Web Guide

To use with children - Foundation Stage

www.thegrid.org.uk/learning/ict/primary/foundation/This is a new website from the Herts NGfL team especially for the foundation stage. it has loads of printable and downloadable activities, with ideas that link to stepping stones.

www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/html/earlyyears/alphabet/ This site can be used to help children with their mouse control skills and letter formation. The children have to follow either the marble or the picture with the pointer by controlling the mouse.

www.funwithspot.com The children can enter the world of Spot and his friends using pictures from the Spot books. There are some printable activity sheets and ideas for adults to use the site with children.

www.4learning.co.uk/hoobs Familiar characters for the children to learn and play with. Headphones are required.

www.bobthebuilder.com Excellent interactive site (if you can stand the music), where the children can play games, draw and build a house.

www.postmanpat.co.uk Simple games to play that help with early mouse control.

www.bbc.co.uk/education/tweenies Easy games, headphones are a must.

www.bbc.co.uk/education/teletubbies

http://thomasthetankengine.com

www.peterrabbit.co.uk Featuring the ever so delightful Peter Rabbit and his friends. Enter the world of Beatrix Potter and hear some of her stories and the children can send some animated greetings cards featuring the characters of Beatrix Potter.

http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/toftwood/resources.html This school, Toftwood Infant School has designed some good games which are suitable for children developing the early concepts. Flash is required.

http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/ict/ A collection of drag and drop activities to develop early mouse skills. The activities can be loaded onto a floppy disk to run on computers not yet connected to the Internet.

www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/stories Traditional fairy stories such as Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood etc are told on this site.

Sites for Early Years Practitioners

www.underfives.co.uk Free learning resources and info on under fives education. The free learning resources can be downloaded directly to print out.

www.foundation-stage.info An interactive forum site, with links and ideas which support the Foundation.

www.m4t.org/foundation%20stage.htm Music teachers web with a section focusing on the early years with ideas for planning and activities.

www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/reception ICT ideas used in Kent for supporting the ELG/FS.

www.swgfl.org.uk/earlyyears Examples of short term plans as a springboard to help planning.

www.qca.org.uk/ca/foundation QCA site with the early learning goals listed. The new statutory assessment document can also be found here.

www.adobe.com

Please e-mail me with any other websites that you would like to see a link to or you recommend, h_bennett@lineone.net