Welcome to Tom Anderson's Laudable Literacy Toolkit. Don't be shy, peruse around, you might just learn something.
Below you will find links that can guide you on a life long journey fostering a love of literature. Consider all of this building blocks or first steps on the Yellow Brick Road to reading and writing. This is by no means a complete compendium or collection of everything you will need. These are merely some tools in a toolkit. Like many important accomplishments in life, your pursuit of literacy and a lifelong love affair with literature will will call on you to draw upon every resource available. Further, and in closing, I personally feel the most important thing a parent can do is
(All free at your local library). Learn to work on cars, build a rocket, design your own clothing, develop
superior athletic skills. All these skills and more involve reading and can be found in books, all you need
to bring in desire and initiative.
Lists of "Must Read", and "100 Best" books for young readers and/or elementary students. Are you a terrible parent if you don't have a copy of every one of these books in your home, YES, absolutely, do you even have to ask, now if you could stop completely neglecting your child for five minutes, maybe you could get on e-bay or amazon and buy a copy of each and every one of these recommended books.
If your child is having trouble with a concept, any concept, GOOGLE IT!, YOU TUBE IT!!, and KHAN ACADEMY IT!!!
Fun with Phonics
Games and practice to guide and enhance your literacy journey
Learn to read? Check ✔
Learn to Write? Double Check ✔✔
Have FUN while learning to read and write? Triple Check ✔✔✔
Apply my literacy skills to read ALL THE HARRY POTTER BOOKS, then explore my creativity and write my own fantastical adventure stories and become super rich and famous like J.K. Rowling? QUADRUPLE CHECK!!!! ✔✔ ✔ ✔
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Phonics Games
Vocabulary Builders and Games
Reading Games
FREE Children's Book and Stories
Phonics Videos
Phonics Songs
Sight Word Songs
Check Out These Other Helpful Enriching Sites As Well
Adult Literacy
(Because you need to model reading to inspire your children and you just might learn something)
Lists of "Must Read", and "100 Best" books for young readers and/or elementary students. Are you a terrible parent if you don't have a copy of every one of these books in your home, YES, absolutely, do you even have to ask, now if you could stop completely neglecting your child for five minutes, maybe you could get on e-bay or amazon and buy a copy of each and every one of these recommended books.
If your child is having trouble with a concept, any concept, GOOGLE IT!, YOU TUBE IT!!, and KHAN ACADEMY IT!!!
Stay in Touch
Tom Anderson
REALTOR®, Aspiring Educator, Perspiring Athlete, Provocateur, Entrepreneur, Amateur Masseur, Scorpio...
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Savannah, Georgia 31415
912-433-4340
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Social: 867-53-0009
Blood Type: O' Negative (All Irish People Have O' type blood, anywhere we can sneak in an O')
Below you will find links that can guide you on a life long journey fostering a love of literature. Consider all of this building blocks or first steps on the Yellow Brick Road to reading and writing. This is by no means a complete compendium or collection of everything you will need. These are merely some tools in a toolkit. Like many important accomplishments in life, your pursuit of literacy and a lifelong love affair with literature will will call on you to draw upon every resource available. Further, and in closing, I personally feel the most important thing a parent can do is
- Read to your child everyday.
- Model Reading in the home.
- Provide a literature rich environment.
- Value knowledge and it's constant and everlasting pursuit.
- Finally, parents and students interested in becoming literate need to CHALLENGE THEMSELVES. Set goals. Never limit yourself, and don't let others limit you either. Start with the Harry Potter series, move on to Charles Dickens and Mark Twain. If you want to excel at anything in life you have to PUT IN THE WORK. You want to dunk a basketball, you have to train your body and PUT IN THE WORK. Literacy and intellect are no different.
(All free at your local library). Learn to work on cars, build a rocket, design your own clothing, develop
superior athletic skills. All these skills and more involve reading and can be found in books, all you need
to bring in desire and initiative.
Lists of "Must Read", and "100 Best" books for young readers and/or elementary students. Are you a terrible parent if you don't have a copy of every one of these books in your home, YES, absolutely, do you even have to ask, now if you could stop completely neglecting your child for five minutes, maybe you could get on e-bay or amazon and buy a copy of each and every one of these recommended books.
- http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/elementary
- http://www.teachersfirst.com/100books.cfm
- 100bestbooks-elementary.pdf
- https://www.education.com/magazine/article/esme_reading_list/
- http://www.nea.org/grants/teachers-top-100-books-for-children.html
- http://www.npr.org/2013/08/05/207953619/100-must-reads-for-kids-9-14-the-printable-list
- http://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/books-for-kids-grades-k-5/
If your child is having trouble with a concept, any concept, GOOGLE IT!, YOU TUBE IT!!, and KHAN ACADEMY IT!!!
- https://www.khanacademy.org/
Fun with Phonics
Games and practice to guide and enhance your literacy journey
Learn to read? Check ✔
Learn to Write? Double Check ✔✔
Have FUN while learning to read and write? Triple Check ✔✔✔
Apply my literacy skills to read ALL THE HARRY POTTER BOOKS, then explore my creativity and write my own fantastical adventure stories and become super rich and famous like J.K. Rowling? QUADRUPLE CHECK!!!! ✔✔ ✔ ✔
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
Phonics Games
- http://www.starfall.com/
- https://www.education.com/games/phonological-awareness/
- http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/phonics/
- http://www.familylearning.org.uk/phonics_games.html
- http://www.knowledgeadventure.com/phonics-games.aspx
- http://supersimplelearning.com/abcs/games/
- http://pbskids.org/lions/games/
- https://www.pinterest.com/explore/phonics-games/
Vocabulary Builders and Games
- http://www.cookie.com/kids/games/languageeslefllessons.html
- http://pbskids.org/games/vocabulary/
- http://www.vocabulary.co.il/
- http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/vocabulary_games.html
- http://superkids.com/aweb/tools/words/middle/
- http://www.readingrockets.org/literacyapps/vocabulary
- http://www.jumpstart.com/parents/worksheets/vocabulary-worksheets
- https://www.learn4good.com/games/words/englishvocabularybuilding.htm
- https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/blog-posts/rhonda-stewart/fun-and-easy-vocabulary-activities/
- https://www.education.com/activity/building-vocabulary/
- http://www.playkidsgames.com/vocabularyGames.htm
Reading Games
- http://www.primarygames.com/reading.php
- https://kids.usa.gov/play-games/reading-and-writing/index.shtml
- http://smartygames.com/readingGames.php
- http://pbskids.org/games/reading/
- http://www.funenglishgames.com/readinggames.html
- http://www.abcya.com/
- http://www.roomrecess.com/pages/ReadingGames.html
- http://mrnussbaum.com/readingcomp/banks/
- https://www.turtlediary.com/games/reading.html
- http://www.carlisleschools.org/webpages/pluta/teacher.cfm?subpage=1265199
- http://www.gamequarium.org/dir/Readquarium/Comprehension/
FREE Children's Book and Stories
- http://www.magickeys.com/books/
- https://www.storyjumper.com/book/search
- http://www.justbooksreadaloud.com/
- http://www.storylineonline.net/
- http://magicblox.com/books/1791-know-it-alls-predators
- http://www.apples4theteacher.com/short-stories.html
Phonics Videos
Phonics Songs
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BELlZKpi1Zs
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmyhRz0kAyk
Sight Word Songs
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpVWGhuckcQ
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWtMmRZDY-4
Check Out These Other Helpful Enriching Sites As Well
- https://www.brainpop.com/
- https://www.readers.com/blog/education/kids-online-reading-games/
- https://www.khanacademy.org/
- Possibly the most formative and important in your literacy journey...http://www.liveoakpl.org/
Adult Literacy
(Because you need to model reading to inspire your children and you just might learn something)
- https://americanliterature.com/100-great-short-stories
- http://flavorwire.com/272890/10-wonderful-short-stories-to-read-for-free-online
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_100_best_books
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/may/08/books.booksnews
- http://thegreatestbooks.org/lists/45
Lists of "Must Read", and "100 Best" books for young readers and/or elementary students. Are you a terrible parent if you don't have a copy of every one of these books in your home, YES, absolutely, do you even have to ask, now if you could stop completely neglecting your child for five minutes, maybe you could get on e-bay or amazon and buy a copy of each and every one of these recommended books.
- http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/elementary
- http://www.teachersfirst.com/100books.cfm
- 100bestbooks-elementary.pdf
- https://www.education.com/magazine/article/esme_reading_list/
- http://www.nea.org/grants/teachers-top-100-books-for-children.html
- http://www.npr.org/2013/08/05/207953619/100-must-reads-for-kids-9-14-the-printable-list
- http://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/books-for-kids-grades-k-5/
If your child is having trouble with a concept, any concept, GOOGLE IT!, YOU TUBE IT!!, and KHAN ACADEMY IT!!!
- https://www.khanacademy.org/
Stay in Touch
Tom Anderson
REALTOR®, Aspiring Educator, Perspiring Athlete, Provocateur, Entrepreneur, Amateur Masseur, Scorpio...
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Savannah, Georgia 31415
912-433-4340
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Social: 867-53-0009
Blood Type: O' Negative (All Irish People Have O' type blood, anywhere we can sneak in an O')
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