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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.
Busy writer
Use this tool to create a piece of writing. Select a template from the template menu to get started.
There are no distractions to the exercise of writing here, so no text formatting and picture tools. To create this sort of work, use the Busy paint and publisher.
Teaching tips:
These templates can be used in a variety of ways to supplement existing Busy Things activities or as stand-alone writing projects.
Use the story outline, diary entry, or letters to get children articulating and structuring their own ideas and writing for different purposes and audiences.
Children can practise the skill of justifying their arguments and opinions using the debate, review or decision making templates.
Have fun using the alphabet template cross-curricularly: How many foods, animals or countries can children name beginning with each letter?
The text boxes will expand if needed, so children are not restricted by a set area to type in, giving them the opportunity to write freely.
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Unlimited children in a single nurseryYour 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
Schools
Schools have no limit on the number of pupils that can use Busy Things simultaneously.
