Phonics
Websites
Starfall
A free website to teach children to read.
Perfect for kindergarten, first grade, and second grade. Contains exciting
interactive books and phonics games.
This BBC site does a
fabulous job of integrating audio and animation into a really fun learning
experience. Try Jim's Crankophone for practice in distinguishing vowel sounds
in Consonant-Vowel-Consonant words. Use the teacher's panel to control which
vowels are tested. I also liked the ten long-vowel poems ("Mr. Creep is
hardly sweet. He's got three legs and smelly feet.") with voice-over and
activities.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/index.shtml
Interactive
worksheets where the word search puzzles actually pronounce and spell each word
as you find it! Phonics is all about the learning of sounds, and this site has
plenty of sound. It's colorful, fun and has lots of variety, even though it's
not complete yet. For example, short vowels are covered, but long vowels are
not. As you finish each game, you earn certificates that can be printed or
e-mailed to friends, family and teachers.
http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=L2_LanguageArts&COOK=
This site houses
reading games according to age level.