Sunshine Online for Parents

Give your child a head start in reading and maths

Every parent or caregiver wants their child to do well at school and to develop a strong foundation in literacy and numeracy. Success in reading and maths is essential for every child’s ongoing achievement and confidence. Sunshine Online will help your child learn to read and develop important skills as they become independent readers.

More than 900 books with voice over (Levels 1–30+)
Organised into three Learning Spaces for Early, Emergent and Fluent readers
Over 2,000 interactive activities focusing on phonics and words, comprehension, vocabulary, spelling, grammar, fluency and writing
All content of all three Learning Spaces in Sunshine Online is available, providing children with a huge library of titles and activities
Parents can log in up to three children per family. They can choose to be either hands-on or hands-off with their child’s progress.
If parents want more control, they can tailor content to their child’s abilities or interests. They can access their Admin to see progress and results.
At log in, children can see their progress, get certificates and trophies, and unlock new avatars.
Apple and Android apps; for use on all devices
Requires internet connection
12 month subscription

Decodable Library – Coming 2025!

180 decodable books support a structured way of teaching reading. In the books, only the letters and sounds that the children have been taught up to that point are used. This ensures children can ‘decode’ all the words on every page, so there is no need for them to guess words.

Sunshine Online Levelled Library (Parent/Caregiver)
$99.00 Add to cart

The following video provides an overview for parents of how to set up their children on Sunshine Online, along with information for children on how they can use the programme.

Fiction e-books

Sunshine Online includes a great selection of highly engaging texts by different authors, they offer narration and text highlighting to support the reader. Each e-book is followed by interactive activities.

Non-fiction e-books

The non-fiction e-books feature high-interest and age-appropriate topics. Some of the text include video. Many of the texts are ideal for inquiry-based learning and support STEAM education.

Interactive activities

Sunshine Online includes fun, interactive activities that explore a wide range of skills. As the programme develops, many of the activities become more open-ended, allowing students to demonstrate their understanding of the text in creative ways.

Teacher resources

The Staffroom section provides teaching support resources. These include teaching notes, activity sheets, curriculum-linking documents, Skill Overview Charts etc.

Testimonials

Read what parents around Aotearoa say about Sunshine Online:

"Sunshine Online is the main English reading app for my son, that's amazing for him. My son made great progress from Level 1 to 15 in a very short time because of Sunshine's perfect structure. It helps to improve my son's hearing, reading skills, and analysis skills. That's so using for kids. We are so happy we can use such a great and useful app. That's the best app we use."

"We trialled Sunshine Books during our first lockdown. Our then 5 year old loved it! She loved being able to re read her favourite books and try out trickier books by listening first. Her decoding improved so much. Our now 4 year old is already so keen to try reading books as she has been watching her big sister do it. They both ask to have 'Sunshine time'! It is so user friendly and inviting for children. We have recommended Sunshine Books to lots of our friends. "

"This is an awesome online library for my kid. There are heaps of books and activities. He really enjoys reading books and doing the activities. It is inevitable to keep kids away from technology especially from tablets and the internet nowadays. It is really important that guiding them to use the internet and the tablet for useful things instead of playing games all the time. Sunshine Online Library is one of the best solutions to do it."

"This is an excellent website my children love the activities. They enjoy the activities online and I find the printable worksheets especially during lockdown a great way to practice writting skills hands on not just on a tablet. I would recommend to other parents who want to help there children have a solid foundation in learning."

"My boy hated reading, didn't get it. The odd Sunshine book we found at the library attracted his interest. My sister in law suggested Sunshine and wow! Reading has sky rocketed. "

"Our son Jordan has been using the Sunshine Online programme since August last year and it is amazing to see the impact the programme is making on his development! Jordan is 21 years and has very high special needs cerebral palsy. The programme is easy to use, has all his favourite books and many more ready at his fingertips and he can use it independently.

"My 6years old boy enjoyed Sunshine online pretty much during lockdown. When he got a new badge every three books reading, it made him more to read books. As English was our second language, it was also very helpful to listen the words and sentences by clicking the online books. He was quite into the math, zola and zina characters he liked and lettergetter.