Technology

• A PC or laptop - Typing skills, mouse/touch pad skills
• A remote control car or toy
• Ipad or tablet - Only apps that are suitable for under 6 year olds.
• The use of the internet to navigate around suitable sites e.g. https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/games?page=3

Useful websites...

• Twinkl are currently offering free memberships, on here you will find a vast amount of useful resources.
• Top Marks has lots of fun early years games, we play the maths ones in school and children will be able to navigate these independently!
• Oxford Owl has some useful resources, ideas and games to play. It also has some advice on teaching phonics.
• Little Kingdom has some fun games and activities.
• Phonics Play is a great website for phonics games, we use this in school regularly and they are currently offering a free membership!
• Cbeebies always has lots of interesting videos and fun games to play.
• YouTube Kids - Epic Phonics is a good channel to search for.
• Teach Handwriting has a section for practising cursive handwriting.
• BBC iplayer has all of the Numberblocks episodes which are brilliant for teaching key number concepts and also fun and engaging for the children.
• Storyline Online is a lovely website that has some famous faces reading children's stories aloud. If you're running out of story books to read at home then this is a good place to look for new reading books to enjoy together!

Useful apps...

• Meet the Alphablocks!
• Meet the Numberblocks!
• Reading Eggs - Learn to Read
• Pocket Phonics Stories
• Playtime Island from Cbeebies
• Storytime from Cbeebies
• Maths, age 3-5
• BeeBot