Reading & Enrichment
These resources are designed especially for Developing Literacy K-2 (Year 1 and Year 2). These are the early years, where children are being taught to read, and can deal with simple texts.
The texts here vary from learning the ABC, through simple phonics based texts, and on to more complex whole stories. There are a more than 250+ texts in this section.
Each letter of the alphabet has its own lesson. Children are taught to recognize and write the letter.
Zip Stage: 1
Zip Stage: 1
Four traditional tales told with puppets and four cartoons starring the adventurous Wendy. All with voiceover and text onscreen.
Zip Stage: 3
Zip Stage: 3
Graphic novel retellings of famous stories like Sleeping Beauty or Peter Pan.
Zip Stage: 4
Zip Stage: 4
Videos of three puppet plays, plus a behind the scenes special feature and a puppet making workshop.
Zip Stage: 1
Zip Stage: 1
Amusing stories teaching the basic phonic families - short vowels, long vowels, etc. All stories have animations and text highlighting.
Zip Stages: 1-2
Zip Stages: 1-2
More complex texts for children who can read at a basic level - fantasy, people stories, traditional tales and fun facts.
Zip Stage: 3
Zip Stage: 3
Interactive language and thinking puzzles - drag and drop, wonderword, story sequencing, memory tests and more.
Zip Stages: 4-7
Zip Stages: 4-7
Traditional poems - from simple texts like Old Mother Hubbard - up to highly complex classics like the Pied Piper.
Zip Stages: 4-10
Zip Stages: 4-10
A library of do-it-yourself projects - paper dolls, origami, finger puppets, cartooning - all with step by step instructions.
Zip Stages: 4-8
Zip Stages: 4-8
Lessons explicitly teaching major topics of the English curriculum - reading, writing and oral language - all with classroom activities.
All year levels
All year levels
