Top 10 Things You Should Know About Reading

Reading Tip Sheets for Parents:   

Babies,      Toddlers,      Preschoolers,      Kindergartners,      First Grade,      Second Grade,      Third Grade

Apps are fun and motivating for kids! Let Reading Rockets help you find the very best educational apps that provide practice with essential skills in print awareness, phonics, spelling, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing. Also included are apps for children with dyslexia, ADHD, and autism spectrum disorder that support organization and goal-setting, language and communication, and emotional regulation.

Literacy Apps

Browse these Top Picks to discover the best in educational apps and websites that support core literacy skills — phonics, fluency, vocabulary, spelling, comprehension, and writing. You'll also find recommendations for quality assistive technology to support kids who are struggling with reading. All of the tools are expert-tested and teacher-approved, and regularly updated by the team at Common Sense Education.

Apps and Websites to Build Literacy Skills: Top Picks from Common Sense Education

PBS Television Programs

Reading Rockets produces award-winning PBS television programs about reading and early education. You can watch the shows when they are broadcast by your public television station, or watch online anytime —

Reading Rockets Shows on PBS