Lesson ideas that can be adapted for Early Years, KS1 and KS2. It can be used as a stand alone lesson, series of lessons or great as a whole school project that can be differentiated for each class. They would be great to use as a first week back to school activities or for child mental health week, possibly as ongoing wellbeing lessons. There are activities showing links to certain areas of the curriculum included in this document. The activities can be completed without knowledge of the Colour Monster books but these have been what I have personally used as introductions.

5 sheets of the word maker game. This includes the free worksheet that can be downloaded from my store, as well as 4 others. Perfect for KS2 morning starters or early finisher activities. These can be completed individually, in pairs or as part of a group.

A lesson ideas page and continuous provision page based on the story of The Colour Monster book, but can be linked to another book based on feelings exploration. These are aimed at EYFS/KS1 but can be adapted for older learners. The book would need to be read to the learners prior to the activities being completed. There are no worksheets included in this, just a list of possible ideas and CP areas.

A document of activities that are Hungry Caterpillar themed, for provision areas in EYFS/KS1 (there are more included in the document, than shown in the preview image). There is also a list of lesson ideas linked to the Hungry Caterpillar book, so you could use this to help create a series of lessons with progression.

A wellbeing reflection worksheet with aims of supporting a boost in self-confidence and self-belief. It can support mindfulness.

A worksheet for learners to match number names to the numerals.

A Castle fact file worksheet/template (no lesson plan included). This is perfect for the early years or KS1 learners. This includes area to draw a picture of a castle, the sections highlighted in the picture overview, as well as an area to write a fun fact.

This lesson plan and worksheet based on a castle fact file is perfect for the early years or KS1. It is ideal if you have already been exploring castles as your topic.

This document highlights how the ladybird outline can be used for maths, including odd and even numbers, halving, doubling, and doubling as repeated addition. This document also includes the ladybird outline that is needed for the lesson/activity ideas.

This worksheet can be used for children to complete a shape hunt around the school, to find shapes in the environment around them. This includes 6 2D shapes. The space at the bottom of the sheet can be used as you wish, but some ideas include getting the children to draw other shapes they find in the environment, or to create tally charts.

Summer tags that say “Have a great summer. It’s been great being your teacher” which could be given as a token to your class at the end of term, or put onto a small gift e.g. pack of sweets.

A wellbeing check-in for children who are able to independently write their feelings and ways that you can help them. This worked particularly well in my KS2 classrooms and allowed children to communicate something that could possibly help them feel better.

Realistic pictures on a minibeast descriptive sentences worksheet. This allows learners to see the actual pictures of the minibeasts (ladybird, bee, caterpillar, spider, snail).

A minibeast descriptive sentences worksheet with cartoon pictures of the minibeasts (ladybird, bee, caterpillar, spider, snail).

A word mat to support learners’ spelling of the names of 12 minibeasts. Real images of the minibeasts are used as this can support learners’ understanding of what each one really looks like.

A library scavenger hunt aimed at KS2 pupils to look for various books in a library (school or local library).

A senses walk worksheet with sentence stems of “I can hear …” etc with an image of an ear. This can be used to: teach about the senses support writing a senses poem or story support a mindfulness activity.

Colour splats with the Welsh colour names on. These would be perfect for a range of uses including; displays word mats print two copies to create a pair game use in continuous/enhanced provision for colour matching (match every day items to the colour splats).

This document contains 3 worksheets for shape hunts. The learners could use these to find shapes in natural environments e.g. a rectangle in a window or a football as a sphere. This includes; a mixed 2D and 3D shape hunt worksheet (12 shapes) a 2D shape hunt worksheet (6 shapes and half the sheet is empty so learners could draw pictures of what they find) a 3D shape hunt worksheet (6 shapes and half the sheet is empty so learners could draw pictures of what they find).

Welsh weather matching worksheet. Learners need to match the images to the Welsh phrase for the weather.