Technological Tools for Literacy
If you are a parent, guardian, or tutor of a child who struggles with reading, please use the following questions to guide you to some useful websites and apps.
Remember, however, that there is no substitute to reading interesting books with a supportive friend or parent.

Apps (iOS):
- My Word Wall ($1.99)
- Bob Books Reading Magic Sight Words ($3.99)
- The Sight Word Adventure ($1.99)
- Say Word (FREE, but there are in-app purchases
- Fluency Instruction
- Learn to Read
- Reader’s Theater Scripts and Plays
- Dr. Young’s Reading Room
- Aaron Shepard’s Reader’s Theatre Page
Apps (iOS):
- Reading Trainer ($2.99)
- See Read Say ($1.99)
* Please note that children must practice with actual paper and pencils, as well.
Apps (iOS):
- Letter School ($4.99)
- Alphabet Zoo (FREE)
- Letter Cross-Tracking (FREE)
- Phonics Instruction
- Grade Level Help
- Bookworm Game
- Word Games Online for Kids, Teachers, & Parents
- Learn To Read
Apps (iOS):
- ABC Pocket Phonics (FREE)
- Phonics Easy Reader ($0.99)
- ABC Alphabet Phonics (FREE)
- Kids Can Spell (FREE)
- Word Magic ($0.99)
- Montessori Crosswords ($2.99)
- ABC Phonics Word Families (FREE)
- Bob’s Books ($3.99)
- Planet Lettra ($1.99)
- The Cat in the Hat- Read & Learn ($3.99)
Apps:
- Booksy (FREE)
- Read Me Stories (FREE)
- Reading for Details ($3.99)
- The Cat in the Hat- Read & Learn ($3.99)
Apps (iOS):
- Endless Alphabet ($6.99)
- Middle School Vocabulary Prep ($1.99)
- Mad Libs (FREE, but there are in-app purchases)
- Say Word (FREE, but there are in-app purchases)
Phonemic awareness is the the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds-phonemes--in spoken words.
Apps (iOS):
- Reading Raven ($2.99)
- Elkonin Boxes: A literacy tool for Beginning Readers ($0.99)
- Learn to Read NOK-Syllables ($2.99)
- http://pbskids.org/
- http://games.disney.com/
- http://www.scholastic.com/ispy/games/index.htm
- http://www.funology.com/
- http://www.poptropica.com/
- http://www.janbrett.com/index.html
- http://www.zen.org/~brendan/kids.html
Apps (iOS):
- Find the Words (FREE)
- Stories2Learn ($13.99)
Apps (iOS):
- Strip Designer ($2.99)
- Word Wizard-Talking ($4.99)
- Super Why! ($2.99)
- iWrite Words (FREE)
- Alpha Writer ($4.99)
- Sentence Builder ($5.99)
- Writing Prompts ($1.99)
- Ideament (FREE)
- Lipa Theater: Story Maker ($3.99)
Apps (iOS):
- Moving Books! (FREE, but there are in-app purchases)
- The Berenstein Bears and Too Much Car Trip ($3.99)
- My Little Pony: Pinkie Pie's Sister ($2.99)
- My Little Pony: Hearts & Hooves Day ($2.99)
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