ICT as a Resource
Literacy - Online Resources
http://www.tampareads.com/phonics/phonicsindex.htm
This site offers teachers free worksheets to teach both phonics and phonemic awareness.
http://www.starfall.com/ Excellent site for early reading
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/lookcover/lookcover.html
Look Cover Write and Check
Primary school site as good as any commercial site as pupils can program their own ten
spellings.
http://www.scoilnet.ie
http://tre.ngfl.gov.uk Teacher Resource Exchange
e.g
http://tre.ngfl.gov.uk/server.php?request=c2l0ZS5zZWFyY2g%3D&sf[searchTerm][]=dan+bunker
&startPos=11
Dan Bunker (109 resources inc. Spelling Machine and Number Grid)
http://www.readinga-z.com
http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/index.html
Resources for reading primary and post primary
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/download/download.shtml
Bank of resources
http://tre.ngfl.gov.uk/server.php?request=cmVzb3VyY2UuZnVsbHZpZXc%3D&resourceId=12446
Spelling Machine
http://www.mape.org.uk/activities/discloze/index.htm
Discloze
http://www.literacymatters.com/resources.html
Wide variety of age appropriate resources
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/kids/
Lots of interactive things to do.
http://www.edhelper.com/ online programs for compiling resources
http://www.schoolhousetech.com/
Free Resource Creation Software
Basic Facts Worksheet Factory
Basic Facts Bingo
Word Search Factory Lite
http://www.eslflashcards.com/
array of flashcards free pdf pages
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/index.shtml
Words and Pictures
http://www.learningpage.com
http://www.abcteach.com/ online resources
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson169.shtml
Ten Games for Classroom Fun!
http://pbskids.org/lions/printables/games/wall_est.html
Watson’s Wordwalls
http://pbskids.org/lions/sitemap.html
http://www.readinglesson.com
http://www.literacytools.ie/home.cfm
Adult literacy
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/storybook/
Online storybook for the young
http://www.roythezebra.com/ online book
http://www.speechteach.co.uk/p_resource/speech/thinkofa.htm
A web site for parents and professionals supporting children with speech difficulties
http://www.mdlsoft.co.uk/index.html
TaskMagic Create Teaching Materials
http://www.fastq.com/~jbpratt/education/langarts/links.html
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Language Arts Resources & Activities Including: Phonics, Speech Tools, Reading, Spelling,
Vocabulary, Grammar, etc
http://www.searchfreefonts.com/fonts/p23.htm free fonts for printables
http://www.preschoolprintables.com/
http://www.educationalpress.org/educationalpress/ excellent for online creation of wordsearch,
scramble…
http://www.educate.org.uk Need to register(free)
http://www.suelebeau.com/freetools.htm#quiz online tools for the teacher
http://www.kidcrosswords.com/puzzle_makers/puzzle_makers.htm
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/index.html comic strip creator
http://www.puzzlemaker.com/ create word searches etc
http://specialed.about.com/od/literacy/a/cloze.htm dolch cloze resources
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-a/learn-to-read/play.htm?f
http://www.m-w.com/
online dictionary and thesaurus
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/den/spelling/index.htm
Dynamo Spelling
Spelling common words recommended by the National Literacy Project
http://www.primarygames.com/see-n-spell/see-n-spell.htm
magnetic letters on your fridge type game - You can choose which sounds you'd like to work with
(short vowels, digraphs, plurals, etc.).
http://games.funschool.com/game.php?g=1644&s=3&category=0&level=3
critter jumble
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/SRW1.htm
Offers interactive exercises for children in vocabulary development e.g. opposites, categorizing
words, suffixes, word -endings, Dolch words. Printable resources also available for teachers.
http://www.robertmunsch.com/booklist.cfm books read by author story time comprehension and
listening skills – mp3 recordings of his stories available for download
http://www.mc3.edu/aa/lal/workshops/wksp_spelling/spellingrules.html
Overview of some spelling rules and ways to aid pupils learning of spelling
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/lookcover/lookcover.html
Look Cover Write and Check
Primary school site as good as any commercial site as pupils can program their own ten
spellings.
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/clickon/index.htm#num
http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacyresources/index.php?category_id=2
Literacy resources
This section contains resources and websites that can support fiction and narrative elements of
Literacy
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/spellits/index.shtml
http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacyresources/index.php?category_id=31
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/downloaddepot.phtml#ReadingSkills
Including Use the K-W-L (What I Know, What I Want to Know, What I've Learned) worksheet to
help students become more actively involved in their reading
http://specialed.about.com/cs/literacy/a/read.htm
Myriad of resources
www.toread.com
Home page of John Nemes - lots of links to variety of resources
http://www.family-friendly-fun.com
http://www.wordsthatcook.org
Words that Cook! - visit Monty and Laurie Joy Haas, publishers of Read it Aloud! A parent's guide
to sharing books with young children and producers of the television program "Words that Cook!
Parenting with Children's Books."
Dyslexia International - Tools and Technologies
http://www.ditt-online.org
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http://members.tripod.com/~ESL4Kids/phonics.html
A variety of lesson plans to develop phonemic awareness skills. It is most suitable for infants up
to second class, even though the age referred to is from 4yrs. to 12yrs
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/index.htm Clifford’s interactive site for young readers from
Scholastic
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/student.cfm
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/
Interactive site that allows children to explore sounds through a variety of games and activities.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/index.htm
Maggies Earth Adventure
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/
Excellent activities varied levels…
http://www.gatfl.org/ldguide/read.htm
Learning Disabilities and Assistive Technologies
Big Picture E Big Book: Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings
http://www.bbcschoolshop.com/search.asp?subject_topic=History&school_type=primary&submitt
ed=1&sidebar=1&active=yes&isbn=515716
The Big Picture - Ancient Greece
Interactive, whole-class teaching that brings key topics to life! Each screen of the E Big Book
explores a different aspect of the topic using rich images, lively text, audio clips and motivating
activities for history and literacy. Ideal for use on a whiteboard.
http://www.meddybemps.com/5.1.html
Chateau Meddybemps aid to early reading
http://www.magickeys.com/books/
Try the updated Three Little Pigs motivate older pupils to revisit and maybe rewrite the classic
tales of old
Children's Storybooks Online
A growing collection of large-print, illustrated stories for children from early readers to young adult
readers.
http://www.merpy.com/index_stories.html
Interactive stories
USEFUL Reference WEBSITES
From Scoilnet Special Needs pages
http://www.scoilnet.com/article.aspx?id=3266
Special Needs Articles
http://www.namhi.ie/
namhi - National Association for People with an Intellectual Disability in Ireland
http://www.teacch.com/
Programmes such as TEACCH, PECS and ABA help teachers to structure their classroom
environments and assist people with autism.
http://www.pecs.org.uk/html/faqs.asp
http://www.behavior.org/autism/index.cfm
http://www.aspire-irl.com/default.htm
Asperger Syndrome Association of Ireland (Aspire)
http://www.autism.org
Center for the Study of Autism (US)
http://www.nas.org.uk
National Autistic Society (UK)
Report of the Task Force on Autism (PDF – 1 MB)
http://www.education.ie/servlet/blobservlet/sped_autism.pdf
http://indigo.ie/~dyspraxi/
Dyspraxia Association of Ireland
http://www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk/
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Ibid UK
http://www.apraxia-kids.org/
Ibid US
http://www.dyslexia.ie/
http://indigo.ie/~dyspraxi/
http://www.ldonline.org/
US
http://www.education.ie/servlet/blobservlet/sped_dyslexia.pdf
http://www.iol.ie/~isa1/
Irish Society for Autism
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3809/is_200201/ai_n9067699
These organizations perform research on electronic educational resources.
California Learning Resource Network
http://www.clrn.org/home
The Florida Center for Reading Research
http://www.fcrr.org
The International Dyslexia Association (formerly the Orton Dyslexia Society)
http://www.interdys.org
LDOnline
http://www.ldonline.org
Dyslexia Awareness and Resource Center
http://www.dyslexiacenter.org/main.shtml
Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators
http://www.ortonacademy.org/
Davis Dyslexia Association International
http://www.dyslexia.com/
LD Resources
http://www.ldresources.com/
Learning Disabilities Association
http://www.ldanatl.org/
PedagoNet - Learning Resources Database
http://www.pedagonet.com/
National Center for Learning Disabilities
http://www.ncld.org/
The Grimes Reading Institute
http://www.grimesreadinginstitute.com/
From The Dyslexia Institute
ADHD www.addiss.co.uk
www.l-a-c.com
Advice Now
www.advicenow.org.uk
Advisory Centre for Education www.ace-ed.org.uk
AFASIC (Speech and Language Impairments) www.afasic.org.uk
Aimhigher Project
www.achieveability.org.uk
Amity www.amity.org.uk
Anything Left-Handed - Information and products to help left-handed children and their parents.
www.anythingleft-handed.co.uk
Asperger Syndrome
www.jkp.com/catalogue/autism
Autism www.nas.org.uk
www.autism-uk.ed.ac.uk
Basic Skills Agency
www.basic-skills.co.uk
Becta www.becta.org.uk
British Dyslexia Association
www.bdadyslexia.org.uk
British Psychological Society
www.bps.org.uk
Bullying Online www.bullying.co.uk
Contact a Family
www.cafamily.org.uk
Community Legal Service Direct www.clsdirect.org.uk
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Council for the Registration of Schools Teaching Dyslexic Pupils (CreSTeD)
www.crested.org.uk
Council of Disabled People
www.cdp.org.uk
Crossbow Education
www.crossboweducation.com
DfES www.dfee.gov.uk
DfES Inclusion http://inclusion.ngfl.gov.uk
DfES Parent Centre Website
www.parentcentre.gov.uk
Disability Rights Commission
www.drc-gb.org
Dyslexia Association Birmingham
www.da-bham.org.uk
Dyspraxia Foundation www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk
Dyslexia Resourceaid http://dyslexia.resourceaid.com
Europe Regional Director www.welcome-2-europe.com
Gabbitas Educational Consultants
www.gabbitas.net
Helping Children Communicate www.ican.org.uk
Hornsby International Dyslexia Centre
www.hornsby.co.uk
I am Dyslexic web site www.iamdyslexic.com
Inclusive Technology www.inclusive.co.uk
Independent Schools Council Information Service
www.isis.org.uk
International Dyslexia Association
www.interdys.org
Independent, Boarding Schools and Residential Special Schools Directory
www.isbi.com
Just Giving
www.justgiving.com
Learning Difficulties Online
ldonline.org
Learner Support
www.learnersupport.org
Leicestershire Dyslexia Association
www.lda-dyslexia.org.uk
Listening Books www.listening-books.org.uk
MyWaveLength www.mywavelength.com
National Association for Gifted Children www.nagcbritain.org.uk
Numicon Maths System
www.numicon.com
Online Health Resources - a directory of disability related websites
www.onlinehealthresources.com/disabilities
Raisingkids
www.raisingkids.co.uk
Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
www.rcslt.org
Schoolsnet
www.schoolsnet.com
Scottish Dyslexia Trust Count Me In Project
www.countmein.org.uk
Schwab Learning
www.schwablearning.org
Skill — National Bureau for Students with Disabilities
www.skill.org.uk
Somerset Dyslexia Association www.somersetdyslexia.co.uk
Special Needs for Kids web site www.special-needs-kids.co.uk
Talking Point - information about speech, language and communication difficulties in children
www.talkingpoint.org.uk
Targets and Activities Project (TAP).
www.commtap.org
Teacher Training Agency
www.canteach.gov.uk
TimeBank
www.timebank.org.uk
Top Reference - A comprehensive reference web directory
www.topreference.com
UK Self Help Information
www.ukselfhelp.info
VIVID www.vivid.uk.net
Volunteer Reading Help www.vrh.org.uk
Waterstones
www.waterstones.co.uk
Other to Look At
http://www.abcteach.com/index.html
http://www.edhelper.com/
http://www.school.discovery.com
Teacher Resources
Teacher Resources
Teacher/Student Resources
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http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/math
Maths Worksheets
http://www.4learning.co.uk
Channel 4 Learning
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools
BBC's Educational Website
http://classroomclipart.com
Copyright Free Images for Teachers and Students
http://cybersleuth-kids.com
Children's Internet Search Guide
http://klnlive.factmonster.com
Resources for Children
http://www.schoolzone.co.uk
Schoolzone education, free worksheets, lesson plans, resources
http://ericir.syr.edu/
Research
http://www.bconnex.net/~mbuchana/realms/page7/index.html
http://www.education-world.com Lesson Plans
http://www.worldbook.com
http://www.discovery.com
http://www.kingscourt.co.uk
Kingscourt/McGraw-Hill
http://www.diskovery.ie
Online Catalogue
http://www.avp.co.uk
Online Catalogue
http://www.avp.co.uk/aindex.htm
Online catalogue Specific Apple Section
http://www.r-e-m.co.uk
Online Catalogue
http://www.granadalearning.co.uk
Granada Learning/SEMERC
http://www.gsp.cc
Software - DK
http://www.cricksoft.com
Software
http://www.inclusive.co.uk
Software and Hardware for SN
http://www.reviewcorner.com/parents.html
Software Reviews
http://www.donjohnston.com
http://www2.sherston.com/
Examples of Talking Books
Dark Man Talking Books: Set 2 Ransom
The Dark Man fiction books have been written for older pupils and young adults who are
struggling to read.
Oxford Reading Tree Treetops Talking Stories http://www2.sherston.com/default.aspx
Extending the Talking Stories into KS2, Treetops Stage 10 & Stage 11 Talking Stories includes
six new books that are full of colourful characters, motivating activities and engaging sound
effects.
Each book contains thought bubbles and predictive questions to encourage further discussion
about the characters` thoughts and key events in the story.
Wellington Square Levels 1-5 http://www.semerc.co.uk
Trailblazers Interactive http://www.ransom.co.uk
Wolf Hill Level 2 Talking Stories http://www2.sherston.com/default.aspx
Inside Stories Sets 1 and 2 http://mcgraw-hill.co.uk/kingscourt/
Writing Focus http://www.granadalearning.co.uk
Designed to stimulate and encourage writing, nine activities are provided covering both factual
and creative writing.
Pupils can build a scene using backgrounds and characters/objects from the wide range of clipart
supplied, or can add their own pictures and then write about the scene. Pupils then have the
option to create a comic strip, sequence video clips, record voice-overs, write play scripts, stories
and biographies, develop arguments and create diary entries.
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Numeracy - Online Resources
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/
An animated, interactive math dictionary defining common math terms and concepts. [Requires
Flash 5]
http://www.rainforestmaths.com/
Huge variety of graded interactive materials.
http://www.nzmaths.co.nz/Numeracy/materialmasters.aspx
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/tabletrees.html
http://www.math.com/homeworkhelp/BasicMath.html
http://www.math.com/
http://www.math.com/students/worksheet/algebra_sp.htm
Algebra worksheet generator
Step by step illustrations
http://www.mape.org.uk/activities/index.htm#Number%20Board
Open Number Board
http://www.nzmaths.co.nz/
Site dedicated to improvements in Mathematical Attainment levels
http://www.nzmaths.co.nz/Numeracy/Animations/animations.aspx
Very useful for teaching LS pupils equipment animations
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/index.asp?flash=true
Roll dice/ probability
Graph creator etc
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/afterschool/activities/math/factors.html#1
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/maths/
4-11
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/maths/
11-16
Older group
http://www.mathlesson.com
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/numeracy.htm
http://www.aaamath.com/
Hundreds of pages of Basic Math Skills.
Interactive Practice on every page.
An explanation of the math topic on each page.
Several Challenge Games on every page.
Math Problems are randomly created.
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/maths/dictionary2.swf
A free online Math's dictionary with clear illustrated explanations of mathematical terms, listed A
to Z
http://www.edhelper.com/math.htm
http://www.edhelper.com/middle_school_math.htm
http://www.numbergym.co.uk/swf/NewNGNumberWords.html
Translate numbers into words? Drag and drop the words onto a sentence bar. When the answer's
right, watch it explode! No spelling required.
http://www.numbergym.co.uk/
variety of Flash based activities to illustrate and test certain math concepts
http://www.mathsnet.net/dynamic/javasketchpad.html
Interactive Java Sketch Pad
Free interactive Geometry software. What is a …? What is meant by? Investigate and Construct.
Visual interactive representation of many basic concepts.
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http://www.coolmath4kids.com/times-tables/index.html
http://www.coolmath.com/
http://www.counton.org/
Lots to explore and discover
http://www1.tpgi.com.au/users/puzzles/page2.html
Number and word puzzles
http://nrich.maths.org/public/index.php
Mathematical Enrichment
www.mathcentre.ac.uk
Help leaflets
http://www.counton.org/gcseandalevel/test/index.html
Sit an attainment test
Automatically generated online and marked if you so wish
http://www.counton.org/magnet/minus3/index.html
Time games
http://www.mathsnet.net/dynamic/cindy/index.html
Interactive Geometry
http://www.mathsnet.net/interactive.html
http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/math/index.shtml
Generate maths worksheets
http://storynory.com/category/stories/
mp3 stories online
http://www.10ticks.co.uk/hey_yall.asp
National Curr Compliant maths worksheets
http://wims.unice.fr/wims/wims.cgi
Web interactive mathematics server. Interactive exercises, online computing tools, interactive
puzzles, etc
http://www.webmath.com/
Lots to explore for P + PP
http://school.discovery.com/teachingtools/teachingtools.html
http://www.mathsisfun.com/
http://www.hbschool.com/menus/math_advantage.html
Interactive math puzzles, games, and activities, sorted by grades K through 8.
http://www.teachingtreasures.com.au/maths/Maths_more.html
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/SRW.htm
Kids Lab reading
http://www.mathfactcafe.com/
Generate your own sheets
http://www.mathplayground.com/index.html
Math Playground is a teacher created learning site with fun and original math activities. The site
contains math games, interactive word problems, Logo robot programming, problem solving and
logic puzzles.
http://www.softschools.com/
FREE Math worksheets and games Telling time, counting, algebra, place value. Useful for lesson
plans, Language arts and social studies games for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second
grade, 3rd grade, fourth grade and 5th grade
http://www.senteacher.org/
Freeware worksheet, card game and other printed resource generators :: Free software and
weblinks for special needs teachers and carers.
http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/853/PlaceValueChar
tv4.swf
Place value Chart includes
A brilliant resource for learning or teaching place value.Excellent for teachers and pupils alike.
Superb on interactive whiteboards. Different levels of difficulty which include decimals.
http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/848/auto_indx.htm
http://lgfl.skoool.co.uk/index.aspx
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http://www.skoool.ie/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/maths/numberjumbler.shtml
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/explore_num_seq/eng/Introduction/default.htm
Whiteboard resources introduction to number sequences
http://www.crick.northants.sch.uk/crickweb.htm
Variety of maths and literacy games on school website
http://www.visualfractions.com/
help you understand and use fractions.
http://www.mathsonline.co.uk/freesite_tour/wrkshtlbry/ks3mental/testC1-16.html
Whether you are a teacher or pupil try this mental maths test generator for questions suitable
pupils taking KS3 SATs. Print out the tests and answers.
http://www.innovationslearning.co.uk/subjects/maths/activities/year3/symmetry/shape_game.asp
Test your knowledge of 2d shapes to see if you know how many lines of symmetry they have. If
you are not sure you can always check the shape facts.
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/SumSense/summulti.html
This game against the clock will test your knowledge of your times tables
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/Mathmagician/cathymath.html
http://www.projects.ex.ac.uk/trol/trol/
This link is to a bank of high quality maths teacher resources.
http://www.bgfl.org/services/elearn/mathboos.htm
Maths Booster
Excellent interactive maths activities from Birmingham Grid for Learning
http://www.mathcats.com/contents.html
http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/
http://schools.becta.org.uk/
Loads to explore
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