Reading Bear (https://www.readingbear.org) is a free, web-based program
for learning to read. This program helps beginner readers with vocabulary and
concepts while introducing all the main phonetic patterns of written English.
This website makes reading words interesting and fun through the activities. The
website’s online reading activities are easy to follow, self-paced and fun and
engaging for young children. This website gives young children between the ages
four through seven the opportunity to start getting prepared for the same
structured learning that they will need to succeed when they start school to
additional support as they continue their journey in education.
Reading Bear can be played as
a video or as in interactive slide show. The child will be introduce to a few
phonic rules and then you can click on an activity. The presentation starts with
the speaker sounding out the word slowly and then quickly. What is great about
this activity is that the letters are highlighted as the speaker is saying each
sound. Then speaker will blend it and read the word. After the presenter has
read the word a picture will be displayed for that word and then the word will
be used in a sentence. Children are not only learning phonics but building on
their vocabulary and background knowledge.
Reading Bear can be accessed
on computers or tablets but not smart phones. It is free to play but if you do
register, which is also free, the
program will track student progress and save a student’s place in the lessons.
Parents or teachers can create their own account and keep track of student
progress.
Reading Bear is an amazing website that helps children build on early literacy skills. This website gives parents the opportunity to
help their child get prepared for literacy skills that will be learned when
they start school and throughout their primary years. This website can also be
a great resource for any student in my classroom who are struggling with
blending and reading words.
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