Yarareads

Yarareads is a free reading web app for kids that generates and displays phonics-based stories where every word can be sounded out.

Yarareads is a free reading application designed for children who have recently learned their phonics sounds. It provides stories built exclusively from words a child can sound out, helping them practice reading independently. When a child gets stuck, they can tap any word to reveal sound buttons with audio, dots for single letters, bars for pairs, and arcs for split vowels. Parents can customize which sounds and tricky words their child knows, and connect AI agents like Claude or ChatGPT via MCP to write new stories or add books. The application runs on Cloudflare with static assets, D1 for data, and R2 for pictures, and requires no account for basic reading usage.

Yarareads at a glance

Best for: Student
Runs on: Web, self-hosted
Pricing: Free
Released: October 2026
Category: AI productivity tool
Website: github.com/finereli/yarareads

Key features

Tap words to view sound breakdowns and audio
Word-by-word story checker against known sounds
Customizable sound and tricky word settings
Agent connection via MCP to write new stories
Browser-based progress tracking
Self-hostable on Cloudflare Workers

Use it for

Teaching early readers using phonics
Generating custom reading stories with AI
Checking story vocabulary against child knowledge
Recording custom sound tiles

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