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Offsite Resources : Literacy


Children's Storybooks			20070912220437-7
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http://www.magickeys.com/books/index.html
This web site provides a collection of illustrated stories for young children to read online. Titles include Round Bird Can't Fly, Kitty Wants a Box, Buzzy Bee, The Counting Story, Alphabet, Animals Can See at the Zoo and Farm Animals. Some of the stories have linking activities such as Riddles, Maze and Colouring Book. The website also includes online stories for older children and young adults.


Click teaching			20070912220437-8
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http://www.clickteaching.com/
Free downloads of worksheets, lesson plans, activity ideas and teaching resources for primary schools, teachers and parents.


Create a Scape			20070912231756-24
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http://www.createascape.org.uk/
A mediascape is composed of sounds, images and video placed outside in your local area. To see the images and video, and hear the sounds you need a handheld computer (PDA) and a pair of headphones. An optional GPS unit can automatically trigger the images, video and sounds in the right places. To create a mediascape, you start with a digital map of your local area. Using special, free software, you can attach digital sounds, pictures and video to places that you choose on the map. By going outside into the area the map covers, you can experience the mediascape. Using the handheld computer and headphones, you can hear the sounds and see the pictures and video in the places the author of the mediascape has put them. All sorts of exciting things can happen as you explore the mediascape.


Education Place			20070912220437-9
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http://www.eduplace.com/
This site provides resources for teachers, students, and parents. Subjects covered includes Reading/Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Intervention, Professional Development, activities, games, and textbook support.


First School Years			20070912220437-10
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http://www.firstschoolyears.com/
Free educational resources for parents and teachers of young children. As well as worksheets, flashcards and teaching ideas, First School Years also includes A search which enables visitors to choose any day during the year and find out historical events which occurred on that day and which may be of interest to the 4 to 8 age range. A 'Word List' section which allows educators to find lists of words containing a particular phoneme or grapheme or are related to a particular grammatical concept. A growing educational directory. A list of recommended books and publications categorised by subject. First School Years is continuously "under construction" with new worksheets and other resources being added on a weekly basis.


Infant Explorer			20070912223135-16
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http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/infant
An excellent web site for Key Stage 1 produced by teachers working with the Canterbury Environment Education Centre. Every term a new story designed to be used within the literacy hour is added and so far The Swan Story, In the Autumn and Sebastian's Waddle are available from the site. Each story encourages the children to explore seasonal changes in the environment and includes NLS keywords, photographs, moving graphics and sounds. The story contains interactive sections which encourages the use of email and provides opportunities for the children's work to be published on the site.


Kid Story			20070912225951-20
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http://www.sics.se/kidstory/
Established in Sweden, KidStory works with children, educators, and researchers from various disciplines in the development process by building an interdisciplinary, intergenerational, international design team. KidStory develops the currently available technology to inherently support social learning experiences while concurrently developing novel technologies that can be used in the learning environments of tomorrow. The third year of the project is now completed.


Kid's Review			20070912224858-17
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http://www.kidsreview.org.uk/
This website has been developed by parents who noticed first hand how easy it is to motivate children to use computers but how difficult it can be to motivate the same children to pick up and read a book. They also recognise how important other children's views are in book choice. Kids' Review enables children to share their own book reviews within a protected environment. A new Teacher Review section allows teachers to share their views on how these books can be used successfully with children.


Kids' Space			20070912225306-18
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http://www.kids-space.org/
Launched in May 1995, Kids' Space was established to break down cultural, religious, ethnic and racial barriers between children of the world by promoting cross-cultural collaboration in creative projects. The site now features creative writing from more than 150 countries. The website also includes Kids' Space Communication for communication activities, such as pen pals.


KidsMAPE			20070912225705-19
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http://www.mape.org.uk/kids/index.htm
MAPE (Micros and Primary Education) is an organization that has played a pioneering role in using ICT in Britain. The KidsMAPE section of the website includes Greenfield Road (a 19th century database with differentiated activities), History Photo Quiz (dating photographs) and History Treasure Trials (Greece, Roman Empire, Tudors, Victorians and World War II).


Literacy Matters			20070912230959-22
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http://www.literacymatters.com/
The site specializes in providing free literacy lesson plans and resources for Early Years to Y7 teachers. The Medium term and weekly lesson plans are based on good texts and are cross referenced to the National Literacy Strategy Framework for Teaching objectives. The plans are written by former teachers who continue to try out these ideas in the classroom. The site also contains an 'Ask the Expert' section, a discussion forum and has many useful links.


Little Explorers			20070912231343-23
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http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html
This (rather untidy) website provides 1,885 illustrated dictionary entries. Each word is used in a meaningful example sentence. Most entries have links to a related web site. Just click on an underlined word (or its accompanying picture), and you'll link to a great web site related to it. A picture-dictionary format is used to link to hundreds of carefully-chosen child-friendly sites around the world. Since the pictures are links, even pre-readers can surf with a minimum of help and guidance from their favourite adult. Older kids can use Little Explorers as a school reference. This is the English version; just click to use the English-French, English-German, English-Italian, English-Portuguese, or the English-Spanish version.


Nicky's Nursery Rhymes			20070912233720-26
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http://www.nurseryrhymes4u.com/
Nicola Geier is a Nursery Nurse at a Nursery and Infants school. On her entertaining website you will find a collection of Nursery Rhymes, Poems and Songs, some modern and some traditional. You will also find a selection of drawings to download that children can colour in. Nicky's Nursery Rhymes is 'child safe' and free from banners, drop downs, or any other form of advertising. New items are being added on a daily basis. At the bottom of each page are common links to most of the sites areas. According to Nicola "within 15 minutes practice - most very young children are able to move around the site quite successfully on their own".


Parents Centre			20070913000740-28
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http://www.parentscentre.gov.uk/learnjourn/index_ks1.cfm?ver=graph&subject=fo
All 4 year olds and many 3 year olds are entitled to free part-time education. These early years, together with their time in reception class at primary school, make up the foundation stage. It probably won't feel like learning - most children see it as just fun and play. But as they get to grips with speaking and listening, singing and dancing, stories and counting, they'll be gaining all the basic skills that will get them off to a flying start when they reach year 1. 'What is the Foundation Stage?' It's for children aged 3-5, and covers the years they spend from the beginning of nursery or pre-school to the end of reception class in primary school. It was introduced in September 2000 to cover these important years in your child's life. 'Where will my child go for Foundation Stage?' The government is funding Foundation Stage places: in nursery and reception classes in playgroups in pre-schools in nurseries with accredited childminders in approved childminding networks.


Schoolsnet			20070913001937-31
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http://www.schoolsnet.com/
Launched in November 1999 to offer "parents, pupils and teachers an indispensable educational resource." Its primary section includes materials on Art, Design & Technology, Geography, History, ICT, Literacy, Music, Numeracy, Physical Education, Religious Education and Science.


SEN Teacher			20070913002627-32
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http://www.senteacher.org/
A resources site, targeting parents and teachers of children with severe, profound or complex learning difficulties. Just over 30Mb of Windows freeware and printed materials are available, as well as links to other sources of SEN information and resources. The author splits his time 50:50 between teaching learning disabled and autistic teenagers and working as a consultant to the Learning Disabilities and Multimedia Research Project at the University of East London.


Snaith Primary School			20070913002936-33
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http://www.snaithprimary.eril.net/
The web site is primarily designed for classroom use. Many of the units available loosely follow the structure of QCA schemes of work, with humour and interactivity added. You will find 1500 pages of classroom resources, worksheets and lesson plans for Key Stage 1 & 2. This includes Myths & Legends, Aztecs, Ancient Greeks and Egyptians, Vikings, Victorians, World War 2 and much more.


Story Street			20070913004606-34
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http://www.storystreet.co.uk/
A free companion website from Longman to accompany Story Street, the fiction strand of the new reading programme Literacy Land. However, this website is ideal for practising Literacy and ICT skills even if you don't use the Story Street books. You can take a virtual tour of Story Street, find out about and email the authors including Jeremy Strong or send a postcard to a friend. The Story Street School Magazine is updated termly with new articles, jokes and news and schools are invited to send in their own magazines for publication on the website. The website offers a registration facility to notify you when new materials and special offers of interest are added to the website.


Symbol World			20070913004822-35
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http://www.symbolworld.org/
A non-commercial website, providing safe, fun and easy to use on-line resources for symbol users. The ideas on the site have come from people with learning difficulties, their teachers and carers. The main section has a range of stories, both fiction and non-fiction, which are suitable for symbol users across the age range. There is a special section of stories which are designed especially for older readers with learning difficulties. The Learning section has a number of subject or topic categories with non-fiction material supporting formal and informal learning.


Teaching Ideas			20070912220437-12
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http://www.teachingideas.co.uk
This site contains lesson ideas, activities and resources, and they're all FREE for you to use in your classrooms!


The Parents Centre			20070913001102-29
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http://www.parentscentre.gov.uk/learnjourn/index_ks1.cfm?ver=graph
These years of your child's time at school between 5 and 7 are called key stage 1. At the end of each key stage, each National Curriculum subject has a target: your child should have reached a particular level of skills, knowledge and understanding. Why have targets and tests? Children get a sense of achievement from reaching each milestone in their learning, and going beyond it. Schools use them to check on children's progress, so that they can match their teaching to each child's needs and abilities. The government uses them to see how many children are making the right kind of progress (especially in English and mathematics, where children take National Curriculum tests and tasks at age 7). Of course, some children may not make as much progress as others and some have special educational needs. Please read the important information about this in the section on frequently asked questions. As a parent or carer, you have a very important role to play in helping your child learn. Some parents are afraid of doing the wrong thing. (If you are unsure about how to help, you can always ask your child's teacher.) The most important things you can do are: take an interest in what your child is learning at school, and encourage them to tell you about it praise them when they have done well. There are other things you can do, too: this book also gives ideas and tips for each subject. Don't feel you have to do all of them, but any you can do will support your child's learning at school.


The Parents Centre			20070913001359-30
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http://www.parentscentre.gov.uk/learnjourn/index_ks2.cfm?ver=graph
These years from age 7 to 11 are called key stage 2. At the end of each key stage, each National Curriculum subject has a target - your child should have reached skills, knowledge and understanding at a partic