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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Decodable Text Worksheets – Common Consonant Digraphs (Set 1)
A set of 10 decodable text worksheets for early readers.
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Half the Fun – Fractions Colouring Worksheet
A colouring worksheet to help students learn about half.
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Acknowledgement of Country Poster
A simple Acknowledgement of Country poster to display in your classroom.
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Alphabet Handwriting Sheet - 1 Page
Handwriting sheets with the alphabet and some words for students to trace.
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Space-themed Mindfulness Colouring in Pages
Use this space-themed colouring page to celebrate World Space Week or as a brain break activity during class.
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Tracing and Drawing 2D Shapes Worksheet
A simple trace and draw worksheet for 2D shapes.
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Funky Cat Art Activity
Print this fun craft activity and use Zentangle pattern art to create a cat with funky accessories.
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Single Digit Addition and Subtraction Worksheets
Share these single digit addition and subtraction worksheets with your foundation students to give them practice adding and subtracting with a wide variety of representations.
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2D Shape Match
A fun match-up activity to consolidate your students’ knowledge of 2D shapes and their properties.
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Spelling CVCC Words - Worksheets
Develop students’ ability to segment and blend the sounds in CVCC words with this set of differentiated worksheets.
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Parent Teacher Interview Planning Templates
Save time preparing for parent-teacher interviews with our printable parent conference planning templates.
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Make a Monster - Art Activity Template
Make a spectacularly fun monster with a printable Monster Craft Template.
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Dotted Numbers 0-20 Handwriting Sheet
Get your students writing numbers from 0-20 with this number formation worksheet available in Australian school fonts.
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Colouring 2D Shapes Worksheet
A worksheet to consolidate students' understanding of rectangles, squares, circles and triangles.
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Position Worksheets
Use these position worksheets to make sure your students are ‘on top of’ their spatial awareness skills.
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Dot-to-Dot Alphabet Worksheets
Use this set of 3 dot-to-dot worksheets to get your youngest students practising their recognition of the alphabet.
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Visual First-Then Schedule for the Classroom
Communicate a sequence of events with this visual first-then board and set of 48 picture cards.
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CVC Phoneme Substitution Worksheet Pack
Manipulate the individual phonemes in CVC words to create new words with this set of differentiated worksheets.
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Report Card Comments
Sample report card comments for General, English and Mathematics.
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Alphabet Craft Printable Templates
Assist young students with letter recognition, phonemic awareness, and fine motor development with these adorable alphabet craft templates.
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Rainbow Arches - Editable Desk Name Plates
Create individualised desk name plates using this editable Rainbow Arches desk name plate template.
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Types of Materials Flashcards
Explore things made of wood, glass, plastic, metal and other materials with our printable Types of Materials Flashcards.
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Weekend Recount Worksheets
A set of weekend recount worksheets for younger students to use when writing a weekend recount.
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Simple Sentence Building Activity - Caterpillar
Use this simple sentence building activity in the form of a caterpillar to have students identify the parts of a simple sentence.
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Four Seasons Spinner Activity — Southern Hemisphere
Print a four seasons spinner activity to expand students' understanding of the different times of the year.
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Dot-to-Dot Worksheets – Counting by Ones
Use this set of 3 dot-to-dot worksheets to get your youngest students practising how to count by ones.
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Kandinsky Trees - Circle Art Activity
Create seasonal trees in the artistic style of Wassily Kandinsky with a fun Dot Day Art Project!
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Natural vs. Man-Made Features - Sorting Activity
A sorting activity to help students identify the natural and human features of environments.
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Handwriting Lines with Cat - Dotted Line
Use the cat to help your students set their handwriting out correctly.
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Sentence Fluency Reading Cards Set
Make fluency practice engaging with our Sentence Fluency Reading Cards Set.
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Sentence Fluency Worksheet Pack
Improve reading fluency and comprehension with this Sentence Fluency Worksheet Pack..
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Positional Language Hands-On Activity Mats
Engage students with positional language using these fun hands-on activity mats, where they follow instructions to place pictures within five different scenes.