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Websites for Kids and Parents
From each of these sites
there are many other links that you can
click on.
Most
sites also have links to parent information.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets - teaching kids to read and
helping those who struggle,
reading research, parent tips, articles, and much more. U.S. Dept of Ed.
Starfall.com
Beginning readers can learn letters,
sounds, beginning phonics skills, word families (at, an, ip, og, et...).
The words are clearly spoken and students get an immediate response.
Reading and phonics skills can be printed.
Grade level
skills
Kindergarten - 8th grade. Scroll
down to the desired grade level and subject.
The subjects
include: literacy, math, phonics, spelling, word lists, stories to read,
and more.
ABC
Activities
Beginning literacy activities, suggested
letter book titles, letter activities, coloring pages, and more
RIF-Reading
is Fundamental
Young readers can listen and read
along with stories and songs in English and Spanish. There are activity
pages and much, much more - a real favorite for kids.
¡Colorín
colorado!: Información, actividades y asesoría para padres de familia que hablan
español Information and activities for Spanish
speaking families
Easy Vocabulary Games
Word games for all students and those
learning English
Interesting Things for ESL/EFL Students
Many choices of word games, vocabulary,
crossword puzzles
A site by the American Library Association
Great Sites for Kids
The Best Kids Book site
This site offers book suggestions by age,
gender, genre, topics, holidays,
and many more. If you need a book on a particular subject or age level you
might find it on this site.
PBSKids.org
Visit the Public Broadcasting Station's site that
brings you
educational programs.
The site includes reading, phonics, and other activities to
choose from.
Meet up with Arthur, Berenstein Bears, Between the Lions,
Bookworm Bunch, Clifford the big Red Dog, Dragon Tales, Reading Rainbow, and
many others....
Time for Kids
From the Times news magazine - (a version
just for kids) there are
games, news flashes, kids scoops, homework helper (math, language arts, writing,
social studies, science, arts, and more)
Book Nuts Reading Club for Kids and
Parents
Book Nuts Reading Club - a site that suggests book
titles on many topics and reading levels.
Books are reviewed by students. There is homework help, a Parent's Zone,
and many other links for all reading interests.
Family Education
for preschool - grade 12
Literacy information and school-parent
information, reading, writing, math, art, music, special needs questions,
ADD/ADHD, retention, homework help, tutoring, printable activity pages and much
more
Literature
Activities and Lesson Plans
All kinds of
book activities and information. Story webs, themes, poetry...
Read
Aloud Handbook author, Jim Trelease
Check out this site for information
on reading aloud to your child. There are suggested book titles that are
favorites for reading aloud
Book Lists for Kids and Adults
A huge and
very organized list of books. Some of the list categories are books by
authors, subjects, themes, "If I like this book then I might like these
books...", books for parents and teachers... It is worth checking out.
Why Read For 20 Minutes Every Day?
Graphically and mathematically explains
the importance of daily reading practice.
Reading Lady - comprehension
A site for those wanting more ideas on
how to support comprehension strategies before, during, and after reading.
There are fix-up strategies that help students know what to try when their
reading doesn't make sense, questioning, predicting, inferring, synthesizing,
and much more. There are also worksheets that can be printed.
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**Disclaimer - These sites have been checked out for their intended use for
elementary children and parents on the topic of literacy. If you come
across any information that is inappropriate, please let us know.