I just googled beginning reader activities and found this great website. Although the website is mostly geared towards babies, there are wonderful ideas listed. The list is even organized into ideas for auditory learners, visual learners, and physical learners. Some of the ideas listed that I particularly liked were: great your child a library card, write a letter to your child's favorite author, go to a book signing party, make a reading fort, turn a book into art, leave notes for your child, and buy a big book. Check out this website to see what would be best for your student. Enjoy!
Spot books are great for beginning readers. Spot books have a lot of repetition and he is a fun character to read about. Check out the Fun with Spot website here. You and your student can read up on the author, buy Spot books, download Spot activity worksheets, and even play Spot games online. The games force your student to read in order to find where Spot is hiding. After your student has read a Spot book to you, they will love exploring this fun website. You can find a list of Spot books here. Have fun reading!
Looking for fun books for your student to read? Try the I Can Read book series. These books are geared towards beginning readers. The books have fun characters and interesting plots. Maybe you have heard of some of the characters: Pinkalicious, Biscuit, Fancy Nancy, Berenstain Bears, Amelia Bedelia, Splat the Cat, and more! Take a look at the following website to order these books as paperbacks or e-books: http://www.icanread.com/index.cfm. This website also includes fun worksheets and reading tips you can download on your computer. This website also has online games you can play that have to do with the characters found in I Can Read books. Have fun seeing all that this website has to offer!
Today I found yet another wonderful literacy website. Just check out http://www.abcya.com/ for some excellent reading games. On the website you will find:
-Grades K-5 leveled activities
-Easy to navigate games for young learners
-ABC games
-Stories
-Sight Word games
-Spanish Word games
-Spelling Word games
-Vocabulary Word games
You will love this website. Have fun!
There are so many great educational websites out there. I just found another great reading website called Mighty Book. You can see it here. This website includes:
-Stories and Songs (with the words at the bottom of the screen)
-Games (word recognition, coloring, counting, and more)
-Jigsaw Puzzles
-Coloring Pages
-Flashcards
-Fun with Art
Have fun checking out this great website. Your student will LOVE it!
Check out this awesome website called Primary Games. The games are free and cover the alphabet, sight words, simple sentences and more. There are crossword puzzles, hangman, word scrambles, and even word searches. You will love all the fun games this website has to offer. Check it out here.
Ready to get your student excited to read more? Get your student started on Smart Tutor lessons. The lessons focus on Phonics, Phonemic Awareness, Vocabulary, Sight Words, and Reading Comprehension. Your student will love the bright and fun pictures on this exciting website. Check it out here. Enjoy!
Check out some really cool reading and spelling games here. You will find games where you have to put words in alphabetical order, crossword games, vowel games, word scrambles, word searches, and more. You will love having so many reading games to choose from. Take a look!
Trying to find books to read with your student online? Check out Johnny's Story Page. On this website you will find links to interactive stories and also reading activities for kids. There are stories for beginning readers, classic stories, and stories for older readers. You will love all that this website has to offer. Check it out here. Have fun!
Just thank me later, okay? I found this wonderful website that lists TONS of interactive reading websites for young readers. By each website is a brief description of what you will find on the website. Not only is there a list of Reading websites, but there is also: Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, and Assessment. Take some time and check out this wonderful website. See which links would be most beneficial for your student. Just click here. Enjoy!
It's time to check out yet another great reading website! Children's Storybooks Online include books for younger children, older children, and even young adults! Some books include the audio, others do not. The pictures are cute and enjoyable. Some of the books you can just scroll down to see each page, other books you have to click next to get to the next page. This website also includes: Phonics Links, Riddles, Quizzes, and Award Links. Check out this great website here!
When I was a kid, the Pizza Hut Book It Program was a big deal. If your student loves pizza, you should look into getting them signed up for the Book It Program. Here is what you do:
1. Go to the following website: http://bookitprogram.com/
2. Scroll down to the bottom of the page under the Teachers category.
3. Click on How to Enroll.
4. Click on the school type, then your zip code, and lastly find your school! If you are not a teacher, go here: http://www.bookitprogram.com/parents/documents/enrollflierparent.pdf
5. Once all of the information is filled out, you will be sent all the forms needed to participate in the program.
Look through the website and you will find other great resources to help your child with their reading. This program is fun because students keep track of their reading and in the end get free pizza. Have fun getting your student started!
Looking for a fun way to practice long and short vowel sounds? Try out this fun online game called Color Short and Long Vowel Sounds. Here is what you do:
1. Go to the following website: http://www.turtlediary.com/grade-1-games/esl-efl-games/color-short-and-long-vowels.html
2. Click play.
3. Student chooses a long or short vowel sound color and paints all of the words that make that particular sound. For example, if your student clicked on Long A, they would click on the word plate and the other long A words.
4. When your student chooses the correct word, the computer makes a magic sound and then reads the word to reinforce it to your student. If your student chooses the incorrect word, the box will not be painted in.
5. Once your student has completed the game, they will have the option of playing the game again or a different educational game that pops up on the website.
Have fun!
Time to try out a new website! Click on this to get to EZSchool. On this website you will find over 3,000 worksheets and 800 online drills. This website has e-books with reading comprehension and over 100 educational games. It also includes over a dozen tutorials and a year round spelling program. The activities range from Preschool age up through high school. English, Math, Science, and Social Studies are covered on this website, along with some languages as well. Go ahead and take a look!
It's time to practice reading blends! Take a look at this website to get your student excited to read blends. The website includes the following types of worksheets:
-blend word lists
-fill in the blanks
-configurations
-cut and paste
-crossword puzzles
-Scrabble word fun
-alphabetical order
-word slides
-blend word books
-blends stationary
-word searches
-word wheels and more!
This website has a lot to offer. Have fun checking it out and utilizing the activities that best meet your student's needs!
Looking for a website to help you teach Phonics to your student? Try ABC Fast Phonics. Here is what you do:
1. Go to: http://www.abcfastphonics.com/
2. Click on the topic you would like to teach your student. Topics on the website include: Sounds and Letters, Words, Consonants and Vowels, Blends, and Common Words.
I like the website because first they explain the concept and then they give great examples to help the student understand it. Some of them even include a short game to go along with it.
Have fun checking it out!
To help your students understand the role vowels play in the words that they read, share this short LeapFrog clip with them. It explains just how sticky vowels really are. They HAVE to stick to letters. You might even print vowels off on paper and tape them on glue bottles, as seen here. Once students have those vowel sounds down, it will be that much easier for them to take off in their reading! Every word has at least one vowel! Have fun helping your students succeed!
Try out this really great educational website called Learning Games for Kids. You can find it at the following website: http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/. On the website you will see online games for kids in Preschool up to 8th grade. You will find Math games, Spelling games, Science games, Literacy games, Social Studies games, and even Keyboarding games. There are so many options and things to choose from. Give yourself and hour or two to look through the website and see all they have to offer. You won't be disappointed!
Looking for an exciting way to teach your student how to read magic e words? Check out this awesome movie found on youtube. The teacher in the movie explains how to make a magic e wand and make the vowel stand out with glitter. How fun! Who knew that learning about silent e could be so exciting!
When introducing vowels or vowel patterns, I like to use the Vowel Boot Camp videos found on youtube.com. They are very clever and get kids interested. I have listed below which vowels talk about which vowel patterns in the videos:
VOWEL A and VOWEL E- These videos talk about when two vowels are side by side in a word, the first one says its name.
VOWEL I and VOWEL O and VOWEL U- These videos talk about the silent e.
Your student will love watching these short clips. Not only are they humorous, but they teach the concepts well. Enjoy!
