Visual+Literacy

=__Visual Literacy__= [|Resources from English Online]. Ideas for integrating visual literacies in the classroom

Try [|You Tube] for finding video clips to use. here you can find instructions for making anything

For example How about this Alphabet book media type="youtube" key="wnZr0wiG1Hg&hl=en" height="355" width="425"

[|Teacher Tube] has many examples of what is happening in classrooms.

Check out [|expert village.com]. It has plenty of great videos. Video categories include crafts, food and drink, health and fitness, hobbies, music and sport.

The Mouse Club [|www.themouseclub.co.uk]The Mouse Club is an inspirational website for 3 - 8 year olds. This safe, fun, learning environment offers interactive games, software, stories and lesson plan. Lesson plans cover th.e main curriculum areas of ICT, Maths, Literacy, Music, Art

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**Filmstreet** [|www.filmstreet.co.uk] Film Street is an exciting and fun free website for 6 to 9-year-olds, designed to unlock imaginations, introduce the joys of film and encourage expression through filmmaking. The website is full of interactive activities, fresh movie-making ideas, expert advice and endless hours of learning enjoyment plus downloadable teaching and learning activities [|mapped to the curriculum], especially in literacy. Start by visiting [|The Street]. Children can create animations using the easy to use online animation maker. Click on Play Animation Game The site contains a section called Scrapbook where students can save their work, view their activity results and download activities. (Need to login if you want to save work. It is free to register)
 * [|Animations]**
 * [|Scrapbook]**

[|www.highlightskids.com/Magazine/Feb05] This is a fantastic and entertaining game where children can drag and drop food to create weird and wonderful faces. The game is part of //[|Highlightskids.com]// website. The website is well worth looking around and will be very popular with your class. [|www.highlightskids.com] The first place I clicked on was [|Hidden Pictures®]! This is an interactive game where children have to find hidden objects within a picture. It has three levels: Level 1 gives the names and pictures of the hidden objects; Level 2 provides words only; Level 3 is without clues. As pictures are found, objects are animated and the item is coloured in until the entire picture is in colour. Other sections of the site include: [|Games and Giggles] contains a variety of puzzles and games. [|Express Yourself] contains creativity tools for children. [|Story Soup] **-** stories to listen to, read and interact with. [|Science in Action] **-** Science Question of the Week, Try this and Guess the Mystery Sound. Science Stories offers a new story each week and the archives are divided by science topics. [|Fun Finder] **-** Site index of everything on the site
 * Funny Food Face**

Myths and Legends [|myths.e2bn.net] Myths and Legends is an exciting new site that provides a rich context for engaging a pupil’s creative and imaginary skills. It features 31 stories with over 150 mythical, legendary and historic figures spanning 2000 years of storytelling. You can add your own myths and legends to a map of resources and share these with others across the world. The site also includes a unique story making tool, a sound and picture gallery and a timeline to place the stories in their historic context.