Free Homeschool Resources | Reading

July 27, 2020

Reading

123 homeschool 4 me

Description

Grades

Website

ending blends printables

K-2

bingo marker mystery picture letter recognition

K

Tangled and Brave Pre-Primer Readers

PK-1

Use these Free flash cards for sight words to practice to improve reading skills and fluency.

K

20+ activities to teach punctuation and to help them understand and practice the concept of punctuation in the sentence structure. 

PK-2

12 Story Library

Description:
Up-to-date news links, web resources, video and image galleries and live Twitter fees; free eBooks available with purchase of any print book; free sample lesson plans for educators.

Grades:                                                            

Parents

ABCya

Description

Grades

Website

Games for grades K-5, organized by grade level. Covers mostly language arts topics.

K-5

Fun letter games.

K-3

ABC Mouse

Description:
Currently free and has fun language arts games and puzzles.

Grades:                                                            

K-3

ABC's of Movement

Description:
Alphabet flash cards that incorporate movement and many other elements that facilitate learning. 

Grades:                                                            

PK-3

Accelerated Reader YouTube Channel

Description:
This channel consists of books read aloud and shows the text so kids can read along. The channel has book giveaways.

Grades:                                                            

1-6

Amazon Inspire

Description:
Offers teachers and parents a place to gather and share resources, lesson plans, activities, etc.

Grades:                                                            

K-5

American Reading Company

Description:
ARC Bookshelf is a mobile application available on iOS, Android and viewable on the web, providing American Reading at Home titles specially designed for successful reading practice.  

Grades:                                                            

1-8

BIBLION HOLDINGS

Description:
Biblionasium, the "Goodreads for Kids" is a digital platform that supports independent reading. 

Grades:                                                            

1-6

BigIQ Kids

Description:
Games for money, measurement, spelling and vocabulary.

Grades:                                                            

K-5

Book Club for Kids

Description:
A free, 20-minute podcast devoted to middle grade books and readers.

Grades:                                                            

6-8

Description:
Free and fun Shakespeare resources for your homeschool!

Grades:                                                            

9-12

chatting with Chai

Description:
Fry's sight words

Grades:                                                            

1

Cookie

Description:
Learning games for phonics, math, science, social studies, and more.

Grades:                                                            

K-5

Comix Book Movie

Description:
This is the newest way to read comic books online.  

Grades:                                                            

4-8

Common Lit

Description:
A free database of passages to practice reading comprehension

Grades:                                                            

K-8

Dog on a Log

Description:
Sound out books that start at the very beginning of pre-reading skills

Grades:                                                            

PreK-4

Dreambeastpoems

Description:
An inspiring website of poems, stories and resources to promote a love of reading and learning.

Grades:                                                            

6-9

Digital Public Library of America

Description:
This is a collection of more than 7000 ebooks available for free, instant download.  

Grades:                                                            

6-12

Education & Community Learning Center

Description:
The Free Reading Program is a robust online learning program with over 3600 interactive learning activities that are designed to engage young learners and instill confidence through a quiz and success based teaching approach.

Grades:                                                            

K-6

Epic!

Description:
Unlock thousands of best books, videos, and more!

Grades:                                                            

K-12

E-Learning for Kids

Description:
Fun games on letter recognition, sounds, parts of a book and more.

Grades:                                                            

K-3

EPIC

Description:
Digital library-free for educators and librarians-parents can try it free for 30 days

Grades:                                                            

1-6

Express readers.org

Description:
Free express readers book & activities

Grades:                                                            

K-3

ETS

Description:
Relay Reader is an app for learners where they take turns reading aloud with a skilled virtual partner, just like in a relay, thus building confidence, skill and reading stamina.

Grades:                                                            

3-6

Firststepreading

Description:
PDFs of Free Worksheets

Grades:                                                            

K-2

Feed the Monster

Description:
Early literacy app

Grades:                                                            

K-6

Free Children Stories

Description:
Doesn't require downloads or evening signing in. This is a great option to try new series.

Grades:                                                            

K-3

Description

Grades

Website

Free CVCC and CCVCC no prep worksheets.

K-3

Free tool-themed emergent reader.

K-3

Free printable preschool letter crafts for preschoolers.

PK

A free download of Penny's Purple Sparkles by Eric Wichhart. 

PK-2

Free reading comprehension worksheets that allow children to work on word families, information recall, prediction, and information.

K-5

A list of free printable early readers.

PK-2

synonym practice puzzles

1-5

consonant ending blend words

K

Description:
A step by step reading curriculum. 

Grades:                                                            

K-3

Free printable sight word worksheets

Description:
Can be colored or tuned into fun games.

Grades:                                                            

K-5

free reading program

Description:
complete reading curriculum

Grades:                                                            

K

Fun Fonix

Description:
Printable phonics games and worksheets

Grades:                                                            

K-5

Funbrain, Jr.

Description:
Games, stories, and printables..

Grades:                                                            

K-3

Get epic.com

Description:
Instantly access 40,000 of the best books, learning videos, quizzes and more.

Grades:                                                            

K-8

Get Ready to Read

Description:
Explains the importance of early math skills when it comes to literacy and offers resources for assessing and strengthening skills.

Grades:                                                            

K-6

Good Reads

Description:
Offers review of thousand of books. Have kids pick a book to read and then post their own review.

Grades:                                                            

9-12

Highlights for Children

Description:
A free curated email subscription that provides kids and families with fun activities to enjoy while sequestered at home. 

Grades:                                                            

K-6

HIppocampus

Description:
Has videos in language arts, literature, grammar and writing.

Grades:                                                            

9-12

Hillsdale College

Description

Grades

Website

The Inklings video series

4-12

An introduction to C.S. Lewis 

K-3

HOMESCHOOL CREATIONS

Description:
Free Zoey and Sassafras's Free ebook and printables for the duration of school and library closures to help kids with reading comprehension and science fun.

Grades:                                                            

2-5

Description

Grades

Website

resources for studying great poets

9-12

dramatic elements in literature

K

Phonics books and worksheets

1-3

Phonics cut & paste free activity for young learners. 

PK-2

Free Spring reading rewards pack that helps to reestablish quite reading time habits.

K-5

Free Finish the Pictures printouts that will help teach young children a foundation for art, following directions, and literacy skills.

K-3

Free Spring reading rewards pack

K-6

Hubbard Consultancy Limited

Description:
Free online reading lessons for Key Stage One with videos and resources. Free wam-up code offered for each person.

Grades:                                                            

1-6

In all you do Breed Love

Description:
Free camping emergent readers.

Grades:                                                            

PK-2

Description:
Age-appropriate books

Grades:                                                            

PreK-K

Description:
At-home learning resources and free STEM activity guide

Grades:                                                            

6-12

Jennifer Findley

Description:
Reading Virtually

Grades:                                                            

K-5

Just a simple home

Description:
These Free Book Report forms are a nice way to ease your child into book reports or book reviews..

Grades:                                                            

3-5

joy sun bear

Description:
Free educational stories, activities, coloring, crafts, videos, games and more to teach children about the world different cultures, social emotional learning and more.

Grades:                                                            

K-8

Kahoot

Description:
Lets you play fun language arts learning games as a family.

Grades:                                                            

K-5

Kidtime Storytime

Description:
The largest collection of read aloud videos for children on YouTube.

Grades:                                                            

K-6

KINDERGATEN WORKSHEETS AND GAMES

Description

Grades

Website

rhyming cvc words

preschool-1

Free downloads to help students make the connection between the sight words and the springtime season.

K-3

Beginning sounds Free worksheets. 

PK-2

mammal reading comprehension worksheets 

K

Knoword

Description:
A distance learning tool that makes teaching online easier and expanding your vocabulary almost too fun for words!  

Grades:                                                            

K-12

k 5 learning

Description:
Reading and Math

Grades:                                                            

K-5

k12 reader

Description:
reading instruction resources

Grades:                                                            

K-12

Lalilo

Description:
A web-based literacy program designed by and for K-2 teachers that offers differentiated phonics and reading instruction through engaging and interactive lessons and activities.

Grades:                                                            

K-2

Learning Online Blog

Description:
Free printable rhyming games for beginning readers. Enjoy several rhyming games that will develop important skills for beginning readers..

Grades:                                                            

K-3

Libby

Description:
Allows you to read library books on a phone or tablet.

Grades:                                                            

K-12

Library Lessons with Books

Description:
Free lesson ideas based on compelling picture books.

Grades:                                                            

K-3

Litcharts

Description:
The world's best literary resource, with over 1700 guides to great works of literature, poetry, literary devices, and more.

Grades:                                                            

6-12

LOVING 2 READ

Description

Grades

Website

children's books

1-5

2nd grade eplore books

1-5

Madeline Editions

Description:
Free printable extension activities inspired by their award-winning collection of multimedia and multilingual stories.

Grades:                                                            

PK-3

ManyBooks

Description:
A free online library.

Grades:                                                            

K-12

Mister Messinger

Description:
High Quality Literacy Instructional Videos

Grades:                                                            

K-6

Mpath

Description:
Interactive books with guided lessons baked in.

Grades:                                                            

1-5

My Three Readers

Description:
Phonics flashcards-digital and printable, perfect for your beginning vowel and consonant letter learners.

Grades:                                                            

K-3

Not Consumed

Description:
Printable homeschool reading list

Grades:                                                            

K-12

Paradigm Education

Description:
Media-rich, digital editions of Shakespeare's plays with interactive features such as highlighting and annotating.

Grades:                                                            

9-12

PhonicsMan

Description:
Trendy educational songs that keep students highly engaged in learning.

Grades:                                                            

PK

pinterest

Description:
sight words worksheets

Grades:                                                            

1-4

Plant Love Grow

Description:
Plant Love Grow creates books and free printable pages for parents and teachers.

Grades:                                                            

Parents

Plain and not so plain

Description

Grades

Website

Third grade reading comprehension free curriculum.

3

Third grade spelling. 

3

Third grade cursive spelling. 

3

Third grade spelling left hand. 

3

Poetry Foundaton

Description:
A vast collection of Poetry with info and discussion.

Grades:                                                            

9-12

Powerline Productions

Description:
Free reading list for middle school and high school students

Grades:                                                            

6-12

Project Gutenberg

Description:
Has over 60,000 free ebooks.

Grades:                                                            

9-12

really great reading

Description:
tools for learning high frequency words

Grades:                                                            

K-5

Read Naturally

Description:
A web-based intervention that efficiently the research-based Read Naturally Strategy to accelerate reading achievement.

Grades:                                                            

3-6

Reading Simplified

Description:
A streamlined system for teaching beginning or struggling readers of any age that also rapidly accelerates students' reading achievement.

Grades:                                                            

K-12

Reading Rockets

Description:
Filled with info to teach parents how to introduce little ones to language arts. It also has fun activity ideas.

Grades:                                                            

K-3

Reading Teacher

Description:
Animated videos

Grades:                                                            

K-3

Read Theory

Description:
Personalized reading comprehension exercises

Grades:                                                            

K-12

Read Works

Description

Grades

Website

digital and online instructions

K-12

Platform and materials are completely free. It has great content, curriculum, and tools to power teacher ad learning.

K-12

Read Write Think

Description

Grades

Website

A language arts teacher's dream; lesson plans, professional development, and all-around quality support.

K-12

Has lesson plans, printables, activities and projects for all areas of language arts. 

K-12

Reading Bear

Description:
Free phonics and vocabulary videos.

Grades:                                                            

K-5

Scholastic

Description:
A variety of games featuring characters like Clifford, Word Girl, Maya and Miguel, and The Magic Schoolbus.

Grades:                                                            

K-5

Scholastic at Home

Description:
Free articles and book readings for free.

Grades:                                                            

K-12

Scholar Within

Description:
COVIC-19 Announcement Complimentary Reading Program (one month)

Grades:                                                            

K-8

sight words

Description:
sight words and phonemics

Grades:                                                            

1-4

simple fun for kids

Description:
digital letter find

Grades:                                                            

PK-K

Soft Schools

Description:
Offers free printable language arts word searches, quizzes and worksheets.

Grades:                                                            

K-8

Springboard Collaborative

Description:
Virtual/distance learning and family engagement resources

Grades:                                                            

PreK-4

Starfall

Description:
Games for learning to read

Grades:                                                            

K-5

Starfall Education Foundation

Description:
Resources for teaching children to read

Grades:                                                            

K-3

Story Bird

Description:
Has over 700 challenges to inspire kids to write short stories.

Grades:                                                            

K-5

Story Jumper

Description:
Allows kids to write, illustrate, publish and record audio for their own books.

Grades:                                                            

K-5

Storyline Online

Description:
Storyline Online is a YouTube where celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, Chrissy Metz, Kristen Bell, Wanda Sykes, Sarah Silverman and many more read stories that your children will love. Each video also has moving illustration from the book to keep your children even more entertained.

Grades:                                                            

K-5

Studyvibe

Description:
A website deigned to designed to develop information literacy skills and competencies in middle school children.

Grades:                                                            

6-8

Suessville

Description:
Both games and printable activities based on Dr. Suess books..

Grades:                                                            

K-5

Teach Living Poets

Description:
Virtual library is an online curation of living poets for your students to explore

Grades:                                                            

6-12

teach your monster to read

Description:
how to teach your child to read

Grades:                                                            

K-2

TIME for Kids

Description:
Time offers free resources to keep kids learning including educational videos to full classes.

Grades:                                                            

4-9

Time In

Description:
You can download over 300,000 books from the NYPL for free.

Grades:                                                            

K-12

That Bald Chick

Description:
Free printables, including ABC crafts and sight words.

Grades:                                                            

K-3

The Lois Level

Description:
Recommendations for quality books for reading and literature

Grades:                                                            

1-12

The International Children's Digital Library

Description:
Offers free access to high-quality books from around the world in different languages.

Grades:                                                            

K-3

Tools for Schools

Description:
The simple way to make digital books in the classroom. Create. Read. Publish.

Grades:                                                            

Parents

TOTSCHOOLING

Description:
Free fun camping themed spin and color sigh word game.

Grades:                                                            

K

Description:
Primarily a free site with read aloud videos and free links to downloads.

Grades:                                                            

PK-3

Description:
An overview, explanation of, and links to all of the resources in the Source Credibility Pack. Use these tools to increase students' digital literacy and research skills.

Grades:                                                            

9-12

Unite for Literacy

Description:
A free library of narrated picture books for young children and those families who are new to English.

Grades:                                                            

1-8

University Times

Description:
Open-access JSTOR materials accessible to the public

Grades:                                                            

9-12

Vooks

Description:
A kid-safe, ad-free streaming library of read-aloud animated storybooks. 

Grades:                                                            

1-3

WizCase

Description:
Printable books for early reading

Grades:                                                            

K-3

Whooo's Reading

Description:
Reading comprehension and writing practice, feedback and assessment. 

Grades:                                                            

1-6

World Nursery Rhyme Week

Description:
Free printables, song downloads, activity ideas and template for participants of World Nursery Rhyme Week.

Grades:                                                            

1-6

website planet

Description:
Printable books for early reading

Grades:                                                            

K-3

Whimsy and Purpose

Description:
Free Panda Printable bookmarks that will be a hit with your book-loving and animal-loving kiddos.

Grades:                                                            

K-3

Description:
Free reading bookmarks with mermaids and dragons.

Grades:                                                            

PK-3

yearround homeschooling

Description:
pumpkin color and read pack

Grades:                                                            

K-2

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