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Level 1 | ages 6 to 10

Next Steps printables, 52 to choose from.

Every printable made for Next Steps (ages 6 to 10), grouped by type. Certificates, which suit every level, are on the certificates page. Using the Next Steps curriculum? These match it.

Flashcards

Page one of the clothes flashcards: a three by three sheet of nine cards with dashed cutting lines, each showing an empty dashed picture frame to draw in, and the first letter of the word with a dash for each other letter. Page two has the matching words in large letters.

Clothes flashcards

Next Steps (Level 1) | Vocabulary | 2 pages, 240 KB

Page one of the home flashcards: a three by three sheet of nine cards with dashed cutting lines, each showing an empty dashed picture frame to draw in, and the first letter of the word with a dash for each other letter. Page two has the matching words in large letters.

Home flashcards

Next Steps (Level 1) | Vocabulary | 2 pages, 241 KB

Page one of the school flashcards: a three by three sheet of nine cards with dashed cutting lines, each showing an empty dashed picture frame to draw in, and the first letter of the word with a dash for each other letter. Page two has the matching words in large letters.

School flashcards

Next Steps (Level 1) | Vocabulary | 2 pages, 241 KB

Page one of the transport flashcards: a three by three sheet of nine cards with dashed cutting lines, each showing an empty dashed picture frame to draw in, and the first letter of the word with a dash for each other letter. Page two has the matching words in large letters.

Transport flashcards

Next Steps (Level 1) | Vocabulary | 2 pages, 241 KB

Page one of the weather flashcards: a three by three sheet of nine cards with dashed cutting lines, each showing a simple black line picture. Page two has the matching words in large letters.

Weather flashcards

Next Steps (Level 1) | Vocabulary | 2 pages, 173 KB

Page one of the action words flashcards: a three by three sheet of nine cards with dashed cutting lines, each showing an empty dashed picture frame to draw in, and the first letter of the word with a dash for each other letter. Page two has the matching words in large letters.

Action words flashcards

Next Steps (Level 1) | Vocabulary | 2 pages, 240 KB

Page one of the feelings flashcards: a three by three sheet of nine cards with dashed cutting lines, each showing a simple black line picture. Page two has the matching words in large letters.

Feelings flashcards

Next Steps (Level 1) | Vocabulary | 2 pages, 176 KB

Bingo

Page one of Animal words bingo: two bingo boards on one A4 sheet, each a grid of 3 by 3 squares showing animal words. The last page holds the caller cards.

Animal words bingo

Next Steps (Level 1) | Reading | 4 pages, 60 KB

Page one of Food words bingo: two bingo boards on one A4 sheet, each a grid of 3 by 3 squares showing food words. The last page holds the caller cards.

Food words bingo

Next Steps (Level 1) | Reading | 4 pages, 60 KB

Page one of Feelings bingo: two bingo boards on one A4 sheet, each a grid of 3 by 2 squares showing simple line drawings of faces. The last page holds the caller cards.

Feelings bingo

Next Steps (Level 1) | Speaking | 4 pages, 71 KB

Board games

Page one of Word Race Level 1: a winding track of 30 numbered squares from START to FINISH, with shaded question squares, bonus and penalty squares.

Word Race: Level 1

Next Steps (Level 1) | Mixed language practice | 4 pages, 198 KB

A six by six board of numbered squares, each with a word such as cat, run or happy, with five curved snakes drawn between squares, each with a head on a high square and a tail on a lower one.

Sentence Snakes

Next Steps (Level 1) | Writing and speaking | 2 pages, 89 KB

A winding track of 30 squares from START to FINISH, each showing the letter A, B or C in a circle, with four own word squares.

Spelling Track

Next Steps (Level 1) | Spelling | 4 pages, 242 KB

Two flat cube nets in a cross shape with glue tabs. The first has the question words Who, What, Where, When, Why and How on its six faces; the second has the topics Family, School, Food, Free time, Holidays and Animals.

Question Dice

Next Steps (Level 1) | Speaking | 2 pages, 45 KB

An eight by eight grid map of an island with a boat, a palm tree, a cave, a lake, rocks, a hut, a bridge and treasure in different squares, with a compass showing north, south, east and west beside it.

Treasure Island directions

Next Steps (Level 1) | Speaking and listening | 3 pages, 166 KB

Dominoes

Page one of Opposites dominoes: twelve rectangular dominoes in two columns with dashed cutting lines, each split into two halves showing two words. Page two has the rules and the answers.

Opposites dominoes

Next Steps (Level 1) | Vocabulary | 2 pages, 50 KB

Colouring with words

A black and white line drawing of a sun, with the word 'sun' in large outline letters below it, and writing lines at the bottom of the page.

Colour and trace: sun

Next Steps (Level 1) | Handwriting and vocabulary | 1 page, 45 KB

A black and white line drawing of a house, with the word 'house' in large outline letters below it, and writing lines at the bottom of the page.

Colour and trace: house

Next Steps (Level 1) | Handwriting and vocabulary | 1 page, 45 KB

A black and white line drawing of a tree, with the word 'tree' in large outline letters below it, and writing lines at the bottom of the page.

Colour and trace: tree

Next Steps (Level 1) | Handwriting and vocabulary | 1 page, 53 KB

A black and white line drawing of a flower, with the word 'flower' in large outline letters below it, and writing lines at the bottom of the page.

Colour and trace: flower

Next Steps (Level 1) | Handwriting and vocabulary | 1 page, 52 KB

A black and white line drawing of a boat, with the word 'boat' in large outline letters below it, and writing lines at the bottom of the page.

Colour and trace: boat

Next Steps (Level 1) | Handwriting and vocabulary | 1 page, 46 KB

A black and white line drawing of a car, with the word 'car' in large outline letters below it, and writing lines at the bottom of the page.

Colour and trace: car

Next Steps (Level 1) | Handwriting and vocabulary | 1 page, 46 KB

A black and white line drawing of a cup, with the word 'cup' in large outline letters below it, and writing lines at the bottom of the page.

Colour and trace: cup

Next Steps (Level 1) | Handwriting and vocabulary | 1 page, 47 KB

A black and white line drawing of a bus, with the word 'bus' in large outline letters below it, and writing lines at the bottom of the page.

Colour and trace: bus

Next Steps (Level 1) | Handwriting and vocabulary | 1 page, 54 KB

A black and white line drawing of a key, with the word 'key' in large outline letters below it, and writing lines at the bottom of the page.

Colour and trace: key

Next Steps (Level 1) | Handwriting and vocabulary | 1 page, 51 KB

A black and white line drawing of an umbrella, with the word 'umbrella' in large outline letters below it, and writing lines at the bottom of the page.

Colour and trace: umbrella

Next Steps (Level 1) | Handwriting and vocabulary | 1 page, 54 KB

A black and white line drawing of a butterfly, with the word 'butterfly' in large outline letters below it, and writing lines at the bottom of the page.

Colour and trace: butterfly

Next Steps (Level 1) | Handwriting and vocabulary | 1 page, 70 KB

A black and white line drawing of a rocket, with the word 'rocket' in large outline letters below it, and writing lines at the bottom of the page.

Colour and trace: rocket

Next Steps (Level 1) | Handwriting and vocabulary | 1 page, 50 KB

A black and white line drawing of an ice cream, with the word 'ice cream' in large outline letters below it, and writing lines at the bottom of the page.

Colour and trace: ice cream

Next Steps (Level 1) | Handwriting and vocabulary | 1 page, 51 KB

Reading tools

A book review frame with spaces for title, author, characters, setting, favourite part and a five-star rating.

Book review frame: middle readers

Next Steps (Level 1) | Reading and writing | 1 page, 21 KB

Classroom display

A portrait poster showing the capital letters symbol very large in a box, with the title, a bulleted list of when to use it, and example sentences.

Poster: capital letters

Next Steps (Level 1) | Grammar | 1 page, 23 KB

A portrait poster showing the full stops symbol very large in a box, with the title, a bulleted list of when to use it, and example sentences.

Poster: full stops

Next Steps (Level 1) | Grammar | 1 page, 20 KB

A portrait poster showing the question marks symbol very large in a box, with the title, a bulleted list of when to use it, and example sentences.

Poster: question marks

Next Steps (Level 1) | Grammar | 1 page, 21 KB

A portrait word mat with six boxes, each giving a job such as Adding or Contrast, a list of connectives and an example sentence.

Connectives: Level 1

Next Steps (Level 1) | Writing | 1 page, 27 KB

Word mats and labels

A portrait word mat titled Family and home, with 3 outlined boxes of words, a box of sentence starters, and writing lines headed My own words.

Word mat: family and home

Next Steps (Level 1) | Vocabulary | 1 page, 25 KB

A portrait word mat titled My daily routine, with 4 outlined boxes of words, a box of sentence starters, and writing lines headed My own words.

Word mat: my daily routine

Next Steps (Level 1) | Vocabulary | 1 page, 26 KB

A portrait word mat titled Food and drink, with 4 outlined boxes of words, a box of sentence starters, and writing lines headed My own words.

Word mat: food and drink

Next Steps (Level 1) | Vocabulary | 1 page, 27 KB

A portrait word mat titled Question words, with 8 outlined boxes of words, a box of sentence starters, and writing lines headed My own words.

Word mat: question words

Next Steps (Level 1) | Vocabulary | 1 page, 29 KB

A portrait word mat titled Where is it? Prepositions of place, with 3 outlined boxes of words, a box of sentence starters, and writing lines headed My own words.

Word mat: where is it? prepositions of place

Next Steps (Level 1) | Vocabulary | 1 page, 26 KB

A sheet of 12 large rectangular labels with dashed borders, each holding one classroom word such as door, window or desk in large print.

Classroom labels: objects

Next Steps (Level 1) | Vocabulary | 2 pages, 170 KB

A sheet of 12 large rectangular labels with dashed borders, each naming an area of the classroom such as reading corner or word wall.

Classroom labels: areas and routines

Next Steps (Level 1) | Classroom management | 1 page, 97 KB

Phonics and spelling

A table with three columns headed Sound, Ways to spell it and Example words, with about 25 rows from consonant sounds to vowel sounds.

Sound and spelling chart

Next Steps (Level 1) | Phonics | 1 page, 45 KB

A table with ten rows and four columns headed Look, Cover and write, Check and Try again. The first column already holds a word in large print.

Look, cover, write, check: Level 1

Next Steps (Level 1) | Spelling | 1 page, 31 KB

Puzzles

A square grid of letters, 10 by 10, with a list of ten animals words with tick boxes below it. Page two shows the answers shaded.

Word search: animals

Next Steps (Level 1) | Spelling and reading | 2 pages, 89 KB

A square grid of letters, 10 by 10, with a list of ten food words with tick boxes below it. Page two shows the answers shaded.

Word search: food

Next Steps (Level 1) | Spelling and reading | 2 pages, 89 KB

A square grid of letters, 11 by 11, with a list of ten school words with tick boxes below it. Page two shows the answers shaded.

Word search: school

Next Steps (Level 1) | Spelling and reading | 2 pages, 102 KB

A square grid of letters, 10 by 10, with a list of ten weather words with tick boxes below it. Page two shows the answers shaded.

Word search: weather

Next Steps (Level 1) | Spelling and reading | 2 pages, 89 KB

Speaking cards

A sheet of eight rectangular cards in two columns and four rows with dashed cutting lines, each holding one question in large print.

Speaking cards: Level 1

Next Steps (Level 1) | Speaking | 2 pages, 157 KB

Activity packs

The cover page of the Next Steps holiday pack: the title, a line drawing, a name line and a checklist of nine activities.

Next Steps holiday pack

Next Steps (Level 1) | Mixed skills | 10 pages, 222 KB

The cover page of the Next Steps rainy-day pack: the title, a line drawing, a name line and a checklist of nine activities.

Next Steps rainy-day pack

Next Steps (Level 1) | Mixed skills | 10 pages, 229 KB

Offline packs

The cover page of the Next Steps pocket booklet in A5 size, with a title, a line drawing, a name line and a checklist of activities.

Next Steps pocket booklet (A5, low ink)

Next Steps (Level 1) | Mixed skills | 8 pages, 143 KB

A table headed Offline pack: Next Steps, with a tick box, priority number, printable title, page count and copies needed in each row.

Next Steps print checklist

Next Steps (Level 1) | Planning | 4 pages, 141 KB