Headsprout - Learning to Read is fun!
The St. Joseph Kindergartners go to the computer lab twice a week for 25 minutes each. In this setting the students learn to use the computers in a unique way - they learn to read using the computers.
Six years ago St. Joseph School learned about a local company that realized the use of computers in a programed, sequential, phonics based program could help children to become excellent readers.
"While having fun working on the computer, students learn that letters and sounds go together to make words, words go together to make sentences, and sentences make stories. They learn to read several common sight words and to read for meaning and enjoyment. These reading skills and strategies are explicitly mastered in a fun, "learn-by-doing" manner, while behind the scenes Headsprout adapts to each student's individual strengths and weaknesses." Florida Center for Reading Research