On-line Stories and More
Alphabet Sheets -
This one is D'Nealian, but they also have Zaner Bloser
- Alphabet Action
- learn the very basics
- Game Goo -
fun flash and Shockwave games for learning
- Help Alpha Find His Alphabet - Can you find them all?
- Alphabet Themes and Activities for Kids - There are many for each letter.
- Alphabet Buddies
- pictures to glue and paste for each letter.
- ABC - type
in the missing letter
- ABC Tracing Pages - helps to learn the letters
- Seussville University -beginning reading games
- Jan Brett Traditional Manuscript Page - beautifully illustrated letters of the
alphabet
- The Alphabet
- learn the letters and words too
- Alphabet Print Me - letter and color activity from Sesame
Street
- Alphabet Game
- learn words that start with each letter
- A to Z -
letters and pictures of simple objects
- Critter ABC's
- animals to match the letters
- A is for Angelfish - great pictures
- Alphabet Buddies
- pictures to glue and paste for each letter.
- Alphabits - six alphabet games to help order the
letters
- Alphabet Bears
- Put them in order.
- Fuzzy Lion Ears
- Choose the missing letter using the picture and the
sounds you hear.
- Sadlier-Oxford Phonics - many fine learning activities
- Little Fingers Games - Several alphabet games are here.
- Alphabetical Order - Drag the words to the proper position.
- Little Explorers Dictionary - look, listen, and learn
- Game
Goo - practice early
literacy skills with great games
- Words and Pictures - great games and activities from the BBC
- Vowel Take Home Cards - great for parents and teachers to use with
their students
- Rats - There
are three games which use the arrow keys to catch the
proper item.
- Language Arts
- interactive phonics activities
- Phonics Cards to Print - great for practice
- Wordpacks -
lists of high frequency words arranged by year and more
- What's the Word?
- Match the word with the picture.
- Fun Flash Cards
- Can you read these?
- Let's Learn to Read - listen and learn with this strong phonics
approach
- Compound Words
- learn about them
- iKnowthat: Reading - Three learning games based on phonics. Be
sure to try "word builder."
- Shockwave Poem Pack - read and listen to great poems introducing
some vowel blends
- Rhyming Words
- four games from which to choose
- Rhyming Words
- four more to try
- Coloring
Book Index - coloring
pages for lots of favorite nursery rhymes
- Dolch Word Lists
- can be used for practice
- Dolch Word Lists
- arranged by level
- Dolch Phrases
- phrases using high frequency words
- Little Explorers Dictionary - lots of pictures and information
- Look, Cover, Read, Write - interactive word lists
- - type in you name and a rhyming poem
appears about you.
- Learn to Read at Starfall - many great interactive learn to read
experiences with downloadable free related practice pages
- A Walk in the Woods - a rhyming and counting tale
- Busy Bee - a
story and coloring pictures too
- Honey Bees and Bears - easy to read with good pictures too
- Ants - an
animated rhyming story
- Picture Books
- links to many
- Lil"Fingers Storybooks - for beginning readers
- Mother Goose Rebus Rhymes - fun and easy
- The Land of Rainbow Colors - a fun place to visit
- Nickjr - Click on the Nickjr playtime button on the
upper left and read along with the story tellers from
Nickjr.
- Trip to Fox Mountain - Vowels and blends are highlighted in
color.
- Stop that Bus
- a Tampa Reads selection that should be mastered by the
fifth month of the year.
- Tales of Edgeriver Wood - many tales and activities from which to
choose
- Busy Bee -
beginning reader story
- AntBee well illustrated stories are updated monthly
- Clifford's Interactive Storybooks - read or listen to stories or play reading
related activities
- Story Brook Lane
- Stories about Christopher who is just like us.
- Five Speckled Frogs - a rhyming counting story
- The Missing Pencil - you can listen to or read the story
- The Wishing Tree
- look and listen with interactivity too
- The Three Little Stars - easy-to-read story about the bond between
sisters
- Cbeebies
Listen and read along stories from the BBC - Try the Lion
and the Mouse!
- What's in the Small Green Box? - Watch, listen and read along.
- Mighty Book
- Click on you age group, then click on a book with a
star on it. Then listen, and read along.
- Fimbles -
animated stories from the BBC
- Oliver's High Five - Watch, listen and read along.
- Alexander, and the No good, terrible,
Horrible, and No good Day
- from the Kennedy Center and requires Real Audio
- Billy Bear Story book - use the mouse to move
- Sentence Game
- Click on the words to make a sentence.
- Story Box -
2 bear stories
- Fablevision
- read, listen or download stories
- The Pine Cone Problem - This rabbit is having trouble.
- Infant Explorer
- Choose one of the five stories.
- Mousie's Adventures - you can follow along as you read
- Small Stories for Little People - enjoyable stories by celebrities
- Poem Pack_
ten great poems with animation and sound
- Sniffy & Fluffy Have an Adventure Find out what happens to this frog and fish.
- Johnny Tractor and his Pals a John Deere Storybook
- Stories
Interactive stories from Mr. Roger's Neighborhood
- The Cat Went Moo
- Charlie and the Catfish How will he get inside?
- Little Red Riding Hood listen and read along
- Old Mother Hubbard - listen and read along
- WonderVista
- nicely illustrated stories that change frequently
- Rhyme a Week
- great rhymes in PFD format
- Traditional Stories- many great choices with fun illustrations
- The Day Dizzy Duckling Got Lost - How could this happen?
- Best Friends
- a fun story poem
- Sand Castles by the Sea - Watch, listen and read along.
- "Kat's Biggest and Best Idea" - Find out what it is.
- Clifford's Storybook - read or listen and follow along
- Blue Bear -
a good story for Spring
- The Elementary Library - read and listen - Try the preschool
library too.
- Uncle Scoots Big Discovery - Follow the wise owl on his adventure
- Pup's Supper
-Read or listen to this Otter story from the Monterey Bay
Aquarium.
- A
Bird with No Song - What
will he do for talent night?
- Geronimo's
Adventures - Rhyming
stories about the adventures of a teddy bear
- Crabby Kathy
- a story about the environment
- Rebeccah Rabbit's Runaway Pie - Where did it go?
- The North Star
- Choose your character and enjoy the story.
- Sam's Rainy Day Boots - Puddles are fun!
- BBC Education - Little Activity Center - three super animated stories for your
listening and reading fun
- Landie and the Loose Tooth - They can be a problem.
- JJ and the Pesky Fly - How can you make it go away?
- It's So Cold!!
- Can he ever get warm?
- What Happened to All the Dinosaurs and What
if They Would Come Back?
- Read to find out.
- Cheese Cookies
- Should you eat all of them?
- Big Books -
read many well illustrated stories about nature
- The Many Sisters of Molly Brown - What would happen if they all went away?
- Out of the Nest
It is spring time, and the birds are out on their first
adventure.
- Aesop's Fables
- easy-to-read
- Aesop's
Fables - 82 choices
- The Adventures of Sticky Burr - a story told in cartoon format
- What Did Toby See? - an easy to read story
- Native American Bedtime Stories - great stories to tell children
- Between the Lions: Stories - from PBS Kids
- Tiger Aki -
easy to read stories
- But that Wasn't the Best Part - about a parade
- AuntBee's
Children's Books - well
illustrated tales using animals as the central character
- Sam's Rainy Day Boots - Puddles are fun!
- Willie Worm
- a poem that tells a story
- Happy Hippo
- It is up to you to finish this story about the
environment.
- CBeeies Stories
- Read, listen and watch, if you like.
- Cheese Cookies
- Should you eat all of them?
- The Many Sisters of Molly Brown - What would happen if they all went away?
- Out of the Nest
It is spring time, and the birds are out on their first
adventure.
- Bantam Stories
- choose one or all
- Kids' Corner
- on-line Beantime Potter Stores and illustrations
- Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West - a PBS recounting of the tale in poetry
- Farm House Stories - tales about little creatures who might
live in the meadow.
- Farm House Fables - try the concise versions of these
delightful for younger children
- The Lonely Star Fish - What to do?
- Turtle Tale
- read the story and learn to make one too
- Turtle and the Sky bowl - a Pueblo Indian tale retold
- It's Story Time
- by Hans Wilhelm
- Children's
Story Books - books,
riddles, and more
- Toad Hall Library - Take your pick.
- Bedtime Stories
- several from which to choose
- Why the Bear's Tail is Short - an adapted Indian story
- American Native Bedtime Stories - great stories from Indian lore
- When I Grow Up
- rhyming story
- One Hundred & Twenty Loose Teeth - an animated story
- The Snake Man
- a boy who loved snakes becomes a hero
- The Colorful Story Book - reproduction
of the WWII version of famous stories
- Bedtime Stories
- many great ones here for adults and children to read
together
- The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin full text of this Beatrix Potter tale
complete with pictures
- Old Time Fairy Tales - many excellent choices
- Barking Spiders (and other such stuff) - poetry from a child's point of view
- Miss Kitty's Story Books 4 nicely illustrated ones from which to
choose
- A Pocket Full of Rhymes - try Wickywoks World and the Poetry Corner
- Reggie the Rhyming Rino - Click on the rhyming word.
- Rhymes - All
of the popular ones are here.
- Old Tyme Children's Poetry - many good choices
- The
Piggery - Choose from
three stories to listen to someone read to you.
- Stories to Grow By - tales to read to children from around the
world
- Leo Learns to Spell - drag the proper letters
- Spelling -
Check out some activities from Harcourt Brace.
- Rebus Rhymes
- fun way to learn
- Scrambled Nursery Rhymes - Use your mouse to dray the words into the
proper order.
- Amazing Adventures - Choose from stories or activities.
- Disney Books: Story Time - favorite stories with easy-to-read text
and big pictures
- Brave and Bold Squirrel - listen to this story with an adult so you
can talk about it.
- Between
the Lions - more than
fifty games and stories to explore with an adult
- Stories to Tell Children - This is definitely for an adult to share
with kids.
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