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...

Renault's Safety Matters website can be used to support Family Learning practitioners with their work on road safety:

Safety Matters...

• is designed for and aimed at 7-11 year olds (and their teachers / parents) and offers free and interactive resources.
• provides Family Learning Practitioners with...
  • lesson plans,
  • assembly plans,
  • student worksheets and
  • interactive whiteboard tools which deliver road safety messages whilst supporting...
    • Key Stage 2 PSHE,
    • literacy and
    • numeracy curriculum.
    ...

Back in February 2006 SparkleBox.co.uk was launched as a means of sharing useful downloadable resources with other teachers around the UK (and beyond).

Since then the SparkleBox has grown dramatically but the fundamental aim of sharing resources remains. Every resource on the site is FREE to download - no payment required at all!

The main sections are...

• Literacy
• Numeracy
• Topics
• Signs & Labels
• Class Management
• Miscellaneous
• Sharing Zone
• Photo Gallery
• Books
• Welsh and
• Parents

Fruity words is from the Birmingham Grid for Learning.

There are 3 Levels...

1. Matching Fruit: Match the fruit to its picture by dragging and dropping it onto the matching one; names are under the fruit in English.
   
2. Counting Fruits: has three numeracy activities...
   
   • Making 10: Put 10 pieces of fruit into the bowl by dragging and dropping the fruit of the users choice; watch the counter change from 0 to 10
   • How many fruits? Count how many fruits are in the bowl, choose the correct number fro...