Back-to-School Activities, Books, Checklists and Resources
Whether your child is returning to school or on the road to school readiness, the Reading Eggs Back‑to‑School Hub is here to support you with fun and engaging activities and resources backed by science. It's the perfect way to build confidence, close learning gaps and start the school year strong.
There are free downloadable activity sheets and checklists, books and online programs, as well as articles with expert tips on how to make back-to-school a breeze. Plus, you’ll find a link to our facebook community group, answers to frequently asked questions and technical support information for Reading Eggs and Mathseeds.
Free Back-to-School Activities & Checklists
Free Back-to-School Checklist
Use our handy Back-to-School checklist to tick off everything you need so you can focus on getting your child excited about the new school year ahead.
Back-to-School Checklist
School Readiness Checklist and Activities Pack
The School Readiness Checklist has been designed by experienced educators to help you and your little one feel confident about starting school.
This FREE checklist PDF includes tons of school readiness tips and ideas, a comprehensive checklist, letter recognition activity, pre‑writing and scissor practice, plus much more!
School Readiness Checklist
School Readiness E‑Book
We’ve put together this handy e‑book to help give your child a head start in school and send them off on their next big adventure with confidence.
This FREE e‑book comes with a bunch of great information to help your little ones start school with ease. The e‑book includes 7 good habits to start now, top benefits from reading aloud, fun games to build early reading skills, first day survival skills and much more.
School Readiness E‑Book
Phonics Activity Book
This activity book focuses on building up phonics and phonemic awareness skills – essential building blocks for reading success. The activities correspond to the first 20 lessons in the Reading Eggs online program.
Phonics Activity Book
Alphabet Letter Books
Children will build essential handwriting and alphabet skills as they practise letter formation and work through the fun activities. Contains 26 printable letter booklets, one for each letter of the alphabet.
Alphabet Letter Books
Numbers and Patterns Math Activity Book
The Mathseeds online program teaches children the core math and problem solving skills needed to be successful at school. This activity book is designed to supplement the online lessons with exercises to practise their numbers 1 to 30 and patterns skills.
Numbers and Patterns Book
Back-to-School Books and Read Alouds
Explore the extensive range of Reading Eggs and Mathseeds book products, which make the perfect complement to the online learning programs. Visit our Bookshop and choose the best option for your child's needs.
Reggie's Recommendations for Back‑to‑School
Essential Reading Skills Workbooks
For grades K–5
Featuring colourful and engaging practice activities, this award-winning series is designed to complement the Reading Eggs and Reading Eggspress online learning programs, reinforcing the essential reading skills required for each grade level:
- Kindergarten – covers essential early reading skills like phonics, sight words and handwriting
- Grade 1 – extends phonics knowledge and builds vocabulary, writing and comprehension skills
- Grade 2 – builds the comprehension, spelling and grammar skills covered in Reading Eggspress
- Grade 3 – strengthens literacy skills to help children unlock deeper comprehension of different texts
- Grade 4 – extends literacy skills to help children understand new ideas, make connections and write effectively
- Grade 5 – covers more challenging comprehension, spelling and grammar skills, which are essential for academic success and lifelong learning.
Essential Math Skills Workbooks
For grades K–2
Each workbook contains 250+ pages of full-colour activities that are easy to follow and enjoyable for young children. These comprehensive activity books help to consolidate all the essential numeracy skills your child is learning in Mathseeds – skills that will stay with them for life.
- Kindergarten – builds foundational math skills across numbers, addition, subtraction and shapes
- Grade 1 – extends knowledge of numbers and covers operations, time and 2D & 3D shapes
- Grade 2 – covers counting to 1000, more operations, fractions and problems.
Reading Eggs Mega Book Pack
For ages 4–7
This ultimate book pack option will open up a world of learning for your beginner reader, jam-packed with delightful goodies:
- contains all of the Level 1 and Level 2 activity books which support and reinforce the lessons in Reading Eggs
- includes 80 readers, eight activity books, eight mini posters, two packs of durable flashcards with games and 400 stickers
- features a huge variety of fun activities that will build your child’s reading and writing skills.
Online Library with Read Alouds
With a selection of over 4,000 levelled children's books, the Reading Eggs online library offers a wide range of options for young readers. Choose from decodable readers, alphabet books, early chapter books, nonfiction, plays and poetry.
All Level 0–20 books come with read-aloud audio so children can read along as they listen to a fluent reading of the book.
Get Ready for Back-to-School with Reading Eggs
Reading Eggs, the multi-award winning online reading program for ages 2–13, will have your child feeling confident and ready to take on the new year's challenges.
Program Features
Guided lessons are easy to follow and match your child's ability
Over 4,000 children's books in the online library
Songs, animations, and rewards make learning to read fun
Progress reports let you track your child's growth
Printable certificates celebrate achievement
Tablet and desktop compatible app provides greater accessibility
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Back-to-School Articles
Explore our curated selection of articles with expert tips to help parents and kids with starting school and returning to school.
10 Easy Back‑to‑School Reading Activities
Set up your child for a successful school year with these ten back-to-school reading activities and beat the holiday reading slide.
6 Ways to Get Kids Excited for Back‑to‑School
And just like that, back-to-school time is upon us! Here are six fun ways to get your child excited and prepared for a fantastic year ahead.
How to Ease School Anxiety and Beat the Back‑to‑School Blues
Help your child overcome school anxiety and beat the back‑to‑school blues. Discover practical tips and strategies for a smooth start to the school year.
Books About School and Starting School
Read our collection of books about school and starting school to prepare preschoolers for kindergarten and help older children navigate classroom life.
How to Write a Social Story for Starting School
Social stories can support children's academic and social development. Get your child ready for school with our easy guide to writing a social story.
First Day of School Celebration Ideas
Here are some wonderful ideas and traditions for how parents can make the first day of school special.
Claim your Free 30 Day Trial!
Get started today with a 30‑day free trial to Reading Eggs Mathseeds. Your trial includes up to FOUR children and you can cancel any time. Our award-winning learning programs will have your child feeling confident and ready to take on the new year's challenges!
Your child will LOVE the self‑paced lessons, colourful animations, interactive activities and exciting golden egg rewards, which help them learn to read while they play.
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Each free trial provides access to all our premium learning programs for up to four children.
First Steps
Delight your toddler with fun games and activities that build alphabet knowledge and ready to read skills.
Learning to Read
Children follow structured, one‑on‑one lessons that teach phonics, sight words and reading skills.
Mastering Phonics
Lessons cover key phonics skills like letter-sound recognition, blending, and spelling.
Building Confidence
Older children can continue building key literacy skills that will help them succeed in school.
Learning Math
Nurture an early love of math with structured lessons and activities that build essential math skills.
Why parents love Reading Eggs
"My 4 year old is absolutely loving Reading Eggs, she's breezing through the levels and loving collecting eggs to then play games. A great way for kids to have screen time whilst learning along the way. Highly recommend for other 4 year olds who are also school ready."
Melanie
"I just wanted to let you know how absolutely fantastic your program is. My son is 4 and was expressing anxiety and reluctance to attend school because he said the reading was "too hard". We began him on Reading Eggs and the difference has been amazing. He is now so much more confident and happy about learning."
Dr D.Joseph
The educational aspects of this course are fantastic – the content matches what the kids are doing / would do at school. My 4 yr old son taught himself to read with Reading Eggs during lockdown while his sister was doing schoolwork with me. He loves the new Fast Phonics area."
Aimi
"My children love Reading Eggs. They enjoy learning to read and spell with the lessons. My son struggled with other phonics programs. But he loved Reading Eggs. Opening a new egg after each lesson kept him motivated to finish the program. My daughter loved the Skills Bank part of the program. She was glad Reading Eggs had a spelling section."
L. Taylor
"We love Reading Eggs! My son is making such progress in such short time, without even noticing he's actually 'working'. It's so fun and engaging he will actually ask for it rather than cartoons. Win! Highly recommended."
Audrey
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