Learning Numbers Through Play
Help your child learn numbers through play activities with this guide for parents by Topmarks.
Make a Red Envelope - Hong Bao
Make an easy actual size red envelope similar to the ones with money inside given to children at Chinese New Year. We have made two different templates for you to choose from, one blank and the other with a Good Fortune Chinese character.
Rosh Hashanah
This site explains what Rosh Hashanah is to Jewish people and about symbols and customs associated with it. Not the easiest site navigation. There are resources for teachers too.
Make a Horse Puppet for Chinese New Year
How about making this cute hobby-horse puppet as the horse is one of the Chinese Zodiac animals? Fits in well with a Chinese New Year topic.
Food a Fact of Life
Free resources for teaching young people aged 3-16 years about where food comes from, cooking and healthy eating.
Make a Chinese Dragon
Here we show you how to make a brightly coloured Chinese Dragon in easy steps. Super activity for Chinese New Year topic.
Chinese Zodiac Story
Read the delightful, illustrated story of the Chinese Zodiac which explains how the years came to be called after animals.
Kids and Reading
KidsAndReading contains over 50 articles which focus on encouraging and helping children to read. Find out about different learning styles, classroom methods and problems which can arise with reading.
Poop Deck Pirates
A phonics game which can help you to build words. Read the words and decide if they are real words or not. The game links to phases 3, 4 and 5 of the 'Letters and Sounds' programme. It works well on an interactive whiteboard.
Last Letter
A game where you need to find words ending with the same letter. See if you can help the character Di paint her pictures.