EYFS English worksheets by School Year
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/Sh/ and /ch/ words Snap (Phase 3 phonics)
Read the word cards together and discuss which card belongs to which picture. Shuffle the word cards and share them between two players. The oldest player starts the game by turning over a card and placing it face up on the table or floor. Each player then takes turns placing cards, face up, next to the card. When the word card and picture card match that’s SNAP! The player with most cards at the end wins.
Wordsearch: the /oo/ sound (Phase 3 phonics)
Look at the /oo/ words below. Can you read them out loud? These words are all jumbled up in this wordsearch. Can you find them? Put a tick next to each word that you find.
Summer holiday wordsearch
Can you find the words in our summer holiday wordsearch?
Picture sequencing for stories
Pictures for your child to cut out and then re-arrange into an order that makes sense. This activity supports your child's storytelling skills.
All about the /igh/ sound (Phase 3 phonics)
A colouring activity sheet to help your child identify words with the /igh/ sound.
Upper case and lower case letters matching game
A fun game involving matching capital letter and lower case letters.
Blending CVC words (Phase 2 phonics)
It's so exciting when children start to put sounds together and realise that they can read! Practise some CVC words together with this handy activity sheet and watch their confidence grow.
Spelling game Little Red Riding Hood
This game actively helps your child to memorise spellings and can be adapted for their personal level.
Identifying words that rhyme (Phase 2 phonics)
Stretch your child's beginner phonics skills with this rhyming exercise. Find the words that rhyme and write them on the correct lines.
Fabulous phonics
Learning to read is all about phonics these days, so if you don't know your phonemes from your digraphs our phonics learning pack is for you. You'll get a complete overview of how and why phonics is taught, as well as teacher tips to help you make phonics learning part of your child's everyday life and 50 printable games and activities to put the theory into practice.
Talking about dilemmas
This worksheet gives various school scenarios which children are encouraged to consider. They then need to think about the course of action they would choose.
Syllables in animal names
Children are encouraged to say the names of various animals, thinking about how many syllables are in each word. They they need to sort these words into boxes, according to how many syllables they have.
Practising basic letter shapes
This worksheet shows children how to practise basic letter shapes. It will help your child to develop a fluent style by tracing and copying patterns.
Handwriting downs and ups
This sheet shows how to join various letters, paying particular attention to where your pencil needs to go up or down.
Early letter shapes
This activity helps children to practise basic letter shapes and move the pencil from left to right.
Early handwriting patterns
This sheet gives various patterns for children to practise to get them into the habit of forming letters correctly.
Improve your child's handwriting in 8 weeks
Handwriting is a crucial life skill, but how can you help your child write neatly and legibly? Our eight-week learning pack is packed with information and tips from handwriting experts, as well as fun and practical steps you can take to help your child put theory into practice.