Wetlands: EYFS / Early Years Activities, Displays and Ideas
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Free ‘Wetlands’ Printables | Early Years
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10 ‘Wetlands’ themed colouring sheets.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN OUR RESOURCES), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Core ‘Wetlands’ Topic 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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This ‘Wetland Types’ poster depicts some of the key wetland types which you may like to discuss with your early years children. It also gives a basic representation of how water may be connected, i.e. the journey of water from mountains to sea.
Discussion Prompts, Listening Skills, Observation, Posters/Displays, Print Carries Meaning
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Why not set up an invitation to play using these ‘Ducks and their Duckings’ counting puzzles?
Select those appropriate for your children (1-10 available) and allow them to match the number beside the duck with the corresponding number of ducklings. Each pair has a different way of connecting as a puzzle for the children to match and so even if they haven’t learnt what the number looks like yet, but are beginning to say the numbers in order, this can be a fun way to introduce them to new challenges.
Once the puzzles are complete, why not line the numbers up in order and count together?
If your children would enjoy a further game, leave out a number and see if they can spot which one is missing from the sequence.
Puzzles could also be used as a fine motor control/counting activity if left uncut. Children could be given an appropriate number for their learning and encouraged to place objects on the ducklings, counting as they go.
Number Recognition and Ordering, Counting, Puzzles, Playdough/Loose Parts, Matching and Sorting, Activities, Games, Animals, Birds, Life Cycles, Observation, Problem Solving, Duck, Ducklings
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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This ‘Wetland Types’ activity sheet (differentiated) depicts some of the key wetland types which you may like to discuss with your early years children. It also gives a basic representation of how water may be connected, i.e. the journey of water from mountains to sea.
Discussion Prompts, Listening Skills, Observation, Print Carries Meaning, Take Home, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Problem Solving, Fine Motor
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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WETLAND WORD CARDS
Matching and Sorting, Animals, Birds, Life Cycles, Cards/Flashcards, Discussion Prompts, Observation, Posters/Displays, Print Carries Meaning, Role-Play, Duck, Ducklings, Vole, Fish, Koi Carp, Goldfish, Swallow, Frog, Tadpole, Dragonfly, Minibeasts, Invertebrates, Mammals, Amphibians
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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10 ‘Wetlands’ themed colouring sheets.
Activities, Animals, Birds, Life Cycles, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Take Home, Art and Craft, Colouring, Discussion Prompts, Fine Motor, Letter Formation, Observation, Pencil Control, Print Carries Meaning, Duck, Ducklings, Vole, Fish, Goldfish, Koi Carp, Dragonfly, Frog, Tadpole, Minibeasts, Invertebrates, Mammals, Amphibians, Ecosystems
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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WETLANDS SCENE - CUT AND STICK 2D SHAPES ACTIVITY
Puzzles, Matching and Sorting, Activities, Games, Animals, Birds, Take Home, Alphabet, Discussion Prompts, Fine Motor, Observation, Problem Solving, Scissor Skills, Shapes, Frog, Swallow, Dragonfly, Duck
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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A selection of ‘Draw a wetland scene’ activity sheets. Choose the one most appropriate for your child(ren).
Activities, Drawing, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Fine Motor, Take Home, Laminate to use with w/b pens, Design Your Own, Ecosystems
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Help the duckling find its way! Ideal for multiple uses with whiteboard pens after lamination. Encourage children to start at the duckling and then use a mark making tool to trace the dotted lines until they find the duck. Great for fine motor control.
Animals, Fine Motor, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Pencil Control, Take Home, Laminate to use with w/b pens, Activity, Life Cycles, Wetland, Duck, Duckling, Birds
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN OUR RESOURCES), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Pack includes 3 pages: poster for display and modelling, version with blank labels for writing, plus a writing template with initial sounds for labels.
Animals, Fine Motor, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Observational Skills, Take Home, Activity, Pencil Control, Laminate to use with w/b pens, Problem Solving, Print Carries Meaning, Discussion Prompts, Posters/Display, Group Activity, Wetland, Duck, Birds
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN OUR RESOURCES), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Use mark making tools to trace the dotted lines and create eggs. Ideal for multiple uses with whiteboard pens after lamination. Without lamination these sheets may be used individually. In this instance, once the dotted lines have been traced, why not invite your children to carefully colour between the lines for a mindful experience? Children may even like to add some of their own decorations. Great for fine motor control!
Fine Motor, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Pencil Control, Take Home, Laminate to use with w/b pens, Activity, Life Cycles, Chicken, Wetland, Art and Craft, Eggs, Chicken Eggs
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN OUR RESOURCES), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Frog life cycle display pack. Ideal for learning about growth at any time of the year, but particularly within the context of new life in ‘Spring’. Also ideal to be used as visuals for an activity, e.g. placing all of the life cycle elements in the correct positions relative to each other on a table or as a floor activity. Once in place, perhaps even use as a stimulus for art and craft or playdough.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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A frog life cycle poster together with a cut and stick activity on the same theme.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Can you make the right number of daffodils? Fun number recognition and counting activity combined with a little messy play! Numbered sheets to fingerpaint daffodils . Sheets can also be used to draw daffodils. The third sheet is blank to allow numbers to be written in.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN OUR RESOURCES), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Primarily designed for use as a mat to be laminated and used time and time again with whiteboard pens for children to practise their number formation, this resource has many uses. It could be used by a child once and taken home as a consolidation of their learning. It could be used as part of a Spring and/or Maths display. Place it in a learning area where children may be writing numbers as a reminder of how to form numbers. Or alternatively use it as a playdough mat. (Includes two versions of ‘5’ formation.)
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN OUR RESOURCES), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Related Special Dates
World Wetlands Day
World Wetlands Day is celebrated internationally to draw attention to this important type of land, the animals that populate wetlands and ongoing conservation efforts to preserve them. Wetlands are home to many different types of animals which makes them a great area of interest to children and adults alike!
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