Fireflies Reviews

'The traditional Oxford Reading Tree virtues of careful levelling, 'pick-up-and-go' teaching notes and clear links to the broader UK curriculum are here.'

Kevin Harcombe, Headteacher, Redlands Primary School

The Oxford eFireflies stages 6-10 CD-ROM is a superbly presented collection of non-fiction, e-books. It comprises six interactive titles: four talking books and two ‘Explore-a-books’, with a range of activities on offer that consolidate and extend learning. Although they are intended to support the Oxford Reading Tree, they provide an excellent teaching and learning resource for the teaching of non-fiction texts. In addition, these titles are suited to the delivery of Literacy through ICT in Year 2.

With several other teacher options available (such as whether the book automatically reads upon opening a ‘page’) this has proven to be a flexible and interesting teaching and learning resource that embeds ICT into the literacy curriculum naturally and effectively.