Football: EYFS/Early Years activities, Displays and ideas
⚽ Get ready to kick off an amazing learning experience with our fantastic 'Football' resources! Whether your little ones are aspiring strikers or just love the game, we have everything to score big on fun. Throw an ultimate football celebration with our Football Party Pack, design dream jerseys with 'Design a Football Kit' activities, and master numbers with Football Numbers 0-20, Counting & Number Match Puzzles, and engaging Counting Playdough Mats. Boost early literacy with Football Alphabet Cards and Phase 3 High Frequency Word resources, including our helpful Word Mat and Bookmarks. You'll also find fun activities like Football Dice Game, 'Count and Colour' sheets, and colourful Football Shirts Colour Match Puzzles. Explore our wider PE/Sports Skills and Kids Olympics/Sports Day resources, and keep an eye on our Special Dates for events like UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 to inspire even more football fever! Goal! 🥅
Please scroll down to browse our Football themed activity ideas, printable educational materials, planning inspiration, display resources, classroom & setting management tools and much more! If you’re looking for Preschool, Nursery, Childminder, Reception, SEND or Home Education resources for 0-7 year olds, you’ve come to the right place! Our interactive and engaging EYFS and KS1 learning resources are lovingly made (including original hand drawn images) by early years teaching and learning experts; a husband and wife team. We hope it helps! 😊
Sections on this page:
Free Sample Resources
Core ‘Football’ resources
Related resources:
General PE/Sports Skills
Kids Olympics/Sports Day
Related topics
Related special dates - The FIFA Men’s Football World Cup 2026 (Scroll down to find out more)
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Free ‘Football’ Printables | Early Years
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Core ‘Football’ Themed Eyfs & KS1 Resources | Teaching & Learning Materials
Get ready to be inspired! We hope you enjoy browsing our selection of fun and engaging printables, all created by the Little Owls Resources team—featuring our own original hand-drawn images. Have fun exploring! 😊
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Football themed Phase 3 High Frequency Words
General PE/Sports Skills
Kids Olympics/Sports Day
Related resources / topics
Related Special Dates
The Men’s Football World Cup 2026
The Men’s Football World Cup 2026 runs from Thursday 11th June to Sunday 19th July. It is an international football tournament where national teams from around the world compete to become world champions. It takes place every four years and is organised by FIFA, the organisation that oversees global football.
The 2026 tournament will be hosted across three countries: the United States, Canada and Mexico. This will be the first time the men’s World Cup has been shared between three host nations. Teams from many different countries will travel to compete in matches held in stadiums across these countries.
Football is one of the most popular sports in the world, and the World Cup is watched by millions of people. For children, it can be a wonderful opportunity to explore themes such as teamwork, countries around the world, healthy activity, and celebrating different cultures.
In Early Years and Key Stage 1 settings, events like the World Cup can inspire learning through play. Practitioners might explore activities such as:
talking about different countries and flags
learning about working together as a team
practising simple ball skills and outdoor games
exploring counting, scoring and turn-taking
discussing fair play and kindness in sport
Using real-world events like the World Cup can help children make connections between their learning and what they see happening in the wider world.
You can find more information about the tournament on the official website of FIFA.
