Reading

» Starfall
   Free site to teach the basics of reading. Features interactive books and phonics games.
   http://www.starfall.com/

» BBC Education - Words and Pictures
   Colorful games, printable pages, animations and other activities to help 5 to 7 year olds with reading and phonics.

   
   http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/index.shtml

» Book Adventure
   A free on-line reading program encourages students in grades K-8 to read more often, for longer periods of time, and with greater understanding. Requires free registration.

   
   http://www.bookadventure.com/

» CLWG: Children's Literature Web Guide
   Internet resources related to books for children and young adults.

   
   http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/

» California Reading List
   Helps students find books matched to their reading levels on the California Reading List. Includes interactive quizzes and printable bookmarks.

   
   http://www.californiareadinglist.com/

» Endings
   Simple interactive lessons matching words and pictures for young children.

   
   http://www.dositey.com/language/phonics/phonics1.htm

» GameGoo
   Contains a reading intervention program that helps improve reading proficiency, skills, and comprehension through games.

   
   http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooeyhome.html

» Guys Read
   Offers a list of books recommended by the webmaster, children's author Jon Sczieska, and others suggested by visitors to the website.

   
   http://www.guysread.com/

» Laurie's Stories
   Phonics site with children's rhyming picture books and phonics activities.

   
   http://www.lauriesstories.com

» Literacy Center
   Interactive site helps young students learn letters of the alphabet and other basic literacy skills. In English and Spanish.

   
   http://www.literacycenter.net/

» Nursery Rhymes Lyrics and Origins
   Nursery rhymes with their history and origins.

   
   http://www.rhymes.org.uk/

» Pheebs
   Features nursery rhymes, fairy tales, and fables.

   
   http://www.pheebs.com/

» Print Activities: Word Searchers and Jumbled Words
   Puzzle games with themes that include Animals, Pokemon, Oceans and Dinosaurs.

   
   http://www.edbydesign.com/oa/

» Reading-n-Phonics
   Learn to read using phonics. Interactive phonics lessons for preschool and kindergarten children use colorful pictures and stories.

   
   http://geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Dell/4678/indexpublish.html

» Sight Words Exercises
   Contains online words games.

   
   http://www.quiz-tree.com/Sight-Words_main.html

» Student Generated WebQuests
   Archive of student-generated literature WebQuests developed by middle school students.

   
   http://www.geocities.com/grammarlady2000/quest.html

» Teen Reading
   Contains book reviews and suggested readings by teenagers. Also links to teen sites, and a variety of topic specific forums.

   
   http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/teenreading.cfm

» Upon A Dream
   Includes poetry, stories, and other activities.

   
   http://www.uponadream.com/

» World Book Day
   Official site of the yearly event. Introduces the day, lists events, and lists book recommendations. Also pictures of past events.

   
   http://www.worldbookday.com/