 Leading to Reading: Fun & Play
Reading books isn't the only way to cuddle with your child while helping her learn — just pull up a seat to your computer monitor! Your child will love the one-on-one time she gets with you and the eye-catching appeal of these educational games. From coloring to matching, these activities will spark conversations between you and your child that are centered on learning.
Supermarket Spree (English or Spanish) Let your child lead the way down the aisles while learning about an important type of writing — a shopping list. "Read" the list together and then fill your cart with the matching items!
Picture Pairs - Letters Recognizing the letters is an important step towards learning to read. Playing this matching game helps your child pay attention to the differences between letters.
Picture Pairs - Animals Build your child's vocabulary as she excitedly shouts out the names of various animals in this matching game.
Riffington's Online Coloring Book Fill in color blocks of paint or let your child scribble with online crayons on these heartwarming pictures that bring home the message that reading is fun!
A-Z Animal Coloring Pages (Full set coming soon) Find a coloring page for a letter your child knows or print the whole alphabet book of these great animal pictures that teach your child the sound each letter makes.
For more fun, check out our collection of online Stories & Songs!
Please note: For each of the games above, you'll need Flash installed on your computer. It is free and easy to install. Click here to download Flash. Also, the A-Z coloring pages are in PDF format. You'll need to have Adobe Reader installed on your computer to access those pages. It is also free and easy to install. Click here for Adobe Reader.
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