Extra Teaching Resources for the Foundation Stage

Discover some schemes of work, lesson plans, classroom worksheets and interactive activities to develop skills in extra curriculum areas for Reception aged children in the Foundation Stage

  • Easter Egg Sums

    Easter Egg Sums

    Identify and record matching numbers of Easter eggs that make sums to five, ten and twenty when using different number skills

  • Christmas Counting

    Christmas Counting

    Practise counting and recording different numbers of Christmas objects to twenty using their matching numerical digits and vocabulary words

  • Christmas Shapes

    Christmas Shapes

    Investigate and model how to use different materials and art techniques to design and make decorations to celebrate Christmas

  • Christmas Food and Drink

    Christmas Food and Drink

    Identify, describe and compare some of the special food and drink that can be enjoyed by families at Christmas

  • Festive Decorations

    Festive Decorations

    Investigate how to shape and combine different materials to produce a selection of decorations to celebrate the festive season

  • Nativity Scenes

    Nativity Scenes

    Read and respond to the main events of the nativity story by using drama, role-play and art and design projects

  • Christmas Tree Ornaments

    Christmas Tree Ornaments

    Investigate how to use different modelling techniques when shaping and combining materials to create Christmas tree ornaments

  • Christmas Shopping

    Christmas Shopping

    Solve a range of money problems about different things that families might need to buy to celebrate Christmas by adding money amounts within twenty

  • North Pole

    North Pole

    Record and sequence recounts to describe the actions of characters who live and work at the North Pole including Santa Claus, the elves and the reindeer

  • Christmas Chains

    Christmas Chains

    Select and use materials to create models of Christmas shapes to use as part of a chain decoration to display in the classroom

  • Classroom Signs

    Classroom Signs

    Display the names of different locations and areas in the classroom and around the school

  • Reward Systems

    Reward Systems

    Reward the class and individual pupils for their achievements in behaviour and work in the classroom

  • School Friends

    School Friends

    Identify and learn classroom routines and organisation by exploring and describing information and likes and dislikes for each of their classmates

  • Classroom

    Classroom

    Identify the location and function of different objects used in the classroom and explore how to formulate rules to manage the classroom safely

  • Shape Patterns

    Shape Patterns

    Identify, describe and compare the sequences of geometric shapes that have been used to create a range of different patterns

  • Supermarkets

    Supermarkets

    Read and produce labels to identify and describe items that can be sold in different shops and match initial sounds of words to the correct letters of the alphabet