Shapes & colours
First shapes flashcards
Eight clear shape cards to show, name and print, with hidden labels and a simple answer guide for adults.
2–3 · 3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
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Shapes & colours
Shape tracing and matching
Trace generous shape outlines, match the names and turn a printed page into a simple shape hunt.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Shapes & colours
Colour flashcards
Ten bold colour cards for naming, sorting and finding familiar objects, with clear labels for grown-ups.
2–3 · 3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Shapes & colours
Colour mixing play pack
Make predictions, mix small amounts of paint and compare the colours you actually create.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Shapes & colours
Colour scavenger hunt
A flexible colour hunt for the living room, classroom or outdoors. Point to a find or bring back a safe object.
2–3 · 3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Letters & early reading
Alphabet chart
A clear A–Z chart with matching capital and lowercase letters for pointing, comparing and finding familiar names.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Letters & early reading
Alphabet flashcards
Printable A–Z cards with capital and lowercase pairs for small, playful letter-recognition sessions.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Letters & early reading
Letter recognition games
Small matching games for noticing letters, with easy starting points and ideas to make a familiar game harder.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Little hands at work
Tracing lines and pencil paths
Straight, curved, wavy and zigzag paths with room to move. Trace with a finger first, then try a drawing tool.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Little hands at work
Dot marker activities
Large dot targets for dabbing, pointing and pattern play, using a selection of familiar shape outlines.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Little hands at work
Cut-and-paste picture activities
Match familiar picture pairs, then cut and glue with an adult. Pre-cut pieces keep the matching game open to everyone.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Little hands at work
First cutting practice
Short straight and curved paper routes for supervised cutting practice, with simpler ways to join in.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
First numbers
Number cards 1–10
Clear number cards from 1 to 10 for matching numerals with small groups of real objects.
2–3 · 3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
First numbers
Count and match 1–10
Count small picture groups and match each total with its numeral, with a straightforward answer key.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Words & picture cards
Body parts picture cards
Seven clear body-part pictures for pointing, naming and talking together without a memory-test feel.
2–3 · 3–4 years · FreeExplore activity
Words & picture cards
Animal picture cards
Eight familiar pet and farm-animal pictures to name, compare and use in quick guessing games.
2–3 · 3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Words & picture cards
Everyday objects picture cards
Familiar home objects with British and American labels, ready for pointing, naming and “what do we use it for?” games.
2–3 · 3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Words & picture cards
School and nursery objects
Books, pencils and other familiar classroom objects, with rubber/eraser vocabulary and easy adult prompts.
2–3 · 3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Feelings & routines
Feelings chart and prompt cards
Six feelings words with gentle conversation prompts. Use the pictures as invitations, never as a test of someone’s feelings.
2–3 · 3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Days & weather
Weather cards
Six weather pictures for looking outside, naming what you notice and keeping a simple daily observation.
2–3 · 3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Days & weather
Days of the week cards
Seven clear day cards for simple sequences and conversations about today, yesterday and tomorrow.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Days & weather
Months of the year cards
Twelve month cards for ordering, spotting a birthday month and talking about the year without weather stereotypes.
4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Feelings & routines
Visual timetable builder
Choose familiar routine pictures and put them in your own order for a simple now-and-next or longer visual timetable.
2–3 · 3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Feelings & routines
Morning routine chart
A simple morning picture sequence you can adapt to your household, with no scores, streaks or pressure to race.
2–3 · 3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Letters & early reading
Letter A worksheets and activities
Free letter A and a tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Letters & early reading
Letter B worksheets and activities
Free letter B and b tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Letters & early reading
Letter C worksheets and activities
Free letter C and c tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Letters & early reading
Letter D worksheets and activities
Free letter D and d tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Letters & early reading
Letter E worksheets and activities
Free letter E and e tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Letters & early reading
Letter F worksheets and activities
Free letter F and f tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Letters & early reading
Letter G worksheets and activities
Free letter G and g tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Letters & early reading
Letter H worksheets and activities
Free letter H and h tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Letters & early reading
Letter I worksheets and activities
Free letter I and i tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Letters & early reading
Letter J worksheets and activities
Free letter J and j tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Letters & early reading
Letter K worksheets and activities
Free letter K and k tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Letters & early reading
Letter L worksheets and activities
Free letter L and l tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Letters & early reading
Letter M worksheets and activities
Free letter M and m tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Letters & early reading
Letter N worksheets and activities
Free letter N and n tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Letters & early reading
Letter O worksheets and activities
Free letter O and o tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Letters & early reading
Letter P worksheets and activities
Free letter P and p tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Letters & early reading
Letter Q worksheets and activities
Free letter Q and q tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Letters & early reading
Letter R worksheets and activities
Free letter R and r tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Letters & early reading
Letter S worksheets and activities
Free letter S and s tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Letters & early reading
Letter T worksheets and activities
Free letter T and t tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Letters & early reading
Letter U worksheets and activities
Free letter U and u tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Letters & early reading
Letter V worksheets and activities
Free letter V and v tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Letters & early reading
Letter W worksheets and activities
Free letter W and w tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Letters & early reading
Letter X worksheets and activities
Free letter X and x tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Letters & early reading
Letter Y worksheets and activities
Free letter Y and y tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Letters & early reading
Letter Z worksheets and activities
Free letter Z and z tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Letters & early reading
First CVC word activities
Six simple consonant–vowel–consonant words with picture checks, missing-vowel practice and a separate answer page.
4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Letters & early reading
Rhyming picture pairs
Match four spoken rhyming pairs with picture cards and a shuffled matching sheet; no independent reading needed.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Letters & early reading
Beginning sound picture sort
Sort six pictures by their initial /s/, /p/ or /b/ sound, with three labelled mats and an answer guide.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Words & picture cards
Opposites picture cards
Five clearly illustrated comparisons for big and small, open and closed, full and empty, high and low, long and short.
2–3 · 3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Words & picture cards
Clothes flashcards
Eight clothing pictures for naming, describing and pretend packing, with trousers/pants and jumper/sweater vocabulary.
2–3 · 3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Words & picture cards
Food picture cards
Eight familiar foods to name and compare, with open-ended prompts and no pressure to taste anything.
2–3 · 3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Little hands at work
First picture sorting activities
A real cut-and-place sorting board: put clothing and food pictures into two groups, then explain your choices.
2–3 · 3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Days & weather
Seasons observation activity
Four season-name cards and a local observation sheet, without assuming snow in winter or sunshine in summer.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Little reading adventures
Sam and a cat — short reading story
Read sam and a cat in five short sentences. Practise familiar short-vowel words with an original illustration, sound prerequisites and two discussion questions.
4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Little reading adventures
Ben and a red hen — short reading story
Read ben and a red hen in five short sentences. Practise familiar short-vowel words with an original illustration, sound prerequisites and two discussion questions.
4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Little reading adventures
Kit and a dog — short reading story
Read kit and a dog in five short sentences. Practise familiar short-vowel words with an original illustration, sound prerequisites and two discussion questions.
4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Little reading adventures
Pip and a fish — short reading story
Read pip and a fish in five short sentences. Practise sh and short vowels with an original illustration, sound prerequisites and two discussion questions.
4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Little reading adventures
A duck in the rain — short reading story
Read a duck in the rain in five short sentences. Practise ck and ai with an original illustration, sound prerequisites and two discussion questions.
4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Little reading adventures
A goat on a boat — short reading story
Read a goat on a boat in five short sentences. Practise oa and ai with an original illustration, sound prerequisites and two discussion questions.
4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
First numbers
Find the partner to make ten
Use ten-frame spaces to find the missing partner that makes ten. Four clear examples and separate answers.
4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
First numbers
Join two small groups
Count two visible groups, join them and find how many there are altogether. Four clear examples and separate answers.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
First numbers
Take away with pictures
Remove a stated number from a small group and count what remains. Four clear examples and separate answers.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
First numbers
More, fewer or the same
Compare two groups by pairing or counting, including a pair with the same amount. Four clear examples and separate answers.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
First numbers
Missing numbers to ten
Use a visible number strip to identify one missing numeral in a short sequence. Four clear examples and separate answers.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
First numbers
Number rods and strips 1–10
Ten cutout number rods with one equal-sized square per unit, plus a labelled 1–10 counting strip.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
First numbers
Printable counters and counting mats
Twenty large cutout counters, two sorting mats and a numbered strip for practical counting together.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
First numbers
Ten-frame counting mats
Count dots in ten-frame examples, then use two empty ten-frames with your own counters.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Little hands at work
First letter forms: look, trace, try
Notice a familiar lowercase letter, trace its form and try a mark on an empty line. Spacious pages with clear examples and room to try.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Little hands at work
Number tracing 0–10
Connect a numeral with an example, then trace and try writing it with adult support. Spacious pages with clear examples and room to try.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Little hands at work
Pencil journeys: lines, bends and loops
Follow a generous route with a finger, then explore a similar pencil movement. Spacious pages with clear examples and room to try.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Colour, cut & create
Apple tree: colour, count and stick
Add six red apples to the tree. Two spare apples are included. Illustrated scene, matching cutouts and an assembly guide in colour or colouring outlines.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Colour, cut & create
A six-petal flower
Choose six petals and arrange them around the centre of the flower. Illustrated scene, matching cutouts and an assembly guide in colour or colouring outlines.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Colour, cut & create
Ladybird spot matching craft
Add three spots to each wing: six spots altogether. Illustrated scene, matching cutouts and an assembly guide in colour or colouring outlines.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Colour, cut & create
Build a sun with eight rays
Choose eight triangular rays and arrange them around the sun. Illustrated scene, matching cutouts and an assembly guide in colour or colouring outlines.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Colour, cut & create
Cloud and five raindrops
Put five raindrops below the cloud. Two spare drops are included. Illustrated scene, matching cutouts and an assembly guide in colour or colouring outlines.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Colour, cut & create
Build a house from shapes
Use one big square, one triangle, one rectangle and two small squares to build a house. Illustrated scene, matching cutouts and an assembly guide in colour or colouring outlines.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Shapes & colours
More shapes to notice
Pentagon, hexagon, octagon, semicircle, rhombus and trapezium cards for a closer look at sides and outlines.
3–4 · 4–5 years · FreeExplore activity
Suggested ages are flexible. All activities are designed to be chosen and led by an adult.