Online English Resources
index
Useful Websites
AAA Spell
Children's Poetry Archive (Poems Read Aloud)
Clic News (News Site for Primary School Children)
DOGO News (Kids' News Articles)
Folk Legends of Japan
Grammar Bytes!
Grammaropolis
Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales
Hero's Journey (at Read Write Think)
Humorous Cat Poems
Into The Book (Reading Comprehension)
Kid Nuz (News to Grow On)
Learn With News (Learn English with News)
The Literacy Shed
Little Explorers Dictionary
Micrositas Virtual Picturebooks
News In Levels (Differentiated News)
Poetry By Heart
Poetry 180 (at Library of Congress)
Poetry Out Loud
Quill (Grammar and Spelling Exercises)
Read Ahead (Use any text for guided reading)
Reading Bear (Watch, Know, Learn)
Reading Coach (at Microsoft)
Reading Eggs Junior (Sample content)
Reading Treks
Road To Grammar
Roy The Zebra
Share What You Are Reading (at Scholastic)
Spello (Signup reqd.)
Spellzone Word Lists
Spreeder (Read text one word at a time)
Starfall
Storyberries
Teach Your Monster to Read (Free Teacher Signup)
Today's Front Pages
Tumble Books
Tween Tribune (News Stories for Different Reading Levels)
Twig Science Reporter (Science News)
Vocabulary Spelling City
The World From A to Z (News for Kids)
Word Central
Words Eye (Turn sentences into pictures)
Online Books/E-Books/Story Podcasts
The Aesop for Children (Library of Congress)
Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature
Children's Storybooks Online
Circle Round (Story Podcasts for Kids)
Fantastic Fiction
Global Digital Library
International Children's Digital Library
Let's Listen To A Podcast
Many Books (Free eBooks)
Molly of Dinali Podcast
Ocean of Books
Pickatale
Project Gutenberg (over 60,000 Free eBooks)
Read.Gov - Classic Books (at Library of Congress)
Read Works
Skybrary Collection (Digital Books Collection)
Story Nory
Student Library (at Open Library)
The Twits (on Soundcloud)
Vooks - Storybooks Brought To Life (not free)
World of Tales
World Stories
Talking Books/Stories
ABC Avenue Youtube Channel (Books read aloud)
Global Storybooks
Just Books Read Aloud
Literacy Zone Interactive Stories for Kids
Loud Lit
Martha Speaks - True Stories (at PBS)
Storyline Online
Story Shares
Storyvoice (by Scholastic)
Top Marks Stories (for different age groups)
English Dictionaries
Alphabetimals (Animal Dictionary)
Collins Dictionary
Define It Fast
Dictionary.Com
Google (Put
Define:
before word in Google search)
Graph Words (Visual Thesaurus)
Historical Thesaurus of English
Idiom Site
Kids Wordsmyth (Dictionary & other word tools)
Kidthesaurus
Lexico (by Oxford English Dictionary)
Little Explorers Dictionary
Ludwig (Words & Phrases Explained in Context)
Meaning of Names
One Look (Wildcard Dictionary Search)
Reverse Dictionary.org
Reverso Synonyms
Synonyms For
Thesaurus.Com
Visuwords (Visual Dictionary and Thesaurus)
Websters 1913 Dictionary
Wolfram Alpha
Word Central
Word Hippo
Wordnik
Words Of The World (Words with Video Explanations)
World Book Kids Dictionary (via Scoilnet)
Your Dictionary
Word Tools
Academic Word Finder
Alphabetizer (Alphabetical Ordering Tool)
Anagram Generator (at dcode.fr)
Anagram Server (at Wordsmyth.org)
Commonly Confused Words (at Writing Explained)
dCode.fr (Word Tool Collection)
Describing Words (Adjective Finder)
Grammica Assorted Word Tools
Letter Count
Misused Words (at Daily Writing Tips)
Newswordy (Explains Words in the News)
No More Very
100 Common English Phrases and Sentence Patterns
Online Etymology (The Origin of Words)
Opposites
Phrase Finder
Phrase Up (Half-remembered Phrases)
Random Word Generator
Related Words
Style Manual
Text Cleaner (all-in-one text tool)
Text Tools (at unit-conversion.info)
Tip Of My Tongue
Unscrambled Words
Word Counter.net
Word Counter Tool
Word DB
Word Detective (Word Origins)
Word Finder
Word Source
Wordtips Word Finder
Readability Tools
Analyze My Writing
Juicy Studio Website Reading Level Checker
Leveled Books (Reading Level Checker for 9000+ books)
Readability Score.com
Readability Test Tool
Reading Passage Generator (with reading level customisation)
Virtual Readability Lab (What font works best for you?)
Rhyming Dictionaries
RhymeZone Rhyming Dictionary
Rhyming Dictionary (at Writing Exercises.co.uk)
Rhymer
Write Rhymes
IWB Tools and Activities
Elkonin Boxes (at Toy Theater)
Help a Hedgehog (at ICT Games)
Kids Magnetic Poetry Kit
Letter Tiles (at Really Great Reading)
Make Your Own Manipulatives (at Flippity)
Sentence Doctor
Visuals for Language Instruction
Games and Activities
ABC Match (at Read Write Think)
Alphabet Writing Guide with Practice Pad
Animal Alphabet (at Reading Eggs Junior)
Author's Purpose
Babadum - Vocabulary Games (in Many Languages)
Catch The Spelling
Compound Words (at Brain Pop Jr.)
Construct A Word
Countdown-style Letters Game
Facts And Opinions Game
Grammar Bee (at Slime Kids)
Hangmouse (at Vocabulary Learning Fun)
Hello Wordl (Wordle-style Game)
iSpy Game (at Scolastic)
Job Mixer (at British Council)
Knoword (Dictionary Game)
Letter Box (Share the URL and play)
Look, Cover, Write, Check (Spelling Practice)
Missing Pop Star Puzzle
Nonsense Laboratory (Mix words to make nonsense words)
Nouns (at Brain Pop Jr.)
Online Lingo (Wordle-style game)
PBS Reading Games
Phonics Games (at Teach Your Monster to Read)
Picture Match - Phonics Game (at Read Write Think)
Proof It! (Spelling and Punctuation Game)
Quordle (Solve 4 Wordle-style Games Together)
Semantris (Word Association Games)
Spooky Spellings (at ICT Games)
Text Twist (at Word Games)
Wordiply (Word Game)
Wordle - Daily Word Puzzle
Word Master (Wordle-style game)
Word Morph (at Word Games)
Word Out (at Novel Games)
Word Rodeo (Wordle-style game maker)
Words and Pictures Rhyme Time (at Scootle)
Word Webs
Activity Finders
Scoilnet (Resource Finder)
Top Marks
Activity Directories
Intractive Sites for Ed. - Language Arts Activities
Literacy Zone Interactive English Activities
Top Marks English Language Games
Wordle-inspired Games (at Learning In Hand)
Activity Collections
ABCYa Language Arts Games
Bobinogs (at BBC)
British Council (Games for Learning English)
The Cat in the Hat Games (at PBS Games)
CBeebies Games (at BBC)
Children's University of Manchester - Words
Digi Puzzle (Assorted Games and Activities)
Funbrain Word Games
Fun English Games
KS2 Bitesize English Activities (at BBC)
Learning Chocolate Vocabulary Games
Literacy Center Education Network
Literacy Games (at ICT Games)
Read With Phonics
Primary Interactive
Reading Games (at Room Recess)
Road To Grammar
Scene Creators
Seussville (Dr. Seuss Games)
Sheppard Software Language Arts
Student Interactives (at Read Write Think)
Toy Theater - Language Arts Games
Turtle Diary Language Arts Games
Word Central Games
Word Games (at Room Recess)
Word Plays
Competitive Activities (with Real Opponents)
Letter Box
Word Clouds
ABCya Word Clouds for Kids
Answer Garden
Edwordle (Word Cloud Editing Tool)
Free Word Cloud Generator
Kotobana (Word Flowers)
Mentimeter (Present poll results as word cloud)
TagCrowd
Tagul (now called 'Word Art')
Tagxedo
To Cloud
Typo Effects
Wispy
Word Art (formerly 'Tagul')
Word Cloud (by Jason Davies)
Word Cloud Generator (at Monkey Learn)
Word Clouds.com
Word It Out
WordSift
Word Wanderer
Worksheet Generators
A to Z Teacher Stuff Wordsearch Maker
Criss Cross Puzzlemaker (at Discovery Eduction)
Crossword Generator (at Edupics)
Free Wordsearch
Puzzlefast
Secret Code Message Generator (Printable)
Secret Message (Printable)
Twisty Noodle Worksheets
Word Search Generator (at Education.com)
Word Search Puzzlemaker (at Discovery Eduction)
Word Shapes Worksheets (at A-Z Teacher Stuff)
Worksheet Genius
Worksheet Works (English Language)
Electronic Activity Generators
Cloze Test Generator
Cloze Quiz Generator (at Classtools.net)
Crossword Labs (Electronic Crossword Generator)
Crossword Maker (at Classtools.Net)
Educandy (Game Maker)
Hangman (Make Your Own)
Interactive Crossword Generator (at ABCya)
Kahoot (Student Response System)
Learn Click (Cloze Test Maker)
Make Your Own Manipulatives (at Flippity)
Pro Profs Brain Games
Socrative (Student Response System)
Speedmatch (at Super Teacher Tools)
Spelling Frame
Testmoz (Test Generator)
Textivate
Vortex - Drag & Drop Sorting Game (at Classtools.Net)
Word Search Labs (Electronic Wordsearch Maker)
Creative Writing Tools
Book Creator
-
Book Creator Example
Boom Writer - Writing Motivator (Sign-up Required)
Elementari
Flip Book (at Read Write Think)
Folding Story
Imagine Forest (Sign-up Required)
Inklewriter (Create interactive stories)
Little Bird Tales
My eBook
My Story Book
Night Zookeeper (Create Animals and Write About Them)
Picture Book Maker (at Culture Street)
Storybird
Story Jumper
Story Maker (at ABCYa)
Story Maker (at Learn English Kids)
Twine (Create Intertacvtive Stories)
Twisty Noodle Make Your Own Book
Wriddle (Write, Draw, Record)
Write Reader
Writing Planning Tools
Cube Creator Story Planning Tool
Essay Map (at Read Write Think)
Story Map (at Read Write Think)
Other Writing Support Tools
Alphabet Organizer (at Read Write Think)
Break Your Own News
Compare & Contrast Map (at Read Write Think)
Corey Green's Writing Tips for Children
Diamond 9 - Organise Your Points (at Classtools)
Fakebook (Create Proflies for Fictional/Historical Characters)
Friendly Letter Maker (at ABCYa)
iFake Text Message
iOS7 Fake Text
Letter Generator (at Read Write Think)
Madlibs (Use random words to generate story)
Postcard Creator (at Read Write Think)
Pulp-O-Mizer (Use Google Chrome)
SMS Text Conversation Simulator (at Classtools)
Story Toolz
Trading Card Creator (at Read Write Think)
Up-Goer 5 (Explain something using common words)
Story Starters/Writing Prompts
Byrdseed Emoji Prompts
Got an Inkling (Creative Writing Prompts)
Pic Lits (Pictures as Creative Writing Prompts)
Pobble 365 (daily picture to inspire creativity)
Promptuarium (Story Starters and Prompts)
60 Visual Writing Prompts for Kids (at Teachstarter)
Story Dice
Story Starters (at Scholastic)
TextFx with Google (AI tools for writers)
300 Writing Prompts for Kids (at Think Written)
Toasted Cheese (Writing Prompts for older children)
200 Printable Writing Prompts (at Woo! Jr.)
Visual Prompts (Creative Writing Prompts)
Write About (Inspiring Writing Ideas)
Writing Exercises (Remedies for Writer's Block)
Writing Exercises For Children
Writing Sparks
A Year of Picture Prompts (at New York Times)
Poetry Tools
Acrostic Poem Maker (at Read Write Think)
Diamante Poem Creator (at Read Write Think)
Erasures (Replace words in poems with your own)
Kids Magnetic Poetry Kit
Poem Potraits
Theme Poems at (Read Write Think)
Word Mover (at Read Write Think)
Write Rhymes
Word Processors
Draft (Basic Writing Tool)
Easy Write (Encourages Use of Common Words)
Google Drive/Google Docs
Memo Notepad (Online Note-Taker)
The Most Dangerous Writing App
Noisli (Ambience Tool with Word Processor)
Notepad (Online/Offline Note Book)
Notion (All-in-one Workspace)
Speech Notes (with Voice Recognition)
Writer - The Online Typewriter
Write Surge (Minimalist Writing Tool)
Zen Pen - Clean & Simple Writing Zone
Text Editing Tools
Alphabetimals (Name Typer)
Alphabetizer (Alphabetical Ordering Tool)
Capitalize My Title
Convert Case
Cool Symbol
Cooltext
Copy Char (Non-keyboard characters)
Copy Paste Character
EMoji Copy
EMoji Finder
EMoji Kitchen
Emojipedia
Entypo (Tiny Pictogram Characters)
Extract Table (Extract Table from an Image)
Fancy Text Generator (at Coolsymbol.com)
Fliptext
Font Meme (Write using Popular Fonts)
Font Pair (Find fonts that go Well together)
Geo Greeting
Graffiti Creator
Gzaas! (Create full screen messages)
Lingojam (Text Converters)
Messletters (Text Tools)
Msgif (Converts Text to an Animated Gif)
Online OCR (Image To Text Converter)
Online Text Tools
Pastebin (Support for Copy and Paste)
Pilliapp Symbol
Symbolology
Text Cleaner (all-in-one text tool
Text Giraffe
Text-Symbols.com
Text Tools (at Miniwebtool.Com)
Text Tools (at unit-conversion.info)
Title Case Converter
Upsidedowntext
Word Mark (Help with Font Selection)
EMoji Tools
AI EMoji Generator
EMoji Bullet List
EMoji Copy
EMoji Finder
EMoji Kitchen
Emojipedia
EMoji Translate
Text Summarisation Tools
Formalizer (Convert plain language to fancy language)
Quill Bot (Paraphrasing Tool)
Rewordify
Smmry
Summarize
Summarize This
Text Compactor
Text Analysis
Analyze My Writing
Cliche Finder
EMoji Translate
Expresso (Writing style analysis/improvement)
Google Books Ngram Viewer (Word Usage Timeline)
Hemingway App
Judge (Judge the tone of a piece of text)
Just The Punctuation
Slick Write
Textalyser (Detailed Text Analysis)
Text Analyzser (Word and Phrase Frequency)
Text Compare (Compare 2 pieces of writing)
Typely (Correct Usage Checker)
Word Counter.io (Total Word Counter)
Word Counter.net (Total Word Counter)
Word Counter Tool
Text Memorisation Tools
Text Memorization (at Tiny App Thingy)
Spelling and Grammar Checkers
Ginger Online Spelling and Grammar Checker
Grammar Check
Grammarly (Grammar Checker)
Grammica (Grammar Checker)
Paper Rater (Grammar, Spelling and More)
Polish My Writing (Spelling/Grammar Checker)
Spellcheck Online
Handwriting Support Tools
Alphabet Writing Guide with Practice Pad
Writing Repeater
Graphic Organisers
Holt Interactive Graphic Organisers
Teacher Sites
BBC Teach - English (Ages 5-7)
BBC Teach - English (Ages 7-11)
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature
Planet Publish (Free PDF Book Archive)
Readers' Theatre Scripts
Read Write Think
Also available for iPad
Updated 18 April 2024
