Phonics/Reading/Literature

Reading Readiness and Movable Alphabets

ABC-123
Common Sense Learning for Kindergarten Skills --see review under "All-In-One-Programs"
Hearts and Hands
A Home Start in Reading
Mommy Teach Me to Read!
Sing, Spell, Read, and Write PreK program

The Magnetic AlphaBoard
Peter Parker’s Magnetic Learning Systems

Phonics Programs

Action Reading Fundamentals
Alpha Omega Language Arts 1 (LifePacs)
Alpha Phonics - See review in 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum
Alphabet Island Phonics
At Last! A Reading Method for Every Child - See review in 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum
Beginning Reading at Home
Beginnings K5 and Phonics and Reading 1
Christ Centered Phonics
Christian Light Reading Program, primary grades
Color Phonics
Eagle’s Wings Comprehensive Handbook of Phonics
Explode the Code - See complete review in 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum
Go Phonics
The Great Saltmine and Hifwip [also known as Vertical Phonics]
Handbook for Reading (A Beka)
Happy Phonics - See review in 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum
Hooked on Phonics
Horizon Phonics and Reading K and 1st Grade
LLATL: The Blue Book Common Sense Reading Program
Learning Wrap-Ups
Listen and Learn with Phonics
Little Angel Readers
Little Stories for Little Folks
Mommy Teach Me to Read!
My Father’s World From A to Z: A Complete Kindergarten Curriculum
Noah Webster’s Reading Handbook - See complete review in 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum
The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading
Pathway Readers
Phonics and Advanced Phonics audio recording/workbook
Phonics Intervention (Saxon)
Phonics Made Plain: Wall Chart and Flashcards
Phonics Museum
Phonics Pathways - See complete review in 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum
Phonics Tutor
The Reading Lesson
Recipe for Reading
Saxon Phonics
Scaredy Cat Reading System
Shortcuts to Reading
Sing, Spell, Read, and Write - See complete review in 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum
The Sonday System: Learning to Read
Sound Beginnings
Spell to Write and Read - See complete review in 100 Top Picks for Homeschool
Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
Turbo Reader

Beginning Reading Books

The Alphabet Series
Basic Phonics Readers
Bob Books
Hewitt Early Readers
It is Fun to Read, Pals and Pets, A Time at Home, and It is a Joy to
Learn
Little Companion Readers
Phonics Practice Readers
Reading for Fun Enrichment Library

Phonics Workbooks

Adventures in Phonics
Explode the Code - See complete review in 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum
Letters and Sounds (A Beka)
Phonics for Young Catholics
Plaid Phonics (MCP/Modern Curriculum Press) - See complete review in 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum

Readers/Literature for grades 1-8

A Beka Book Readers
Bob Jones University Press Reading Program
Bob Jones University Press Literature (Jr. High)
Bible Nurture and Reader Series (Rod and Staff)
Christian Liberty Nature Readers
Christian Liberty Press Literature
Christian Liberty Press Readers
Drawn into the Heart of Reading
The Harp and Laurel Wreath
Landmark’s Freedom Baptist Curriculum Literature Courses
Lightning Lit & Comp courses (Hewitt Homeschooling) (grades 7-12)
Moore McGuffey Readers
Original McGuffey Readers

Literature for high school

American Literature and British Literature LIFEPAC courses
Bob Jones University Press High School Literature
Christian Liberty Press Literature
Christian Light High School Literature
Encouraging Thoughtful Christians to be World Changers (literature and rhetoric series by James Stobaugh) - See complete review in 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum
English for Classical Studies
Lightning Lit & Comp courses (Hewitt Homeschooling) (grades 7-12)
The Play’s the Thing [Shakespeare game]
Rocketbook DVD study guides for literature
Shakespeare Interdisciplinary Unit
The World’s Greatest Catholic Literature
World Literature, Seton

Reading Comprehension Supplements

Reading comprehension skills are best handled with oral questions to ensure comprehension at early levels. Until a child is reading about 100 words a minute, his comprehension is usually not very good, so do not be overly concerned if a younger child is concentrating on decoding and not doing very well on comprehension.

If you choose not to use a complete reading program (with readers and workbooks), but use either real books or readers without companion workbooks, you might wish to supplement reading with comprehension activities by using one or more of the following books.

Across the Centuries
Critical Thinking: Reading, Thinking, and Reasoning Skills - See complete review in 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum
Drawn into the Heart of Reading
Gates-Peardon-LaClair Reading Exercise Books
McCall-Crabbs Standard Test Lessons in Reading
Read and Think
Reading Comprehension series, Essential Learning Products
Reading Comprehension (Instructional Fair)
Reading Comprehension: Stories of the Saints series, Volumes 1 - 4
Reading for Comprehension series
Reading for Young Catholics
Reading Skills (Instructional Fair)
Reading Strands

Novel / Play Study Guides

Brightest Heaven of Invention: A Christian Guide to Six Shakespeare Plays
Classics at Home
Favorite Books Activities Kit
Inside Stories
Literature Units (Teacher Created Resources)
Progeny Press Study Guides for Literature - See complete review in 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum
Quizzes for 220 Great Children’s Books
Rocketbook DVD study guides for literature (high school)
Total Language Plus - See complete review in 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum

Games, Supplements, and Other Helps

Blackstone Audio Books
Books on Tape
Ox, House, Stick: The History of Our Alphabet
Targeted Reading Improvement Program (T.R.I.P.)

How to Choose Literature/Reading Books AND Booklists

Books Children Love
Best Books for Kindergarten through High School
A Family Program for Reading Aloud
For the Love of Reading
Great Books of the Christian Tradition
Hand that Rocks the Cradle
Honey for a Child’s Heart
How to Grow a Young Reader
A Landscape with Dragons
Let the Authors Speak: A Guide to Worthy Books Based on Historical Setting
Reading Between the Lines: A Christian Guide to Literature
Tending the Heart of Virtue: How Classic Stories Awaken a Child’s Moral Imagination
They’re Never Too Young for Books: A Guide to Children’s Books for Ages 1 to 8