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Language and numbers

These illustrations and photographs are free for any kind of educational use - whether you are a teacher creating topic worksheets or looking for ideas to spark creative writing, or a pupil who needs illustrations for a presentation or website.

Just select the collection you are interested in and have a look at the thumbnail images.

Most of the illustrations are available in both full-colour versions and in black and white.

Copyright

You can use these images for educational purposes without worrying about cost or copyright. All we ask is that you don't sell them and you credit LTS when you use them. For full details, please see the copyright statement.

 

A colour drawing of a bleach bottle with its label

Safety labels

What does that symbol mean? Use these safety signs to help children learn about avoiding danger and practise their early literacy skills.

Thumbnail photo of Intermarche shop sign

Notices and public signs

Colour photos of notices and signs, in different foreign languages, from the Modern Foreign Languages Environment (MFLE) image collection.

Thumbnail illustration: computer corner

Signs

Fifteen words or phrases with coloured illustrations for use on signs for young children, including: sand, construction, puzzles, two/three/four can play here, computer and musical instruments.

Thumbnail photograph of the Arc de Triomphe  in Paris

MFLE Image bank

The Modern Foreign Languages Environment (MFLE) has a bank of photos from around Europe that are useful for teaching languages. For example, there are pictures of food, transport, signs and notices in different languages, shops and famous landmarks.

A drawing of two frogs on waterlily leaves

Numbers

Support early numeracy skills and creativity by using these colourful pictures of one to ten to make up stories about numbers.

Colour illustration of a birthday cake with a Loch Ness Monster and three candles on the top

Birthdays

Eight coloured illustrations of birthday cakes for children aged 1-8.

Copyright

These images are the copyright of Learning and Teaching Scotland and are provided as a royalty-free educational resource for educational use in Scotland. By downloading an image you are agreeing to be bound by the terms of this licence.

You may copy, distribute and display an image, and make derivative works based on the image. Learning and Teaching Scotland must be credited as the source of the original image. You may not sell or permit third parties to sell or license an image. If you alter, transform, or build upon an image, you may distribute the resulting image only under a licence identical to this one. For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the licence terms of this work.

Any of these conditions can be waived if you get permission from Learning and Teaching Scotland.