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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

Word reading

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Sound bites

Blend the sounds and match to a word.


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Buried treasure

Read the word. Is it real or nonsense?


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Curtain call

Listen to then read high-frequency and tricky words.


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Words and wigs

Read then listen to high-frequency and tricky words.


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Read the caption

Read the caption and make a picture to match it.


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Make a caption

Make a caption to match the picture.


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Basic compound cutting

Split the compound words.


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Word robot

Drag the words into the grid and listen to the results!


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Parts of a plant - basic

Label parts of a plant.


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Parts of a house

Label the house.


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Phonics fashion - level 1

s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, r (sets 1-4). Apply your phonics knowledge to reading these words.


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Phonics fashion - level 2

h, b, f, l, ss, j, v, w, x, z (sets 5-7). Apply your phonics knowledge to reading these words.


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Farmyard simple words

Label the animals and other farmyard things.


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Hello, Busy Things!

Label the Busy Things characters with simple words.


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  Unlimited children in a single nursery

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  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