Reading Bear: free phonics & vocabulary...learn to read for free! We sound it out —you learn to read. Totally free! Rave Reviews "The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting." – Plutarch Home page Log In About Us Getting Started Training Videos Log Out SETTINGS First Learn the Letter Sounds! short a a b c d e a as in fan Take a quiz short e a b c d e e as in jet Take a quiz short i a b c d e i as in pig Take a quiz short o a b c d e o as in pot Take a quiz short u a b c d e u as in hut Take a quiz Review "short a" to "short u" c and k a b c cat, kid Take a quiz ck a b c d ck as in lock Take a quiz blends (ending, part 1) a b c gift, melt, send Take a quiz blends (ending, part 2) a b c tent, ask, nest Take a quiz adding s a b c d e f cats, ducks, masks Take a quiz Review "c and k" to "adding s" digraphs and x a b c d e king, fish, wax Take a quiz initial blends a b c d e blink, skip, twin Take a quiz wh, qu, th a b c d e when, quack, moth Take a quiz ch, tch a b c d e f chin, witch Take a quiz two syllables a b c d bathtub, rabbit Take a quiz Review "digraphs and x" to "two syllables" long e a b c d e f be, seed, tea Take a quiz oo a b c d e moon, hook Take a quiz ar a b c d e ma, arm, park Take a quiz or a b c d e fork, corn, sport Take a quiz er, ur, ir a b c d e f her, turn, bird Take a quiz Review "long e" to "er, ur, ir" oy, oi a b c d boy, coil Take a quiz ow, ou a b c d e f g owl, snout Take a quiz aw, au, al a b c d e law, haunt, ball Take a quiz ai a b c d e ai as in train Take a quiz ay, air a b c d day, chair Take a quiz Review "oy, oi" to "ay, air" y, ie, ind, ild a b c d e by, pie, kind, child Take a quiz o, oa, oe a b c d e no, toad, Joe Take a quiz old, olt, ow a b c d gold, colt, snow Take a quiz ew, ue a b c screw, blue Take a quiz 2 & 3 syllables a b c d e cartoon, butterfly Take a quiz Review "y, ie, ind, ild" to "2 & 3 syllables" a_e and e_e a b c d e silent e: plane, Steve Take a quiz i_e a b c d silent e: pine Take a quiz o_e a b c d e silent e: note Take a quiz u_e a b c silent e: cute Take a quiz ing a b c d e ing as in purring Take a quiz Review "a_e and e_e" to "ing" y and more a b c d e f baby, gladly, silliest Take a quiz ed a b c d e f cracked, counted Take a quiz er, le a b c d e f bigger, fiddle Take a quiz ce, ci, cy a b c d e f cent, city, fancy Take a quiz ge, dge, etc. a b c d e f gem, bridge Take a quiz Review "y and more" to "ge, dge, etc." the, se, etc. a b c d e other, rose, these Take a quiz silent b, k, t, w a b c d e f thumb, know, castle Take a quiz silent gh, h, l a b c d e f high, hour, half Take a quiz ph, gh a b c phone, enough Take a quiz ea and ear a b c d e f break, bread, bear Take a quiz Review "the, se, etc." to "ea and ear" ie, ui, u a b c d e field, fruit, put Take a quiz wor, wa, ou a b c d e world, water, young Take a quiz si, su, ci, ti, tu a b c d e mansion, nation Take a quiz ive, or, ence a b c d e f active, razor, fence Take a quiz 3 & 4 syllables a b c d e dictionary, conclusion Take a quiz Review "ie, ui, u" to "3 & 4 syllables"   Did you know you can use Reading Bear on your tablet? On iPads, download a Flash browser like iSwifter. If these don’t work for you, we’d like to know! Be sure to resize your window by clicking  on the smallest (75%) setting. Did you know you can use Reading Bear on your tablet? On Android tablets, download a Flash browser like Skyfire or Puffin. If these don’t work for you, we’d like to know! Be sure to resize your window by clicking  on the smallest (75%) setting. About © 2025 St. Charles Place Education Foundation We would love your TESTIMONIAL! Has your child or student benefited from the Reading Bear program? We would love to hear from you!  As our way of saying "Thank You" for taking the time to send us a testimonial, we would like to send you our collection of PDF printable exercises linked to each of the 50 Reading Bear modules (two per module). Please send your testimonial to Joe@WatchKnowLearn.org ... and be sure to check out our free, educational video website at WatchKnowLearn ! TITLE Select Presentation and Play Sounds word out both slowly and quickly. Sounds word out quickly (only). Shows word without sounding it out. Shows only words and pictures with audio. Shows only words and pictures with no audio. Shows only sentences and media with audio. Shows only sentences and media without audio. Settings Pause and ask me to say the words Show in random order Enable interludes Always show video of word spoken Always use the same font and color Arial Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Sans Unicode Times New Roman Verdana Purple Red Green Burnt Orange Blue Blue-Green Brown