Early Reading

Unite for Literacy brings over 100 free online early reading books with the option to add narration from 25 different languages.

Storyline Online offers wonderful beginning books read by Screen Actors Guide members. These videos are beautifully done and can be watched over and over again.

Watch children's author and illustrators read their own books in the Storytime Reading Room. There are many books available free. In addition, with payment for individual books or a subscription, students can even record themselves reading a book.

This website is packed full of great audio and online interactive books for kids.

And don't forget about YouTube. A search for "elementary books read aloud" brings up hundreds of wonderful videos perfect for beginning readers, and all free. If you're worried about the ads and related content that might appear when watching a YouTube video, just paste the URL into ViewPure and it will strip out the ads, comments, and other distractions.

Resources retrieved from TCEA TechNotes 11.18.14