This complete and comprehensive reading curriculum is one of the best on the market today. It's hands-on, multisensory approach engages the child with organically drawn illustrations and age appropriate level stories. The series moves forward naturally so the child is slowly challenged with each new story that is presented. A student packet is provided for the purpose of review and retention. All About Reading Level 1 is highly recommended by the Academics Choice Review Board for an engaging, research based approach to learning how to read.

My child love these books! I'm seeing such an amazing improvement in his reading!

All About Reading Level 1 is a beginning reading program for students who can already identify the letters of the alphabet and are familiar with the idea that each letter makes a sound. In 49 lessons the students are taken through all the consonants, the short vowels, and a several blends and digraphs. With each added sound, students first practice blending sounds into words using letter tiles then complete a blending activity in the workbook. Most lessons also include work with an increasing number of flash cards that include a few key sight words. Some lessons include "fluency practice" in which students read first words (usually all have been part of the blending work of a previous lesson), then phrases with the words, then whole sentences. Some lessons also have you read from a hardcover book after having answered some questions designed to develop prior knowledge on the subject of the story.

This curriculum is a carefully scaffolded, phonics based curriculum, similar to something like Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons. The three included hardcover books have the same beautiful sketched illustrations as in the Pre-Reader All About Reading. The stories all have that sometimes stilted language that is required to create stories with a controlled vocabulary but the illustrations do a great job of bringing the limited vocabulary to life!

The tips and teaching advice in the each lesson give parents or teachers excellent advice about teaching beginning phonics skills. Overall, I'd recommend this program to a parent or tutor looking for a scaffolded, structured approach to teaching phonics, but I'd recommend that it be supplemented with other activities to develop listening comprehension and a love of reading.