Compensatory programs and supports for reluctant readers continued
Starfall.com describes itself as a free website to teach children to read with phonics, suitable for preschool, kindergarten, and first grade with exciting phonics games and online interactive books.
I took some time and went to the site and clicked around their menu – it had a lot to offer a beginning reader from books that read individual words/complete sentences to a game where vowel sounds on an interactive ‘word machine’ are sounded out. The colourful and interactive site allows children to choose from a menu that progresses from learning ABC’s to reading books with voice assistance. I can see children really enjoying this site as they learn about print and phonetic awareness/ sound correlation. The fact that it is free is great although there is an option on some parts to pay and access ‘full content’. Definitely a program to put in one’s collection of support sites for emerging and reluctant readers and for children who have’ learning differences’.
Vowel Pals Demo video illustrates the interactive nature of the site
Vowel Pals Demo video illustrates the interactive nature of the site
