The following sites are appropriate for listening centre settings as an alternative to cassette or CD. They offer much more choice and selection and compliment the Listen to Reading component of The Daily 5 and are also ideal for EAL students.
An online collection of read-along chapter books for early years to high school students. Ideal for the Listen to Reading component of the Daily 5 and EAL students.
An online collection of hundreds of animated picture books. Selections are ideal for listening or reading along during the Listen to Reading component of The Daily 5 and EAL students.
An online collection of classic read-along titles ideal for early years with beautiful illustrations. A great link for the Listen to Reading component of the Daily Five and EAL learners.
A site where members of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation read a wide variety of picture books aloud. Includes accompanying activities and lesson ideas.
A site with online audio materials that supports a systematic phonics approach to reading. Appropriate for preschool-grade 2 students and EAL learners.