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2025 Chief Minister's Reading Challenge webinar with author and illustrator Tania McCartney
Tania McCartney - Chief Minister's Reading Challenge.mp4
ABC Reading Eggs is an online reading program for ages 2-13.
This program is based on scientific research which teaches students sight words, phonics, and other essential literacy skills.
There are over 2500 books available on the online library with progress reports provided to track your child`s reading growth.
Suitable for ages 2-13
First time users can access this online reading program for free for 30 days then a monthly subscription fee is payable.
All About Reading is a scripted, open-and-go program developed for busy parents and teachers who want to teach reading in the most effective way possible.
All About Reading is a multisensory program which allows students to learn reading through sight, sound, and touch.
Suitable for ages 4-18
Packages available to purchase through the website.
The Borrow Box App makes it easy to browse, borrow, read, and listen to the ACT libraries extensive list of audiobooks and eBooks.
Suitable for all ages
An ACT library membership is required to access this App
This App is free to download and use.
Devised by the award-winning team behind Squiz Kids Today, the Newshounds media literacy program gives essential tools to teach children to read critically.
It is made up of a nine part ready to teach set of resources that teach kids to stop, think, and check before believing what they read.
Suitable for ages 8-15
This website is free to access and use.
The Reading Doctor App is designed to strengthen reading and spelling skills such as phonemic awareness, letter-sound knowledge, blending, segmentation and sight word knowledge.
Suitable for ages 5-9
A yearly membership is available to purchase through the website.
Reading to Learn is a literacy program that can be used by parents to support their children to become independent readers.
Parents can use illustrated story books to improve skills such as comprehension, word recognition, letter formation and sentence construction.
As the child`s reading confidence grows, parents can use more complex texts to support their child’s reading skills by engaging in concepts such as inference, perspective and audience.
Suitable for ages 5-17
The program is available to purchase on the website as well as additional reading materials.
Improve your child's reading comprehension with ReadWorks.
ReadWorks gives families access to thousands of high-quality, free K-12 articles, as well as support to create online assignments with the resources provided.
Suitable for ages 5-17
These resources are free to access and print. You are required to create a log in to access the resources and worksheets.
ACT Libraries Story Time sessions bring stories, rhymes and songs alive to young children and their families.
Each Story Time session focuses on fun and creativity. Young children will learn pre-reading skills, listening and language skills through promoting a love of books.
The sessions are accessible at different ACT libraries and include sensory times for neurodiverse learners as well as bilingual events.
Suitable for ages 3-5
These sessions are free to attend but, you are required to enrol in these story time events before attending.
Storytime Online is an award-winning children’s literacy website which streams videos of actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations.
Suitable for ages 5-12
This website is free to access and use.
Teach your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
Teach your Child to Read features 100 twenty-minute lessons in a step-by-step program that shows parents how to teach their children to read.
Suitable for ages 4-12
This book is available to purchase from online bookshops.
The Children`s Book Council of Australia
The Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) is a not for profit, volunteer run organisation which aims to engage the community with literature for young Australians.
The CBCA presents annual awards to books of literary merit, for outstanding contribution to Australian children's literature
Suitable for ages- 4-12
This website is free to access and use.
The Reading Well: A Virtual Well of Dyslexia Resources
This website has a wealth of resources for parents of children with dyslexia. It has an extensive list of reading programs that assist children to read as well as parent resources and dyslexia assessment.
This is an American website.
Suitable for ages 6-12
This website is free to access and use.
WA Department of Education: Phonics Toolkit
The WA Government has collated a Toolkit for Phonic instruction. It includes information booklets, desk tents, games, playing cards, flash cards and wall posters and suggested activities and ideas for their use. It also includes an images library and templates to make your own kit.
Suitable for ages 5-9
This website is free to access and use.
Queensland Reading and Writing Centre
The Language and Literacy team from the QLD Department of Education has created a range of resources to enable educators, families and home tutors to support children’s development of language, reading and writing. The team work in partnership with researchers and universities to develop and deliver best practice in reading and writing instruction.
This site also includes advice around differentiating reading instruction for Dyslexia and Developmental language Disorders.
Suitable for ages 4-10
This website is free to access and use.
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