Nessy Tales
ERA - Nominated as a finalist in the 2008 Education Resources Awards, Best Special Education Resource or Equipment - ICT.
FREE printable support resource
- Support activities for "Muggins"
- Support activities for "Jim's Pet"
- Support activities for "Jim the Slob"
- Support activities for "Top Dog"
- Support activities for "The Long Run"
Coming Soon
Schools version
- Great for the whole class on an interactive whiteboard
- Plan and create your own stories with Nessy characters
- Help Muggins sequence words into the right order
- A wide range of supporting printable activities
Printed books
- Linked to the animated tales to encourage reluctant readers and help them discover the confidence to try paper books
Windows 2000, NT, Me, XP, Vista
Mac OSX 10.2 or higher (compatible with Leopard)
128 RAM, P3 CPU, 32MB graphics
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First book included in the free Nessy Tales download
In this free story book meet Muggins the dog in a Nessy Tale called 'Muggins'.
Book 1 provides vital contextual reading practise with CVC words (consonant, vowel, consonant) e.g. ‘cat’ and early stage high frequency ‘sight’ words.
50 words are used in the story but 43 words can be read by sounding the individual letters and blending them together.
How to use the books
You can read books 1-5 by knowing less than 100 words.
Reading should be enjoyable. Encourage reading by using the animations as a reward. Try listening to the story and then reading some of the words. When the reader becomes tired, rest by listening or save the remainder of the story for another time. Once familiar with the animated tales try saving the end of the story to read in book form.
Nessy Tales books to buy
Jim's Pet
Jim is sad when Nan will not let him get a pet, but when he finds a pet bug things go crazy in the kitchen!
Jim the Slob
Jim will not get out of bed but he had better look out. Nan will do anything to make him get him up and find a job.
Top Dog
A mystery voice is calling Muggins a twit. He runs through the dark streets to find the voice and meets many strange characters of the night.
The Long Run
Jim has to take Muggins for a walk but his plan to take it easy goes horribly wrong when a frog hops up.
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