Football: EYFS/Early Years activities, Displays and ideas
⚽ Get ready to kick off an amazing learning experience with our fantastic 'Football' resources! Whether your little ones are aspiring strikers or just love the game, we have everything to score big on fun. Throw an ultimate football celebration with our Football Party Pack, design dream jerseys with 'Design a Football Kit' activities, and master numbers with Football Numbers 0-20, Counting & Number Match Puzzles, and engaging Counting Playdough Mats. Boost early literacy with Football Alphabet Cards and Phase 3 High Frequency Word resources, including our helpful Word Mat and Bookmarks. You'll also find fun activities like Football Dice Game, 'Count and Colour' sheets, and colourful Football Shirts Colour Match Puzzles. Explore our wider PE/Sports Skills and Kids Olympics/Sports Day resources, and keep an eye on our Special Dates for events like UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 to inspire even more football fever! Goal! 🥅
Please scroll down to browse our Football themed activity ideas, printable educational materials, planning inspiration, display resources, classroom & setting management tools and much more! If you’re looking for Preschool, Nursery, Childminder, Reception, SEND or Home Education resources for 0-7 year olds, you’ve come to the right place! Our interactive and engaging EYFS and KS1 learning resources are lovingly made (including original hand drawn images) by early years teaching and learning experts; a husband and wife team. We hope it helps! 😊
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Related special dates - UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 (Scroll down to find out more)
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‘Football’ core resources
Football themed Phase 3 High Frequency Words
General PE/Sports Skills
Kids Olympics/Sports Day
RELATED RESOURCES/TOPICS
Related Special Dates
UEFA Women’s Euro 2025
The UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 is the 14th edition of the UEFA Women's European Championship, a premier international football tournament organised by UEFA for women's national teams across Europe. Scheduled from 2nd to 27th July 2025, the tournament will be hosted by Switzerland for the first time.
📍 Host Nation and Venues
Switzerland will stage the competition across eight cities, each featuring one stadium:
Basel – St. Jakob-Park (opening match and final)
Zurich – Letzigrund Stadium
Geneva – Stade de Genève
Bern – Stadion Wankdorf
Lucerne – Swissporarena
St. Gallen – Kybunpark
Sion – Stade de Tourbillon
Thun – Stockhorn Arena
⚽ Tournament Format
The tournament features 16 teams, divided into four groups (A–D) of four teams each. The top two teams from each group will advance to the knockout stages, comprising quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final.
🏆 Defending Champions and Notable Teams
England enters the tournament as the defending champions, having won the previous edition in 2022. The competition will also feature other prominent teams such as France, Germany, Spain, and Sweden, promising a highly competitive tournament.
⚙️ Innovations and Mascot
Match Ball: The official match ball, named KONEKTIS, incorporates Connected Ball Technology to enhance VAR accuracy.
Mascot: The tournament's mascot is Maddli, a Saint Bernard puppy named after Swiss football pioneer Madeleine Boll.
For more information and updates, visit the official UEFA Women's Euro 2025 website: uefa.com/womenseuro