The worksheets focus on building comprehension skills, SPaG knowledge, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills which will consolidate their year 2 national curriculum expectations.

Read: Year 2 Christmas-Themed Math Worksheets

Free Year 2 Christmas English Activity Booklet

Our handy, Christmas-themed worksheets include:

• Wordsearch
• Inferencing
• Verbs and Adjectives
• A Letter to Santa

And much more …!

Download now and give plenty of fun to your children while enhancing their literacy skills. To download worksheets, click on the image and download the PDF file.

Word Search: 

A lovely high-quality word search proven to enhance the vocabulary and spelling skills of children. This word search will definitely keep your children entertained while learning new words.

Verbs and Adjectives:

Let children practice finding verbs and adjectives with the wonderful Christmas-themed verbs and adjectives worksheet where children have to find the verbs or adjectives and colour them accordingly.

Letter to Santa:

Writing letters each year is the perfect activity for young children but also a wonderful way for parents to see what’s on their child’s wish list. Have a look at our 7 Free Printable Letters to Santa templates. 

Inferences Worksheet:

Inferencing skill is such a challenging task to master. It is an important reading skill, and this inferencing worksheet can surely help! Download Now.

Fiction or Non-Fiction?

This wonderful worksheet will help children understand the difference between fiction and non-fiction books based on the information provided. Challenge them today!

How will these worksheets help my child?

Keep your children engaged in the enjoyable run-up to Christmas with these brilliant and useful Christmas activities. Bursting with brilliant and engaging Christmas resources for English these engaging Christmas Activity worksheets are the key to keeping your child occupied this Christmas!

How can I help improve my child’s literacy skills over the Christmas holidays?

1. Word Search: Who doesn’t like word searches? Word searches not only improve your child’s spelling abilities but also upgrades their problem-solving skills and enhance their critical thinking as well! How great is that! Download our Christmas-themed word search now!
2. Reading Books: Christmas is a great time to get together and have fun! Why not get together and read some traditional stories? Reading enhances many literacy skills for example SPaG and it boosts your child’s vocabulary. Not only that but it also widens your kid’s imagination and raises their creativity! Who doesn’t want that?
3. Letter to Santa: And last but not least, every child’s favourite activity – A Letter to Santa! Let your child’s imagination free as they write their very own letter to Father Christmas.

Free Christmas Word Mat:

Why not download the free colourful word mat containing all the main vocabulary a child needs when writing about the Christmas topic.  The word mat is great to use as a hands-on prompt and spelling reference while writing.

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Related: Free Eid Al Adha Colouring Pages

What is hajj?

Hajj is an Islamic pilgrimage that millions of Muslims perform every year in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. During Hajj men wear special cloth to cover their body called ‘Ihram’ and women use a head covering called ‘Hijab’

Why is Hajj so important?

There are five pillars of Islam. Hajj is the fifth pillar of Islam that every Muslim have to perform once in their lifetime if they are financially and physically capable. It’s a very hectic journey that Muslims believe helps wipe clean their sins and start anew.

How these Hajj colouring pages for kids will help my child?

Our fantastic colouring pages will give children a chance to be creative and show their amazing skills with different colours. It will help them with their fine motor skills. These sheets will also be useful for teachers during the lesson on Hajj. The sheets can be put on display or sent home as a lovely keepsake. 

What are the benefits of colouring?

Colouring help kids improve their fine motor skills by strengthening the muscles of their fingers, hand and wrist. It also improves child concentration level as they focus on a single activity at a time. The other benefits are good handwriting skills, help relieve stress and promote creativity. 

Free Hajj Colouring Pages for kids

These colouring sheets are ideal for use during Eid al Adha or Hajj topic. The worksheets feature Kabba, pillars of Hajj, Praying child and much more.

Instructions:

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More Colouring Pages

Looking for more colouring pages? Check our other amazing sheets:

1. Eid al Adha mindfulness Colouring Pages
2. Eid al Adha kids colouring sheets
3. Father’s Day colouring pages
4. Doctors and Nurses Colouring sheets
5. Keyworkers Colouring sheets
6. Easter Colouring sheets

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What is cursive handwriting?

Cursive handwriting is a writing style where you join the letter together using horizontal and diagonal strokes. According to the British national curriculum, children are expected to learn cursive writing from Year 2 to Year 6.

Related: Free Numbers Tracing Worksheets | 1-10

How to teach children to write lowercase and uppercase in the cursive font?

Our lovely Alphabet Letters in Cursive Worksheets are perfect to teach children cursive writing. It also provides them with plenty of practice. The worksheets can be used in a classroom setting or individually at home. The sheets will make it easier for the students to learn cursive writing. Children can trace and write the letters from A to Z along with beautiful illustrations. After finishing work, kids can then colour in the pictures.

FREE Alphabet Letters in Cursive Worksheets

To download worksheets, click on the image and download the PDF file.

Why are children taught alphabet joined-up writing?

In this digital age, people are shifting more and more to typing than writing. But handwriting still plays a very important role especially as most of the examinations still is handwritten.  According to the British national curriculum, children should start making diagonal strokes by the end of Year 2 so that they can move towards joined-up handwriting. It is a vital skill that children need to learn so that they can produce legible handwriting.

If done correctly, cursive writing holds plenty of benefits. Research has shown that children who learn cursive writing perform better in their reading and writing skills. Handwriting also improves memory. When a child writes something by hand it makes unique pathways in their brain that help them to remember the content for a longer period of time than those who type it.

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The times table not only makes the maths journey stress free but is also helpful in day to day life such as counting money, dividing amounts and much more. 7 Times table is often hard to learn as it’s a prime number and it has infinite multiples but worry not we have made some amazing resources that will help your child master it within no time.

What is 7 times table?

Times tables are very important to learn as they help children in day to day life. Examples include: dividing things among multiple people, cooking gardening and much more.  Practising time table daily using the time times table chart will help your child learn the times table quickly. Keep practising until the learning is secure and the child has a full grip on the topic.

We have also created a beautiful 7 times table bookmark that children can keep in their reading book and practice their times table whenever they can.

7 Time table chart:

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7 Times Table Bookmark:

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7 Times table to 10:

The multiplication times table to 7 include:

1 x 7 = 7
2 x 7 = 14
3 x 7 = 21
4 x 7 = 28
5 x 7 = 35
6 x 7 = 42
7 x 7 = 49
8 x 7 = 56
9 x 7 = 63
10 x 7 = 70

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7 times table to 20:

The 7 times table to 20 includes

11 x 7 = 77
12 x 7 = 84
13 x 7 = 91
14 x 7 = 98
15 x 7 = 105
16 x 7 = 112
17 x 7 = 119
18 x 7 = 126
19 x 7 = 133
20 x 7 = 340

Multiplication Square:

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7 Times Table worksheets:

Download this lovely worksheet that will help children practice their 7 times table in a fun way. 

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A wonderful Free 7 times table word problems worksheet with lovely illustrations. Children will love to solve the worksheets over and over again.

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Why are times tables so important?

Learning and memorising times table by heart is very important for a strong maths foundation. As children memorise all the times table, they can solve complex math problems quickly and become more fluent in their mental arithmetic. Being fluent in times table help children in their other key math concepts like addition, subtraction, division and long multiplication problems.

Mastering times table gives confidence to children in their everyday life too. For example, if you have seven 5p coins in your piggy bank. The quickest way to find out how much money you have is to times 5 by 7.  Just do 5×7=30 and you will know that you have 30p in your piggy bank. 

How can I practice my times table at home?

Make memorising times table fun for your child so they can learn more quickly and perform better in their maths lessons in school. There are 6 best ways to help your child practice their times table at home.

1. Use flashcards to play different fun games. 
2. Use sticky notes to write the multiples of times table you are looking to practice. Ask your child to collect the sticky notes and put them in order. 
3. Some children are visual learners. Stick the multiplication chart where they can see them daily. It will also help them to memorise the times table.
4. Multiplication Times table songs on YouTube.
5.  Recite Times tables in different voice styles. For example robot voice, posh voice etc
6. Online Times games like Hit the button, would also give good practice to the children
7. Bang Bang! is a fun game that two children can play together. Let children sit back to back, and the parent, says a timetable. The first to turn around to the partner and say answer with a “Bang Bang” after wins! 

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Free Number bonds of 10 worksheets

Let your children learn the number bonds with our amazing free worksheets. Teachers can use them in class or can give them as their homework tasks. The worksheets can also be laminated so that they can be used over and over again.

To download simply click the image and download the PDF file.

Rainbow of 10:

A visual worksheet that will strengthen the knowledge of number bonds and keep children engaged.

Number bonds of 10 Ten Frame

The lovely activity is great to support young children in their understanding of the number bonds of ten. It can also be used to assess the child’s understanding of number bonds.

Number bonds of 10 – Missing numbers

The beautiful cactus theme worksheet is perfect to consolidate the children learning and give them the good practice of their number bonds. The children need to recall their number bonds and fill in the missing spaces to make 10.

Narwhals Number bonds of 10

A lovely activity that can be done alone or in a small group. The child needs to identify the number bonds, match them and colour the narwhals to finish the activity. This sheet not only consolidates number bonds but will also sharpen the child’s fine motor skills.

Number bonds of 10 Part whole model using pictorial representations

Let children experience the number bonds using pictorial representations so feel confident and learn visually. The kids will count the dots and then finish the part-whole model to make 10. Once children finish their work they can colour the beautiful pictures on the sheet.

What are Number Bonds?

Number bonds to 10 are just two numbers that add together to make 10. They are also known as addition facts, fact families and many other names. There are only 5 pairs of numbers in number bonds of 10.

The numbers included are:

1 and 9

2 and 8

3 and 7

4 and 6

5 and 5

How can I help my child to understand number bonds?

Our wonderful worksheets will help consolidate the number bonds to 10  while providing support to the children so that they can practice the facts. The beautiful illustration will keep children engaged and excited. Once children finish their work they can then colour in the pictures to display their work in the classroom.

Why are number bonds important?

As well all know addition and subtraction are the backbones of Mathematics. If children are good in their addition and subtraction then they are good in all aspects of maths. Number bonds help children to develop a strong foundation of addition and subtraction. Once they know the number bonds to 10, they can work out other complex arithmetic problems quickly and efficiently.

Once children mastered number bonds to 10 they are introduced to number bonds to 20 which helps them massively in the latter stages of their learning.

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What is included in Free Summer-Themed Colour by Code worksheets:

Get children excited about learning with these fun-filled colour by code worksheets which your students will love to do over and over again. There are 6 different types of worksheets focusing on different skills. the colour by code activities includes colour by CVC words, Colour by number, colour by addition and much more.

Also check: Daily Reception Maths and English Book

Colour by CVC words:

Develop your child fine motor skills and phonics skills simultaneously with this summer-themed colour by CVC words worksheet. Students need to read the words and then colour them according to the colour code given at the top of the sheet. Download US version here.

Colour by Numbers:

A fun activity to support kids’ number recognition skills. Children will love to colour in this summer-themed worksheet as they find their numerals and match them with the colour code. This worksheet will also enhance help them with pencil control as colouring helps with fine motor skills. Download US version here.

Colour by addition to 10:

Colour by addition is a great activity to let children practise their number bonds while assessing their addition and fine motor skills. The beautiful worksheet is simple yet attractive for tiny brains. Download US version here.

Colour by doubles:

children will definitely enjoy colouring in this lovely sheet while improving their skills. The worksheet can do used in a small group or as an individual. The kids have to answer the question and then colour using the colour key provided. Download US version here.

Colour by Words:

The children have to colour in the words using their phonics knowledge. The worksheet is focused on KS1 children who are looking to take their phonics screening check soon. The beautiful illustration will surely keep children engaged at all times. Download US version here.

Similar Colouring Sheets:

If you have enjoyed this colouring sheet, why not have a look at our other amazing colouring resources.

1. Colour by phonics worksheet
2. Father’s Day Colouring sheets
3. Christmas Colouring sheets
4. Keyworkers Colouring sheets
5. Easter Colouring sheets

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These KS1 and early years focused sheets are great for children working on valentine topic. Each sheet has lots of beautiful and colourful illustrations which children can colour. Why not check our other amazing Year 1 and Year 2 resources. Download your sheets now by clicking on the images below.

How Valentine printables and activities are useful for my child?

Polish your children maths skills with these highly motivating and engaging worksheets. The children will work on these Valentine-themed KS1 worksheets which will also enhance their fine motor skills as they will be doing plenty of colouring. The word search will help children find the words and enhance their spelling. The addition and numbers worksheets will polish their numeracy skills.

Which sheets are included in Free Valentine Printables?

The pack includes

1. Word Search:
2. Find and Colour 100 square
3. Missing numbers to 20
4. Valentine’s Numbers
5. Colour by numbers
6. Valentine’s addition to 10

Word Search: 

The beautiful word search worksheet will work as a gateway to discuss the topic of valentines such as love, kindness and affection. The children need to find 9 words from the sheet.

Find and colour 100 Square:

The lovely place value resource with the twist of valentines day is suitable for children in Year 1 and Year 2. Children will read the clues and colour the 100 square accordingly.

Missing Numbers to 20:

Another fun and engaging free valentine printable that will surely mesmerise your child. The children need to fill in the missing numbers and colour the pictures in the end.

Valentine’s numbers:

The valentines number worksheet is great for number recognition and teaching place value with beautiful pictures.

Addition to 10:

Let children explore the world of addition with this highly motivating worksheet with a twist of valentines theme. Download now and start practising addition.

Colour by numbers

This worksheet offers a perfect blend of addition and subtraction up to 20. The children need to solve the sums and colour the part of the picture according to their colour code.

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How do these Halloween Character Description Writing Frames help children?

The lovely frames will help children write descriptively and build a wonderful story. The given word bank will introduce new vocabulary to the children and also help them with their spelling. The wonderful resource can be used during Halloween time or when children are learning to describe characters.

Why not download the amazing Free Halloween Word mat to help your student with their writing task. The mat is perfect for independent writing tasks. The mat provides key vocabulary for the Halloween topic.

Which characters are included?

The Halloween characters included are:

1. Vampire: Use this lovely worksheet to write descriptively about Vampires this Halloween.
   
2. Devil: Children will have fun creating spooky sentences while writing about this Devil.
   
3. Mummy: Let children experience the pyramids in Egypt. Help them express their feeling by writing the best Halloween character profile for this Mummy.
   
4. Skeleton: Write about this spooky character using the words bank and checklist.
   
5. Witch: Make writing magical with this cute witch illustration to help children write descriptively this Halloween.
   
6. Werewolf: An engaging yet simple worksheet will encourage children to produce their best writing about werewolves.
   
7. Zombie: The worksheet features a spooky zombie girl with a selection of words to support kids writing.
   
8. Frankenstein: Let children write about this iconic character this Halloween. Children will love looking at the wonderful picture and writing using the given vocabulary.
   
9. Black Cat: 

More Halloween Resources:

Halloween Adjectives Word Mat:

Our simple word mat features some key adjectives to create a spooky atmosphere or setting in children writing.

Halloween Word Mat:

The word mat provides the key vocabulary for the Halloween topic. It will be useful for children as a hand on prompt and spelling reference during independent writing tasks.

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What is place value?

Place Value is the value of each digit. It is an important concept of maths that helps in calculations like addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and much more.

Example of Place value:

572 has 5 Hundreds, 7 tens and 2 ones.

The expanded form of 572 is 500+70+2

Also Read: Free Year 2 Subtraction Worksheets

Year 2 Place Value learning objectives:

Year 2 students need to learn the following learning objectives:

1. Read and write numbers to 100 in numerals and words.
2. Count forward and backwards in 2s, 3s, 5s, and 10s.
3. Children need to know the place value of 2 digit numbers (tens and ones)
4. Children need to recall and use addition and subtraction facts up to 20, also to derive and use related facts to 100.
5. To add and subtract mentally using pictorial representation, concrete objects to add a two-digit and a one-digit number.

How to use these worksheets?

Our wonderfully illustrated worksheets will help children practice the place value skills along with plenty of fun. The amazing worksheets will help reinforce the concepts of comparing numbers, 10 less and 10 more, true and false questions, 100 squares and much more.

Click on the images and download the PDF files.

More Year 2 resources:

If you found our Place value worksheets useful then you might want to take a look at the following resources:

• Free KS1 Back to school activities
• Story Setting Description writing frames
• Free Year 2 Addition Worksheets
• Free Year 2 Subtraction Worksheets

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What is a place value in maths?

Place value helps us identify the worth of each digit. We use it to understand if the value or worth of a digit is thousands, hundreds, tens or ones.

For instance, in 5426 the “5” is 5000, “4” is 400, “2” is 200 and “6” is ones.

What do children need to know about Place value in Year 1?

According to the national curriculum, Year 1 children are expected to:

1. Count and read numbers from 0 to 100.
2. More than, less than and equals to
3. Count in 2s, 5s and 10s
4.  Identify and represent numbers using objects and pictorial representations like numbers line, ten frames and base 10 blocks.

How to use these Place Value worksheets with your children?

Our amazing place value worksheets are great for teaching children the most important concept of maths and that is Place value. Place value is a basis for our entire number system. As children start to learn from counting objects they gradually move to tougher concepts of maths.

Why not try some amazing free online math games for year 1? Check our list of free Online Math games for Year 1.

Download our amazing sheets by clicking on the image below.

Fun classroom activities to teach place value:

1. Claps and Clicks:
   The teacher writes a two-digit number on the board. The child has to say the number by clapping for tens and clicking for ones. For example, the number is 36. The child has to clap 3 times and clicks 6 times.
2. Roll and Collect:
   Put children in pairs. Give each pair a dice, as they roll a number they collect it with base ten blocks. When they have enough ones they exchange them for a ten. They also keep a scoreboard by writing how many they have after each turn. Set them a target number, the first one to reach it is the winner.
3. Number Bump:
   Give pair of children an empty number line or grid. Child one writes 1 then bumps it to partner to write next number 2 keep going till reach they reach 20.

Check out more amazing daily Year 1 Free Worksheets 

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How do numbers tracing worksheets help?

Research has shown that for a strong and solid mathematical skills base, number recognition is the first and ultimate step. Our amazing worksheets will help children develop good pencil control and help them with their handwriting and number skills. Each worksheet will help children count objects, trace numbers correctly and finally write numbers themselves.

These worksheets can also be laminated so the children can practice their number formation over and over again until they are fully confident.

For younger children, we have made some more fun pencil control worksheets that will help kids write while improving their fine motor skills.

Free 1 to 10 number formation worksheets:

Numbers tracing and recognition is an important activity that children need to learn before they start learning basic math concepts like addition and subtraction. Help your students be the best in maths with our lovely number formation worksheets.

To download, simply click the image and download the PDF file.

At what age should a child be able to trace numbers?

The children are expected to start tracing numbers and letters by the age of 3 to 4. Children start with scribbling on the paper and slowly as their pencil control gets better their number and letter formation start getting better. Tracing worksheets are always great to give children that extra push to recognise numbers quickly. Once children know how to trace numbers 0 to 9 they can practically write any number.

Also read: 10 Tips to help your children learn to write

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What does this activity pack include?

This lovely activity pack includes engaging hand-picked back to school resources that will surely keep your students busy. This thoughtful pack includes a superb back to school word search, an explorative maze, a fun puzzle and much more…! The pack also includes a thought-provoking All about me worksheet which is very useful to know the interests, feelings and talents of your students.

This will help you to plan and prepare interesting and engaging lessons for them in the future. All these amazing activities are perfect for helping your students get back into the school routine.

How to use the Back to school activities pack?

As we all know that returning to school can be an exciting and stressful time for both teachers and students. This useful pack for KS1 aims to save time for educators and help children to express themselves. Greet your students with this amazing back to school activities pack. The fun and engaging activities will help children to settle down in the classroom quickly. These fun hand-picked worksheets will make your students get comfortable and will help to make yourself familiar with your KS1 students.

Download FREE KS1 Back to School Activities pack:

To download the pack click on the image below and download the full PDF now:

How can I help my child with back to school anxiety and stress?

Going back to school after a long summer break can normally be quite stressful for children. The best way to tackle this is to ask your children to talk to you about it. Help them vent their fears and worries. Listen to them calmly and validate their feelings. Sometimes all they need is talking. The other way to help your children in their transition period is by preparing them for school early.

• Get their uniform and all stationary ready ahead of time.
• Prepare their bag at least two days before they start.
• Give them a healthy breakfast with plenty of carbohydrates so they stay energetic.
• Mindfulness colouring sheets are also great to improve focus, reduce stress and improve sleep.

More Back to school resources:

If you found our back to school activity useful then you might want to take a look at the following resources:

• Free All about me Printable:
• Back to school assessments for Year 1 to Year 4
  

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