Strengthen listening skills in the magical land of Sparkletopia where players read and choose their way through different adventures. Children decide story elements like characters, settings, problems, and solutions to create their own happy endings. …or not!
Early Learning Resource Category: Raising Readers
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Elmo’s Brain Games
Develop attention and focus skills with Elmo! This game invites children to listen, “read,” and remember pictures with ease in English or in Spanish. Practicing memory skills helps develop the sustained attention and perseverance needed to read with ease.
Growing as a Reader Bingo
Find activities like literacy bingo, book reviews, reading logs, and letter and word scavenger hunts that invite children to become superstar readers. These printables are available in English and in Spanish.
Sesame Workshop: Reading
Explore different ways to read online to nurture a love of reading with Sesame Street characters. This multimedia collection is full of the joy of reading together.
Letter Dance Party
Dance, sing, and create friends made out of different letters with Big Bird and Snuffy. Trace each letter in the alphabet and let it loose on the dance floor!
Super Why Lickety Letters
Build an alphabet toolbox or practice writing and singing the letters and sounds in the alphabet with these Super Why printables. Listen and watch Alpha Pig sing the alphabet as he types letters to match the letters cards to the song.
Anteater: Animal Alphabet
Learn about different animals that start with each letter in the alphabet in these 15-30 second videos. This collection also includes a printable, bilingual graphic organizer to keep track of learning.
The Alphabet: Sesame Street
Join the Sesame Street characters to learn letters with these one minute videos. These shorts feature each letter, its corresponding sound, words that start with that letter, and interactive seek and find letter segments.
Reading Buddies
These foundational early literacy video shorts are based on the science of reading. Learn about letters, sounds, blending, and decoding with Dusty, Dott and Alphabott and earn alphabadges to celebrate your reading journey.
Creature Power Cards
Learn about animals from around the world with the Kratt brothers! Children can build their understanding of main ideas and details as they play different versions of the game.