Year 1 - recommendations for online learning

[Missingtheedge]

Can anyone recommend some online programmes to help with a Year 1 child’s reading and maths please? If a programme is particularly good with phonics that would be a bonus.

We already have Doodle Maths and Oxford Owl through the school.

He doesn’t like Teach Your Monster to Read.

Reading eggs and mathseeds

I think mathsfactor summer stuff is free maybe

Busythings. My kids loved it.

Wah, this is where I begin to worry I’m not encouraging my DC enough.

Is this for Covid related homeschooling or on top of school?

Anyway, my five year old really likes Reading Eggs. Very easy to use and her reading genuinely came on during lockdown (when it was the only homeschooling she would consent to do )

What level is his reading at? Doodle do DoodleSpelling and DoodleEnglish. DoodleSpell for year 1 focuses on doing the corresponding spellings for all the year 1 phonics.

If Teach your Monster to read doesn't suit, would you consider prerecorded phonics lessons? You can get video lessons for all the year 1 phonics for free here lettersandsounds.org.uk/for-home/year-1 .

I’d second the videos at letters and sounds.org mentioned by @CrabbyCat

Thanks everyone, I will have a look at all the suggestions.

@Rainallnight it’s to help him with his reading and maths over the summer as he’s lagging behind a bit and we don’t want him to lose what he’s learnt.

@CrabbyCat actually the school do have Doodle English but we haven’t looked at it in ages as it was very difficult the last time we looked and his teacher said it was really for the older children. I’ll have another look at it though.

I’ll check out Letters & Sounds too. That has reminded me that he quite liked one of the presenters in the Ruth Miskin YouTube clips that the school would send daily (refused to watch one of the other presenters )

Nessy Learning is great for phonics/reading

Reading eggs / math seeds. My 2 eldest used it when we homeschooled and my youngest used it last year when I needed to keep her occupied when I was helping eldest (Sen) with online schooling. With that, she's taught herself well beyond what her class level is. Not because she was pushed, she just absolutely loved it.

Nessy for phonics (as long as he can already read CVC words. (Paid)
Prodigy maths (free)
Also websites like top marks learning games for maths, and mathplayground.

If you are in England check to see if your library is doing the reading challenge. Mine really enjoyed that at a similar age to your DC. It's not online, but an enjoyable way to encourage reading over the summer.

@Missingtheedge my DS is in year 1 and doing Doodle for school. I'm less sure about DoodleEnglish being useful to you, from memory it starts with learning capital letters and how to put letters in alphabetical order. However, I think DoodleSpell comes as part of the same subscription to DoodleEnglish and that has been more useful / at an appropriate level - it started with learning how to spell the 'ck' sound for example.

My DS loved Easyread, really gave his reading a boost when he was struggling.