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Help your primary-age child stay educated and entertained with our round-up of the best live streams for kids.

We all want to support our children's learning in the best way possible, so we asked mum-of-three Phoebe Duffy, an experienced primary school teacher and education writer, what to focus on with your Year 3 child to ensure that you're consolidating what they're working on at school.

Primary teacher and parent Jennifer Smith shares six key areas and skills to work on at home with your Reception child, supporting what they're learning at school.

Encourage and develop your child's passion for reading with these brilliant book apps for kids.

Empower your child to make a difference with our pick of the best children's books about the environment. From plastic pollution to climate change and the work of activists and campaigners, we highlight the best reads for young eco-warriors.

It's never been harder for parents and teachers to inspire children to read – we're competing with shiny screens and addictive games, and a child's interest can change like the weather! In How to Raise a Reader, Pamela Paul and Maria Russo describe unexpected, innovative ways to introduce your child to the wonders of the written word.

A parents' guide to statements, the most common sentence type, with information about how they are taught as part of the primary-school curriculum.

An ellipsis (sometimes referred to as dot dot dot...) is a punctuation mark we use to indicate that words are missing. We explain how the ellipsis is introduced in primary school in our guide for parents.

Understand how dashes are taught in the primary school grammar curriculum with our parents' guides to punctuation.

Understand how semi-colons are taught in the primary-school classroom with our parents' guides to grammar and punctuation.

Find out how, what and when children are taught about question marks in primary school in our grammar and punctuation guide for parents.

Understand the primary curriculum definition of an exclamation sentence with our parents' guide to primary-school grammar.

Children start learning about punctuation in Reception and Year 1 when they are introduced to full stops and their use. Understand how and when your child learns to use full stops correctly with our parents' punctuation guide.

Are you ready to enter some magical new worlds, exploring the depths of the sea, dark forests, ancient civilisations and weird and wonderful landscapes? On your travels you're sure to meet some strange characters, lots of brave heroes and heroines and a few sinister creatures wrecking havoc... It's time to head somewhere far, far away for roller-coaster adventures with our pick of the best fantasy world books for primary school children.

Get your magnifying glass out and your thinking cap on: our selection of the best detective stories and books for KS1 kids will keep you guessing until the very last page! Packed with illustrations and plot twists, this selection of sleuth reads is perfect for newly confident readers.

Whether you like your fairy stories traditional or twisted, retold for modern readers or classic, the perfect length for bedtime reading or in book form, our selection is packed with great options. Introduce your primary-school child to some tales as old as time – and fall in love with some new favourites, too.

Handwriting is a vital skill for primary school children to master. We've rounded up the best apps to help your child learn. It’s always best to check with your child’s teacher before introducing a handwriting app to ensure it complements – rather than contradicts – the methods they’re using at school.

Help your child brush up on their spelling, phonics and vocabulary skills with these brilliant games-based apps.

A wide vocabulary will help your child succeed at primary school, secondary school and beyond. We've tried and tested the best apps for helping them learn new words.