6 Ways to Motivate Reluctant Readers

http://imaginationsoup.net/2010/05/6-new-ideas-for-reluctant-readers/

Book Adventure

Book Adventure is a fun, free way to motivate youngsters to read! 
Children in Kindergarten through 8th grade can search for books, read
them offline, come back to quiz on what they’ve read.  Likewise,
they can earn prizes for their reading success. 

http://www.bookadventure.com/Home.aspx

Reading Fun at PBS? Yes!

Between the Lions

http://pbskids.org/lions/games/

GAME	DIFFICULTY	SKILL	NOTES
“The Quiet Machine”	Matching letters to pictures	*beginning sounds	Phonemic awareness
Leona’s Coloring Pages	Reading and writing	*beginning reader activity	Printable book
“The Messy Attic”	Picture identification	*listen, then follow directions	Pre- reading skill
“Arty’s Smarty Doors”	Rhymes	*rhyming words	Pre-reading skill
“Dub Cubs”	Rhyming words	*word families	Reading skill
“Hopposites”	Opposites	*words with opposite meanings	Reading skill
“Sky Writing”	Letter recognition	*varying styles of the same letter	Reading skill
“Monkey Match”	Match	*letters, sounds, rhymes	Reading skill
“Theo’s Puzzles”	Letter recognition	*consonant puzzles	Puzzles & a video
“Trampolini Game”	Word meanings	*inflectional endings ‘er, ‘est	Reading skill
“Blending Bowl”	Match blends with endings	*-ack, -an, -ap, -ar, -est, -ick, -ig, -ip, -it, -ock, -op, -up, -uck matched up with beginning blends	good for partners
“Synonym Sam’s Lab”	Choose synonyms	*this game is self-checking	good for partners
“ABCD Watermelon”	identify missing letters	*alphabet recognition	Pre-reading skill
“Alphabet Soup”	unscramble letters	*reader uses given letters to find a solution	101 riddles
“Chicken Stacker”	phonemic awareness	*listen and read words with the same short vowel sound	Five sets words
“Flood”	categories	*listen and read book titles	Hints given
“Fuzzy Lion Ears”	phonemic awareness	*letter sounds beginning/middle/ending	Six rounds
“Word Play”	good for partners	*read words and then  “click” to see the action	25 words: three sets
“Talking Gizmo”	recognize parts of a sentence	*readers experiment with sentences and word order	J good for partners
“Pounce”	word matching	*listen, then choose a word	Reading skill
More Literature	Pre-K through fifth graders	http://pbskids.org/lions/stories/	Kids can listen and read along with stories.

Songs and videos:  http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/

EXTRA-EXTRA: Calendar Fun!

Calendars in a school, home or office can encourage many NEW ideas for a child.

http://www.readingrockets.org/pdfs/edextras/52809-en.pdf

"Listen & Read" Stories

These nonfiction tales are from Scholastic.  Level "A" stories have three comprehension questions; level "B" selections review key vocabulary words from the story.  The collection is divided into eight categories: social studies, science, plants and flowers, environmental stories, civics and government, animals, American history, and community.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/commclub/index.htm

The JUNE Issue of "Word Up"

Discover AdLit.org; it's designed to inform us about literacy issues for youngsters in grade four through high school.   Follow it on Twitter, Facebook, get updates to videos on You Tube, or the monthly newsletter. 

http://www.adlit.org/newsletters/word_up_current_issue/?utm_source=Convio&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=WordUp

Looking for Children's Literature?

Children's Books Guide is an excellent site to enable us to keep youngsters reading.  This resource is also available on Face Book.  

http://childrensbooksguide.com/top-100

What Can You Do to Help a Kindergartener?

Reading preparation looks something like this:

http://ctlreadingclinic.uoregon.edu/forms/k-readiness_packet.pdf

Storybooks On-line

You'll not want to miss this!  Be ready to enjoy stories for kids of all ages, free and waiting to be shared.

http://www.magickeys.com/books/index.html#books