September 27, 2014Reading Bear is a great tool for helping kids learn to read. Reading Bear integrat...

1. A Great Free Resource of Reading Lessons for Kids
September 27, 2014
Reading Bear is a great tool for helping kids learn to read. Reading Bear integrates both vocabulary
practice (over 1200 vocabulary items) and phonetic awareness ( covering different phonetic
principles and patterns of written English) into their lessons. All of these lessons are provided in the
form of narrated presentations playable either as a video or as an interactive slide show.
Presentations are available in seven different versions. In the fullest version, the narrator sounds out
a word slowly and quickly, then blend it slowly, and finally (after an optional prompt) blend it
quickly. As sounds are pronounced, the corresponding letters are highlighted. Then a picture is
displayed illustrating the word, show a sentence (with the individual sounds again highlighted,
karaoke style), and finally show a video illustrating the sentence. Presentations give this treatment
to around 25 words, though some have more and some have less. The result is a thorough yet
painless introduction to phonics principles, while at the same time teaching vocabulary.
Reading Bear also has a comprehension
check part after each of the lessons
provided. Students can take the quiz and
test their comprehension skills through a
matching activity after which they get to
hear feedback on how they did on the quiz.
Watch the video below to learn more about
Reading Bear.
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