Language Arts Beginning Readers Games and Websites

Beginning Readers Games and Websites

These 30 websites and games help beginning readers learn how to read.  They feature fun and colorful interactives with animations to help kids practice their skills in letter sounds, phonics, phonemic awareness and sight word recognition.  Some of the websites also help kids learn word patterns and word families.

Read reviews of free reading games and interactives for beginning readers on the post, Elementary Reading Websites for Kids , Best Reading Apps for Kids, and Free eBooks for Kids.

 
 
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Alphabetimals

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Author/Host of Website

Patrick O'Toole
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Early Elementary (K-2)
The Alphabetimals are cartoon animals shaped like the letters of the alphabet to help kids learn their ABCs. On the site is a free interactive book and video with each...
 
 
BBC Schools Literacy Games

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Author/Host of Website

BBC Schools
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Elementary (K-5)
These literacy games from BBC Schools emphasize phonics, rhyming words, alphabetical order, spelling, pronouns, conjunctions, synonyms, punctuation and sentence construction, deductive reasoning, and using dictionaries. Because it is a UK...
 
 
Between the Lions

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Author/Host of Website

WGBH & Sirius Thinking/pbskids.org
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site has content for Parents
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Early Elementary (K-2)
Between the Lions has reading games, folktales and fables, and video songs to help kids learn key reading skills. The characters and music are engaging, and the activities are rooted...
 
 
Bridge to Reading

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Author/Host of Website

Owl & Mouse Educational Software
Type of Educational Content

Software
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Early Elementary (K-2)
From site: Bridge to Reading is a computer program that takes a child on the journey from being a non-reader to being a beginning reader. From the first...
 
 
Free-reading

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Author/Host of Website

Free-reading.net
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Early Elementary (K-2)
From site: Free-Reading is an ongoing, collaborative, teacher-based, curriculum-sharing project. We're looking to provide a reliable forum where teachers can openly and freely share their successful and effective methods for...
 
 
Informal Assessment

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Author/Host of Website

Reading Rockets
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
All Ages (K-12)
This series of brief videos illustrates and emphasizes the importance of frequent informal assessments of beginning readers. This helps to identify areas of difficulty early and target instruction to...
 
 
Lanternfish Phonics Monster

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Author/Host of Website

Lanternfish Phonics
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Early Elementary (K-2)
From site: The phonic monsters are a fun way to learn and practice phoneme-grapheme correspondences. The phonic monsters are a series of 18 plus words that...
 
 
Learn to Read at Starfall

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Author/Host of Website

Starfall.com
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Early Elementary (K-2)
There are a variety of activities for beginning readers to interact with short stories. These include a calendar, Earth Day clean up project, word hunt, and turkey dress up,...
 
 
Learning Letters

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Author/Host of Website

Owl & Mo9use Educational Software
Type of Educational Content

Software
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site has content for Parents
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Early Elementary (K-2)
From site: Learn Letters teaches children to know and make the 26 letters of the alphabet. Using the shapes the letters have in common, the child is guided as...
 
 
Letter Sounds

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Author/Host of Website

Owl & Mouse Educational Software
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site has content for Parents
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Early Elementary (K-2)
From site: Letter Sounds helps children make the first, vital connection between the letters of the alphabet and the sounds they represent. Children move pictures to the letters...
 
 
Lexia Early Reading

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Author/Host of Website

Lexia Learning Systems, Inc.
Type of Educational Content

Software
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site has content for Parents
You must pay to use this site
Grade Level
Early Elementary (K-2)
From site: Lexia Early Reading is a state-of-the art interactive reading program, specifically designed to increase phonological awareness among 4 to 6 year olds....A powerful combination of methodology and...
 
 
Lexia Primary Reading

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Author/Host of Website

Lexia Learning Systems, Inc.
Type of Educational Content

Software
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site has content for Parents
You must pay to use this site
Grade Level
Elementary (K-5)
From site: Lexia Primary Reading is designed to help all children master basic reading skills. The program gives instant feedback and adjusts automatically to each child’s...
 
 
Literactive

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Author/Host of Website

Entertainment & Information Industries Ltd.
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site has content for Parents
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Early Elementary (K-2)
From site: Literactive is the leading provider of reading material for pre-school, kindergarten and grade 1 students available online. The program is comprised of carefully levelled guided readers,...
 
 
Monkey Business

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Author/Host of Website

Game Goo/Houghton Mifflin
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Early Elementary (K-2)
In the Monkey Business game, you have to put the words in the correct order for the monkey to make it safely across. Each time you win, you...
 
 
My Reading Coach

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Author/Host of Website

MindPlay/Methods and Solutions, Inc.
Type of Educational Content

Software
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site has content for Parents
You must pay to use this site
Grade Level
Elementary and Middle (K-8)
From site: Scientifically Valid Instruction for Struggling Readers My Reading Coach is a reading software program that provides a personal reading specialist and speech pathologist for every student,...
 
 
 
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