Here you will find a great set of comprehension activities for young learners. Starting with photographs and illustrations 20 pages in total to download, to encourage children to look at detail in the pictures and prompt discussion. Imaginative ideas can come from discussing and thinking carefully about what is happening in a picture. Children can then draw their own interpretation of what will happen next and explain it. A great tool to encourage information retrieval and confidence with ideas and imagination. Also included are 3 short comprehension activities, with short simple sentences, to not overwhelm new readers with difficult text and language. The comprehension is the key function of these activities, to develop tools to find and fetch information and understand what has been read. Putting children at the core of their learning…

These are great colourful resources to allow children to follow 2 step patterns. Copy the patterns by using shape counters, by drawing/colouring or by cutting and sticking the included shapes. Also included are ‘continue 2 step pattern sheets’ which children have to work out what will come next to complete the grid.

This is a set of resources for the History Topic of Toys Past and Present in KS1. There is a gorgeous animated Powerpoint which is very child friendly with a bear telling the story, for young learners to relate to. Also included are comparison sheets to allow children to make comparisons between toys now and in the past. There is a word mat with key words to support the topic, old and new toy posters and a cut and stick sorting activity. Fantastic set of resources to support this topic. Putting children at the core of their learning.

This is a great activity pack to cover the Geography topic of ‘Our Local Area’ in KS1. There is an animated, interactive powerpoint created in a very child friendly format, to engage and inspire learning. Also included are I spy sheets, to encourage young children to look carefully around their local area to see what they can find. A checklist and some drawing activities and address writing. A lovely bundle of teaching resources to put the love back in learning.

This is a fantastic bundle of resources to support the teaching of the history topic Anglo Saxons. The collection of activities includes a powerpoint presentation which is child friendly, giving the important information, without being text heavy. To compliment the presentation we have included a research task to enable children to use their findings to create their very own news report. To really get the most out of this topic, there is also a diary entry activity, which encourages the children to use the information they have found and the key points they have learned from the powerpoint, to put themselves in the shoes of a Briton being invaded by the Anglo Saxons. How would they have felt? To finish off, we have also included a design a shield activity in the style of those used by the Anglo Saxons. Putting the love back in learning…

These gorgeous Climate Change activities have been designed to give children information about how Global Warming is affecting the Arctic and the animals. They have been created by teachers in very child friendly language, to engage, inspire and enthuse children in their learning. There is a powerpoint presentation on the arctic and the polar bears and a second powerpoint presentation on how the different changes in climate around the world are affecting the animals and nature. Also included is an arctic polar cooking book activity pack and some arctic science activities. There are also poster templates to encourage children to be creative in their awareness posters, which are also great for assessing learning. A fantastic bundle of activities to really support the teaching of climate change in key stage one (7 activities to download in total).

These great vocabulary cards provide key vocabulary and a short description to give learners a better understanding of the Viking topic. A fantasic support for spelling and writing tasks, can be used as a stimulus to aid writing for groups, individuals or as a display| Viking Vocabulary Please try all our FREE resources including 2 ready to go powerpoint presentations, so you can sample the fantastic colourful and user friendly media available. https://applefortheteacher.co.uk/downloads/free-resources/ If you like what you see and would like to be part of our growing Apple community please choose one of our 3 annual subscriptions https://applefortheteacher.co.uk/subscriptions/ Apple for the teacher resources have been designed by experienced teachers for assisting home educators, parents, SEN and primary teachers including NQT’s with assessment and lesson resources. Please join our growing community of Apple for the Teacher members at one of our social media groups, so others can enjoy the experience you have had. facebook Twitter Linkedin Instagram Youtube Apple for the teacher Ltd Educational resources – putting children at the core of their learning

PPT story writing support characters powerpoint presentation for English Writing. A fantastic Year 3,4,5 and 6 powerpoint presentation to give information on story writing support characters in a child-friendly way, 20 fantastic slides support learning by providing a true visual understanding of the link between the characters and the story. Key information is written to engage and increase levels of understanding. This teaching resource is complimented with story writing support characters related lesson PDF files, which are available to download separately in the <a href=“https://applefortheteacher.co.uk/download/story-writing-support-character-description-activity/” rel=“noopener” target="_blank">english writing category</a> or related resources below. <strong>An abstract from this resource. - </strong>- How old? Do they have a secret? * What do they look like? * What type of personality do they have? * Do they have any special powers/talents? * What do they like? * What do they dislike? <em>Apple for the teacher resources have been designed by experienced teachers to assist Home Educators, Parents, SEN and Primary Teachers including NQT’s, with assessment, lesson ideas and educational teaching resources. Please join our growing communities of Apple for the Teacher members at one of our social media groups to link and share ideas with other educational professionals and parents. <a href=“http://www.applefortheteacher.co.uk” rel=“noopener” target="_blank">Apple for the teacher Ltd</a> Educational resources – putting children at the core of their learning

This is a fun game to encourage children to use more adjectives in their writing and to form proper sentences. Make your way around the pirate board, pick up a card to see what treasure you have found. Write a simple or an expanded noun phrase to match the card selected. A great literacy game for young learners.

This fun maths activity provides learners with an explanation of how square numbers work. Giving them the tools to colour in the required amount of squares, to give a visual of what a square number actually is| square numbers Please try all our FREE resources including 2 ready to go powerpoint presentations, so you can sample the fantastic colourful and user friendly media available. https://applefortheteacher.co.uk/downloads/free-resources/ If you like what you see and would like to be part of our growing Apple community please choose one of our 3 annual subscriptions https://applefortheteacher.co.uk/subscriptions/ Apple for the teacher resources have been designed by experienced teachers for assisting home educators, parents, SEN and primary teachers including NQT’s with assessment and lesson resources. Please join our growing community of Apple for the Teacher members at one of our social media groups, so others can enjoy the experience you have had. facebook Twitter Linkedin Instagram Youtube Apple for the teacher Ltd Educational resources – putting children at the core of their learning

These are great vocabulary building activities to support learners in being creative with their vocabulary. Encouraging them to magpie ideas to use in their own writing. Images are used to inspire ideas in order to use creative writing skills to write a detailed setting paragraph. Settings included are beach, forest, desert and city. Suitable for LKS2 Year 4 to develop writing skills. Put the love in learning!

These games are fantastic for supporting children in their understanding of money. They need to work out the values that coins can be added up to in order to fill their cards. Two of the activities are based on giving change, the other game is matching coin values to the prices of the items. Giving children the tools to learn in a fun way.

A lovely child friendly powerpoint presentation explaining about mosaics and how to make them. The activity which is also included has all the instructions to allow children to create a mosaic of their own. Putting children at the centre of their learning…

This is a great engaging activity to assess and teach early comprehension skills. Read the instructions and complete the task. Cross curricular to link with prepositions. Great for EYFS, children with SEN and KS1 children.

This is a lovely interactive powerpoint to teach about one of the figurative language techniques used - personification. Some great examples in a child friendly powerpoint presentation, with participation encouraged. Also included are some images and vocabularly for children to come up with their own personification sentence ideas to describe the images. A lovely activity to support KS2 children in understanding what can be a tricky concept of english language.

These lovely resources have been designed for children who need a little extra support with learning. The powerpoint presentation retells the story in a very child friendly way, to encourage participation and engagement throughout. The activities are designed for children working at pre-key stage (p levels), allowing them to focus on letter to letter matching and word to picture matching as well as sensory activities. A fanatastic bundle of resources to put the love in learning and provide a deeper learning experience for a story…

These posters enhance a KS2 literacy display, giving learners a visual prompt of words to use for co-ordinating conjunctions, which should be added to join words, phrases and clauses. Also included is a FANBOYS word mat, which can be used for individuals or groups to provide an independent reminder.

These are gorgeous resources to suit children with Special Educational Needs working at Plevels and children in KS1. The handprint mats are designed to be made sensory allowing children to touch the different materials to compare with a range of objects. The recording sheets for several properties are included with the choice of taking photographs of own objects or using the pre-printed objects. Also included are sections to stick in to show different properties of objects if writing is difficult. Putting the love in learning.

This is a full bundle of activities including baking ideas, newspaper report, cave painting, house comparison ICT activity and 4 informative, child friendly powerpoint presentations on each of the ages including an extra stone age powerpoint on Skara Brae. A fantastic resource to support children in these historical time periods. 11 different resources in total…

This is a great selection of teaching resources to put the love in learning of this history topic. 9 activities in total, from a child friendly powerpoint giving information on Vikings, a design activity based on a longboat creation, rune alphabet puzzles and posters, a Viking timeline activity, a comic strip plan, Viking vocabulary and definitions, an activity to discuss what it feels like to move home, to put themselves into the shoes of the Vikings and a true/ false activity sheet. All of this to put children at the centre of their learning.