Resources designed to improve provision and practice in the Early Years Foundation Stage, produced by a Reception teacher. Please email any queries to EYFS_Resources@outlook.com.
Resources designed to improve provision and practice in the Early Years Foundation Stage, produced by a Reception teacher. Please email any queries to EYFS_Resources@outlook.com.
A one page Reading Record for Reception aged pupils, featuring the ‘Development Matters’ reading statements for 30-50 months, 40-60 months and the Early Learning Goal. There is space for teacher comments and logging the dates and books read each week.
In my Reception class we have a reading folder for the whole class. Every child gets one of these sheets either half-termly or termly, to document their progression and to support assessment. Practitioners write comments by the side and date when steps are achieved. Having the Development Matters statements easily to hand helps prompt practitioners to further children’s learning and plan for their ‘next steps’.
One more, one less posters: Number displays to 10.
Each poster is on its own A4 page and features a representation of the number in three different ways - on fingers, as Numicon number shapes and as objects - as well as 1 more and 1 less than that number displayed in the same way. There is also a blank poster for children to complete themselves in continuous provision or as a home learning task.
A comprehensive set of weekly phonic lesson plans, covering all Set 2 sounds. Each weekly plan covers three sounds per week and the plans are fully editable.
Sounds covered are:
ay, ee, igh, ow, oo, oo, ar, or, air, ir, ou, oy.
A selection of Maths resources for use with White Rose planning. We use these alongside our Autumn and Spring term planning. Includes 16 different resources:
Part-whole diagram templates (large)
Part-whole diagram templates (worksheets)
Dot plates to 10
5 frame and 10 frame templates (large and worksheets)
3D Shape Hunt template
3D Shape Nets (cubes, cuboid, pyramid)
Images for sorting into 6, 7, 8
Double-sided counters
Ladybird templates
Numeral and Matching cards 1-10
Weight measurement recording sheets
Calendar templates
Sheep masks (for acting out number bond stories)
Alien characters (for acting out Numberblocks episodes)
Autumn and Spring planning (12 weeks each) are also available for purchase in my store.
Two A4 ‘Check Up’ Forms for a doctors role play, featuring Writing and Maths opportunities, as well as a Prescription form for children to fill out independently.
A simple Powerpoint presentation explaining Chinese New Year to children in the Early Years and Key Stage 1.
Includes:
A brief overview of the traditional Chinese New Year story and the 12 zodiac animals (the ‘Great River Race’);
A simple explanation of why the Chinese calendar is different (based on phases of the moon instead of the sun);
Examples and photographs of common traditions during Chinese New Year celebrations: house decorations, special food/clothes, red envelopes, dragon dances, spring cleaning etc.
A simple Powerpoint animation for use as a timer in the primary school classroom. Children must complete an activity before the jar fills up with marbles (5 minutes). Great for tidy up time in the Early Years, simple classroom activities or for building an understanding of time.
A simple Powerpoint animation for use as a timer in the primary school classroom. Children must complete an activity before the jar fills up with marbles (2 minutes). Great for tidy up time in the Early Years, simple classroom activities or for building an understanding of time.
Two classroom timers (2 minutes and 5 minutes). Children must complete an activity before the jar fills up with marbles. Great for tidy up time in the Early Years, other simple classroom activities or for building an understanding of time.
A ‘cheat sheet’ grid for EYFS practitioners that provides examples of activities for each of the 17 areas of learning within Development Matters. Designed in line with the EYFS exemplification materials, this has proved invaluable within my Reception class. Useful to display on a classroom wall for easy referral for all adults looking to capture evidence for a specific area of learning. Also covers the Characteristics of Effective Learning.
A washing machine front dial for supporting reading and mathematical development in the Early Years. Numbered to 9 with simple symbols and words. Also included are washing instructions - simple sentences to display in the home corner.
Four aeroplane windows for display in an airport/aeroplane role play. Features photographic views of the pyramids in Egypt, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, London and New York.
A complete set of resources for an Airport or Aeroplane Role Play station, designed to support reading, writing and mathematical development within the Early Years. Includes:
Aeroplane windows for display
Arrivals and Departures Boards
Boarding Passes
Flight Attendant Checklist
In-flight entertainment TV screen
In-flight food and drink menu
Pilot and Cockpit controls
Question posters for display
A set of photo display posters for the Home Corner, labelled to support early reading development. Includes rooms of the house (kitchen, living room, bedroom, bathroom, garden) and different types of houses (flats, houseboat, house).
A price book designed for a Bakery role play area. Featuring photographs of various bakery items with visual prices and ways of making the amounts in different ways, using 1ps and 2ps.
A visual playdough recipe and separate ingredients sheet with simple photographs for each step. Designed to enable children to follow the recipe independently.
Boarding passes for use in an airport role play. A reading/writing opportunity to support purposeful role play. Also features a clock for children to draw the hands on to support early mathematical development.
An in-flight entertainment TV screen for display in an airport/aeroplane role play. Great to stick to the back of chairs in an aeroplane role play to give children a realistic in-flight experience and an opportunity to develop their reading skills.
A Powerpoint presentation featuring over 25 different ‘morning task’ activities. We’ve found this really useful to display first thing in the morning – to keep children busy learning as they sit on the carpet during Register time. Children study the scenes independently before we come together and discuss them as a whole class. Also great for those times when you find yourself with a spare five minutes and a classful of children! A selection of activities is provided, including:
*Reading Tasks – children read words and find the corresponding objects hidden in pictures
*Number Hunts – children find hidden numbers in a variety of scenes (1-10/1-20)
*Tricky Word Wordsearches – children hunt for the tricky words hidden (always left > right)
*2D Shape Hunts – children search for examples of 2D shapes in pictures
*Spot the Difference – great for Listening and Attention, Communication and Language skills
Some scenes are more challenging than others, and words in the Reading tasks are fully editable so you can make them more complex as children’s reading skills progress.
Picture Spotters for use in Phonic lessons.
Initial Sound Picture Spotters:
These initial sound posters are filled with objects that start with each letter’s sound. Each ‘sound room’ has at least 10 pictures or objects starting with that sound. We have found these really useful to use at the beginning of Phonics lessons when we are introducing a new sound. All sounds from A-Z are covered. Download includes Powerpoint and PDF versions.
Digraph/Trigraph Picture Spotters:
These digraph/trigraph picture spotters are filled with objects that contain each sound (Phase 3 digraphs and trigraphs and Read Write Inc Set 2 sounds) . Each ‘sound room’ has at least 10 pictures or objects containing that sound. 24 different sounds are included:
ch, sh, th, ng, nk, ai, ee, igh, oa, oo (zoo), oo (book), ar, ur, or, ow (cow), oi, ear, air, ure, er, ay, ow (snow), ir, oy. Download includes Powerpoint and PDF versions.
“What’s in the sound room today?”