English

Literacy Skills development

Happy Talk

Happy Talk is a part of the HSE Speech and Language Therapy Service.
Happy Talk seeks to support language, literacy and learning skills of young children.

This pack contains ideas and activities to play and use at
home to help develop early language, literacy and learning
skills.

Happy Talk Monster Pack (4 - 8 Years)
Happy Talk Insects Pack (4 - 8 Years)

Audible Stories

https://stories.audible.com/start-listen

 

Storytime with David Walliams

Free story everyday at 11 am on his website:

www.worldofdavidwalliams.com

 

Classroom Secrets

https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/home-online-learning/

Reading- Home learning packages. Free downloads.

 

Teach Your Monster to Read

https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/

Phonics and reading game

  • Covers everything from letters and sounds to reading full sentences.
  • Designed in collaboration with leading academics.
  • Complements all synthetic phonics programmes used in schools.
  • Computer version is 100% free.

 

 

Libraries Ireland

Set up a free account and use the Borrow box portal for e-books

https://www.librariesireland.ie/

 

 

IXL

https://ie.ixl.com/

 

 

Kitaboo

https://kitaboo.com/kitaboo-online-reader/

 

 

Starfall

https://www.starfall.com/h/

Literacy, maths & music.

 

 

Spelling City

https://www.spellingcity.com/

Vocabulary words with spelling practice.

 

 

Dictionary

https://www.dictionary.com/

Online source for English definitions, synonyms, word origins and etymologies, audio pronunciations, example sentences and more

 

 

Read Theory

https://readtheory.org/auth/login

Free reading, comprehension and writing exercises to improve critical thinking skills.

 

 

Nessy

https://www.nessy.com/us/

Nessy programmes are designed to help students of all abilities learn to read, write, spell and type, especially those who find learning these skills challenging.

 

 

Storyline Online

https://www.storylineonline.net/

Storyline Online, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Each book includes supplemental curriculum aiming to strengthen comprehension and verbal and written skills for English-language learners.

 

 

Get Epic

https://www.getepic.com/

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