Enjoy looking through my resources. Most of them are suitable for EYFS/ Year 1 though there are some others for older children. Follow my Instagram @LittleWildLearners for lots of teaching and outdoor learning ideas.
Enjoy looking through my resources. Most of them are suitable for EYFS/ Year 1 though there are some others for older children. Follow my Instagram @LittleWildLearners for lots of teaching and outdoor learning ideas.
Mr Wolf’s Pancakes outdoor learning literacy planning.
Taking picture books and early literacy outside.
A sheet of outdoor learning activities suitable to support Mr Wolf’s Pancakes.
Outdoor learning is so important for young learners and has so many benefits for their learning, development and mental and physical health. So get outside and let children be inspired by the outdoors and their favourite books.
You’ll find lots more pancake day resources on my TES page, including a campfire or kitchen recipe book (designed for early readers to be able to interpret and follow independently) https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/campfire-pancakes-recipe-book-forest-school-outdoor-learning-12481093
20 photo cards showing the leaves of trees common in Britain. Can be used for outdoor learning, Forest School or science.
Perfect for topic work, enhancing continuous provision or play setups or work in science. Can be used for sorting and ID activities.
20 flash cards featuring a photo and caption.
Child friendly font used for easy recognition by early readers.
Everything you need for a counting and addition activity linked to Pancake Day. Differentiated 3 ways, children count out and add up toppings on a pancake. Suitable for EYFS and KS1.
It includes:
18 challenge cards- differentiated 3 ways: adding 3 numbers, adding 2 numbers, counting out a number of items
Fruits and pancakes that can be printed and cut out to be used as an aid for working out and as a creative activity
Fruit themed number lines
Suggested set up- photo with notes
This could be used as a totally practical activity (as in my suggested setup- included in resource) OR it can be a more formal written activity if children were to stick the challenge cards in books and write out their working.
This could be accessed on screen for home learning and children could draw the fruits needed - to make it usable without an ability to print
This 14 page book is specially made so that young children or emerging readers can read, access and interpret the recipe as independently as possible. It uses simple instructions and measurements in ‘cups’ so that children can make the pancake mixture independently and really lead on their learning without using scales. There are two options for cooking the pancakes either on a camp fire or on a hob- simply print the relevant pages.
Perfect for Pancake Day outdoor learning, this resource can be followed to cook pancakes on the camp fire.
Also included are notes of how to use this resource
For a teacher, independent activities like this are AMAZING to just sit back and watch (until the cooking part!). I model then put kids in a small mixed ability group and just watch and see how they get on. Its so interesting and I can really see who has which skills and how they interact in a group. Great for evidence in pretty much every area of the EYFS.
Lots of opportunities within an activity using this book for maths and literacy skill development.
Perfect for a non-fiction text suitable and accessible to early readers. Could be used for guided reading.
Could be used for home learning as children can access on a screen without printing.
EYFS, Nursery, Reception, KS1, SEN
Please note this is the same resource as: ‘Pancake Recipe book read it yourself home learning EYFS KS1 independent pancake activity ‘
For a free ‘design a pancake’ sheet to accompany this resource please see: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/design-a-pancake-sheet-pancake-day-12481053
40 activities you can do at home to practise phonics!
Each activity is explained fully and only use common household items as resources. No printing required. All the activities will work for Phonic phases 2- 5 and most activities will work for practising tricky words (common exception words) too. Activities are practical and fun! Great for EYFS, KS1 or SEN.
Great for home learning or for using in school as they are adaptable for different phases.
There is also a jargon buster and top tips for parents or staff
2 weeks of home learning activities to practice Phase 3 phonemes and graphemes with notes to support and guide parents to deliver the activities at home.
All activities only use items available at home - no printing or specific resources needed (just a pen, paper, old cereal box or card and a stick of chalk). All activities are practical and active with lots of fun opportunities for reading and writing.
This resource includes:
10 activities (2 weeks worth, one per day) to support Phase 3 phonics. These include lots of opportunities for reading and writing skills and full instructions for parents.
List of Phase 3 graphemes for parents information, with support and glossary of phonics terms (e.g. phoneme, digraph).
List of suggested words to use in the activities which contain Phase 3 graphemes.
4 summer themed subtraction differentiated activities Reception/ Year 1
activity 1- pre- algebra/ missing number activity, ‘Summer secret code’ - children use the pictures to solve the number sentences
activity 2- differentiated subtraction number sentence cards for children to pick and solve.
activity 3- differentiated summer themed word problems
activity 4- plan and resources for practical subtraction activity in the sand pit.
Also includes beach hut number cards 0 to 20 which children can order, as well as using for activity 4 (ELG number)
These can be used as adult led activities, class work, or in continuous provision (if modelled first).
Trash or treasure game.
192 of real and fake words on coins for children to read and sort as trash (fake words) or treasure (real words).
Words contain all Phase 3 and 5 graphemes.
Simply print one slide per page, laminate and cut out.
Perfect revision for the Phonics Screening check or just as part of recap work.
Preview makes the text look different to the actual resource, text is Comic Sans and all words fit on one line so are easy for the children to read, as shown in uploaded picture.
A presentation introducing ‘igh’ (Phase 3). This can be used for whole group teaching. This includes starter recap activity where children read Tricky Words to gain stars. It then introduces ‘igh’ as a phoneme and grapheme, through its use in single words, then within sentences with lots of reading opportunities for the children. There are then 2 activities for the children to complete: a naughts and crosses reading game which can be done as a whole group or in pairs, then a writing activity with self assessment opportunity.
I used with Reception but could be used with any age group learning or recapping the ‘igh’ sound in phonics.
Could easily be used for remote learning too.
Everything you need for a whole phonics lesson or session on the ‘ear’ phoneme and grapheme.
Printable activity cards for ‘splat’ game to recap some phase 2 and 3 tricky words.
Presentation for teaching ‘ear’ (Phase 3 phonics). There are lots of opportunities for interaction from the children and opportunities for them to practise reading skills.
Paired reading activity.
Fun writing activity - Children dress up in beards and ears to reinforce their learning to complete the activity. Required dressing up props are provided to be printed for this- its nice and interactive and fun, perfect for EYFS (my class loved it!)
Evidence from this activity can be used towards:
Literacy (writing)
Physical Development (moving and handling)
UTW (Technology)- if children photograph themselves in their costumes!
As this is a whole session it could be used for remote learning too.
Phase 3 ‘oa’ presentation and reading activity + phase 3 digraph bingo
Fun presentation to teach Phase 3 ‘oa’ (as in goat) with activities.
There is a recap Phase 3 graphemes bingo boards for a starter, reading activities within the presentation and an active reading football game which is differentiated for reading words or sentences which include ‘oa’.
Note- to complete the reading activity you will need a ball and some space e.g. a hall or outdoors.
A weeks worth of work to be sent home for home learning while schools are closed. This is a document for parents to follow to lead short, practical activities with their child. It includes:
One name recognition and writing task per day (5 in total)
One Phase 1 phonics activity per day (5 in total)
One maths activity per day (counting items accurately focus) (5 in total)
All activities have clear instructions for parents to follow and use resources easily found or made at home. It includes advice for parents on one to one counting and letter formation. Each activity has a suggested time it should take.
I sent this home to nursery children during COVID 19 school closure alongside a seperate sheet of topic based activities (not included)
For EYFS - Reception
A weeks worth of work to be sent home for home learning while schools are closed. This is a document for parents to follow to lead short, practical activities with their child. It includes:
One phonics activity per day (5 in total)- practicing phase 2 and 3 phonics skills rather than parents attempting to teach new sounds
One maths activity per day (addition focus) (5 in total)-using practical objects, using number line, understanding and interpreting number sentences (sums)
All activities have clear instructions for parents to follow and use resources easily found or made at home. It includes advice for parents letter formation and spelling. Each activity has a suggested time it should take.
sent to children during COVID 19 school closure alongside a separate sheet of topic based activities (not included)
4 mini beast themed subtraction differentiated activities Reception/ Year 1
activity 1- pre- algebra/ missing number activity, ‘mini beast secret code’ - children use the pictures to solve the number sentences
activity 2- differentiated subtraction number sentence cards for children to pick and solve.
activity 3- differentiated mini beast themed word problems
activity 4- plan and resources for practical subtraction activity - bees. Opportunities for demonstrating inverse operation as extension for this task.
Also includes bee number cards 0 to 20 which children can order, as well as using for activity 4 (ELG number)
These can be used as adult led activities, class work, or in continuous provision (if modelled first)
This power point can be used to introduce Phase 3 tricky word ‘me’. It begins with a recap activity of reading a caption and drawing it on a white board. Then the children are introduced to reading the Phase 3 tricky word ‘me’ and then have a writing activity to do. It is a fun way of introducing and practicing this word.
Phase 2 graphemes on power point slides ready to be printed A4 and laminated and used as flashcards for all kinds of phonics games or display. They are winter or snow flake themed. Great to support reading, writing or oral phonics work.
Phase 2 grapheme handwriting support cards. A star shows children where to start to form the letter. These can be printed and used as worksheets or laminated and used with drywipe pens. They are great for putting on the writing table or in the provision for all kinds of practical phonics fun e.g. making graphemes from play dough.
PDF resource
See my shop for winter themes maths resources including some FREE Frozen resources which may match your topic too.
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This resource includes planning and resources for a short topic covering King Charles III coronation for Early Years (EYFS).
There is provision planning for each area of the classroom and outdoors. Alongside this there are challenge cards and all printable resources required to set up the activities and challenges (anything else needed is very simple resources found in schools such as pens, pencils, scissors, card etc).
It covers planning and resources for:
Maths – addition activity (differentiated from addition to 5, 10 and 20)
Writing – activity for writing invitations and guest lists for the coronation
Art ( 3 activities – indoor, outdoor and easel area)
Sand
Water
Construction (1 x activity for indoor construction and 1 x activity for large outdoor construction)
Playdough
Role Play
Fine motor skills
Stage / performance
Music
Bonus outdoor scavenger hunt activity
Pack consists of 30 pages which include:
16 planned activities with resource lists
10 challenge cards with picture prompts to support practical learning activities
Further picture prompts to support play based activities
5 printable worksheets to support maths, writing and scavenger hunt activities
Fun presentation to teach the phase 3 ‘ow’ sound (ow as in cow).
Writing activity three ways- quick write on white boards or 2 differentiated worksheets to apply the sounds in words or sentences- depending on the evidence you need!
Reading opportunities within the presentation.
15 labels on 3 A4 Pages.
Perfect for a Halloween Party, mud kitchen, role play area or other Halloween themed activity.
Simply print and stick to bottles!
Labels include text and image so even younger children can use them.
Speed signs to be laminated and used in the construction or vehicle area of and Early Years or KS1 setting. They encourage number recognition within play.