Read short stories using known sounds, explore number bonds, practise handwriting and make something with your own hands. Choose a comfortable challenge and follow school guidance on phonics and letter formation.
Choose by the sounds already learned, then read and talk together.
Read sam and a cat in five short sentences. Practise familiar short-vowel words with an original illustration, sound prerequisites and two discussion questions.
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.
Read kit and a dog in five short sentences. Practise familiar short-vowel words with an original illustration, sound prerequisites and two discussion questions.
Read pip and a fish in five short sentences. Practise sh and short vowels with an original illustration, sound prerequisites and two discussion questions.
Read a duck in the rain in five short sentences. Practise ck and ai with an original illustration, sound prerequisites and two discussion questions.
Read a goat on a boat in five short sentences. Practise oa and ai with an original illustration, sound prerequisites and two discussion questions.
Combine groups, explore number bonds and move printable counting pieces.
Use ten-frame spaces to find the missing partner that makes ten. Four clear examples and separate answers.
Count two visible groups, join them and find how many there are altogether. Four clear examples and separate answers.
Remove a stated number from a small group and count what remains. Four clear examples and separate answers.
Compare two groups by pairing or counting, including a pair with the same amount. Four clear examples and separate answers.
Use a visible number strip to identify one missing numeral in a short sequence. Four clear examples and separate answers.
Ten cutout number rods with one equal-sized square per unit, plus a labelled 1–10 counting strip.
Practise a movement, form a letter, then make something of their own.
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.
Connect a numeral with an example, then trace and try writing it with adult support. Spacious pages with clear examples and room to try.
Follow a generous route with a finger, then explore a similar pencil movement. Spacious pages with clear examples and room to try.
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.
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.
Add three spots to each wing: six spots altogether. Illustrated scene, matching cutouts and an assembly guide in colour or colouring outlines.
Eight clear shape cards to show, name and print, with hidden labels and a simple answer guide for adults.
Trace generous shape outlines, match the names and turn a printed page into a simple shape hunt.
Ten bold colour cards for naming, sorting and finding familiar objects, with clear labels for grown-ups.
Make predictions, mix small amounts of paint and compare the colours you actually create.
A flexible colour hunt for the living room, classroom or outdoors. Point to a find or bring back a safe object.
A clear A–Z chart with matching capital and lowercase letters for pointing, comparing and finding familiar names.
Printable A–Z cards with capital and lowercase pairs for small, playful letter-recognition sessions.
Small matching games for noticing letters, with easy starting points and ideas to make a familiar game harder.
Straight, curved, wavy and zigzag paths with room to move. Trace with a finger first, then try a drawing tool.
Large dot targets for dabbing, pointing and pattern play, using a selection of familiar shape outlines.
Match familiar picture pairs, then cut and glue with an adult. Pre-cut pieces keep the matching game open to everyone.
Short straight and curved paper routes for supervised cutting practice, with simpler ways to join in.
Clear number cards from 1 to 10 for matching numerals with small groups of real objects.
Count small picture groups and match each total with its numeral, with a straightforward answer key.
Eight familiar pet and farm-animal pictures to name, compare and use in quick guessing games.
Familiar home objects with British and American labels, ready for pointing, naming and “what do we use it for?” games.
Books, pencils and other familiar classroom objects, with rubber/eraser vocabulary and easy adult prompts.
Six feelings words with gentle conversation prompts. Use the pictures as invitations, never as a test of someone’s feelings.
Six weather pictures for looking outside, naming what you notice and keeping a simple daily observation.
Seven clear day cards for simple sequences and conversations about today, yesterday and tomorrow.
Twelve month cards for ordering, spotting a birthday month and talking about the year without weather stereotypes.
Choose familiar routine pictures and put them in your own order for a simple now-and-next or longer visual timetable.
A simple morning picture sequence you can adapt to your household, with no scores, streaks or pressure to race.
Free letter A and a tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
Free letter B and b tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
Free letter C and c tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
Free letter D and d tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
Free letter E and e tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
Free letter F and f tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
Free letter G and g tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
Free letter H and h tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
Free letter I and i tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
Free letter J and j tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
Free letter K and k tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
Free letter L and l tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
Free letter M and m tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
Free letter N and n tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
Free letter O and o tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
Free letter P and p tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
Free letter Q and q tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
Free letter R and r tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
Free letter S and s tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
Free letter T and t tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
Free letter U and u tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
Free letter V and v tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
Free letter W and w tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
Free letter X and x tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
Free letter Y and y tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
Free letter Z and z tracing, a mixed-case letter hunt and a playful making activity, with an adult answer guide.
Six simple consonant–vowel–consonant words with picture checks, missing-vowel practice and a separate answer page.
Match four spoken rhyming pairs with picture cards and a shuffled matching sheet; no independent reading needed.
Sort six pictures by their initial /s/, /p/ or /b/ sound, with three labelled mats and an answer guide.
Five clearly illustrated comparisons for big and small, open and closed, full and empty, high and low, long and short.
Eight clothing pictures for naming, describing and pretend packing, with trousers/pants and jumper/sweater vocabulary.
Eight familiar foods to name and compare, with open-ended prompts and no pressure to taste anything.
A real cut-and-place sorting board: put clothing and food pictures into two groups, then explain your choices.
Four season-name cards and a local observation sheet, without assuming snow in winter or sunshine in summer.
Read sam and a cat in five short sentences. Practise familiar short-vowel words with an original illustration, sound prerequisites and two discussion questions.
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.
Read kit and a dog in five short sentences. Practise familiar short-vowel words with an original illustration, sound prerequisites and two discussion questions.
Read pip and a fish in five short sentences. Practise sh and short vowels with an original illustration, sound prerequisites and two discussion questions.
Read a duck in the rain in five short sentences. Practise ck and ai with an original illustration, sound prerequisites and two discussion questions.
Read a goat on a boat in five short sentences. Practise oa and ai with an original illustration, sound prerequisites and two discussion questions.
Use ten-frame spaces to find the missing partner that makes ten. Four clear examples and separate answers.
Count two visible groups, join them and find how many there are altogether. Four clear examples and separate answers.
Remove a stated number from a small group and count what remains. Four clear examples and separate answers.
Compare two groups by pairing or counting, including a pair with the same amount. Four clear examples and separate answers.
Use a visible number strip to identify one missing numeral in a short sequence. Four clear examples and separate answers.
Ten cutout number rods with one equal-sized square per unit, plus a labelled 1–10 counting strip.
Twenty large cutout counters, two sorting mats and a numbered strip for practical counting together.
Count dots in ten-frame examples, then use two empty ten-frames with your own counters.
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.
Connect a numeral with an example, then trace and try writing it with adult support. Spacious pages with clear examples and room to try.
Follow a generous route with a finger, then explore a similar pencil movement. Spacious pages with clear examples and room to try.
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.
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.
Add three spots to each wing: six spots altogether. Illustrated scene, matching cutouts and an assembly guide in colour or colouring outlines.
Choose eight triangular rays and arrange them around the sun. Illustrated scene, matching cutouts and an assembly guide in colour or colouring outlines.
Put five raindrops below the cloud. Two spare drops are included. Illustrated scene, matching cutouts and an assembly guide in colour or colouring outlines.
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.
Pentagon, hexagon, octagon, semicircle, rhombus and trapezium cards for a closer look at sides and outlines.
Try pointing or talking before using a pencil. Offer a smaller set, show an example, or use a familiar toy alongside the picture. You can stop halfway through and come back another day.
Use it. Interests, experience and comfort vary. Choose by the activity and your child’s response, and ask their school or early-years setting if you need individual guidance.
