Early World of Learning

Description:

The Early World of Learning is the premier online resource for preschoolers and children in the early primary. Developed with experts on early childhood education, the Early World of Learning offers rich resources designed for easy integration into the classroom curriculum.

The site encompasses three interactive learning environments:

Trek's Travels

Offers narrated stories, interactive games, and original videos that teach critical early childhood themes, including numbers, shapes, colours, opposites, and more.

Welcome to Reading

Provides levelled reading practice to develop and strengthen phonics, vocabulary, phonemic awareness, and comprehension skills. This site incorporates The Lexile Framework for Reading to make sure every child meets with success. More information on Lexile Framework for Reading

Know It

Offers a richly visual interactive encyclopedia that will captivate early learners and non-fiction topics of interest and importance to them.

Features:

Among literacy-building features included in Early World of Learning are:

• Story narration by human voices of different genders and ethnicities;
• Word-by-word highlighting to foster development of literacy skills;
• Educational, interactive games to reinforce comprehension;
• Printable activities in English for use in the classroom or to take home;
• Classic children's stories, nursery rhymes, and songs, which can be downloaded to an MP3 player for children who may not be read to at home, or who would like extra reading time.

For Educators:

Configurable settings throughout the Early World of Learning will provide educators with the ability to:

• introduce the engaging content to emergent readers of varying abilities
• leverage resources for group instruction as well as independent and small group study

The Early World of Learning will stimulate a lifelong love of reading and knowledge.

Awards & Reviews:

Report card - Installation: A | Content/Features: A | Ease of Use: A | Product Support: A
Recommendation: This program should be an enormous help for educators trying to get students to practice reading and build vocabulary.....I highly recommend that teachers explore this program and consider using it in the classroom. Highly recommended!  -- Multimedia & Internet@Schools - July/August 2010

"The many printable activities will enrich learning centres; the downloadable listening files add another resource to the classroom. The nursery rhymes and songs help students to learn the rhythms of reading and to build vocabulary and fluency as they begin to read. I highly recommend that teachers explore this program and consider using it in the classroom. Highly recommended."
Multimedia & Internet@Schools July/August 2010

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