Teaching and Learning Resources for Early Learners and KS1
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Looking for something fresh and original to ignite your classroom? Dive into a treasure trove of resources designed to captivate and inspire KS1 children. Plus, explore engaging materials for Key Stage 2 and tailored resources for SEND learners.
From Phonics to Speaking & Listening, Reading & Writing activities, Maths, PSHE and a variety of exciting topic-based resources, you’ll find everything you need to create new lessons that stand out.
Looking for something fresh and original to ignite your classroom? Dive into a treasure trove of resources designed to captivate and inspire KS1 children. Plus, explore engaging materials for Key Stage 2 and tailored resources for SEND learners.
From Phonics to Speaking & Listening, Reading & Writing activities, Maths, PSHE and a variety of exciting topic-based resources, you’ll find everything you need to create new lessons that stand out.
This set of 3 engaging doodle fun worksheets is designed for EYFS and KS1 learners, featuring a homes theme.
Each worksheet includes items that can be found in the home.
Perfect for learning new vocabulary and for children to explore different aspects of homes while having fun with doodles.
These worksheets are designed to help young learners develop colour recognition skills and practice reading colour words.
Each sheet features a different theme to keep learning fun and varied:
Crayons to Colour In – Children match colours to the correct word and colour in the crayons accordingly.
Trucks – A transport-themed sheet where children colour trucks using the correct colours based on the labels.
Clown with Balloons – A cheerful clown holding balloons, each labelled with a colour word for children to match and colour in.
Frogs – A nature-themed worksheet where children colour frogs based on the given colour words.
Buttons with Two Colours – A pattern-based activity where children recognize and colour buttons in two different shades, reinforcing colour word recognition.
These worksheets support early reading and visual discrimination while encouraging creativity.
This 10-page resource is designed to engage young learners in seasonal discussions through colourful flashcards.
Each page features 8 flashcards in themed sets of 4, such as:
Chicks – Exploring new life and baby animals in spring
Easter Eggs – Linking to celebrations and traditions
Baskets – Symbolizing springtime collections and Easter activities
Weather Types – Discussing seasonal changes like rain, sunshine, and clouds
Duplicate, cut-out and laminate cards to support matching games, helping children develop speaking, listening, and vocabulary skills.
Extension Idea: Make Your Own Spring Flashcard
Encourage creativity by having children design their own flashcards. They can draw a spring or Easter-related image, colour it in, and label it. They could turn their flashcards into celebration cards to send.
3 sets of cards for children with a Spring theme.
Each page contains 6 pictures in colour and these are duplicated in black and white.
Children can colour in the pictures, cut them out and match them to the colour versions. Alternatively, they can choose their own colours for their work.
This 26-page resource introduces young learners to the world of transport while developing essential literacy skills.
Each worksheet features:
• A large outline letter for tracing (A-Z)
• A transport vehicle (e.g., A for Ambulance, B for Bus) with an illustration to colour
• A short rhyme to support reading and writing (Children trace over the dotted words)
Designed to link transport themes with early literacy, this resource supports letter recognition, handwriting, and vocabulary building.
Suitable for EYFS and KS1
This 10-page animal matching resource is perfect for engaging young children in visual recognition and critical thinking activities. Each page features three black-and-white animals alongside their matching silhouettes, with all images outlined in dotted lines for easy cutting. Children can cut out the cards and play a simple matching game, pairing each animal to its silhouette to build their observation skills.
For a fun twist, hide the silhouette cards around the classroom or outdoor space for a “shadow hunt” game that encourages movement and engagement. Alternatively, use the cards for a memory-style flip game — turning the cards upside down and taking turns to find matching pairs, helping to boost memory and concentration.
The black and white cards can be coloured in as an extention activity.
This 6-page early years resource links toys and transport and supports colour recognition, matching skills, and fine motor development.
Each page features three transport-themed pictures in colour with three identical black-and-white versions for children to match and colour in.
Examples of pictures include a car, train, aeroplane, boat, bike, truck, and scooter.
The colour images can be duplicated, cut out, laminated, and used as flashcards for matching games and discussions.
This interactive resource helps children develop visual discrimination and word association in a fun and engaging way, making it ideal for EYFS settings, home learning, and early years classrooms.
This KS1 resource supports the “Ourselves” topic by encouraging children to explore and express their identity, interests, and feelings through drawing and early writing.
Each activity sheet features six irregular shapes with different prompts such as “My Family,” “A Treat I Like,” “My Dream Job,” and “Something I’m Good At.”
Children fill the shapes with pictures or simple sentences to reflect their personal experiences.
A blank template is included so pupils or teachers can create their own headings, along with a worked example showing a coloured-in, completed sheet for inspiration.
Once the sheets are finished, children can cut out their shapes and work together to create a vibrant class collage – a shared display celebrating what makes each child unique, while also supporting PSHE, creativity, fine motor skills, and early literacy.
This ‘Shopping’ themed game is designed to support early counting, one to one correspondence, turn-taking, and language development through hands-on play.
It includes two colour game boards featuring a path made of colour circles and food squares (apple, pear, cabbage, orange, cauliflower, carrot). Children move from start to home.
Children roll a die, move along the path, and collect food tokens when they land on a food square. The winner is the first to reach the finish and collect the most food tokens.
A black-and-white template board is provided, allowing children to decorate and customise their own version of the game, with simple, step-by-step instructions.
A printable set of matching food cards is included for cutting out and collecting during the game.
To use the resource, simply add a dice and player counters.
The boards and tokens can be laminated for durability and repeated use, making it ideal for small group activities, independent learning stations, or one-to-one support.
The game uses Boardmaker symbols (licensed), offering visual support for learners and promoting accessibility.
My Feelings Game is a supportive and engaging resource for EYFS, SEND and KS1, designed to help children explore emotions while developing number recognition up to 20.
Linked to PSHE and the ‘Ourselves’ topic, this game encourages children to talk about feelings through cooperative play.
The pack includes 2 colourful feelings-themed game boards, a blank board template for children to create their own, and a set of feelings cards to cut out and collect.
Players take turns using dice to move around the board, sharing and discussing emotions as they go.
Clear instructions include learning objectives, how to play, what you need, and helpful game tips. A Feelings Champion certificate is included to celebrate participation and emotional awareness.
Boardmaker licenced symbols are included.
This set of 5 black-and-white worksheets is for young learners in EYFS and KS1, combining creativity with fine motor development.
Each worksheet features 4 different flowers, or small groups of flowers, for children to trace over dotted lines and colour in.
Designed to support early pencil control and pre-writing skills, this resource encourages careful line following while exploring the natural world.
From simple single blooms to more detailed bunches, children will enjoy tracing petals, stems, and leaves as they build hand strength and coordination.
Links to:
Fine motor skill development
Early writing preparation
Nature and seasonal topics
Plants and flowers
Shape
Pattern
Colour
Ideal for classroom use, home learning, homework, or as part of a spring or garden-themed topic.
This resource, A Day at the Farm, features four worksheets designed for EYFS and KS1 learners.
Each page includes four farm-themed dot-to-dot pictures such as a farmer, tractor, truck, barn, duck, and horse, for children to join up and then label.
The activity encourages fine motor development, pencil control, and handwriting practice.
As children complete the images and write the labels, they build confidence in mark-making while also exploring familiar topics, such as animals, the Farm and buildings.
A bundle of 6 cross-curricular board games for EYFS and KS1, each linked to numbers to 20.
Themes include Shopping, Pirates, Jungle, Playtime, Spring, and Feelings.
The games support maths, PSHE, Ourselves, seasons through fun, turn-taking dice games.
Each game includes colourful boards, themed cards to cut and collect, a blank template for creativity and clear instructions.
Some themed champion certificates are included to celebrate learning and participation.
This fun Beach Dice Game resource includes four ready-made, brightly coloured beach-themed game boards, each featuring a number path from Start to 13 and Finish.
Designed for EYFS and KS1 learners, children roll a dice and move along the path, recognising, counting, and sequencing numbers as they play.
The game can be played individually or in pairs and is ideal for number recognition, counting on, and simple addition.
Laminated for durability, this resource supports turn-taking, and mathematical talk in a fun and active way.
A planning sheet is included with suggestions of ways of using the game or adding extensions.
This resource, A Day at the Park, features four worksheets designed for EYFS and KS1 learners.
Each page includes four Park-themed dot-to-dot pictures such as a duck, bike, bird and kite, for children to join up and then label.
The activity encourages fine motor development, pencil control, and handwriting practice.
As children complete the images and write the labels, they build confidence in mark-making while also exploring familiar topics, such as Nature, Parks and Gardens, Ourselves, Animals, Where we Live and Journeys out.
This bundle includes four themed sets of dot-to-dot worksheets: A Day at the Farm, A Day at the Zoo, A Day at the Beach, and A Day at the Park.
Each worksheet features four topic-related pictures for children to complete by joining the dots, followed by space to label each one.
Designed for EYFS and KS1, the main focus is on developing handwriting and pencil control skills, while also supporting early literacy and topic vocabulary.
With cross-curricular links to geography, science, and Ourselves, these worksheets are perfect for reinforcing learning through fine motor practice and real-world themes.
This resource, A Day at the Beach, features four worksheets designed for EYFS and KS1 learners.
Each page includes four beach-themed dot-to-dot pictures such as a boat, footprints, sandals, and a crab, for children to join up and then label.
The activity encourages fine motor development, pencil control, and handwriting practice.
As children complete the images and write the labels, they build confidence in mark-making while also exploring familiar topics, such as Holidays, Seasons, Weather, Journeys, the Beach and days out.
10 colour picture cards to cut out showing what you might see under the ocean such as sharks, jellyfish, deep sea divers and eels.
e.g. 4 stingrays and 6 dolphins.
There are number cards to 10 also - these can be cut out and matched to the picture cards.
Links to topics on animals, water, sea, seaside, Oceans and counting to 10.
Cut and laminate for durability and matching games too.
This engaging resource introduces children to six animals found in Africa, through literacy and word recognition activities.
Designed to support reading, writing, and topic work around animals, and the wider world, the pack includes:
Page 1 – A simple rhyming poem with six African animals hidden in the text. Children read the poem, find the animals, and label matching symbol-supported pictures.
Page 2 – A child-friendly word search using the same six animals, with a picture and word key for support.
Page 3 – An answer sheet for easy checking or self-marking.
Ideal for cross-curricular learning, this resource supports early reading, vocabulary building, writing and global awareness. It’s also adaptable for SEND learners with symbol support, clear layouts, and both colour and black-and-white options.
Boardmaker licenced.
This resource includes four thoughtfully designed worksheets for KS1 and SEND children, using simple symbols and visual prompts to help them reflect on the end of the school year and prepare for change / moving on.
The activities encourage children to think about themselves and their experiences, linking to the PSHE themes of Me and Ourselves.
Through speaking and listening, thinking, drawing, writing, and choosing, children explore what they’ve learned, what may change, and their hopes for the next year/future.
The focus on personal growth, emotions, growing up and communication supports a gentle transition while celebrating each child’s unique journey.
Boardmaker Licenced.