Starfall Activity Index

Train, tiger, taxi. All of these words begin with T. Learn about the upper and lower case letter forms then decide which letter does not belong. You might even hear some turtle tunes!

Look for the letter and the short-u sound in the middle of words. Solve a puzzle to have some fun in the sun!

Go for a ride on the Starfall van to learn about the letter V in words like violin, vacuum, and volcano.

Wig, wolf, and web. All these words begin with the letter W.

The letter X is often found at the end of words. Look for it in box, fox, and the number six!

Yo-yo, yawn, and yodelay-he-hoo! All these words begin with the letter Y.

Have you ever seen a zebra at the zoo? Well you will see both these things in the Letter Z. Sing along with the Zig Zag Song!

Practice the ABCs by learning to sign the letters of the alphabet.

Listen to the short-a sound, /a/ /a/ /a/ /a/ /a/. The /a/ in CAT, the /a/ in RAT make the short-a sound. /a/ /a/ /a/ /a/ /a/.

Ed the elephant likes red eggs /e/, /e/, /e/, /e/ Ed the elephant likes red eggs /e/, /e/, /e/, /e/ Ed the elephant likes red eggs, He rolls them with his heavy legs. The short-e makes its very own sound /e/, /e/, /e/, /e/

The big hit went into the mitt. Can you hear short-i in it? The big hit went into the mitt. Can you hear short-i in it?

I know a fox who had a box and loved the sound of /o/, /o/ Fox, fox on a box Fox, fox on a box Fox, fox on a box and that's the /o/ in fox! /o/!

The U in BUS goes /u/, /u/, /u/ /u/, /u/, /u/ /u/, /u/, /u/ Look at us up in the bus Starfall BUS!

A /a/ alligator, B /b/ ball, C /c/ computer, D /d/ doll, E /e/ elephant, F /f/ fingers, G /g/ gumballs, H /h/ helicopter I /i/ itchy, J /j/ jump, K /k/ keys, L /l/ lollipop, M /m/ monkey, N /n/ no, O /o/ octopus, P /p/ pizza, Q /kw/ queen, R /r/ rain, S /s/ snake, T /t/ tiger, U /u/ up, V /v/ vacuum, W /w/ window, X /ks/ ox, Y /y/ yawn, Z /z/ zipper, Now I know my ABCs!

Starfall's Learn to Read section focuses on short vowels, long vowels, and r-controlled vowels. Each numbered row features a vowel sound. Students listen to, manipulate, read, and master each vowel by interacting with the associated book and games.

Drag letters to make words with the rime -an.

Drag letters to make words with the rime -at.

Drag letters to make words with the rime -en.

Drag letters to make words with the rime -et.

Drag letters to make words with the rime -ig.