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Busy Things hosts over 1600 curriculum-linked activities and games for early years and primary aged children. A school subscription also includes lots of features and tools for teachers that promise to save planning time.  Take a free trial to have a proper play or book a demo here

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Advanced compound cutting

Split the compound words that contain advanced graphemes and phonemes.


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Homophone magic

Which word is NOT a homophone?


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Common word makeovers

Pick the word that the robot said.


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Advanced common word messy spelling

Spell high-frequency words that use advanced grapheme-phoneme correspondences.


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Dog and Cat's gameshow

A multiple choice reading quiz


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Caption contraption

Type out the crazy caption.


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Schwa magnets demo

An introduction to the unstressed vowel sound and its various spellings.


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Schwa magnets

Put the unstressed vowel graphemes back into the words.


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Illusion confusion

Recognise words that contain the /zh/ phoneme.


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  Unlimited children in a single nursery

  Single shared login

  xx games for independent play

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Your free trial includes

  • access to 1600+ of fun educational activities and games
  • Create an area just for your class (school version)
  • Track activities and send feedback (school version)
  • Customisable games and activities targeting core maths, literacy and phonics skills
  • Creative activities working with colours, shapes and sounds
  • Busy Code - a whole suite of activities and guides for teaching children how to code
  • A custom phonics and maths worksheet maker
  • Curriculum-links and activity search
  • Pupil timelines - see what your pupils have been doing
  • Set assignments and collate results
  • Play on desktop computers, laptops and tablets