Starfall's Learn to Read with phonics - 0 views
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Jessica Chandler on 24 Jan 11Jessica Chandler January 24th, 2011 *Overview: This site is called Starfall. This website was designed to help students read. There are different categories to choose from such as ABCs, Learn to Read, It's Fun to Read, and I'm Reading. Each category has great contents once the recommended link is chosen. ABCs read the letter aloud that is chosen and shows word in which make the correct sound. Learn to Read contains different easy reads on line for the kids to read. It's fun to Read contains different types of reading such as tongue twisters, poetry, music, and etc. I'm Reading brings up a selection of books to read. This allows the students to choose what book sounds the best. If the child doesn't know a word, clicking on the word will read it out loud. There are many useful things to get out of this website for elementary and preschool kids, and for the teachers of that certain level. *Content: The content is very clear and prepared. It is easy for children to understand the concept of this website. It is easy to access everything to learn about reading. A child could participate in this designed website alone or with the parents. It has great content and is very beneficial for the younger students who cannot read. This website also makes reading fun! *Design: This website is fantastic! It helps the students love to read and demonstrates different patterns and the alphabet to the children. It is very colorful, but only the links are. Therefore, the content isn't hard to read. It is easy to find what you are looking for, and the site Is not overloaded with a bunch of information. It is quite eye catching and would be an excellent website for kids trying to learn how to read!
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Chris Riedl on 24 Jan 11Chris Reidl 1/23/11 Overview The purpose of starfall.com is to provide a fun and entertaining way to teach younger children how to read using phonics. Content This site is a great learning tool for younger children. Simply moving your cursor over a letter in the ABC's section gives you the sound of the letter and several words that begin with each sound. Design The site is very visually stimulating and the interactive learning tools are used very effectively. The audio and visual combinations used by starfall.com are very helpful in letter and word association and are very safe for small children.
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Katie Blanton on 15 Sep 11Overview: Starfall is intended for young children ages 4-8 to teach reading through a variety of games and activities. The website is highly interactive, with pictures, videos, and several games, yet it is also highly educational. The focus is on teaching the basics to young children such as the alphabet, basic letter sounds, and early simple reading and reading comprehension. It also focuses on helping young English Language Learners with English and reading. Content: The purpose of the site is easily identifiable, it is a children's website, and it wants to make learning fun. The links to outside websites work, and all the activities and games on the site worked well and loaded somewhat quickly. The site is easy to navigate, and it is easy to find games appropriate for different ages or skill sets. The educational value of each game was also easy to identify. It would be a very helpful resource in the classroom due to the overall safety and educational value of the site. Design: The design of the site is very bright and fun, because it is tailored to young children. Each picture, video and game serves a clear purpose, and the site is easy to navigate. Each page maintains the strong eye appeal, and each link to outside websites is relevant. It is free of advertisements, so it is completely safe for the classroom because there is no fear of students unknowingly navigating away from the site. Overall, the site is very interesting and well organized.
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Whitney Reese on 06 Feb 12Whitney Reese Reviewed: 2/4/12 www.starfall.com Overview: The purpose of this website is to teach children to read with phonics. The intended audience for this website is children ranging from the prek grade levels to second grade. It includes many resources such as the letters of the alphabet and their sounds, tools to learn colors and numbers, short tales for beginner readers, several word and reading games, reading materials for more advanced readers including comics and plays, and many interactive educational games. It also has its own unique curriculum for teaching children to read. My overall impression of this site was very good. It was really easy to navigate and loaded quickly. It is very colorful and kid friendly. It also has great content for learning to read. Content: The content of this site is very clear and concise. It is organized in an orderly fashion, which makes finding where you want to go easy. The authors of this site are identified and are credible. The content of this site seems very up to date and serves as a great resource for teaching children phonics. The quality of information provided is very good and every aspect of the site seems to work properly. Design: The design of this site is very attractive using bright colors and animated graphics. The homepage is set up easily so that kids are able to navigate but has links that adults can use to obtain site information as well. All multimedia aspects serve a clear purpose. Kids would love the design of this site.
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Erica Cook on 27 Feb 13A free website to teach children to read with phonics. For preschool, kindergarten, and first grade. Exciting phonics games and online interactive books.