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!
Superworm Traditional Bunting Display – Decorative Letter Flags
Elevate your classroom or learning space with this charming traditional bunting featuring letters to spell out Superworm — perfect for creating a vibrant and engaging display!
This resource includes:
Individual letter flags to cut and string together
The exact lettering design used to craft the bunting, ready for easy printing and assembly
Add a touch of Superworm magic to your environment and inspire curiosity and creativity!
If you enjoy this resource, please leave positive feedback to support more creative and engaging learning materials.
#Superworm #ClassroomDisplay #Bunting #EarlyYears #LiteracyDisplay #TESResources #JuliaDonaldson #ClassroomDecor
Chicken Life Cycle – 38 Printable Resources!
Bring the life cycle of a chicken to life with this engaging, hands-on early years resource pack! Perfect for nurseries, preschools, and reception classrooms, these activities will help embed learning through storytelling, role-play, and creativity.
What’s included?
Life cycle sequencing – Log slices for ordering the stages
Tuff tray activities – Large chicken houses with hens for interactive play
Retelling & writing – Blank foldout chicken booklet for storytelling
Creative play – Colour, cut & create stick puppets
Literacy support – A colourful word mat with pictures & initial sound colouring
Interactive learning – A chick headband & a fun chicken rhyme that can include actions
Cut-and-stick activities – Differentiated, order the life cycle of a chicken.
**Designed to support understanding of the world, fine motor skills, and language development, this pack is ideal for spring, farm topics, and STEM learning! **
#EarlyYears #ChickenLifeCycle #FarmAnimals #EYFS #HandsOnLearning #PrintableResources #TuffTrayIdeas #SpringActivities #STEM #Storytelling
These Christmas Jumper Day-inspired printable resources are perfect for children aged 3-5 years, combining creativity, fun, and early learning.
Included Activities
Creative Design:
Design your own jumpers (3 templates).
Design and describe jumpers (3 templates).
Colouring Fun:
12 jumpers to colour.
3 colour-by-numbers sheets.
Maths Skills:
Count the jumpers on the counting sheet.
Continue repeating patterns.
Colour the biggest jumper.
Descriptive Writing:
4 sheets to describe a jumper.
Interactive Games:
15 colourful jumper cards:
Print twice for a pairs or memory game.
Print four times for a game of snap.
These resources are a fantastic way to celebrate Christmas Jumper Day while building creativity, maths, and literacy skills!
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Please see my other resources for more exciting activities, and don’t forget to leave positive feedback – it’s much appreciated!
Your chance to grab of bargain, making each Tuff tray pack less than £1 each. (one pack contains 2 packs) So you’ll b getting 6 Tuff Tray packs for £5.
Don’t worry if you don’t have a Tuff Tray as you can use on a table or the floor.
Lots of fun activities to complete in either the home or the classroom.
As well as activities to help decorate the room, there are also educational worksheets.
Included is-
Colour in & design bunting x3
Invitation
Food list
Design an outfit
Design a crown
If I were king
Colour a crown
Crown to wear
Mini flags
Key code colouring
Union jack colouring
Maze
Paper chain cutting
Paper chain coloouring
11 crowns 0-10, to cut and laminate
Recycling and Environment EYFS Resource Pack | 13 Pages of Activities for Early Years
Description:
Encourage young learners to explore the important theme of recycling and the environment with this engaging 13-page resource pack designed specifically for EYFS. Packed with a variety of hands-on activities, this pack supports early literacy, fine motor skills, and environmental awareness in a fun and meaningful way.
Included activities:
Cutting and sticking exercises to develop fine motor control
Phonics and reading activities linked to environmental vocabulary
Sorting games to classify recyclable materials
Compost making sequencing and understanding how compost works
Mazes with a recycling theme for problem-solving practice
Writing frames to encourage early writing skills
Alphabet letter ordering related to recycling
Word search focused on making the right environmental choices
Cutting along lines to strengthen scissor skills
Ideal for:
Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) settings
Home learning to support environmental awareness
Cross-curricular links with science, literacy, and personal development
Building vocabulary around recycling and caring for the planet
This resource pack is perfect for introducing children to eco-friendly habits while developing essential early years skills.
#RecyclingResources #EYFS #EarlyYears #EnvironmentalEducation #PhonicsActivities #FineMotorSkills #EarlyLiteracy #SustainabilityInSchools
Growing and Changing – 17 EYFS Worksheets on Life Cycles, Growth, and Change
This enriching 17-page pack is perfect for supporting your EYFS learners as they explore the theme of growth and change.
Designed with engagement and understanding in mind, children will enjoy cut-and-stick activities, writing prompts, sequencing tasks, and observation diaries—all linked to key life cycles and natural development.
Activities include:
Ordering the stages of planting and people
Cut and stick statements to match pictures
Writing a statement for each stage of life
Cut and stick life cycles of a hen, frog, and butterfly
Bean diary, chick diary, and sunflower diary templates
These resources support scientific understanding, sequencing skills, early writing, and fine motor development.
Perfect for classroom lessons, group work, or independent learning.
#EYFS #EarlyYears #LifeCycles #GrowingAndChanging #EYFSScience #BeanDiary #ButterflyLifecycle #FrogLifecycle #HenLifecycle #SunflowerDiary #PlantingStages #ChildDevelopment #EarlyYearsResources #CutAndStick #HandsOnLearning #STEMEYFS #FoundationStage
12 Pages of Easter Crafts – Perfect for EYFS & Year 1
This delightful 12-page resource pack is filled with creative Easter-themed craft activities, ideal for young learners in EYFS and Year 1.
Included activities:
Finger puppet bunnies to cut and assemble
Foldable and cut-out Easter baskets
Colouring sheets of eggs for egg hunts or to make colourful egg wreaths
Split pin chick and egg craft for fine motor skills
Easter cards with inserts for children to colour and personalise
All activities are designed to encourage creativity, fine motor development, and seasonal fun — perfect for classroom or home learning. Simply print, cut, and get crafting!
#EasterCrafts #EYFSCrafts #Year1Activities #FineMotorSkills #SpringActivities #SeasonalCrafts #EarlyYears
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
The Last Tree in the City – 33-Page Cross-Curricular Resource Pack (EYFS & KS1)
Inspired by The Last Tree in the City by Peter Carnavas, this carefully designed pack features, hand-drawn illustrations, drawn by myself, to support and enhance the learning experience across literacy, numeracy, PSED, and creative activities.
Suitable for Reception upwards, this 33-page pack includes a wide range of engaging and thought-provoking tasks to deepen children’s understanding of the story’s environmental message and character journey.
Resources include:
Story sequencing
Exploring feelings
Seasons and growth (order by height/growth)
PSED: Who cut the tree? Preferred city? Cheerful places
Labelling activity: Edward saving the tree
Creative: Put yourself in a tree, finger painting, design a poster
Topic links: Why do we need trees? What is the tree now? What is made from a tree?
Literacy: Writing frame, display pictures/flashcards
Numeracy: Numbers to 5, number bonds, repeating patterns, more/less
Maze, season cards, colouring tasks
This pack is ideal for cross-curricular learning and whole-class discussions about nature, emotions, and responsibility.
If you enjoy using this resource, as much as I’ve enjoyed drawing them, I’d love it if you could leave positive feedback – it really supports my work and helps others find it too.
Don’t forget to explore my other story-based and early years resource packs in my shop!
#EYFS #KS1 #TheLastTreeInTheCity #PeterCarnavas #EarlyYearsLiteracy #EnvironmentalEducation #StoryResources #PSED #CreativeCurriculum #CrossCurricular #TESResources #NatureInTheClassroom #OriginalIllustrations
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
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
A class set of 30 challenge cards to use at forest school or just in your outdoor area, garden or park. The cards can be used to help plan forest school activities by choosing a card a week or you could hand out a card to each child.
These cards can be used as they are or mounted onto card and then laminated to help to make them waterproof and wipeable for outdoor use.
The cards are for a wide range of ages, from early years onwards.
Most activities can be completed independently some with adult help and supervision.
20 Pages of Resources to assist teaching within forest school, all with a natural wood effect.
Resources include-
Forest School Rules
Scavenger Hunts x3
Forest School Award
Forest School Kit List and Summer List
A large wooden block Forest School Sign that can be strung together
Other signs include-
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
8 cards, which have been banded within the EYFS Development Matters Framework.
The 1st 4 cards have different senses displayed on.
The 2nd 4 cards are different activities you may do within the garden area.
The cards are in A5 approximately, in size.
Print and laminate to help keep them for longer.
Water Area Display Pack – Raining Ceiling & Umbrella Setup
Bring your water area to life with this creative and engaging display pack! Designed to help create a “raining from the ceiling” effect, this set includes everything you need to transform your space into a captivating and language-rich environment.
Included:
A selection of hand-drawn water-themed pictures
Raindrops containing key vocabulary to match each image
Raindrops designed to be laminated back-to-back and hung from an umbrella or the ceiling for an eye-catching 3D display
This resource is perfect for water play areas in Early Years settings and encourages rich language development while sparking imagination.
#earlyyearsdisplay #waterplayarea #raindropdisplay #umbrellaactivity #classroomenvironment #eyfsclassroom #interactiveclassroom #earlylearning #continuousprovision #eyfsdisplay
King Charles III – A Royal Information Pack for Children (18 Pages)
Explore the life and legacy of the newly appointed King of England with this informative 18-page resource pack, designed especially for children. This easy-to-understand pack introduces young learners to King Charles III through engaging, factual content and simple layout.
Perfect for history topics, British values, coronation events, or royal family projects.
Included in this pack:
Birth
Parents
Grandparents
School
Prince of Wales
Military
Siblings
Children
Wives
Grandchildren
Interests
Author
Heirs
Homes
Passions
King Charles III overview
Family tree
National Anthem
As well as very informative PowerPoint, once printed, this pack is a great addition to classroom displays, guided reading corners, and topic tables. A useful learning tool for early years and KS1/KS2 settings.
#kingcharlesIII #royalfamilyresources #britishmonarchy #historyforkids #ukschools #ks1history #ks2history #earlyyearsresources #classroomdisplay #learningaboutroyalty #kingcharlesfacts #childfriendlyresources
Outdoor & Indoor Nature Adventure Activity Pack
This versatile pack includes engaging activities perfect for both outdoor exploration and indoor fun:
Leaf scavenger hunt
Natural objects hunt
Adventure hunt
Colour as you hunt
Minibeast hunt
Leaf colour hunt
Leaf flash cards for pegging (6 cards)
Physical education flashcards (12 cards)
Designed to encourage curiosity, observation, and movement, ideal for early learners.
#NatureActivities #OutdoorLearning #EarlyYears #ScavengerHunt #ActiveLearning
Craft a buzzworthy Birthday Display with a delightful bee theme.
Personalize your own hive by utilizing three distinct editable honeycombs for the child’s name and date of birth.
Accompanying these are playful bees that can be scattered around, along with a header and an editable section for highlighting today’s birthday child.
Power Point, based on the book from the series of books; Little People Big Minds.
This 4 page power point, is simple and to the point as to not lose the interest of little ones, as does the book.
This is a free product. I am hoping to create more on the rest of the series so please check back in.
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.
FREE August Activity Calendar – One Fun Idea for Every Day!
Looking for simple, screen-free summer inspiration? This FREE printable gives you 31 fun, low-cost activity ideas—one for every day in August!
Perfect to send home with children on the last day of term, it’s designed to keep little ones (ages 3–7) busy, creative, and learning all summer long.
Easy to print
No prep needed
Mix of indoor, outdoor, creative, and active ideas
Great for families, nurseries, or early years settings
Don’t forget to check out my other early years resources — and if you download this freebie, please consider leaving feedback. It really helps!
#freebie #augustcalendar #earlyyears #summerfun #eyfs #screenfreeactivities #earlylearning #tesresources #summerideasforkids #kindergartenfun #homelearning #activitycalendar #preschoolprintables