Use this interactive site for a fun way to use picture clues to help recognize words. Two of the activities are available for free.

A short but clever animation that helps early readers learn to pronounce words by chunking them into letter groups and syllables.

Come and learn more about the digraph "ch" when you participate in this interactive activity.

Come and learn more about the consonant digraph "sh" when you visit this interactive activity. This site features an audio component.

Check out this interactive digraph activity for the "th" sound. Students will find this interactive activity engaging and educational.

What sound does the consonant digraph "wh" make? Check out this interactive resource to learn more about the "wh" sound.

Interactive games identifying letter sounds using picture cues. Sequencing and word families are are emphasized. Other links include audio books and short videos.

Create a calendar. Use calendar skills to identify dates of the week. Interactive game with printable options.

Fun magician-related activities for early readers learning to follow directions. Dress a magician, then label all the articles of clothing before performing some magic tricks. All the activities combine audio and basic words to assist reading.

There are three levels in this interactive word game. Match the initial and final sounds to create a word to name the picture. ER words: herd, fern; IR words: bird, girl; UR words: curl, surf.

Given the letters "ee" with a blank before them and a list of letters from which to choose, students make words to match given pictures. Audio and graphs make this page really kid-friendly. When finished, the game moves on to new letter combinations.

Given the letter I with a blank before it and a list of letters from which to choose, students make words to match given pictures. Audio and graphs make this page really kid-friendly. When finished, the game moves on to new letter combinations.

Given the letter U with a blank before it and a list of letters from which to choose, students make words to match given pictures. Audio and graphs make this page really kid-friendly. When finished, the game moves on to new letter combinations.

Given the letters "og" with a blank before them and a list of letters from which to choose, students make words to match given pictures. Vocabulary words: dog, log, fog, frog. Audio and graphs make this page kid-friendly. When finished, the game moves on to new letter combinations.

A short animation that explains the left-to-right orientation of reading and writing the English language.

Fun with phonics. This interactive game can motivate readers. Sort R-controlled words: barn, girl, corn, star, bird, and horn.

A short but clever animation that helps early readers understand the role of the silent E in words such as and tape, bite, and ate.

Check out the Vowel Team TV movie about long vowel sounds. It teaches a catchy song about how the first vowel does the talking. There is an opportunity to practice identifying words with their vowel pattern.

Discover how and when the letter "y" can act as a vowel. This site features an audio and video component exploring this topic. Students and teachers will benefit from this entertaining resource.