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By: 10 Online Games To Practice Sight (Magic) Words | Planning With Kids

10 Online Games To Practice Sight (Magic) Words | Planning With Kids — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:00:37 +0000

[...] a previous post I wrote about 10 Resources On Children’s Literacy. They were resources on the web that I have used for ideas, strategies and to educate myself in the [...]

By: amy @teachmama

amy @teachmama — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:32:00 +0000

WOW! What a thorough and informative post! Thanks so much for allowing me to be a part of it!!

Cheers, friend–

By: Marita

Marita — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:16:46 +0000

This site was mentioned on ParentHacks this week:
http://www.slideshare.net/MommyTrackd/blog/watch-kids-reading-accomplishments-stack-up-with-an-i-read-that-chart

I like the idea of the I Read That Chart, especially now that Annie has progressed from the readers at school to chapter books.

By: Terry Doherty

Terry Doherty — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:40:35 +0000

You've nailed many of the go-to resources in the literacy wing of the blogosphere. I'd also encourage you to check out the Reading and Literacy Wiki that we've created to help centralize a lot of the content parents want/need in raising readers. You'll find contributions from all of these resources there. I'm glad to have found you!

By: Fiona

Fiona — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:25:26 +0000

and if you want awesome online games, try the bbc schools website!

By: Fiona

Fiona — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:24:55 +0000

I love starfall, and reading rockets is great – along with a partner website ldonline which has great tips for kids with language disorders, dyslexia and other learning difficulties like adhd and dyspraxia I love Mem Fox’s books, but not so keen on her philophies

By: Marita

Marita — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:38:36 +0000

My girls also love Starfall which they were introduced to through Annie’s school.

I’ve bee amazed at the speed with which Annie’s reading took off once she had the basic tools. It is so wonderful to be a part of the experience with her.

By: planningqueen

planningqueen — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:41:59 +0000

Harmzie, My daughter plays Starfall and I think it is a fantastic website for early readers. I have it on my list of online games that I am going to preview in a couple of weeks that help with learning sight words!

By: harmzie

harmzie — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:42:37 +0000

Great list! I’ll check them out.

Have you seen starfall? My kids have spent hours there playing with letters and reading stories. It also has a calendar feature which helps with months, and days of the week. It’s American, so the holidays and such are a little targetted, but otherwise, it’s an excellent resource. They don’t appear to have an agenda or be selling anything! I’d like to hear your take on it.

It was a favourite of my daughters but unfortunately my son tends to lean toward the Hot Wheels site :-S

http://www.starfall.com/

By: Jeanette McLeod

Jeanette McLeod — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:48:00 +0000

Great resources on here. I’ll be checking the ones I haven’t heard of out.