Reading

BBC Education - Words and Pictures
Colorful games, printable pages, animations and other activities to help 5 to 7 year olds with reading and phonics.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/index.shtml

Book Adventure
A free on-line reading program encourages students in grades K-8 to read more often, for longer periods of time, and with greater understanding. Requires free registration.
http://www.bookadventure.com/

California Reading List
Helps students find books matched to their reading levels on the California Reading List. Includes interactive quizzes and printable bookmarks.
http://www.californiareadinglist.com/

CLWG: Children's Literature Web Guide
Internet resources related to books for children and young adults.
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/

Endings
Simple interactive lessons matching words and pictures for young children.
http://www.dositey.com/language/phonics/phonics1.htm

GameGoo
Contains a reading intervention program that helps improve reading proficiency, skills, and comprehension through games.
http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooeyhome.html

Guys Read
Offers a list of books recommended by the webmaster, children's author Jon Sczieska, and others suggested by visitors to the website.
http://www.guysread.com/

Laurie's Stories
Phonics site with children's rhyming picture books and phonics activities.
http://www.lauriesstories.com

Literacy Center
Interactive site helps young students learn letters of the alphabet and other basic literacy skills. In English and Spanish.
http://www.literacycenter.net/

Nursery Rhymes Lyrics and Origins
Nursery rhymes with their history and origins.
http://www.rhymes.org.uk/

Pheebs
Features nursery rhymes, fairy tales, and fables.
http://www.pheebs.com/

Print Activities: Word Searchers and Jumbled Words
Puzzle games with themes that include Animals, Pokemon, Oceans and Dinosaurs.
http://www.edbydesign.com/oa/

Reading-n-Phonics
Learn to read using phonics. Interactive phonics lessons for preschool and kindergarten children use colorful pictures and stories.
http://geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Dell/4678/indexpublish.html

Sight Words Exercises
Contains online words games.
http://www.quiz-tree.com/Sight-Words_main.html

Student Generated WebQuests
Archive of student-generated literature WebQuests developed by middle school students.
http://www.geocities.com/grammarlady2000/quest.html

Teen Reading
Contains book reviews and suggested readings by teenagers. Also links to teen sites, and a variety of topic specific forums.
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/teenreading.cfm

Upon A Dream
Includes poetry, stories, and other activities.
http://www.uponadream.com/

World Book Day
Official site of the yearly event. Introduces the day, lists events, and lists book recommendations. Also pictures of past events.
http://www.worldbookday.com/