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:
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/
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