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Get Epic Books have given free access till the end of june to students – 40,000 digital titles!

ByMaking English Fun! March 19, 2020December 13, 2023

For me and i guess for many others this is a big deal! Epic has over 40,000 leveled readers and quizzes. It also offers the opportunity to see how your students have engaged with the material, how long they read the book for and for the majority of their books there are quizzes and questions.

FREE ENGLISH SUBJECT SUBSCRIPTIONS AND RESOURCES FROM EDUCATIONAL COMPANIES FOR SCHOOL CLOSURES BECAUSE OF COVID-19 (CORoNA VIRUS)

ByMaking English Fun! March 15, 2020November 7, 2020

The other lists is getting HUGE so i thought it might be time to start to catagorise them, the link on Amazing teaching resources has everything from Maths to Music the one below, and much easier for me to maintain! is the English Resources one. There are still absolutely loads of companies offering help at this difficult time.

Home Schooling during the Novel Corona Virus.

ByMaking English Fun! February 15, 2020March 14, 2021

Well i am a teacher based in Hong Kong so we find ourselves under a defacto quarantine arrangement. I actually wrote this a couple of weeks ago and decided not to post it in the hope it would have all blown over. However students are now out of school until the 16th of March, and teachers are being asked to come up with online learning activities to try to bridge the gap.

10 of the Best Teaching Online English Resources

ByMaking English Fun! February 10, 2020April 23, 2021

At the moment, it being February 9th 2020, I am stuck at home here in Hong Kong. I am a teacher here and have been for a long time. They have closed the schools till at least March the 2nd, and though I am sure my students as well as me did a little WHOOP noise when we heard that fast forward a week with most of Hong Kong closed and it is actually pretty boring.

Teach Your Monster to Read Mini-games Instructions

ByMaking English Fun! February 4, 2020March 14, 2021

An introduction to the Minigames on teach your monster to read website. All these are free to access and really useful for self directed as well as classroom use!

Classroom Activities for Younger and ESL Students.

ByMaking English Fun! January 28, 2020November 7, 2020

Work gets in the way so it is just a quick update today, I put onto Facebook an Animal Domino’s activity and it took off! 10000 people downloaded it in just one day, so that gave me a big smile all day. I hope it was useful for you if you downloaded it.

Free Magic E Online Games list.

ByMaking English Fun! January 24, 2020February 3, 2025

Following on from the great response from teachers in having these games in one easy bookmarked place I have made on for Magic or Silent E as well. These games are harder to find it appears so i hope this will be of use as well. I have played them all and as usual they are a mixed bag. I also have one of mine in App and online form and will put the usual links below it

8 Free Short Vowel and CVC Online Games for Desktop and Classroom…

ByMaking English Fun! January 20, 2020August 20, 2021

8 free and playable online CVC and Short vowel games for ESL, Kindergarten and primary students. All are playable online and some are free apps as well.

Should You Teach Phonics in Kindergarten?

ByMaking English Fun! January 15, 2020November 27, 2023

Phonics is a vital skill and the earlier younger and emergent readers can learn these skills the better and more successful their language learning will be. There are still mixed feelings but being able to decode new words builds confidence and comprehension at a much faster way.

Teach Your Monster to Read: The Best Phonics App for Junior Students.

ByMaking English Fun! January 14, 2020April 17, 2021

It almost pains me to write that title. I make apps to help students, I have about 12 of them on both Google and Apple and they are pretty good. None of them are the one I am talking about here though. Here is is all about Teach Your Monster to Read made, and made really well, by Usborne in the U.K. The links are all at the bottom for the app and website.