Phonics & Reading Programs
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- 100 Gentle Lessons in Sight & Sound: Level 1
- ABC See, Hear, Do Series
- ABeCeDarian Reading Program
- Adventures in Phonics, Levels A, B, and C
- Adventures in Pine Hollow - Reading and Language Arts
- All About Reading
- Alpha Omega Language Arts 1
- Alpha-Phonics (Storehouse Press)
- Alpha-Phonics (Paradigm)
- The American Language Series
- At Last! A Reading Method for Every Child: New Simplified Edition
- Beginnings K5
- Beyond Phonics (ARTICLE)
- Beyond The Code: Comprehension and Reasoning Skills Series
- BJU Press Reading Program
- Blumenfeld’s Alpha-Phonics
- Christ Centered Phonics
- Christian Light Reading and Language Arts Courses
- Classical Phonics
- Dash into Learning - Reading
- Delightful Reading Kits
- Dog on a Log Reading Program
- Explode The Code®
- First Start Reading
- Foundations (Logic of English) Levels A-D
- Foundations Phonics
- Gather 'Round's Beginning Reading and Math
- Go Phonics Reading Program, 2nd edition
- The Good and the Beautiful Language Arts & Literature Courses (Elementary Grades)
- The Good and the Beautiful Language Arts & Literature: Level K, Level 1, and Level 2
- A Handbook for Reading
- Happy Cheetah Reading
- Happy Phonics
- Hatchling Discover: Reading, Writing, and Phonics
- Horizons Phonics and Reading, Levels K - 3
- Kalahari Readers
- Landmark's Freedom Baptist Curriculum Reading and Literature Courses
- Learning Language Arts through Literature - The Blue Book
- Little Angel Readers
- Little Stories for Little Folks: Catholic Phonics Program
- The Logic of English Essentials
- McRuffy Language Arts Programs
- Mommy Teach Me!
- Noah Webster's Reading Handbook
- The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading
- Pathways to Reading Homeschool
- Phonics Flashcards
- Phonics for Young Catholics
- Phonics Intervention: An Incremental Development
- Phonics Made Plain: Wall Chart and Flashcards
- Phonics Museum
- Phonics Pathways, tenth edition
- PhonicsTutor®
- Pinwheels
- Play ‘N Talk
- Pride Reading Program
- Primary Arts of Language: Reading & Writing
- Primary Concepts FREE Phonics
- ReadBright Leveled Phonics Program
- Readers in Residence
- Reading and Spelling Pure & Simple
- Reading Bear
- Reading Eggs
- The Reading Game, 2nd Enhanced Edition
- The Reading Lesson
- Reading & Spelling Through Literature
- Ready, Set, Read Reading Program
- A Reason for Guided Reading/Advantage Guided Reading
- Recipe for Reading
- Ring Around the Phonics
- Robinson Self-Teaching Home School Curriculum
- Rocket Phonics, fifth edition
- Scaredy Cat Reading System
- ShillerLearning Language Arts
- Simply Reading
- Sonlight Language Arts 2
- Sonlight Phonics K Program
- Sound Beginnings
- Sound Bytes Reading: Teach Anyone to Read, Homeschool Edition
- Spell to Write and Read
- Starfall Reading Resources
- Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
- Teaching a Preschooler to Read
- Victory Drill Book
- Winning Reading Boost Homekit
- Words Their Way Classroom
- Writing Road to Reading
Reading, Phonics, and Literature Web Links and Supplements
- Common Sense Education
Common Sense Education has a section titled Ed Tech Ratings & Reviews that hosts teacher reviews and ratings for online games, websites, and apps. The site is free with no registration required.
- KinderTown
KinderTown is a website that reviews apps for iPads and iPhones, providing an easy interface for finding useful educational apps for ages 3 to 8. See my brief review of KinderTown here.
- Magnetic AlphaBoard
Many reading readiness programs fail to include or suggest one of the most valuable tools for helping children learn letters and sounds—movable alphabets. A movable alphabet consists of letters of the alphabet —plastic, wooden, posterboard, magnetic, sandpaper, felt, etc. The Magnetic AlphaBoard is one possible solution.
- Sight Words Games
free online Sight Words Games
- The Shakespeare Study Guide
This free website by Michael Cummings has plot summaries for all of Shakespeare's plays plus themes, settings, character descriptions, historical background and much more.
- WatchKnowLearn Videos for Reading and Phonics
WatchKnowLearn catalogs hundreds of free educational videos "Wiki-style" in both broad and sub-categories so it's easy to search. There are sub-categories for phonics, reading skills, literature, and reference skills.
Core Curricula
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