Reading Remediation: Online Resources

My 'treasure hunt' for websites and software available online to support literacy skill development and reading remediation (in addition to Earobics Game Goo, Starfall, Raz Kids, and TumbleBooks/TumbleReadables) turned up:

 Word Maker is for-purchase software that provides phonics instruction through activities, including: matching, sorting, making and finding words, games, and progress tracking for teachers.  This is sound, research-based practice, but with a price.

Into the Book is an interactive site for developing reading comprehension strategies.  I love the fact that users are not required to download software or create an account.  All you have to do is choose "kids" on the main page, enter your name, and you are ready to learn and practice a variety of strategies on pieces of text on the site.  The text can also be read aloud.  Anyone who needs to widen their repertoire of comprehension strategies could benefit from using this site.  Responding to some of the prompts may require support.


The BBC Schools website has a number of free games and activities linked to the main page of their site.  Students of many ages can access activities to reinforce reading skills.  Of note are the Magic Key and Bitesize Literacy links.  Many students are familiar with characters in the Magic Key books (although familiarity is not necessary) and the Bitesize Literacy games are fun, engaging and can be differentiated for a range of ability levels.  Some of the activities are not available outside of the UK and it can take several clicks to get to an activity.