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…

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.

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 gorgeous presentation, which creates a high level of engagement, motivation and participation from children. Encouraging child interaction throughout. Can the children beat the jungle animals to find the number that is one more or one less? This has been tried and tested on young children and they absolutely love it! Also included are domino type loop cards of more/less and worksheets which allow children to draw dots to show their understanding of one more/one less if number formation isn’t possible. Putting the love back in learning, enthusing children to thrive!

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).

Stunning Habitat images to be used as a stimulus for the habitats topic. Gorgeous for a display to aid a discussion on the climate and the types of animals that might be found there and why. Desert, woodland, ocean, seashore, rainforest are amongst the images. 7 in total. Put the love in learning.

Cut out and laminate the cards. Pick a noun card at random and two adjective cards. Build sentences independently in groups or independently. Great for giving ideas to use in writing when beginning to expand simple sentences. Great for KS1 and learners with SEN. 10 pages to print. Putting the love in learning…

These are gorgeous writing activities based on a Christmas theme. Ten things in an elf’s pocket focuses on things that can be found with senses. The eight things found in Santa’s sleigh can be just a list of common or unusual items. Examples are given and both activities include planning sheets and writing templates.

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!

Support children in their pencil control when beginning the early stages in writing. Use alongside motor skills activities such as threading, painting, cutting and sticking etc, to build up muscles and build up control. Great for learners with SEN who have difficulty with writing and EYFS learners.

Included in this pack is a powerpoint presentation explaining what a dictionary does and how to use one. Designed in a child friendly language. Also you will find activities to allow learners to use the skills taught in the powerpoint to use a dictionary effectively for themselves.

These are great sheets which I have used with a range of learners, including learners with Special Educational Needs who were not able to write. They signed/verbalised their caption for an adult to write down word for word. A great assessment tool for all learners to show their level of understanding. Can also be used for children to write their own captions for EYFS, KS1 and KS2. A fabulous resource to inspire creative writing and thoughts.

This is a great bundle of comprehension activities for children who are not able to write legibly, but are able to read. In order to assess reading and comprehension skills we need to check their understanding. These activities are brilliant for doing just that. The activities encourage children read the story / instructions and then find the sentences/pictures to stick in the correct places to show the answers. Other sheets encourage looking at pictures or reading information to find clues and children can make a mark on the answers they believe to be correct. A great activity for children with Special Educational Needs who find writing a struggle.

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.

A presentation for Year 4 KS2 learners on the Geography topic of A Village In India. This gorgeous PowerPoint is very child friendly and shows clear photographs of a particular village in India and describes daily life. There are 11 slides on the presentation, giving clear information for Year 4 learners to relate to and 4 comparison worksheets to be completed to compliment the activity. Putting children at the core of their learning…

This is a lovely bundle of 5 resources all about dinosaurs, ranging from a fact file to support writing and ideas. Dinosaur vocabulary which can be used as spelling support, can be put up on a display. Gorgeous count and write cards to support children in their understanding of numbers, as well as sequencing numbers on dinosaurs. Fantastic resources with stunning images to give a real feel of how the dinosaurs looked and how they carried themselves.

A gorgeous bundle of phonics CVC activities. Find the initial sounds, middle sounds and end sounds as well as activities to find all the sounds. Includes a brilliant powerpoint presentation which is animated with Benji Boo the dog to encourage participation to engage and enthuse learners. Putting the love in learning…

These are a great bundle of resources, focusing on the sounds of CVC words. Find the initial sounds, the middle sounds and the end sounds, encouraging children to really listen to the sounds in the words. CVC read and copy supports reading and writing, sounding out and blending the word and forming letters to copy the word, looking and letter and word shapes. CVC sound and spell activity is an extension activity which encourages children to look at the picture and say what they can see, sounding out the word for spelling. A lovely selection of activities to support phonics, reading, writing, spelling, speaking and listening for EYFS, KS1 and learners with SEN.

EYFS, SEN & KS1 Read Trace Write sheets for Phonics Phase 2 CVC words. This is a lovely activity for children in their first stages of development in reading and writing. The activity includes clear, bright illustrations and photographs to support children in their recognition and sounding out of the words. The Phase 2 words shown on the cards should be sounded out and read first, then they can be traced by the learners. The letters and sounds which make up each word can be then written in the grids provided. Encourage children to also look at the shape of the words as this does help when writing the words themselves.

These are gorgeous ID badges, which can be used for children in Year 2 as their SATs tests begin to approach. FREE to download. Can be used when doing special SATs preparation, the Secret Agent ID cards can be worn to show they are on a special assignment, to help to make the SATs just a little less stressful.