Online Games
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Teachers’ FavouritesLinks to literacy websites that focus on developing phonological awareness and offer a range of online games and printable resources. |
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BBC – River RhymingHelp the animated character cross the river by matching words that rhyme. |
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Scholastic – Reggie the RhinoUse words and pictures to find words that rhyme. |
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Professor Garfield – Chicken Coop GameA game to help children isolate and identify the sounds at the beginning of words. |
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Scholastic – Clifford the Dog Sound MatchA picture-matching game that helps children focus on the sounds at the beginning of words. May require initial adult guidance as instructions are not intuitive. |
Apps
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Phonics Rhyming BeeAn app to help children recognise rhyming words with short vowel sounds. |
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Reading MagicGames to develop phonological and phonemic awareness and blending and segmenting skills. |
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Oz PhonicsNo instructional content, just practice of skills. For example, no explanation of general rules for ‘bossy e’ or vowel digraphs. No corrective feedback. |
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Elkonin BoxesA literacy tool for beginning readers. Good for phonemic awareness, not letter-sounds. Instructions are written so needs adult guidance. |