Please find below a list of links to useful apps and websites to support year 1 distance learning.
6 Apps recommended by the DFE
(The apps can be accessed via: https://hungrylittleminds.campaign.gov.uk/)
Lingumi (For children aged 2-5): Sets of learning games, speech recognition games and video-based games to help with a child’s grammar and getting them speaking their first words early on.
Kaligo (For children aged 3-5): The first digital handwriting exercise book using a stylus and tablet, built using AI and co-created with teachers, occupational therapists and neuroscientists.
Phonics Hero (For school-aged children): Over 850 fun, varied and motivating games take a child step-by-step through the 44 sounds, the reading and spelling of words, and how to conquer sentences.
Teach Your Monster to Read (For school-aged children): Covers the first two years of learning to read, from matching letters and sounds to enjoying little books, designed in collaboration with leading academics.
Navigo Game (For school-aged children): Focuses on developing skills that underpin reading, including phonics, letters and sounds, designed by UCL Institute of Education and Fish in a Bottle.
Fonetti (For school-aged children): The world’s first ‘Listening Bookshop’ interacting with children by giving visual cues in real-time as they read aloud and highlighting where the most support is needed.
Websites suitable for Year 1 pupils:
Phonics Play – Use this site to access phase 2, 3 and 5 phonics games.
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
Oxford Owl – You can sign up to Oxford Owl using a valid email address. It is free to subscribe. You will then have access to an E-book library of levelled texts.
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/
ICT games – This resource is brilliant for maths games. We love the funky mummy game to practice number facts and number fact bingo!
https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/index.html
Top marks – Top marks has lots of interactive games to support with learning. We particularly like the maths resources!
Nessy (free trial) – Nessy is a programme that is dyslexia friendly. It has lots of phonics resources and activities for reading and spelling. You can sign up for a limited free trial.
Change 4 Life – This website provides ideas of ‘10 minute Shake Up’ games to do with children. These activities are themed and can be adapted for different contexts. The website also offers a range of free healthy recipes.
https://www.nhs.uk/change4life
Tate Kids – This website provides a vast selection of fun online games, activities and information about different artists.
BBC Bitesize – Lots of parents have recommended this website! It has interactive games, videos and ideas for activities.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/z3g4d2p
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