Reading

 

Obviously, it is really important for children to keep developing as readers during these

difficult times, so we wanted to offer our support for you to ensure this continues to

happen throughout this period of home learning.

 

We have looked into a number of resources and feel that the following could be really

useful:

 

Oxford Owl

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/

 

This website contains a wide range of ebooks for children to read online. It is really easy to

navigate and explore the books by age range.

 

Free Kids Books

http://freekidsbooks.org/?fbclid=IwAR2P_7wrSF7sRNjT8TMDH49f7rmB-f8ZncXR3FPQ8KfJBVEZOs1hqQVePs

 

This website contains a range of free children’s ebooks – please open as PDF as they are not

available to view as an online version yet.

 

BBC Bringing Books to Life

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/english-ks1--ks2-bringing-books-tolife/zvg4xyc?fbclid=IwAR0dZXoP_mFPotpg21KY-Hs0iC1dXbQOVDau9Z-qoxrdu5-qC8Yry8QmEyU

A range of books read by celebrities to engage children in reading.

 

Audible

https://stories.audible.com/discovery/enterprise-discovery21122356011?ref=adbl_ent_anon_ds_ds_dccs_sbtp-0-1

 

Audible have a selection of stories that are free to listen to – these are especially great for

evenings, especially on those days where you may have totally run out of the energy

required to read your child a bedtime story! Listening to one of these together may be a

great sleep aid for you both, you never know!

 

Get Epic!

https://www.getepic.com/

This is a bank of digital books for children – parents can sign up for a free 30 day trial.

 

Love Reading for Kids

https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/

A selection of books for children, also with a method to order recommended books that

come packaged directly to your children.

 

Booklife

https://www.booklife.co.uk/

This has many free resources to download, including ebooks, as well as books that are

available to buy.

 

BOOKS TO BUY!

The following website is really useful for recommending books that you can order for your

children to read at home:

https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/category/reading-lists-for-primary-school-pupils/

It is categorized into year groups, and when you click on a book, it then takes you to the

Amazon site, where you can then order it if you wish.

Ebooks are brilliant and mean that you have a whole range of books at the click of a button,

but I’m sure you will agree, there is nothing like receiving a new book and holding it to

read!