Early Literacy Interactive Activities
Letter Identification:
Click a letter to hear its name and see a picture.
Click on the Ball to get to the games section. Click on the letter to play a letter matching game.
Match lowercase with uppercase letters.
Match lowercase with uppercase letters.
Match lowercase with uppercase letters.
Match uppercase and lowercase letters.
Put the letters in alphabetical order.
Put the letters in alphabetical order.
This is not a mouse activity. So, you will need to use the virtual keyboard to fill in the missing letters of the alphabet.
Click and drag the letters in the correct order.
Place letters in the appropriate alphabetical order.
Find the missing letters. Practice alphabetical order and letter recognition skills.
A great site for preK through first grade students . Activities with colors, numbers, letters, shapes and words. Site translated in Spanish, Dutch, French and English. It also has a typing component in the Keyboard Section.
Finding the missing letter. Practice letter recognition skills.
Find the letter that the frog announces. Match the letter name to the letter.
Finding the missing letter. Practice letter recognition skills.
Match the letter name to the letter.
Phonemic Awareness:
When you click on the letters across the top, you have a choice of listening to the letter name, listening to the sound, or learning how to write the letter.
Click on the fish that has the same beginning sound that is stated by the seal.
Find the same sounds.
Find rhyming words to match the animals.
Pair words that rhyme.
Find rhyming words.
Learn about rhyming words through an interactive cartoon activity.
Phonics:
Listen as the computer tells you the letter name. It also tells you the sound that the letter makes. And, it provides examples of words that begin with the letter.
Match beginning sounds of words to the appropriate letters.
Match words that have the same beginning sounds.
Pick the object that starts with the letter provided.
Match the sound to the appropriate letter.
Find words that begin with the same sounds.
Match the blend letters to the pictures that have that the beginning sounds.
Practice blending words.
Create words by finding the missing vowel blends.
Blend beginning and end sounds to make words.
Work on a variety of activities related to vowel blends.
Learn about blends. When you click on a blend you will read a short rhyme containing the blend. This site does not read the rhyme.
Select the consonant digraph that matches each picture.
Match beginning and end blends to pictures. (More: )
Select the vowel digraph that matches each picture.
Match pictures to CVC words.
: Lots of word games. You can build lots of CVC words.
Sound out CVC words and match them with the appropriate picture.
Fill in the missing letter to create a word.
Fill in the missing vowels in CVC words.
Listen to the CVC words and then match them to the word.
Make compound words.
: Learn about compound words through an interactive cartoon activity.
Combine letters to make words.
Combine words to form sentences.
Lots of excellent word games for K-5 students.
High Frequency Words:
6 high frequency words activities.
Stories with Dolch words are read to student. Students can go back and reread the stories themselves. Stories can also be printed for more reinforcement of words.
Match sight words or read stories with sight words.
Vocabulary:
Match the color names to the color.
Match the color names to the color.
Match words to pictures.
Practice with context clues for grade 3.
Practice with prefixes for grade 3.
Choose the word that best completes the sentences.
Practice with suffixes for grade 3 students.
Make compound words.
Fluency and Comprehension:
Online stories that students can hear read aloud.
Put the sentences in the appropriate order so that the story makes sense.
Listen to these stories read aloud. The voice does sound like a robot. However, it demonstrates reading left to right.
Beatrix Potter stories that are online. They do not have sound.
Many online stories to choose from. These stories have audio and interactive features.
Read the story alone or click on the sound icon for help.
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Online story that does not have sound titled “When I Grow Up”.
Lots of online stories for children. Sometimes the books take a long time to load.
Match the short stories to the appropriate pictures.
Many online stories. They do not have audio features.
: Many online stories. They do not have audio features.
Many online stories. These stories are interactive. But, they do not read to the students.
Practice determining the main idea. (More related to main idea:
Online texts with comprehension questions for grade 2.
Online texts with comprehension questions for grade 3.
Graphic Organizers to support reading comprehension.
A variety of interactive tools that can assist students with comprehension skills.