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ChildTasticBooks

A superb blog with great reviews of children's books. Well worth delving into if you are looking for ideas for books for your child or class.

3-11 year olds
Teachers, Pupils, Parents

Shakespeare Week

Access free resources and events listings designed to provide opportunities for primary school aged children to enjoy their encounters with Shakespeare.

7-11 year olds
Teachers

National Poetry Day

Although suitable for any time of year, you can explore this site for ideas to celebrate National Poetry Day with poetry in school. It features Toolkit for Schools and downloadable teaching resources.

7-16 year olds
Teachers

Grammar Monster

Do you know how to use semicolons, where to put apostrophes and when to use commas? There is an excellent section on punctuation and another on easily confused words.

11-18 year olds
Pupils

LitCharts

LitCharts has 853 literature guides for students including every Shakespeare play.

11-18 year olds
Pupils

Teaching Syllables

A YouTube video of a teacher showing a clever method of using your whole body to figure out how many syllables or beats are in a word.

6-8 year olds
Teachers

Word Frog

Match antonyms, synonyms and homonyms in this language arts game.

7-11 year olds
Pupils

The Reader Teacher

This site features the great reads for children, teachers, schools and parents to choose from.

3-11 year olds
Teachers, Pupils, Parents

Over 300 Words to Use Instead of Said

A brilliant list of alternative words to use as an alternative to said. There is a desktop version with examples of the words in sentences and also a useful mobile version of the site. Words are arranged according to emotions.

7-14 year olds
Pupils

Verbs in Space

See if you can spot the verbs. In this game you need to click on the robot holding the verb to whack it!

7-11 year olds
Pupils
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