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First Steps to Reading Fluency on Windows Pc

Developed By: University of Nebraska–Lincoln

License: Free

Rating: 5,0/5 - 1 votes

Last Updated: December 26, 2023

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

Game Details

Version 4.0
Size 64.5 MB
Release Date April 17, 18
Category Educational Games

Game Permissions:
Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (2)]

What's New:
changed hardcoded ip to dns, added age gate to new user button and in app browser for new user button [see more]

Description from Developer:
First Steps to Reading Fluency is designed to provide players personalized, deliberate and engaging practice of letter names, letter sounds, and sight words for the purpose of achi... [read more]

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About this game

On this page you can download First Steps to Reading Fluency and play on Windows PC. First Steps to Reading Fluency is free Educational game, developed by University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Latest version of First Steps to Reading Fluency is 4.0, was released on 2018-04-17 (updated on 2023-12-26). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 100. Overall rating of First Steps to Reading Fluency is 5,0. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This game had been rated by 1 users, 1 users had rated it 5*, 1 users had rated it 1*.

How to play First Steps to Reading Fluency on Windows?

Instruction on how to play First Steps to Reading Fluency on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install First Steps to Reading Fluency on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this game on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Play First Steps to Reading Fluency using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "First Steps to Reading Fluency" icon on the home screen to start playing, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to play First Steps to Reading Fluency on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "First Steps to Reading Fluency" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 4.0.

Download First Steps to Reading Fluency 4.0 on Windows PC – 64.5 MB

First Steps to Reading Fluency is designed to provide players personalized, deliberate and engaging practice of letter names, letter sounds, and sight words for the purpose of achieving automaticity of these foundational reading skills. Automaticity is the ability to perform a skill with a high degree of accuracy and speed with the ultimate goal of well-practiced fluent performance. Achieving automaticity of letter names, letter sounds, and sight words is important to perform higher-order reading skills. These foundational reading skills are part of state and national learning standards for kindergarten.


This game requires an account to be created outside of the app itself, it requires both a parent/teacher and a student account. The student account is the one used to sign into the game itself.
To create an account go to https://eruditelearninglab.unl.edu/Live/ then in the top right of the screen press parental/teacher controls, then press register. Or in the app press new user.
changed hardcoded ip to dns, added age gate to new user button and in app browser for new user button
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.