{"id":2151,"date":"2020-03-19T15:14:07","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T15:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/?page_id=2151"},"modified":"2026-03-12T16:43:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:43:16","slug":"english","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/information-2\/parent-zone\/literacy-languages\/english\/","title":{"rendered":"English"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #993366\"><u>Useful Websites<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #993366\"><b><u>Phonics\u00a0<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phonicsplay.co.uk\/\">Phonics Play<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phonicsbloom.com\/\">Phonics Bloom<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.letters-and-sounds.com\/\">Letters and Sounds<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/cbeebies\/shows\/alphablocks\">CBeebies &#8211; Alphablocks<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #993366\"><b><u>Reading &amp;\u00a0<\/u><\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #993366\"><b><u>Writing<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arbookfind.co.uk\/UserType.aspx?RedirectURL=%2fdefault.aspx\">Accelerated \u00a0Reader Book Finder<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/literacytrust.org.uk\/family-zone\/9-12\/book-hopes\/\">Literacy Trust<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spellingshed.com\/\">Spelling Shed<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachyourmonstertoread.com\/\">Teach your monster to read<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachhandwriting.co.uk\/\">Teach Handwriting<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #993366\"><b><u>Talking &amp;\u00a0<\/u><\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #993366\"><u>Listening<\/u><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vooks.com\/parent-resources\">Storybooks brought to life<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.audible.com\/start-listen\">Listen to a wide range of books online<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.storylineonline.net\/\">Storyline Online<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #993366\"><u>General Literacy Skills<\/u><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishbooktrust.com\/learning-resources\/10-great-activities-to-do-with-any-book\">The Scottish Book Trust<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scholastic.com\/teachers\/story-starters\/\">Scholastic<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #993366\"><u>Scots<\/u><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotshoose.com\/\">Scots Hoose<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotslanguage.com\/learning?section=810\">Scots Language<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dsl.ac.uk\/\">Dictionaries of Scots Language<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #993366\"><u>Apps &amp; Software<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.callscotland.org.uk\/blog\/free-software-for-use-at-home\/\">Free Software to use at Home<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.overdrive.com\/apps\/libby\/\">Link to Libby App (for those who have a library card)<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!---comment node--><!--a=1--><\/p>\n<p><!---comment node--><!--a=1--><\/p>\n<p><!---comment node--><!--a=1--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Useful Websites Phonics\u00a0 Phonics Play Phonics Bloom Letters and Sounds CBeebies &#8211; Alphablocks Reading &amp;\u00a0Writing Accelerated \u00a0Reader Book Finder Literacy Trust Spelling Shed Teach your monster to read Teach Handwriting Talking &amp;\u00a0Listening Storybooks brought to life Listen to a wide range of books online Storyline Online General Literacy Skills The Scottish Book Trust Scholastic Scots &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/information-2\/parent-zone\/literacy-languages\/english\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">English<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4293,"featured_media":0,"parent":2137,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2151","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4293"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2151"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4640,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2151\/revisions\/4640"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}