BBC Education - Online games and activities for phonics (Y)
iKnowthat.com - Online phonics activities and games (Y)
Saxon online phonics activities - (Y)
Alphabet Sounds Lotto - Alphabet Lotto is a free printout for beginning readers. Similar to BINGO, it has a caller who calls out phonics sounds which the players must find. The first person to cover the middle and all four corners or any five in a row is the winner. Make the gam (Y)
Book Adventure - For each book that your child reads, they look that book up in the Book Adventure database. Based on the reading level of a book, the site presents the child with a short quiz on the content of the book. As the child takes the quizzes, they accumulate po (Y, M, O, T)
Reading Comprehension - From rhlschool.com; free online worksheets to re-enforce comprehension (M) (M)
Rebus Rhymes - From Enchanted Learning; designed for children who are learning how to read; Preschoolers and Kindergartners enjoy picking out the words they can read in their favorite nursery rhymes (Y)
The Read-In - This page resources promotes literacy with a variety of resources. Pick and choose your books, as they do promote Goosebumps and other series with questionable content. (T)
Just for kids who love books - Alan Brown, a Canadian librarian, hosts this site that can save you time if you want to find the home of many popular series books. There are also places to submit reviews and stories. (Y, M, O, T)
Word Walls - Find out what a word wall is, as well as how to create and use one (T) (T)
A Book In Time - The Ultimate History Booklist! I have featured this site before, but they recently changed their URL and that was a reminder for me to mention it again. A Book In Time is a recommended reading list for history including fiction and non-fiction books liste (Y, M, O, T)
1000 Good Books - Gear up for great summer reads with this list (separated by age and category) from Classical Christian Homeschooling. "This 1000 Good Books List is by no means exhaustive. It is a listing of the books that 25 homeschooling mothers have come up with over t (Y, M, O, T)
Bembo's Zoo - Although not strictly educational, this site elicited a "That's cool!" the first time I saw it. It is a simple Flash application using the alphabet and zoo animals, but young children will love it. Each letter of the alphabet, when clicked, gives the name of an animal. The letters in the name then are rotated and resized into a picture of the animal. Very cool use of Flash! (Y)
DebFourBlocks - The Four-Blocks framework --- Guided Reading, Self-Selected Reading, Writing, and Working with Words--- represent four different approaches to teaching children to read. Daily instruction in all Four Blocks provides numerous and varied opportunities for all children to learn to read and write. Doing all four blocks acknowledges that children do not all learn in the same way and provides substantial instruction to support whatever learning personality a child has. (T)
Seussville - All things Seuss. A recipe for Green Eggs and Ham, Click & Play games, and Print and Play Activities. (Y)
Soaring Through Our Solar System - Reading Comprehension worksheets for solar system unit. (Grades 2-4) (Y)
Homeschooling Together - one family's attempt to make finding books and curriculum a lot easier for homeschoolers. They have categorized thousands of books, and for each book they display or link to reviews and prices from around the web and make it easy for you to check the book's availability in your local library (just follow the link on the book page and enter your zip code). The best feature of this site is the reviews by real people who have used the resources. The items are not limited to just curriculum, but also include topical books to supplement a subject. Free registration allows users to submit their own reviews. (Y, M, O, T)
Just One More Book - This website with a podcast is was create by the authors to tell "about the children's books we love and why we love them, recorded in our favorite coffee shop". Through this podcast and website, the site is building a lively, interactive community linking children's book authors, illustrators, readers (parents, children, librarians, teachers and literacy activists) and publishers. Busy parents and educators can now discover great read-aloud children's books while they are busy doing the many tasks that would otherwise rob them of the opportunity to research great children's books in more traditional ways. (Y, M, O, T)
Book Adventure - Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 7,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes. Book Adventure was created by and is maintained by Sylvan Learning. (Y, M)