Friday I'm in Love: Best Reading Web Sites

When I came up with the title for this post, I was thinking about Reading Rockets. Reading Rockets is

They really do enjoy reading. I swear. 

my favorite go to site for reading information and ideas. There are sections for parents, teachers, principals and librarians. The site covers everything very comprehensively, though sometimes it can be hard to find the specific information you want.

But then I realized that not everyone is an obsessive researcher like I am. Plus, if I only wrote about Reading Rockets, the "Best Reading Web Sites" title becomes inaccurate. It would have to be "Best Reading Web Site" and that just seems lame. Also, it's not the best site if you're looking for games for your kids, visual ideas or book suggestions. So.

Sites for Kids:

Starfall is great for preschoolers and kindergartners.

ClicknKids has really effective phonics and phonemic awareness lessons. It's not free, but you can use it for consecutive kids.

GameGoo, despite its horrible name, has some good early literacy skills games.

I'm not a big fan of online reading games for kids who already read. They should spend their time reading and responding to actual books.


Ideas for Parents:

No Time for Flash Cards has excellent ideas.

The International Reading Association, while geared for professionals, also has great ideas for parents.

What We Do All Day also has fun ideas for parents, with some really cool reading lists.

More great reading lists can be found on Kidlit.


If you're more visual and looking for teaching ideas:

I love this Pinterest Board by a fellow Jennifer.

This board from Scholastic has great resources too.

Check out this woman's literacy site for great teaching ideas. I wish she'd been my literacy coach.

Do you have any reading sites that you think I should check out? Let me know in the comments.