Ideas and advice, information and activities for developing your child’s understanding, talking and listening in a way that works for all of your family.

Activities and resources to plan a forest day out with little ones.

 

In 2026, the National Year of Reading is reconnecting reading with the things that already inspire us – from playlists and football matches to films, food and family time. It’s reading that fits how we live, not the other way around. Explore how you can join the movement at home.

You can access Purple Mash using your child's school log in, which you can find in their home reading record. You can access a range of educational games and quizzes from the home page.

NumBots aims for every child to achieve the 'triple win' of understanding, recall and fluency in mental addition and subtraction, so that they move from counting to calculating. Your child has their own unique log in, which you can find in their home reading record.

Access a range of phonetically decodable reading books online, which have been selected according to your child's stage of learning. Your child has their own unique log in, which you can find in their home reading record.