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Rhyming | Segmentation and Syllables | Using Animal Sounds | Phonemic Awareness | General

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Rhyming:

Reading at Seussville University, Random House
Example: The instructions say "Mr. Brown can buzz like a bee. Color all the B's blue and Z's red." Your cursor is a paintbrush. Dip it in the red paint and "paint" the Z letters on the screen. Bees "buzz" around while you work. Very interactive!
http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/university/reading/

Find the Rhyme! Fun School
Example: The words "dig," "bee," "bat," "nose," and "hug" are shown on the screen with pictures of a tree, a pig, a rose, a cat, and a bug. The child clicks on the word "dig" and drags the cursor to the picture of the pig.
http://www.willya.com/ww/choose_g.htm

Segmentation and Syllables:

Switcheroo Zoo
"Make new creatures at this surrealistic virtual zoo, by switching the animals' heads, legs and tails. Over 6500 possible combinations!"
Learn about syllables by labeling the imaginary creatures, for example, a "zebrephant".
http://www.switcheroozoo.com/

Tracy Gefroh Boyd, Speech-Language Pathologist
There are numerous games at Tracy Boyd's site. An example:

Syllables Pop-Up Counting Quiz:
Count the number of syllables in words presented and select your answer.
http://www.quia.com/pop/5909.html

Using Animal Sounds:

Example: Click on the ear icon, listen to animal sound and then click on the animal that makes the sound.

Julia's Rainbow CornerFinding Mommy, PBS

Phonemic Awareness:

Game Goo: Learning that Sticks, Cognitive Concepts
Alien Scavenger Hunt: Letter Bugs
Example: Click on the "letter bugs" that make up the target word (3 letter words).
http://www.gamegoo.com/gamegoo/games/alien/ash.html
Alien Scavenger Hunt: Space Trash
http://www.gamegoo.com/gamegoo/games/alien2/ash2.html

Letter Matching, Fun School
Example: The vowels "a, e, i, o, u" are displayed at the top of the screen. Pictures of objects with their corresponding word are shown on the screen below the vowels, but one vowel is missing from each word. Drag the right vowel to the place where the letter is missing.
http://www.funschool.com/cgi-bin/GA?az_match1k,k

Tracy Gefroh Boyd, Speech-Language Pathologist
More examples from Tracy Boyd's site:

Matching Games:
FINAL /s/ SPEECH GAMES
Play matching games or complete a word search with the "s" sound at the ends of words.
http://www.quia.com/jg/44712.html

Hangman:
INITIAL CH HANGMAN
Play hangman by guessing words that start with the "ch" sound.
http://www.quia.com/hm/20679.html

Guessing Game:
FINAL "er" CHALLENGE
Guess the words that end with the "ER" and win points!
http://www.quia.com/cb/7698.html

Jeopardy-Like:
FINAL CH CHALLENGE
Guess the "ch" word being described and earn points in this Jeopardy-like game.
http://www.quia.com/CB/7606.html

General:

Fun Brain
Lots of great stuff here, mostly for older children, mostly a silent site. But don't miss it for reading games to help your child to learn plurals and other similar fun lessons. An example here: The Plural Girls, http://www.funbrain.com/plurals/index.html

Looking for More?
Try Yahooligans, http://www.yahooligans.com/
and Berit's Best, http://www.beritsbest.com/

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Speechville Express is a resource for families, educators, and medical professionals, offering information about language development in children, helping those who care for toddlers and young children who are late talkers, and connecting you with others who have been down this road. Language disorders and communication impairments included are apraxia, stuttering, pervasive developmental disorder, dysarthria, and aphasia, among others.

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