There is plenty of inspiration for reading activities on the Words for Life website, including songs and rhymes.

Tiny Happy People from the BBC hosts a collection of traditional nursery rhymes and original songs to try with your baby or toddler?

School Radio from BBC Teach has hundreds of traditional nursery rhymes with lyrics arranged alphabetically. All videos include the words on screen and a lyric sheet to print out.

Watch Mr Tumble's favourite helpful nursery rhymes in this YouTube compilation for children from CBeebies.

Bookfinder will help you discover the very best kids' books: magical mysteries, astonishing adventures and fantastic facts. Simply choose an age range, pick as many themes as you want to search through thousands of book reviews, and get reading. Enjoy!

Bookstart is a national programme from BookTrust which gives free books to all babies and young children at three years old to support fundamental early years language and literacy development.

A library card offers you and your little one a world of reading and fun. Free Rhymetime sessions for babies and toddlers with their parents and carers occur regularly in most libraries.

Read our Ready for School Books list (pdf format, 1MB) to share with your child.