The Treasure Map
An animated story about children who find a treasure map. Great as a story or it could be used as a story writing idea. Good also for following directions. Best in full screen mode.
Drama Resource
Teachers and drama practitioners will find a wealth of resources on this site, including tried and tested drama games and drama strategies.
Story Maker 1
You can make your own story here by choosing the characters and setting. Make either a fairy story, horror story or science-fiction story. After you have made your story you can read it online or print it out. For 6 - 8 year olds.
Teaching English
Free classroom materials including short activities to full lesson plans, for teaching kids and adults. There are also articles on teaching English, and free teacher development and teacher training materials.
Last Letter
A game where you need to find words ending with the same letter. See if you can help the character Di paint her pictures.
Letter Planet
Fill up the rocket with fuel by choosing the words that have 'sh', 'ch' or 'th' in them.
Riddle of the Black Panther
Track down a black panther reported to be prowling around a town. Interview witnesses and gather information from sources such as a website, an advertisement and a newspaper article. A good guide to writing a report.
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.
Word Frog
Match antonyms, synonyms and homonyms in this language arts game.
Flutter-by Friends
Listen to the story about Cassie Caterpillar and her friend Clyde. When you have heard the story see if you can sequence pictures of the story on a storyboard.