Edward Fasug
ED638 Fall 2017
Dr. M. Rivera
IRA Newsletter Project: Effective
Literacy Website #7
Starfall (www.starfall.com) was founded in 2002 by Stephen
Schuz, his wife Susan, and their son, Jared. Stephen had trouble reading books
when he was nine years old, so he decided to help young readers by creating
this website. This website teaches children how to read by using games and
phonics. It is a children website that teaches Basic English reading and
writing skills. The main demographic is preschoolers and kindergartners.
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The website
is free and will help the children so they can successfully learn through
exploration. Children will have fun learning in an environment of collaboration
and play. It has variety of activities that will help encourage the kid who has
difficulty in reading and writing. The activities started with learning the
alphabet and associated with the sounds. The students could also find and read
simple books online. It also engages the student and extends the lesson by
using visuals and audios. Starfall will help develop the students’ fluency in
reading, building their vocabularies; comprehend the lesson and the phonemic
awareness.
Starfall is
a resourceful early education website that offers resources to help the
teachers to use in his/her lesson, a way of communication for the parents and
teacher about the child, announcement and activities that will be held.
With the
use of Starfall, parents and teachers will be able to accommodate with their
children to improve their literacy skills. Since reading is one of the problems
for the students, it is an effective website for the lower grade teachers to
utilize in their classroom to build the students ability in reading. It helps
guide the student to think and emphasize the important parts of the lesson.
The mission
for Starfall is, “ To reach out reach out to teachers, parents, guardians,
babysitters, homeschooling families, or anyone involved in the early education
of children, and help you feel supported and excited about your children’s
early education”.
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