Found a cool link today that I wanted to share. This site will help you teach your kids to read. Go and check it out!
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-a/learn-to-read/load.htm

If it's too basic for you child, there are some other pages you can pull up that are more challenging. Spend a few minutes going through it and you'll see how good it is. My son and 3 year old daughter got a real kick out of it this morning. I have a hard time keeping my 5 year old's attention, but this seemed to work. Gives me a little hope!

If it's too challenging, there are some pages that teach the letters themselves. Have fun! Be sure to turn your speakers up!!

My kids are older and already reading, but I appreciate this site for one reason: I want to teach them English (we're French Canadians) and I think that'll be a great site for them to learn.

Thanks a lot!!!

Lorris

Thanks for the link! I will check it out now!

Great link!

Ever since my son started to read, my daughter has been wanting to learn. I didn't know where to begin and figured she would have to wait until she starts kindergarten this fall. Now we can get a head start!

Thanks!

Thank you sooo much! My son is almost 4 (July) and has been in speech therapy since he was 2 1/2. I always feel very lost during the summer months. We play alot of speech games and have taken away all the normal cards for most games and replaced them with flash cards but we are always looking for something different to keep his attention. We played around with the site tonight for an hour before bed!!
Thanks again

thank you so much

Isn't this site great!! Great idea to post it Wendy, the school told us about this last spring and my son loves it!!

They actually use Starfall in school here. My kids love it. My son is 7 and plays on that site all of the time. My 4 yr.old daughter also is on that site alot. My son will actually sit with his sister and help her with sounding out the letters when she's using Starfall.

Funny you mention that site. My sister just sent it to me the other day. My 6-year-old does really well in the reading section of it and my soon-to-be Kindergartner learns from it as well. I agree, great site!

kos

Wendysue....this site is great. My 5 1/2 yr old is chompin' at the bit to start reading and has been doing pretty well with just me. This site not only keeps her interest but challenges her in the right way so she doesn't get frustrated.
a HUGE thanks from me and my daughter!!!
Jennz818