Nanstallon CP School - Literacy Links
Literacy Links
Key: C1, C2, C3 = Class 1, Class 2, Class 3.
Rating: * = good site, ** = very good site, *** = excellent site.
| BBC Schools' Pages | C1,2,3. A treasure chest of interactive fun and games from the BBC. Includes Magic Key, phonics practice, SATs revision, Spellits and tons more. *** |
| ICT Games | C1, C2. Fun (Flash) games to help children practise word recognition and spelling. Try the 'Look, Cover, Write, Check' exercise. *** |
Sebastian Swan's Infant Explorer
| C1. Children can read interactive Big Books about Sebastian Swan. Tied in with Literacy hour. * |
| BBC Skillswise Grammar | C3. Aimed at adults but great exercises on sentences, tenses and punctuation. There are factsheets, quizzes, games and worksheets. *** |
| BBC Skillswise Spelling | C3. As above, but for spelling. Practise spelling plurals, words with silent letters, confusing words and lots more. *** |
| Little Explorers Picture Dictionary | C1. Over 2,000 illustrated entries linked to worksheets, craft instructions, animations, rhymes, colouring pages and diagrams to label. *** |
| DIY Poetry | C2,3. Make your own 'fridge magnet' poetry or read other people's poems. * |
| Together Town | C1. Lovely visual site from the Basic Skills Agency for very young children. Visit the supermarket, park, library, garage or post office and practise those early reading (and counting) skills. ** |