Inspired by “Dear Zoo” by Rod Campbell Bring the classic story Dear Zoo to life in your Early Years classroom with this engaging, hands-on resource pack! Perfect for Reception and EYFS settings, this comprehensive bundle supports literacy, fine motor skills, movement, and early maths through fun, story-linked activities. What’s Included: Animal Movement Cards (8 cards) Encourage gross motor skills and storytelling as children imitate the movements of the story’s animals. Trace and Colour Worksheets (8 A4 sheets) Each sheet features a simple outline of an animal to trace and colour, plus the animal’s name in lowercase for early writing practice. Cut and Paste Activity Children cut out the animals and match them to the correct box with its name — great for developing scissor skills and word recognition. Bingo Game (20 cards) A fun small-group activity! Each bingo card features six different animals from the story. Line Tracing Sheets Help the animals find their way back to their crates by tracing simple paths — perfect for pre-writing skills. Display Labels and Word Cards Adjective cards (for describing animals) Animal picture cards Name and image cards Each set follows a colour-coded border system (e.g. all lion-related labels share the same colour) to support sorting and display organisation. “What Am I?” Guessing Game Children look closely at magnified sections of animal images (textures and patterns) to guess which animal it is — encourages observation and language development. Animal-to-Crate Matching Game Match each animal to its correct crate, reinforcing story recall and vocabulary. Size Comparison Activity (3 differentiated sheets) Support early maths and comparative language with prompts such as “The heaviest animal is the…”. Counting Activity Count the number of legs on each animal, represent it in a ten frame, and write the numeral in the box. Clip Cards (1–10) Strengthen counting and fine motor control with themed clip cards featuring animals from Dear Zoo. and 13. Movement Dice (A4 & A3) Children explore how their bodies move in different ways, becoming more aware of space, speed, and shape. Skills Covered: Story sequencing and recall Early writing and letter recognition Fine and gross motor skills Counting and number representation Descriptive language and comparison Observation and problem-solving Body Awareness Gross M Perfect for: EYFS / Reception classrooms Literacy and story-themed centres Whole-class, small-group, or individual learning A creative and comprehensive way to explore “Dear Zoo” — combining movement, storytelling, literacy, and maths in one delightful pack! Updates: 09/12/2025: The resources Dear Zoo Movement Dice (A4) and Dear Zoo Movement Dice (A3) were added. If you like this pack, check out: Guess the animal - Dear Zoo (Canva template + PDF)

A fun set of playdough face mats and emotions activities designed to support fine motor development, creativity and early understanding of feelings. This pack includes 10 different blank face mats, featuring a variety of skin tones, hair colours and hairstyles. Children can use playdough to create facial features, make themselves, design different characters or explore different facial expressions. Also included is an emotions reference mat featuring 6 different feelings: Happy Sad Angry Excited Confused Worried Children can use the emotions mat as inspiration to recreate different expressions on the blank faces, providing opportunities to talk about feelings, facial expressions and what might make us feel different emotions. Perfect for: EYFS PSED and emotions work All About Me topics Fine motor activities Playdough provision Continuous provision First weeks at school Feelings and wellbeing activities For repeated use, simply print and laminate the face mats before using with playdough. An easy, low-prep addition to your playdough or PSED provision that can be used throughout the year.

Make learning phonics fun and hands-on with this Beginning Sounds Peg Wheel! Designed for Phase 2 Phonics (Sets 1–3), this engaging printable activity helps young learners identify and match initial sounds through play. Each wheel features a focus sound in the centre (for example: s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k), surrounded by colourful picture clues. Children simply use pegs or clips to mark the pictures that begin with the matching sound, encouraging fine motor skills, phonemic awareness, and independent learning. Perfect for: • EYFS and Reception learners • Phonics centres or literacy rotations • Home learning or small group activities • Teachers, tutors, and parents What’s Included: • Printable peg wheels for Phase 2 (Sets 1–3) • Clear sound labels for each wheel • Instructions for printing and setup How to Use: Print, cut, and laminate the wheels for durability. Provide children with pegs or clips, then watch them listen, look, and match as they build confidence with beginning sounds!

Ideal for sentence building, grammar, reading, and early writing skills. This engaging farm-themed sentence snip activity helps children practise building simple sentences by cutting, arranging, and reading farm animal sentences. Perfect for developing early reading, grammar, and sentence structure. Children rearrange the mixed-up words to form correct sentences, supporting their understanding of capital letters, spacing, and full stops in a fun, hands-on way. Includes: Printable farm sentence snip worksheet (PDF) Multiple farm animal themed sentences (6 different animals) Cut-and-build sentence strips Child-friendly, clear layout Ready to print and use Supports development of: Sentence structure Early reading skills Grammar understanding Capital letters and full stops Word order awareness Fine motor skills (cutting and arranging) A fun and effective resource to help young learners build confidence in reading and writing simple sentences through engaging farm-themed activities.

Leaf Man Inspired Early Years Resource Pack – 28 Pages Bring the magic of Leaf Man into your classroom or home learning with this 28-page printable activity pack, designed to support maths, literacy, and creative development in the early years. Packed full of engaging, hands-on activities, this set encourages children to explore autumn themes, develop fine motor skills, and build early learning foundations through play. What’s Included: Creative & Fine Motor Activities: Colour mixing activity Wax crayon leaf rubbing Follow a wavy line with a pencil Trace along a leaf outline and colour in Create your own Leaf Man from real leaves Design a Leaf Man worksheet Literacy & Writing Activities: List writing task Describing Leaf Man Speech bubbles Rhyming – draw a line from picture/word to match Acrostic poem using the word LEAF Postcard writing Missing poster for Leaf Man Maths & Thinking Skills: First, Then, Now counting with leaves Positional language (leaf to pumpkin) Repeating patterns with leaves Colour in the group showing more/less Counting leaves Ordering leaves from smallest to largest (cut and stick) Sorting leaves into two groups (child’s choice) Sorting leaves to represent the numbers 1 and 2 12 bright leaf cards – count the spots and peg the correct number (1–3) Puzzles & Extras: Fun maze activity to trace Leaf Man’s journey This resource set is perfect for autumn-themed topics, storybook-inspired learning, or enhancing continuous provision with creative, cross-curricular activities. Children will love the mix of hands-on crafts, early maths challenges, and imaginative literacy tasks. #LeafMan #EarlyYears #EYFS #AutumnActivities #EarlyYearsLiteracy #EarlyYearsMaths #StorybookLearning #TESResources #PrintableActivities #LeafActivities

Make counting fun with these colourful Bonfire Night maths mats! Stack the Fireworks is a hands-on early maths activity that encourages children to recognise numerals and build towers using the correct number of Multilink cubes. Children look at the number on each firework rocket and carefully stack the corresponding number of cubes alongside it. This simple, engaging activity is perfect for developing early number skills through practical learning. What’s included? 3 colourful Stack the Fireworks activity mats Rockets displaying numerals from 1–10 Three different designs to keep children engaged A Bonfire Night theme featuring colourful fireworks and rockets Skills developed Number recognition to 10 Counting and one-to-one correspondence Matching quantities to numerals Developing early number sense Fine motor control and hand-eye coordination Concentration and independent learning Mathematical vocabulary Perfect for EYFS Nursery and Reception Bonfire Night continuous provision Early maths activity tables Small-group maths sessions Independent learning challenges Practical counting activities

Can your class tap the beat? Use this ready-made KS1 activity and have fun exploring a new way to emphasise learning the pulse in music.

Fun with Toys for EYFS Children is a colourful, practical resource designed to support learning through the familiar topic of toys. Suitable for EYFS, it combines speaking and listening, early handwriting and counting to 6 in a range of simple activities. The pack includes a full-colour toy poster and a black-and-white version for colouring, plus colour and black-and-white toy pictures with dotted words for children to trace/write. There is also a set of simple questions for teachers to encourage observation, vocabulary and discussion, including clue questions such as “Which toy has 4 wheels?” The resource includes 18 colour toy flashcards which can be used for naming, matching, sorting and speaking activities. Print duplicate sets to create matching or memory games, and laminate the cards for repeated classroom use. Ideal for continuous provision, small-group work, adult-led activities, topic work or home learning.

This fun and interactive EYFS number character resource includes 2 black-and-white pages plus matching colour versions. Page 1 shows the number characters in order from 1 to 10, while Page 2 presents them jumbled for recognition and matching activities. Children can colour, cut out, order, sort, and talk about the numbers, supporting fine motor control, scissor skills, number recognition, counting, and early maths confidence. As an extension, children can design and draw their own number characters, adding eyes, legs, patterns, colours, and personalities to bring numbers to life.

Create an engaging, hands-on activity for your early years classroom with these A3 fireworks-themed loose parts mats. Featuring a dark, starry night sky, colourful fireworks and bold white patterns, these mats invite children to explore pre-writing movements using shiny loose parts. Children can carefully place sequins, glittery pom-poms, colourful gems, star confetti and other small loose parts along the white pathways to follow each pattern. This is a fun way to combine seasonal learning with fine motor development and early mark-making. SKILLS DEVELOPED Fine motor control Hand-eye coordination Finger strength and dexterity Pre-writing movements Visual tracking and directional awareness Concentration and careful placement Early mark-making skills HOW TO USE Print the mats on A3 paper. Laminate them for durability and repeated use. Set out bowls of colourful loose parts, such as sequins, star confetti, shiny gems and glittery pom-poms. Encourage children to follow the white patterns by placing loose parts along the pathways. Invite children to explore different materials, colours and textures as they complete each design. PERFECT FOR EYFS fine motor provision Nursery and Reception Bonfire Night activities November continuous provision Tabletop activities Independent exploration and adult-led small groups

Number Blocks 1–5: Early Years Number Composition Pack (15 Pages) Support number composition and early addition with this vibrant, hands-on resource pack based on numbers up to 5, using the familiar Number Blocks characters to enhance engagement and understanding. This 15-page pack includes a variety of worksheets, flashcards, and display materials designed to help young learners explore how numbers can be made in different ways. Perfect for whole-class teaching, intervention groups, or independent activities. What’s included: 3 display pages featuring Number Blocks characters Colour in blocks to make 5 – visual representation of number bonds Create a sum using blocks – hands-on number composition Flashcards – ideal for games and quick recall Number fan – printable and interactive for small group work Number problems – simple reasoning challenges 12 addition sums – great for early addition practice Spot Number Blocks that make 5 – develop number sense Colour objects that represent 5 – visual quantifying Dice game – fun way to reinforce counting and addition Ladybird spots activity – subitising and number recognition Ideal for: ✔ EYFS and Reception maths ✔ Exploring number bonds to 5 ✔ Hands-on, play-based learning ✔ Supporting White Rose Maths or similar schemes If you find this resource useful, I’d really appreciate your positive feedback. It helps me and other educators too! #NumberBlocks #NumberBondsTo5 #EYFSMaths #EarlyYearsMaths #ReceptionMaths #NumberComposition #MathsDisplay #TESResources #CountingTo5 #HandsOnMat

Fun With Clothes is a 3-page printable resource for EYFS and KS1 with a playful clothing theme. Page 1: Children name, label, and colour a range of clothing items such as swimwear, boots, a tie, shoes, and a jumper. Page 2: A matching activity where children draw arrows to link each picture to its correct clothing item. Page 3: A “doodle fun” challenge where children colour and then count how many of each clothing item they can find. This activity supports vocabulary building, reading, fine motor skills, and counting, while encouraging observation and creativity.

Funnybones Inspired Activity Pack – 14 Pages A fun and engaging collection of activities inspired by Funnybones, perfect for EYFS and KS1 learners. This 14-page resource supports learning across literacy, numeracy, and understanding the world. Included activities: Missing numbers One more / one less Counting to 10 Simple addition Ordering skeletons by size Labeling the Funnybones characters Pencil control maze Speech bubble prompts Labeling body parts 2 writing frames for story retelling or creative writing Match animals to their skeletons Find hidden objects in the dark scene Ideal for independent work, small group tasks, or themed story sessions. #Funnybones #EarlyYears #MathsAndLiteracy #EYFSActivities #SkeletonTheme #BookBasedLearning #HalloweenActivities #PrintableWorksheets #CountingTo10 #LabellingActivity #SpeechBubbles #PencilControl #StoryRetelling #EarlyYearsResources

This fun 7-page bird-themed activity pack helps children develop early literacy and maths skills through hands-on learning. The resource includes colour and black-and-white bird cards featuring bird pictures and matching word labels, as well as black-and-white bird images with dotted words for children to trace and read. The birds included are pelican, humming-bird, peacock, chicken, swan, crow, heron and seagull. Children can colour the pictures, cut them out and sort them into beginning sound groups (s, p, c and h) or match them to the correct bird names. Additional activities provide opportunities to sort, count and record totals, with both colour and black-and-white versions included. Children can also draw their own birds or paste bird pictures into the spaces provided under each word label. The activities support the development of reading, writing, spelling, phonics, sorting, classification, counting and number recognition skills, making the pack ideal for EYFS and KS1 classroom learning, intervention groups, independent work and home learning.

This collection of 25 hands-on activities is designed to support early years maths development at home. Perfect for parents and caregivers, this resource provides engaging, easy-to-follow activities that cover key early maths skills such as counting, number recognition, shapes, measurement, and patterns. What’s Included: ✔ 25 maths activities covering essential early maths skills ✔ Clear, simple instructions for each activity ✔ Differentiated tasks to suit individual learning needs ✔ Activities using everyday household items Lesson Overview / Structure: ★ Hands-on Activities – A wide variety of fun tasks that reinforce counting, number recognition, shapes, measurement, and patterns. ★ Clear Instructions – Each task includes straightforward guidance for parents and children to follow. ★ Differentiated Challenges – Activities can be adapted for different ability levels to ensure engagement and learning for all children. Why it’s Useful: ✔ Engaging and fun for children, making learning maths an enjoyable experience ✔ Easy to use with simple materials found at home ✔ Flexible for independent play or family learning sessions ✔ Builds a strong foundation in core maths skills for early learners Ideal for EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage) children to support their maths development at home. Suitable for individual play, family learning, or as a supplement to classroom activities. EYFS maths | early years maths activities | home learning | number recognition EYFS | shapes and patterns EYFS | counting activities for kids | maths games for young children

Get your pupils into the spooky spirit with these fun and calming bat colouring sheets perfect for Halloween and autumn-themed lessons. This printable resource is ideal for EYFS and KS1 learners, supporting creativity and fine motor skills while fitting seamlessly into seasonal activities. What’s included: 20 unique bat colouring pages Large, clear outlines for younger learners Black-and-white format for easy photocopying Suitable for both classroom and home learning Perfect for: Halloween crafts and displays Early years art lessons Fine motor development activities Morning work, early finishers, or quiet time Whether you’re exploring nocturnal animals, preparing for a Halloween celebration, or just offering a relaxing activity, these bat colouring sheets are a hit with young learners. Format: pdf ready to print Age range: 3–7 (EYFS – KS1) Add this charming bat colouring pack to your seasonal resources and keep your little learners engaged and excited! Please consider leaving a review if you find this resource useful. Thank you for supporting small creators!

Design Your Own Easter Egg – Encourage creativity with this fun activity where children decorate their own Easter egg! They can use crayons, stickers, or even collage materials to make their egg unique. Easter Tracing Activities – Help develop fine motor skills with a range of tracing activities! Children can trace simple Easter-themed shapes, such as eggs, bunnies, and chicks, as well as pre-writing patterns and letter formation practice. Perfect for EYFS learners! This activity pack supports early writing skills, hand-eye coordination, and creativity while keeping learning fun and festive.

Support your child’s number recognition, fine motor skills, and early maths development with this fun, hands-on matching activity. This printable set includes numbers, finger-count tiles, and object tiles to help children recognise and understand numbers 1–10 — perfect for Velcro® busy books, classroom maths areas, or home learning. What’s Included: Page 1: Columns for numbers 1–5 Page 2: Columns for numbers 6–10 Pages 3–4: Cut-out number, finger-count, and object tiles How It Works: Print the pages at home or school Cut out the number tiles (Optional) Laminate for durability Attach Velcro® dots to the tiles and boards Encourage your child to match each number with the correct finger-count and object tiles Perfect for: EYFS maths development Fine motor skill activities Quiet time or independent play Classroom maths areas or home education