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The Screen Actors Guild Foundation has a wonderful story read along website, Storyline Online. Well-known SAG actors of all ages read 24 popular children's picture books. The narration is accompanied by illustrations from the book. Some of the stories use storybook cutout animation.
Each book has accompanying lesson plan ideas and activities. My kids love to hear the actors read the stories, as they're very expressive. I've heard many of them copy the tone and pitch of the readers when the children read the books aloud themselves.
Offers effective teaching strategies, activities, lessons, lesson plans, worksheets, exercises, skills, tests, assessments for reading comprehension, language arts, literacy, fluency, phonics and phonemic awareness for children, especially those with dyslexia and other reading difficulties.
A Parents' Choice approved website founded by dyslexic and ADHD siblings to bring the joy and confidence back to the struggling reader. The site and YouTube channel provide free audiobooks of abridged classic novels read by high school students and filmed chapter by chapter for easy listening. The website also has a blog filled with information for kids and parents and a list of other free resources.
In WordWorld, words morph into the objects they name. That creates a powerful connection between the letters and the words they represent. Children are captivated by the vibrant colors and graphics, and it's an excellent vocabulary building site for beginning readers.
All of the words your child acquires in a game are added to their Word Space. Kids can use their collection of words to create pictures to print or send to friends and family.
This engaging app combines math, reading, drawing and storytelling in thousands of activities. Original stories, games galore, and beautifully illustrated characters hold the interest of young children.
Khan Academy grounds these activities in the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework and Common Core standards. As with KhanAcademy.org, children follow a learning path tailored to their learning abilities and performance.
As of this writing the iOS version is fully functional. The Android and Kindle versions are available but still in beta testing.
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