Useful Websites for Home Learning

• CBeebies – Things to do indoors – https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/grownups/things-to-do-indoors-with-your-children
• Loving books together at home – Home learning with love my books – lots of ideas for fun, creative, reading activities at home
• Love my books Family review panel page – a chance to add to and read reviews form other families 
• Kid’s poems and stories with Michael Rosen YouTube channel
• Nick Sharatt’s Drawing tips and Nick Sharrat’s website
• Shortlists for 2020 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals announced
• Anne Harding’s blog Reading news – latest research and articles
• Anne Harding’s Book reviews
• Alex T. Smith on the World Book Day website How to be a story detective. Follow and look up Alex’s #StoryStarters on Twitter for daily inspiration for writing stories
• Early Education’s Picture books pedagogic page with many more links and references
• Oliver Jeffers Stay at home story time – reading one of his books every evening at 6pm GMT. You can find on his website or follow on Instagram Live
• Chris Haughton on his Facebook page reading stories daily at 5pm GMT
• Mac Barnett reading books on his Instagram account at Mac Barnett (click on his photo on his profile for the live videos, which are kept on for 24 hours)
• Rob Biddulph on Twitter sharing his illustrations with ‘draw-along videos’ and using the #DrawWithRobhashtag: Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10am. Also on Facebook and Instagram. 
• CBeebies storytime
• Power of Pictures Authors and illustrators has many short films of writers and illustrators to inspire children
• DK Find Out: Information and images across many different topics and subjects – https://www.dkfindout.com/uk
• Oxford Owl: Activities, games and information across the curriculum – https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home
• Top Marks – http://www.topmarks.co.uk
• Classroom Secrets – http://www.kids.classroomsecrets.co.uk