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Investigating animal homes
Think about all the ways our houses protect us. Now think about animals or bugs living in your garden or house. Where do animals and bugs like to live? Draw a picture and/or write the name of their home. Cut out all the cards and make two piles, one for creature cards and one for house cards; mix them up. Pick one card from each pile. Would a mouse like to live in a fish pond? Would a frog like to live in a bee hive? Why?
Bird watch
Have a look at the different trees in your neighbourhood and find one birds like to land in. Why might the birds have chosen that tree? Does it have a nest in? Then draw a picture of the tree and label your picture with all the reasons why you think this is a good tree for birds to nest in.
What is good food?
A cutting and sticking activity to help children understand which foods belong to which group.
How an electrical circuit works
A worksheet designed to illustrate the fact that a circuit must be complete for electricity to flow and a bulb to work.
Odd and even: sorting pairs
Sort the socks! These socks have got all muddled up. Can you sort them into pairs? Are there any left over? An excellent worksheet for counting in twos and odd and even numbers.
Identify the value of different coins
This money worksheet will help your child to recognise and become more familiar with coins. It is aimed at Year 1 pupils and is ideally done with a parent or carer.
Experiment to test capacity
Water, water, everywhere - or there might be when your child is experimenting to test the capacity of different containers!
Writing step-by-step instructions
This English download will help your child to explain how to do something clearly and step by step. It is aimed at Year 1 pupils and can be done with a parent or carer.
Physical processes: electricity
A worksheet to encourage children to think about all the household items they know of that use electricity.
Using full stops
This Key Stage 1 writing worksheet will help your child to recognise and use full stops and capital letters.
Find 3D shapes in your home
An activity to do at home, consisting of cutting out the names of 3D shapes and then labelling relevant objects at home.
First reading comprehension
Use this teacher-created reading comprehension activity to help your child with reading aloud and answering questions on a text.
Match present and past tense
This worksheet gives jumbled-up verbs in the present and past tense. Children need to match each present tense verb to its past tense form.
Write a poster and a letter
First your child reads a story about a missing cat and then they need to design a poster with the aim of finding him. This is followed up by writing a letter to the cat asking him to come home.
Identify the loudest sound
A fabulous game to encourage discussion and develop your child's reasoning skills whilst learning more about sounds.
Designing a poster
This writing worksheet will help your child to understand that information can be shared in different ways by designing a poster for a party.
Number bonds: pairs to ten
Your child can practice pairs - or should that be 'pears' to 10 with this fruity worksheet? How many different ways can the fruit be arranged in the pink and blue bowls?
Learn to count and use number names accurately
This EYFS/Key Stage 1 worksheet will help your child to practise counting and recognising numbers, and count reliably up to 10 everyday objects. You should help your child to do this worksheet.
Make 3D shapes
This activity will help your child understand 3D shapes. We provide the nets of a cube, a cuboid, a cylinder and a prism. Help your child identify them and cut them out and stick them together to construct them.
Changing materials investigation
A practical activity for children to test what happens when they stretch, bend, squash and twist different materials.
Sorting materials into sets
A worksheet with boxes for sorting different materials into sets according to their properties.
Understanding instructions
This activity forms part of the English curriculum for speaking and listening. It will develop an understanding of the importance of giving instructions and listening carefully to instructions. The activity can be adapted for all ages and should be done with a parent or carer.
Find the 2D shapes
A picture of a house incorporating various 2D shapes for children to colour in given colours.
Making sentences
Words for your child to cut out and then re-order into sentences. This activity will help them with understanding word order and how to use capitals and full stops.