📚 All About Reading. This relatively new program from All About Learning Press has already emerged as a favorite with homeschoolers. Why choose AAR? It's easy to teach; the materials are well-organized and follow a logical progression, with excellent built-in review; and its multisensory approach makes lessons effective for learners of all kinds. The program spans five levels – from Pre-Reading through Level 4 (note that the levels don't exactly correlate with grade level). Author Marie Rippel stresses moving at your child’s level—work on reading for just 20 minutes per day and stop; pick up the lesson the next day. This approach, along with creative activities that feel more like play than work, engages even reluctant readers. Visit the All About Learning website for a more in-depth explanation of the program, along with some sample pages. While you're there, be sure to check out founder Marie Rippel's blog. All About Learning Press also offers All About Spelling, and the two together create a very effective package. – Preschool • Elementary

📚 Logic of English. Logic of English is a multifaceted Language Arts curriculum that teaches reading while also addressing spelling, vocabulary, handwriting, and reading comprehension. What distinguishes Logic of English is its multisensory approach to reading instruction; the curriculum incorporates games, flashcards, workbooks, crafts projects, and handwriting practice. Start with Foundations then proceed to Essentials. – Preschool • Elementary

📚 Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons by Siegfried Engelmann, Phyllis Haddox, and Elaine Bruner. The publisher promises: "Twenty minutes a day is all you need, and within 100 teaching days your child will be reading on a solid second-grade reading level." 100EZ Lessons evokes strong emotions from parents, who tend to love it or hate it. If you browse the sample on Amazon, you will see how the book uses DISTAR symbols to teach kids to decipher the different sounds that a single letter can make. First, kids learn to read using these pseudo-letters, then around halfway through the book, they transition to standard letters. Particularly if you haven't had success with other methods, it's worth looking into 100EZ Lessons; the approach may feel strange, but it actually works. – Preschool • Elementary

📚 Explode the Code. Explode the Code is a popular homeschool reading program offered as a series of workbooks. Explode The Code print series contains 3 introductory books, 8 books for phonics instruction, “half books” that provide additional reinforcement, 4 comprehension workbooks, a placement test and teachers’ guides. Explode the Code workbooks are very affordable, and once a lesson has been taught, the program offers the advantage of allowing students to practice phonics skills independently. Families who choose this as their main reading curriculum will need to find additional decodable books for their children to practice with (see below), as the workbook program does not come with leveled readers. More recently, Explode the Code has created on online program that can be accessed by purchasing a subscription, which provides access to all the levels for one year. – Preschool • Elementary

📖 Bob Books by Bobby Lynn Maslen. Each set of Bob Books contains a bundle of short easy reader books. In Set 1 and Set 2, kids practice short vowels, three-letter words, and a few sight words; Set 3 introduces slightly longer words; Set 4 has consonant blends and vowel combinations; and Set 5 introduces long vowels. If you prefer to teach reading without a curriculum, this is a nice series to start with. – Preschool • Elementary

📖 ​Today I Will Fly! and other books in the Elephant and Piggie series by Mo Willem. "Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. Gerald and Piggie are best friends." – Preschool • Elementary

📖 You are (Not) Small by Anna Kang. "Two fuzzy creatures can't agree on who is small and who is big, until a couple of surprise guests show up, settling it once and for all!" – Preschool • Elementary

📖 Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss. "The simplest Seuss for youngest use." – Preschool • Elementary

📖 The Fat Cat Sat on the Mat by Nurit Karlin. "The fat cat sat on the mat. "Get off!" said the rat. But the fat cat just sat. Will the rat get the fat cat off the mat?" – Preschool • Elementary

📖 Go Dog, Go by P. D. Eastman. "From big dogs and little dogs to red, green, and blue dogs, dogs going up and dogs going fast . . . who knew dogs were so busy?" – Preschool • Elementary

📖 Amelia Bedelia and others in the series by Peggy Parish.
"From dressing the chicken to drawing the drapes, Amelia Bedelia does exactly what Mr. and Mrs. Rogers tell her to do. If things get a bit mixed up, well, that's okay." – Elementary

📖 Nate the Great and others in the series by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat. "Beginning readers are introduced to the detective mystery genre in these chapter books." – Elementary

📖 Little Bear and others in the series by Elsa Holmelund Minarik. "Meet Little Bear, a friend to millions of children. And meet Mother Bear, who is there whenever Little Bear needs her." Preschool • Elementary

📖 Hi! Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold. "Boy and fly meet and so begins a beautiful friendship. Er, and so begins a very funny friendship."– Preschool • Elementary

📖 Mouse Soup and others in the series by Arnold Lobel. "Weasel is ready for his dinner, and poor Mouse is it. Can he stop the weasel from serving up mouse soup for supper?" – Preschool • Elementary

📖 Frog and Toad Together and others in the series by Arnold Lobel. "Frog and Toad are best friends—they do everything together."– Preschool • Elementary

📖 Poppleton and others in the series by Cynthia Rylant. "Poppleton the pig makes a friend, reads a library book about adventure, and helps a sick friend get better." – Preschool • Elementary

📖 Henry and Mudge and others in the series by Cynthia Rylant. "Henry, feeling lonely on a street without any other children, finds companionship and love in a big dog named Mudge."– Elementary

📖 Oliver, Amanda, and Grandmother Pig and others in the series by Jean Van Leeuwin. "When Grandmother Pig comes for a visit, Oliver and Amanda learn just how much fun it is to have a grandmother in the house." – Preschool • Elementary

📖 Owl at Home by Arnold Lobel. "Owl lives by himself in a warm little house. But whether Owl is inviting Winter in on a snowy night or welcoming a new friend he meets while on a stroll, Owl always has room for visitors!" – Preschool • Elementary

📖 Bread and Jam for Frances and others in the series by Russell Hoban. "Frances is a fussy eater. In fact, the only thing she likes is bread and jam."– Preschool • Elementary

📖 Bink and Gollie by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee.
"Meet Bink and Gollie, two precocious little girls — one tiny, one tall, and both utterly irrepressible."

📖 Mr. Putter and Tabby Pour the Tea and others in the series by Cynthia Rylant. "Mr. Putter is tired of living alone. He wants company. But company is hard to find. And then he meets Tabby." – Elementary

📖 Mercy Watson and others in the series by Kate DiCamillo.
"To Mr. and Mrs. Watson, Mercy is not just a pig — she’s a porcine wonder."– Elementary

📖 Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House) by Mary Pope Osborne. "Before Jack and Annie can find out, the mysterious tree house whisks them to the prehistoric past. Now they have to figure out how to get home. Can they do it before dark . . . or will they become a dinosaur's dinner?" The first title in the popular chapter book series. – Elementary