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A cross curriculum resource to encourage children to discuss, think and write about animals. Here are 15 ideas cards to inspire children to write about animals or make lists. Each of the 5 pages shows 3 colour pictures of collections of animals / scenes e.g. farm animals, birds and bugs. There is space below each of the colour pictures for childrens writing. You may want to cut and laminate the picture cards and add them to your writing corner / table or displays.

A card game for EYFS and / or KS1. There are 5 sets of animal cards. Each sheet has 12 pictures or words on them related to the 12 animals. Sheet 1 - Colour pictures of the 12 animals to cut out 2. Pictures of the animals for children to colour in and cut out 3. Pictures with animal names on to colour in and cut out 4. Pictures of the animals with speech bubbles - children write in the sounds the animals make, colour in and cut out 5. Word cards shoing the sounds the animals make - children can write underneath the words and / or add a picture, then cut out When playing the game, there are 5 cards to match for each animal. This works well as a class or team effort, with children having roles such as colouring in, writing, and cutting out and then playing the matching game.

6 pages showing 6 animals on each with coloured borders. These can be used for a variety of activities: Colouring worksheets Duplicate, print and cut out for matching games Duplicate and use for lotto games Sort the animals into categories such as farm, land, sea etc. Enlarge the cards and use different media such as collage or paint Speaking and listening activities describing the animal for a friend to guess

Eleven different colour designs showing the month of November. Great for your wall or table displays around Autumn /November. Children can also use these to stimulate their imagination for making their own signs.

Here are 5 pages of ideas for helping children to explore using their feet. Superb for both EYFS children and SEND pupils. Each page shows 6 colour pictures or ideas on how children can use their feet to explore. Ideas range from using their feet to play the keyboard, feeling different textures and painting with their feet. Ideas incorporate both natural and man - made materials and resources. For children who are wheel chair bound- bowls, buckets or trays are useful to put your resources into or place materials underneath their feet. Materials such as sand, grass and stones can be wet or dry or even cold or warm. The activities are linked to science and encourage speaking and listening.

Here are 5 colouring sheets. Each one shows a colour version of the foods and a black and white version for children to colour in themselves. Some of the food may be unfamiliar to the children and this makes for speaking and listening and widening their vocabulary. Links to topics on food, healthy lifestyle and colour.

3 pages with 6 pictures of different animals. The backgrounds of each animal picture represent their skin / fur / patterns. Children colour in the pictures of the animals taking into account these patterned backgrounds. Enlarge and children could use paint or collage materials - these pictures then make a lovely classroom display.

Activity sheets based on fruit and vegetables. Colour poster to encourage children to eat their greens - nice for display and a visual aid. Basis of a poster to start children off - they can draw their favourite fruits and vegetables around the character. 18 colour fruits and veg for children to name and label. 4 / 5. 4 lots of fruit/veg to colour in.

4 colour labelling sheets with a Harvest theme. Children can write a word or caption underneath each picture or cut them out, paste and write a sentence or Harvest story.

Here is a simple Winter tale / reading and writing activity. Children can read the text and fill in the missing words. The answers are given in red on the next slide and the pictures around the colour border help children with the words they need. There is a blank border page where children can make up their own Winter tale and use the pictures to help them. Alternatively, they can draw a picture of the Winter tale or a Winter picture of their own. There are also colour flashcards without words and colour flashcards with words that can assist children with their reading and writing.

A matching and sorting activity for KS1 4 sets of cards: Birds Fish Butterflies Bugs There are 4 of each type in black and white and 4 in colour. Children colour the pictures to make them the same as the colour versions. These can be made into flashcards for children to match and sort into the 4 sets or catergories of animals.

12 elephant cards for children to colour in to make them the same as the colour versions. There is also a template for children to draw their own elephants.

3 worksheets of activities where children can: Name and count the plants Colour the plants on each row to make them all the same Colour the plants on each row so that they are all different Make a continuing colour pattern using your colours Children could also cut out the pictures and make them into sets

A set of colouring, counting and naming resources for EYFS with a Nature theme Count how many of each picture and write the numbers Label the Nature pictures or write a caption Name and colour the Nature pictures 4 - 8. 2 large pictures to a page for colouring or flashcards

A data handling resource which shows children examples of circular bar charts. Page 1 - 6 examples of bar charts in percentages Page 2 - Children add the percentage numbers into the circles to show their understanding. Page 3 /4 - Children draw / colour into the outer circles to represent the bar charts e.g. 35% or 5%. Page 5 - Blank template for you or the children to use. Links to Percentages as well as data handling.

A resource for your topics on Homes, Houses, Buildings or Habitats. Sheet 1 shows 12 colour pictures of habitats or homes for children to talk about and label. They can label in different ways e.g. name of or who lives or would stay there. Sheet 2 has 12 sentences and children can read these and find out which habitat or home each sentence refers to e.g. A place loved by spiders but hated by flies would refer to the Web. Sheets 3 and 4 are word banks showing 12 words on each such as names of pictures on sheet 1 or ideas for who might stay or live at each place e.g. the Royal family may live in the Castle. Sheet 5 is a colouring and labelling sheet showing 10 homes or habitats.

5 worksheets to support children learning to recognise and sort plants and animals. The first page is great for discussion and for children to indicate if the pictures show animals or plants (or parts of). They can mark on the sheet with P for plant and A for animal or use 2 colours. Sheet 2 - label the plants and animals. Sheet 3 - write the names of 5 plants and 5 animals in list form. Sheet 4 - colour and label the fruit and vegetables. Sheet 5 - colour and label the animals.

Here is a PPT depicting 7 types of trees. Each slide has a photograph, a leaf and a few facts about the tree. The activity sheets are for recognising the leaves, labelling and colouring. Change the facts or make them more in depth depending on your audience. Extend by taking a field trip and identifying trees in your school grounds or local park / woodland. Collect leaves for in class activities such as leaf prints and observational drawings. Also, bark rubbings are quite nice to do on location.

A Science activity idea linked to States of Matter with a cross curricular literacy element. Children will enjoy matching the pictures to the words and then sorting them into solid, liquid or gas. There are 36 colour pictures and words to match. There are 2 sorting tables - 1 with lines for writing lists and 1 without for pasting pictures.

This resource supports work on Plants, Animals, Habitats, Gardens, Parks and Nature in general at KS1. The first sheet shows 6 cards / words of handy tools needed to be a good garden detective. These can be cut and matched and used to make a cover for the child’s Note or Observation book. Sheet 2 and 3 are recording sheets and sheet 4 shows an example of how the sheet can be used. Great for a field trip to the local park or a nature trail around the school grounds.