Literacy Games

Literacy Websites to Support Your Child’s Learning in Reading
Click on any of the Website Names below to visit their site

Website Name	Notes
National Library	Reviews of recent titles recommended as read aloud books
Carol Hurst	Children’s literature site includes information about reading aloud and suggested titles for each level (focus on US title)
Mem Fox	A passionate advocate of reading aloud. Demonstrates on her site how to read aloud and provides wealth of articles and resources. See her ‘Ten read Aloud commandments’
Jim Trelease on Reading	The goal is help children make books into friends
Nancy Keane	A list of read aloud books organised by theme, age group etc
Study Ladder	Study ladder has thousands of engaging learning resources for children; including games, video tutorials and printable activity sheets
ABC Literacy	To spell words using common spelling patterns
BBC Bitesize	Topics, games, grammar, punctuation and spelling
Reading Games	Create and record your own stories, Read story books, Rhyme works
Starfall	At Starfall, children have fun while they learn
Top Marks	Helping teachers and parents save time finding excellent online educational resources
Good Reads	Over 70 tried and tested great books to read aloud. A project of children’s laureate and author, Jacqueline Wilson
Oxford Owl	Enjoy helpful tips and activities to support your children’s learning and discover 250 eBooks
NZ Pacific Books	Favourite read aloud books