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Literactive is the leading provider of reading material for pre-school, kindergarten and grade 1 students available online. The program is comprised of carefully levelled guided readers, comprehensive phonic activities and a wealth of supplemental reading

NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA) is a free and open source screen reader for the Microsoft Windows operating system. This software can enable blind or vision impaired people to access computers running Windows for no more cost than a sighted person. NVDA

Collection of free, easy-to-read, and accessible books on a wide range of topics. Each book can be speech enabled, work with various AT, and be downloaded in various formats.

A 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

This is a website created by Widgit Software, dedicated to people who use symbols. It has material for all ages and includes personal contributions, stories and learning materials. eLive is an on-line magazine within SymbolWorld especially for older readers. SymbolWorld is designed to have clear easy navigation with large buttons for any links. There are free, downloadable readers for the web and book content. You can contribute your own articles and books by creating them with Writing with Symbols software.

create simple books for early readers with items around the house or classroom

"This correlation chart illustrates how Reading A-Z levels approximately correlate to other leveling systems commonly found in leveled reading materials. Reading A-Z uses objective (quantitative) and subjective (qualitative) Leveling Criteria to measure text complexity. Teachers should use their professional judgment of additional qualitative criteria along with reader and task considerations to determine if an individual book at a given level is appropriate for a student. Printable Chart"

This tactile book is based on Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree By Eileen Christelow and is part of the Circle Time Braille Kit: Five Little Monkeys. It is designed be used in conjunction with the Teacher's Guide, as well as the Interactive "M" Book to help young children who are blind or visually impaired to develop emergent literacy skills, including tactile skills, counting to five, prepositions, positional concepts and the letter "m" for beginning readers at the Kindergarten level.

"This website is dedicated to promoting early tactile literacy among blind and severely visually impaired children in their preschool years, and for emerging Braille readers.  "

This website was created to allow beginning readers to read books on their web browser. readers can click on the triangle in the lower right-hand corner of each page to turn the pages. If they are unsure of a word, they can click on it to hear a child's voice read the word to them. The books have been sorted by level and by subject according to the curriculum.

"Reading website for emerging readers. Free reading games, ideal for interactive whiteboards. Online guided reading stories and teaching resources with lesson plans. "

Clifford The Big Red Dog: Interactive Storybooks! Phonics fun, games, and stories for early readers.

This website has free interactive storybooks in English and Spanish, and games that focus on phonics fun for early readers. There's also a teacher's guide and links to interactive whiteboard activities.

This website has an extensive collection of free, accessible books on a wide range of topics in five languages. Books can be speech enabled and read aloud online in a choice of three voices, or downloaded and saved as PowerPoint slide shows. Instructions are provided on using alternative access methods, including free downloadable IntelliKeys custom overlays. Wait, there's more! Step by step instructions and resources are provided to create your own accessible books on this site.

Evidence suggests that using text to speech helps students improve reading skills

variety free texttospeech tools.

"Text-to-Speech Why consider Text-to-speech (TTS)? Two reasons - 1. It is essential for struggling readers; when text is digital it is now accessible and 2. it supports the writing process, especially when editing and revising work"

A great book on polar bears.

A book about bugs that uses the word "like" repeatedly!

A book about a girl named Ali that uses the word "like" repeatedly!

A book about liking animals that uses the word "like" repeatedly!

A book about taking a drink that uses the word "like" repeatedly!