DoDEA: Holbrook

Holbrook Elementary School

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Children's Authors	Biography	Spelling
Mysteries	Read-Alouds	Phonics
	Miscellaneous

Children's Authors

Jan Brett

http://www.janbrett.com/

Kevin Henkes

http://www.kevinhenkes.com/

Tomie dePaola

http://www.tomie.com/main.html

Seussville

http://www.seussville.com/

Eric Carle

http://www.eric-carle.com/home.html

Little Critter

http://www.littlecritter.com/index.htm

Arthur

http://pbskids.org/arthur/

Berenstain Bears

http://www.berenstainbears.com/

Curious George

http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/cgsite/

Clifford

http://pbskids.org/clifford/index-puppy-alt.html

Biography

http://www.askforkids.com/web?q=biography

Spelling

SPELLING FUN

http://www.KidsSpell.com

60 WAYS TO PRACTICE SPELLING
http://teachers.net/gazette/DEC02/spelling.html

Does your child struggle with spelling? This site has great ideas for Scratch and Sniff spelling, using Jello and glue. Word Cubes, Spelling Magic crayon resist art, spelling puzzles... Who knew that spelling could be so exciting?

CATCH THE SPELLING THIEF!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/spellits/home_y6flash.shtml

Spelling challenges help Kate and Nadim investigate a case of stolen jewels and solve the crime. "Y" endings, double consonants, plural nouns, prefixes and suffixes, and apostrophes are all included.

Mysteries

MYSTERY NET KIDS' MYSTERIES What fun to be a detective! This site includes mysteries, magic tricks and other challenges.
http://kids.MysteryNet.com/

Read-Alouds

Read-Alouds and Games from the Cumberland County Library

Access the Cumberland County Library site at www.cumberland.lib.nc.us . On the left hand side of the page, click on “Just for Kids”, then scroll down to Tumblebooks. There are lots of read alouds and games.

The Charlotte library has both a Spanish and an English options: http://www.storyplace.org/

More Online Animated Stories
http://www.starfall.com/
http://www.tampareads.com/books-ol/index-ol.htm
http://www.sundhagen.com/babbooks/

Online and interactive stories are matched to grade and ability levels at the above sites, with different focuses such as beginning letters, phonemes, sentences, themes, etc. through a wide variety of topics.

Phonics

PHONICS FROM STARFALL

http://www.starfall.com/

Miscellaneous

ILLUSTRATED DOLCH WORD FLASH CARDS
http://www.janbrett.com/games/flash_card_dolch_word_list_main.htm

Jan Brett is a favorite author of beautifully illustrated children's books. This link includes eleven lists of commonly used sight words for children to practice.

PRINTABLE BOOKPLATES
http://www.myhomelibrary.org/colour.php

You might want to organize your children's personal library and print out book plates for the books, illustrated by a variety of talented artists.

Public Broadcasting for Kids

http://pbskids.org/

Public Broadcasting has a variety of sound learning opportunities for children online. This link will take you to activities that relate to their favorite tv pals. There are stories, games and other activities.

Turn the Pages of Your Favorite Books and Read Them Online

http://www.lookybook.com/