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  • Family Learning Home
    Family learning - helping parents to help children learn. Online games, worksheets, activities and information to help with reading, writing, counting and more.

Reading

  • Reading Printables
    Reading printables to help your child learn the high frequency words (key words).

  • Learning to Read
    All about learning to read - helping children learn to read at home and at school. Links to learning to read resources to help parents understand and develop their children's reading skills.

  • Pre-reading skills
    An explanation of the pre-reading skills which children need before they can learn to read.

  • Preschool games
    Preschool games to help children develop their pre-reading skills. These free online preschool games include matching, sorting and rhyming games - all free and easy to use.

  • Phonics games
    Links to the best free online phonics games which can help your child to develop their phonics skills and knowledge of letter sounds.

  • Sight word games
    Free online sight word games to help children develop their recognition of the high frequency words.

Numbers

  • Numeracy
    All about numeracy - helping children learn to learn maths at home and at school.

  • Online math games
    Free online math games to help your child learn basic math skills.

    • Counting Games
      A collection of online counting games to help young children learn basic math skills. These online counting games will help young children (age 2 to 6) get to grips with numbers.

    • Place Value Games
      These place value games help children to learn about bigger numbers, with two or more digits.

    • Addition Games
      This collection of online addition games will help children learn to add while they have fun.

  • Shapes
    Links to lots of free online shape games to help your child learn while having fun. There are also links to some excellent resources for adults to brush up on their own knowledge of shapes.

  • Fun Math Games
    Learning through fun math games - a set of great math games to download, print and play, which will help your child (or your class) to learn all the basic maths concepts for ages 5 to 11.

Healthy Living

  • Balanced Diet
    Information, games and activities on providing a balanced diet for children and families. Games and activities to help children learn about food groups and nutrition.

  • 5 a Day
    5 a Day resources, games and activities. Encourage your children to eat at least five portions of fruit and vegetables every day.

  • Breakfasts and Lunchboxes
    Ideas, games and resources designed to encourage children to enjoy a healthy breakfast and a healthy lunchbox.

  • Food Labels
    Links to resources to help people to understand food labels and nutrition information.

  • Active Kids
    Resources to encourage active kids - online games and activities to promote healthy and active families.

  • Safety Games
    Safety games to help children and families to learn about keeping safe. The online safety games cover food safety, home safety, road safety, fireworks and fire safety.

    • Food Games
      These free online food games will help children and families to learn about kitchen hygiene and food safety.

    • Road Safety Games
      These road safety games will help children and families to learn about the Green Cross Code and how to stay safe when out and about, whether walking, cycling or travelling in a car.

    • Safety in the Home
      Activities, games and resources for children, all about safety in the home, including fire safety.

    • Firework Safety
      Learn all about firework safety with these games and activities for children.

    • Internet Safety
      Learn about internet safety - interactive resources for parents and activities on internet safety for kids. Advice and internet safety tips to help keep your child safe online.

The Education System

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  • Educational Resources
    Links to educational resources for children, including online games, printable activities and worksheets.

  • Family Learning Practioners
    Information, resources and links for family learning practitioners, schools and anyone involved with family learning.

  • Education Articles
    This is where you will find links to education articles of interest to parents and family learning tutors.

    • Preschool software
      How can preschool software help your child to learn? Current statistics show that more than 50% of all children have used a computer by the time they are four years old.

    • Preschool Games
      There seems to be more and more pressure on parents these days to enrol their children in innovative learning programs. How about trying some of these preschool games at home instead.

    • Parenting for Learning
      Much of a child’s ability to learn comes from their motivation to learn, and this is affected by the parenting they receive.

    • Mind Maps
      Are you still taking notes to organize your information the old fashioned way? Try the technique of making mind maps, and see whether this method of organizing your thoughts works better for you.

    • Learning Styles
      Knowing about learning styles will improve upon the quality of your learning and quantity will naturally follow.

    • Parental involvement
      Research into parental involvement has found that "Children who were read to at least three times a week by a family member were almost twice as likely to score in the top 25 percent in reading ..."

    • Before your child goes to school
      Books are a great way for parents to spend quality time with their child. Reading to your children is not only fun and exciting but educational for the child.

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