DD is an emerging reader (she can read The Cat in the Hat, lower-level easy readers, etc) who ended up "getting" reading almost entirely from literactive.com. For whatever reason computer learning seems to work really well for her, and she is always asking to play more games on the computer. She has unfortunately exhausted Literactive at this point; the games are too easy for her. However, she still has a way to go before she will become a truly fluent reader.
She isn't so into Starfall because she prefers to play games to learn (we read plenty of "real" books, too, so I'm not so hip on the computerized ones myself). She could use games that would help her learn more sight words as well as quiz her on commonly confused words. Advanced phonics games (beyond "rat" and "cat") would also be good. Any ideas? I've looked at readingeggs.com but couldn't decide whether it would be worth it for where she is.
She isn't so into Starfall because she prefers to play games to learn (we read plenty of "real" books, too, so I'm not so hip on the computerized ones myself). She could use games that would help her learn more sight words as well as quiz her on commonly confused words. Advanced phonics games (beyond "rat" and "cat") would also be good. Any ideas? I've looked at readingeggs.com but couldn't decide whether it would be worth it for where she is.
) again in the sale bin for $7.99. The box had 10 subjects, most of them trashy but the phonics program was a gem. It's games based, very interactive. Really breaks down the phonics rules. Worked well for my DD who needs to understand the logic behind any concept for her to internalize it.
