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.
Watch Online
The following programs were produced by Reading Rockets and can be viewed online for free through video streaming:
The first link is to the entire show. The links below it are to shorter video clips from the show. The approximate length of each video clip is indicated in parentheses.
Toddling Toward Reading
Hosted by Reba McEntire, "Toddling Toward Reading" examines what it takes to give our preschoolers the early literacy skills they need to become successful readers.
Read the full program description. Watch online beginning August 27, 2008.
A Chance to Read
Hosted by Molly Ringwald, "A Chance to Read" looks at the reading challenges facing kids with disabilities, and what schools across the country are doing to help them find success.
Read the full program description or click below to watch online.
Reading and the Brain
Hosted by Henry Winkler, who has had his own struggles with reading, Reading and the Brain explores how brain scientists are working to solve the puzzle of why some children struggle to read and others don't. Startling new research shows the answer may lie in how a child's brain is wired from birth.
Read the full program description or click below to watch online.
Reading Rocks!
Set to a hip-hop soundtrack, Reading Rocks! is a buoyant new PBS television special that uses wacky humor and stories of hope to encourage struggling readers to keep trying. The special also helps parents and teachers understand and encourage struggling readers at home and school. Television and film stars Nick Spano and Vivica A. Fox add sparkle to the 30-minute program.
Read the full program description or click below to watch online.
Empowering Parents
If you have a child who is a struggling reader, your family is not alone. Learning to read is a challenge for almost 40 percent of kids, and an even bigger challenge for their parents. Empowering Parents, a PBS television special hosted by Al Roker, visits schools in Huntingtown, Maryland, and Portland, Oregon, to help families identify early signs of reading problems and find ideas for getting their kids the help and support they need.
Read the full program description or click below to watch online.
Becoming Bilingual
Acclaimed actress Rita Moreno hosts Becoming Bilingual, a 30-minute PBS program that examines the challenges of teaching children to read in a new language. This show visits schools and programs in six cities across the country to learn about the different ways schools are working to create bilingual readers.
Read the full program description or below to watch online.
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‡ This video clip will appear in Windows Media Player, which most computers already have installed, or you can download it now. Macintosh users can download the free Flip4Mac playback file, which allows you to play Windows Media files in your Quicktime player.
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