Literacy Resources and Learning Materials
+ Workbooks
Explode The Code
Essential Lessons in Phonics Mastery
Book Numbers for Approximate Grade Level Phonics Skills
Kindergarten - Books A-2
1st Grade - Books 1-3
2nd Grade – Books 3-8
Get Ready, Get Set, and Go for The Code
A Primer for the Explode The Code Series
Books are for Preschool, TK, and Kindergarten
Beyond The Code
Comprehension and Reasoning Skills
Book Numbers for Approximate Grade Level Phonics Skills
1st Grade – Book 1
2nd Grade – Books 2-4
3rd Grade – Book 4
Learning Without Tears: Building Writers
Book Letters for Approximate Grade Level Writing Skills
Kindergarten – A
1st Grade – B
2nd Grade – C
3rd Grade – D
4th Grade – E
5th Grade – F
+ Magazines for Children
Highlights
High Five – Ages 2-6
Highlights – Ages 6-12
Cricket Magazine
Baby Bug (Fiction and Nonfiction) – Ages 0-3
Ladybug (Fiction) – Ages 3-6
Click (Nonfiction) – Ages 3-6
Spider (Fiction) – Ages 6-9
Ask (Art and Science) – Ages 6-9
Cricket (Fiction) – Ages 9-14
Faces (People, Places, and Culture) – Ages 9-14
Muse (Science) – Ages 9-14
Cobblestone (American History) – Ages 9-14
Sports Illustrated Kids
For all ages. Older readers can read the magazines aloud to younger readers
National Geographic Kids
For all ages. Older readers can read the magazines aloud to younger readers
Ranger Rick
(by the National Wildlife Federation)
Ranger Rick Cub – Ages 0-4
Ranger Rick Jr. – Ages 4-7
Ranger Rick – Ages 7-12
+ Literacy Games and Tools
POP Games
Kindergarten - Letters, Sight Words
1st Grade - Sight Words, Sight Words 2, Word Families, Blends
2nd Grade – Sight Words 2, Word Families, Blends
Unifix Letter Cubes
Kindergarten – CVC Set (shown above)
1st Grade – CVC Set, Blends Set
2nd and 3rd Grade – Blends Set
All Grades – Spanish Set
*To be used with CVC Set – Word Building Cards, Word Ladder Activity Cards
Phonics Dominoes
Kindergarten – Short Vowels
1st Grade – Short Vowels, Blends and Digraphs
2nd Grade – Blends and Digraphs, Long Vowels
Bananagrams
Scrabble game for kids
Snap It Up
Reading card game
Elementary Folder Games
Phonics & Language Skills, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary, Word Work
Bob Books
Kindergarten - Set 1: Beginning Readers, Rhyming Words, and First Stories
End of Kindergarten - Set 2: Advancing Beginners, Kindergarten Sight Words,
Set 3: Word Families
First Grade - First Grade Sight Words, Set 4: Complex Words
+ Handwriting
Handwriting Without Tears:
Workbooks, hands-on and writing materials, and online resources
Wet-Dry-Try:
Letter formation app by Handwriting Without Tears
Letter School:
Phonics and handwriting app for kids
+ Fine Motor Development
Fine Motor Activities and Materials
Materials:
1. Pom-poms
2. Paperclips
3. Buttons
4. Clothespins
5. Rubber bands
6. Tweezers
7. Pipe cleaners
8. Straws
9. Playdough
10. Nuts and bolts
11. Stickers
12. Holepunches
13. Syringes
14. Eye droppers
15. Kitchen tongs
16. Toothpicks
Activities:
1. Sewing
2. Lacing
3. Weaving
4. Beading - pipe cleaners
5. Balancing
6. Spooning
7. Painting with water or mini sponges
8. Tracing
9. Pinching
10. Threading
11. Making things small
12. Cutting
13. Sorting - erasers, coins, beads
14. Poking
15. Buttoning
16. Candy-sorting
17. Monsters Play Dough
Compiled from: https://handsonaswegrow.com/fine-motor-skills-activities/
Get Set For School by Learning Without Tears – hands-on materials and activity books.
+ Literacy Apps
1. Homer - students are placed in an individualized “pathway” based on their interests and phonics knowledge to work on beginning phonics and reading (K, 1st); also has a large library of fiction and non-fiction stories and activities for all reading levels
2. Starfall
ABC’s - learning the alphabet (Pre-K, K)
Learn To Read - beginning phonics (K, 1st)
It’s Fun To Read - fun activities, songs, and poems (1st, 2nd)
I’m Reading - different types of stories and reading material (1st, 2nd)
3. Bobs Books Reading Magic – beginning phonics based on the book series (K, 1st)
4. Sight Words Ninja – sight word game up through 2nd grade words
5. Fry Words Ninja - sight word game for up to about 5th grade words (Kindergarten-use the List 1’s; 1st Grade-use the List 1’s and 2’s; 3rd Grade-use the List 3’s, 4’s, and 5’s)
6. Abc Pocket Phonics – K, 1st
7. Pocket Phonics Stories – K, 1st
8. Eggy 100 - sight words – K, 1st
9. Sight Words with Wordaliens – K, 1st
10. Sight Words in Candy Land – K, 1st
11. Endless Reader – phonics (K, 1st)
12. Reading Raven – phonics (K, 1st)
13. One Minute Reader – reading fluency app for all levels of readers that provides timing for repeated oral readings of stories and tracks their words per minute progress (2nd grade and up)
+ Websites for Children
1. Starfall – beginning reading skills through games and audio stories
2. Scholastic – activities, games, and audio books all surrounding your student’s favorite books
3. The websites of your student’s favorite authors. Many children’s literature authors have interesting and interactive websites.
4. Raz Kids – online books of all levels, reading activities, worksheets, and more
5. Toon Books – easy-to-read comics and beginning graphic novels under Just For Kids
+ Websites for Parents
+ Audiobooks
1. Unite for Literacy (website)
2. Epic! (website and app)
3. Tales2Go (app)
4. One More Story (website and app)
5. Story Online (website)
6. FarFaria (app)
7. MeeGenius (app)
8. A Story Before Bed (app)
9. Homer (app)
10. Toon Books (website – look under Just For Kids)
11. ReadingIQ (website and app)