{"id":455,"date":"2020-05-21T13:26:21","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T13:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/stfrancisoa\/?page_id=455"},"modified":"2020-06-04T10:51:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T10:51:02","slug":"helping-at-home-with-literacy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/stfrancisoa\/helping-at-home-with-literacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping At Home with Literacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Scottish Book trust Bookbug App can be downloaded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishbooktrust.com\/reading-and-stories\/bookbug\/bookbug-app?gclid=Cj0KCQjwzZj2BRDVARIsABs3l9LjCfK5vUJYSsIDuixgiB48vrxm2s7DFcca_q_OA5oXozCRrUt0CCsaAsLSEALw_wcB\">here<\/a> . The app is a great way to share songs and rhymes at home. To learn more about the benefits of this click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishbooktrust.com\/reading-and-stories\/why-share-songs-and-rhymes\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The National Literacy trust has a range of activities and parent tips from ages 3-11. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordsforlife.org.uk\/\">here<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p>Other free online games &amp; Websites:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/classroommagazines.scholastic.com\/support\/learnathome.html\">Scholastic Learn At Home Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/literacytrust.org.uk\/family-zone\/5-8\/\">National Literacy Trust<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/subjects\/zgkw2hv\">BBC Bitesize Literac<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.topmarks.co.uk\/english-games\/5-7-years\/letters-and-sounds\">Topmarks<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.starfall.com\/h\/\">Starfall<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachyourmonstertoread.com\/\">Teach your monster to read<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/cbbc\/games#filter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CBBC Games <\/a>\u00a0 Enjoy a wide selection of games<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crickweb.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crickweb<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0252 free educational interactive teaching resources and activities<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.duolingo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Duolingo<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0Learn a language for free!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ictgames.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ICT Games for Learning<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0Educational games<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.letters-and-sounds.com\/what-is-letters-and-sounds.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Letters and Sounds<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0A range of free, online games to develop knowledge and understanding of letters and sounds. Suitable for ages 5-7.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twinkl.co.uk\/resources\/covid19-school-closures\">Twinkl Home Learning<\/a> are currently offering free resources to help school closures (21\/05\/2020)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doorwayonline.org.uk\/literacy\/\">Doorway Online<\/a> A selection of activities to help you practice letter formation, sounds and common words.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.audible.com\/start-listen\">Audible<\/a> audio books are free whilst schools are closed<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vocabularyninja.co.uk\/word-of-the-day.html\">Word of the Day Website<\/a> Build your vocabulary with two new words and how to use them each day!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phonicsplay.co.uk\/#\">Phonics Play<\/a> -Interactive phonics games to help children to learn to use letters and sounds as they read.<br \/>\nUsername: march20 Password: home<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p00rfvk1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC 500 words\u00a0<\/a> Radio 2\u2019s short story-writing competition for kids, in association with Oxford University Press.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getepic.com\/?utm_channel=search&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwzZj2BRDVARIsABs3l9Kl7Nd-Uka2UvLuckoz2wbj2diCe0hVkZrntj0RL-mnXzwQbe3wivUaAlCUEALw_wcB\">Epic Books<\/a> (Free until June 30th)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcademics.com\/\">Arcademics<\/a> Boost student engagement &amp; fact fluency with our free multiplayer educational games, math games, language arts games, and more!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spellingcity.com\/\">Spelling City<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brainpop.com\/english\/\">Brainpop<\/a> A trusted learning resource supporting core and supplemental subjects, reaching millions of learners worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/dekkocomics.com\/ Comics for disengaged readers ages 9-12<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gdss.glasgow.sch.uk\/PlainText\/PlainText.aspx?SectionId=110bba44-5762-4e97-b6a0-8b9f1b78087c\">Glasgow Dyslexia Support Service<\/a>\u00a0who have their own phonics at home section which can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gdss.glasgow.sch.uk\/PlainText\/PlainText.aspx?SectionId=68361435-f2ce-4d37-8f97-80e0142f3a89\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>GDSS activities are modelled on their You Tube channel found <a href=\"https:\/\/m.youtube.com\/watch?v=E-9mN23KElU&amp;feature=youtu.be\">here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-693\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/stfrancisoa\/uploads\/sites\/9229\/2020\/06\/04094917\/A7045EF8-ACDF-4F32-BF11-0A643816F066.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"539\" height=\"746\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-694\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/stfrancisoa\/uploads\/sites\/9229\/2020\/06\/04094920\/4EF13DC9-32D8-4F32-BA88-7ACEEC2B208E.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"564\" height=\"741\" \/><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Film Literacy\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/pirieparkprimary\/uploads\/sites\/7268\/2020\/03\/17115220\/Discussion-points-before-watching-a-film.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Discussion points before watching a film<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/pirieparkprimary\/uploads\/sites\/7268\/2020\/03\/17115221\/Discussion-points-while-watching-a-film.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Discussion points while watching a film<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/pirieparkprimary\/uploads\/sites\/7268\/2020\/03\/17115219\/Discussion-points-after-watching-a-film.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Discussion points after watching a film<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/pirieparkprimary\/uploads\/sites\/7268\/2020\/03\/17115222\/Film-literacy-3-Cs-Questions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Film literacy 3 Cs Questions<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/pirieparkprimary\/uploads\/sites\/7268\/2020\/03\/17115224\/Film-literacy-3-Ss-Questions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Film literacy 3 Ss Questions<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/pirieparkprimary\/uploads\/sites\/7268\/2020\/03\/17115227\/Film-Literacy-Bookmarks.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Film Literacy Bookmarks<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Scottish Book trust Bookbug App can be downloaded here . The app is a great way to share songs and rhymes at home. To learn more about the benefits of this click here. The National Literacy trust has a range of activities and parent tips from ages 3-11. Click here for more information. Other &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/stfrancisoa\/helping-at-home-with-literacy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Helping At Home with Literacy&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13878,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-455","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/stfrancisoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/stfrancisoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/stfrancisoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/stfrancisoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13878"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/stfrancisoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/stfrancisoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":707,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/stfrancisoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/455\/revisions\/707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/stfrancisoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}