Free Phonics!!

In my pursuit for the perfect phonics program for our 1st grade year, I've come across some great FREE resources! Here are just a few:

Letter of the Week
Sound of the Week
www.letteroftheweek.com
This site has letter of the week for preschoolers learning letter names. One overlooked part of the site is devoted to Sound of the Week. This program has a sound combination that is focused on in activities throughout the week. A great resource for 1st grade! There is also a program for teaching spelling words.

Danielle's Place
http://www.daniellesplace.com/
Danielle's Place has a lot of good phonics/reading games. Some of the resources are free, some require that you purchase a membership.

BBC-Schools-Words and Pictures
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/index.shtml
Check out the links on the left nav: these have the different levels of games to play. There are CVC word activities and games, Consonant Clusters, Long vowel, Phonics Year 2, and high frequency words. I printed the pyramid game from the Consonant Clusters section and DD5 enjoys writing the words that we make with each roll of the pyramid. This has given us extra reading & writing practice!

Starfall
www.starfall.com
OK, who hasn't heard of this site yet? If you are one of the rare few, go on over & play!

Tanglewood Education
A Classical Education combined with Charlotte Mason
www.tanglewoodeducation.com
For the free reading program, click on 1st Grade (right side of screen on homepage), and then scroll down, down, down to Really Reading - click on the apple. Its in PDF form. Complete learn to read program in 21 lessons. Also, great booklists for literature & history.