Reading

Reading Room

Play with letters, sounds, words, and story order.

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Letter Lanterns

Match uppercase and lowercase letters

Ages 4–6Starting outUntimedSingle letters and a short instruction

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Sentence Train

Diagnosing and placing an initial capital letter and terminal full stop in fixed candidate statements

Ages 5–6Year 1 prototypeUntimedSix fixed candidate three-to-six-word statements with adult-supported rereading; named phonics-pack mapping is pending

Two explorers in the Relative Clause Quest archive

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Relative Clause Quest

Adding a reviewed relative clause that identifies a specific referent

Ages 9–10Year 5 prototypeUntimedSix fixed, reviewed sentence frames and short clause tiles; adult-supported reading may help.

An illustrated cream newsroom desk with a coral pencil and editable report strip

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Voice Switch Studio

Practise switching six controlled active and passive sentence forms while preserving the named agent, affected participant and tense

Ages 10–11Upper primaryUntimed six-report practice routeSix short controlled report sentences, labelled role chips and short feedback.

Letter tiles spelling cat on a simple garden path

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Spelling Steps

Spelling familiar words by ordering individual letters

Ages 5–10Growing confidenceUntimed; six prompts per round.Short written clues and labelled choices, with optional spoken words and clues

Word chunks rain and bow joined into rainbow

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Word Workshop

Reading and assembling a fixed set of common word chunks

Ages 6–10Growing confidenceUntimed; six prompts per round.Short written clues and labelled choices

Bird above a tree, fox beside it and apples in a basket

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Sentence Safari

Following one-step and two-step written spatial and counting directions

Ages 6–10Growing confidenceUntimed; six prompts per round.Short written clues and labelled choices

Word cards for Hello Match

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Hello Match

Recognising 8 useful words and phrases in French, German or Spanish

Ages 7–11Starting outUntimed; one small word set per round.English instructions and short words in the chosen language

Word cards for Number Bingo

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Number Bingo

Recognising 20 number words in French, German or Spanish

Ages 7–11Starting outUntimed; one small word set per round.English instructions and short words in the chosen language

Word cards for Colour Studio

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Colour Studio

Recognising 10 colour words in French, German or Spanish

Ages 7–11Starting outUntimed; one small word set per round.English instructions and short words in the chosen language

Word cards for Weekday Train

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Weekday Train

Recognising the names of the seven days of the week in French, German or Spanish

Ages 7–11Starting outUntimed; one small word set per round.English instructions and short words in the chosen language

Word cards for Month Ladder

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Month Ladder

Recognising the names of the twelve months of the year in French, German or Spanish

Ages 7–11Starting outUntimed; one small word set per round.English instructions and short words in the chosen language

Word cards for Animal Pairs

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Animal Pairs

Recognising 10 animal words in French, German or Spanish

Ages 7–11Starting outUntimed; one small word set per round.English instructions and short words in the chosen language

Word cards for Market Basket

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Market Basket

Recognising 10 food and drink words in French, German or Spanish

Ages 7–11Starting outUntimed; one small word set per round.English instructions and short words in the chosen language

Word cards for Body Map

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Body Map

Recognising 8 words for parts of the body in French, German or Spanish

Ages 7–11Starting outUntimed; one small word set per round.English instructions and short words in the chosen language

Word cards for Family Album

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Family Album

Recognising 7 family words in French, German or Spanish

Ages 7–11Starting outUntimed; one small word set per round.English instructions and short words in the chosen language

Word cards for School Bag

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School Bag

Recognising 8 words for classroom things in French, German or Spanish

Ages 7–11Starting outUntimed; one small word set per round.English instructions and short words in the chosen language

No screen needed

Two complete activities to try

Use everyday materials. Adjust the challenge without changing the purpose.

First-letter hunt

You need: Three safe objects from the room.

Name each object slowly.
Say its first sound together.
Find another object that starts the same way.

Make it easier: Offer two objects and ask which one starts with the chosen sound.

Try more: Group five objects by their first sound, then add a hand-written label.

Adult role: Say the sound clearly without turning the activity into a spelling test.

Build a tiny story

You need: One toy or everyday object.

Choose a main character.
Take turns adding one short sentence.
Retell the beginning, middle, and end.

Make it easier: Offer a choice of two things that could happen next.

Try more: Change one event and explain how the ending changes.

Adult role: Write down the child’s words only if they want to keep the story.

Want a reusable version? Print six play prompt cards.