This a set of planning and activities that includes learning objectives, resources and assessment. It uses Boardmaker symbols and is suitable for EYFS, KS1 and SEND pupils. Boardmaker licenced. The planning is based on the delightful book by Julia Donaldson. ‘The Hippo has a Hat’. The activities link to literacy - story, rhyme and handwriting. They also link in well with animals and clothing for your topic work. Activities include: Rhyme recognition and word matching, word tracing and drawing, creative arts and drama. You can use the planning and resources for a complete lesson or unit of work or dip in to Story sessions.

A complete lesson with planning and resources included, with a phonics theme. Planning includes objectives, resources, activities, assessment and homework. There are 2 pages of colour picture cards using symbols. There is a set of alphabet cards to be cut and laminated. There are 2 black and white worksheets where children write the CVC words under the pictures and colour them in. There is also a template worksheet, where children can draw and write CVC words and pictures. Boardmaker licenced.

10 worksheets in this collection using symbols. Suitable for KS1 and SEND pupils. Links to phonics, handwriting and writing. Each worksheet shows 12 pictures with the vowels underneath. Children trace over the letters and add the missing vowels to make the CVC words. These sheets encourage thinking skills and speaking and listening. Boardmaker licenced

A pack of resources around the theme of Change. Suitable for EYFS / KS1 and SEND pupils. Boarmaker licenced. Page 1 is a sample planning sheet Page 2 is the actual planning sheet and includes LOs, Cross curricular links, resources, conclusion, assessment, extension, introduction and lesson / activity ideas. Included are 9 colour pages of flashcards showing change and supporting the activities in the planning overview. These cover Change in respect of animals, household objects and transport as well as food and clothing. The final sheet is a sequencing template that also links to planning. Cut and laminate the cards for matching, comparing and contrasting activities which link to history and science.

This resource contains a planning sheet with a unit of work for you to use or select lessons or activities from. Planning includes LOs, assessment, resources, activity ideas, curriculum links etc. Suitable of EYFS/ KS1 and SEND. Symbols are used - Boardmaker Licenced. The resources come in black and white and are replicated in colour. There is a poster showing a collection of things that make sounds to discuss and use for a stimulus for further activities. There are 13 worksheets each showing 8 symbols of things that make a sound such as a whistle or a car crash. Children write under each picture the activity or a word that might describe the sound e.g. an ‘accident’ or ‘crash’. Introduce children to the concepts of Sounds all around and that of onomatopoeia.

A 13 page resource pack with a Garden theme. Links to Outdoor Learning, Science, Plants and Animals, nature, reading, writing, handwriting, numbers to 10 and poetry. Pages 1,2 and 3 show colour cards using symbols. Children can count, cut and order from 1 to 10. They can also match the numbers and number words to the pictures. Pages 4 to 7 show colour flashcards of the objects seen in the maths sheets and found in the garden. Cut and duplicate (and laminate) for matching games, and to add to your displays. Page 8 is a colouring sheet showing black and white pictures of all of the symbols in the garden. Pages 9 to 12 show handwriting sheets where children read the sentences, trace them and match them to the correct black and white symbols. Page 13 is an original poem - Rosie’s Garden. Share the poem and children can then draw Rosie’s garden. They could also underline rhyming words and / or words related to the garden symbols. Choose from the resources to make several lessons on the Garden theme. Boardmaker licenced.

This resource contains images of activity ideas. These activity ideas can support children with handwriting and fine motor control. They give the staff or parents working with the children ideas too which are sometimes hard to find or come up with. 8 sets of colour activity card sets are included here. These cover: Fine motor isolation skills e.g. using a finger to finger paint Releases e.g. adding a brick to a tower and releasing Grasps e.g. pincer or spherical Hand and finger manipulation e.g. working with puppets Hand strengthening e.g. cutting out or pouring Hand Eye coordination e.g. target work or threading Left/Right awareness e.g. following directions Crossing the midline e.g. tennis or finger rhymes Each set of cards is a different colour so that staff and children can identify the skills they are or need to work with/on. The cards can be cut out and used for labels for collections of fine motor skills activities. They can be used on a choosing board for children to have a say in their own learning and activities.

*Licenced to use, produce and sell resources using Boardmaker symbols. A resource designed with SEND pupils in mind that works well too, for KS1 children. There are 20 different topic boards using colour Boardmaker symbols. Each board has 10 symbols - 2 rows of 5. Topics covered are: Toys, Buildings, Chocolate, Clothes, Days of the Week, Family, Farm, Feelings, Take away food, Garden, Going for Gold, Growing up, Holidays and Celebrations, Journeys, Keeping Healthy, Under the Sea, Transport, Weather, Shopping and Space. The resource can be used in different ways: a visual aid; to encourage speaking and listening and communication; introducing a new topic or topic vocabulary; cutting out and adding to work or making worksheets;duplicating and playing matching games;adding to displays and much more.

*Licenced to use, produce and sell resources using Boardmaker symbols. A set of time saving symbols for using with SEND pupils or KS1 as visual aids. The set includes 210 symbols on 14 boards. Use as boards or cut out for individual cards to laminate and velcro onto your own boards or pupils’s individual communication boards. There are colour and black and white versions of the symbols. Enlarge for flashcards or add to maths displays. The set includes numbers to 20, colours, shapes, size, order, time and capacity symbols. Useful for maths teachers and teaching assistants, parents and cover teachers.

This resource consists of six worksheets aimed at Key Stage 1 and SEND children, focusing on the initial sounds of the letters S, A, T, P, I, and N. Each sheet features a list of 20 words and corresponding symbols (licensed by Boardmaker), designed to help children associate sounds with images. The worksheets are available in both colour and black-and-white. Children are tasked with matching the words to the right symbols and can either tick off the words as they find them or write the word’s number next to the correct picture. This activity set supports learning in phonics and reading. To extend the use of the resource you may want to laminate the colour sheets and children can use dry markers with these in the writing corner.

A complete workbook full of engaging and bright resources to encourage Mindfulness and support children with their emotions and emotional regulation. Suitable for PSHE lessons for Primary children, for play therapists, teachers or counsellors working with children 1:1 or in small groups. Useful ideas too, for parents to carry out at home. The workbook contains an activity for each letter of the alphabet. Page 2 gives an index. Page 3 is for children to create their own mindfulness index or to use as an assessment sheet, children write on the pages that they have completed and the dates. Adults could initial. Activities range from making a dream cloud mobile, painting emotion faces on stones to making a ‘First Aid kit’ to feeling better. The workbook can be used as a unit of work or individual activities.