Mar
30
BBC Bitesize
Submitted by Lynn on Mon, 30/03/2009 - 10:26pm
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Lots of online activities to help with national curriculum subjects - various ages.
Mar
30
Fun Brain - Education Site
Submitted by Lynn on Mon, 30/03/2009 - 5:04pm
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Online games, and web books, including Diary of a Wimpy Kid, plus lots of activities to do at home.
Mar
25
How Do Children Learn to Read?
Submitted by Lynn on Wed, 25/03/2009 - 10:02pm
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Alan Thomas and Harriet Pattison (authors of How Children Learn) have set up a new website to undertake and publish research into how children learn. They are currently undertaking research into how home educated children learn to read. All H.E. families are welcome to take part in the online questionnaire.
Mar
31
Reading Eggs
Submitted by Lynn on Tue, 31/03/2009 - 10:56am
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Learn to read with ABC Reading Eggs
We created ABC Reading Eggs as a unique online world where children learn to read. It supports each child’s learning by offering individual, one-on-one lessons that allow children to progress at their own rate.
Mar
31
Starfall - Online Literacy
Submitted by Lynn on Tue, 31/03/2009 - 8:47pm
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Free online reading program from America.
Teachers around the world use Starfall.com and Starfall high-quality educational products as an inexpensive way to make the classroom more fun and inspire a love of reading and writing. Parents use Starfall to prepare their children for school, and to support them once they are there. Starfall is an educational alternative to other entertainment choices for children.
Mar
30
Tar Heel Reader
Submitted by Lynn on Mon, 30/03/2009 - 6:44pm
Books for beginning readers of all ages
Welcome to the Tar Heel Reader, a collection of free, easy-to-read, and accessible books on a wide range of topics. Each book can be speech enabled and accessed using multiple interfaces (i.e. switches, alternative keyboards, touch screens, and dedicated AAC devices). The books may be downloaded as slide shows in PowerPoint, Impress, or Flash format.
You may write your own books using pictures from the huge collection at Flickr or pictures you upload.
Apr
30
Teaching Content Is Teaching Reading
Submitted by Lynn on Thu, 30/04/2009 - 10:05pm
Professor Daniel Willingham describes why content knowledge is essential to reading with comprehension, and why teaching reading strategies alone is not sufficient that students read with good comprehension.
Mar
30
The Children's University
Submitted by Lynn on Mon, 30/03/2009 - 6:41pm
Interactive, online learning for key stage 2 from The University of Manchester.
Choose a subject from the menu below to start learning now!
Mar
31
Tutpup
Submitted by Lynn on Tue, 31/03/2009 - 8:50pm
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Tutpup is a free education web site aimed at children aged 5 to 14.
Our aim is to provide simple, fun, competitive games that help children learn and gain confidence with Maths, English and other basic skills and knowledge.
