EYFS/KS1 Learning at Home
We have cherry-picked some of our most popular and closely curriculum-linked activities for you to have fun with at home. Each one has been carefully created with our Teacher Forum, so you can rest easy knowing they are top-notch. We have split them into key stages and also popped the curriculum requirements in too, in case that is handy for you to know.
Activities and videos
Take a look at these resources for EYFS and KS1 children
Solar System Holiday
This resource contains fact files about the Sun, the planets and Pluto along with a song that follows Ted and Plant on their adventures around the Solar System. The fact files and song can be used together or separately and are designed to introduce students to some of the main bodies in our solar system and what they are like.
Solar System in a box
In this video, Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomer Brendan recreates the Solar System in plasticine form to demonstrate the science of light and dark, and light and shadow, in space. Students can recreate their very own Solar System in a Box.
Fruit Solar System
This classroom activity helps students grasp the various sizes of planets in our Solar System using mostly fruit and can be joined with activity demonstrated in the Solar System in a Box video.
Shadows On Other Worlds
Join the astronomers at the Royal Observatory Greenwich as they go on an adventure to discover what shadows look like on other worlds.
Curriculum requirements
Enjoy a bedtime story with Ted
Enjoy a bedtime story with Ted, then buy your own Ted plush toy and Ted story book.
Is there anything else we can do?
We have a huge selection of videos, podcasts and buckets more activities to try at home! We are adding to the pages all the time so don't forget to check back and see what is new.
Learning resources
From science and space to the history of the world, find fantastic school resources for all ages, key stages and subjects