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, youâll 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, youâll find everything you need to create new lessons that stand out.
2 sets of cards to cut out showing numbers to 16 and number words.
Children can match the words and pictures, order the numbers and use for maths activities such as addition or counting.
Extend by asking children to mark out numbers in black or coloured sand or using chalk on black sugar paper.
Flashcards showing numbers and number words from 1 to 20.
Cut out, laminate and use as visual aids, for assessment, ordering numbers.
Duplicate for matching games.
An activity for children learning to count to 8
3 sets of cards showing:
numbers to 8
number words to 8
shapes to 8
Children can colour in, cut and match.
A counting and matching card activity for children learning to recognise, read and order numbers and number words to 12.
Cut out the cards and laminate for durability and practical activities.
Recognising and matching numbers and number words to 10.
4 sets of tags or labels with numbers and number words.
Use for matching numbers and words or to add to collections of objects up to 10.
Here is a template for February 2021 that children can illustrate or add images or photographs to.
There is an example here to share with them which may give them some ideas of their own.
Children can research the dates of special days in March and add them to the calendar for March 22. They can draw a picture for each event.
Nice little back to school activity after half term!
3 pages of cut out cards showing fruit machines where there are 3 numbers.
Cut out the cards and laminate and use as flashcards or use single sheets as worksheets.
Children add together the 3 numbers.
Numbers are up to 18.
There is a blank template included that you can use to make more flashcards or to differentiate for higher / lower abilities.
12 colour cards on 2 worksheets where children count the apples on the trees and write the numbers in the boxes.
Use as 2 worksheets or cut out the cards, laminate and add to your number corner with dry markers.
The Four Colour Heart Puzzle Activity is an engaging resource designed to support childrenâs 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 Valentineâs Day or other Celebrations.
This printable 3-page colouring resource is perfect for supporting early shape and colour recognition in a fun, creative way. Designed for EYFS and KS1 children, these black-and-white worksheets link to 2D shape learning and offer opportunities for mark-making, drawing, and colouring.
Whatâs included:
Squares and Circles Page â Children colour in a mix of squares and circles in different sizes, helping to reinforce shape identification.
Hearts and Your Own Shapes â Children colour the pre-drawn hearts and use the open space to draw and colour their own 2D shapes.
Design Your Own Shape Picture â A blank template encourages children to be creative: they can draw and colour their own patterns or shape-based designs.
How teachers can use this:
⢠As a time filler activity during transitions or quiet time
⢠For homework linked to 2D shape revision
⢠As a creative end-of-term maths task
⢠For fine motor development and expressive drawing in maths or art cross-curricular learning
⢠For SEND or early finishers who benefit from open-ended visual tasks
3 worksheets showing basic 2D shapes.
Circles
Triangles
Diamonds
Children can name the shapes, trace the dot to dots and colour in the shapes on each page.
This resource includes seven worksheets designed for KS1 (and EYFS), featuring colourful symmetrical flower patterns.
Each worksheet presents a fully coloured flower alongside a black-and-white version for children to recreate by following the colour-by-number system (numbers 1, 2, and 3).
Children can either use the three suggested colours or choose their own. The final page includes a blank black-and-white flower for free colouring and one with numbered sections to guide their creativity further. Perfect for enhancing symmetry, colour recognition, and fine motor skills!
This activity is designed for KS1 children to practice recognising and working with shapes (circles, triangles, and diamonds) and numbers under 20.
Use as a complete lesson or as an assessment tool of learning.
Children will read and follow simple instructions, such as finding shapes with certain numbers, colouring them in specific colours, and performing basic addition and comparison tasks. Children can work together if preferred.
The activity encourages lots of thinking skills e.g. identifying odd and even numbers, comparing values, and following directions.
The activity is interactive, allowing children to share their work, discuss their strategies, and mark each otherâs answers.
A completed sheet is provided for reference.
A popular number rhyme to share with your children. Let them count the fish as you go along.
There are 2 activity sheets:
Colour and count the fish. Sort into 2 types.
Colour and cut out the fish and order from 1 to 10.
âBeware Halloween Road Signsâ is a fun KS1 resource that blends Halloween excitement with lessons on road signs and shapes.
The pack includes two sets of signs: eight circular designs, such as âNo Turning Backâ, âPumpkin Patch Aheadâ and âKeep Your Eye on the Road!â with a creepy eyeball, teaching the purpose of informational signs.
The six triangular signs feature spooky warnings like âGhosts Above You,â âHaunted House Ahead,â and âWatch Out for Little Red Devils,â introducing children to the idea of cautionary signs.
The resource also provides blank templates for both shapes, encouraging children to design and colour their own Halloween-themed signs.
Children can think of and write spooky matching phrases to signs.
These activities promote shape recognition, creativity, and fine motor skills while setting a festive classroom atmosphere.
Enhance your classroom with these creative number cards (1-8), available in colour designs and matching black-and-white versions.
The resource links teaching counting, sequencing, and number recognition to art and design.
You could enlarge the cards for children to paint and add to a number display.
The included template invites children to explore their creativity by designing their own numbers with colours, patterns, and unique artistic expressions, making Number both educational and fun!
Suitable for EYFS and KS1.