Parents

More Useful Websites

Want more information? Use the web to search for high-frequency and tricky words, speaking and listening activities and sound games, some of which are interactive and downloadable. If you haven’t got internet access at home, your local library can help.

If you want to know more about how children learn, sites such as the National Literacy Strategy, Early Years Foundation Stage will tell you more. Jolly Phonics, a scheme that many schools follow, also has lots of information plus a free guide for download.

Here are some useful websites:

National Year of Reading - www.yearofreading.org.uk
Jolly Phonics method - www.jollylearning.co.uk
More about phonics - www.focusonphonics.co.uk
Free downloadable teaching resources - www.sparklebox.co.uk
Early Years Experience - www.bigeyedowl.co.uk

National Year of Reading

2008 is also the National Year of Reading – a year-long celebration of reading in all its forms. Its aims and ours are to increase awareness of the many values of reading – anything, anytime, any place! Visit the website for more information: www.yearofreading.org.uk