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Pre-school to year 6 books and helpers.
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items This list will be full of all the things to help your child through those primary school years. I have worked in a school and these are the things we really focus on , and in which year group.
Sections
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Pre-school
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3 and 4
Years 5 and 6
Reading and Maths helpers
Pre-school
I have worked in Pre-School so i know the key things your child will be working on. Have a look at my ideas and selections below.
I used most of these with my child. They are brilliant and you will find most schools teach from some of these, so will give your child a great head start.
Early Learning - Pre-School & Nursery Education
Great if your child wants to create their own little library corner at home.
Childrens Books Infants KS 1 - Age 5-7 - Year 1-2
I think these are great for fine motor skills which is what a lot of KS1 is about, getting them ready for writing, reading and focusing on a task for then a few minutes at a time.
Preschool Activities
These are great, printing a face and asking your child where the body parts go. This can be so much fun and i know the kids love this, if there are a few make a game of it.
Reception Resources
Fine motor skills are going to be key to your child, even the smallest steps can make a massive difference so starting early is always a good idea.
Fine Motor Skills
Fine motor skills, trying to make shapes,animals all take time with little fingers, this helps with the imagination and role play.
Amazon.co.uk: Play Dough
Year 1
These books will be a massive help in your child's reading development, These are the crucial times when you will see what your child may be interested in and wheather they prefer interactive stories or you reading to them.
Childrens Books Infants KS 1 - Age 5-7 - Year 1-2
Maths- They will start to do basic maths at this age, making maths fun is really important as it's the subject most children find difficult.
Maths Books For 6 Year Olds
Any fun you can put into education the better. These are core memories that your child will associate with learning and remember it is fun.
Learning Resources: For 4 - 5 year olds
Year 2
Reading will be a big part of your child's education and will really be used everyday in the class, from reading out loud to reading tests to see what level your child is at.
Ages 6 To 8 - Children's Books
Maths will start to get a little hard at this point, really focused on telling the time and add and subtraction.
Maths Books For 6 Year Olds
Making education fun makes all the difference so these educational toys are a great way to bring fun into learning.
Educational Toys For 6 Year Olds
Year 3 and 4
English for 7-9 years . in these year groups it will be about spellings, class reading all these can be really challenging so any help you can give your child will make a big difference.
English Books For 8-9 Year Olds
Maths can be more of a challenge in these year groups, it will consist of money,fractions,and divide.
Maths Books For 7 Year Olds
One of the topics your child may learn in year 3 is about plastics in our oceans and how this is affecting the wildlife and us.
Plastic Pollution Topic - Best children's books
This was a subject my daughter became obsessed with, she loved to read these books even 2 years later, so if your child shows and is interested then I highly recommend these.
Ancient Egypt For Kids
These books on natural disasters can be great fun, your child may build a volcano or act out a twister in class so having information already in their memory can really be a benefit.
Natural Disasters: Books
Years 5 and 6
So this is the year that they will need to be able to do lots of writing, reading and spelling. The change between year 4 and 5 can seem massive, as much more is expected of them so these guides can be a really help to them.
Year 5 English
As like English, Maths will be more targeted towards fractions, decimals, and long division.These books will help break down how these are done and will give your child time to process and this is not always the case in a busy classroom.
Year 5 Maths
So Year 6 is the build up to the SATs exams, the books will help get ahead and prepare your child for these exams.
KS2 English Year 6 SATS Revision Book 2026
So this is the harder I feel of the SATS exams, these books can really help your child have the confidence to really understand how the questions will be written and what the markers will be looking for in the answers given.
Sats Maths Year 6
Reading and Maths helpers
This book is for children who have ADHD, these can really help your child understand what they are going through and also helps with their reading.
Adhd Books For Children
These are just some reading helper books.
Reading Helper
These are some dyslexia reading aids, my daughter uses these and has found them so helpful, so much the school has brought them for other students.
Reading Aid For Dyslexia
Guides on how to make learning fun for your child.
Make Learning Fun!: Effective Teaching Methods
Making maths fun will stay in your child's memory, have fun with blocks, maths hunts(bit like and egg hunt) pocket money.
Maths Toys
Another item that can help is the reader pens, this will let your child or yourself scan the sentence and then will read it back to you.
Reader Pen