Kids

Reading really can be fun! Click on some of the links below for great online games and activities that not only are a blast, but help you learn to read. Check back soon for new games!

Spinner the Writing Spider
A site for younger children to watch Spinner, the Writing Spider, write the letters of the alphabet.

Read to me!
Listen to local celebrities like Terry Fator and Rita Rudner read your favorite picture books.

Reading Planet games and activities
http://www.rif.org/kids/readingplanet.htm

Storyline – Favorite Stories read by members of the Screen Actors Guild
http://www.storylineonline.net/

Comic Creator – create your own comic strip online
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/comic/

PBS Kids – games, videos, reading dventures
http://pbskids.org/

 

 

 


BOOK LISTS

James Patterson’s READKIDDOREAD site “dedicated to making kids readers for life.”
http://readkiddoread.com/home

Jon Scieszka’s website to motivate boys to read by connecting them with materials they will want to read…
http://www.guysread.com/

Read the Books, with recommended books for kids of all ages, as well as Reading Lists for Henderson schools.

Themes Booklists from Reading Rockets
http://www.readingrockets.org/books/booksbytheme/