English Teaching Resources for Foundation Year
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Initial Sound Peg Cards (Version 1)
An initial sound and fine motor activity for the early years classroom.
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Sentence Starter Strips
A set of sentence starter prompts for students to practise writing short sentences.
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First 100 Fry Sight Words – Practice Mat
A hands-on resource to enable your students to practise reading and writing a range of high-frequency words.
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Beginning Sounds Sorting Activity
Practise identifying beginning sounds of words by sorting this set of 24 picture cards.
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How Does It End? – Final Sounds Match-Up Activity
Consolidate your students' understanding of end sounds with this set of 15 task cards.
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SATPIN Matching Activity - Frog and Lily Pads
A SATPIN matching activity using lilly pads.
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Rhyming Match – Worksheets
Identify rhyming words through images with this set of 5 worksheets.
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True or False? Active Listening Exercises
Improve listening skills in the classroom with an engaging True or False Active Listening Activity.
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A Whale's Tale - Simple Rhyming Poetry Poster
A simple rhyming poem perfect for developing a love of reading and writing poetry.
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Alphabet Playdough Mats for Fine Motor Development
A set of alphabet playdough mats to help children develop their fine motor skills and identify the letters of the alphabet.
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Tricky Words Activity Mats
Use these printable tricky word mats as a hands-on activity when introducing high frequency words that have an irregular spelling pattern or one your early readers haven’t learnt yet.
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Blending Words Fortune Teller Templates
Help students practice blending CVC words with these interactive chatterbox templates.
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Parts of a Book Worksheets
Use these parts of a book worksheets for students to identify the various parts of a book.
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Colour by Sight Word Worksheet Pack
Use this set of colour by sight words worksheets to help students master the tricky elements in each word.
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Preposition Game – Roll and Cover
Use this preposition game as a fun and collaborative way of learning about these important parts of speech.
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5 Star Sentence Writing Pack
Use this 5 star writing checklist teaching pack to help students develop strong writing habits with a simple, effective checklist and engaging worksheets.
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Is It True? Active Listening Activity
Improve listening skills in the classroom with an engaging 'Is It True?' Active Listening Activity.
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Blending Words Reading Warm-Up Task Cards
Get your students ready for reading with these blending words reading warm-up task cards.
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Blending Phonemes CVC Word BINGO
Practise blending phonemes to form one-syllable words with this set of 20 bingo game boards and cards.
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Letter Confusion Worksheets
Help students who are struggling with letter confusion with this set of 10 letter confusion worksheets.
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Uppercase and Lowercase Letters Maze Worksheet Set
Help students learn to recognise both uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet with this fun set of maze worksheets.
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Features of Animals Write the Room Activity Pack (F-1)
Help your young students read and write about features of animals with a printable Animals and Characteristics Write the Room activity.
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Dot Painting ABC Worksheets
Build fine motor skills and letter recognition with a fun set of Alphabet Do-a-Dot printables.
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Character or Not? - Sorting Activity
Explore the difference between characters and non-characters with this hands-on sorting activity.
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Beginning, Middle and End Mini-Book - The Three Little Pigs
Teach your students about the beginning, middle and end of a story with this mini-book retell of The Three Little Pigs.
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The Pit - Decodable Reader (Level 1)
Develop confident, successful readers with this phonics-based, printable decodable book.
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Decodable Readers Teacher Support Pack
A set of free supplementary resources to support the implementation of Teach Starter’s series of phonics-based decodable readers.
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Onset and Rime Match-Up Activity
Practise building words by matching the onset and the rime using this match up activity.
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Beetle Beats Poem - Simple Rhyming Poetry Poster
A simple rhyming poem to develop vocabulary, reading, speaking and listening in the early years.
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CVC Words – Playdough Mats
45 pages of three-letter consonant-vowel-consonant words for students to practise writing and forming in playdough.
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Reading Detectives Resource Pack
A 16 page resource pack including 8 detective roles to assign to students during guided reading sessions.
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'Spaceman' Finger Spacing Template
A 'Spaceman' and 'Spacewoman' template to help children when writing.