Starfall

Here's a great website for your kindergartens: starfall.com. They can work on their letters, letter sounds, numbers and phonemic awareness. Check out the sections titled "ABCs" and "Learn to Read," and let me know what you think.

Tell Me a Word

Here's a game you can play just about anywhere, anytime. It's called "Tell Me a Word," and you can play with categories of words like animals, types of foods or any other category that your child might like. For example, ask your child to tell you an animal that starts with the sound /m/. They might respond with monkey, mouse, mountain lion or any other /m/ animal.

Next ask some follow up questions:
What other sounds do you hear in the word monkey?
How many syllables are in the word monkey?
How many sounds do you hear in the word monkey?
Can you think of any words that rhyme with monkey?

Continue on with more questions. Use the same category and a new sound or switch it up and try a new category.