Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

Read along or watch with signing this animate, rhyming story of Hairy Maclary.

Rumble in the Jungle

Read along to the audio of the book Rumble in the Jungle which is about the sounds made by the animals that live there. There is also a version that is signed.

Sky Writer

A handwriting demonstration tool which demonstrates correct letter formation. It works well as a whole class activity on an interactive whiteboard or in a group situation on a tablet. It includes a cursive writing option.

Dotty and Boo Cat in The Stinky Wood

An animated story where children watch and then answer questions at the end. There is also an additional set of questions, with illustrations, for parents and teachers to use for promoting children's language development. For 4 - 6 year olds.

Disco Dancing Santa

Get yourself in the party mood with this dancing Santa Claus. See if you can copy his cool moves. Teachers may like to try this on an interactive whiteboard.

Decorate the Christmas Tree

A beautiful site from Muse Arts. Decorate the Christmas tree and then turn off the lights to see it glow.

Starfall - Learn to Read

A good learning to read site. There are good quality games and animated stories which children can interact with. The children can click on words to see what they say. Excellent for learning the sounds the letters make.

English Alphabet

Look at how all the letters of the alphabet are formed. You can listen to their names and the sounds they make. Each letter is illustrated with a picture which begins with the sound. Good for an interactive whiteboard teaching tool.

Sounds Fun

A game which can help you to learn your letter sounds. It uses capital letters rather than lower case letters.

The Children's Traffic Club

A range of activities to make learning road safety fun. There is a good literacy game on letter sounds, a colouring activity, a song and simple information to help parents and teachers get across basic road safety skills to young children.