Today’s round up highlights literacy resources.
The Fairtrade Foundation have a variety of curriculum resources to discover where their food comes from plus a home learning challenge. Learning through Fairtrade opens up a fascinating world revealing how we are all connected
Award-winning author Frank Cottrell-Boyce is giving KS2 creative writing classes on Instagram
DK Books have a Stay Home Hub with content for kids and adults
and they will be sharing videos hosted by their authors every day on instagram
Toppsta has more than 40,000 children’s book reviews written by both families and professionals, plus giveaways and a book club. They also have a useful round up of bookish ideas and online content for these stay at home times
AF Harrold has produced a poetry podcast, released on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
Look out for #NationalShelfService
CILIP, the UK’s library and information association is launching a “National Shelf Service”, a new daily YouTube broadcast featuring book recommendations from professional librarians. Focusing on helping children and families discover new, diverse reading experiences, the broadcast will run Monday to Friday at 11.00am each day and here’s University Challenge star Bobby Seagull to tell us all about it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI-cTeUYqLU
Children’s internet activity should always be supervised by a parent/carer.