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Learning Letters and Words through Play Activities

Help your child to learn letters and words through play activities with this guide for parents by Topmarks.

3-7 year olds
Parents

Tangram Builder

Can you complete these tricky Tangram puzzles? Excellent for testing your spatial awareness.

9-14 year olds
Pupils

Grammar and Punctuation

This guide has been put together to help students' understanding of grammar and punctuation. Each point of grammar has an explanation and exercises. Great for either working through or dipping into if you want to brush up on a particular point.

16-18 year olds
Pupils

Counting

A site packed with free tools to help educators and parents teach maths to kids from ages 3 to 5. Great lessons, games, videos and downloadable materials to support the teaching of basic concepts of counting.

3-5 year olds
Teachers, Parents

Maths Invaders

Shoot the spaceship with the correct answer and dodge the incoming fire. A fun game to practise a wide range of key mathematical skills. There are over a hundred carefully differentiated levels.

6-11 year olds
Pupils

Phase 2 Phonics

The 16 Learner Guides support children learning Phase 2 of the Letters and Sounds phonics programme. The fun videos help children to see letter sounds in words. It supports correct letter formation too.

4-6 year olds
Teachers, Pupils, Parents

Spell Block Academy

A fun spelling game with a wizard theme. Use the provided words or create your own spelling list of words in the Spells book.

5-9 year olds
Pupils

Alphabetical Ordering

This is a game for practising ordering words into the order they appear in the alphabet. The 6 levels extend from using the first letter of the words, to ordering words where the fourth letter determines the order.

6-11 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Help a Hedgehog

A super read the word challenge game which can help you with learning to read. Read as many words as you can that are matched to Letters and Sounds Phases 2 and 3 or enter your own words.The game helps with decoding and blending words skills.

5-6 year olds
Pupils

Rhyme Time from Sesame Street

A charming early years game which is great for introducing the idea of rhyming. Children need to find words which rhyme with a given word.

3-5 year olds
Pupils, Parents
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