Reading Rockets offers a wealth of reading strategies, lessons, and activities designed to help young children learn how to read and read better. Our reading resources assist parents, teachers, and other educators in working with struggling readers who require additional help in reading fundamentals and comprehension skills development.

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Free Reading Guides

Take a look at the many free print guides created by Reading Rockets that you are welcome to download.

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Reading Rockets is pleased to offer free print guides created for parents, teachers, and others who want to improve the reading achievement of children. You're welcome to download and print these guides for your own use or to distribute to others.

We've also gathered print guides published by other organizations devoted to reading and literacy issues to make it easy for you to find what you need.

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If you have suggestions for additional guides we should consider including in this section, please let us know.

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