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Helping your child grow as a confident reader is one of the greatest gifts you can give. Below are two fun, free tools that can support your child’s reading journey at home. Whether they’re just getting started or building fluency, these resources offer engaging ways to practice reading aloud, build comprehension, and explore new stories.
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Microsoft Reading Coach is a literacy tool that helps all ages and reading levels practice reading, with options to generate AI-powered stories, read from a library of passages, or paste in their own content, based on their interest or reading level.
Google Read Along is a website designed for children ages 5 and above to learn to read by reading aloud and receiving verbal and visual feedback from a virtual reading assistant. The site uses Google's speech recognition technology to provide real-time feedback as children read aloud.