Lovereading4kids
Lovereading4kids is a book website for parents and children to help make book choices easier. You can download an extract from each book. Each book has a synopsis and reviews.
Jack and the Beanstalk
An animated story of the fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk in short video clips from the BBC. There are support materials for inspiring writing.
Pattern Shapes
Try making patterns, tessellations or pictures with shapes. Explore geometry and fractions or investigate symmetry. Great for demonstrating protractors and measuring angles in shapes.
Storyteller Videos
Watch professional storytellers read a selection of the Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales books. The videos are from Oxford Owl.
Bug Catcher
See if you can guess whether there are more bugs of one colour than another. Then catch the bugs to see if you were right before setting them free.
Bottle Take Away
This site is based on the 10 green bottles rhyme, however you can display up to 21 bottles. It is excellent for children who are working on counting backwards and in particular 'one less' than a particular number.
5 Fat Sausages
This is a one less action rhyme which can be played to accompany the song. Alternatively the game can be played with 10 sausages. It could be used to predict subtraction to 10 when children are learning number bonds to 10.
Sounds and Actions
A useful demonstration on YouTube of the phonics sounds and actions from a teacher using the Jolly Phonics scheme.
Grover's Winter Games
This game is ideal for use at home. It has three parts. The first has number to 15 number recognition activities, the second has shape patterns to complete and the third tests a child's ability to follow instructions.
Num Tanga Junior
Match the pairs which could be numerals, numbers as words, ten frames, base ten or fingers on hands. There are different levels the highest of which goes up to 20.
