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ABC
http://www.orgdot.com/abc
See if you can make all of the letters of the alphabet with this fun game from Sweden!
Bembo’s Zoo
http://www.bemboszoo.com/Bembo.swf
Beautiful site that builds images out of the letters in the alphabet. Each page goes by a bit too fast and would be better if it would go slower but still worth a visit.
NEW! Between the Lions
http://pbskids.org/lions
Between the Lions offers a wealth of literacy resources - games, stories, video clips, and activities - for you to share with your emerging reader.
Bookshelf
http://www.primarygames.com/storybooks/bookshelf.htm
Books for beginning readers.
Chateau Meddybemps
http://www.meddybemps.com/index.html
This site encourage parents to explore the fun in learning. Discuss this. Play with that. Answer a riddle. Learn about letters of the alphabet. Count, color and create. Write a story.
Clifford Interactive Storybooks
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1
Read a story or play a learning game.
Elmo's Keyboard-O-Rama
http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/games/flash.php?contentId=9495524
Click on the keyboard and watch what happens!
Game Goo – Learning That Sticks!
http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/gooeyhome.html
This site is designed for to help build reading and language arts skills for young children (K-2).
NEW! Flazeebo
http://www.inklesstales.com/grownups/flazeebo.pdf
Flazeebo is a creative game from Inkless Tales that you can download, print and play right away. All it requires is your imagination. You can play the game right out of the printer, or you can try the suggestions and create your own game board. Try Flazeebo today and see how many different ideas you and your students and your children can come upi with. There's even a kit for paper dice. And it's all free.
NEW! Inkless Tales
http://www.inklesstales.com
Stories, poems, math, music, science and more. This is a wonderful site to explore with young learners.
NEW! Into the Book
http://reading.ecb.org
Into the Book is a reading comprehension resource for K-4 students and teachers that focuses on eight research-based strategies: Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating and Synthesizing. Students can watch engaging 15-minute videos and then try the online interactive activities.
Literacy Center
http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm#
This site offers a variety of letter, shape, and number activities for young learners in your choice of language (English, German, French, and Spanish).
Reading is Fundamental
http://rif.org
Fun reading-based activities for elementary students.
Scrambled Sentences
http://www.msrossbec.com/scrambleintro.shtml
Choose a sentence to unscramble and then click and drag the words and pictures into place.
Starfall
http://www.starfall.com
Books and games offer beginning readers the opportunity to explore and interact with words and the sounds that make up those words. Starfall has a focus on simple, fun interactivity and the sounding out of almost every word. (K-3)
Words and Pictures
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/index.shtml
There are so many excellent activities listed on this BBC site that there wouldn't be room to list them all!
Absolutely Whootie ~ Stories to Grow By
http://www.storiestogrowby.com
Folk and fairy tales from around the world that help kids grow.
NEW! Audible Kids
http://kids.audible.com
AudibleKids is an engaging, interactive community of parents, their kids, and educators that promotes the fun of storytelling through audiobooks. Listen to books, read and post reviews and share your favorites with others. (Cost involved with accessing literature on this site.)
Audrey Wood
http://www.audreywood.com
Audrey Wood is a successful children's author/illustrator who has worked with the best illustrators (David Shannon, Mark Teague, her husband Don Wood) around. Books include: Piggies, King Bidgood's in the Bathtub, The Napping House and Heckedy Peg, to name a few of about 50 books she's written or collaborated on.
BookCrossing
http://www.bookcrossing.com
BookCrossing has one goal... to make the whole world a library! This site encourages readers to love books enough to let them go - into the wild to be found by others. Click on Books and Browse Books to view both Children's and Teen's books waiting to be found... After reading a book, BookCrossers register the book and mark the inside cover with the site's URL and an identification number provided by BookCrossing.com. Users then leave the book in a public place or pass it on to a friend. The new reader is encouraged to join the free site, post comments about the book, and, before re-releasing it, let the previous owners know it's in good hands. I would strongly recommend that registration and participation be done as a family or as a class - don't register students individually. Have fun and I'll be watching for your books! What a wonderful way to share the books you love and integrate technology at the same time!
Book Pals
http://www.bookpals.net/storyline
Students can hear some popular books read aloud.
Book-Pop
http://www.bookpop.com
This is an absolutely wonderful web site of web-enhanced reading adventures written and read by Steven Cosgrove (author of Serendipity Books). All stories are beautifully illustrated.
Clifford Interactive Storybooks
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1
Dave Pilkey’s Extra-Crunchy Web Site O’ Fun!
http://www.pilkey.com/index.php
I’m sure you can imagine what you would find here!
Edmonton Public Library
http://www.epl.ca
NEW! Elements of a Story
http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/index.html
Elements of a Story is an interactive web site where students in grades 2 to 5 can learn about different literary "ingredients" that make up a story. After watching and listening to an interactive version of "Cinderella," students will learn about various elements that are common to all stories: setting, characters, plot, exposition, conflict, climax, and resolution. This site features an interactive explanation of each literary element, which is then followed by a series of activities to enhance students' understanding. Students will be asked to put plot developments into the correct order, select appropriate settings and characters, and sort events and exposition. Great for review of story elements and guiding students as they write their own stories.
Harper Colin’s Children’s Books
http://www.harperchildrens.com
NEW! International Children's Digital Library
http://www.icdlbooks.org
Read over 2600 kid's books online in 48 different languages from over 45 different countries! The ICDL Foundation's goal is to build a collection of books that represents outstanding historical and contemporary books from throughout the world. Ultimately, the Foundation aspires to have every culture and language represented so that every child can know and appreciate the riches of children's literature from the world community.The ICDL are continuously working to improve the user experience of reading books. To this end, they offer many books with PopoutText and ClearText, two significant new book reading technologies that improve readability, accessibility, and offer the potential of displaying translations in place, and allowing people to switch the language of the book page by page as they read – which is a great way to learn other languages.
Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace
This is a truly an incredible site! Go into the kid’s section and discover hundreds of online resources all of which are organized by category. There's so much here there's no way to describe it but to say take a look and be sure to bookmark it!
Jan Brett’s Home Page
http://www.janbrett.com
Kidsreads
www.kidsreads.com
Kidsreads is an excellent place for kids to find info about their favorite books, series and authors.
NEW! Learn Out Loud
http://kids.learnoutloud.com/Kids-Free-Stuff
Learn Out Loud Kids Stuff Section features free podcasts and audio & video resources for kids & teens to learn from. Most audio titles can be downloaded in digital formats such as MP3 and most video titles are available to stream online. Enjoy titles such as Aesop's Fables PodcastAlice's Adventures in Wonderland, American Indian Fairy Tales, Robinson Crusoe, Tom Sawyer, Call of the Wild, Moby Dick, The Secret Garden, War of the Worlds, Treadure Island, and collections of literature and poetry for different grade levels. (There is also a huge collection of titles for purchase.)
Lemony Snicket ~ A Series of Unfortunate Events
http://www.lemonysnicket.com/index.cfm
NEW! Lookybook
http://lookybook.com
Picture books are for looking at and Lookybook has made it possible to view entire books from cover to back. They recognize that their site will never replace an actual book in your hands but they hope to show you new books and to help you make informed choices for you and your children. Every book can be reviewed, rated, shared, put on a bookshelf, and purchased if you choose. The selection grows daily and is enriched by the regular reviews and ratings by their viewers. You do not need to register for access to the books unless you would like to create your own public bookshelf or submit reviews.
NEW! The Official Robert Muncsh
http://www.robertmunsch.com/booklist.cfm
Books, poems, kids' art, author info, unpublished stories, and MP3 files of many of Robert Muncsh stories are available at this official web site. Download your favourite stories as MP3 files and pair them with a copy of the book for a fun reading experience!
Patricia Polacco
http://www.patriciapolacco.com
Postcards, quizzes, and activities centered around this favourite author’s books.
Reading Planet
http://www.rifreadingplanet.org/rif
If you join RIF's Reading Planet Web site, you will have access to numerous features. You can create your own home page that will contain a personalized paragraph about you and lists of your favorite RIF Reading Planet books, activities, and articles. You can also rate the books in RIF's Book Place and write reviews that will be posted on the site for the whole world to see. Registration is free.
Roald Dahl Web Site
http://www.roalddahl.com
Everything you ever wanted to know about the amazing life and times of the author Roald Dahl.
NEW! Signed Stories
http://www.signedstories.com
Signed Stories has a very simple goal – to help improve the literacy of deaf children by allowing them to share in the joy of storytelling. Signed Stories is also designed to be a resource for adults to use alongside children. The videos can be paused while you point to signs, illustrations and words, and the introduction will tell you why we've chosen those stories - which ones are good for introducing new signs or adding props and toys and which ones are simply fun to share.
StorylineOnline
http://www.storylineonline.net/storyline
The Screen Actors Guild Foundation is proud to bring you Storyline
Online, an on-line streaming video program featuring SAG members reading
childrens books aloud. Stories such as 'Brave Irene' by William Stieg and 'Thank You Mr. Falker' by Patricia Polacco are hand-picked by BookPALS National Program Director Ellen Nathan, a former teacher and librarian.
Suessville
http://www.seussville.com
Tackle Reading
http://www.eduplace.com/tacklereading/index.html
Talking Tales
http://calgarypubliclibrary.com/kids/story/welcome.htm
Calgary Public Library presents animated picture books complete with music, sound, and narration for younger students. Stories include 'The Turnip', 'Three Billy Goats Gruff', and 'The Gingerbread Boy'.
Tumblebooks
http://www.sclibrary.ab.ca/kids/reading/stories.htm
TumbleBooks is an online collection of animated, talking picture books, reading comprehension quizzes, educational games, and teacher resources intended for children from K-3.
NEW! Wired for Words
http://www.wiredforwords.com/wiredforwords.html
Wired for Words is dedicated to providing young avid readers with a place to get some advice on best-reads! It is also a place where students can share information about recommended books or read the reviews sent in by other readers. This site was created by the Calgary Board of Education.
The World of Beverly Cleary
http://www.beverlycleary.com/index.html
Lots of information about Beverly Cleary and her books as well as activities.
World of Peter Rabbit
http://www.peterrabbit.co.uk
This web sites includes lots of Peter Rabbit activities as well as an opportunity to follow along and listen to some of these famous stories.
Fridge Poetry Online
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/poetry/wordplay/game.shtml
Choose your category, select a background, and then click and drag your words to create your own "refrigerator" poetry with this online poetry game site from BBC.
Imagination at Work
http://www.imaginationcubed.com
This online interactive writing and drawing space will let your child send finished products by email to friends or relatives as well as invite someone to join them for a collaborative session. Write a thank you note, invite a friend over to play, or announce some recent news to grandparents... Choose your tool, colour, and background and begin creating!
Instant Poetry Forms
http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm
Instant Poetry Forms consists of more than sixty interactive literacy
activities. An interesting, fun tool.
NEW! Magnetic Poetry
http://www.magpo.com/kidspoetry
Play with words at the Kid's Poetry Page. Choose the 'Kid's Kit', 'First Words', 'Best Friends', or 'Storymaker' to play with language and improve reading and writing skills. There are lots of ideas for its use listed in the Classroom Guide under Educators.
NEW! Storybird
http://storybird.com
Storybird promotes imagination, literacy, and self-confidence.Storybirds are short, visual stories that you make with family and friends to share and (soon) print. Users choose artwork from a specific artist and then add text to create a storybook.
Write a Postcard
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/phonics/postcard/index.shtml
Help Salty Sam write a postcard and get used to using words containing alternative spelling patterns for vowel phonemes in sentences.
Writing Paper Templates
http://www.vickiblackwell.com/makingbooks/writingpaper.htm
Is your child tired of writing on a blank Word document? Spice up writing tasks by using one of these colourful PowerPoint templates and there are so many to choose from! Remember though, you must first save the file to your computer by "Right Click > Save Target As." Choose where you want to save the file and then click "Save".
Book Hooks
http://www.bookhooks.com/index.cfm
Give your budding writers and blossoming readers a chance to be heard at this Canadian site! Students can publish illustrated book reports, reviews and author biographies at Book Hooks. Readers are encouraged to draft both editorial and generative reviews, write independently or in response to guidelines and to include illustrations, photographs, etc. Students can also contribute material for crossword puzzles and word searches.
NEW! Meet Me at the Corner
http://meetmeatthecorner.org
MEET ME AT THE CORNER, Virtual Field Trips is a series of free educational video pod casts for children ages 7-13 with links to websites and a Learning Corner with follow-up questions. This dynamic, interactive site, encourages individual expression and participation through video submissions from children worldwide - including Edmonton! Through these video pod casts, Meet Me at the Corner hopes to create a community of children who have learned the art of self-expression and storytelling through video.
World of Reading
http://www.worldreading.org
Where kids and books come together! Encourage your children to read stories and novels and review them for the world! World of Reading has been around for many years now and provides a safe place for kids to publish their thoughts about literature.
Look, Cover, Write, Check
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/toftwood/lcwc.html
This is a good site for practising spelling words. You can use the words provided, choose from others, or put your own words in. The problem with this site is that there is limited time to study each word before you are required to write it.
Look, Cover, Write, Check (#2)
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/lookcover/lookcover.html
Very much like the site above but this site allows for unlimited time to study each word before you have to write it. A much better choice for younger students or those that don't appreciate the extra pressure. Watch words with capitals; they are not recognized and indicated as being incorrect.
Picture Match
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/picturematch
See 'n Spell
http://www.primarygames.com/see-n-spell/more_vowels/start.htm
You'll feel like you are playing with magnetic letters on your fridge with this game from Primary Games.com. You can choose which sounds you'd like to work with (short vowels, digraphs, plurals, etc.).
SpellaRoo
http://www.funbrain.com/spellroo/index.html
Spellaroo can hop better than he can spell. Click on the word that is spelled wrong. (Beginner and Intermediate)
Spell Check
http://www.funbrain.com/spell/index.html
An interactive spelling challenge to practice spelling words; different levels of difficulty.
Spellbound
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/den/spelling/index.htm
Drag and drop letters to spell a word on this BBC education site.
NEW! Spelling Bee
http://www.learner.org/interactives/spelling/index.html
Listen to three stories, one at a time, and then spell words from each story. If you get stumped, you can click to hear a word again, as many times as you need to. If you're in grade three or higher, you can ask for a definition too. Since words often make more sense when they are attached to an idea, all the words in the story or sentences are in context. Review the words, hear the audio, and spell the missing words. Make sure to check your spelling carefully, since your results will be calculated at the end.
Whomp!
http://www.fekids.com/kln/games/whomp
Can you make the most words and earn the title, "King of the Monsters?"
Wordo
http://www.primarygames.com/langarts/wordo/start.htm
Clear the tiles before they stack to the top by spelling words with 3 or more letters.
Word Wizard
http://readwritethink.org/materials/wordwizard
Organize letters to answer riddles.
Education Place – English (K-8)
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme
Education Place – Word Find (all grades)
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmsv
Puzzlemaker
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com
Make your own word puzzles…an incredibly fun site by Discoveryschool.com
NEW! Verb Viper
http://arcademic.altec.org
Verb Viper encourages your child to choose correct verb tenses (present, past, past participle), recognize correct verb forms (ran instead of runned), and recognize subject/verb agreement (I am, he is). You select game content to suit the needs and abilities of your child. *Optimized for use with the Nintendo Wii™ gaming system.
Word Find
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmsv
Lots and lots of different word searches.
NEW! Word Frog
http://arcademic.altec.org
Word Frog provides practice in matching antonyms, synonyms, and homonyms. The target word appears on the frog, with the word category underneath defining the relationship to be matched. Match the center word with the correct word on the incoming flies by firing the frog's tongue at the correct fly. *Optimized for use with the Nintendo Wii™ gaming system.
Word Lab
http://www.primarygames.com/langarts/wordlab/start.htm
Guess all ten words by filling in the missing letters.
NEW! Word Magnets
http://www.xmleducation.co.uk/magnets.html
Word Magnets lets you create vocabulary words that can be moved around the computer screen or an interactive whiteboard to create sentences or demonstrate understanding. This new web site created by educators in the UK is quick and easy to use. Have fun!
Word Search Puzzlemaker
http://www.awesomeclipartforkids.com/crossword/crosswordpuzzlemaker.html
To create a free wordsearch puzzle worksheet, enter your information and select the design options you would like to use. Print off and search when you are done!
Basic Handwriting for Kids
http://www.handwritingforkids.com/handwrite/index.htm
Each lesson is featured on its own page, and kids are shown in simple steps how to write the numbers, letters, and sentences. Kids can trace uppercase and lowercase letters, and even blank sheets are provided for kids to practice more before their next lessons!
Slate
http://www.primarygames.com/langarts/slate/start.htm
Slate is a fun little drawing applet that helps kids practice their mouse-handwriting.
Stationery for Writers
http://www.primarygames.com/print_zone/stationery/stationery.htm
http://www.primarygames.com/print_zone/stationery/older/bigstationery.htm
Use this stationery to spice up your writing!
NEW! PBS KIDS Interactive Whiteboard Games
http://pbskids.org/whiteboard
The PBS KIDS Interactive Whiteboard Games collection is an outstanding collection of activities to support Language Arts, Math, Social Sciences, and the Arts. When you go to the site, you can click on the subject area and it will scroll to that particular subject area. In addition, you can also sort on title, description, level, topic, and audio by clicking on the corresponding word in the header for each subject. This PBS site offers a fun way to reinforce concepts with young learners at home as well as an excellent resource for teachers to use with their interactive whiteboards.
NEW! Totlol
http://www.totlol.com
Totlol is a video website designed specifically for children. It is community moderated, constantly growing, and powered by YouTube. At Totlol you can watch from a huge selection of videos submitted by parents including Seuss, Disney, fairy tales... Search by category or search by language. You don't need to register but registration does allow for more options (resizing video etc).
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