Check out this page for free Reading homeschool printables! Teaching reading sets your child up for success in lifelong learning.

Free Reading Worksheets with Sound

Teaching children their letter sounds is made easier with my simple phonics read along. You can scan the QR code on the corner to have the sounds read to your child in a way that they can repeat and learn while looking at the visual. You can also check out my Titus Mom Read Alongs stories where I read the story and include the sound via the QR code that brings you here for the audio, check them out at the link below.

Teaching Your Child to Read

Your child needs explicit phonics instruction to learn to read well. The Science of Reading is an approach to teaching reading that is based on data. There are five key components to teaching reading according to the science on the topic. They include: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. These are the different areas that you should be targeting when teaching reading to your child. Below you will find various printables to help in elementary reading homeschool.

Free Moveable Letter Tiles

These free movable letter tiles are a resource that I created to help my daughter. When she was learning to read, there were times when she had trouble sounding out a word if it was a bigger word. I would try to have her cover up part of the word, but she seemed to still not want to break it into into the different sounds.

I made these letter tiles and laminated them and cut them out. I also laminated a pink sheet of paper for a mat to put them on. We would build words that she was having trouble sounding out. I asked her to touch each sound, which seemed easier when they were spaced out on the cards, and the sounding the word out was much easier.

I also scooted letters together if they worked together to make a sound. For example, with the word “paint,” the letters “a” and “i” were touching to show that they worked together to make the “long a” sound. This helped her so much! These cards can be used to practice letter sounds, to build words for reading and for spelling. They are a very versatile tool in your teaching toolbox. I also recommend printing a few of them for multiples of each letter.

Immerse Your Child in Quality Books

Once your child is reading, immerse them in books. Make sure the books are in alignment with God’s Word and teaching them good morals and values. Just as can be the case with other bad media, we have to use discernment when choosing books.

Build a library of books for your child to read. It’s important to have access to a variety of books. They need to be reading from various genres, fiction and non-fiction, informational, poetry, etc.

Having them read for 30 minutes per day is huge for helping them build vocabulary, build fluency skills, and increase comprehension. Try it. You’ll be amazed at how much they grow in their reading skills.

After they read, you can have them do what is called a reading response. This is where you have them write about what they read. There are countless ways to do this. Model how you want them to do it, but showing them first. Next, try it together. Finally, have them do it on their own.

I have a journal that I made for this that you can purchase at this link: Homeschool Reading Response Journal. You can get it if you’d like these all printed out and ready to open and go, or you can print the forms below for free. 🙂

Below, you will find some free printable reading response forms that you can use to do this. Enjoy!

Reading Response Forms with Instructions

Here are the same forms from the Homeschool Readign Response Journal, made printer friendly. You can print them yourself and they are open ended with instructions to make writing as a response to reading an easy go to assignment in your homeschool. Once you teach you child how to do each of the five types of responses to their reading, they can do them again and again. This builds writing skills while giving you a great way to assess their recollection of what they read as well as ability to retell and react to what they read.

FREE Fiction Reading Response Printable

This Free Fiction Reading Response Printable is great for early elementary kids. For the youngest kids, they can dictate answers to mom as you do it together. Once they are able to trace, mom can write the answers the kid says using dashed handwriting for the child to trace.

A bit more advanced would be mom writes down the child’s answers and kid copies the answers correctly.

Next level, the child completely does it independently. Model completing this form after reading a book together. Next, guide your child through completing the form after they read a simple book or story to you. Next, they can complete these forms independently as a response to reading.

This is excellent for helping them think about what they read and practice writing their thoughts on paper. The second page is blank for open ended reading responses and more space for long answers.

FREE Non-Fiction Reading Response Printable

Use this non-fiction reading response printable after reading from a non-fiction book. This form can be used at various ages and levels, you just adjust how you use it.

For the youngest kids, read it to them and fill it out for them as they help you think about answers and you model writing the answers on the page.

For a bit more advanced, let them trace the letters you write. For the next level up, have them copy answers you wrote down as they narrated the answers to you.

For the higher level, have kids complete it independently. The second page is blank to allow an open ended response option or extra space for long answers.

Free Book Report Printable

Reuse this free printable book report worksheet again and again for your homeschool book reports. Have your child read a book and then fill this form out on to report on what they read.

FREE Write About What You Read Printable

Have your child read for 30 minutes and then write about it what they read. You can reuse this printable again and again for an easy reading response. Writing about what you read checks the child’s ability to recall what they read if you don’t let then look back. If you do let them look back, they can learn to spell words properly when comparing their writing back to the text and so much more.