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Free K-12 Reading and Writing
Free K-12 reading and writing, reading, writing, grammar, poetry, alphabet, and online stories for Kindergarten Kids and K-12 students.
1st and 2nd Grade Language Arts
Play games while learning opposites, punctuation, abbreviations and more.
Book Quiz
Test your know-how about books and their parts.
Character
Watch a cartoon to learn how and why characters change in a story, about who they are, and how to understand them.
Choosing a Book
Watch a cartoon to learn how to find a book that you would like to read, and is at your reading level.
Language Arts
These word games will help you with your reading, spelling and writing.
Little Explorers Picture Dictionary
Click on a letter of the alphabet to learn words and see pictures that start with that letter.
Reading Rainbow Book Reviews
Take a look at what other kids are reading and hear what they have to say about dozens of books.
Setting
Watch a cartoon to learn what setting is and how it can change a story.
Chinese Numbers
Learning how to write Chinese numbers is easy with this online guide.
French Numbers and Colors
Count to five in French and learn how to say a few colors.
Korean Numbers
Say and write the numbers 1 to 10 in Korean.
Pictograms
Early Chinese writing used pictures instead of letters to make a word. Learn a few of these pictograms while playing a game.
Spanish Memory Game
Match pairs of Spanish words.
Spanish Word of the Day
Learn some Spanish words with Rosita from Sesame Street.
Between the Lions
Play games with Lionel and Leona while learning how to read.
I Can Read Game
Listen to sentences and point out the correct word when asked.
Learn to Read
These online stories teach you how to sound out words.
Matching Game
Match the picture with the right word.
Picture Match
Match letters and vowel sounds with the pictures that include them.
Sassy Seals
Listen for words that start with the same sound.
What's the Word?
Click on the word that matches the picture. Choose animals, fruits, tools, machines or shapes
Word Games
Learn how to read while playing games with sounds and rhymes.
Animal Muddle
Listen to this poem about mixed-up animals.
Does It Rhyme?
Find the line that rhymes in this 10-question quiz.
Find the Rhyme
Help Reggie the Rhino find the rhyme.
Haiku
Tell about a favorite place, thing, person or time and learn about syllables by writing haiku poetry.
Giggle Poetry
These poems will tickle your funny bone. Read and rate them!
Magnetic Poetry
Choose from more than 100 words to drag over to an online fridge to make a poem.
Mother Goose Rebus Rhymes
Learn to read and count with these nursery rhymes that use pictures instead of words.
Nursery Rhyme Coloring Pages
Print out and color pictures from your favorite nursery rhymes.
Poem Pack
These cartoon poems all feature a different long vowel sound.
Poetry
Listen and read along to poems about your shadow, the wind, pretend friends, hiding places and being afraid of the dark.
Poetry by Young Children
Read poems written by kids in pre-k, kindergarten, and first grade.
Poetry Splatter
Finish writing silly poems by filling in the blanks.
Rhyming Game
Select a level and click on the words that rhyme with the given words.
Rhyming Words
Match-up words that rhyme in this online game.
Shape Poems
Choose an apple, leaf, fish, balloon, star, heart or the sun and write your poem inside that shape.
Tongue Twisters
Listen to a few tongue twisters then try saying them yourself.
Create a Play
Choose the stars and write their lines.
Create Your Own Adventure
Become a writer by filling in nouns, adjectives, names and verbs.
Friendly Letter Writing
Click on each page for step-by-step instructions on how to write a friendly letter.
Handwriting Spider
Watch Spinner, the writing spider, draw the letters of the alphabet.
Jan Brett Alphabet
Learn to print the ABCs or write them in cursive.
Lowercase Letters
Practice writing the letters of the alphabet.
Parts of a Friendly Letter
See an example of a friendly letter.
Puppy Days Story Builder
Write your own story by choosing the plot, pictures and words.
Silly Sentence Machine
Choose the who, how, type, what and where to make a silly sentence.
Stop & Go
Write mixed-up, funny stories about your favorite PBS KIDS characters with the help of characters from other PBS KIDS shows.
Story Maker
Create a story about you by answering a few questions.
Uppercase Letters
Practice writing the letters of the alphabet.
Word Drop
Complete the sentences with words that you use every day.
Word Hunt
Click and drag words to finish sentences.
Writing Numbers
Follow a virtual pencil to learn how to write each number from 0 to 9.
Writing the Alphabet
Follow a virtual pencil to learn how to write each letter from A to Z.
Writing With the Senses
Watch a cartoon to learn how to use adjectives to write about things you see, touch, taste, smell and hear.
ABC Adventure
Fill in the missing letters of the alphabet.
ABC Gulp
Click on the frog and choose the letter he asks for.
ABCs
Get ready to read by first learning how each letter of the alphabet sounds.
Alphabet Bears
Put the bears in alphabetical order.
Alphabet Library
Put the books away on the library shelves in ABC order.
Alphabet Zoo
Match animals starting with lowercase letters to their habitats labeled in uppercase letters.
Bembo's Zoo
Click on a letter of the alphabet and see them come to life to make zoo animals.
Kangaroo Confusion
Match the upper case letters to their lower case counterparts.
Leo Loves to Spell
Find the uppercase and lowercase letters that each word starts with.
Letter Matching Game
Match letters of the alphabet with their capitals.
Chinese Fables
Read
these stories from ancient China and learn a lesson at the end of each
one. If you get stuck on a word, just click it to hear it read out loud.
Fables From Aesop
Watch four animated stories.
The Ant and the Dove
Tells the story of a thirsty ant and a helpful dove.
The Ants and the Grasshopper
A tale of work and play.
2 Bee or Nottobee
Choose the right forms of the verb 'to be' to make complete sentences.
Compound Words
Find out how two or more small words put together can make a new word.
Contractions
Practice combining two words into one.
Grammar Blast
Answer questions on the proper use of nouns, verbs, adjectives, periods and commas.
Grammar Glossary
Choose your grade level for a list of definitions to grammar terms.
Grammar Gorillas
Practice looking for nouns and verbs in short sentences.
Prepositions
Move a boy and his dog in, out, over, under, on, off and behind a doghouse.
Punctuation
Finish sentences with a period, question mark or exclamation point.
Rainforest Run-A-Round
Help the monkey get across the rainforest by putting words together to make sentences.
Synonym Sam's Lab
Find two words that are the same to describe Sam the dog.
Synonyms
Learn different words that have the same meanings.
Alphabet Soup
Find the mixed-up words floating in a bowl of alphabet soup.
Drag 'n' Spell
Drag the vowels to finish spelling words before your time runs out!
Letter Bugs
Catch the letters that spell out the word you hear.
Make a Word
Put vowels in between consonants to make words.
Plural Nouns
Choose the correct spelling of nouns to make them plural.
Spelling Words
Practice spelling colors and shapes.
Stellar Speller
This space robot shows pictures for you to spell.
Word Endings
Choose the word with the correct suffix.
Word Maker
Combine letters to make words.
Word of the Day
Learn how to spell a new word every day with Page from Playhouse Disney.
Beantime Stories
Includes fairy tales, silly stories and holiday tales.
Berenstain Bear Theater
Watch some of your favorite Berenstain Bears videos online.
Between the Lions: Stories
At the end of each story is a game to play based on what you have read.
Big Ideas!
Be a part of these stories about being kind, sharing and helping others.
Book-Pop
Listen and read along to stories about fairies, trolls, unicorns and forest animals.
BookPALS
Sit back and listen as famous actors read some of your favorite picture books to you.
Clifford Stories
Read or listen to stories about Clifford the Big Red Dog. You can even change the way the story is told.
International Children's Digital Library
Read children's books on many topics from all over the world.
Make a Story
Choose characters, places and actions to create a story and hear it read aloud.
Peter Rabbit Storytime
Listen to the tales of Jemima Puddle-Duck, Benjamin Bunny and Peter Rabbit.
Read Along Stories
Listen and follow along with the words to stories about animals, families, art and time travel.
Story Hour
Sit down and read folktales and funny stories from the Internet Public Library.
Story Maker
Create a story about you by answering a few questions.
Online Stories
Read all of these books right on your computer.
Tina's World
See if you can tell which stories are make-believe, and which are real.
VeggieTales
Read stories about your veggie friends including Madame Blueberry, Bob the Tomato, Junior Asparagus and Larry the Cucumber.
Folk Tales
Listen and read along to six common folktales.
Folktales and Myths From Around the World
Read stories from India, Trinidad, Ghana, Ethiopia, Mauritius, Angola and Japan.
Greek Myths
Play along while reading stories about horses with wings, people who can fly and a king that can turn anything into gold.
Gullah Tales
Listen to folktales from the sea islands of South Carolina and Georgia, in English or Gullah.
Johnny Appleseed
Tells his story through the words and drawings of 2nd graders.
Long Winter
Story of Canadian tribal Indians and their winter survival.
Native American Cinderella
Story of an Indian Prince, Strong Wind and his Cinderella bride.
Paul Bunyan
Listen to a story about this giant lumberjack, print out coloring pages and play the Paul Bunyan dress-up game.