Skill:

Use pictures, other words, and a knowledge of letter and sound relationships to understand the meaning of new words

Activities:

• Gus & Inky’s Underwater Adventure

  Help Gus play word games with his friend Inky the Octopus!

• Many Meanings of Cool

  Watch this cool video on the word cool!

Skill:

Recognize words often seen in books

Activities:

• Sight Words Matching Game

  Match the sight words to win!

• Sight Words Quiz

  Hear and listen to 38 commonly used words.

• Pounce

  Pounce on the word that matches the sound!

• Dinosaur Eggs

  Can you find these easy sight words to help the dinosaur?

• Swiper's Spelling Book Game

  Swiper stole the letters of the word! Can you put them back correctly?

Skill:

Use new words learned from people, books, or the media

Activities:

• Great Big Fancy Word Game

  Use these great big fancy words every day!

• Martha Speaks Games

  Martha can teach you lots of new words while you play her games!

• Power Words

  Can you help Word Girl find the perfect word for her stories?

• Time for Another Year

  Sing along and learn the words for each of the months.

Skill:

Compare words with the same meaning or sound

Activities:

• Synonym Toast

  Toast the synonyms but if you pick the wrong one, they’ll burn!

• Matching Word Golf

  Play word golf by choosing the words with similar meanings!

• Synonym Match

  This memory game will have you finding synonyms fast.