Reading
If you're wanting some recommendations for home reading then look no further!
This brilliant website has lots of ideas for home school reading. It's split into different age groups and caters for all tastes. https://www.booksfortopics.com/home-school-book-guides-primary
This handy year group guide may help you find some new reads. https://www.booksfortopics.com/yeargroups
Prefer non-fiction? There's a guide for that too! https://www.booksfortopics.com/non-fiction
Stuck in a rut? These super posters will help you find new authors that you may enjoy https://www.booksfortopics.com/branching-out
Fancy listening to a story? Head over to the Puffin Storytime website to watch some of your favourite authors read their books to you! A personal favourite of mine is Alexis Deacon reading his book, Beegu with a draw along incuded too!
https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/children/2020/apr/puffin-storytime-series.html
*New* The brilliant Books for Topics website has created a document called Storytime Online. This fantastic guide is split into 4 age ranges (3-5, 5-7, 7-9 and 9-11) and has QR codes and website links to a range of online stories being read by their fabulous authors or illustrators. Enjoy!
https://www.booksfortopics.com/storytime-online
First News have made the digital editions of their newspaper free to download once again while schools are closed. The paper is an informative read for children aged 7 -14. Find them below in PDF format or subscribe for a copy of your own here. https://subscribe.firstnews.co.uk/free-downloadable-issue/
Fan of the Little People, Big Dreams series? Scan the QR codes from the document in the Files to Download section to listen to these brilliant stories and learn more about the lives of inspirational individuals.