Free Sites That Teach Literacy

These sites are great practice for students learning how to read.

Starfall’s Learn to Read Site   (K – 1^st grade)

http://www.starfall.com/

This site contains an easy way to access letters and letter sounds by moving the cursor over the block.  There are 4 different activities listed on the left hand side of the page with music and/or sound.  A number of other activities or videos are available on the right hand side of the page and include these concepts:  calendar, 100^th day, and holidays.

Gameaquarium   (K– 4^th grade)

http://www.gamequarium.com/

http://www.gamequarium.org/dir/Gamequarium_Junior/Beginning_Sounds/

There are many games on Gameaquarium that are educational.  The second web address listed is helps with beginning sounds of letters.

Family Learning (K-2nd grade)

http://www.familylearning.org.uk/phonics_games.html

This site contains many games that give students a place to practice phonics.  They tend to be at a medium level or higher.

Soft Schools  (K-8th grade)

http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/phonics/

This site has no sound.  It contains many games that include spelling.  There are grammar games for older students.

Game Goo Learning That Sticks  (K-4th grade)

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

A more advanced game for alphabetizing the alphabet and such.

Between the Lions (K-2nd grade)

http://pbskids.org/lions/games/

http://pbskids.org/lions/stories/

Good for practicing phonics, can be used with the younger kids.

Synthetic Phonics (K-3rd grade)

http://genkienglish.net/phonics.htm

There are two free sites that can be reached from the blue box in the top section of the page.  At this time only the first site is available.  The letters are listed as well as different vowel sounds.  If you move the cursor over the letter then you hear the phonemic sound of that letter. 

Sesame Street (K-2grade)

http://www.sesamestreet.org/