Reading Universe gives educators clear, practical guidance on how to teach reading and writing. We use the structured literacy approach and base our work on the field's latest research. Working closely with researchers, reading coaches, and teachers, we offer classroom-proven teaching strategies, videos demonstrating best practices, and printable instructional materials. Our service is organized around the Reading Universe Taxonomy developed and refined by the Barksdale Reading Institute. The Taxonomy presents in a single graphic all the skills that students need to master to become proficient readers and writers. Reading Universe is an authoritative, engaging, media-rich service for professional learning — and it’s free for all users.

If you teach children to read and write (or work with those who do), we are here for you! That includes teachers, reading coaches, paraprofessionals, education professors, professional development providers, administrators, tutors, and parents. Our content is growing by the day and will eventually span pre-kindergarten through sixth grades, but for now we are primarily focused on grades K-3.

Reading Universe is a grant- and donor-funded service that provides research-based strategies and practical guidance to help educators and parents teach children to read and write. For now, our content spans kindergarten to third grade, but your donation will help us expand to cover pre-kindergarten through sixth grade. Please give today!