CCS Preschool - Even More Pre-Reading!

Although summer is almost over, keep your preschool student engaged year-round with these exciting pre-reading resources:

Kids ABC Phonics - practice letter sounds, match sounds to the correct letter, learn phonetic sounds, and build three-letter words.  (Ages 3 and up; $3.99; Android, Kindle)

- Download Kids ABC Phonics

PBS Kids WordWorld - fun animation and big visuals help students learn to spell.  (Ages 3 and up; Free; website)

- Visit PBS Kids WordWorld website

ABCMouse.com - a subscription-based educational website.  Easy to use computer activities begin the journey to reading!  (Ages 2 to 7; Free; website)

- Visit ABCMouse.com website

CCS Elementary - More Reading!

Keep your elementary brains engaged all summer long with these fantastic reading resources!  Improve already learned skills, develop new skills, and fall in love with reading all over again!

Quik Tap Words - teaches sight words with flashcards and games.  (Ages 4 and up; $0.99; iPhone, iPad)

- Download Quik Tap Words

Read Me Stories 30 Book Library - keep beginning readers inspired with a new book every day!  Features 30 books complete with music and sound.  Develops word and sound recognition to improve reading skills.  (Ages 6 and under; Free; iPhone, iPad)

- Download Read Me Stories 30 Book Library

Dr. Seuss's Seussville - this interactive website features games based on Dr. Seuss's books,  Play games, chat with the Cat in the Hat, win prizes and more!  (Ages 4 and up; Free; website)

- Visit Dr. Seuss's Seussville website

Into The Book - a reading comprehension resource for elementary students.  Interactive reading comprehension activities focus on eight learning strategies:  using prior knowledge, making connections, questioning, visualizing, inferring, summarizing, evaluating and synthesizing. (Ages 5 and up; Free; website)

- Visit Into The Book website

CCS Preschool - Reading Practice Skills!

Encourage pre-reading development during car or stroller rides!  Keep your youngster busy this summer with these highly-rated, fun, interactive educational activities for your phone, e-book reader, computer, or iPad:

The Very Hungry Caterpillar & Friends – First Words – Eric Carle illustrations in a digital pop-up book that teaches words.  (Ages 2 and up; $2.99; iPhone, iPad)

· Download The Very Hungry Caterpillar…

Alphabet Fun – A printing primer that makes learning the alphabet, numbers and colors fun!  Playfully drawn animals illustrate each concept; kids use their fingers to trace the letters on a background that looks like lined paper.  (Ages 3 and up; $2.99: iPad)

· Download Alphabet Fun

AlphaTots – Filled with creative and clever interactive activities, this app introduces letters in uppercase and lowercase forms and demonstrates phonetic pronunciation as well.  Engagingly builds letter identification skills and recognition.  (Ages 4 and under; $2.99 on iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle, Nook)   

· Download AlphaTots

Metamorphabet – A stunning approach to introducing and playing with letters.  Interactive animations captivate and encourage continued discovery about each letter.  (Ages 4 and under, $3.99 for iPhone, iPad)

· Download Metamorphabet

CCS Preschool - Pre-Reading Skills!

Brain development research shows that reading aloud to your child every day increases the brain's capacity for language and literacy skills and is the most effective way to boost pre-reading skills in children under 5 years of age!  Here are some summer resources designed help develop these essential pre-reading skills:

Storyline Online - www.storylineonline.net - Famous voices read familiar stories - read along and practice word recognition skills.  Great for car rides or bedtime!  (Ages 4 and under; Free, website)

- visit Storyline Online website

ABC Magic Reading - teaches basic reading skills to beginning readers using games that encourage early reading skills rather than picture-based word recognition.  (Ages 6 and under; Free: iPhone, iPad)

- Download ABC Magic Reading

Early Reader - Helps beginning readers develop their reading skills.   (Ages 6 and under; Free; iPhone, iPad)

- Download Early Reader

CCS Elementary - Reading!

Summer is a great time to work on reading skills for next year!  Whether your student is a beginning reader or voraciously reading their way through a series, keep them engaged and excited about improving their reading skills with these excellent resources:

Starfall Learn to Read - an app version of the website!  15 mini-books focus on a specific vowel, using videos and activities to enhance early literacy learning and basic phonics concepts.  (Ages 4 and up; $2.99; iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle)
- Download Starfall Learn to Read

Smarty Pants School - tests and develops early reading skills.  Students take an assessment and then are directed towards activities that best match their needs and skill level.  Five categories of games include letter knowledge, phonics, phonemic awareness, phonetic words, and sight words.  (Ages 5 and up; $2.99; iPhone, iPad)
- Download Smarty Pants School

K12 Timed Reading Practice - works with reading skills to improve reading fluency, timed to track student progress and words per minute.  + Comprehension improves the ability to understand what is read.  (Ages 5 & up; Free Lite Version; Full Version = $2.99; + Comprehension = $3.99; iPhone, iPad)
- Download K12 Timed Reading Practice Lite
- Download K12 Timed Reading Practice (Full Version)
- Download K12 Timed Reading + Comprehension Practice