Foundation Year Teaching Resources
Teach Starter has an extensive collection of Foundation year resources aligned to the Australian Curriculum. They have been created for primary school children aged four through to six years, featuring simple and clear layouts, minimal text, interactive elements, appealing images and colourful illustrations. The collection encompasses a range of resource types and student activities including worksheets, posters, educational games, interactive PowerPoints, engaging widgets and so much more! Using Teach Starter resources in your classroom will help your foundation students communicate with peers, teachers and known adults, assisting with the development of independence, speaking, listening, language and comprehension skills as they begin the smooth transition to the early years of school life. In their first year of education, a child should develop understanding, fluency, problem-solving and reasoning, and observe and explore the world around them.
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Representations of Numbers 1-20 Flashcards
Practise representations of numbers 1 - 20 in your classroom with this versatile set of flashcards.
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Days of the Week – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a magazine article from the Foundation magazine (Issue 3).
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Initial Sound Peg Cards (Version 2)
An initial sound and fine motor activity for younger students.
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5 x Dinosaur Tracing Pictures - Fine Motor Skills
A set of 5 dinosaur-themed tracing pictures.
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Making 10 Number Bonds - Worksheet
A worksheet to practise the addition strategy of making 10.
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Alphabet Playdough Mats for Fine Motor Development
A set of alphabet playdough mats to help children develop their fine motor skills and identify the letters of the alphabet.
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Map of the Regions of Asia
A map showing the layout, regions and major countries of Asia.
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Short Vowel Worksheets - Middle Sounds
Three worksheets to allow students to practise identifying the middle vowel sound of CVC words.
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Handwriting Sheet - Days of the Week
A handwriting sheets for the days of the week.
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Acknowledgement of Country Poster
A simple Acknowledgement of Country poster to display in your classroom.
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Rainbow Numbers Poster
A poster showing rainbow numbers, or fact families to ten.
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Frog in a Pond - Colour by Numbers
Colour by numbers is a fun and easy way to help students recognise digits.
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What Can Be Recycled? Poster
A poster showing the products that can be recycled.
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Does It Lay Eggs? Classifying Animals Game
Use our Does It Lay Eggs? Classifying Animals Game to identify examples of oviparous and viviparous animals.
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Alliteration Tongue Twister Sentences PowerPoint
Develop your students phonological awareness with these fun alliteration tongue twisters.
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Parts of a Book Worksheets
Use these parts of a book worksheets for students to identify the various parts of a book.
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Making a Ten Board Game
Introduce this Making a Ten board game to your students to give them practise using the ‘make a ten’ addition strategy.
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Occupations and Sustainability in Technologies Activity Pack
A set of four resources exploring life changing technologies, occupations, research, and sustainability in the community.
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Pinwheel Template
Use our printable pinwheel template to introduce your students to the science of wind and motion!
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5 Minute Speaking Fluency Activities Warm Up
Improve your students' communication skills with these 5 minute speaking fluency activities.
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Is It True? Active Listening Activity
Improve listening skills in the classroom with an engaging 'Is It True?' Active Listening Activity.
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Lunar New Year Decorations - Snake Craft
Create simple Lunar New Year decorations to bring festive cheer and cultural celebration into your classroom!
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I’m Done, Now What? Early Finisher Activities Board
Provide your early finishers with a fun activity choice board to answer the question: I’m Done, Now What?
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Relief Teacher Review Form
Keep up with your classroom happenings while you were absent with a printable relief teacher daily review template.
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Blending Phonemes CVC Word BINGO
Practise blending phonemes to form one-syllable words with this set of 20 bingo game boards and cards.
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Subitising Small Collections PowerPoint
Teach your students to subitise with this editable set of teaching slides.
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Olympic Sports – Colouring Sheets
Have fun creating Olympics-inspired art with printable Olympic Sport Colouring Sheets!
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Gingerbread STEM Investigation - Build A Gingerbread Boat
Explore floating and waterproof materials in this Gingerbread STEM investigation embedded in a fun fairy tale story.
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Monster Counting Mats Numbers 1-10
Count monster eyes up to 10 with this fun counting activity for the early years classroom.
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Ice Cream Counting Game
Help students practise their knowledge of counting numbers 1-20 with this fun ice cream matching game.
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Animal Features Playdough Mats
Use our Animal Playdough Mats to introduce your Foundations students to the physical features of animals.
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Animal Classification Word Search Pack - Early Years
Introduce your lower-year students to the six animal types/classes with a pack of printable animal word search worksheets.