Sites for teaching reading to kids

I couldn't emphasize the importance of reading even more until now when my eldest child is in Primary 1 this year. She has been a good reader since young and I thank God that she is able to read even before she enters Pri 1. She is now reading junior novels like Enid Blyton, Geronimo Stilton, Rainbow Magic etc. With the level of standard and the type of work that they are expected to do, I wonder what will happen to the poor kid who enters P1 without knowing how to read or write in English. Just for info to those parents whose kids are still preschoolers - P1 students are expected to write composition in 5 sentences based on a picture (wonders how some kids can manage if they enter P1 not knowing how to read), grammer, vocabulary, matching pictures to what the teacher says "eg Mother is talking to a grocer", match pictures based on similar sounds eg match a picture of a tyre with the sound of tie (teacher reading aloud the word "tie")

For those with preschooling kids, do get them ready for Primary 1 especially in the area of reading...it is really a gift of a lifetime and not a kiasu act.

Some recommended sites are -

1. http://www.starfall.com/ - highly interactive and fun

2. http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/books/step/ - recommended books for each reading levels. You can search for these books at our public libraries

3. http://resources.kaboose.com/games/read1.html - they have reading games

I also recommended the Leapfrog DVD phonic series..these are the ones that boost up my kids' interest in phonics and help them to read earlier ( i truly believe). There is one for maths - maths circus..my kids loved to watch over and over again. You can buy them at amazon.com or in ebay (US)