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 | Scholastic: Story Starters - This is a fun and creative activity that can be different every time you try it. Select your grade and then spin the wheels to see what your story will be about. Then, choose a format for the story.  http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/storystarters/storystarter1.htm
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 | Reggie Loves to Rhyme! - Pick a place you would like to visit with Reggie the rhinocerous. Find the rhyming words and then visit another area of the community. http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/reggie/index.htm
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 | Nina loves to Name Things - Choose a place to visit and then help Nina find all of the things that belong in that place. You will need to drag each item and put it in the box. http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/nina/index.htm
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 | Spelling Bee: Grade Two - This is an interactive spelling test for grade two students. Listen to the sentence and spell the word that goes in the box. http://www.learner.org/interactives/spelling/spelling.html?s=g2
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| Spelling Bee - Grade one - This is an interactive spelling test for grade one students. Listen to the sentence and spell the word that goes in the box. http://www.learner.org/interactives/spelling/spelling.html?s=g1
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| Leo Loves to Spell - In this interactive activity, you can select a location and then test your ability to spell items that are associated with that location. For example, if you select airport, you may be asked about the spelling of the word luggage in this drag and drop activity. http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/leo/index.htm
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| My Story Maker - My StoryMaker is an interactive story tool. It lets you control characters and objects - and creates sentences for you! Once you are done with your story, save it online or print it out in the Library. http://www.carnegielibrary.org/kids/mystorymaker/
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| Puppy Days Story Builder - Build three different stories with Clifford, and add stickers to your pages. http://pbskids.org/clifford/stories/index_storybuilder.html
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| Fern's Poetry Club (Arthur) - Visit this site to read Fern's Poem of the Day. Click on the notebooks to write a poem of your own, read more poems written by kids like you, or learn more about different poem styles. http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/poetry/index.html
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| The Story Plant - "Grow your own story from the story plant. Sky will guide you through the steps in planning and writing a story.
At each step, choose a leaf and click on it. When the plant has stopped growing, listen to Sky read the story you've made. Then print it out and finish it off or grow another story." (si... http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/storyplant.shtml
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| Plural Fishing - "Go fishing with the saucy, and a little bit cheeky, gnomes to practise your plural spelling rules." [site] http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/plurals/pluralrules/flash0.shtml
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| Jim's Crankophone - "The Crankophone displays two vowels. Listen to the words from the Crankophone. After each word sounds, choose which of the 2 vowels you can hear in the middle of the word. If you get it right the word is added to one of the lists." (site) http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/innovation/public/wordsandpictures/cvc/crank/game.shtml
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| Flood (Between the Lions) - A water pipe has burst in the basement and books are floating everywhere! Help put the books back in the shelves by clicking on the three books that go together. http://pbskids.org/lions/games/flood.html
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| Storybird - Storybirds are short, visual stories that you make with family and friends to share and print. A huge art collection is available for illustrations. http://storybird.com/
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| Viking Word Hunt: Winter - Help Helga and Darcy solve the winter words in this fun Viking word hunt! To choose a letter, click on it in the alphabet. Try to solve the winter words in the fewest number of clicks! http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/play.html?game=103
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| Spin and Spell - Spin and Spell is an interactive tool for learning word recognition and spelling. Spin the wheel or pick a picture and then spell the word. http://spinandspell.com/
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| Construct A Word - Using Construct-a-Word, you can make words by adding a beginning letter or blend to a word ending. This engaging tool helps with learning words by letter sound recognition. Create a word bank with animation and sound. http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/construct/
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| MightyBook Stories - Learn to read with a MightyBook story. The stories are narrated, illustrated, animated and very funny. http://www.mightybook.com/story_books.html
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| ABC Match - ABC Match is a game that has you practice letter-recognition fluency while shapening your memory. Match initial letters with pictures, playing either with a timer or without.
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/abcmatch/
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| Picture Match - Have fun matching pictures with their beginning letters, short vowel or long vowel sounds. http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/picturematch/
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| All About Me (Starfall.com) - On this site, you get to build a picture of yourself by responding to a number of questions. You can also participate in an interactive activity about your pet. http://www.starfall.com/n/level-b/me/load.htm?f
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| It's Time to Fight a Fire! - Read and sing along as the firefighters head off to fight a fire! http://www.storyplace.org:80/preschool/activities/timetofightafire.asp
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| Super Grover: In the Nick of Rhyme - Students learn more about rhymes as they help Super Grover solve his mystery. http://www.sesamestreet.org/game_player?p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_id=gamePlayer_WAR_sesameportlets4369&p_p...
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| Rhyme Time - To begin, click on a rhyme. Read along with Gisele. Click on the words and watch for fun animation! http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/bby.html?game=163&
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| Loosey Goosey Rhymes - "Jay loves to read Loosey Goosey rhymes. But, uh oh. Loosey Goosey letters keep falling off the words. Try to guess what letters are missing" (site). http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/bby.html?game=193&
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| What a Poem's Not - What is a poem? Read this one, complete with an ABC of accompanying images. How do they add to the poem? http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/poetry/rca/
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| Kids' Poetry - Listen and read along to a number of poems. http://www.starfall.com/n/level-b/poetry/load.htm?f
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| Poem Pack - "Ten colourful, animated poems with voice over
and activities. Each poem deals with a different long vowel sound." (site) http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/longvow/poems/fpoem.shtml
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| The Magic Key - The Sound Monster Game - Listen to each of the sounds, then complete the sentence with the right sound word. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/magickey/adventures/soundmonster_game.shtml
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| The Magic Key - Floppy and the Puppies - Can you choose the best word to describe the pictures in the story? http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/magickey/adventures/floppy_game.shtml
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| The Magic Key - The Cream Cake Mystery - Learn all about rhyming words as you solve the cream cake mystery. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/magickey/adventures/creamcake_game.shtml
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| The Magic Key - Dragon Land - Can you identify which sentence is a question? Enter Dragon Land and give it a try. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/magickey/adventures/dragon_game.shtml
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| Ten Little Snowmen - Build a virtual snowman in this reading activity for preschool or kindergarten children. http://www.starfall.com/n/holiday/snowman/load.htm?f
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| Alphabet Speed Test - Click on the letter of the alphabet that comes next. How quick can you be? http://www.teacherled.com/resources/alphabet/alphabetspeedload.html
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| Pick a Pumpkin - Learn more about the sound a "u" makes as you pick and decorate a pumpkin for the fall harvest. http://www.starfall.com:80/n/holiday/halloween/load.htm?f&n=main
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| It's Fun to Read and Learn About Art - Learn about artists and their paintings in an interactive and fun filled manner. http://www.starfall.com/n/level-b/art/load.htm?f
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| Alphabet Boxes - Rearrange the alphabet boxes until they are in the correct order. Watch out! These boxes are tricky to handle! http://www.teacherled.com/resources/alphabet/alphabetboxesload.html
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| Ice Cube Alphabet - This is a tricky alphabet stacking game. You have either one minute or two minutes to stack the letters in the correct order. http://www.teacherled.com/resources/alphabet/alphabetstackload.html
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| Letter Reveal - Rub off the numbered sections one by one. Can you guess the letter behind the grey? http://www.teacherled.com/resources/alphabet/letterrevealload.html
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| Spelling Bee - Practice and test your spelling skills with the cute little spelling bee. Like real spelling bees, you only have one chance to spell the word right. Also, you can ask to repeat the word or ask for the definition.
Good luck!
http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/play.html?game=125
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| Lil' Fingers Storybooks: ABC Mommy and Me - This site allows students to hear the name of the letter by clicking on it. http://www.lil-fingers.com/abc/a.html
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| Scoop! (Arthur) - Help Buster scoop out all kinds of ice cream delights! Listen to the customer to help Buster choose the right flavor. Then build the ice cream cone using the wacky recipe provided. http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/scoop/index.html
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| T-Bone's Town (Clifford) - Where is T-bone? Move your mouse over the screen to find out. Read the questions carefully and look for hints on the screen to find the answers. http://pbskids.org/clifford/games/tbone.html
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| Spelling with Caillou - Practice your spelling with Caillou using his wooden blocks. To play, choose a word to spell, then click on the letters and drag them to the matching letter on the word until it is complete. http://pbskids.org/caillou/games/spelling.html
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| Caillou's Magic Keyboard - To play this game, type on the keyboard to hear fun musical sounds. You can type anything you like, including names! When you're done, click on the trumpet to hear your musical words played back. http://pbskids.org/caillou/games/keyboard.html
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| Lionel's Talking Gizmo (Between the Lions) - Listen as Lionel's Talking Gizmo says silly sentences. Click on the red buttons to change the words in the sentence. Then click on the blue button to hear the new sentence. http://pbskids.org/lions/games/gizmo.html
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| Chicken Stacker (Between the Lions) - Let's stack some chickens! To play, stack five chickens by clicking on the words that have the same vowel sounds. http://pbskids.org/lions/games/stacker.html
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| Pounce! (Between the Lions) - To play, click or "pounce" on the word that matches the sound! http://pbskids.org/lions/games/pounce.html
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| Gawain's Word (Between the Lions) - Welcome to the Knight's Challenge. To play, choose another knight for the joust! When you've made your selection, hit the "joust" button. Watch and see as you and the other knight "joust" together to create a word! http://pbskids.org/lions/games/gawain.html
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| Word Play (Between the Lions) - Click on a word and watch it play! http://pbskids.org/lions/games/wordplay.html
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| Fuzzy Lion Ears (Between the Lions) - Help Leona label the pictures by clicking on the letter that makes the word you hear! Click on the picture to hear the word. http://pbskids.org/lions/games/ears.html
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| Alphabet Soup (Between the Lions) - Find the mixed up word floating in the soup! Click on the fly for clues! http://pbskids.org/lions/games/soup.html
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| It's a Big, Big World - This is a Big Big website, full of fun activities, games, videos and music. Look around, there are lots of surprises waiting for you! http://pbskids.org/bigbigworld/home.html?externalPuppet=madge&externalAddRoom=none&action=interactiv...
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| Connect the Dots (Berenstain Bears) - "First, click on an image. Print the page out and then connect the dots with a pencil to spell out a word. Or, you can play on your computer - just click on the dots one by one to spell out the name of the object" [site introduction]. http://pbskids.org/berenstainbears/games/connect_dots/index.html
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| The Berenstain Bears Story Time - Help the Berenstain Bears write fun and creative stories by choosing words at the bottom of the page to put in the empty spaces. http://pbskids.org/berenstainbears/games/story/index.html
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| Fern: The Effective Detective (Arthur) - Practice your detective skills with Fern. To play, choose a friend and pick the three best descriptions to identify that friend. Then, Fern will return to try and figure out who it is. http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/effectivedetective/effectivedetective.html
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| Travel Bingo (Arthur) - "Play Travel Bingo with Buster! This game is like regular bingo, but with words you may see while traveling. Print out all four cards and take them with you on your next trip. Cross off the words as you see them. Whoever gets 5 down, across or diagonally first wins!" [site introduction] http://pbskids.org/buster/games/travelbingo/index.html
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| Un-Matching Game (Arthur) - Watch the screen as Francine shows you four words. Find the one that doesn't match. http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/unmatching/index.html
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| Story Scramble (Arthur) - Help Binky put together the mixed-up pieces to set the story straight. Read the story, or click each speaker to hear them. Then, use your mouse to move the pictures around. Click on "Read it" to hear your story when you're done. http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/storyscramble/index.html
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| Arthur's E-Cards - Follow the numbered steps to create and send your own Arthur e-card! http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/ecards/index.html
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| Arthur's Song Book - Listen to Arthur's favorite songs. You can follow along with the words as the music plays! http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/songbook/index.html
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| Letters To... (Arthur) - Have fun writing a letter to Arthur or his friends. Click on a friend and fill in the blanks. Check out the "Letter Writer Helper" for great tips on how to write letters, emails, postcards and greeting cards. http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/lettersto/index.html
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| Word World - Make the words starting with letters of the alphabet shine with colour! http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/bby.html?game=212&
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| Polkaroo's Flash Cards - Download and print cool Polkaroo flash cards with letter and pictures of the alphabet. http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/bby.html?game=45&
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| Magic Mailbox - Click to see what letter is hiding in the mailbox. http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/bby.html?game=199&
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| Letterella - Meet all the letters of the alphabet! Have fun listening as Letterella sings and pronounces each letter. http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/bby.html?game=164&
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| Big Backyard Book Club - Be a part of the Big Backyard Book Club. Every time you read a book, you can print a card to build your own Book Train! The more books you read, the longer your train! You can also learn how a book is made and useful tips on how to read. http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/bby.html?game=178&
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| Animal Who? - Type a letter on your keyboard. When the animal appears, listen to the sound it makes and tell us what it is. http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/bby.html?game=224&
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| Alphabet Goop - Have fun learning your letters with Gisele and her alphabet goop! When the game starts, you will see two letters. Stir the soup and see what comes out of the goop. Guess the letter the object starts with, then drag the object into the right box. http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/bby.html?game=28&
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| Iona Crawgrass Super-Star Sing-Song - Help Iona write a song then listen to her sing it to the cowpoke audience. Have fun! http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/play.html?game=15
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| Reading Round-Up - Find the hidden words in the jumble of letters. Have fun with these cool crossword puzzles. http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/play.html?game=36
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| Viking Word Hunt: Ontario - Help Helga and Darcy solve word puzzles in this fun Viking word hunt! Click on the map to conquer word puzzles about places all over Ontario. http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/play.html?game=75
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| Crossword Puzzler - Help the Rangers solve the crossword puzzles to find the "Book of All Knowledge". Saddle up all Reading Rangers! The more clues you fill in, the closer you get to finding the Book! http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/play.html?game=72
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| Brainmelter - Beware of the Brainmelter who will try and melt your brain with his brainmelting riddles! Good luck answering the riddles in the Riddle Library. Also, be sure to check out the Riddle of the Day. http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/play.html?game=108
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| The Reading Rangers - Check this site out to find great books to read and to play fun word games, such as Rhyme Rodeo, Reading Round-Up, and Crossword Puzzler. You can even make a book mark! http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/play.html?game=123
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| Word Wizard - Write your own TVOKids Tales in the Story Hideaway! You can also do a typing race, spell the floating objects, and read other cool stories by other TVOKids KIDS. This site is filled with neat activities for you to play! http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/play.html?game=149
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| Time Warp Trio - "Travel back - or forward - in time with the Time Warp Trio!" (site). Play "Wordsplosion" - a fun poetry "gizmo" that helps you create, print and send poetry to your friends. Also try "Say It, Don't Spray It" - a place where we post what you think and say! http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/play.html?game=166
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| Create-A-Card Workshop - Make your own thank you cards. Choose a background, add graphics, and write messages! (site) http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/play.html?game=180
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| Keyboard climber - "Help the monkey get to the top...fast! Using both hands, use the keyboard to type each letter you see in the game. Be sure to use your left hand if the letter appears on the left side of the screen, and your right hand if the letter appears on the right side of the screen. Be very careful! The monkey... http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/play.html?game=222
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| Thank You Card - Make a thank you card! Color, draw and add your own creative design and message to your card. http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/play.html?game=172
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| Amazing Spelling Fleas - Play a series of mini-flea games to practice your spelling. More correct answers give you a higher score. http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/play.html?game=221
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| C is for Collection - Read through the alphabet as you explore different objects. Turn the sound on to hear Australian children read the letters. http://play.powerhousemuseum.com/playinteract/abc_game.php
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| Tell your own Neighbourhood Story - Use these pictures to make up your own comic book story. http://pbskids.org/rogers/make_believe/story.htm
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| Create a Story with Big Jake - Help Big Jake tell a story. (Big Jake is from the Jay Jay the Jet Plane series.) http://pbskids.org/jayjay/cas.page1.html
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| The First Rainbow - Here is a wonderful poem about the first rainbow and how the Earth was coloured. http://www.cyke.com/rainbow.swf
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| Blink Blink! - What is that shining in the sky? Read along to find out. http://www.cyke.com/blink.swf
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| Beatrix Potter Storytime - It's storytime! Listen as you read along to the stories of Peter Rabbit, Benjamin Bunny, Jemima Puddle-Duck, Squirrel Nutkin and the Tailor of Gloucester. http://www.peterrabbit.com/funandgames/funandgames6.cfm?territory=1&country=1
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| Pumpkin, Pumpkin - Read this great story about how a pumpkin grows and how kids can have fun with big and small pumpkins. http://www.starfall.com:80/n/fiction-nonfiction/pumpkin/load.htm?f
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| The Little Rooster - What happens when the little rooster wakes up the farmer every morning? Enjoy this farmyard story. http://www.starfall.com:80/n/folk-tales/little-rooster/load.htm?f
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| Sebastian Swan: online bookshelf - Choose from a variety of stories on this bookshelf. You can read with or without some extra online help. http://www.sebastianswan.org.uk:80/index.html
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| Education Place, Spelling Match - Fill in the missing letters in by choosing the correct combinations of letters. http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmsv/smg/index.html
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| Building Language for Literacy - Drag letters and items in these language games. Play with Nina the Naming Newt, Leo the Letter-Loving Lobster and Reggie the Rhyming Rhino. http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/index.htm
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| The Adventures of Amelia the Pigeon - This online read-along story is divided into five chapters, each telling us about a different adventure of Amelia the pigeon, a pet pigeon who brings a bird's-eye view to what it's like to live and play in the city of New York. http://science.hq.nasa.gov/kids/imagers/amelia/index.html
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| Stellar Speller (Candlelight Stories) - In this interactive game, you have to spell the image that is displayed on the screen. http://www.candlelightstories.com/Games/StellarSpeller.htm
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| Jan Brett's Website - Take a look at these various activities involving her work. http://janbrett.com/
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| Story Bear - Read along to three stories--with or without sound. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/story/sbi.shtml
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| Little Animals' Activity Centre - Word Games - Play three interactive word games: end sounds, first sounds, and rhymes. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/words/dgi.shtml
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| Snap It! - "Look carefully at the cards to see if they match. When you see a pair click Snap! But don't get Snap happy - if you get it wrong, you lose a point. Use the slow/fast slider to increase the challenge. Faster is harder but you get more Snaps!" (site) http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/longvow/snap/snap.shtml
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| Wordblender - "Choose a start sound and an end sound and let Wordblender 'bl-bl-blend' them together to make a new word. A fun game to help practise those clusters." (site) http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/clusters/blender/index.shtml
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| Drag 'n' Spell - Drag a vowel sound into the slot to spell the word correctly. Use the slow/fast slider to increase the challenge.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/longvow/spelling/spelling.shtml
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| Word Balloons - "Help Daisy to collect enough balloons to reach the unicorn. Click on the word that has a similar meaning to the word on the unicorn's balloon. At the end of the game, you can print out the words or play again." (site)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/wordballoons.shtml
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| Space Spins - "Click on the handle to make a sentence appear on the screen. Sky will say the sentence. Then you can press 'Play again' to hear it again and to say it with Sky.
Click on the handle to make the next sentence appear." (site) http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/spacespins.shtml
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| Word Jumbler - "Play on the word jumbler machine with Star and Hutch. First choose which game you would like to play and click on it. Sounds the same: Click on the correct word to fill the gap in the sentence. What's the pattern? : Click on the correct vowel phoneme to fill the gap. Count the syllables: Click on the... http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/wordjumbler.shtml
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| Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun - This site provides six different games that are designed to help build vocabulary while having fun. The games include word search, hangman, a matching game, as well as a general quiz. http://www.vocabulary.co.il/
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| ABC Mommy and Me - Click on each letter and hear its sound. http://www.lil-fingers.com/abc/by.html
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| ABC Spelling Wizard (Scholastic) - The words for a spelling list can be typed in here. A spelling scramble or word search is then built on the basis of the list entered. [Complete puzzles online or print them up first.] http://www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/spelling.htm
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| Seussville University, Reading - Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You? Children need to paint particular letters different colors; great sound effects and easy to use. http://www.seussville.com/university/reading/
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| Learning Planet, ABC Order - Interactive online game with a train setting down letters. Students need to select the next letter in the proper order of the alphabet. http://www.learningplanet.com/act/abcorder.asp?
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| Literacy Center - Three different color matching and recognition games. http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm#
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| Learn to Read Online (Starfall.com) - These games are designed to help children learn to read. http://www.starfall.com/n/level-a/learn-to-read/load.htm?f
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| Stop and Go (PBS Kids) - This highly interactive site challenges young students to develop stories on a variety of levels. http://pbskids.org/stopandgo/
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| Clifford's Puppy Letters - Spell words with Clifford. http://pbskids.org/clifford/games/index_puppyletters.html
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| Clifford's Road to Reading - Earn your License to Read by moving along the path and playing all eight games. http://www.scholastic.com/clifford/read/roadtoreading/index.htm
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| Fun With Letters - Watch Spinner, the Writing Spider, draw the letters of the alphabet and you can draw them too! http://www.meddybemps.com/letterary/guide_and_archives.html
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| Arthur: About Face - In this interactive activity, you are asked to read about someone's emotions and then match that emotion to the look on their face. http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/aboutface/aboutface.html
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| Hansel and Gretel (CBeebies) - Build a scene and hear the story of Hansel and Gretel. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/somethingspecial/stories/
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| ABC Order (Learning Planet) - Audio lists several letters consecutively, then child must choose the one the letter that comes next. http://www.learningplanet.com/act/abcorder.htm
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