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.

• Webbing into Literacy - books and activities to print for the beginning student
• Kids Lab - excellent and varied interactive reading activities
• Free Worksheets - good activities to print and do for beginning readers
• Rimes and Rhymes - lots of great cards, lessons and more in pdf format for early literacy activities
• Reading Comprehension - short printable stories in PFD format with comprehension questions
• Story Grammar - printable format that helps the student to check for understanding
• Reading Log - Keep track of the books the student reads.
• Bookmarks - print and use
• Compact for Reading - skills pages
• Free Worksheets - for the beginning reader
• Read, Write, Think - many good writing story starters etc. to print
• Look, Read, Cover, Write - a non-audio version

• Lorax Saves the Trees Game - Move the bucket to catch the seeds.
• Green Eggs and Ham Picture Scramble - Slide the pieces into place.
• The Cat's Concentration Game - Click on the spaces and try to find a match.
• Synonym Game - click on the similar word.

Spelling and Learning

• Alien Scavenger Hunt - catch the bugs to make the word
• Words and Pictures - games and activities to help with phonics understandings
• Phonics Worksheets - over 100 from which to choose
• Words and Pictures - many activities
• Word Families This page will help parents with their lists.
• Word Level Superior lessons and work sheets to help the beginning reader
• First Grade Word Lists Here are the McGraw-Hill words.
• Spelling Patterns and Rules Lessons in PFD format for teacher or parent to share
• Interactive Spelling: Adding "ed" an excellent visual lesson
• Word Packs suggestions of high frequency words, by category, that young students should know
• Spelling - Check out some activities from Harcourt Brace.
• School-Home Links 100 activities to enhance specific reading objectives for first grade.
• Correlations and Leveling - You can check here.