They have an opportunity to read it to thermselves. Kids work their way through the story one sentence at a time. Starter stories are the next logical place for your child to learn. Like “Red Eggs” and “The Big Hit.” Also cool is that there is even a section to show how to make the letters in sign language! The vowels have extra options on the alphabet blocks page – songs that focus on the short sounds like make. Everything is auditory as well as visual and interactive, which means that kids get the informtion in multiple way – which is terrific. This is followed with a short game of sorting capital and lower case letters. With our E example, they see and hear about elephants (with a funny little music clip and dancing elephant across the screen), eggs, enter and exit. Things on screen are clickable too – so your child can interact with the scene. As I mentioned, it helps with mouse control because the “next” action your child should take sparkles and, when not clicked for a while, often a little pointing hand bounces near by to show where to click. Both the upper case and lower case letters arrive on an elevator and a voice says the letter name as they change colour on the screen.

Each letter goes to its own sequence of things. When you click on the ABC’s button, you get taken to a screen full of letter blocks organized in alphabetical order. The ABCs have always been a favourite here. With the history of the site specifially tied to to learning how to read, it’s obvious that the language activities are excellent.

Let me show you some of our favourite sections. It’s really neat to see it being used again by my younger ones. Much of the content you see on this screen is the same content as it was back when my older teens were young. The Kindergarten levels include Language Arts, Math, and some music and games. I think this helps avoid kids stumbling into activities that are too hard for them. The grade 4 and 5 level resources are only available for members, and you actually have to turn them on from the parent account settings. When you first get to the home page of Starfall, there’s the grade level options so your child can pick activities that best suit your child’s learning level.

But the deeper you go into what they offer, prepare to be somewhat overwhelmed. A PEEK INSIDEĪt first glance, this site just seems like a cute place for your child to play games and have fun while conveniently learning things. There are other membership options for small educational groups, classes, and schools as well. This will give you access both to the website and mobile apps. The cost is only $35 US / year for a household. (Plus some that cost a dollar or two if you want some other ones.)Ī full membership to Starfall, however, gives you access to everything available on the website. There are learning to read apps available for both Android, Apple, and Kindle Fire that are free, too. My kids did this for several years – usually when I wanted to test out the longevity of their interest in the program. Anything your child doesn’t have access to is simply grayed out. Most of the games are available as well plus lots of the music and such. If you decide not to get a membership, your child can access the main bulk of the website- all the learn to read materials for kindergarten and grade 1 especially. Today, it not only covers learning to read but also math and more for Pre-K /Kindergarten and content in both math and English for grades 1 – 5! HOW MUCH IT COSTS Since then, it has expanded to include so much more. The designer of the program struggled with dyslexia and learning to read as a child, so he wanted to create a way to make reading more interactive and engaging to help all kids excel with their efforts to learn reading. Starfall is publically-funded non-profit educational program which was originally launched in 2002 as a reading program for young children. Find out more, try it free, or register for a membership at.HOW STARFALL CAN HELP YOUR CHILD LOVE LEARNING.

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