Boyertown Area School District

Parents:  This resource page will provide you with free websites to engage your child in different activities to practice their reading and math skills.  We hope you will use these sites throughout the school year and summer months to keep your child's skills fresh.  After all, we know that after two weeks of hot summer weather, you're bound to hear..."I'm Bored!"  Please review and share with your child(ren) as you deem appropriate.

 

 Scholastic provides parents with activities for your children, including free printable activities.  The best part of this website, however, is the list of books they recommend for children of all ages.  If you are looking for a list to take to the library or you're looking for the next book to download on your Kindle, check out this website for suggestions. 

 

 

 

 

Book Adventure is a fun, free way to motivate your child to read! Kids in grades K-8 can find a book, take quizzes on what they've read, and earn prizes for their reading success

 

 

 

This year make sharing books part of your family's summer fun. When parents and children enjoy reading together, children develop a love of books that lasts a lifetime. Together with our partners, we've gathered tips, tools and tricks to make reading a fun, easy part of your summer. 

 

 

 

 

Reading Rockets 

 

Reading Rockets offers a wealth of reading strategies, lessons, and activities designed to help young children learn how to read and read better. Their reading resources assist parents, teachers, and other educators in helping struggling readers build fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills.

 

 

 

Welcome to Guys Read, a web-based literacy program for boys founded by author and First National Ambassador of Young People’s Literature Jon Scieszka.  His mission is to help boys become self-motivated, lifelong readers.  Check out the information, activities and resources.     

 

 

 

This website includes an online guided reading program with interactive ebooks, downloadable books, and reading quizzes for K-6 students.

 

 

 

 

This is a free website to teach preschool, kindergarten and grade one children to read with phonics.  Parents will find exciting phonics games and online interactive books to keep children busy ... and learning for hours! 

 

Listed here, in no particular order, are nine websites offering free educational games for school-age kids. Each of these ‘jam-packed-with-fun’ sites helps children of all learning levels and styles challenge their brain and master foundational skills.