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!
Everyone loves playing and watching Jeopardy! Try playing Sight Word Jeopardy with your students. They will enjoy playing. You can make your own or go to this website to play it online. In Sight Word Jeopardy a player gets more points if the sight word is more difficult to read. What a fun way to practice and find out what sight words your students know. Have fun!
If you love to watch or play Wheel of Fortune, you will love the game Word Reveal. Get your student excited to practice sight words by playing this fun game. This is all you do:
1. YOU WILL NEED: Word Reveal Game Board found here (make sure to print it on legal paper), fine tip dry erase markers (or pencils if you choose not to laminate), page marker post-it notes, laminator (optional), and a list of six sight words.
2. PREPARATION: Once you have printed the Word Reveal Game Board and have laminated it, get your sight word list. Write the sight words (with one letter in each box) with the dry erase marker. Then place a post-it note page marker over the top of each letter. Don't use yellow post-its because your student will be able to see through!
3. TO PLAY: Ask your student to guess letters.
4. Uncover the letters as your student guesses them.
5. Encourage your student to guess which of their sight words are on the game board. Once they have guessed correctly, have them spell the word, peeling the post-its off as they say each letter. This will help them know they are right and have won!
You can check out this fun game here. Enjoy!
