Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
Paradigm is an interactive, menu-driven, online writer's guide. It has useful advice to help you improve your writing techniques, but it is quite heavy going.
Miffy
Games, a story and a colouring picture based around the character Miffy created by Dick Bruna. You can send your friends a Miffy card by email.
I'm Reading
Online illustrated story books with audio to help young children read. Children can click on the words to hear what they say. They include traditional tales, myths, fables, comics and plays.
GCSE Bitesize
All GCSE Bitesize revision guides from the BBC are featured on this site.
What's that noise?
An animated, narrated story for young children about animals and the noises they make.
PhonicsPlay.co.uk
Phonics reading games linked to the 'Letters and Sounds' programme in England. Some are free on this subscription site.
The First 1000 Most Commonly Used English Words
A simple site which has a list of the first thousand commonly used words arranged in order of common usage. If you are trying to improve your spelling skills it is a useful reference tool.
World Book Day
Packed with teaching resources, information, ideas and inspiration you’ll find everything here to make your World Book Day celebrations a success and encourage reading for pleasure all year round.
Spelling City
An online spelling program where you can enter the spellings you have to learn. The program can help you learn them and then you can test yourself. You can even listen to your word in a sentence.
Child's Progress Checker
These progress checkers will provide short questions you can answer to see how your baby or child is getting on with their talking and understanding of words.
