Are you asking me if starfall is worth your money!? Well, that decision is up to you but I would say, yes! I was introduced by a teacher of 19 years, who recommended the website! I would mainly iterate that it is very good for preschoolers to kindergarten. I haven’t worked with the older years on it.
Strengths: First of all what is starfall? Starfall is an online educational website that helps support children in a variety of topics especially regarding learning to read. For example; Alphabets, Phonics, Reading, Numbers, Shapes and Measuring and all other educational topics. Children absolutely love starfall and they don’t realise they are even learning when using the website. I am against mindless staring at the ipad, so when the next generation in my house was two years old and started getting addicted to the ipad. I gave them ‘’Starfall’. When I need activities for my ICT section of EYFS? I give them starfall! I know I sound as though I may be on their side a little too much but it’s amazing how much it really benefits.
Types of learner: All
Resources: It is an online programme that has verbal instructions for children to follow, even young ones. It has a lot of visuals and provides resources ranging from games to story books.
Teaching: Starfall is more of a game you use to support learning and reinforce topics. I would not use it as a curriculum, personally.
Weaknesses: This is an American based system, this means some things don’t align with the British National Curriculum and the pronunciation of some letters will be different.
If you are interested in learning about starfall find it out here: Fun online activites
Are you still feeling lost? Here is an article on different phonics currciulums
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