Reading Resources

This private group is designed for SLPs to discuss all things related to language and literacy. 

Lots more good info from Dr. Karen Speech about reading/literacy skills and the SLP.

Why your students are still struggling with comprehension. Research review by Dr. Karen Speech.

From ASHA Leader, April, 2000.

Ages birth - 12+ years, from  Educators Technology. Good for parents as well.

ASHA Leader, April, 2003.

Article from Edutopia, March 2023.

From Omazing Kids, 2017.

Guide book and 9 story books, each targeting a specific grammatical structure for young children.

Free download on TpT.

The Oxford Owl, highly recommended by other SLPs. Free to join. Great to use for teletherapy.

Download and print these free Kdg books.

List of recommended books for babies through adults. From SpiffySpeech.com, includes link to groups of author-SLPs for advice on writing/publishing.

List of sound-loaded books, organized by sound.

List of 32 kids' books with repeated lines. From Something-to-Say.com.

70+ picture books that target core vocabulary. From Omazing Kids.

SweetSouthernSpeech.com reviews the research behind using wordless books, and includes a list of their favorites.

Best search for SLPs - look for books by ages, themes, narrative structure, story plot, semantics, grammatical structures, and tons more!

From Omazing Kids, these are great for working on multiple goals.

Advice from the IDA. Click HERE for their advocacy kit.

Download a free interactive infographic with active links. V.2, April 2023.

Classroom supports for student with dyslexia, from Understood.org.

This is posted in the Facebook group Teaching, Education, Knowledge ...

Informal video from Jennifer Moeller, SLP.

Free reading program especially for kids with dyslexia. See also the Community Reading Project.

From Another Way Around - Dyslexia Support. Posted in the Facebook group Telepractice for SLPs.

Article explaining the different types and subtypes of dyslexia.

This source has a couple good free webinars on dyslexia.

Search for books by author, topic, or title.

Change the reading level of a text by copying/pasting it into this program.

Search by speech sound, age, or topic (ex.: "pronouns").

Find grade level, DRA level, Guided Reading level, or Lexile measure of a book.

University of Florida Literacy Institute's Decodable Text Guide. Shows which lessons from which publishers will address specific skill.

Straight from the publishers, Fountas & Pinnell, 2017.

Six websites that students, parents, or YOU can use to find another story like one already read. 

This list, curated by a librarian, includes links to various places to purchase them.

Books for struggling or resistant readers, organized by grade level.

From Selected Reads, Oct. 2023.

Folktales from around the world, holiday books, wordless books, and more, organized by theme.

From EmbraceRace.org, nice little synopsis for each book.

12 books that feature characters who demonstrate persistence and resilience as they become partners in projects necessitating give-and-take.

From Edutopia, Dec 2022. This is a list of the most educator-recommended books of the last decade.

From Edutopia, a school librarian shares some of the most exciting, diverse picture books published in the last year—highly recommended for preschool to grade 3. 

From AMightyGirl.com. This site hosts occasional drawings for free books.

50 repetitive books, good for apraxic students.

From ColoursOfUs.com, this list is grouped by age level from babies to high schoolers. Also has links to tons of multicultural toys, games, puzzles, dolls, and puppets.

News release about Nashville author's superhero series called The Ables.

600+ titles chosen by the Children’s Book Committee as the best of the best published in 2020, organized by age level. List updated every year, previous years are archived for you to download .pdf.

Collection of free, easy-to-read, and accessible books on a wide range of topics. Each book can be

speech enabled and accessed using multiple interfaces, including touch screens, the IntelliKeys with custom overlays, and 1 to 3 switches.

Free teacher account includes free online ELA curriculum for gr 6-12, free reading passages for gr 3-12, and text-dependent questions.

Adapted literature and lessons to go with them.

Read online or download as PDF. Ages from toddlers to young adults.

Tons of free story books. Can have it read to non-readers in many languages, including ASL.

11 free sites that are kid-friendly.

From Omazing Kids.

Brief synopsis of these fun comics/graphic novels, from Polygon, Dec. 2019.

From Childhood101.com.

This growing collection of online stories includes superheroes, humorous comics, and classic stories. Stories are NOT read to the child (no audio included).

From Brookes Publishing's Inclusion Lab. Lots of tips from reading experts.

From Reading Rockets and the NEA, this explains the various skills needed to learn to read.

List of free resources parents can use at home, from the Barbara Bush Foundation.

From Reading Rockets, advice about reading to your older child, and talking about the stories.

Sounds-Write reading/writing program by John Walker. Also check out the podcast.

Free online phonics-based reading games, from the USBorne Foundation. Small fee for iPad version.

These are 10 research-based reasons for parents to read aloud to their child, from EducatorsTechnology. 

From Edutopia, 2016.

Free materials for PreK - 8th grade. Includes worksheets, lesson plans, games.

Lots of free practice materials for letter sounds and sight words for beginning readers.

Free online resource for creating word lists by sounds, online stories, phonics games, and more.

Article from Tatyana Elleseff, SLP, on all the basic skills needed to decode. (2023)

From the Meadows Center, Univ. of Texas. Interventions for upper elementary.

From Into the Book (online).

Printable book marks in 4 different colors, 4 per page.

Enter a prompt, point to an article, or paste text and Diffit generates teaching resources. You can change the reading level and language, get a list of key vocabulary, and generate multiple choice and short answer questions. 

From Edutopia, July 2023.

Want to see explicit instruction in action? Check out this list of videos from IES for examples of teaching the foundational reading skills.

Free printable poster and bookmarks with reading strategies.

Printable story props for many favorites, like Pete the Cat, Eric Carle, classic tales, and Dr. Seuss books. Mostly for Pre-K to early elementary ages.

Check out my Pinterest page of TinyTap activities for beginning readers.

List of free apps, from Hip Hooray in K. Click here to download a  free list of QR codes for all of them (for iPad - some also available for Android).