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Digital Library of Stories for Kids | Stories | Storyweaver

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Unite for Literacy provides free digital access to picture books, narrated in many languages. Literacy is at the core of a healthy community, so we unite with partners to enable all families to read with their young children.

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Loads of resources for every year group for you to access online, linked to the curriculum and to help support and stretch you! https://arkschools.sharepoint.com/sites/spark

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Westminster's libraries offer many free online resources to members. Browse through our collection of 24/7 resources and In-House Specials (IHS) using the content table below or, if you know the name of the resource, check the a to z listing.

24/7 resources can be accessed anywhere you can reach the internet - just log in with your library card number. If you're not a member, join now.

IHS are only available at specific libraries in Westminster. Library staff may need to log you in, so please ask.

If you can't see a specific database in this guide, try online resources in London public libraries .

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Westminster's libraries offer many free online resources to members. Browse through our collection of 24/7 resources and In-House Specials (IHS) using the content table below or, if you know the name of the resource, check the a to z listing. 24/7 resources can be accessed anywhere you can reach the internet - just log in with your library card number.

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When children ask: "Who can I read next?" or "Who writes like my favourite author?", the answers are here in Who Next...? Writers of children's fiction are listed with suggestions of other authors who write in a similar way, together with key book and series titles.

Browse:

in four age groups: 5-7, 8-11, 12-14 and 14+

by genre and theme

graphic novels, read out loud titles, short stories and titles for dyslexic or struggling readers

prize-winning children's books

by country of birth of authors

other useful links

To find out more, see our About page and Key features under the Information tab.

This is an invaluable tool for parents, teachers and librarians to help children explore the world of reading. As the award winning author, Alan Gibbons, says "A reading child is a successful child".

Who Next...? is compiled by two professional librarians of long experience, drawing on contributions from other librarians.

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Welcome to Who Next? - A guide to children's authors

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When children ask: "Who can I read next?" or "Who writes like my favourite author?", the answers are here in Who Next...? Writers of children's fiction are listed with suggestions of other authors who write in a similar way, together with key book and series titles.

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KSA New YouTube channel for lockdown 3.0

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KSA New YouTube channel for lockdown 3.0

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Remote Learning resources for KSA pupils

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Free Readings of The Dark Wild by Piers Torday everyday on Instagram & YouTube

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Free Readings of The Dark Wild by Piers Torday everyday on Instagram & YouTube

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https://twitter.com/PiersTorday/status/1346218046592069632

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BBC to put lessons on TV during lockdown 3.0

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BBC to put lessons on TV during lockdown 3.0

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The primary programmes, which will be broadcast on CBBC from 09:00 every day, will include BBC Live Lessons and BBC Bitesize Daily as well as Our School, Celebrity Supply Teacher, Horrible Histories and Operation Ouch.

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BBC to put lessons on TV during lockdown

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The primary programmes, which will be broadcast on CBBC from 09:00 every day, will include BBC Live Lessons and BBC Bitesize Daily as well as Our School, Celebrity Supply Teacher, Horrible Histories and Operation Ouch.

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Summer 2020 Recommended Children's Books: BooksForTopics

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Recommended NEW children's books for Summer 2020. We've picked out some top reading for pleasure reads for children to enjoy in the summer holidays.

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50 recommended reads for every year group

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50 recommended reads for every year group

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Resources on BooksForTopics | Recommended children’s booklists sorted by age or topic...

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Resources - Find the best children’s books for all primary school year groups on BooksForTopics

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No longer updated but covers many time periods we study at KSA!

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Enter the world of history for kids. Discover ancient people and places, and fascinating facts with our selection of games and activities.

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How to Draw Hyper Realistic Eyes | Step by Step

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The Literacy Shed is home to a wealth of visual resources that can be used to inspire writing!

On the homepage, you will see many different ‘sheds’ that are organised by themes, so if your child is interested in a particular style or genre, they should click on that area to inspire their writing!

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Recommended home reading lists for KS1, Years 3 and 4 and Years 5 and 6.

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1. Sign up

Click 'Join now' to create your account.

2. Read books

Set your reading goal and read anything you like! Each time you finish a book, add it to your profile and leave a review.

3. Earn digital rewards

Unlock special online badges and a certificate to print at home when you reach your Challenge goal!*

*Physical rewards like medals are only available when taking part at select libraries.

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Click 'Join now' to create your account. Set your reading goal and read anything you like! Each time you finish a book, add it to your profile and leave a review. Unlock special online badges and a certificate to print at home when you reach your Challenge goal!* *Physical rewards like medals are only available when taking part at select libraries.

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Each of our regular workbooks contain 16-24 pages of educational puzzles and research activities for kids aged 6-11. Each workbook is themed around a different country - we've got 16 in total!

Our workbooks are available to purchase as physical or digital versions.

You can click on each of the workbooks to learn more about them and the puzzles they contain

Designed for kids aged 7-12 who want to dig a little deeper into specific countries.

Each one is 48-pages with 18 different activities and 3 physical challenges. The activities are more complex and kids get the opportunity to learn songs, do art projects and learn more history and culture.

Op zoek naar de werkboeken in het Nederlands?

We've got 4 workbooks available to download completely free - England, Iceland, Japan and Brazil. To get access to them, sign up to our mailing list to make sure you don't miss out.

We also share additional content that didn't make it into the workbook, great educational sources like video links or music related to different countries, plus ideas for activities for kids.

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Free activity workbooks for kids - Deliberate Travel Kids

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Kids stuck at home and driving you crazy? Disappointed by the promises of e-learning? Our workbooks combine entertainment and education, to teach the kids about the world and get them to learn valuable research skills at the same time. Available to download for free.

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Listen & watch the first Harry Potter book (Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone) being read aloud by celebrities & cast members. The first chapter is read by Harry himself!

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A trip down memory lane with Harry Potter At Home | Wizarding World

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This year, we brought Hogwarts to you with a very special campaign called Harry Potter At Home. As the year comes to a close, we take a look back at some of our favourite moments.

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Making Your £15 Free School Meal Voucher Go Further at Home

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As our founder, the celebrity chef and campaigner Jamie Oliver says, "It's fantastic to see so many people come together across the country to support kids and families so that no child goes hungry. We need to make it as easy as possible right now for parents and carers to feed their children well. "

The shopping list has been price-checked to come within the allocated budget at a mid-range supermarket. It aims for meals that can be made with minimal prep time and equipment.

Bite Back 2030 CEO James Toop said: "The ingredients on this list can be used to prepare hot or cold food, and it's all checked to be within the School Food Standards. We hope this will be useful to parents and carers, giving them a small helping hand while they try and do the best they can for their families."
Your questions answered... Will I receive a voucher?
Many schools are able to use their excellent catering teams to provide meals for collection or delivery but if this isn't possible, this scheme will give electronic vouchers to families to spend in supermarkets. They are also available as gift cards for those without internet access.
Where can I spend it?
The vouchers can be spent on food at a range of shops including Sainsbury's, Tesco, Asda, Morrisons, Waitrose and M&S, with the Department for Education working to get more shops to join the scheme as soon as possible.
How best to spend it?
Along with School Food Matters, we've pulled together a simple shopping list with some ideas for balanced meals to give an example of how these vouchers could be spent. And this isn't just for those receiving vouchers. Hopefully this will also work for anyone on a budget and for families with limited time.

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Making Your £15 Free School Meal Voucher Go Further at Home

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As our founder, the celebrity chef and campaigner Jamie Oliver says, "It's fantastic to see so many people come together across the country to support kids and families so that no child goes hungry. We need to make it as easy as possible right now for parents and carers to feed their children well.

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If you're looking for complete versions of books after enjoying an extract, take a look at these sites!

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One of the proudest moments of my short career as a mom was when my daughter asked, "Can you read me a story?" It was a school night, and we were really strapped for time, but I grabbed the opportunity and read her one of my childhood favorites.

Today, it's the one nighttime routine - besides brushing teeth - that I try not to let slide.

Children love hearing stories, especially at bedtime. It's a time-honored tradition that helps them wind down after moments of playing, screaming, and other intense activities, and go to sleep.

Reading also helps kids bond with their mother or father as they associate it with love and affection, improves language, sharpens their memory and creative thinking, and makes them love books.

It's not that easy finding children's books around the house or buying newer titles every day though. Thankfully, there's a wealth of free kids' books online you can read to them, or give them to read on a computer, phone, or tablet.

Try these great sites with good quality, free online books for kids. Also, check out our YouTube video if you prefer to watch, rather than read! Also, check out our YouTube video where we cover some of the best options also:

Best Websites With Free Online Books For Kids

Oxford Owl

Storyline Online

International Children's Digital Library

Open Library

Amazon's Free Kids Ebooks

Barnes & Noble Free Nook Books for Kids

Mrs. P's Magic Library

This award-winning website from Oxford University Press is your online resource for children's books and other reading activities.

It's designed to support their learning at school and at home. Once you register for free, you can access more than 250 free Oxford ebooks for kids along with storytelling videos, games, and guides that help them develop their reading skills.

Storyline Online is another award-winning, interactive children's literacy site that features famous actors like Kevin Costner, Betty White, James Earl Jones, Eva Longoria, and others reading children's books alongside minor animation elements.

Each video has a brief explanation below it showing details of the run time, book author, illustrator, and publisher, suggested grade level, and a plot summary.

Run by The Screen Actors Guild Foundation, the site offers books developed by credentialed elementary educators and aims to strengthen verbal, written, and comprehension skills for English language learners.

ICDL is a nonprofit organization that provides access to the best children's books of their culture, and cultures around the world regardless of where they live. There are over 4,000 titles in 59 languages to choose from, that you can read to your children.

If you want a personal bookshelf for your family, create a free account and save your favorite kids' books, set personal preferences, and bookmark books you'd like to read later.

Alternatively, use the simple search interface to find suitable titles by age, length of the book, genres, reading level, and more. You can also pick a book from some of the featured titles on the home page, and read away for free anonymously.

Once you have a few to get started, it's easier to extract powerful themes from the stories to help explain important lessons to your kids or allow them to expand on the stories and create games out of them.

This site is part of the nonprofit Internet Archive and houses a collection of more than one million books, with access to over 22,000 free online books for kids - classic and newer titles - for free.

It continually updates its collection of links to children's books online, plus other books, so you can rummage through the collection and find a few for your own reading pleasure.

Amazon isn't just an online store to buy stuff from. It's also a rich resource for kids' books online.

You can find free Kindle books for kids categorized under the Children's eBooks section. There are several subcategories like Action & Adventure, Animals, Early Learning, Sports & Outdoors, each with 100 free eBooks to pick from so you can read a different one each day to your kids.

With more than 3,000 children's ebooks, you're sure to find something you and they will like.

Barnes & Noble is synonymous with books so you're guaranteed they'll have some for the little ones too.

The site has a special Kids' section with different categories to choose from such as age or subjects, and you can sort them by title, bestseller, new or old, and user ratings.

If you have the Barnes & Noble Nook e-reader, you can download free online books for kids from ages 0-12 years. Some children's favorites like Disney characters Elsa and Anna, or Dr. Seuss, Peppa Pig, Dork Diaries, and many others are all in there.

You probably know her from her role as 'Mimi' in the Drew Carey Show, but Kathy Kinney wears more hats than just actress and comedienne - she's a storyteller and children's advocate too.

Kinney believes that children deserve a good book to read or be read to, which is why she and her partners co-created this site to pep up the magic and joy of hearing timeless stories online.

She's a wonderful and skilled storyteller, and on the site, she stars as Mrs. P, a grandmother who reads classic storybooks aloud from her couch in a voice that children can enjoy.

Kinney takes children on unforgettable adventures as far as their imaginations allow, and finds quality entertainment that inspires them to read and love books.

Conclusion

Stories are the children's window to the outside world. They allow them to dream of beautiful castles, princesses, great adventures, and superheroes who fight the ugly green monsters to make the world a safer place.

On their own, children can be voracious readers especially if they've developed a reading habit. It can be challenging trying to keep up when they want more books to read, but with this list of sites to find free online books for kids, there's more than enough to get started.

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7 Websites With Free Online Books For Kids

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One of the proudest moments of my short career as a mom was when my daughter asked, "Can you read me a story. " It was a school night, and we were really strapped for time, but I grabbed the opportunity and read her one of my childhood favorites.

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Shortlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2020 | May 2019 Book of the Month | Another insightful and compassionate free verse novel from the queen of this increasingly admired form, this time exploring the transformative relationship between an abused runaway teenager and an elderly lady with dementia. Allison has grown up "stepping on eggshells" to circumvent her father's violence. While she often wonders whether his behaviour was "all my fault", one of his outbursts compels her to run away. With nowhere to go, she finds sanctuary in the house of an elderly woman called Marla. Marla has dementia and thinks Allison is Toffee, her best friend from childhood. After spending some time in Marla's company, Allison decides to "stop correcting her... I like the idea of being sweet and hard, a girl with a name for people to chew on." Moreover, in meeting Marla, Allison has found an unlikely kindred spirit: "I am not who I say I am. Marla isn't who she thinks she is... Here, in this house, I am so much happier than I have ever been". Returning the favour, Allison enriches Marla's life - she listens, she indulges Marla's desire to dance - while Marla's carer and son show no real regard for her happiness, as if she's beyond life, which makes Allison's attentiveness all the more heart warming. Both vulnerable, they find strength through each other. With incredibly moving insight, Marla says of Allison's dad, "none of it was about you. It was about him. It's always about him. Surely you know that." The writing is compellingly fluid, flowing freely between Allison's precarious present and the tragic, abusive circumstances that sent her careering down this path. While fleeting, the impact of their time together is monumental, and I felt privileged to have spent time in their company.

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Poetry Books and Book Reviews | LoveReading4Kids

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Shortlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2020 | May 2019 Book of the Month | Another insightful and compassionate free verse novel from the queen of this increasingly admired form, this time exploring the transformative relationship between an abused runaway teenager and an elderly lady with dementia.

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Free activities and games from the Royal Mint.

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Free activities and games from the Royal Mint.

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Indoor Activities for Kids | The Royal Mint

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Welcome to our 'Kid's Hub' to help entertain and educate children (and grown-ups) at home! We've pulled together a host of quizzes, games and educational tools - brought to life through iconic coins, and popular children's characters such as The Gruffalo and Wallace and Gromit.

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Welcome to our brand new home learning page! Given the recent school closures, we are going to try and produce some resources to help parents who are trying to keep their kids busy. For older pupils, check out our 'resources for students' page. We hope to keep building that too!

As we work out what sort of material we're going to include on here, the format might change a bit and we'll try to get things in sections for different ages. Initially, we'll probably put all resources on this one page.

All of our resources are available as editable documents so feel free to make any changes you need to make it work in your home or with your child. Don't forget to tweet us @chembameditor with any pictures of you having fun with the experiments!

Activities to try

Nature treasure hunt to get kids out in the fresh air

Melting for ages 1-6

Properties of materials. Use packaging you have around the house to explore properties. You can even test them out to see which will protect something fragile (like an egg) best! Download here.

Cloud Experiment for ages 7-11

Crunchie Bar Batteries (battery recycling) for ages 5-14

Unicorn Cafe learn about densities of liquids. For ages 4-10.

Lights and Shadows for ages 7-10

Extracting DNA from Fruit for ages 7-10

Toxicology for A-level (or enthusiastic GCSE students!)

Helpful Links
Primary Science Curriculum (Gov website) Royal Society of Chemistry Primary Resources
Open University Free Courses (Beginner courses here may be useful for GCSE and A-level pupils)

The Royal Institution have a Science Lives Here page with lots of videos and activities

Maddie Moat and Greg Foot are doing regular YouTube sessions at 11am on weekdays

BBC Bitesize resouces have a fantastic mixture of activities separated out in to KS2, KS3 and GCSE

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery have a virtual tour available perfect for choosing your favourite piece or artifact and sketching

Dr Gavin Harper a Faraday Institution Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham has made an energy and fuel cells workbook suitable for GCSE and A-level students

Scouts have a "Great Indoors" activity page

ThinkUKnow provides information and resources for children 4-14+ and parents on how to work safely online

The Primary Science Teaching Trust have a number of free resources available on their website.

Selly Oak library are posting videos of their staff reading a different childrens story every day.

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While regular travel may be off the cards for the foreseeable future, virtual escapism is open to everyone with an internet connection.

Some of the world's leading galleries, museums and landscapes are all just a few clicks away. Here is a selection of the best VR travel experiences to keep you sane during lockdown.

Le Musee du Louvre, Paris

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The Louvre, the world's largest art and antiques museum, was forced to close its doors as Paris went into lockdown. While you can no longer waltz into its famous glass exterior, you can learn something of the phenomenal collection via a number of virtual tours, charting everything from Egyptian antiquities to the Galerie d'Apollon.
louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne
British Museum, London

The UK capital's famed museum has hooked up with Google Arts & Culture, along with more than 2,000 other leading institutions, to offer an interactive tour. Wander through time and click on different artefacts to see them up close, read up on their history, and hear more information with an audio guide.
britishmuseum.withgoogle.com
Icehotel, Swedish Lapland

Aurora photography company Lights over Lapland has created experiences for those suffering wanderlust to virtually travel to the Icehotel in Swedish Lapland. The 360-degree videos allow viewers to visit the local Arctic wilderness, meet local huskies and reindeer, go dogsledding and reindeer sledding and even join a Northern Lights hunt.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Stuffed with masterpieces from the Dutch Golden Age, the Rijksmuseum is one of Amsterdam's most popular attractions. It's closed until 1 June, but has just launched a new interactive experience, Rijksmuseum From Home, that allows you to virtually visit the home of Rembrandt's The Nightwatch and Vermeer's The Milkmaid.

In a collaboration with Google, there's also the chance to explore 11 "exhibits", where you're able to interact with various works from the museum, read about their history and see close-ups of the pieces.
artsandculture.google.com/partner/rijksmuseum
Musee d'Orsay, Paris
artsandculture.google.com/partner/musee-dorsay-paris
Housed in the fabulous former Orsay railway station, the Musee d'Orsay displays art dating from 1848 to 1914. An online tour goes through the history of the building, first constructed for the Universal Exhibition of 1900. Viewers can also explore some of the most famous pieces in the collection, including one of Van Gogh's self-portraits, and take a virtual wander through the galleries.

Jerusalem, Israel
samsungvr.com/view/Wv_0tcndBOG
Israel is promoting a whole series of virtual tours for armchair travellers, including one that takes you around Jerusalem's most famous sights. Videos have a voiceover tour guide giving more information on the city's holiest places, while 360-degree functionailty makes it feel more like you're exploring.

Guggenheim, New York
artsandculture.google.com/streetview/solomon-r-guggenheim-museum-interior-streetview
New York City's iconic gallery has a Google Street View tour where you can "amble" along its winding corridor and view works up close, such as Catherine Opie's daring Self Portrait/Pervert triptych; Ivan Navarro's installation Homeless Lamp, the Juice Sucker; and Ovitz's Library by Jonas Wood. On top of that, you can also simply gaze upon the building's remarkable architecture.

Uffizi Gallery, Florence
artsandculture.google.com/partner/uffizi-gallery
This gallery houses the art collection of the Medicis inside a 16th-century building. Online, there are four exhibitions that take viewers through various works, explaining their significance and showing close-ups of important details within the paintings. See such works as Piero di Cosimo's Perseus Freeing Andromeda like never before.
cliffsofmoher.ie/virtual-visit-tour
Cliffs of Moher, Ireland

Fancy watching the sun set over these picturesque peaks? You can take a virtual tour of the famous Irish geological landmark, which captures 360-degree views and even has virtual reality headset capability for a fully immersive experience.
youvisit.com/tour/centralpark
Central Park, New York

NYC's green centrepiece is available to tour online. Not only does it show you the sites, it also comes with a guide who talks you through significant events in Central Park's history as you "travel" from the West 72nd entrance.
facebook.com/ushuaiaibiza
Ibiza, Spain
nps.gov/features/grca/001/archeology
Ushuaïa Ibiza, an open-air club on the hard-partying Balearic Island, has launched #StayAtHomeSessions - a re-stream of some of 2019's best DJ sets from Hï Ibiza and Ushuaïa Ibiza, to bring the party atmosphere to the homes of ravers around the world. The first session was launched on 21 March, featuring Solardo, Davide Squillace, Camelphat, Nic Fanciulli and Andrea Oliva. The streaming sessions allow users to invite friends to join them online.

More virtual events are also in the works.

There are plenty of pictures of the famed canyon online, but get a little deeper with a VR archaeological tour. This allows armchair travellers to explore and learn more about the history behind the canyon's formation by clicking on different geological features.

Yosemite National Park, California
nps.gov/romo
Experience this natural wonder in real time by clicking through to its webcams. The views include Yosemite Falls, the view of the Half Dome from the floor of Yosemite Valley, and vistas from the High Sierra captured at 8,000 feet.

Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
longleat.co.uk
One of the best things about being in the great outdoors is the way you experience it with all your senses. Rocky Mountain National Park has allowed virtual visitors to use their ears rather than their eyes, with an online "sound library" that features an array of birds and wildlife found in the park.

Longleat Safari Park, UK
english-heritage.org.uk
Longleat has launched a virtual safari narrated by BBC Animal Park presenter Kate Humble. The guided tour went live on the Wiltshire wildlife attraction's Facebook page at 10am on Saturday but is still free to view on the Longleat website and across its digital platforms. Utilising a mix of audio commentary with video footage and photos, the virtual tour also includes a newly-recorded introduction by Kate Humble.

Stonehenge, UK
nps.gov/grte
Always wanted to go to visit the neolithic stone circle of dreams? Take an interactive tour of Stonehenge with the English Heritage 360-degree view from inside the monument, or switch to Skyscape to see a live view from within the stones.

Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

Fancy climbing a mountain? You can try out an e-climb with Grand Teton National Park, navigating your way to the 13,770-ft summit (minus the effort). Viewers can also discover the geology and history of the Grand Teton massif along the way, and learn more about the native plants and wildlife.

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The best virtual travel experiences to enjoy while on coronavirus lock-down

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While regular travel may be off the cards for the foreseeable future, virtual escapism is open to everyone with an internet connection. Some of the world's leading galleries, museums and landscapes are all just a few clicks away. Here is a selection of the best VR travel experiences to keep you sane during lockdown.

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Over the coming weeks we'll be sending weekly newsletters with home learning tips and tools to minimise disruption to your children's education. Whether you've got toddlers or teenagers, we'll help out with creative ideas to keep them occupied and educated during these challenging times.

Not only that, we'll help those self-isolating with a round-up of the latest shows, services and experiences from across the BBC in our 'Discover more with the BBC' email updates.

Plus, if we spot anything extra we think you'll love, we'll let you know about that too.

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FREE DAILY LESSONS: We’ve provided a plan of video lessons and resources for three hours of learning a day for primary, and four hours a day for secondary students. This will total ~180 videoed lessons each week, across every year group from Reception through to Year 10.

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After the show, head to your Daily Lessons online for all ages:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/group/p089nk5f

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Resources recommended by the DfE across the curriculum

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Additional Online Learning videos from Reach

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New videos for English and Maths posted everyday at 9am.
There will also be humanities, PE & Science videos uploaded.
The lessons are between 10 and 35 minutes long, with lots of opportunities for children to pause the video and complete tasks.

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AMAZING RESOURCE. Choose an old SATs paper and create a new version based on those questions!  Answers included for checking.

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A child-friendly curriculum search engine, perfect for classroom or home research. Every result is relevant and readable.

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Access a free inspiring image, story starter and short burst writing activities, every day! Inspire your most reluctant writers and improve writing stamina

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Once Upon a Picture - Images to Inspire - Teaching Resources

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Once Upon a Picture - Images to Inspire - Teaching Resources

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Topmarks: teaching resources, interactive resources, worksheets, homework, exam and revision help

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Searchable site of thousands of quality teaching resources, interactive resources, homework, exam and revision help. Useful for teachers, pupils and parents.

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Loads of useful resources on the BBC Teach site!

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Loads of useful resources on the BBC Teach site!

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Parents!! Home schooling driving you mad?! Let me take one lesson off your hands! Curriculum based and most importantly, fun. There's no need for instruments or to feel intimidated. Any age, any ability welcome. Music helps to look after our children's minds and souls, especially at a time when they need it most plus, we may even find the next Elton or mini Mozart!

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A site that covers every area of the curriculum and gives you feedback as you go. Includes games & lots to learn.

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IXL offers online maths practice covering reception through year 13 maths and everything in between. Students will enjoy learning with IXL's fun and interactive questions, including graphing, drag-and-drop, select-and-edit and more.

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Hi everyone, I'm Maddie! This channel is where I like to share my adventures and discoveries as I ask questions and go in search of answers. Packed with videos about animals, plants, travel and technology, there's always something new to learn and explore! Subscribe to join the adventure and always #staycurious!

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This timetable can provide more structure at home for families who need it.

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Using Augmented Reality (AR to inspire Writing

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Using Augmented Reality (AR to inspire Writing

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I saw this incredible AR tool on Facebook and I just had to share it! It's a fun, creative, clever way to inspire creative writing that children (and adults) of all ages would enjoy! Which animals will be on the loose in your house?
Activities 1) Google an animal on your iPhone or iPad.
Log onto www.google.com and search for your favourite animal. Google's incredible Augmented Reality (AR) feature works for most animals, but not all. So, you may need to have a few attempts to find an animal that works. Perhaps try tiger, penguin and bear to get you started. Once the Google search brings up all of the information and images on your chosen animal, you will need to scroll down the page a little until you see the 'view in 3D' option, where you'll be able to meet a life-sized version up close! Click on it. It will immediately switch to camera view and will ask you to move the camera around a little so it can adjust to the surroundings. After a few moments, your chosen animal should appear on your screen in your home! Here's a cheeky penguin interrupting my puzzle time! Pretty AMAZING, right?!

2) Film a video of your favourite animal in your home!
You can reduce or enlarge the size using the touch screen to make the size of your creature more realistic - or not! (it could even be held in the palm of your hand!) - and you can either take a photo (a great selfie opportunity here for you instagrammers!) or record a short video using the red button.

WOW! This technology is super impressive and lots of fun! This creative AR feature provides endless entertainment for kids (and adults too!) as you experiment, explore and discover new places and creatures to interact with!

Have fun creating your photos and videos! Here are a few examples I made at home earlier today:

Maybe you have a secret penguin in your bathtub?

...or a bear in the kitchen?

...Or maybe, just maybe, an ENORMOUS tiger has escaped from the zoo and found its way into your home?!

3) Creative Writing
First, start to think about how and why this animal has ended up in your home - is it lost? lonely? hungry? On holiday? Is it a special pet? Did it follow you home from the zoo? Can it talk?

Option 1 - Write a short story: Can you think of your own adventure story for you and your favourite animal? The Adventures of Paddington Bear or The Tiger Who Came To Tea are both classic examples of this type of story! You could call it 'My Day with Bear' (or whichever animal you choose). What sorts of things would you get up to?

Option 2 - Write a letter or postcard: You might like to use a photo and write a letter or postcard to someone about how you're having a lovely time at home because you've got a new best friend to keep you company! What sorts of things would you do together? Do you need to feed it? Wash it? Play a game with it? What mischief would you get up to? Would you have to hide your pet from mum and dad?

Option 3 - Write a fact file about your animal: This could include real facts that you find online, as well as your own fun facts that you learn whilst looking after the animal. You could print a picture of you and your animal to stick onto your factfile. How many hours does it sleep? What does it like to eat/drink? Where does it usually live (habitat)? Does it like to be tickled or rubbed on the tummy? Does it have a favourite TV show?

Option 4 - Create a comic! You could even take lots of pictures of your animal in a variety of situations and turn them into a comic, complete with speech balloons, thought bubbles and narration boxes. There are some comic strip apps available to do this digitally, or you could print your photos out and create your own.

Remember to Share and Connect...

Don't forget to share your learning! We'd love to see your stories, letters and fact files, as well as your photos and videos! You can either comment in the box below or post a photo on social media (you can find me on Facebook and Twitter) using the hashtag #literacywithmissp

Happy Writing!

Miss P x

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I saw this incredible AR tool on Facebook and I just had to share it! It's a fun, creative, clever way to inspire creative writing that children (and adults) of all ages would enjoy! Which animals will be on the loose in your house? Activities 1) Google an animal on your iPhone or iPad.

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Along with these general resources, the amazing subject team at KSA have started to put together resources for the different strands of the curriculum. Check them out below:

English: https://padlet.com/rholmesKSA/English

Maths: https://padlet.com/rholmesKSA/Maths

Science: https://padlet.com/rholmesKSA/Science

History: https://padlet.com/rholmesKSA/History

Geography: https://padlet.com/rholmesKSA/Geography

Religious Studies: https://padlet.com/rholmesKSA/ReligiousStudies

Art: https://padlet.com/rholmesKSA/Art

Music: https://padlet.com/rholmesKSA/Music

PE: https://padlet.com/rholmesKSA/PE

Phonics: https://padlet.com/rholmesKSA/Phonics

EYFS: https://padlet.com/rholmesKSA/EYFS

Black History Month:
https://padlet.com/cmlouismarie/BHM

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A website filled with short, anytime activities to develop your critical thinking and scientific enquiry skills.

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What do you think the image is and why?

What colours and textures do you see?

No right or wrong answer!

Which is the odd one out and why?

What do you think is happening?

What do you notice?

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Have you ever felt a bone?

Could you walk if your bones were bendy?

What if my bones were bendy?

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What do you think the image is and why? What colours and textures do you see? No right or wrong answer! Which is the odd one out and why? What do you think is happening? What do you notice? This video has no sound Pause video Have you ever felt a bone?

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Here you will find all of the finalists for the BBC 500 words competition. There are some brilliant stories to read and have a go at writing one yourself!

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Radio 2's kids story-writing competition, in association with Oxford University Press

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HomePage - FREE help & support for Key Stage 2 Maths

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Free daily maths resources for KS2 and SATs with 1000s of maths questions for teachers, pupils & parents.

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Morning challenge KS2

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The SAG-AFTRA Foundation's Daytime Emmy-nominated, Storyline Online, features celebrated actors reading children's books to inspire a love of reading in millions of children worldwide.

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View all of our maths ‘home learning’ lessons and videos for early years through to Year 11. View our Maths resources from White Rose Maths.

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The Maths Factor : Homepage - make Carol Vorderman your child’s online maths tutor

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Even though WBD was awhile ago, they have some amazing activities on their website to keep us reading: from audiobooks to listen to and creative activities to masterclasses from our favourite authors, there is something for all ages.

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Book ideas hub – brilliant stay-at-home ideas & free resources - World Book Day

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Lunar Cycle, Why The Moon Change Shapes, 8 Phases Of The Moon, Learning Videos For Children

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Basket weaving - A free online craft class for kids

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Basket weaving - A free online craft class for kids

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Home learning booklets, some educational games the whole family can play and some helpful information for parents too!

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It's no surprise that authors are incredibly good at bringing their own books to life. Whether through live or pre-recorded visits, read-aloud videos, or other virtual author activities, kids will connect with books like never before! Here are some of our favorite options to try.

Pre-Recorded Virtual Author Visits

Check out these videos of presentations authors have given at schools and libraries. There are authors here that will interest students at any age.

Arree Chung

Hear Chung talk about the process of creating his book Mixed: A Colorful Story. The allegory of one color who thinks it's better than the others is meaningful at any age.

Bao Phi

Bao Phi's lovely book A Different Pond showcases the relationship between a father and his son. As they fish for the food their family needs, the father tells his son about a pond from his own childhood in faraway Vietnam.

Jasmine Warga

Author of the Newbery Honor book Other Words for Home, Jasmine Warga gives an engaging talk about how she writes.

Jennifer L. Holm

From her Babymouse graphic novels to the Sunny series and beyond, Holm writes books that middle grade readers absolutely love.

J.H. Reynolds

Do your students love the thrills and chills of the MonsterStreet series? Then they'll love seeing its author answer kids' questions about reading and writing!

J.K. Rowling

Every kid will recognize the author of the beloved Harry Potter books! See her interview with the Harry Potter Reading Club in this video.

Kate Messner

Kate Messner writes fiction, nonfiction, novels, chapter books, and picture books, so there's a good chance most kids have read at least one of her books.

Katherine Applegate

Lots of kids read The One and Only Ivan in class, and Applegate has plenty of other popular and award-winning books as well. Hear her talk about her books (and even show off her adorable dog!).

Lois Lowry

Here's another name kids will recognize. Whether they love The Giver, the Gooney Bird series, or any of her other numerous works, they'll enjoy listening to her speak and answer audience questions.

Max Brallier

The Last Kids on Earth book series is now a Netflix series too! Listen to author Max Brallier talk about his writing process and give kids a writing challenge of their own.

Live Virtual Author Visits

Want to set up a virtual author visit live for your class or school? If you have a particular author in mind, visit their website (or their publisher's) to contact them and find out if they do virtual visits. Scholastic offers virtual author visits through their catalog, so that's a great place to start.

The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators has a terrific roundup of virtual author visits and writing workshops too. Here are some to consider.

Gutman has written all sorts of books for kids, and he's happy to do virtual school visits. Find his offerings and prices at his website.

Nonfiction children's author Kurtz loves to present his books to kids of all ages. His virtual offerings include readings, interviews, and concept-based workshops.

Long does both in-person and virtual author visits based on her popular books, like How I Became a Pirate. Visit her website to see her offerings and book a visit.

Biebow's colorful book about the inventor of Crayola crayons is a delight. She offers free virtual visits, plus interactive in-person workshops.

Known for Dahlia in Bloom, Koehler offers both virtual author visits and writing workshops. She does professional development workshops for teachers too.

Virtual Author Read-Alouds

When you hear authors read their own books, it gives you a whole new perspective on their works. That makes read-alouds some of our favorite virtual author activities.

Hale's YouTube channel includes a playlist called Storytime With Uncle Bruce. Hear him read about Clark the Shark and other hilarious characters.

Gutman has a whole collection of read-alouds on his Facebook page, like Miss Blake Is a Flake. Kids will love his wacky style!

Visit her YouTube channel to see the author read her book Where Are My Books? She's got a few other read-alouds too, along with drawing tips.

Fabien Cousteau is the grandson of famed sea explorer Jacques Cousteau. His book series explores his own experiences under the water, and you can watch his read-aloud on Facebook.

You'll feel inspired when you hear Byers read her heartfelt book I Am Enough.

Lin reads aloud from her picture books as well as chapters from her longer books on her YouTube channel.

Watch Knowles read the first chapter of her middle-grade novel Where the Heart Is, while giving students a fun writing exercise.

Hear Cook read a variety of books from her collection, like Wilma Jean the Worry Machine. Her YouTube channel also includes interviews, advice, and other fun virtual author activities.

Watch Messner read Fergus and Zeke and the 100th Day of School in this YouTube video.

This read-aloud of Fry Bread includes some of the author's thoughts on writing the book and the recipe he included at the end.

Listen to Henderson read the first chapter of her book The Magic in Changing Your Stars on YouTube.

The author regularly shares read-alouds of his books, like I Love You Like a Pig, on his Instagram page.

The author has added a collection of videos of herself reading from her picture books on Instagram. Titles include When We Are Kind and You Hold Me Up.

Hear readings from Shusterman's books on his YouTube channel, including excerpts and complete short stories.

The author created a Stay at Home: Story Time section on his website. Initially made during the 2020 COVID lockdown, these videos are still lots of fun to watch.

Visit Reynolds' Facebook page to see him read from some of his most popular books, like The Dot.

The award-winning author and illustrator reads from her book The Story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in this YouTube video.

The author reads his picture books on his YouTube channel, where he also has lots of drawing videos for inspiration.

Other Virtual Author Activities

So many wonderful authors and publishers have YouTube or Instagram channels! Join them as they teach you how to draw, offer writing tips, and lots more.

Kids will do more than just watch these videos. They'll write, draw, and create on their own, inspired by famous authors and illustrators.

Watch story time, Cressida Cowell's summer camp, author interviews, how-to-draw videos, and a whole lot more.

The prolific author has a robust website full of videos, activities, podcasts, and more virtual author activities to engage kids of a variety of ages.

The Lunch Lady author and illustrator has a series of videos showing kids how to draw some of their favorite characters. His YouTube channel also has cartooning tips, writing tips, pep talks, and shorts.

This YouTube channel is rich with content, including interviews, tour journals, how-to-draw tips, and so much more.

The Kennedy Center sponsored this series of videos with the beloved author of classics like Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

Author and illustrator of hits like Smile and Drama shares drawings, time-lapse videos, and more on her Instagram page.

Aspiring illustrators will enjoy this series, where any kid can learn to draw creatures of every kind.

These half-hour chats with well-known middle grade authors are the perfect length to share with your classes.

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BBC Learning
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
This site is old and no longer updated and yet there's so much still available, from language learning to BBC Bitesize for revision. No TV licence required except for content on BBC iPlayer.

Blockly
https://blockly.games
Learn computer programming skills - fun and free.

Scratch
https://scratch.mit.edu/explore/projects/games/
Creative computer programming

Ted Ed
https://ed.ted.com
All sorts of engaging educational videos

National Geographic Kids
https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/
Activities and quizzes for younger kids.

Duolingo
https://www.duolingo.com
Learn languages for free. Web or app.

Mystery Science
https://mysteryscience.com
Free science lessons

The Kids Should See This
https://thekidshouldseethis.com
Wide range of cool educational videos

Crash Course Kids
https://m.youtube.com/user/crashcoursekids
As above for a younger audience

Crest Awards
https://www.crestawards.org
Science awards you can complete from home.

Paw Print Badges
https://www.pawprintbadges.co.uk
Free challenge packs and other downloads. Many activities can be completed indoors. Badges cost but are optional.

Tinkercad
https://www.tinkercad.com
All kinds of making.

Prodigy Maths
https://www.prodigygame.com
Is in U.S. grades, but good for UK Primary age.

Cbeebies Radio
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio
Listening activities for the younger ones.

Nature Detectives
https://naturedetectives.woodlandtrust.org.uk/naturedetect…/
A lot of these can be done in a garden, or if you can get to a remote forest location!

British Council
https://www.britishcouncil.org/school-resources/find
Resources for English language learning

Oxford Owl for Home
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/
Lots of free resources for Primary age

Geography Games
https://world-geography-games.com/world.html
Geography gaming!

Blue Peter Badges
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/joinin/about-blue-peter-badges
If you have a stamp and a nearby post box.

The Artful Parent
https://www.facebook.com/artfulparent/
Good, free art activities

Red Ted Art
https://www.redtedart.com
Easy arts and crafts for little ones

The Imagination Tree
https://theimaginationtree.com
Creative art and craft activities for the very youngest.

Toy Theater
https://toytheater.com/
Educational online games

DK Find Out
https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/…
Activities and quizzes

Twinkl
https://www.twinkl.co.uk
This is more for printouts, and usually at a fee, but they are offering a month of free access to parents in the event of school closures.

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Daily shows with interactive activities to keep everyone busy and engaged, brought to you by Pie Corbett, Deputy Mitchell, Ian Rockey and Russell Prue, just listen and blog, it’s live, fun and interactive with new educational tasks each day for your students whether at home or in school.

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We are immensely proud of what we have accomplished over the last 100 days of lockdown and although we sought a way forward we could not find a sustainable solution. We would like to thank all our young writers and listeners for their contributions and we hope they enjoyed the shows as much as we did in producing them. We would also like to thank the incredible array of authors, poets and musicians who freely gave their time and wisdom to the project. The belief and support that they gave helped us to feel that what we were doing was worthwhile.

It is difficult to list everyone who has supported the show, but we would like to acknowledge, in particular, the huge contribution that Rachel Orr made to the project recording songs for us; the very vocal support of Larraine Harrison, Claire Kilgour and SF Said; and finally all the teachers, parents and children who wrote and recorded stories, poems, reports, comments and much more throughout. Without you our project would have died a long time ago.

All our shows will remain on RadioBlogging.Net for as long as there is demand for them and in due course we will be producing a catalogue to enable you to search for individual authors, types of writing, teacher notes and more. We hope that this will become a resource that can be dipped into to support learning for a long time to come.

Thank you for joining us on our journey,

David, Ian John, Pie and Russell

Welcome to RadioBlogging - daily shows with interactive activities to keep everyone busy and engaged, brought to you by Pie Corbett, Deputy Mitchell, Ian Rockey and Russell Prue, just listen and blog, it's live, fun and interactive.

What is RadioBlogging?

RadioBlogging.Net is a LIVE daily radio broadcast that teaches literacy and is aimed at families and schools. It's interactive so that children can write and their work is published during and after the show, with immediate feedback to develop children's learning. Each day there are spelling, grammar and vocabulary games, followed by creative writing and the opportunity to respond to a guest author's reading. Each show features either a poet or author of the day. All posts are moderated and there is a team of educators and professionals who respond to the children's writing. It is an innovative project combining education radio and blogging to enhance and support continuous learning provision at this critical time.

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We are immensely proud of what we have accomplished over the last 100 days of lockdown and although we sought a way forward we could not find a sustainable solution. We would like to thank all our young writers and listeners for their contributions and we hope they enjoyed the shows as much as we did in producing them.

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A search engine designed just for children

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A child-friendly curriculum search engine, perfect for classroom or home research. Every result is relevant and readable.

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When the coronavirus pandemic quarantine period began in Spring/Summer 2020, I realised that lots of people were going to find themselves at home with their children for several weeks/months looking for things to do. So I decided to post a draw-along video every Tuesday and Thursday that parents could watch with their kids and, hopefully, make some nice pictures. They have proved very popular, garnering millions of views across the world. On 21 May 2020 we broke the Guinness World Record for the largest online art lesson when 45,611 households drew a whale with me. From September 2020 lockdown gradually began to ease and kids started going back to school, so I decided to move the #DrawWithRob video slot to Saturdays at 10am BST/GMT so that kids can join in with my Saturday Art Club. And then in August 2021 as life returned to (something like) normal, the videos began to be released slightly more sporadically. But I'm still going! Keep an eye on my social feeds or sign up to my newsletter here to find out when the next video will be released.

Here are all of the videos (scroll down the page). Feel free to watch and share them with anybody and everybody. I'd love to see the results, so please send me your pictures on social media using the hashtag #DrawWithRob. I am @RobBiddulph on Twitter, @rbiddulph on Instagram and robbiddulphauthor on Facebook.
Oh, and please subscribe to my YouTube channel too.

I'm delighted to say that DRAW WITH ROB is now an incredible activity book series (every page features perforated edges so you can easily tear out and display your art). The first book is a Sunday Times number one bestseller, the winner of the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award 2020 and was shortlisted for Children's Illustrated/Non-fiction Book of The Year at the British Book Awards 2021. The second book, Draw With Rob at Christmas, is also a bestseller and was the WHSmith Book of the Month for November 2020. The third book, Draw With Rob: Build A Story, the fourth book, Draw With Rob: Monster Madness, the fifth book, Draw With Rob: Amazing Animals, and the sixth book, Draw With Rob at Halloween, are (guess what) bestsellers too! They are all available to order here.

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Join Shoo Rayner, illustrator of over 300 children's books, for fun, chat, inspiration and ideas to help you learn to draw or improve your drawing style and ...

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Free Live Art Classes and How to Draw Tutorials with Will Sliney

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Super Sentence Stacking with Jane Considine

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Super Sentence Stacking with Jane Considine

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Super Sentence Stacking with Jane Considine. All sessions from during lockdown were recorded and posted here.

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Jane Considine’s Super Sentence Stacking

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Listen to Varjak Paw read by the author daily

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Listen to Varjak Paw read by the author daily

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Varjak Paw - Chapter 1 - Monday 6.30pm 23/3/2020

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We can't seem to find what you're looking for. Why not try searching using the menu above, or one of the links below. We are very sorry to anyone having trouble booking tickets online - with so many of you looking to visit the zoo over the Easter holidays, our charity's website has been a little overwhelmed and needs some support - we are on the case!

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The Children's Digital Library has a wide range of ebooks you can read in English as well as other languages

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The Children's Digital Library has a wide range of ebooks you can read in English as well as other languages

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Hundreds of free audiobooks to listen to at home!

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