Reading Writing
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Explore 13 trusted reading writing resources selected for curious kids, with clear ages, access details, and parent context.
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National Literacy Trust
The National Literacy Trust offers school and early-years literacy resources, family support, programmes, training, and The Joy of Books podcast.
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Library of Congress Kids
Children’s books, author talks, writing inspiration, classic stories, and literacy activities from the Library of Congress.
Chimple Learning
Chimple is a free, game-based learning app for early reading, writing, and mathematics, designed for self-directed use on low-resource devices and without continuous internet access.
Poetry4Kids
A free poetry library with funny poems, writing lessons, poetry activities, and performance ideas created for children and teachers.
Quill
Quill is a nonprofit literacy platform with free interactive activities for reading comprehension, writing, grammar, and language skills, including evidence-based writing prompts and teacher tools.
ReadWriteThink
Classroom-tested reading and language arts resources with interactive activities, lesson plans, and student tools from the National Council of Teachers of English.
BBC 500 Words
A children's story-writing project for ages 5-11 with prompts, classroom resources, story inspiration, and annual submissions.
Reading Rockets Activities
Reading and writing activities for children, parents, teachers, and preschool educators from Reading Rockets.
Meet the Children of the Getty: A Set of 8 Activities
The Getty Museum’s Meet the Children of the Getty activity set uses works of art to help lower-elementary learners make connections across children, places, and time through drawing, writing, observation, and discussion.
StoryKind
StoryKind is a free children’s literacy podcast hosted by authors Kelly Yang and Kate DiCamillo, with storytelling advice, young-reader questions, author perspectives, and new episodes for kids ages 8 and up.
British Library Discovering Children’s Books
The British Library’s Discovering Children’s Books collection provides primary-school reading, writing, book-making, illustration, author, and creative activities developed with authors and illustrators.
ReadWriteThink Interactives
Free literacy interactives for children and classrooms, including story maps, plot diagrams, word sorts, and reading tools.
Build Learning
A family of early-learning apps that teaches reading, math, and writing through small guided steps, voice support, read-along sentences, and creative practice.
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