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Reading/Writing Resources

My mom sent this fab link to me–one for Starfall (Where children have fun learning to read!), saying that she and her fellow teachers use the website as an additional reading and writing resource.  The website doesn’t look like much at first, but it’s jam-packed with good stuff, if you’re willing to explore.

I’m excited to try the reading section when L. is just a wee bit older.  She’s learning her letters right now, and everywhere we go, she’s pointing to letters and numbers and yelling, “L!  3!  E!”  She gets the biggest kick out of this, and I do, too.

So.  Let’s begin.

For letter learning, go here.

For putting letter combinations together, go here.  For instance, to put “a” and “n” together, as in “ran,” watch this animation.

Once your kids are reading, there’s a plethora of opportunities for them here.

Try the All About Me! section, where a child fills in what sex they are, how old they are, etc.

Or the Art Gallery, where your child can learn about artists like Van Gogh, Gauguin, Chagall, and Strait.

Or the Magic page, where a child can “make” or “label” a magician, using words they know, or do a magic hat trick.  Mind you, all of these require reading skills.

Go to the Music page, where a child can listen to Beethoven, Joplin, or Tchaikovsky.  On these pages, there’s even a link to “see” the words in sign language.  Here’s Mozart’s page.

And, oh heart, be still, they have a Poetry page!  How amazing is that?  Here’s “If I Could Touch the Sky” by Natasha Josefowitz.

Then look at the myriads of things your child can read, once he is on his way: plays, comics, folk tales, Greek myths, Chinese fables, and a separate category for fiction and nonfiction.

Thanks, Mom!  You’re the “bestest!”

I’ll see all of you lovely readers back here on Monday, since my husband and I are running away together this weekend.

Happy, happy fall weekend!

[Post image: Letters by SteveTaint at stock.xchng]

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