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Free Learning Resources for Families

Everything here is designed to keep learning playful, flexible, and easy to adapt for your own family.

This space will continue to grow as the Why Play Learning collection expands.

Simple printable resources and ideas to support playful learning at home.Created by me, a teacher with over 20 years of experience supporting children and families.
Seasonal Calendar Pages
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Calendar
Click Here for April Booklet

“Looking for ideas for these days? The April Companion Booklet explores many of these themes with activities, facts, and conversation prompts.”

Literacy Printables

Let's Talk

Into into the The Communication Collection

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Reading Comprehension Strategies

Techniques and exercises to improve reading comprehension skills for all age groups.

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Story Prompts

Some Fun prompts for imagination

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Vocabulary Building Exercises

A collection of activities designed to expand vocabulary effectively.

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Phonics for Beginners

An introductory guide to phonics to help young learners recognize letter sounds.

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Children's Storybooks Collection

A curated selection of popular children's storybooks for early literacy development.

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Maths Printables

Number Spinners

Spin your numbers

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Hundred Square

A 10x10 grid numbered from 1 to 100 designed to support counting and number recognition

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Arrow Cards

Some arrow cards to print and cut out

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Number Line

A horizontal line marked with numbers at evenly spaced intervals to show number order and operations

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Multiplication Table

A chart displaying multiplication facts from 1 to 12 to help students learn times tables

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Nature and Science Activities

Yearly Planting Planner

Welcome, Growing Families! 🌿 This planting guide has been designed with you in mind 

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Rainy Day Activities

What to do on those Rainy Days. Lots of ideas to cut out and use again and again

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Mindful Plant Activities

Everyone could do with some quiet peaceful learning once in a while.

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Detective Lab Investigations

Start your investigations here. Become true detectives

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Plant Science Sheets

Print these out to use with your Plant Science book


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Plant Detective Portfolio

Some pages to help you on your detective journey

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Curious Observer

And just how curious are you? Some activities that help you explore more.

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First Week Investigation

We all have to start somewhere. Try this to help you with your first week.

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Safety Checklist

Print this out a a reminder for the kids while their learning new things.

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I CAN checklist

Show how much you know by ticking on the checklist. You're doing so well.

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Detective Lab Detailed Investigations

The second Lab investigation book. More detailed than the first one.

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Parent Guides

Coming Soon
Watch this space

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