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=Log Into Literacy: Tips and Tools=

TumbleBook Library is an online collection of animated,talking picture books which teach young children the joys of reading in a format they'll love.TumbleBooks are created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you. This site is accessible through the Davis Academy website. Magnetic Poetry is a fun "manipulative," allowing students to play with language and improve their writing skills in the process. Word play can ignite a love of language in general, which is essential in a lifetime of reading, writing, and higher thinking and learning. BrainPOP creates animated, curriculum-based content that supports educators and engages students. BrainPOP also includes quizzes and activities to accompany the content. This site is accessible through the Davis Academy website. Starfall supports your child's exploration. Every word on the site is clickable and will read aloud. In this way, your child's speaking, reading, and writing vocabulary can grow alongside his curiosity. The Literacy Center aims to provide safe learning activities for parents and teachers to share with young children. It follows a modified Montessori approach to teaching reading. As a pre and early reading curriculum, it assumes that each online lesson will be supported by appropriate offline instruction. PBSkids offers a variety of character related games and activities. Literacy, Reading, Spelling, Letter, and Vocabulary games can be accessed under the heading “Games by Educational Topic”. TeachingBooks.net is a time-saving portal to thousands of online resources you can use to explore children's books and their authors. It provides immediate access to useful materials and exciting programs (short movies, audio book readings, book discussion guides, and more) that add a multimedia dimension to reading. This site is accessible through the Davis Academy website. Internet 4 Classrooms is a free web portal designed to assist teachers, parents and students who want to find high-quality Internet resources to use for classroom instruction, developing project ideas, reinforcing specific subject matter skills both in the class and at home. There are also online technology tutorials. A series of free games to practice the first stages of reading.
 * ==Tumblebooks==
 * ==Magnetic Poetry==
 * ==BrainPop Jr.==
 * ==Starfall==
 * ==Literacy Center==
 * ==PBS Kids==
 * ==Teaching Books==
 * ==Internet4Classrooms==
 * =Teach Your Monster to Read=

Abcya.com is a free educational website with early literacy activities that include voice instructions and easy to use navigation. Activities focus on letter recognition, sight word recognition, and ebooks that can be read to the child while the words are highlighted reinforcing literacy skills.
 * =ABCYA=


 * ==Iphone/Ipad Apps: Free Early Literacy Apps==
 * ABC Alphabet by Little Matchups
 * Sight Words by Photo Touch by GrasshopperApps
 * See.Touch.Learn by Brain Parade
 * Little Speller by Grasshopper Apps
 * ABC Alphabet Phonics by Grasshopper Apps
 * ABC DJ- Preschool LIte by Tap Tap Slide
 * AbbyMonkey- First Words by 22Learn, LLC
 * ==Evaluation Websites:==
 * =AppShopper=
 * =Graphite=
 * =Tony Vincent's Learning in Hand=
 * =MindLeap=
 * =MindLeap=