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!
Kindness Matters – 8 Meaningful Resources to Promote Kindness in Early Years and KS1
Unlock the power of kindness with this thoughtful and engaging resource pack, designed to support the teaching of empathy, compassion, and positive behaviour.
This 8-piece collection includes reward cards, literacy-based activities, kindness games, and printable “post-it” notes — all crafted to help children recognise and practise acts of kindness in everyday life.
What’s included:
Reward pictures to hand out when children are spotted being kind, respectful, sharing, or being a good friend
A writing activity where children write a sentence for each picture to explain how the child is feeling and why
A prompt to write three acts of kindness they will complete today
Kindness “post-it” notes to write thank-you messages — some heart-shaped, others classic yellow — perfect for handing out or displaying
A bingo-style kindness card to track kind actions in a fun way
A sheet with three boxes for writing different reasons why kindness matters
A writing activity where children explain what they would do in each pictured situation
All activities are open-ended and suitable for whole-class, small group, or independent use
Encourage a culture of thoughtfulness in your classroom with this beautifully designed kindness pack.
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Listening and Understanding Games – Engaging Activities for EYFS & KS1
This carefully designed set includes a selection of interactive listening and understanding activities to help develop children’s attention, comprehension, and verbal processing skills. Ideal for Early Years and Key Stage 1.
Included in the pack:
12 ‘Listen and Reveal’ cards – adult reads instructions aloud, children listen carefully and the card is turned to reveal the answer
8 additional cards with similar listen-and-reveal style activities
Design a Snowman – follow verbal instructions to draw and decorate
Dress the Dog – children listen and respond to how the dog should be dressed
2 activity sheets where children listen to 6-step instructions and draw the correct items onto different objects
Perfect for group or one-to-one work, these games support language development and listening comprehension in a fun and engaging way.
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Mindfulness Worksheets for Early Years & Year 1 – 15 Pages
Support children’s emotional wellbeing with this thoughtful set of 15 mindfulness worksheets designed for Early Years and Year 1 learners. These engaging activities encourage self-awareness, calmness, and kindness through fun, simple tasks.
Included activities:
Senses exploration
Cup of feelings
Favourite things
Breathing exercises
Feeling identification
Partner work
Acts of kindness
Colouring pages
Perfect for classroom use or home learning to nurture mindful habits and emotional literacy.
#MindfulnessForKids #EarlyYears #Year1 #EmotionalWellbeing #MindfulnessActivities #ChildrenWellbeing #KindnessMatters #CalmKids #FeelingsWorkshops #ClassroomResources
Don’t Call Me Sweet – Activities and Flashcards Pack
A creative and engaging selection of activities and flashcards inspired by Don’t Call Me Sweet by Smriti Prasadam-Halls and Angie Rozelaar. This pack supports emotional literacy, character description, and physical development through a fun monster theme, ideal for EYFS and KS1 learners.
Included in this pack:
Physical activity flashcards
Feelings flashcards
Design a monster activity
Describe a monster worksheet
Create your own monster ingredients
Writing frame
Describing words activity
Monster-themed writing frame
Perfect for use in classrooms or at home, this resource set encourages imaginative thinking, descriptive language, and emotional awareness.
Your feedback is very welcome.
#eyfs #ks1 #dontcallmesweet #monstertheme #literacy #feelingsflashcards #creativewriting #describingacharacter #earlyyears #emotions #pshe #handsonlearning #storybasedlearning
Night and Day Sorting Activity
Description: Engage young learners in the concept of day and night with our captivating sorting activity designed to reinforce understanding of these two distinct periods. This resource includes vibrant visuals and hands-on tasks to facilitate active learning and conceptualization.
Activity Components:
Sorting Pictures: Two large pictures—one depicting a serene night scene and the other showcasing a bright daytime setting—are provided as sorting mats. Alongside these mats are 24 small pictures representing various objects, animals, and scenes commonly associated with either day or night. Children are encouraged to place each picture onto the corresponding sorting mat based on whether it belongs to the day or night category.
Cutting and Sticking Activity: Following the sorting activity, children can further reinforce their understanding of day and night by engaging in a cutting and sticking exercise. They are presented with a worksheet containing a mix of pictures representing elements of both day and night scenes. Children are tasked with carefully cutting out each picture and pasting them into the appropriate section of the worksheet—either under the “Day” or “Night” heading.
Benefits:
Reinforces understanding of the concept of day and night.
Promotes visual discrimination and categorization skills.
Encourages fine motor development through cutting and sticking tasks.
Supports hands-on, interactive learning experiences.
This night and day sorting activity is an ideal addition to early years classrooms, homeschooling environments, or as a fun and educational activity at home. Spark curiosity and facilitate meaningful discussions about the natural rhythms of day and night with this engaging resource.
Step into the whimsical world of “The Tiger Who Came to Tea” with our delightful Bingo game, specially crafted for early years learners.
This engaging game features 9 unique bingo boards adorned with 9 charming pictures, inspired by the story, on each board. Additionally, there are 15 calling cards and 28 colourful counters, ensuring hours of fun-filled entertainment for young children.
Our Bingo game is designed to foster literacy skills, visual recognition, and social interaction in a playful and captivating way. As children match the pictures on their bingo boards with the corresponding images called out on the calling cards, they’ll sharpen their observation skills and develop vocabulary associated with the story.
With its vibrant illustrations and easy-to-understand gameplay, “The Tiger Who Came to Tea” Bingo is ideal for use in early years settings, including preschools, nurseries, and homeschooling environments. It promotes cooperative learning, turn-taking, and attention to detail while immersing children in the enchanting world of Judith Kerr’s classic tale.
Bring the magic of “The Tiger Who Came to Tea” to life with our engaging Bingo game, where every round is filled with excitement and adventure!
Perfect for small group activities, literacy centers, or family game nights, this resource is sure to delight children and adults alike. Let the bingo fun begin!
These nursery maths resources inspired by Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? are designed to develop early maths and colour recognition skills through hands-on, engaging activities.
Included Resources
66 Picture Cards
Featuring 11 different pictures, these cards are perfect for creating and exploring repeating patterns.
Animal Colour Cards
Cards displaying animals and their corresponding colours, ideal for teaching colour recognition and for creating a fun memory game.
Colour Clouds
Colourful cloud cards with written colour names for children to match with the colour-themed animal cards.
8 Worksheets
Activities to embed learning, including:
Repeating patterns
Counting exercises
Cutting and sticking activities
Colour-matching challenges
These resources encourage hands-on learning, foster early maths skills, and support colour recognition while engaging children with the vibrant, familiar themes of the story.
#NurseryMaths #EarlyYearsLearning #BrownBearActivities #MathsThroughStories #ColourRecognition #PatternPlay #CountingFun #HandsOnLearning #VisualLearning #EarlyYearsMaths #MathsResources #CreativeLearning #Brownbear #repeatingpatterns
Traditional Tales Sentence Builder Board | Who, Action, What & Setting Cards | Literacy & Speech & Language
Bring storytelling to life with this engaging Sentence Builder Board, designed to spark creativity and language development in early years learners.
This resource features characters from traditional tales that children will recognise and love—making the activity both meaningful and fun. It’s ideal for building silly stories in literacy, encouraging conversation in social groups, or supporting speech and language sessions.
How to Use:
Place the cards into 4 piles (Who, Action, What, Setting)
Children can choose one card from each pile at random
Use the sentence board to build silly, creative sentences
Great for group storytelling, circle time, or independent writing prompts
Includes:
1 story board with 4 sections (Who, Action, What, Setting)
14 Who cards (featuring traditional tale characters)
14 Action cards
14 What cards
14 Setting cards
This resource supports:
Oral storytelling
Sentence construction
Imaginative thinking
Social communication and group engagement
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#TraditionalTales #SentenceBuilder #EarlyYearsLiteracy #SpeechAndLanguage #EYFS #Storytelling #TESResources #CreativeWriting #CircleTimeActivities
Get kids into the Halloween spirit with Spooky Story Prompts!
This set includes 30 colourful picture cards (10 each for problems, settings, and characters) for children to mix and match, sparking endless creative story ideas.
Perfect for encouraging imagination and storytelling, children can tell, draw, or write their spooky tales based on their age and ability.
The resource also includes alphabet cards with high-frequency words and a variety of writing/drawing frames to support early literacy skills.
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#HalloweenActivities
#StorytellingFun
#CreativeWriting
#EarlyYearsLiteracy
#ImaginationBoost
#WritingPrompts
#NurseryAndPrimary
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#PlayBasedLearning
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#TeacherResources
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#EarlyLiteracy
Discover a curated collection of 26 pages of resources designed to enhance the teaching of “Colour Monster” by Anna Llenas. This delightful book provides a unique perspective for young minds to explore and understand their emotions by associating them with colours.
I have put together-
Feelings jar
Feelings fans
Worksheets for literacy
Worksheets on pencil control
Design worksheets
Matching feelings
Teaming up monsters
The list goes on.
Specifically designed for early learners, these resources provide a gentle yet effective platform for children to explore and express their emotions, fostering a foundation for emotional well-being.
Suitable for both classroom environments and homeschooling, these resources can be seamlessly integrated into existing lesson plans or used as standalone tools to enhance emotional learning inspired by "Colour Monster."
Odd One Out Picture Cards – 32 Visual Reasoning Activities
This set of 32 engaging picture cards is designed to develop early reasoning, categorisation, and language skills in young learners. Spread across 4 pages with 8 cards per page, each card displays 4 images — 3 with a shared theme and 1 that’s the odd one out.
Children are encouraged to:
Identify the image that doesn’t belong
Circle it on a worksheet version or
Discuss their thinking in a small group or one-on-one session
These cards are perfect for:
Group discussions to build vocabulary and reasoning
Independent worksheet tasks
Laminated use during child-initiated or free flow time
A simple yet effective way to spark conversation, build confidence, and support early critical thinking.
If you enjoy using this resource, please consider leaving a positive review to help others find it!
#OddOneOut #EarlyYearsThinkingSkills #VisualReasoning #EYFS #SpeechAndLanguageSupport #CircleTheOddOne #PictureSorting #TESResources #GroupActivity #CriticalThinkingForKids #ChildInitiatedLearning
Literacy resources for the book, Dear Zoo, by Rod Campbell.
27 pages of resources include
Matching
Sentence writing
Adjectives on each animal
Letter writing for each animal
Warning labels
Draw an animal and describe
Ordering animals
Labels
Drawing
Word mat
Writing frames
Resources cover lots of the maths curriculum.
Included are-
Counting
More/Less
Height
Weight
Counting to 10
Matching numbers to correct amount
Addition
Subtraction
Measuring
Number bonds
Counting to 8
Doubling
One more and one less
Repeating pattern
A pack of 11 cards, with, Dear Zoo characters on.
All you need to do is print, laminate and use a pack of clothing pegs.
Children place the peg on the choice of 3 numbers to match the amount of animals on the card.
Cards are from 0-10.
A game for 4 players with characters from the book, Dear Zoo, by Rod Campbell.
Each player has a coloured board with 6 pictures on and on the table in the middle are 24 pictures turned upside down. Each player takes it in turns to turn a card to see if it matches to one on their board. The winner is the person to find all their pictures first.
Here is a game for 4 players, based on the characters from the book, Dear zoo by Rod Campbell.
There are 4 boards with 6 pictures on each. There are also matching counters for each players boards and a set of 10 call cards.
A large Selection of resources to go alongside the teaching of the book, Loo Queue.
6 files in total, selling at £8.50, giving you a saving of, £3.50.
Please see each file for full details of each one.
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Speech and Language resources that are tried and tested, and found really enjoyable by the children I work with.
Letter sounds included are, -g, C, D, L, T and S.
Please see each file for a full run down of details.
Editable colour monster name cards
How do you feel today sign
4 feelings signs
Rectangular and Square name cards/drawer labels.
11 rectangular and 11 square labels, each with a different design.
Rectangular and square, drawer labels for children to create themselves
There are 60 labels in total with 15 different monster poses, ready to be coloured in.
26 pages of resources to support the teaching of, Colour Monster by, Anna Llenas. This is a wonderful book that helps little ones think about their feelings in terms of a colour.
I have put together-
Feelings jar
Feelings fans
Worksheets for literacy
Worksheets on pencil control
Design worksheets
Matching feelings
Teaming up monsters
The list goes on.
14 Pages of Love Monster Resources, from the book by Rachel Bright.
Resources are aimed at EYFS level.
Resources included are-
Order by height
5 positional language flashcards
Positional language worksheet
Sorting feelings x2
Describe love monster
Counting x2
Repeating patterns
More/less
Weight
Maze
Letter writing