Online Reading Games for Children

Sites for Beginning Readers

Listen to unique songs for each letter of the alphabet. http://lettertv.net/pages/songs.htm

Find songs, animation, and interactive learning when learner clicks on appropriate places on the screens. This site is packed with a lot of learning. http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/index/load.htm?f

Match baby (lowercase) kangaroos to mommy (uppercase) kangaroos. http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/games/pawpark/pawpark.html

Play a silly letter identification game with the traditional ABC song. http://pbskids.org/lions/games/abcd.html

Listen to and match beginning sounds in a game called Sassy Seals. http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/games/pawpark3/pawpark3.html

Watch an animation of words act out their meanings. http://pbskids.org/lions/games/wordplay.html

Listen to and choose correct beginning sounds of words. http://pbskids.org/lions/games/ears.html

Listen to a word and choose the correct spelling. http://pbskids.org/lions/games/pounce.html

Match words with sounds. There are three levels and you can choose ending sounds, beginning sounds, or rhyming words. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/words/dgi.shtml

Choose sounds and then watch and listen as the sounds are made closer and closer together until the sounds become a word. http://pbskids.org/lions/games/blending.html

Focus on the beginning sound and find the word that matches a picture. http://lettertv.net/pages/brickwall.htm

Find books, games, and videos to teach beginning reading skills in the Learn to Read section. http://www.starfall.com/

Take your pick of the many reading games offered or have a story read to you. http://www.professorgarfield.com/transport/transport.html

Choose the beginning and endings of words you hear. A cartoon blender will tell you if you’re right. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/clusters/blender/game...


Sites for Developing Readers

Find two synonyms for actions of an animated dog. http://pbskids.org/lions/games/synsam.html



Play a game against the computer or another player choosing antonyms, synonyms, and word meanings for words. http://www.fekids.com/kln/games/ballhogs/ballhogs.html



Match synonyms. http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/match/dragflip.asp?filename=kderitte...



Find some spelling and grammar explanations, games, and quizzes. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/spelling_grammar/



Find writing explanations, games, and quizzes. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/writing/



Choose correct titles, text, and pictures for three types of non-fiction writing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/reading/non_fictio...



Answer questions about five different poetry verses to show an understanding of each. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/reading/poetry/pla...



Create and use new words with prefixes and suffixes. http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/book_buddy/arthur/skill.html



Interact with a tutorial using key words to find direct definition context clues in text. http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/samoset/ccdirect.htm



Play a game finding a similar meaning for a word in a sentence. http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=191



Read rhymes about twenty-two different jobs and guess which job the rhyme is about. http://www.angelfire.com/md/byme/guesswho/guesswho.html



Choose the correct meaning for a word with more than one meaning based on the context of a sentence. http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=191



Learn about long vowel spelling patterns with ten poems including animation, audio, and activities. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/longvow/poems/fpoem.s...



Take a quiz to show knowledge of syllables in words or use as practice to teach about syllables in words. http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/quiz/mquiz.asp?filename=jwildesyllable1



Play with an onset and rime wheel to create words that match a clue. http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=ww2



Play a matching game with homophones. http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/recognising/homophon...



Locate and choose correct vowel phonemes while reading ten interesting postcards. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/phonics/postcard/



Choose a vowel phoneme to make a word from a group of similar sounding phonemes and build a sandcastle with correct answers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/phonics/sandcastle/fl...



Take a quiz choosing correct ending punctuation for ten sentences. http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/quiz/mquiz.asp?filename=msmith5punct...



Play a timed game and build a brick wall by dragging words into the correct order and adding punctuation to make sentences. http://fen.com/studentactivities/WallOfWords/wow19.html



Match first, second, third, fourth, fifth, then, and finally to written directions for building a snowman. http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/match/term/matchgeneric2.asp?filenam...



Choose the main idea for paragraphs about different topics. Correct anwers are rewarded with clues to solve a riddle. This game only has one riddle, so it's a good one time practice game for main idea. http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/big_idea.html



Choose three books that belong to the same category. There is a hint option if a player is unable to see how three of the five books go together. http://pbskids.org/lions/games/flood.html



Read three Garfield comic strip panels or have the panels read by clicking on read this panel, put the panels in order, and answer questions to win a pretend boxing round. There is a large number of different comic strips with three panels each and most are funny. http://professorgarfield.com/ReadingRing/Strips/strips.html