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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.

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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.
Harvest Buddies Seasonal Workbook
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Harvest Buddies Seasonal Workbook

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A fun, engaging 6-part activity pack designed to support early years and KS1 learners in exploring harvest time, fruit and vegetables, and the changing seasons. This cross-curricular resource links to reading, writing, counting, and fine motor skills. Children will meet five cheerful Harvest Buddy characters – carrot, tomato, pear, apple, and pineapple – through a variety of creative tasks including flashcards, colouring, matching, doodle counting, a simple harvest poem, and a themed word search. Each lesson is easy to deliver with printable worksheets and planning showing clear objectives, instructions and resources needed. Ideal for classroom use, small groups, or homework extensions around seasonal themes. Use as a unit of work or stand alone worksheets / activities.
Celebrations across the Year Count to 5
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Celebrations across the Year Count to 5

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This pack of black-and-white resources links numbers 1 to 5 with a large variety of celebrations and festivals from around the year, ideal for EYFS and KS1 learners. It includes 5 fun counting worksheets for each theme featuring: New Year Chinese New Year Easter Christmas Halloween plus themed counting for Kwanzaa, Eid, Diwali, Bonfire Night, Hanukkah, and Burns Night. Children trace the number words, count and colour the celebration-themed pictures, then circle the correct numeral from 1 to 5. A joyful way to build early number skills while exploring diversity and seasonal events throughout the year. A handy addition to your Maths and RE resource toolbox!
Animal Alphabet Labels   EYFS Classrooms
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Animal Alphabet Labels EYFS Classrooms

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This versatile resource is perfect for EYFS settings and ideal for preparing and personalising your classroom at the start of the new school year. With 30 colour and 30 black-and-white labels featuring animals from A to Z (with some extras and additions like “fox” for X), each card includes an animal linked to a letter of the alphabet. There are 15 cards per page, across 2 pages for each version – colour and black-and-white, allowing children to copy, colour, or decorate their favourite animals in their own creative way. The labels can be used to name trays, books, drawers, pegs, or equipment, and are ideal for helping children recognise their own belongings while also learning animal names and letter sounds. The cards can be sorted by category (wild animals, sea creatures, farm animals, insects, domestic pets), used in matching games, or laminated and enlarged to create vibrant classroom signs and displays. Children can select an animal that corresponds with their name or simply choose a favourite, giving them ownership over their space and boosting early literacy and personal identity in the classroom. This resource supports language development, early phonics awareness, sorting and categorising, fine motor skills, and classroom organisation — all in one fun, animal-themed activity.
3 Summer Holiday Worksheets for EYFS
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3 Summer Holiday Worksheets for EYFS

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This fun 3-page summer-themed resource is perfect for EYFS children. Each page shows 5 familiar holiday items such as sunglasses, a boat, starfish, crab, and a bucket and spade. One set is in colour, the other in black and white. Children draw a line to match each coloured item to its black-and-white version. Then they colour in the black-and-white pictures. Supports early observation, matching, fine motor, and colouring skills with a cheerful summer theme.
Planet Pairs Flashcards Space Adventure
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Planet Pairs Flashcards Space Adventure

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This planet flashcard set is perfect for supporting early years and KS1 learning about space. The resource includes 18 colourful flashcards featuring the planets in pairs (e.g., two Earth, two Jupiter) across three pages with a white background, and the same cards repeated on three pages with a bold black background. The planets are shown clearly but are not labelled, allowing children to focus on visual recognition, comparison, and observation. This also offers a great extension opportunity for more able children to research and name each planet, encouraging reading, enquiry, and science vocabulary. Two bonus creative pages are included with 12 simple, cartoon-style planet outlines for children to decorate or use for inspiration for inventing their own planets — supporting imagination, design, and early writing skills. A teacher prompt card is included with suggestions for using the resource. Whether used in small group games, display work, or creative activities, these flashcards provide a flexible and inspiring way to explore the solar system with young learners.
Looking Back, Looking Forward Worksheets
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Looking Back, Looking Forward Worksheets

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A 3-page activity pack to support EYFS, KS1 and SEND children as they reflect on personal growth and prepare for change. Page 1 invites children to draw or write about: My Favourite Moments, Feeling Proud, Looking Ahead, Special People, My Favourite Subject, and Feeling Sad. This helps them explore emotions, memories, and hopes. Page 2 includes two drawing boxes labelled Looking Back and Looking Forward, with space to illustrate key moments, friendships, goals, or something they’re excited about. Page 3 provides lined space for writing more detailed reflections. Encourage children to think about achievements, challenges, and what they’re looking forward to next. Perfect for end-of-year or transition activities, this resource supports wellbeing, self-awareness, and confidence as part of PSHE or personal development work. Boardmaker Licenced
School is out for Summer Doodle Sheets
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School is out for Summer Doodle Sheets

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Celebrate the end of term with this fun “School’s Out for Summer!” resource! Designed for EYFS and KS1, it includes 2 cheerful doodle sheets perfect for winding down and reflecting on the school year, plus a template sheet for children to add their own pictures and words. This resource supports fine motor development, creativity, and seasonal topic work while giving children a joyful send-off into the holidays. Great for the final week of term!
Four Colour Heart Puzzle Activity KS1
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Four Colour Heart Puzzle Activity KS1

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The Four Colour Heart Puzzle Activity is an engaging resource designed to support children’s understanding of colour, shape, and pattern. The activity begins with an introductory page showing a completed heart puzzle using green, red, yellow, and blue, demonstrating how each of the four pieces can be coloured differently. This is followed by eight activity pages, each featuring four-piece heart puzzles where the first heart is pre-coloured in a unique combination of four colours. Children are encouraged to complete the remaining hearts on each page in the outlined colours. A final challenge page invites children to choose their own four colours to design and colour in four blank hearts. The hearts can be cut out and used as mix-and-match puzzles, allowing children to explore pattern creation and colour combinations. This resource supports fine motor skills, creative thinking, and visual problem-solving, making it ideal for use in art, maths, or themed sessions around feelings, friendship, or even Valentine’s Day or other Celebrations.
Colouring for Easter 21 Worksheets
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Colouring for Easter 21 Worksheets

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This Easter-themed colouring pack includes 7 different Easter items such as baskets, bunnies, chick, and decorated eggs. Each item is presented across three worksheets: • Sheet 1: A black-and-white picture alongside a coloured version – children can copy the colours or choose their own. • Sheet 2: The same item with different colours for children to copy or make their own. • Sheet 3: Two blank black-and-white versions for children to create and colour their own designs. Perfect for EYFS and KS1, this pack supports creativity, colour recognition, and fine motor skills through a consistent and easy-to-follow format and with links to Celebrations, Special Days and Spring.
3 Under the Sea Doodle Sheets
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3 Under the Sea Doodle Sheets

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Under the Sea Doodle Sheets are a fun resource for EYFS and KS1 children. Each of the 3 black-and-white sheets feature friendly ocean creatures and underwater scenes for children to colour in and add their own details. Perfect for themed classroom activities around topics on Seas and Oceans, Water and animals. These sheets can be used during lessons, free play, homework or as calming tasks.
Bluey the Dog Poetry and Worksheets EYFS
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Bluey the Dog Poetry and Worksheets EYFS

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This EYFS resource is based around the playful poem Bluey the Dog, a short, rhyming story about a confused but lovable pet. Children will enjoy listening to or reading the poem, then answering simple comprehension questions to help build their understanding of the text. There is a colouring sheet included and a simple word search featuring key words from the poem (with an answer sheet provided), encouraging early reading and phonics skills. This activity supports a range of early learning, including story and poetry appreciation, comprehension, reading, writing, phonics, and learning about animals and pets. Ideal for group work, guided reading, or independent literacy stations. Licenced Boardmaker symbols included.
My School Adventure Worksheets
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My School Adventure Worksheets

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2 worksheets for young children to support them in preparation for the end of a school year and the start of a new class. There are 2 worksheets and each worksheet has a prompt sheet with suggestions for how to use the worksheets in class. Page 1 - Let’s go on an Adventure - encourages children to think about what they might take with them in their bag that would make them feel happy or safe. Questions are asked such as what children are excited to learn in their new class and who will be going with them. Children can then design a badge to show their adventure. Page 2 - My First Day School Adventure - asks children to draw how they feel on their first day in their new class and how they feel at home time. Children can write about their first day and draw themselves arriving at school and meeting or making a new friend. The resource links to topics on School, Growing Up, Change, Feelings and Ourselves.
Fruit Cocktail Cards and Activity Sheets
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Fruit Cocktail Cards and Activity Sheets

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This resource is designed to support EYFS and KS1 children in learning about fruit through a range of fun and educational activities. Featuring colourful photo cards and a variety of differentiated activity sheets, children will practice naming, tracing, labelling, drawing, and identifying fruits using visual and phonics clues. The pack includes a fruit-themed word search with a picture-based clue system, ideal for developing early reading and vocabulary skills included is an answer sheet so children can check their own work). The resource is perfect for linking to topics on food, plants, and healthy eating. It encourages fine motor development, word recognition, phonics development, writing and discussions around healthy diets in a creative and accessible way.
Make a Thank You Card EYFS and KS1
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Make a Thank You Card EYFS and KS1

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This EYFS and KS1 resource includes 8 colour thank you card templates (2 per page) and a black-and-white version for children to colour and decorate themselves. (The design is the same and the colours are different). Perfect for end-of-year activities or special occasions like Father’s Day, the cards give children the chance to personalise their messages and show appreciation to teachers, family members, or friends. Ideal for developing fine motor skills and encouraging thoughtful communication.
Moving On Question Cards SEND and KS1
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Moving On Question Cards SEND and KS1

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Moving On Question Cards is a versatile PSHE resource designed to support SEND and KS1 children with transitions and emotional expression. It includes 60 colourful question cards using licensed Boardmaker symbols, ready to be enlarged, cut out, and laminated to fill a class jar or discussion box. The cards can be used during whole class circle time, in small groups, one-to-one sessions, or for paired discussions, helping children explore feelings, worries, and hopes as they prepare for a new class. The resource also encourages follow-up drawing or writing based on personal school experiences. To extend its use, a blank 30-card template page is included so children and teachers can create personalised question cards — ideal for class-specific topics or child-led emotional reflection.
Class of 2025 Freebie Doodle Sheet
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Class of 2025 Freebie Doodle Sheet

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Celebrate the end of the school year with this fun and reflective “Class of 2025 Doodle Sheet”, designed especially for young children. This black-and-white printable worksheet features cheerful cartoon children in graduation outfits, holding scrolls and wearing graduation hats — perfect for colouring in! Children can reflect on their own experience by adding drawings, stickers, or thoughts about their time in school or class. The second half of the activity invites children to get creative and design their own “Class of 2025” doodle, making it a personal and imaginative keepsake. Ideal for EYFS and KS1 as a meaningful end-of-year activity, transition task, or class celebration.
Rise and Shine Feelings Worksheets for KS1
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Rise and Shine Feelings Worksheets for KS1

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These Rise and Shine Feelings Worksheets for KS1 begin with a class or group discussion using a colour picture to prompt conversation. Teachers ask simple, reflective questions such as “How do you feel today?” and “What made you smile this morning?” to encourage children to think about their emotions and share their thoughts in a safe, supportive environment. After the discussion, children move on to individual work. Sheet 1 invites them to read and answer questions about their own feelings, promoting self-awareness and emotional expression. Sheet 2 allows children to draw a feelings face, tick how they feel today, and write a short sentence about why. These worksheets link closely to the PSHE themes of Me, Ourselves, and Feelings, helping children to develop emotional literacy and empathy as part of their daily routine.
School Days Activity Sheets & Ideas EYFS
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School Days Activity Sheets & Ideas EYFS

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School Days Activity Sheets and Ideas are designed to support EYFS children as they explore themes of school, change, and themselves. These sheets include activities such as colouring to make pictures of children look the same or different, dot-to-dot tracing to develop fine motor skills, sequencing a school day, and exploring feelings through drawing and talking prompts. An activity ideas sheet is included. The resource encourages children to express thoughts and emotions about school, change, and making friends, linking closely to the EYFS areas of Personal, Social and Emotional Development, Understanding the World, and Communication and Language. It provides opportunities for speaking and listening, early writing, and class discussions, whether used at the start of a new school year, when joining a new class, or reflecting on changes at the end of term.
Design a Shop Front KS1
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Design a Shop Front KS1

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This Key Stage 1 resource, Design a Shop Front, encourages creativity and topic-based learning through role play, art, and design. It includes 8 colourful examples of different shop fronts — shoes, bakery, toys, make-up, butcher, florist, baby, and fruit & veg — presented two per page. These provide visual inspiration and vocabulary support. A final page offers two black-and-white shop front outlines for children to colour and design their own shops, supporting fine motor skills, imaginative thinking, and links to communities and buildings, money, shopping and jobs. Enlarge and laminate shop fronts for a display or to add to role play areas.
Dinosaur Fun Worksheets EYFS and KS1
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Dinosaur Fun Worksheets EYFS and KS1

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Dinosaur Fun Worksheets are perfect for EYFS and KS1 teachers looking to engage children with creativity and matching skills. Page 1 is a fun, guided activity where children design their own unusual dinosaur using simple tips and instructions — ideal for encouraging imagination and creativity. Page 2 features a colourful dinosaur matching activity, where children pair dinosaurs by colour and type. A black-and-white version is also included, allowing children to match and colour the dinosaurs themselves, reinforcing visual recognition and colouring skills.