Storynory
Free audio books, including classic fairy tales, myths, verse, Bible stories and original stories for children. Download mp3 files, burn to CD, subscribe to kids' podcast. The only downside is that there is advertising at the end of the stories.
Lion Dance
Read about the symbolism and meaning behind traditional Chinese lion dance and watch a movie clip of a performance in action.
When is Chinese New Year?
Find out the dates of each Chinese New Year over a period of 12 years together with the associated zodiac animals and Chinese calendar dates.
IXL
A subscription maths practice site for reception to year 10, for schools or the home. Activities are matched to the National Curriculum and the site provides pupil tracking.
Lifeguards
A place-value game where you need to rescue the struggling swimmers. Drag the correct number of tens and ones on the chart before you throw a life-line.
Create a Graph
Create a wide selection of graphs and save them in a variety of formats for use in your documents or presentations.
Balance Scales
This simple to use site has balance scales which shows how things used to be weighed but it uses grams. It works very well on an interactive whiteboard.
Venn Chart
A resource with a teaching demonstration mode and an area where children can practise their skills sorting multiples on a Venn diagram.
Resourceaholic
Resourceaholic is crammed with ideas and resources for teachers of secondary school mathematics.
Finding the Area of Compound Shapes
A good site on finding the area of a shape based on rectangles on a grid. Estimate first and then compare with the actual area of the shape. Good as an IWB demo tool for teaching how to apply the formula to compound shapes based on rectangles.
