Website that helps kids become better readers?

@MrGeneVan How old are your nephews? What grade(s) are they in?

http://www.starfall.com/

Websites for Comprehension Practice

they are 7 and 8

Leap frog! It’s not a website but I like the frog hes cute

Hm. My son struggled when learning to read. By 2nd grade he STILL couldn’t read. Well, that was during that time when they thought teaching the “sight reading” was the way to go. Most of the teachers knew it was BS, and taught phonics under cover, but his teacher was one of the few that, I guess, didn’t know it, or was afraid to buck the system.

Anyway, my poor son. I would post a vowel on the wall above the couch, which would be the first thing you’d see when you come in the front door, and every time he saw it he had to make the (long/short, I forget) sound. Like, he’d walk in the front door and he’d see the “A” posted and he’d have to say “Ah ah ah ah ah” ten times!! Changed the vowels every couple of days, and by the end of the month he could read. He’s still not a real strong reader, but, it got him started. (And yes, he started coming in the back door, but eventually he’d have to pass through the living room and I’d git ‘em!!)

Well, I guess you’d call that website Mom’sWall dot com

I am a teacher and a website that I and my colleagues find very helpful is www.readinga-z.com. I am not sure how many of their resources you can access without a membership, but it might be worthwhile to become a member if you are going to use it a lot. There are leveled books that you can print out and staple together, with comprehension questions and activities to match each one.

My students love www.starfall.com, which is free and easy for kids to navigate. There are no comprehension questions to match the stories but there are lots of fun early-reader activities including letter-sound practice. A nice thing about the books on that website is that if a child is stuck on a word, s/he can click the word to hear it read aloud. Most books also have an option to hear the whole page read aloud at once. It’s a nice resource – very fun.

Another very helpful website is www.enchantedlearning.com. You can become a member for a small fee or you can access many resources without a membership. This website is not so much stories with questions, although there is some of that, but more language and literacy activities of all varieties along many different themes. I find that the best way to use this website is to navigate by theme – picking one (ie, animals) that you think your child will be interested in and seeing what activities are available.

Finally, the amazing librarian at my school has set up a website that includes tons of awesome on-line literacy games for each grade level. It’s a gold mine! Here it is: http://monarchcenters.wikispaces.com/ My students love it and I believe the games are truly helpful for emerging readers. Again, not really comprehension of stories, but fun literacy and language practice nonetheless.

What ever happen to going to the library?

And parents stepping in to help teach…

Thank-you everyone!