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Free Stories and eBooks for the Beginning Reader

Español - Easy to Read Picture eBooks in Spanish - 74 ebooks

 

Dolch Sight Word Stories - 45 collections

 

Math eBooks aligned with the Common Core State Standards - 28 ebooks

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Advanced Beginning Reader Stories: Put Me in the Story versions - 27 stories

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Reading Hawk's eBooks

Beginning Reader Stories Available for Translating or Editing - 176 stories

Easy to Read Picture eBooks Available for Translating or Editing - 15 ebooks

Lusoga Language Stories for Beginning Readers in Uganda - 36 stories

Lusoga Language eBooks for Beginning Readers in Uganda - 4 ebooks

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I am a former special education teacher from Spokane Valley, Washington USA and have created these free stories, ebooks and other materials for use in the classroom and at home. I hope your beginning readers will be helped by what I am able to share with you on this website.

I am a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and the International Literacy Association.

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7 Apps for Kids Learning to Read that are Actually Free!

These apps for kids learning to read are actually free. That’s right! Parents and educators can now find quality apps that help teach kids to read for free!

I love to use educational apps with my kids. They are a great way to supplement hands-on activities and play based learning opportunities.

They are especially useful when we have long waits at restaurants or appointments. I also include them in our homeschool lesson plans. My son loves the change of pace and actually learns a lot when using the apps.

Sometimes, the cost of apps can add up though. That’s why I am so happy about Amazon Underground!

You can now get access to premium apps & games that provide fun, education, and convenience. The Amazon Underground catalog of 100% free apps & games is part of the Amazon Appstore and gives you access to awesome content that you would normally have to pay for in “other” App and Play Store’s, but now at zero cost.

When I heard about this I was tiny bit skeptical about what apps would be available and if they would be full of ads, but I can assure you that there are some fantastic, quality apps and they are actually free. No ads or constant prompts for paid upgrades.

You should definitely head over to the Amazon Appstore and check the Amazon Underground catalog for lots of fun, educational games and interactive books for young kids, but I also did a bit of the legwork for you and searched through TONS of apps to find you the 10 best apps for kids learning to read.

Super Why: ABC Adventures

This is a great place to start with kids who are just learning letters and letter sounds. It’s also a great review for kids who know most letter sounds, but need some extra practice.

Kids ABC Letters

This is another great game for kids who are learning to identify letters and letter sounds. The games are really engaging!

Kids ABC Phonics

This app is jam-packed with games for kids who are learning to read! From letters to beginning sounds to words and rhyming and ending sounds, this app has it all.

Kids Learn to Read

This app has a bunch of activities that kids will find engaging and fun. Kids will work on blending sounds together and doing various word work activities.

Kids Sight Words

My son loves these sight word games! They make learning sight words so much fun.

Preschool and Kindergarten Learning Games

This game has both literacy and math lessons, but the literacy lessons are so good that I had to include it. Plus, it can be used with kids 3-5 and each game is leveled by age. Both of my kids use this one!

Preschool and Kindergarten Learning Games Extra

This app includes a few extra games to build up on the app above.

To find the apps, just search the names above on Amazon Underground. 

My son loved all of these! They provided him with lots of extra practice and he really enjoyed it too. That’s a win-win!

Totally Free Educational Apps for Kids

There are so many more fantastic educational apps available on Amazon Underground! I am looking forward to trying some of the alphabet and preschool learning games with my 3 year old too. I’ve already installed a bunch on my phone.

Leave a comment letting me know about any awesome apps you found. I am always looking for more!

I was selected for this opportunity as a member of CLEVER and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.

Learning to read

Modern secondary school curriculum obliges the child to be able to read even before he sits down at the desk. This easily explains the popularity of new methods of educating future bookworms almost from the cradle. Which of them are the most effective? And why is the traditional sound-letter method good?

Prerequisites for learning

First of all, when teaching a child to read, it is necessary to take into account the wishes and needs of the child, and not be guided solely by parental ambitions. The optimal age for this is 4.5 years. To understand whether a child is psychologically ripe for mastering a new intellectual skill, carefully observe him. If he tries to read street signs, shows interest in children's books, recognizes the letters he knows in words, then the time has come. Excellent prerequisites for learning to read are a colorful alphabet poster that activates the child's passive memory, as well as magnetic boards with multi-colored letters and, of course, reading fairy tales and poems aloud. After all, your goal is not just to teach your child to put letters into words, but to instill in him a love of reading. In the meantime, the literal "designations" of words for him are nothing more than a visual abstraction. nine0003

Sound-letter method

The traditional method of teaching reading, namely the sound-letter or phonemic method, assumes that the child first learns to read letters, then syllables, and only at the final stage words. This method has been tested by time and is still successfully used in kindergartens and schools. And although it requires perseverance from the child, speech therapists and many experienced teachers recommend it. In addition, unlike the alternative methods of Zaitsev and Doman, this method does not require “retraining” at school. nine0003

How to teach a child to read using the phonemic method

Perhaps the most difficult step in learning to read using the phonemic method is to explain to the child how to connect letters together and read them together. Since this causes difficulties for many children (it is difficult for a child to remember and name the next letter), proceed to this stage only when the baby has firmly mastered the alphabet. The main thing when introducing a child to letters is the correct sequence of their study. You should always start with vowels - they are easier to perceive, at the next stage, move on to hard consonants, and in the final, pay attention to "hissing". When teaching letters, name the sound, not the name of the letter, i.e. the letter "B" should be read as "b", not "be". Otherwise, connecting letters for a child will be a difficult task. And before moving on to letters that are still unfamiliar, be sure to repeat the material already covered - following this well-known pedagogical technique will allow you to consolidate your knowledge. nine0003

To make the child learn the reading algorithm faster, start learning with the simplest words-syllables. Ideally, if they carry a certain meaning. Well, if you can find the appropriate illustrations for these syllables. For example, when introducing the word “Ay!” to a child, show him a picture of children calling to each other in the forest. Such a game form of learning significantly speeds up the process. Subsequently, you can invite the child to read syllables without semantic load, but in this case, always start with simple syllables consisting of one pair of letters, where the consonant letter precedes the vowel. If the baby is already deftly reading in syllables, proceed to the continuous reading of words. The main thing is to do it on time, otherwise the habit of reading in syllables will take root and slow down the speed of reading. It is better to introduce a game element into the learning process, for example, use the “running man” technique. To do this, draw a path that runs from the first letter of the syllable to the second, and invite the baby, together with an imaginary little man, to “run” to the second letter. nine0003

Doman's method

New trends in pedagogy focused not on the sequential mastering of letters first, and then syllables and words, but on the rapid reading of words either in whole or in warehouses. So, according to the Doman method, also called "global reading", the child is taught to immediately read the words. Learning is done with the help of special cards with words that are shown to the child for one second. Moreover, the parent should only voice the words shown. Gradually, the number of cards with words increases, in addition to words, whole phrases are introduced. Thus, a very difficult task is set for the child - he must intuitively understand the mechanism of reading. According to statistics, only 20% of children are capable of this. In addition, when teaching children according to the Doman method, only the visual system of the child is involved, he is not taught to analyze the information received, but simply “loaded” into memory. nine0003

Zaitsev's method

Unlike the Doman's method, Zaitsev's principle is good because it allows you to use not only visual, but also auditory, and even kinesthetic memory based on the child's sensations of movement. Indeed, in teaching reading, special cubes are used, and the process of mastering this skill takes place in the form of a game, which children really like! Using the Zaitsev method, where not letters, but warehouses are used as a reading unit, children learn quickly and easily. And audio recordings with funny songs make this process very exciting for the baby! However, the Zaitsev method has a significant drawback: a child may have big problems at school, where they teach to read in syllables. You will have to learn to separate syllables into sounds, because the child immediately read warehouses, and did not compose them from individual sounds. But, if you are ready for this, then the learning process according to the Zaitsev method will not require much effort from you, and your baby will learn to read well in a short time. In any case, no matter what method of teaching you choose, the main thing is that your joint activities with your child give you pleasure - then the results will please you even more! nine0003

‎Pirate Hippocampus: Learn to Read Free

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Includes: English, German, French, Spanish, Hindi, Chinese, Russian, Indonesian, Italian, Turkish, Polish, Danish, Swedish, Bulgarian, Catalan, Georgian, Slovak, Czech, Hungarian, Greek, Romanian

Oh no! Captain Hippocampus, a fearless pirate, wants to set sail for new adventures, but he lacks a couple of little things: a crew and a ship. But there is a solution! He must sail on his raft to the Letter Islands and find the vocabulary treasure. It will immeasurably enrich him, first of all with knowledge and experience, so that he can free his faithful crew from the clutches of the dark sea monster Bezgramotius and buy himself an excellent ship. nine0003

Hippocampus Pirate: Learn to Read is a children's educational game for teaching reading and foreign languages ​​that encourages self-study and thought process.

With its help you can get acquainted with the pronunciation and spelling of Russian words. The game is suitable for developing reading and pronunciation skills.
Can "Learn to Read" be as easy as "Tetris" or "Sokoban"? We have developed an application with which you can learn to read intuitively and playfully. nine0037 We believe that a learning game should be so good that you want to play it even if you don't want to study the learning material. This is exactly what we tried to implement in our game. At the same time, we were guided by the psychological foundations of education, the principles of Montessori pedagogy, improved such an aspect as the initial sound and presented the syllables in the way they are really presented in each word, and not how they are pronounced separately. We did not assume that children already know the alphabet or can spell a single word. On the contrary, instead of cramming ABCD, the child learns what sounds actually occur in words. nine0003

If you are interested in this learning method and would like to learn more about it or the game, please email us at [email protected]

The game is aimed at children aged 4 to 8 years. It does not matter if the child goes to school, kindergarten or kindergarten. Also, older children can benefit from the game if, for example, they have difficulty with spelling or spelling.
The game is also suitable for children and adults who want to learn foreign languages ​​- by practicing pronunciation with the help of audio materials, you can work out the individual phonemes in each word. By analogy with the Birkenbeel method, the meaning and spelling of a word is learned through auditory perception from a native speaker, and not just a simple translation is given. Of course, this is not such a full-fledged language environment as "Duolingo" or "Rosetta Stone", since the studied words are only nouns, and at the moment other parts of speech and punctuation are not contained. Language learning is limited to a picture card that acts as a vocabulary trainer. Using the application will provide an interactive introduction to spoken language. The game does not have a dictionary or a division into lessons, only levels with topics from different areas, such as pirates, animals or vehicles. nine0003

24 Sept. 2016

Version 2.0.6

The app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

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