Home Learning Support Document Contents Page 3 - Purpose and Digital Technologies Page 4 - Logging in to GLOW Page 5 - Reading Page 6 - Writing Page 7 - Numeracy Page 8 - Science and Digital Technology Page 9 - Social Subjects Page 9 - Languages Page 10 – Expressive Arts and Creative Learning Page 10 – Flip Clacks Portal Page 11 - Non-digital Learning Resources Page 12 - Literacy Games for Younger Children (P1-3) Page 14 - Literacy Games for Older Children (P4-7)
Page 16 - Practical Activities to Develop Life Skills Page 17 - Physical Activities
Purpose The purpose of this document is to provide a variety of resources for children to learn at home. It is by no means an exhaustive list, but it should provide families with enough guidance and support to make a good start to home learning. The document provides guidance to resources which can be completed online and ideas when access to digital technology is not available. The resources are split into areas of learning. Although there are a lot of resources to use, it is still recommended that there is an element of choice. We also recommend that children are allowed opportunities to be inquisitive and physically active as well.
Digital Resources Many of the resources in this document are online. This document will provide links to these resources and, where appropriate, whether an account is needed to access them.
All children should have a Glow account. This provides them with an email address, as well as various apps from the Glow launchpad (Google Classroom, Microsoft Office, Outlook Email, Google Drive and other useful websites/apps etc).
Logging in to Glow A Google search for glow will show the following result:
Click the link to be taken to the Glow sign in page:
At this point, enter your username, which is your Glow email address (e.g. clis8302@glow.sch.uk) and your password to log in. If you can’t remember your password, it can be reset by a member of school staff.
Logging in to Education City: All children have home access to Education City. The link to this can be found on the Glow Launchpad for Coalsnaughton Primary School. This can be found on the left hand side of the page when your child logs on to Glow. The icon is at the bottom of the page.
Education City – Working Your child’s log in details can be found in their home learning folder. Please contact a member of school staff if this is lost.
Resources
Reading Activity Reading to support learning
Age Range
Description
Website/Resources
All Ages
Reading skills can be developed in a variety of ways. Any opportunity to read large amounts of text, no matter what the format, will help develop these skills
Books Newspapers Magazines Blog Posts Audiobooks Websites Cookbooks Etc…
Epic Reading
All Ages
Website containing audiobooks, books, comics, immersive reading.
LINK
Online reading comprehension tool which tracks progress and assesses at specific levels.
LINK
Read Theory
P4-7
*Requires an account but offers a free 30-day trial.
* Requires an account but pupils should be able to log in using Google account through Glow.
Library Service ebook access
All Ages
All residents in Clackmannanshire are eligible to sign up for a library card. An app can then be downloaded for ebooks and audiobooks.
LINK
Open Library
All Ages
A website providing access to thousands of books/audiobooks.
LINK *Requires you to sign up with an email address.
Harry Potter Audiobooks
All Ages
Harry Potter audiobooks read by Stephen Fry.
LINK
Online Storybooks
P1-3
LINK
Children’s Library
All Ages
Online versions of well known children's books. Thousands of children’s books; the website is very easy for children to use.
Writing
LINK
Activity Writing to support learning
Age Range
Description
Website/Resources
All Ages
Any opportunity for children to write independently should be supported. Talking to your children and asking them to share and explain their ideas will help them to further develop plots for stories.
Writing materials
Pobble 365
P3-7
Online resource to provide stimulus for writing. A new resource every day of the year.
LINK
The Literacy Shed
All Ages
Resource providing writing help, guidance and stimulus.
LINK
Plot Generator Tool
P3-7
A handy tool for generating writing ideas with many different genres.
LINK
Handwriting/ Phonics Practice
P1-3
A variety of different tasks to improve handwriting skills with a focus on phonics.
LINK
Spelling (CVC words)
P1-3
A list of resources to be used to help with spelling of CVC words for younger children.
LINK
Spelling City
All Ages
Various games to help improve spelling and vocabulary.
LINK *Requires an account but is free to register and offers a variety of activities for free.
Maths and Numeracy Activity Mental Maths to support learning
Age Range
Description
Website/Resources
All Ages
Any opportunity to count, calculate or problem solve in the home environment should be encouraged.
No specific resources needed. However, playing cards, board games and dominoes are good ways of offering numeracy opportunities.
Top Marks Maths
All Ages
A variety of learning games linked to specific
LINK
age ranges and topics.
Maths Rigour
All Ages
Monthly maths-related calendars for all levels that cover a variety of topics.
LINK
Nrich Maths
All Ages
Great guides and games/activities for pupils to work on their maths strategies.
LINK
Mr Barton Maths
All Ages
A range of puzzles for children to work through logically.
LINK
Kahn Academy
All Ages
An online maths learning environment with resources for early to second levels.
LINK
Videos and worksheets to help with the development of numeracy knowledge at home.
LINK
Corbett Maths
All Ages
*Requires a free account to be set up.
Science and Digital Technology Activity Nasa Kids
Age Range
Description
Website/Resources
All Ages
Dedicated teaching resources for children from NASA.
LINK
Science for Kids
All Ages
Science facts and videos to support discussion and research.
LINK
National Geographic Kids
All Ages
A vast array of resources covering a wide variety of subjects.
LINK
Code.Org
All Ages
A wide variety of coding activities covering an array of ability levels. A great way to introduce the subject.
LINK
Scratch
All Ages
Coding platform that allows children to create a wide array of games and animations.
LINK
Code Club
All Ages
Starter projects to use with Scratch, Python and HTML coding languages.
LINK
Typing Games
All Ages
A range of games to help with learning how to touch type.
LINK
BBC Dance Mat Typing
All Ages
A clear, fun progression framework to learn typing skills.
LINK
TED Ed
All Ages
Short videos from the TED Foundation (of TED Talks fame) aimed at children, covering a huge range of subjects. Videos are searchable.
LINK
Social Subjects
*Registration required, alongside the email address of an adult.
Activity Google Earth
Age Range
Description
Website/Resources
All Ages
A fully photorealistic globe comprised of millions of satellite images. Pupils can use the tool to explore or take part in Google-led activities.
LINK *Pupils can use their Glow accounts to login in where required.
Britannica Kids
All Ages
Online encyclopaedia for children.
LINK
Online Interactive Atlas
All Ages
Pupils can click on an interactive map for more detailed views to support their research of different areas of the world.
LINK
History for Kids
All Ages
A free history resource covering a wide variety of periods and topics.
LINK
Age Range
Description
Website/Resources
All Ages
An online app to learn languages. An ideal activity to do together as a family.
LINK
Languages Activity Duolingo
*Requires a free login. Pupils can use their Glow emails.
BBC Teach: French
P5-7
BBC website for the teaching of French. Features a series of videos and tasks to help pupils learn.
LINK
Power Languages
All Ages
Online portal to support families to learn to speak French.
LINK
Expressive Arts and Creative Learning
*Requires a free login. Free trial course – expires end of June 2020
Activity Expressive Arts appreciation
Age Range
Description
Website/Resources
All Ages
Television Radio Streaming Services
Chrome Music Lab
All Ages
Listen to different genres of music and watch different genres of film. Discuss what they make you think of and how they make you feel. Online music resource that can be used to discover the music strands from the curriculum.
BBC Teach: Music
All Ages
Resources to learn more about how to listen to music and to discover how it is made.
LINK P1-3
LINK
LINK P4-7
National Gallery
All Ages
Virtual tours of the National Gallery.
LINK
Canva
P3-7
An online tool to develop skills in graphic design.
LINK *Requires a free login. Pupils can use their Glow emails.
FLIP Clacks In addition to the above resources, Clackmannanshire Council is currently developing the FLIP Clacks portal. This is a central online space for home learning. It is aimed to be used by all our learners, parents, staff and community. It has home and family learning ideas and resources for all levels. FLIP can be accessed here.
Ideas for Offline Learning
Literacy Games for Younger Children (Age 4 - 7) 1. Tongue twisters and language games
● Make up and play with tongue twisters like Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers or Betty Botter bought some butter ... ● Find poems and rhymes that play with language, like Michael Rosen’s ‘There’s mustard in the custard’. ● Make up guessing games during meal times, e.g. I’m thinking of an animal. It can gallop. You can ride it. What is it? Take it in turns.
2. Phonic games ● Use reading books to see how many words your child can find with a particular sound e.g. the sound “ai”, even if it’s spelled in different ways: ay, a-e – in two minutes. ● Play full circle; Use magnetic letters, or letters cut out from paper, to make a word. Change one letter each time to make a new word until you get back to the original e.g. park-part-tart-dart-darkpark.
3. Memory games ● Find songs and mnemonics to help your child remember the days of the week/months of the year/colours of the rainbow (e.g. Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain). ● Use flashcards to learn words which your child finds difficult and play a matching game to find words beginning with the same letter. ● Play ‘Kim’s game’. Put some objects on a tray, talk about them with your child, then cover them up and see how many they can remember.
4. Listening games
● Write and read out a list of rhyming words that have the same sounds e.g. rain, brain, main and another word that is different, such as ‘the’. Ask which the odd one out is. ● Play ‘Simon says’ with slightly more complicated instructions than ‘Stand up/Sit down’. Try and jiggle on one leg, flap your arms and hop, rub your tummy and smile! ● Play yes/no games. Your child chooses an object, person or animal and answers yes/no to your questions until you guess what/who they are thinking of.
5. Action games ● Set up treasure hunts or challenges and encourage your child to read the clues to find the treasure. ● Play games such as charades or What a Performance (Orchard Toys) and make sure you encourage your child to read the instructions. ● Play timed word games like Boggle. Set an egg timer to one or two minutes and tell your child a sound, e.g. short vowel o and ask them to think up as many words with that sound (e.g. top, job, coffee) before the timer goes off.
Literacy Learning Games for Older Children (Age 7-11)
1. Word games ● Try alphabetical games such as 'The Philosopher’s Cat is ... an angry cat, a beautiful cat', and so on, to expand vocabulary. ● Have fun with riddles – make them up and enjoy discovering different meanings for the same word. ● Make your own versions of well-known rhymes to help your child to hear patterns in words.
2. Board games ● Games like Junior Trivial Pursuit require lots of reading and develops general knowledge at the same time. ● Play games where your child must use the powers of deduction to work out a journey or solve a crime, e.g. Cluedo. There are many online versions too. ● Code-cracking games like Mastermind are useful for helping your child to think logically. This can be done on paper too, without the game itself.
3. Screen games ● Brain-training games are useful for developing a wide range of skills that are useful for reading and writing too. ● Search for on-line code-cracking games.
4. Make a game of it ● Get your child to make and keep a diary or calendar to encourage them to begin to take responsibility for their own organisation and activities. ● Get your child involved in planning a party. They can suggest a theme, who to invite, food, invitations and so on. ● Setting up a pin board or magnetic board to display messages, postcards, certificates, reminders and other memorabilia in your child’s bedroom is a great way to be creative about being organised and writing messages.
5. Action games ● Play paper and pencil games such as Call My Bluff and Categories. ● Reading around a hobby or a creative project can be fun, e.g. gardening, cookery or a craft activity.
6. Keep reading together ● Children aged 7–11 still enjoy being read to and it’s a great way to develop their vocabulary and listening skills. Ask them to read to you too, as this can help with reading fluency and expression. ● Encourage your child to keep a reading diary with a record of the books they have read and a couple of notes about what they did or didn’t like about them.
Practical Life Skills Learning Activities
Why not help with or try some of the following life skills whilst at home: - Help with the cleaning. - Help with the gardening. - Try some DIY with supervision. - Do something to help with the wildlife. - Try to help with some cooking/baking. - Learn about maintaining the car. - Learn to sew. - Help with the washing. - Learn more about bank accounts/finances.
Physical Activities
It is important to keep active. Here are some exercises you can try at home.