Reading: Foundational Skills

Grade level

  • K-2
  • 3-5
  • 6-8
  • 9-12
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Poetry Idea Engine (Scholastic)

(15 votes)

We Like to Play

Do you like to play? Read along and find out if you like to play with the same things as the kids in the story.

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Watch this beautiful animation, and sing along to learn about rhyming words.

The Quiet Machine Game (PBS)

In this game, the machine is only quiet until you find a number of correct beginning sounds.

Picture Pairs (RIF)

Flip the cards over in this memory game to help you identify and practice letters and letter names.

Monsters in the Dark (Lil' Fingers)

Read along in this story book about monsters in the dark and the kid who stands up to them!

Opposites (Lil' Fingers)

The turtle is slow. The beetle is fast! Read along to learn words that describe opposites.

Penguin Penguin (Starfall)

Read along in this book about penguins and where they live. Click on the words if you need help.

Whose Shoes? (PBS)

Listen as this writer reads his own work about the shoes that people wear to work.

The Camel Dances (PBS)

Watch this video about a camel who dreams of becoming a ballet dancer, and struggles to be accepted.

The Snowy Day (RIF)

Follow along in this read aloud version of "A Snowy Day."

(1 vote)

Dixie Chimps (PBS)

Sing along with the talented Dixie Chimps to learn new letter sounds and words.

If You Can Read (PBS)

Begin to blend sounds into words for reading and spelling with this catchy and easy to learn song!

Arty's Smarty Doors Game (PBS)

Choose one of the two games with Arty to match the beginning and ending sounds of words.

(1 vote)

Monkey Match (PBS)

Help the monkey find matches to letters, letter sounds, and more!

(1 vote)

Let’s Go on a Safari (RIF)

Let's go on a safari in this video about African animals with read along text!

The Train Game (Blue Ribbon)

Double click the tracks to correctly build a sentence and help the train move forward!

The Problem With Chickens (PBS)

Match syllables to make words with turtles, cars, and more. Complete the game, and it's story time!

(1 vote)

Seahorse (PBS)

Choose the right syllables and then read along to learn about the life cycle of a seahorse.

How to be a Good Dog (PBS)

Fill in the right syllables to practice blending and then read about how to be a good dog!

Beetle Bop (PBS)

Choose the right syllables to complete the words then sing along to the Beetle Bop!

Emily Elizabeth Goes to School (Scholastic)

Choose the right words to read about what Clifford and Emily do on the first day of school.

It's Fun to Read Magic! (Starfall)

In this game of magic tricks read along, name items, and pull a cow out of a hat!

(1 vote)

All About Me (Starfall)

Who am I? Am I a girl? Am I a boy? Am I happy? Am I sad? Make your own character in this fun game.

(1 vote)

I Like It When It's Mizzly (PBS)

Do you like it when it's drizzly? Watch this video about the beauty of falling rain.

Wolves (Starfall)

Read along in this book about wolves and where they live. Click on the words if you need help!

(1 vote)

Pumpkin Pumpkin (Starfall)

Read along in this book about pumpkins and how they grow. Click on the words if you need help!

(1 vote)

A House in a Tree (Starfall)

Read along in this book about trees. Click on the words if you need help!

(1 vote)

Making Connections (Blue Ribbon)

Read the story, read the connections the students make, then choose the type of connection.

(1 vote)

Bird Riddles (Starfall)

Brush up on your riddles in these vocabulary building animated readings about different birds.

(1 vote)

Draw Dragon Dot Eyes (Starfall)

Click on the words to read along with this story about the secret of one legendary Chinese artist.

(1 vote)

Dung-Shi Copies Eyebrows (Starfall)

Click the words to read along with this Chinese legend of inner beauty.

(1 vote)

Yay-Gung Loves Dragons (Starfall)

Click the words to read along with this Chinese legend of what might happen when a wish is fulfilled.

(1 vote)

One Rice Thousand Gold (Starfall)

Click the words to read along in this Chinese fable on the importance of kindness.

(1 vote)

Morning Three Night Four (Starfall)

Click the words to read along with this Chinese fable about monkeys, bananas, and decisions.

(1 vote)

Cup Bow Snake Reflection (Starfall)

Click the words to read along with this Chinese legend that warns about worrying too much!

(1 vote)

Poetry Idea Engine (Scholastic)

(15 votes)

Rooting Out Words - Multiple Games (FunBrain)

In this game help Remainder, the Dog, identify the meanings of word roots to earn points!

(1 vote)

Autobiography Poem

(1 vote)

Roots & Their Families (tv411)

(1 vote)

Prefixes Say Plenty (tv411)

Are you prepared to think about prefixes? Complete these lessons and master the art of the prefix!

(1 vote)

Prefixes Rap (Flocabulary)

Are you ready to test your "flocabulary"? Hop to the hip as you learn about the role of the prefix.

(2 votes)

Video - Prefixes (tv411)

Question Man takes you on a quest as he persistently tries to find examples of prefixes.

(1 vote)

Bookworm (British Council)

(1 vote)

Wordmaker 1

Poetry Idea Engine (Scholastic)

(15 votes)

Roots & Their Families (tv411)

(1 vote)

Prefixes Say Plenty (tv411)

Are you prepared to think about prefixes? Complete these lessons and master the art of the prefix!

(1 vote)

Prefixes Rap (Flocabulary)

Are you ready to test your "flocabulary"? Hop to the hip as you learn about the role of the prefix.

(2 votes)

Video - Prefixes (tv411)

Question Man takes you on a quest as he persistently tries to find examples of prefixes.

(1 vote)

Bookworm (British Council)

(1 vote)

Wordmaker 1

Poetry Idea Engine (Scholastic)

(15 votes)

Poetry Idea Engine (Scholastic)

(15 votes)

We Like to Play

Do you like to play? Read along and find out if you like to play with the same things as the kids in the story.

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Watch this beautiful animation, and sing along to learn about rhyming words.

The Quiet Machine Game (PBS)

In this game, the machine is only quiet until you find a number of correct beginning sounds.

Picture Pairs (RIF)

Flip the cards over in this memory game to help you identify and practice letters and letter names.

Monsters in the Dark (Lil' Fingers)

Read along in this story book about monsters in the dark and the kid who stands up to them!

Opposites (Lil' Fingers)

The turtle is slow. The beetle is fast! Read along to learn words that describe opposites.

Penguin Penguin (Starfall)

Read along in this book about penguins and where they live. Click on the words if you need help.

Whose Shoes? (PBS)

Listen as this writer reads his own work about the shoes that people wear to work.

The Camel Dances (PBS)

Watch this video about a camel who dreams of becoming a ballet dancer, and struggles to be accepted.

The Snowy Day (RIF)

Follow along in this read aloud version of "A Snowy Day."

(1 vote)

Dixie Chimps (PBS)

Sing along with the talented Dixie Chimps to learn new letter sounds and words.

If You Can Read (PBS)

Begin to blend sounds into words for reading and spelling with this catchy and easy to learn song!

Arty's Smarty Doors Game (PBS)

Choose one of the two games with Arty to match the beginning and ending sounds of words.

(1 vote)

Monkey Match (PBS)

Help the monkey find matches to letters, letter sounds, and more!

(1 vote)

Let’s Go on a Safari (RIF)

Let's go on a safari in this video about African animals with read along text!

The Train Game (Blue Ribbon)

Double click the tracks to correctly build a sentence and help the train move forward!

The Problem With Chickens (PBS)

Match syllables to make words with turtles, cars, and more. Complete the game, and it's story time!

(1 vote)

Seahorse (PBS)

Choose the right syllables and then read along to learn about the life cycle of a seahorse.

How to be a Good Dog (PBS)

Fill in the right syllables to practice blending and then read about how to be a good dog!

Beetle Bop (PBS)

Choose the right syllables to complete the words then sing along to the Beetle Bop!

Emily Elizabeth Goes to School (Scholastic)

Choose the right words to read about what Clifford and Emily do on the first day of school.

It's Fun to Read Magic! (Starfall)

In this game of magic tricks read along, name items, and pull a cow out of a hat!

(1 vote)

All About Me (Starfall)

Who am I? Am I a girl? Am I a boy? Am I happy? Am I sad? Make your own character in this fun game.

(1 vote)

I Like It When It's Mizzly (PBS)

Do you like it when it's drizzly? Watch this video about the beauty of falling rain.

Wolves (Starfall)

Read along in this book about wolves and where they live. Click on the words if you need help!

(1 vote)

Pumpkin Pumpkin (Starfall)

Read along in this book about pumpkins and how they grow. Click on the words if you need help!

(1 vote)

A House in a Tree (Starfall)

Read along in this book about trees. Click on the words if you need help!

(1 vote)

Making Connections (Blue Ribbon)

Read the story, read the connections the students make, then choose the type of connection.

(1 vote)

Bird Riddles (Starfall)

Brush up on your riddles in these vocabulary building animated readings about different birds.

(1 vote)

Draw Dragon Dot Eyes (Starfall)

Click on the words to read along with this story about the secret of one legendary Chinese artist.

(1 vote)

Dung-Shi Copies Eyebrows (Starfall)

Click the words to read along with this Chinese legend of inner beauty.

(1 vote)

Yay-Gung Loves Dragons (Starfall)

Click the words to read along with this Chinese legend of what might happen when a wish is fulfilled.

(1 vote)

One Rice Thousand Gold (Starfall)

Click the words to read along in this Chinese fable on the importance of kindness.

(1 vote)

Morning Three Night Four (Starfall)

Click the words to read along with this Chinese fable about monkeys, bananas, and decisions.

(1 vote)

Cup Bow Snake Reflection (Starfall)

Click the words to read along with this Chinese legend that warns about worrying too much!

(1 vote)

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