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Low-pressure Ways to Encourage a Love of Reading

Low-pressure Ways to Encourage a Love of Reading Reading is so much more than a valuable life skill. It allows children (and grown-ups!) to imagine, create, and escape. Yes, reading can be fun! And it’s so important our kids learn this. Here are 10 ways to do that: 1. Read together, often Normalise time spent …read more Read More
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Halloween

I started rather early this year preparing for Halloween! I’ve made a few resources which will hopefully save everyone some time in a class or nursery. I’ve been looking on Pinterest and have a board you can follow. I’ve tried to include activities suitable to both home and school. If you are planning a halloween party …read more Read More

We now sell homemade Play Dough!

We sell Play Dough!  It’s very exciting I have decided to sell play dough through an Etsy shop.  Currently in the shop I sell individual pots but if there are any teachers out there who need to save time and have it made for them I would also be able to help. There will be other items …read more Read More

Instant Display Titles – Display Lettering

Instant Display Titles – Display Lettering We have lots of display lettering, this is where you can create your own display titles by choosing the letters to print off. We love saving time so many of our display titles are straight edged so they are super speedy to print, laminate and trim. To save even …read more Read More

Roald Dahl Day 13th September 2016

Roald Dahl Day 13th September 2016 One of my strongest memories of reading was Ronald Dahl stories. The Twits and George’s Marvellous Medicine. I would read these books over and over again.  I would love to be reading these in school and be able to enjoy these stories. This year celebrates 100 years since his …read more Read More

Year 1 Phonics Test (Screening)

We don’t really agree with the phonics test or ‘Phonics Screen Check’ however, we need to support children with it. We have made some resources to help both adults and children. We have some phonics flashcards which contain real and pseudo words. If a word is pseudo it will have picture of an alien next to …read more Read More

Free Teaching Resources Websites

Try Pinterest – there are loads of free resources and ideas. It has so many new ideas and free resources. TES  Amazing range of free resources – you just need a TES log in. Early Learning HQ Mrs. Pancake Twinkl   You need gold/platinum membership for some resources, there are many free resources, you need …read more Read More

Numbers numbers numbers…

Check out our different number resources! We have a range of number tracks and number lines to support counting in all ranges of Primary School. The number tracks are perfect for starting counting within EYFS, look out for different ones linked to a range of topics. We’ve now made our number lines with guidelines up …read more Read More

Christmas is coming…

The Christmas countdown is on… We have a few resources to support some winter or Christmas projects! We have a range of Christmas Border papers as well as Winter Themed display lettering! Check out our resources by using our search tool or Christmas and Winter tag. We have many more winter resources coming soon!   Read More

We are on Facebook!

We now have a page on Facebook! If you are following us on Twitter or our Website we hope that you like or share our link. We want to share our free teaching resources with as many fantastic teachers as possible. Don’t forget all our teaching resources are FREE and printable. Perfect for setting up …read more Read More

Role Play Packs for Early Years (EYFS) or Key Stage 1 (KS1) Classrooms

Role Play Packs for Early Years (EYFS) or Key Stage 1 (KS1) Classrooms. We have started to develop our own Role Play Signs for either Early Years (EYFS) or Key Stage 1 (KS1) classrooms. So far we have a  Doctors Surgery, Market Shop, School and Space Station! We have only just started making our free …read more Read More

Great Free Teaching Resources Websites…

Great Free Teaching Resources Websites… It’s great sharing super free teaching resources websites. There are many out there but it’s difficult to remember them all. Below are links to some free teaching resources websites. Most of these websites have free printable teaching resources. Early Learning HQ Specialist resources for Early Years classrooms. This website is …read more Read More

Enjoy the holiday…but do check our website for lovely new free teaching resources!

We hope everyone has a rest during the summer holiday however remember to come back and check our free teaching resources! Throughout the summer we will be adding more super resources for teachers to use. These will include themed resources around a specific text or art work, more instant display lettering, EYFS (Early Years) to …read more Read More

Wimbledon Resources…including border paper!

We love Wimbledon so we didn’t need an excuse to make some lovely border paper! We have lots of different designs using tennis rackets, tennis balls and strawberries! The A4 paper has many different designs just in one PDF document. These can be printed full size A4 or reduced to A5 by printing in multiples. …read more Read More

NQT Starter Pack….Instant Display Lettering

We will be sharing super ideas to support new teachers within an Early Years (EYFS) or Key Stage 1 (KS1) classroom and maybe even beyond! There are so many resources to get ready for your first year of teaching, many can be used again and again and others you just want to up date. Changing …read more Read More

Inclusion with Harriet and Violet Free Teaching Resources

It’s vital that each classroom is inclusive to all children and adults. Look for our inclusion tag and this will link you to resources which are printable to support children with dyslexia and visual stress. We try and use dyslexic friendly font and also tinted backgrounds to make things easier to read. If it’s too …read more Read More

Coming Soon! NQT and New Teacher Support Pack of Free Resources…

Coming Soon! NQT and New Teacher Support Pack of Free Resources… We will be putting together a pack of essential free resources to set up a beautiful Early Years (EYFS) and Key Stage 1 (KS1) classroom. So far we have designed and made a range of display lettering, number lines, alphabet display, shape poster….What else …read more Read More

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