The Wind in the Willows
Listen to The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham told in ten episodes by Bernard Cribbins. Each episode is accompanied by a short synopsis and a printable transcript, for the children to follow. There are follow-up ideas for teachers.
Online Stories
Online stories on Vimeo and in PowerPoint.
Creative Writing Tasks
Spin the wheel to generate an interesting creative writing task.
Creative Writing Ideas
Some excellent ideas to use as a stimulus for creative writing.
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
Paradigm is an interactive, menu-driven, online writer's guide. It has useful advice to help you improve your writing techniques, but it is quite heavy going.
Miffy
Games, a story and a colouring picture based around the character Miffy created by Dick Bruna. You can send your friends a Miffy card by email.
I'm Reading
Online illustrated story books with audio to help young children read. Children can click on the words to hear what they say. They include traditional tales, myths, fables, comics and plays.
GCSE Bitesize
All GCSE Bitesize revision guides from the BBC are featured on this site.
What's that noise?
An animated, narrated story for young children about animals and the noises they make.
PhonicsPlay.co.uk
Phonics reading games linked to the 'Letters and Sounds' programme in England. Some are free on this subscription site.
