Starfall.com

Starfall.com is a really amazing educational resource for teachers of early childhood education, who are looking for fun and motivating methods for teaching their students how to read and write. It is suitable for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, first grade and second grade, and it provides several fun and interactive programs all devoted to engaging and inspiring young children to love learning how to read and write. As most young children have such short attention spans, I definitely think it's vital to keep them excited while they are learning with fun and appealing learning tools.

I navigated through a few of the programs, and I can definitely see how children will enjoy learning to read and write with Starfall.com. As they click on images and letters, they can hear audio pronounciations of the letters and sounds. They are also taught words and letters through very fun and catchy songs, which are sure to keep many young child amused and motivated as they become eager to continue to learn how to read and write. Students are also provided instant feedback, which is very motivational for young children, as it instills a sense of confidence in their abilities. Starfall.com also provides several helpful tools for parents to use when assisting their children in learning to read and write and to reinforce what they are learning in school.

Though I don't plan on starting out my career in education by teaching young children, it is definitely an area that I would like to experience someday, and Starfall.com would be a great tool to help me inspire and instill a love for reading and writing in my young students.