Sunday, September 16, 2012

FREE Links and Apps for Practising Letters and Letter Sounds










By approximately December of grade one, first grade students are typically expected to be reading at about Level E however, if your child is still struggling with his/her letter recognition and/or letter sound skills, daily practise using the following links and/or ipad/iphone app suggestions is recommended:


Letter Recognition Activity/Game Links:
http://www.abcya.com/first_grade_computers.htm
http://www.boowakwala.com/alphabet/online-alphabet-game.html
http://www.hiddenobjectgames.com/hiddenobjectgame.php?hiddenobject=Mouse+House+Celebration&game=191
http://kids.aol.com/games/learn-your-letters/
Letter-Sound Activity/Game Links:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/kplus_alpha.htm
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-a/learn-to-read/load.htm?f
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-b/index/load.htm?f
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-c/index/load.htm?f
http://languageartsgames.4you4free.com/letter_sounds.html
http://www.familylearning.org.uk/phonics_games.html
http://www.nickjr.com/games/all-shows/letters-spelling-games/all-ages/index.jhtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/phonics/play/
http://www.ictgames.com/phonemePopLS_v2.html


FREE ipad/iphone Apps:
  • Letter Quiz
  • Little Writer
  • ABC Letter Tracing
  • iWriteWordsLite
  • abc PocketPhonics Lite
  • Letter Sounds
  • ABC Mysteries: Hidden Letters
  • Little Speller - Three Letter Words
  • Spelling Bug
  • Sentence Reading Magic
  • Alphabet is fun
  • Little Reader 3 Letter Words
  • Phonics Fun 4
  • Touch n Spell