But it’s worth making time for social-emotional activities early on. There’s always so much to get through, and time seems in short supply. He wanted to create a website with untimed, multisensory interactive games that allow children to see, hear, and touch as they learn.When putting together lesson plans for the upcoming school year, it can be tempting to dive into reading and math curriculum from day one. As a child, Stephen had difficulty learning to read due to dyslexia. The program, provided by the Starfall Education Foundation, a nonprofit organization, was conceived by Dr. Membership also supports the production of new books, songs, educational games, and movies. Our low-cost membership program expands the free content to include animated songs, mathematics, and reading activities spanning K-3. It is widely used in schools that serve children with special needs and learning difficulties. Starfall is an educational alternative to other entertainment choices for children and is especially effective for special education, homeschooling, and English language development (ELD, ELL, ESL). The program emphasizes exploration, play, and positive reinforcement-encouraging children to become confident and intrinsically motivated. Starfall activities are research-based and align with Individual and Common Core State Standards in English language arts and mathematics. Starfall’s emphasis on phonemic awareness, systematic sequential phonics, and common sight words in conjunction with audiovisual interactivity has proven effective in teaching emergent readers.

Since then it has expanded to include language arts and mathematics for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, and third grade. ® opened in September 2002 as a free public service to teach children to read.

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