Early Reading Resources - Alphabet / Phonics

Share your children's favorite books and help make a preschool/kindergarten recommended reading list to share with others who are looking for great books to read. Please include the title of the book, author, reading level if you know it, and tell a little about the book and why you recommend it.

phonics programs, pros and cons, teaching reading

Choosing your phonics program can be overwhelming. There are many phonics programs available and most are a considerable investment. Here is an overview of the top phonics programs available for your homeschool students.

For each letter, there are 5 different printable pages for 2 styles of writing. The first five are Zaner Bloser style, the next five are D'Nealian style. Print the pages, write the letters and color the pictures.

Make the alphabet coloring pages to make a coloring book for each letter of the alphabet. Each letter has a cover page and 9 alphabet coloring pages. Print the alphabet coloring pages pages and bind together to make each book.

A fun new game by your About.com guide. Can you find all the pictures? Fun for all ages!

Help your child learn to read and give them a love for reading with these fun ideas and activities.

Help children learn their alphabet and beginning phonics with these fun electronic games. These learning games will keep children entertained for hours with their cute characters, lights and sounds.

Have fun learning the letter sounds and writing the alphabet. Enjoy the crafts, activities, color pages and recipes for each letter.

Help your child learn to read and give them a love for reading with these fun ideas and activities.

Reading can be a lifelong enjoyment.  Here are some ideas to help instill the love of reading in your children.

Fun with letters, animals and sounds. See how quickly you can find pairs of letters and animals, then sing along with the class with the classic ABC song!

Create your own alphabet book. Just print each letter picture and color it in!

Six different games to practice the Alphabet.

The Dolch words are the 220 most frequently found words in books that children read. The lists are in order of frequency. These lists are studied in first and second grade; children who learn these words have a good base for beginning reading.

Free printable flashcards and games for learning letters and math skills. (for ages 3 and up)

Practice your ABC's and phonics by playing Word Search, Word Builder and Word Match.

Alphabet pages by Jan Brett in three different styles: Traditional, Cursive and Modern.

Free educational software for Preschoolers learn the shapes and names of the letters of the alphabet playing an educational alphabet game. A pre-reading activity for young children to learn letters. 

Preschoolers learn letter - sound relationships playing an educational alphabet game. A pre-reading activity for young children to learn beginning phonics. Free Software!

Online phonics worksheets to print and use.

Each of our 26 letters will tell you a little about themselves and they will show you how many fun and interesting words start with their special letter.

The Learn to Read website is one you won't want to miss if you have a beginning reader in the house. It is very well done. The interactive readers will capture your child's attention, entertaining them and educating them at the same time! The readers have animated games and movies.

The magic of being read to is that you don't even know you're learning. Children who are read to love stories and are excited about learning. They are familiar with language and they know lots of "stuff".

Have fun learning the letter sounds and writing the alphabet. Enjoy the crafts, activities, color pages and recipes for each letter.

Have fun learning the alphabet - kids recipes for the Letter A. Enjoy the crafts, activities, color pages and recipes for each letter.

Mary Had a Little Lamb Craft and Coloring Pages. Mary Had a Little Lamb was written by Sarah Josepha Hale and was first published on September 1, 1830.

Fun with the Alphabet - The Letter I

Fun with the Alphabet - The Letter K

Fun with the Alphabet - The Letter K

Fun with the Alphabet - The Letter K

Fun with the Alphabet - The Letter K

Fun with the Alphabet - The Letter K

Fun with the Alphabet - The Letter K

Fun with the Alphabet - The Letter K

Fun with the Alphabet - The Letter K

Fun with the Alphabet - The Letter K

Fun with the Alphabet - The Letter K

Fun with the Alphabet - The Letter K

Fun with the Alphabet - The Letter K

Fun with the Alphabet - The Letter K

Fun with the Alphabet - The Letter K

Fun with the Alphabet - The Letter K