Hibernation Word Mat

A picture-and-word mat featuring bat, dormouse and hedgehog alongside hibernation vocabulary, for supported conversation, drawing and writing.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Hibernation Animal Masks — Colouring and Craft

Eight animal masks to colour, cut and use in imaginative play, including hedgehog, bat, dormouse, bear, turtle, badger, butterfly and squirrel.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Hibernation Banner

An illustrated Hibernation heading for a seasonal learning display.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Hibernating Animals Banner

A Hibernating Animals banner for introducing a seasonal discussion or display.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Hibernation Information Sheets for Practitioners

Adult background information comparing ways animals respond to winter, including differences between hibernation and other forms of reduced activity.

Winter Sleep Animals Word Mat

An animal picture-and-word reference covering different winter responses. Use adult explanation to distinguish species and avoid treating all animals as hibernators.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Hibernation Animal Masks — Colour

Eight ready-coloured animal masks for imaginative play, including hedgehog, bat, dormouse, bear, turtle, badger, butterfly and squirrel.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Build a Cosy Hibernaculum

An invitation to build a pretend hedgehog winter nest, exploring textures and discussing the habitat and materials chosen.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Dormouse Hibernation Sequencing and Oracy Cards

Three pictures show a dormouse preparing a nest, hibernating and emerging in spring. Includes A4, A5 and A6 cards, discussion prompts and vocabulary for supported storytelling.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Hibernation Fact Cards

Cards about twelve UK animals and their varied responses to winter, including notes distinguishing hibernation, torpor, brumation, diapause and overwintering.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Hibernating Animals Draw and Write Sheets

Four differentiated sheets for recording thoughts and observations through marks, drawings and writing.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Animals in Winter — UK Hibernation Poster

An adult-supported information poster about different animal responses to winter, including hibernation, brumation and diapause.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Helping Wildlife in Winter Banner

An illustrated heading for a display or discussion about helping wildlife in winter.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Helping Wildlife in Winter Cards

Picture prompts for adult-led discussion about shelter, food, water and ways people can support local wildlife.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Helping Wildlife in Winter Illustration Sheets

Portrait and landscape sheets with spaces for children to illustrate wildlife-helping ideas. Use with adult explanation and appropriate real-world guidance.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Helping Wildlife in Winter Cards — Colouring

Colouring versions of the wildlife-helping picture prompts, for conversation about shelter, water and other support people can offer.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Helping Wildlife in Winter Feeding Poster

A food-themed discussion poster from the wildlife-helping set. Check current, species-specific feeding guidance before turning the illustrations into practical action.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Feed the Squirrel Pencil Control Mats

Follow paths towards the squirrel’s food using a finger or suitable mark-making tool. The mat format can be prepared for repeated use.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Decorate a Bird Box Multimat

A bird-box outline for marks, playdough, suitable loose parts or collage, with opportunities to talk about shelter for birds.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Feed the Robin Letters and Sounds Dice Game

Two robin board games labelled Phase 2 and Phase 3, combining dice movement and sound recognition. Choose the board and correspondences that fit children’s phonics teaching.

Suggested use: Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Feed the Robin Pencil Control Activity Sheets

Robin-themed line-following activity sheets for drawing paths towards food. Retained separately from the reusable-mat layout.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Feed the Squirrel Pencil Control Activity Sheets

Squirrel-themed line-following sheets for drawing paths towards food. Retained separately from the reusable-mat layout.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Winter Size Ordering Picture Cards

Compare and arrange winter pictures by size using smaller, bigger, smallest and biggest. Use as movable cards or a cut-and-stick activity.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Winter Robin Number Cards (0–100)

Robin numerals from 0 to 100 for selected number lines, displays, ordering or numeral formation.

Suggested use: Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Winter Robin Alphabet Cards

Alphabet letters on robin pictures for a display, letter matching and supported letter formation.

Suggested use: Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Winter Robin Alphabet Colouring Cards

A robin colouring card for each alphabet letter, plus a blank card for your own additions.

Suggested use: Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Robin and Worm Counting Mats (1–20)

Match numbered robin cards to quantities of worms from 1 to 20, counting the food needed for each bird.

Suggested use: Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Footprints in the Snow Display Banner

A footprint-themed banner for a winter investigation or display. Pair it with children’s observations, animal-track pictures and the matching footprint resources.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Animal Footprints in the Snow Poster

Compare six illustrated animals with their tracks: deer, dog, squirrel, fox, badger and cat. Use the poster during a shared winter walk or alongside a footprint investigation display.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Winter Animal Footprint Matching Puzzles

Match six animals to their footprints using two-part puzzles with self-checking edges. Compare shapes, talk about what you notice and check whether each animal and track belong together.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Which Animal Made That Footprint? Cards

Animal-and-footprint cards for shared observation, matching and discussion. The set covers deer, dog, squirrel, fox, badger and cat, and can accompany a winter walk or track display.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Animal Footprint Multimats

Explore six animal footprint shapes with colouring, collage, playdough or suitable loose parts. Reuse laminated mats for arranging materials and comparing the different shapes of the tracks.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Polar Animals Display Banner

A cartoon polar-animal banner for a winter display or themed resource area. Use it alongside more specific pictures and conversations about the different animals in the collection.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Polar Animal Masks — Colouring

Colour and decorate eight animal mask designs for imaginative play. The pack includes a penguin, polar bear, narwhal, arctic fox, arctic hare, walrus and two deer designs.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Polar Animal Masks — Colour

Eight ready-coloured animal mask designs for role play and shared stories, including penguin, polar bear, narwhal, arctic fox, arctic hare, walrus and two deer designs.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Polar Animal Movement Challenge Cards

Try seven animal-inspired movement prompts together. Adults can introduce each action, then invite children to recognise the picture, choose a card and take turns leading the movement.

Suggested use: Toddlers with adult support · Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Polar Animals Four-Piece Puzzles — Cartoon

Rebuild cartoon animal pictures with four-piece puzzles featuring penguin, arctic fox, narwhal, reindeer and polar bear. Compare colours and shapes to find where each piece belongs.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Polar Animals Cartoon Colouring Sheets

Six named colouring pages featuring arctic fox, penguin, narwhal, polar bear and reindeer with and without antlers. Use them for colouring, describing pictures and choosing materials.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Polar Animals Dice Puzzle Game

Roll a 1–6 die and collect the matching piece to complete an animal picture. Choose the version with dots to count or numerals to recognise, playing independently or taking turns.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Polar Animal Multimats

Eleven outline mats with whole animals and animal faces for playdough, collage, colouring or suitable loose parts. Laminate for repeated use with dough or washable mark-making materials.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Polar Animal Alphabet Cards

Cartoon polar-animal letter cards for recognising, matching and arranging letters. Use selected cards for playful alphabet exploration or add them to a themed literacy display.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Feed the Penguin Counting Puzzles — 1–10

Match each numbered penguin to a group of fish from 1 to 10. Count the pictured fish, connect the matching pieces or leave the cards uncut for number-ordering activities.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Feed the Penguin Pencil-Control Sheets

Follow several paths from penguins to fish on each sheet. Offer the line patterns as optional mark-making and pencil-control practice, or laminate for repeated use with suitable pens.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Feed the Penguin Pencil-Control & Finger-Tracing Mats

Trace an individual path from a penguin to its fish with a finger or a mark-making tool. The larger mat format offers a reusable alternative to the sheets with several lines.

Suggested use: Toddlers with adult support · Preschool · Reception

Feed the Arctic Fox Counting Puzzles — 1–10

Match numbered arctic foxes to groups of voles from 1 to 10. Count the pictured animals, connect the pieces or use uncut cards for number recognition and ordering.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Inside a Polar Bear Den Poster

An illustrated cross-section of a maternity den, with labels for the entrance tunnel, chambers and air hole. Use it for shared discussion about the shelter used by a mother polar bear and cubs.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Design a Polar Bear Den

A simple den-outline sheet for children’s drawings, marks and design ideas. Invite them to talk about the shelter they are creating and add details or labels where meaningful.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Polar Bear Multimats

Polar bear outline mats for playdough, collage, colouring and suitable loose parts. Use the animal pictures as starting points for exploring materials, making marks and talking about bears.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Polar Bear Body Parts — Poster & Writing Sheets

Name polar bear body parts with a labelled poster, then choose a blank-label sheet or a version with initial letters. Use the pictures for oral discussion before adding labels in writing.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Seasonal Changes Display Posters

Four A4 posters explore spring, summer, autumn and winter through clothing, weather and seasonal pictures, with simple day-and-night-length diagrams.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Seasons Sort & Match Cards

Sort and match seven cards for each season, using pictures of trees, clothing, weather and seasonal details to compare changes across the year.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Signs of Winter Cards & Posters

Notice and talk about winter changes with illustrated cards showing seasonal observations such as frost, bare branches, winter clothes and garden robins. Use them for shared picture talk, displays or preparation for a walk.

Suggested use: Toddlers with adult support · Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Signs of Winter Cards — Colouring

Colour winter observation pictures and talk about what you recognise. The outline cards include seasonal details such as bare branches, winter clothes, holly berries and snowdrops, and can accompany shared picture discussion.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Keeping Warm in Winter Display Banner

A colourful banner for winter clothing displays, dressing-up spaces or conversations about keeping warm. Pair it with familiar hats, scarves, gloves and suitable outdoor clothing.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Winter Clothes Decoration Multimats

Decorate a woolly hat, gloves, wellington boots and scarf with drawing, collage, playdough or suitable loose parts. Reuse laminated mats or offer them as single-use creative sheets.

Suggested use: Toddlers with adult support · Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Winter Glove Colour Pair Match

Match ten pairs of coloured gloves and name or compare the colours. Start with a few visible pairs, then introduce more cards or turn them over for a memory game.

Suggested use: Toddlers with adult support · Preschool · Reception

Winter Clothes Colour-Match Memory Game

Match coloured winter clothing in a bingo-style memory game. Follow the included instructions, take turns and use the fold-over card tabs to conceal the pictures when playing face down.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Winter Pom-Pom Mats

Place pom-poms or suitable loose parts on coloured circles to complete winter pictures. Choose fingers or a suitable tool to explore careful placement, colour matching and fine-motor control.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Winter Number-Slice Picture Puzzles — Colour

Put numbered picture strips in order to rebuild winter scenes. The colour puzzles include 1–5 and 1–10 arrangements and can be used as reusable pieces or cut-and-stick activities.

Suggested use: Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Winter Number-Slice Picture Puzzles — Colouring

Colour a winter picture, cut it into strips and rebuild it in number order. The pack offers 1–5 and 1–10 sequences, with picture clues to help children check their arrangement.

Suggested use: Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Winter Word Cards

Illustrated winter word cards for displays, role play and purposeful reading or writing. The pack includes initial-capital and all-lower-case sets, plus blank cards for your own words and pictures.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Winter Word Mat — Sledge & Sled Versions

Point to, name and describe winter pictures, then use the labelled mat as a reference for drawing or writing. Two versions are included, using either “sledge” or “sled”.

Suggested use: Toddlers with adult support · Preschool · Reception

Winter Number Snap Cards — 1–10

Play number snap with winter pictures and numerals from 1 to 10. Use the cards to recognise matching numbers, compare pictured quantities and take turns in a simple game.

Suggested use: Reception · Selected KS1 uses

What Clothes Will You Take? — Cut & Stick

Choose clothes for two suitcases: one for hot, sunny weather and one for cold, rainy weather. Cut and stick the coloured clothing pictures, then talk about the reasons for each choice.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

What Clothes Will You Take? — Colour, Cut & Stick

Colour the clothing pictures and choose what to pack for hot, sunny or cold, rainy weather. Cut and stick the clothes into the matching suitcase and explain your choices.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Weather Movement Challenge Cards

Explore six weather-inspired movement prompts through shared action and play. Adults can model the movements, invite children to choose cards and combine familiar actions into a simple sequence.

Suggested use: Toddlers with adult support · Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Weather Four-Piece Puzzles

Complete eight four-piece weather pictures, including rain, sunshine, wind, snow and cloudy skies. Compare the picture details and use weather words as children fit the pieces together.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Today the Weather Is… Display

Choose a weather picture to record what children observe today. Use the display as part of a shared daily routine for looking outside, comparing conditions and talking about the weather.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Colour Clothes for the Weather

Choose and colour clothing for hot, sunny weather or cold, rainy weather. Four sheets give children opportunities to compare the pictures and explain which clothes they would choose.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

My Winter Senses Booklet

Separate sheets or a booklet for drawing, marks and writing about what children notice through their senses, perhaps after a winter walk.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Woodland Wildlife Walk — Winter

Winter woodland observation checklists, including a sheet with space for small drawings and marks to record what children notice.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Outdoor Winter Explorers Banner

A heading for a winter exploration display or outdoor provision area.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Winter Walk Checklists

Winter picture checklists with and without words for noticing seasonal sights and sharing what children find.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Woodland Wildlife Winter Draw and Write Sheets

Sheets with different amounts of writing space for drawing and recording expectations or observations of winter woodland.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Woodland Mindfulness Activity Cards

Sixteen outdoor noticing and activity ideas for slowing down, observing the surroundings and sharing children’s responses.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Woodland Wildlife Mindfulness Scavenger Hunt Sheets

Checklist-style woodland scavenger hunts for noticing and discussing the environment. This sheet format is distinct from the separate prompt cards.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Woodland Bird Fact Cards (A5)

A5 information cards introducing ten birds, including robin, pigeon, blackbird, blue tit, magpie, buzzard, barn owl and swallow.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Woodland Bird Fact Cards (A4)

The larger A4 information-card edition introducing ten birds for shared observation, discussion and display.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Woodland Animal Fact Cards (A5)

A5 information cards introducing ten woodland animals, including fox, squirrel, frog, rabbit, bank vole, bat, slow worm and hedgehog.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Woodland Animal Fact Cards (A4)

A4 information cards introducing ten woodland animals. A larger format for shared discussion and display.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Woodland Plant Fact Cards (A5)

A5 picture-and-fact cards for eight plants, including ivy, bluebell, bramble, snowdrop, daffodil, daisy, herb Robert and wood anemone.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Woodland Plant Fact Cards (A4)

The larger A4 information-card edition for eight woodland plants, supporting observation and adult-led discussion.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Woodland Minibeast Fact Cards (A5)

A5 cards introducing ten woodland minibeasts, including earthworm, snail, ladybird, earwig, ant, bumblebee, woodlouse, centipede, spider and butterfly.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Woodland Minibeast Fact Cards (A4)

The larger A4 information-card edition introducing ten woodland minibeasts for observation and shared discussion.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Woodland Wildlife — Draw What You See

Four seasonal drawing templates for recording woodland observations in children’s own pictures.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Winter Number Cards — Natural Items

Numerals formed with natural materials provide starting points for making numbers outdoors. Children can use their own materials and arrangements.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Winter Number Mat — Natural Items

A single numeral mat with numbers formed from natural materials, providing ideas for children’s own outdoor number making.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Winter Number and Subitising Mats (1–6)

Six mats show numerals and number words alongside quantities of pine cones, footprints, robins and dice spots.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Winter Subitising Flash Cards (A4)

Twenty-two large snowflake cards for quantities from 1 to 6, plus a blank template, for noticing and discussing number arrangements.

Suggested use: Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Winter Subitising Turn-and-Check Cards (A5)

Twenty-two snowflake quantity cards for 1–6 with fold-back answers for checking, plus a blank card for your own arrangement.

Suggested use: Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Snowflake Number Cards (0–20)

Snowflake-themed numerals from 0 to 20 for selected displays, flashcards, ordering and numeral formation.

Suggested use: Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Winter Number Formation Mat

A snowflake-themed numeral formation mat, including two ways of forming 5, for reference or repeated mark making.

Suggested use: Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Snowball Counting Playdough Mats

Make playdough snowballs to match each mat’s number, exploring quantities and numeral shapes through practical play.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Winter Tally Chart and Checklist

Record winter finds with a checklist or tally-chart layout. Children can point, make their own marks or begin to record quantities.

Suggested use: Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Winter Size Ordering — Colour, Cut and Stick

Each page shows a winter object in five sizes for colouring, cutting and arranging in size order.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Winter Pictogram Chart

Picture pieces and a chart for comparing children’s chosen winter objects and introducing simple data displays.

Suggested use: Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Winter Counting Posters and Cards (0–20)

Winter objects with quantities from 0 to 20, for selected counting displays or smaller cards.

Suggested use: Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Winter Colour and Count Sheets (1–20)

Colour winter objects and count quantities from 1 to 20, linking the objects with written numerals.

Suggested use: Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Winter 100 Square

A winter-themed hundred square for locating numbers and exploring number patterns.

Suggested use: Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Winter Movement Challenge Cards

Eight winter-inspired movement prompts for children to try, discuss and adapt through active play.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Magical Winter Adventure — Personalised Story

An editable story frame for adding the names of children and adults in your setting. This resource is supplied as a Word document.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Winter Walk Mark-Making, Drawing and Writing Sheets

Seven sheets with space for first marks, drawings or fuller writing after noticing winter sights, sounds and smells.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception · Selected KS1 uses

Winter Colouring Sheets

A collection of winter picture outlines for colouring, choosing materials and talking about seasonal objects.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Design Your Own Snowman

A snowman template for children’s own drawings, decorations, collage and choices of materials.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Winter Display Banner

An illustrated Winter heading for a seasonal display.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Winter Border Paper

Winter-themed bordered paper in colour and black-and-white for marks, drawings and writing.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Winter Banner and Borders

A three-A4-page Winter banner with straight display borders, for adapting to the size of your display.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

Winter Banner and Borders — Curved

A separate Winter banner-and-border edition with curved borders. The banner spans three A4 pages at its original size.

Suggested use: Preschool · Reception

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Goldilocks and the Three Bears

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