Tauranga Reading
A literacy resource site for teachers, parents and children 0-13 years
Pre-School 0 - 5 years
The resources shown in this section of the page are suitable for Pre-School children aged 0 - 5.
International Children’s Digital Library
The mission of the International Children’s Digital Library Foundation is to excite and inspire the world's children to become members of the global community -- by making the best in children's literature available online.
Listen to members of the Screen Actor’s Guild Foundation reading children’s books aloud. Each book includes accompaning activities and lesson ideas.
Starfall - ABC Alphabet and Phonemic Awareness Practice saying the letter and its sound, see a related picture and sing a song.
TumbleBooks at The New York Public Library
A large collection modern children's picture books with animation. A narrator reads each book aloud. Includes English and Spanish titles.
Children's Books Online: The Rosetta Project
This children's online library is a volunteer-driven project featuring scanned historical children's books. Many are translated into several languages.
Digital Books:
StoryPlace - The Children’s Digital Library
The StoryPlace Pre-school Library is full of stories and activities for you to explore.
Read and listen to several Clifford stories online. Click the words to hear the story. The words in red make things happen.
BBC - Little Animals Activity Centre - Listen to and or read one of three stories; ‘The Missing Pencil’, ‘The Butterfly Trail’ and ‘The Wishing Tree’. Complete activities along the way.
LearnEnglish Kids - Stories For Little Kids
Watch and listen to one of eight animated stories.
Colouring and matching activity. Useful for developing the language of colour and pattern as well as visual discrimination skills.
Language Activities:
Match the colours of the train as it passes by.
This simple labelling activity can be used to reinforce the idea of labels and as a framework for children to begin to add their own captions and labels to familiar scenes such as a teddy bear's picnic.
Colour and pattern matching activity using the spots on a butterfly.
Match the correct lowercase letter to its uppercase letter.
Aven’s corner - Bubble Letters
Pop the bubbles that match the letter.
Learn all about the days of the week and the months of the year. Drag and drop to fill in the blanks.
Practise reading using phonics. When you are stuck, click the word and it will be sounded out for you. 15 books, all focussing on a different skill, in the first level.
Scholastic - Building Language For Literacy:
Nina loves to name things! Pick a place for your language adventure with Nina.
Scholastic - Building Language For Literacy:
Leo the Letter - Loving Lobster
Leo loves to spell! Pick a place for you language adventure with Leo.
Scholastic - Building Language For Literacy:
Reggie loves to rhyme. Pick a place for your language adventure with Reggie.
Help the bee take the letters back to the bee hive in alphabetical order. Click on the flowers in alphabetical order to help the bee get the right letter.
BBC - CBeebies - Razzledazzle The Big Beastie Thing
Read Razzledazzle's story about Tony the ant and his adventures around the garden.
BBC - CBeebies - Razzledazzle ‘Fisherman TIm’
Read this Razzledazzle story about fisherman Tim and his adventures at sea.
BBC - CBeebies - Razzledazzle ‘Molly in the Trolley’
Read this Razzledazzle story about Molly’s trip to the supermarket.
BBC - CBeebies - Razzledazzle ‘Sshh!’
Read the Razzledazzle story and find out who and what goes "sshh!".
BBC CBeebies - Razzledazzle ‘The Wind’
Read and join in with Razzledazzle's story about the wind.
BBC - CBeebies - Balamory Weather Story
Find out what the weather is doing in Balamory today with Miss Hoollie.
Watch how the letters of the alphabet re-form into animals.
Alphabet - Choose from one of fourteen learning videos related to letters of the alphabet and Sesame Street characters.
Reading is Fundamental - Sugarloaf
Six Sugarloaf minibooks to read. Follow the adventures of Sugarloaf.
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