http://www.starfall.com

This site is great in teaching letters and their sounds.  It also works on skills when learning to read such as use of word chunks (-ox, -op) and stretching words in order to pronounce the word correctly.

Helpful Links

We teach your child every day and it helps to reinforce everything we teach them at home.  Below is a list of helpful links for you to use throughout your year in kindergarten.  We use them in the classroom and parents in the past have enjoyed using them at home!

http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/gooey.html

This site works on literacy and cognitive skills.  It is a lot of fun for this kids as well as you and is very interactive.  The children learn various ways to develop the skills needed in language arts

http://www.bbc.co.uk/children/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/cvc/index.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/4_11/

The BBC site ahs a lot of different activities for literacy and mathematical skills.  Browse through and you will find many fun things for home!

 

 

 

http://www.first-school.ws/theme/alphabetp1.htm

http://www.donnayoung.org/penmanship/index.htm

These websites are good for practicing handwriting.  We always teach writing by using the top, mid and base lines, and these sites always begin at the top line when writing.  Always good for practice!

http://www.storylineonline.net

http://kids.nypl.org/reading/Childrensebooks.cfm

Both of these sites offer books to read and listen to online.  Great for practice reading, as well as listening to fluent reading.  They are really enjoyable...