Reading is an essential skill. To become skilled readers, children must master decoding (the skill of breaking apart printed words into sounds and syllables), then reassembling those sounds to form words. The resources below will help you assist the children in your life become decoders and readers. For more support and a free kit of books and literacy materials for your birth through third grade children, request a training with the Library’s Ready to Read Team.

Choosing and Using Decodable Texts

Learn to Read Activity Book

Learning to Read for Kids with Dyslexia

Learning to Read the Easy Way

Phonics Pathways

Phonics Through Poetry

More Phonics Through Poetry

Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy Classroom

Phonics A-Z

Reading for Our Lives