Starfall - English the easy way

Kids starting to read will love the entertaining activities on Starfall. The interactive animation enhance learning experience and keep the kids glued to the screen!

Children can hear the pronounciation while they are doing interactive games like growing a flower in the Garden Shop or holiday activities like making a snowman or sorting waste for Earth Day. Reading concepts are taught in a playful manner.

The "ABCs" section features the sounds of the letters of the alphabet and corresponding words that start with each.

"Learn to Read" helps the kids put sounds together to form words. There are short and long vowel activities as well as activities featuring sight words.

"It's Fun to Read" has stories for the early reader like Magic, Music and All About Me.

The Advanced reader is also catered to in the "I'm Reading" section with Myths, Folktales, Comics and Plays. On the whole a great way to start learning english for the kids.

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