Sites (26)

A to Z Flashcards
Scroll through the letters of the alphabet with animated pictures.

ABC Order
Students find the missing letter to solve the puzzle.

ABC Teach
ABC Phonics Flashcards.

ABC Teach
Phonics resources.

Adrian Bruce Reading Room Games
Collection of printable reading games that engage the emerging reader.

Alien Scavenger Hunt
Shoot the letters to make a word.

Alphabet Action
Click on the letters to hear the sound and matching animated word.

Animal Riddles
Guess the animal described in the riddle.

Arthur's Truck Adventure
Help Arthur find the truck that goes with each letter of the alphabet.

Bembo's Zoo
Click on the letter of the alphabet to see a related word morph into a picture.

Bembo's Zoo
Click on the letters and see them turn into animated creatures.

Literacy Centre Reading Skills
Online activities for phonics and cvc words.

Little Animal Activity Centre
Play games and learn first and end sounds as well as reading online stories.

Magic Key
Unlock the secrets of sentence writing and work out new words with characters.

Magic Pencil
Watch the magic pencil write the blends.

Mrs Alphabet
Variety of games and activities.

Online Reading Games
Online alphabet and vocabulary games for infants.

Picture Match
Learn beginning, short and long vowel sounds by matching the sounds with the pictures.

Planet Mom's Alphabet Ideas
Online Interactive Alphabet activities.

Reading Room 3 - Blends Games
Collection of printable reading games for teaching blends that engage the emerging reader.

Sequencing Fun
Large list of activities where students number the pictures to get the sequences correct.

Starship English
Unscramble the words and create stories of your own.

The Highway Game
Find all the letters of the alphabet with this online game.

TVO Kids
Kids games and activities (most online)covering many different areas of learning. Great setup and interface. Just follow the links to the games.

Whirlyword Machine
Whirlyword is a 'fruit machine' that makes 3 letter CVC words.

Words and Pictures
Online phonics games.

Lessons (17)

Book Sorting
This sorting activity addresses critical-thinking skills, observation and categorization processes, and reading comprehension and provides an opportunity for observation of student interaction and con

Early Reading Skills Activities
Extensive list of skills each with links to related online games and activities.

From Stop Signs to the Golden Arches
The purpose of this lesson is to help them make that leap through the use of environmental print.

Generating Rhymes
This lesson supports the goal of helping young students develop phonemic awareness and recognize and generate rhymes through songs, poems, and games.

Gingerbread Phonics
In this lesson, early readers in grades K–2 use familiar words from a traditional story to learn letter–sound correspondence.

Kinder Reading and Literacy Skill Worksheets
100 worksheets in PDF format to support the teaching of reading to Kinder students.

Letter Recognition and Sound Identification
Students apply their knowledge of letters and letter sounds as they identify pictures in an attractively illustrated alphabet book.

Name Talk: Exploring Letter-Sound Knowledge
Working with name cards written by themselves or an adult, students share observations about their names and the names of their classmates.

Name Talk: Exploring Letter-Sound Knowledge
Working with name cards written by themselves or an adult, students share observations about their names and the names of their classmates.

Nursery Rhyme Activities
Collection of nursery rhymes and associated activities.

Phonemic Awareness
Set of lessons for developing phonimic awareness.

Phonics In Context
In this lesson decoding skills are introduced, taught, practiced, and reinforced within contexts meaningful to students.

Phonics Through Literature
This lesson incorporates the use of children's literature, in addition to various learning centers and activities that focus on learning about the letter m.

Reading Activity Worksheets
Worsheets for the alphabet and simple word activities.

Sort the Words
Skills in sound pattern recognition and reading by sorting patterns. Emergent readers will strengthen skills in sound pattern recognition and reading by sorting patterns.

Using a Predictable Text
This lesson uses a predictable text to help students learn high-frequency words.

Whole-to-Parts Phonics Instruction
Letter-sound correspondences are taught within a meaningful context, and in an explicit, systematic, and extensive manner.

Software (3)

Learn Letters
Teaches children to know and make the 26 letters of the alphabet. Download a free version here.

Letter Sounds
Helps children make the first, vital connection between the letters of the alphabet and the sounds they represent. Download a free version.

Sebran's ABC
Sebran’s ABC’s colorful pictures, pleasant music, and gentle games teach letters, numbers, simple math, and rudiments of reading. Freeware.

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Teacher Reference (15)

A Model Lesson Plan for Teaching Phonics
The following lesson designs demonstrate what the thinking process might entail as a teacher instructs a pupil in the area of phonics.

Adrian Bruce Reading Games
Instructions and printable card and board games.

Alphabet Game
Activity for helping students remember sounds.

Arkansas Comprehensive Early Literacy Model
Literacy teaching ideas and curriculum for infant grades.

First Alphabet
The lesson plans and activities, crafts, printable activities, worksheets, suggested children's literature and related early childhood resources for each letter.

Four Ways To Teach Reading
The four main methods used to teach children how to read are explained.

How to Teach Phonics To Your Child
Tips and Ideas on how to teach your child to recognize letter sounds, recognize letters, and pronunciations.

Kinder Reading Program
100 School-Home Links activities for the kindergarten level. The activities are organized by reading and literacy skills appropriate to this grade.

Phonemic Activities
Activities designed to stimulate the development of phonemic awareness.

Rhyme Zone
Enter a word and this site produces a list of rhyming words.

Stages of Early Literacy Development
Learn about the characteristics of the stages of early literacy development.

Teach with Phonics Skills Chart
Key phonics skills, the approximate age most kids master them, and illustrations of mastery.

Up To Ten Games
Over 600 educational games and puzzles.

Web Sites for Teaching Phonics
List of sites that could be useful when teaching phonics in the early primary grades.

Webbing Into Literacy
Downloadable reading program which emphasises the use of nursery rhymes in the teaching of reading.

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