12 more places to find reading material for Foundation Phase learners

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Internet is a goldmine for reading materials.</span> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Earlier this week I wrote a post highlighting 12 websites that provide great reading material for young learners. (</span></span><a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2012/01/bring-technology-into-your-foundation.html" title="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2012/01/bring-technology-into-your-foundation.html">http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2012/01/bring-technology-into-your-foundation.html</a>). <span style="font-family: inherit;">These sites could be very useful to link to with the new CAPS curriculum being implemented in South Africa for Grades 1 – 3 this year since there is a big emphasis on reading. </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In this post I list ANOTHER 12 sites that can be used to encourage reading in our young learners.</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>1. Pinky Dinky Doo podcasts</b></span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.pinkydinkydoo.com/podcasts.html">http://www.pinkydinkydoo.com/podcasts.html</a><br />This site is presented by Sesameworkshop. It consists of downloadable podcasts.<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgskpsYugR526oxei1ocLe5K1nt3yVCfVmwdhdKmCjZ2qDIB5YTig3X6KDzgIFSYekM3hD0efxqSSQIkttxMmk_0ime1GSfkWR30NO9pcdTe9IO5iM-xY8seDPMo0MHxuSDfiQLs5ySWzg/s1600-h/image_thumb42.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image_thumb4" border="0" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinDmBelparjh_LQx4ZmE294R59ZNxZKDKYU2hTp5aCEpemv2zWAwIOGpw40go5mkS77Zc7ck-96NKfczCnlJWiJnmx9Iqb5Ei-BARA3w8dz7QIIuKceqwAvlS-yPsosx54w-PlzuP9bUE/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image_thumb4" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">2. Nursery rhymes</span></b><br /><a href="http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/Foundation/nurseryrhymes/rhymes_set1.swf">http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/Foundation/nurseryrhymes/rhymes_set1.swf</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlbyBIcJ-RhdroZa5cyz5cPnrL-SoJEmF31MkkP2MJ5_7gvh_A3r6jvPGXnnN3tk5UklIyb9WM6IG_pAvT7yHvMeAxQpiwDjWfoACiio0K0t-oDQjsHxWbssm2c_7629L7HIxF59MjAsc/s1600-h/image_thumb141.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image_thumb14" border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1gA9fZ-OlMguIFEEy12qkEVJ9pJy8DpKwz691stB9V2b67wpcZwJbt0VRkBu_8q8YvghsaftMHlBC-YL93xA2ufOdBILT8JOSfKeL9yDeDnyh8fYaA09ftn0g8CUCBjmtpQV6txepDs/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image_thumb14" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>3. Free kids books</b></span><br /><a href="http://freekidsbooks.org/" style="font-size: medium;" title="http://freekidsbooks.org/">http://freekidsbooks.org/</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Here you will find loads and loads of PDFs to download.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKXxELkoOeUZt-Elx4D3XaMZfi1IKjkL94xPPXj9bRTXzESfFr5BQmgXePCisDaJa0v4qEob9g9PNKCAPKhyj3o062ZfD2zHlgZAQ58CQGbyw3Yl-WBLP16k1KVXxmdBDXe8MFoFLh1H4/s1600-h/image8.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1HDCBUaTkODMjwoge2wikMvCQ2z2J16MmetYaqieqVM-LTw7m9zFBnAHe7AOMHxivxqFIEi_yWxlYDA3njU7WRiPz6R06SWQSEyngV701jtgBCGw9_CfUtG93iZhVvDomF1FaaXpgvbE/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>4. Storytime for Me</b></span><br /><a href="http://storytimeforme.com/series" title="http://storytimeforme.com/series">http://storytimeforme.com/series</a> <br /><br />This site has plenty of free online stories anda large selection of talking kids stories. The only problem is that the site is overloaded with adverts, so watch where you click.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8dqbhXOQk4R8aE-iJmPRji2YhemJPWpb5-FLhoiXmC62v_C09Zj0t8m9KmXFW_pollHhh9BS5WfLTN-V1Q6a1C7l34ZMHQlaP8RgrEExLnkFmX9VpkMsHTCVI7eNHcOWkhJiZRarKR7g/s1600-h/image12.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaZmPFbMxreqaDCyYWiHRTXqJckTQ50c6Q1h-ibRwIN6NrVV5WNvN1Jxwn0OOfXelsbO3rEAGp0AkJr1CJE1O4qz4TUN4f588smO_pNk0_kV4p9o3Mk6g2FBKUANGYxDEXt3K-ggAzaxQ/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>5. Mighty Books</b></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.mightybook.com/" title="http://www.mightybook.com/">http://www.mightybook.com/</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">This site provides plenty of animated storybooks and songs.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHXQJJe0UdgWzA4JDVf-UKSpI34P1WQk0kyJGGx5nQPW-sR0wO0HPXWHfg2D2LSgykfOBZhFzOMOwBUjSJfxd1kZNG9QmFzQzjmNBuYa0QwIJ7o81e_GeGutA4gpgmvcD1MuF19HjPWQs/s1600-h/image16.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvI4eAxc-ULdUow7X6t2gs-neSz-_Uqp0PjdWGtzxJg3xvkgVnY5-FsaiEloaP3B8_4gHmb_XeVen16UdNXxyU8SQ6b1pr9nD-puQ70bS8fZv4U_N1jec2ICqeI6JaPqdK75GDA6NtgL0/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>6. Steve Barracks Best Children’s Books</b></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.best-childrens-books.com/free-childrens-books.html" title="http://www.best-childrens-books.com/free-childrens-books.html">http://www.best-childrens-books.com/free-childrens-books.html</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">There is plenty of reading material available at this site.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLr6bx0y0QcvDEOEHnvgFKj3J88gzyGpcwmej0lsoCw5p4IpOYbdYKq8-CDi-falimUmITSuWwPTYNuRUaZ2Zc7ENU-KyLcVhMHwOsQCSskJtBIj3VpIk4GBwwUL1iu4oIRC0DQbelrZU/s1600-h/image22.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_M_xIryjw-EjqK3rpA_sEosjbDXvawyPMOvfFN908llep44Z01S66ASoMufwcDf1ce2jBYiSOaOz3PKWqM5iUx7I0lduto13vuW7uR6pKkv7NH9YXxX0SEhNqI26H6xpyQ7m-T5UHxM8/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>7. Little Squirts Books for free</b></span><br /><a href="http://www.kidsbooksfree.com/" title="http://www.kidsbooksfree.com/"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.kidsbooksfree.com/</span></a><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">These are books written and illustrated by Mark Griffin</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyN_NBYbLbxncbLMCD7TpHuAz48K-K_FdsrcvLstf-HjvmSBz6eE61DuXC4FI4lk-nGRYVfIdlK9dEy8CbXoU1f7QK4vPVzy_RpjFsz3oUnSzyEK98ikZxAXqrDsbwObKrJ_65nots0YU/s1600-h/image26.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgasq8eRo7xl7xGSeaMsvoySPYVrLAuMxd0G2G3rvAiFfTYtJVh998lkT-nPVjvS3rgCD-1SSdb4XUtPuDObTLjairBeyJs7SQRJQ7_myZ1uoNK2WP-qQQsc6aODX1_pjqn2hfxmzYF-vo/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">8. Storynory books</span></b><br /><a href="http://storynory.com/" title="http://storynory.com/">http://storynory.com/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">These are free audio stories for kids</span>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnM-o0hkFXvCLHETdAbHT_qAgObJM_0uombrJZeK2zwg5eqR4mvbPBLic9VlEtj3spk4pdMKcYSha5tkgeO7pgErK72CyU8qpPPRdnyRgWAqQNgsanhSo4zqeSf04_3mjKXByJDsFIq1o/s1600-h/image33.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTQvhVtOMPr9o3CsquhX7TN52DhV6zCAkKBK0-D3BgcyI0SFowMBfrwgXuiIIfpmFvD4-da8lEw3dCS69UvzgPoE7JDet9qkapqgO0Zhj-0E1KOn4v59GkYt59OqE1TQeY1A6w3OKkNMk/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>9. The International Children’s Digital Library</b></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://en.childrenslibrary.org/" title="http://en.childrenslibrary.org/">http://en.childrenslibrary.org/</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">The ICDL Foundation's goal is to build a collection of books that represents outstanding historical and contemporary books from throughout the world.</span> <br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTCjBY4RlzjqycJMmr8sGQYM47Dv4_WRlgUFO8GpeBPRNFzWon1jfUVL0-SU6lFWn8qQI1GY23LiH9okUUyKNQGR0Fh25q8LO_NjJyzuCzfahyphenhyphenDMa4qFomFjPHfd_HxUd1DC0VKulQqv0/s1600-h/image37.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ekGXY2kusreVHnMh7LRzNlWVNuFqVlCe5FR1djLCNEQhdJqRcebiP1UK_NXscQgSrtxT8tNnhTRvaB-Jah2OaI8MZ7_bYHffI1Z6Vob_lFf99oq0ncYy9dKku_AYsdwnyG6k39gsVbM/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>10. Kids’ English Books.com</b></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.kidsenglishbooks.com/" title="http://www.kidsenglishbooks.com/">http://www.kidsenglishbooks.com/</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">This is a collection of free printable books with matching audio.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnHcurpi4sDsZpOstopJuRf8vl8c_8yxrdRPjdGVZr5OAPTxPKXu_nnGJcrjn0vDe1Y9L4f7Mm4ahXh9HeQ1gGlLWeMkam2J_TIfgS-PWd1utHI2fgOjcLW3JnyjxEIxaQ8u72vXYaVV0/s1600-h/image42.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi086githiIeyyJ7MRzDC4yOexsu74YW0KKQWP-3lIHv4RpZT8d1eQWpsvPl7o4VIfYKc3pwvm7aJSzAAunghyphenhyphentp6chD5tQZKfcSfmH4Tiu-HSKzUjbLYRg10IpJvT-_ApwGC29ZRyp8oE/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>11. Light up your brain</b></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://lightupyourbrain.com/stories/" title="http://lightupyourbrain.com/stories/">http://lightupyourbrain.com/stories/</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">This is a selection of free audio stories for children.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3mnpYTDN3AdNqW0Ydg3etbgRpVjw90Xk6kxPtdx628S162rBjB9H4AknVyfVQM6AnkPn6gJIz-WcclfcVbArvAD-PcR6YxH1RxSnwjJNxHQ0lej1vwBkd58t11XrwCm2JMX-8BrluPMg/s1600-h/image46.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF7C0-3IJjmJu9ZqSrb7nB8aMcynRgpODTYKO1Afxhl8JglMJ-8_O3FoWEsqw-Wo0zvJbe3AVlUlXcpAFHvJQQW4ByJmJlf-nQSTOgEIzqjwOzavuuVT71mQOk7wdV8KyKwzTmvQ444ws/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>12. We Read for Kids</b></span><br /><a href="http://www.weread.org/kids/index.php">http://www.weread.org/kids/index.php</a><br /><br />Many of the links above are mentioned on this site. It is an incredible site that not only gives links to a number of places where you can find free children's books, but also also provides a multitude of good reading tips for teaching reading to children…plus all sorts of information about reading. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqqs3NxBeXDXPN80Ldw77v8oJU0A1DYnrEAi2sDTAjVSQvr8O25jBSNHafOFmI6pa_sKuRpkMtQuOABVb4dV1vLeD2-kzAkn2QANAnyrVnLCUkyRsVN5EKVCMtwD1Zc2k_jOHhF09p67g/s1600-h/image51.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAP9qbwldtGCYKrwJGTIpcQPq9L9qq50Pvl_CX3VKZ-9wcZANsf4RPOLKmHJFr3zOF800WWNsZIGHQ7Hkle_109Fa1IzGfXWtmn6X2O8K0Tj8TsVNR2igG-j2uon9LnpnTemQPwL_FWPM/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u style="font-weight: bold;">Application for the classroom</u></div>This last site in particular is worth dipping into. It gives some great tips for reading sessions and also had a page of reading games that one can play to stimulate an interest in words.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div></div>

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