![]() To answer the question the child will need to click on one of the high frequency words. I Can Read requires the child to listen to a simple sentence and the associated question. Star Wordsįrom BBC, Star Words requires the child to identify the shape of the sight words and match them up to the shape by either dragging the word to the shape or clicking on the shape. My only issue is that the audio could be a little clearer to make it easier for the children. It has a base of approx 35 words that it runs through of the easier sight words. Word Reader requires the child to listen to a word then click on its written form. What I like about this part is that the audio comes up slowly, so allows the child time to decode the word themselves. ![]() Three Little Plays has two components, firstly familiarising the child with the key words to be read in the play and then they read the play, by pressing on each word individually. Three Little PlaysĪnother game from the fab Starfall. Complete with record scratching sounds and throwing in words like “funky” and “alright”!! 3. Dub Cubsįrom PBS Kids, Dub Cubs focuses on rhyming words through allowing kids to make their own little rap. The Skills format is either a video reinforcing a skill required for reading like “chunking” or practicing blends. The Book format then focuses on a sound like the “short o” and children click on individual words on the book to listen to the word and read along. The play component had children making words with similar endings eg cot, pot, hot, dot. Learn To Read has 15 individual activities listed within the “Play, Book, Skills” format. This is the first game from Starfall that I will feature. Naturally most of these types of games can be done off line in some way, but I find sometimes it is helpful to change the learning medium to keep children interested and provide some variety from the rote learning that these lists requires.Ī big thank you to my daughter’s wonderful prep teacher who put me on to the many of these sites! 1. Today’s post lists online games that my children have used to help them master their sight words (also known has high frequency words). They were resources on the web that I have used for ideas, strategies and to educate myself in the area of children’s literacy. In a previous post I wrote about 10 Resources On Children’s Literacy. ![]()
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