lessons with this engaging set of 14 printable resources inspired by The Tadpole’s Promise by Jeanne Willis.
This pack is ideal for early years and Key Stage 1, helping children explore themes of change, emotion, and storytelling.
Included activities:
Life cycle: Tadpole’s changes
Descriptive language: Adjectives
Exploring emotions: Feelings worksheet
Weather and seasons
Making and reflecting on promises
Spot the differences
Speech bubbles for inference
Book review template
A versatile pack perfect for story mapping, PSHE discussions, science links (life cycles/seasons), and creative writing.
#TadpolesPromise #JeanneWillis #EYFSResources #KS1Literacy #BookBasedLearning #EmotionsInStories #StoryExploration #LifeCycles #FeelingsWorksheet #TESResources #SeasonalChanges #EarlyYearsLiteracy
Free Colour pallet worksheet, to use outdoors or at forest school. Children need to collect items to match the colours on their pallet and stick on to the correct colour.
Outdoor Challenge Cards – Set of 30
This class set of 30 challenge cards is ideal for use at Forest School, in your outdoor area, garden, or local park. Each card offers a fun, engaging task designed to encourage exploration, creativity, and problem-solving in nature.
These versatile cards can support Forest School planning by choosing a weekly challenge, or you can hand out one to each child to promote independent activity and ownership of learning.
The cards are suitable for a wide age range—from Early Years upwards. Most tasks can be completed independently, with a few requiring adult support or supervision.
To get the most from these cards:
Use them as printed or mount onto card and laminate to make them durable and waterproof
Great for continuous provision, outdoor learning prompts, or spontaneous nature play
Perfect for child-led activities, outdoor learning trails, or team challenges
If you’ve used these in your setting, I’d love to hear how they worked for you—please consider leaving a review or suggestion!
#ForestSchool #OutdoorLearning #ChallengeCards #EYFS #NatureActivities #OutdoorEducation #PrintableResources #TESResources #LearningOutsideTheClassroom
Forest School Display & Activity Pack – 20 Pages
Boost your Forest School experience with this comprehensive 20-page resource pack, thoughtfully designed with a natural wood-effect background to enhance outdoor learning environments. Once laminated, these resources are durable and weather-resistant—ideal for regular Forest School use.
Included resources:
Forest School Rules poster
3 varied Scavenger Hunts
Forest School Award certificate
Forest School Kit List (including a Summer version)
Large wooden block-style Forest School Sign (ideal for stringing together)
Additional wooden-style area signs for:
Den Building
Mud Kitchen
Building Site
Digging Patch
Natural Play
Bug Hotel
Forest Trail
Pond
Fairy Garden
Music Area
Reading Area
Wellies
Hand Washing
Planting Area
Fire Pit
First Aid
These signs and activities support a well-organised, engaging, and immersive Forest School setup, encouraging child-led exploration and outdoor learning.
#ForestSchool #OutdoorLearning #NatureBasedEducation #EYFS #LearningOutside #ForestSchoolSigns #ScavengerHunt #TESResources #EarlyYearsOutdoorLearning
Celebrate British Science Week with 14 Simple Science Experiments for Little Ones!
Engage young learners with hands-on, fun, and educational activities designed to spark curiosity and exploration. These easy-to-follow experiments include:
Apple Oxidation
Water Walking
Magic Milk
Mouldy Bread
Self-inflating Balloon
Lava Lamp
Skittle Patterns
Rain Clouds
Colourful Veg
Growing Beans
Invisible Ink
Frozen Bubbles
Pepper Chaser
Expanding Gummy Bears
Perfect for Early Years and Key Stage 1 children to explore science in an exciting and memorable way!
#BritishScienceWeek #ScienceExperiments #EarlyYearsScience #HandsOnLearning #STEMforKids #ScienceFun #KidsScience #EarlyYearsEducation #ExploringScience #LearningThroughPlay