*denotes bilingual materials                       


Reading:

 

Arthur - literacy games and activities from Marc Brown and the PBS series. (K - 4)

 

Junie B. Jones - find out what's happening with Junie! (K - 4)

 

Book Adventure - Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children (K - 8).

 

Read In - THE READ IN! is an online interaction between children's authors and illustrators, and students.

 

Candlelight Stories - storybooks, pen pals and reader's theatre (K - 4).

 

Children's Story Books Online - free online books that are great for learning stations (PK - 5).

 

*Children's Books Online - books to read online in English and Spanish (PK - 4).

 

*International Children's Digital Library - multicultural books online (K - 4).

The Internet Public Library - online books for students (K - 4). Real Player Required

 

Lil' Fingers Storybooks - primary books that are read to students (PK - K).

Children's Stories - fairy tales and nursery rhymes read to students. Real Player Required

 

Primary Games Bookshelf - online books for students (PK - 2).

The Amazing Adventure - poems, stories and video adventures, WOW! (K - 4). Flash Required Get Flash Player

 

Children's Ebooks Site Map - guide to many books online (PK - 4).

 

Children's Literature Resource - excellent website with links to audio books and literature connections.

 

Story Bear - listen and read three great stories!

 


Phonics:

Phonics Year 2 -  excellent for phonics work (K - 2). Flash Required Get Flash Player

 

CVC - games to help consonant vowel consonant development. (PK - 2)

 

Consonant Clusters - games to help with the initial and end clusters in words (PK - 2).

 

Long Vowel Sounds - activities that focus on long vowel sounds (PK - 2).

 

High Frequency Words - activities with high frequency words (PK - 2).

 

Primary Phonics Games - activities from letter recognition and sound to blends (PK - 1).

 

Student Activity Center for Phonics and Word Study - activities for all levels (PK - 6)

 


Author Studies:

 

Authors and Illustrators on the Web - collection of children's literature authors and illustrators and links.

 

Eric Carle - a website dedicated to the books of Eric Carle.

 

About Marc Brown - biography and answers to questions about the Arthur series.

 

Jan Brett - wonderful activities from the world of Jan Brett.

 

Robert Munsch - poems, books and activities.

 

Tomie dePaola - books, biography and links!

 

Gail Gibbons - learn all about this non-fiction author includes a teacher resource.

 

Kevin Henkes - author to the memorable characters of Lily, Wemberly and Julius.

 

Beverly Cleary - Ramona forever!

 

J.K. Rowling - the creator of Harry Potter.

 

Barbara Park - see who's behind the adventurous Junie B. Jones.

 

Dr. Seuss - welcome to Seussville!

 


Writing:

 

Monster Motel - try writing about monsters but beware! (2 - 4).

 

Creative Writing - links and examples of different styles of writing (2 - 4).

 

KidAuthors - students can share stories and poems with students from around the world (2 - 4).

 

Power Proof Reading - activities allow students to proof read work (2 - 4).

 

Writer's Window - sharing and publishing stories, includes writer's workshop (1 - 4).

 

Writing with Writer's - Scholastic provides writing workshops (1 - 4). Other links are listed below.▼

 

     Writing a Book Review - learn how to write a book review with Rodman Philbrick (2 - 4).

 

     Descriptive Writing - learn how to write descriptive writing from Scholastic (1 - 4).

 

     Folktale - Writer's Workshop - learn how to write exciting folktales (2 - 6).

 

     Poetry Writing - designed to help students write poetry (4 - 8).

 

     Writing a Biography - learn how to write a biography (3 - 6).

 

     Mystery Writing - learn how to write a mystery with Joan Nixon (2 - 6).

 


Spelling:

 

Harcourt Spelling - multilevel spelling activities (1 - 4).
 

Spell Check - FunBrain offers an activity based spelling lesson (K - 4).

 

See N' Spell - primary games for spelling fun! (K - 2).

 

Missing Letters - students attempt to find the missing letters (K - 2).

 

Catch the Spelling - student spell from the Dolch word list in this interactive game (K - 3).

 

ABC Hide and Seek - for primary students learning sounds and spelling (PK -K).

 

*Scrabble for Kids - games that test spelling and vocabulary skills (1 - 4).

 


Poetry:

 

Giggle Poetry - funny poems for kids (K - 4)!

 

Forms of Poetry - poems, rhymes, limericks, free verse and more (K - 4).

 

Poetry4Kids - site with poems and links to other poetry based websites (K - 4).

 

KidzPage - poetry for young children (K - 4).

 

Barking Spiders - poetry for kids by CJ Heck (K - 4).

 

Grandpa Tucker's - rhymes, tales, poems and songs (K - 4).

 

Writing Poetry - take a trip with your favorite authors to write a poem (1 - 4).

 


Grammar:

 

Go for Grammar Gold - offers grammar games in grades 1 - 4.

 

Grammar Gorillas - FunBrain add fun to grammar (1 - 3).

 

English Online - GameZone - word study, vocabulary and grammar games (1 - 4).

 

Grammar Blast - Houghton Mifflin present games for students (2 - 5).

 

Word Play - games for parts of speech (1 - 4).

 


Games:

 

Between the Lions - phonics and word play games (PK - 2).

 

Primary Games: Reading - games for word work, phonics and reading (PK - 2).

 

ESL Games - games for students labeled as limited English proficient (1 - 4).

 

Language Arts Games - a compiled list of games for students (K - 4).