ABC sites (free)

We discovered Starfall.com for Jasmine. She loved that site. It got old after a while though and she stopped going to it. But when we finally went back to it she loved it all over again.

Starfall is an awesome site. It starts with introducing letters and their sounds and works up to learning to read short stories. It's very fun for little ones.

Next we found Letter of the Week. This is a free curriculum teaching letters and their sounds. (they also have other things there too). We didn't follow this to a 'T' but here is what we did:

• I would print off 2-3 letter coloring sheets (for the letter we were on)
• I would tell her what letter it was and what sound it made.
• I would show her the ASL sign for that letter. (sign language)
• I would show her the letter on the keyboard. (she had fun typing it)
• I would pick up some of the recommended books from the library and we would read those throughout the week.
• We would place one of her coloring sheets into her ABC's book. (binder + page protectors, nice and simple but she loved her special book)