Literacy Materials

(updated May 9, 2020)

There are over 64,500 FREEBIES with keyword literacy and selecting "free on Teachers Pay Teachers

A few examples of using these materials to work on literacy issues as outlined by Christine Maul's ASHA handout online and suggested in ASHA's Roles & Responsibilities of SLPs With Respect to Reading & Writing in Children & Adolescents - Guidelines.

  • Environmental Print Awareness
    • Focus on print symbols - use logos and signs of fast food restaurants, street signs, movie theater signs, logos on cereal boxes, toys
    • Use printed words as cues
      • Personal Educational Press (http://www.educationalpress.org/) - produce word flash cards
      • CVC Maker (www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1literacy.html) (scroll down) and many other interactive literacy activities at different skill levels
    • Use print stimuli for phrase and sentence activities
      • Goldilocks Sequencing (https://www.slideshare.net/fortunalu/goldilocks-and-three-bear-collaborative-activity) and other downloads from TeachingIdeas
  • Concepts of Phonology and Skill in Phonological Processing ("Suggestions on Reading Nursery Rhymes With Children" (www-personal.umich.edu/~pfa/dreamhouse/nursery/reading.html) provides several good ideas on how freely available materials below can be used for working on rhyme and alliteration)
    • Rhyming
    • Alliteration
      • Mouth Manglers (http://www.elfs.com/MMz.html) provides tongue twisters loaded with specific problem sounds.
  • Sense of Story
  • The following excellent web sites provide many additional literacy activities and information:
    • SEEL: Systematic Engaging Early Literacy an impressive program for teaching reading/writing/ABC's pre-K thru 1st. FREE!!
    • Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening (pals) site Activities - many suggestions for phonological awareness and literacy skills. (https://pals.virginia.edu/tools-activities.html)
    • Reading Workshop contains wonderful materials as well as broken links (www.busyteacherscafe.com/literacy/reading_workshop.html)
    • StarFall (http://starfall.com) was created "to meet the needs of the emergent reader by incorporating rhyming games and high-interest books that teach phonemic awareness (sounds in words), phonics, decoding skills, and comprehension." The materials are designed for first grade, but are also useful for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and second grade. Features include interactive books, activities, movies, and worksheets.
    • SLPs, Literacy, and Inclusion by Wyoma Clouss, CCC-SLP
    • 100 Reading and Literacy activities for kindergarten level, including recognizing letters, understanding words consist of a sequence of sounds, rhyming, building vocabulary, following directions, and more (http://www.ed.gov/pubs/CompactforReading/tablek.html)
    • Fun Fonix (www.funfonix.com/) - phonics worksheets for kindergarten and elementary school teachers, printable worksheets, printable phonics workbooks, and online phonics games
    • Literactive (www.literactive.com/Home/index.asp), "Teaching Children to Read."
    • The Learning Train (www.thepotters.com/ltrain.html)
    • Squiggly's writing corner (www.squiglysplayhouse.com/WritingCorner/StoryBuilder/index.html)
    • Literacy Speaks (www.literacyspeaks.com/) has good suggestions for Sound/Letter Correlation Activities and Language/Grammar Activities (www.literacyspeaks.com/Language_Pages/Language-Page.html)
    • Reading Comprehension Games (www.funenglishgames.com/readinggames.html)
    • Twinkl Literacy Resources for young children
    • The Dyslexia Handbook: Procedures Concerning Dyslexia and Related Disorders (web.archive.org/web/20130117054556/http://region10.org/Dyslexia/documents/DyslexiaHandbook11-10-2010.pdf)
    • The first three lessons of the Sounds & Symbols Early Reading Program a 44 page PDF by Goldman and Lynch. (http://images.pearsonclinical.com/images/PDF/HiHat.pdf)

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