Reception Summer 1 worksheets: Animals
A 45-page workbook that covers the whole term, so you can teach everything your child learns in Reception in Summer 1 at home. Summer 1 is about animals: farm animals, pets, minibeasts, life cycles and caring for animals. Children read and write longer words and simple sentences, learn more tricky words, write about animals, and in maths count in 2s, double, halve and share.
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- Follow the 6-week planEach week lists the sounds, the maths focus, the rhyme and the sheets to do.
- 20 minutes a daySounds, a story, a little counting and writing, and one sheet. The teaching notes tell you what to say.
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What’s inside
- A teaching guide: daily routine, 6-week plan and end-of-term checklist
- Phonics: bl cl fl pl, sk sm sw tw, Revise: writing sentences, Tricky words oh, their, people, Mr, Mrs, looked, Writing about an animal
- Letter and number writing in UK school handwriting
- 3 stories printed in full, and a rhyme to learn each week
- 41 sheets across all 7 areas of the EYFS
- Teaching notes on every sheet
Books for this term
- Farmer Duck
- The Little Red Hen
- The Selfish Crocodile
- Six Dinner Sid
Stories in the workbook are traditional tales retold in our own words, or our own. The other books work from any edition, including a library copy.
The 6-week plan
| Week | Phonics sounds | Maths | Rhyme to learn |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bl cl fl pl | Counting in 2s; equal groups | Baa, Baa, Black Sheep |
| 2 | sk sm sw tw | Doubling | Mary Had a Little Lamb |
| 3 | Revise: writing sentences | Sharing fairly | Hey Diddle Diddle |
| 4 | Tricky words oh, their, people, Mr, Mrs, looked | Subtracting within 10 | Little Bo-Peep |
| 5 | Writing about an animal | Counting legs: counting in 2s and 4s | Five Fluffy Ducklings |
| 6 | Revise all sounds | Halving and odd and even | Pussycat, Pussycat |
All 41 worksheets in this workbook
Literacy
- Find the sound: bl cl fl pl sk sm sw tw
- Listen and write
- Rhyming pairs
- Questions: The Little Red Hen
- Questions: The Ugly Duckling
- Questions: Leo and the Hungry Hamster
- Find the sound: ai ee igh oa oo
- Write about a pet
- Sounds: bl cl fl pl
- Sounds: sk sm sw tw
- Read and match: animal words
- Write the word
- Write a sentence
- Write about an animal
- Tricky words: oh their people Mr Mrs looked
- Read it myself
- Story: The Little Red Hen
- Story: The Ugly Duckling
- Story: Leo and the Hungry Hamster
- Farmer Duck
- The Little Red Hen
- The Selfish Crocodile
- Six Dinner Sid
Maths
- Ten frames
- Number line to 10
- Repeating patterns
- Counting legs
- Subtracting within 10
- Equal groups
- Doubling
- Sharing fairly
Expressive Arts and Design
- Rhymes to learn: weeks 1 to 3
- Rhymes to learn: weeks 4 to 6
- Animal sounds
- Build a minibeast home
Understanding the World
- Animal homes
- Life cycle of a butterfly
- Parts of a fish
- Lays eggs or not?
- Minibeast hunt
PSED
- Caring for animals
Questions
What does the Reception Summer 1 workbook cover?
Everything most UK schools teach in Reception in Summer 1 for the topic “Animals”: phonics (bl cl fl pl, sk sm sw tw, Revise: writing sentences, Tricky words oh, their, people, Mr, Mrs, looked, Writing about an animal), letter and number writing, reading words and sentences, stories and rhymes, maths, and sheets for all 7 areas of the EYFS. A 6-week plan shows what to do each week.
Does it follow the EYFS?
Yes. Every sheet names the EYFS area and early learning goal it works towards, and the end-of-term checklist lists them all, so you can see what your child can do.
Do I need to be a teacher to use it?
No. Every sheet has short teaching notes for the grown-up: the key words to use, how to teach it, what to ask, and what to do if it's tricky. About 20 minutes a day is enough.
Do I need to buy the books?
No. The stories are printed in the workbook. The book sheets (Farmer Duck, The Little Red Hen, The Selfish Crocodile, Six Dinner Sid) work with any edition, so a library copy is fine.
Which handwriting style does it use?
The letter shapes taught in English primary schools, written unjoined as Reception children learn them, on 4-line handwriting guides.
How do I get it?
Pay £4.99 by card or PayPal and the PDF downloads straight away. Print it at home on A4, or on US Letter.
£4.99 45-page PDF workbook · instant download · print at home on A4
Pay by debit card, credit card or PayPal. Your download appears straight after paying.
No PayPal account needed. Your download starts straight away. By buying, you agree to this and give up the 14-day right to cancel. Faulty or missing files are always replaced or refunded. Refunds
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