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 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
Kitaboo
https://kitaboo.com/kitaboo-online-reader/
Starfall
Literacy, maths & music.
Spelling City
Vocabulary words with spelling practice.
Dictionary
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
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.
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