Websites for Grades K-3 and Beginner ESL
Pebble Go is a great website for students to read nonfiction-from biographies to dinosaurs, the topics are endless! The site reads the text aloud to children, provides video and audio on different topics, and allows you to print information, too. Children LOVE this site!
Starfall: Practice reading and phonemic awareness through e-reading and games!
Just Books Read Aloud: 537 children's books read aloud to you!
Turtle Diary: One of Mrs. Dunkirk's favorites! Interactive language games: Letters, sounds, phonics, sentences, grammar, and much more!
Read to Me: Read to Me features popular children’s books being read by famous performers. There are activity guides with hands-on ideas, discussion questions, and lesson plans that can easily be adapted to the Common Core State Standards.
Story Place: Digital stories read aloud in English or Spanish with fun online activities and games
ABCya!: Children can listen to short stories read aloud to them as they follow along with the highlighted text. This site has many educational games in addition to the featured stories. Lots of free resources and materials are available for students and teachers in grades K-5.
National Geographic Young Explorer!: Magazine designed specifically for kindergarten and first grade students. Children can listen to the magazine being read to them as they follow along with the highlighted text.
FunBrain: Online educational games (math, grammar, science, spelling, history) for kids of all ages.
Storyline Online: Storyline Online features accomplished actors and actresses reading some of their favorite children’s books. Each story comes with a free Activity Guide and can be viewed on YouTube or SchoolTube.
FREE BOOKS: Free e-books to read online or download to your computer
ESL Games: Fun games and videos to learn English
Children's Storybooks Online: Online storybooks; speaker icon for read alouds
Clifford the Big Red Dog: Reading and writing actvities, and games with the Big Red Dog