Illustrations and photos
Using these images in education
You can download and use these images for educational purposes without worrying about cost or copyright. All we ask is that you don't sell them and that you credit Learning and Teaching Scotland when you use them. For full details, please see the copyright statement.
Physical activities
Six coloured illustrations of action words such as clapping, running, skipping and jumping.
Food and drink
Fifteen coloured illustrations of food and drink, including fruit, vegetables and carbohydrates.
Homes
Seven coloured illustrations of different types of homes from bungalows, caravans, cottages and farms to flats, houses and villas.
British birds
Eighteen coloured illustrations of wild birds, from blue-tits to buzzards.
Natural habitats
Colourful and detailed illustrations of different natural habitats from around the world, complete with the typical plants and animals found there.
British animals
Native animals like foxes and hedgehogs, and particularly Scottish animals such as red deer, pine martens, wildcats and salmon.
Flowers and trees
Colour illustrations of flowers, seeds, nuts and leaves from common British plants and trees.
Musical instruments for young children
Instruments often used in educational settings, such as maracas, tambourine, drum, triangle and recorder.
Toys and playthings
Colour images of toys including teddies, paintbrushes, spinning top and a rubber duck.
Household objects
Colour images of everyday objects, including a mop, tap, telephone, pen, safety pin and door mat.
Road signs
Common road signs, including pictures of the signals at road crossings such as a green man, a red man, and a Belisha beacon, and other features like speed limit signs.
Minibeasts and frogs
Forty-six coloured illustrations of minibeasts including bees, wasps, spiders, ants, snails and the various stages in the life-cycles of frogs and butterflies.
People who help us
Twenty coloured illustrations of familiar figures such as police officers, firefighters, nurses, a postman and a lollipop man.
Babies
Coloured illustrations of babies at four developmental stages.
Children
Ten coloured illustrations of individual children which could be used to illustrate signs, PowerPoint slides or learning resources.
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.
Co-operating and playing together
Nine coloured illustrations showing children playing together, sharing, helping a hurt child and playing together in a group.
Transport
Thirteen coloured illustrations of various forms of transport used around the world - from cars to camels.
Shoes
Coloured illustrations of a range of different types of footwear that are often worn by children.
Birthdays
Eight coloured illustrations of birthday cakes for children aged 1-8.
Seasons
Landscape pictures of a farmhouse and the countryside in different seasons, with lambs and daffodils in spring, a hot sunny day for summer, falling leaves and brambles in autumn and a robin in the snow for winter.
Animal photos
Photos of a variety of wild and domestic animals from home and abroad are available from the Modern Foreign Languages Environment (MFLE).
Wild animals
Travel the world with our collection of illustrations of wild animals and birds. Includes pandas, zebras, wolves and penguins, plus many more.
Farm animals
Use these animal pictures, including pigs, dogs, ducks, sheep and a hairy Highland cow, to enliven learning about the environment, animals and farming.
Pets
Lots and lots of pictures of common pets - in different poses, different colours and doing different activities such as playing and eating.
Numbers
Support early numeracy skills and creativity by using these colourful pictures of one to ten to make up stories about numbers.
Clothes for different weather
Pictures of a child wearing different clothes for different types of weather, from sandals and shorts to a scarf, hat and wellies. Available in colour and black and white.
Musical instruments
Handy pictures of musical instruments from flutes, pianos and cellos to bagpipes, accordions and electric guitars, plus more unusual instruments such as ouds and kalimbas.
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.