Phonics
Literactive 
A wide variety of sequenced early reading activities. Click the downloads tab across the top, then use the levels along the left to select read-aloud stories. Students can get help sounding out unfamiliar words by clicking on them. Some stories are available in Spanish as well (click the ESL tab). Click the "Activities" tab for games that reinforce beginning phonics skills. Note: free registration is required.
Skills: rhyme, beginning sounds, short vowels, CVC words, blends and digraphs, sight words
Little Animals Activity Center 
Choose from several skills and levels of difficulty.
Skills: beginning sounds, ending sounds, rhyme
Alphabet Action 
Click on a letter to hear its name and see items that begin with that letter.
Skills: letter identification, beginning sounds
Sorting Vowels and Consonants 
Sort letters into vowels and consonants. Note: No sound.
Skill: Identify letters as vowels or consonants, upper and lower case
Starfall 
Stories and related activities to practice vowel sounds
Skills: short vowels, long vowels, r-controlled vowels
The WhirlyWord Machine 
Students separate real CVC words from made-up words. This game includes a "Teacher's Control Panel" that allows an adult to select which word families are presented. Note: this software is from the BBC, so the speaker has a British accent.
Skills: CVC words, rhyming word families, reading and recognizing real words
WordBlender 
Students are given a word, and are asked to identify the beginning blend and ending sounds. The game includes a "control panel" to limit the number of blends presented in the game, if necessary.
Skills: initial "s" blends
Put it on the Shelf 
Drag pictures to the CVC words they represent. Note: no sound
Skill: decoding CVC words
Picture Match by ReadWriteThink 
Three levels of difficulty - identifying the beginning sound, short vowel, or long vowel in a word. Words are pronounced and a picture is shown. Immediate feedback.
Skills: beginning consonant, short vowels, long vowels
Wordbuild by ReadWriteThink 
Given a word family ending (for example, "at" or "ig"), students are asked to add beginning sounds to create as many words as possible. Note: words are not pronounced for the student
Skill: spelling and recognizing CVC words and word families
Long Vowels 
Sort long and short vowel words. This game does not read the words to the student, but words are paired with pictures. Each vowel sound is a separate activity.
Skill: long vowel patterns
Snap It! 
Match a long vowel pattern to a word. Patterns include ee, ea, ay, ai, and igh. The speed needed to decode the phoneme is adjustable.
Skill: long vowel sound patterns
Drag 'N' Spell 
Use either picture or word clues to spell words by dragging vowel combinations to the blank provided.
Skill: Using long vowel patterns.
Sandcastle Quiz 
Practice alternate spellings for several common vowel patterns, like ou/ow, oy/oi, and ear/eer/ere. You can pick a single phoneme, or play with all of the available combinations at the same time.
Skill: vowel patterns and spelling
Magic E 
Click on the correct long vowel sound to complete the word that matches the picture
Skill: silent E
Name the Picture
Choose which of three long vowel words matches the picture. The name of the picture is said aloud when it is clicked.
Skill: reading single syllable long vowel words
Words and Picture Poems 
Ten poems, each emphasizing a different long vowel pattern. Poems are read aloud, and each includes related activities to reinforce the vowel sound of the poem.
Skill: long e, long i, and long a patterns
Clifford Interactive Stories 
Each line of each story can be read aloud. Students fill in the blank to complete each page and see their choice acted out on the screen. Accompanying games reinforce phonics skills.
Skills: consonant and vowel sounds
CVC stands for consonant-vowel-consonant words (ex. cat, mop)