Decodable Books for Beginning Readers
Explore free decodable books from Once for Kindergarten and First Grade. Choose a grade level, open a book, and help a child practice reading with the sounds and spelling patterns they have learned.
Kindergarten decodable books
Build confidence with early decoding
Start with shorter books that help kindergarten readers practice taught sounds, blend from left to right, and experience success with connected text.
First-grade decodable books
Move from accurate decoding to fluent reading
Give first graders engaging stories that let them apply a wider range of sound-spelling patterns while building accuracy, phrasing, and reading stamina.
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How to use these books
Match taught skills
Choose books that use sounds and spelling patterns the child has already learned.
Let the reader decode
Give the child time to blend each word instead of guessing from pictures or context.
Reread for fluency
Return to a familiar book so accurate decoding can become smoother, more expressive reading.
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