Free literacy resources

Here is a selection of some brilliant literacy resources for teachers and practitioners that you can access for free. You can also browse our full selection of resources.

To support families we also have a comprehensive web portal, grouped by age, with links to lots of free home-learning activities on Words for Life.

Education Recovery

We provide a range of evidence-based training, interventions, programmes and resources to support teachers and practitioners to enable children to move forward and develop their skills.

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Early years

Our early years resources will help schools, settings and parents support children’s development from birth to age 5.

Early years Olympic themed activities

These activities use the book The Frog Olympics by Brian Moses as a prompt for children to learn more about the Olympics and create their own mini-Olympic games.
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Support for multilingual families at home: Time together booklet

This easy-to-read guide now comes in 18 languages and is full of suggestions for how parents can support their young child's learning at home.
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Outdoor Activities to Support Communication and Wellbeing

Resources to support the delivery of early years sessions in an outside space. These activities are aimed at children aged two to five but can be adapted for other ages.
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Primary

We have a wealth of free resources available to support literacy teaching in primary school.

Summer of Football

Follow our full squad of free football-themed activities, events and resources delivered in the summer of 2021 to bring home the joy of reading for your football-mad pupils.
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Using graphic novels in the classroom

Harness the engaging power of graphic novels in your primary classroom.
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My Dear New Friend

Writing letters for your local care home can help to combat loneliness among older adults while increasing pupils' motivation to write.
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Cross-phase and transition

Useful teaching resources for cross-phase and transition with a literacy focus.

Promoting diversity through literacy: our resources

A curated collection of our resources to support diversity in book collections and literacy teaching.
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Comics Rule!

Sequence and resources to run our summer writing challenge in your transition summer school.
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Education Recovery - Summer school

Learning sequences supporting student transition from primary to secondary
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Secondary

Inspire and motivate pupils with our resources to support and improve literacy provision at secondary school.

Monologue Jam

Melding poetry with drama to help your students to express themselves through writing. Designed for Year 9+
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Skills Academy resource pack

This resource gives you the opportunity to try the challenges from the first Skills Academy beatbox & breakdance lesson.
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Careers skills for CVs and interviews

Workshops to support students with CVs, elevator pitches and interviews as they prepare for future careers.
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