aclJohn's Family Learning Finds

ColoringPagesPlus is a colouring pages search engine that aggregates all websites together and lets users search them all at once.

Users...

• enter the name of the object or character they are looking for such as "tractor" or "dragon";
  the search engine will locate several colouring pages.
  
• Click on any of the thumbnails they wish to use
  the image enlarges
• can the print it out
• can also browse through the recently searched or the most popular colouring pages and print them.
  

Family Learni...

Looking for colouring pages? Check out TwistyNoodle.

TwistyNoodle hosts thousands of colouring pages and worksheets.

Users can...

• browse for colouring pages and worksheets by going into their separate tabs.
  Each colouring page also has its own worksheets.
  

• select an item by clicking on it; a customization page will open where users can change...
  • the style;
  • the font; and
    
  • the text of the colouring page;
    
• quickly print out the customized colouring page.

TwistyNoodle also has o...

Early Learning HQ is a new site offering lots of free Foundation Stage and Key Stage One resources for practitioners to use.

These include...

• Literacy;
• Numeracy; and
• themed resources

Early Learning HQ  also has a ‘photo and illustration' area where visitors can get clip art and pictures to use in their own resources.

A valuable resource for Family Learning Practitioners; check it out at http://www.earlylearninghq.org.uk/!

wickED is managed by the New Zealand Ministry of Education.

wickED provides engaging curriculum-based learning activities, many of which have been developed to reflect a

• literacy,
• numeracy and
• ESOL focus.

The activities are intended to support facilitated or independent use by learners.

wickED provides...

• interactives,
• online activities such as crosswords and quizzes,
• an online storybook,
• story creation tools,
• a student gallery,
• regular student-centred projects and
• mini-proje...

MeeGenius is an inviting site that is easily accessible by both parents (Guardians/Carers/Family Learning Practitioners/etc) and children.

This group of adults all want children to develop, from as early an age as possible, reading habits.

MeeGenius, a new online library, combines reading and playing in a way that keeps everybody happy - children will have their fun and parents (Guardians/Carers/Family Learning Practitioners/etc.) will be delighted that their little ones are spending tim...

I've no doubt that Children will have some fun while learning with the ten websites highlighted in this blog and, that Family Learning Practitioners/parents/guardians/carers/etc., can have fun teaching them too.

In the words of this blog entry...

"What probably helps today’s parents is the relative precociousness of the ‘digital age’ generation. They seem to be naturally drawn towards anything that’s interactive."

Read the blog to find out more and/or...

'Teaching Ideas' is mainly intended for practitioners working with primary-age children (i.e. ages 5 to 11). Although it has been designed with UK teachers in mind, all ideas can of course be used by teachers around the world.

The ideas, activities and worksheets are organised according to a number of subjects (those covered in the English National Curriculum). The "Early Years" section contains ideas for use with children aged 5 or below, and the "Foreign Languages" area has resour...

I know I'm pushing my luck, no more than the Met Office last year, but as the summer weather approaches, many family learning practitioners will be thinking about ways of engaging with parents/guardians/carers/etc. and their children about the importance of staying safe in the sun.

Sunwise Learning is a new website offering games and activities for children, as well as lots of lesson ideas and resources for family learning practitioners.

Practitioners can also register for a free newsle...