Build the foundation
Start with short vowel word families, early phonics patterns, and simple reading confidence.
Kindergarten to Grade 1 Reading
A Complete
Reading Journey
Ready to Read blends systematic phonics with engaging, cross-curricular learning. Each book builds skill by skill, so your child can begin where they are and grow toward confident, fluent reading.
Strengthen fluency
Continue blending, sight words, CVC practice, and early comprehension through daily rhythm.
Grow independence
Move into silent e, long vowels, longer words, and stronger confidence with every lesson.
Read with confidence
Bring the year together with vowel teams, compound words, richer reading, and fluency.
A Typical Day
Read the Teacher’s Guide
Start by spending 5–15 minutes reading the day’s beautifully illustrated lesson together from the Teacher’s Guide, exploring science, Bible, picture books, and more.
Open the Student Book
Then, your child completes four guided pages in their Student Book, putting what they just learned into practice through phonics, reading, math, and hands-on activities.
Done in Just 25–45 Minutes
That’s it! One simple lesson in the Teacher’s Guide followed by the Student Book pages—all designed to fit naturally into your homeschool day.
What's Inside
Word Families
Your child will begin to read short vowel word families.
Math
Math pages cover important mathematical concepts that go beyond numbers and counting, including sequencing, graphing, and 3D shapes, along with addition.
Art
Each week, your child will explore basic concepts of art, including light and dark shades of colors, color mixing, straight and curved lines, texture, and observation skills.
Calendar
Making a calendar once every four weeks gives your child a chance to practice writing numbers 1–30 and builds awareness of months, weeks, and days of the week.
Science
Science pages give your child the opportunity to recall the information they’ve learned from the Teacher’s Guide about different animals and their underground habitats.
Social Studies
Social studies pages explore topics that help your child begin to understand the world they live in and how to relate to it.
Mini Books
These fun extra pages are found in the Resource Library of the app. Your child will have the opportunity to cut out, color, and read a mini book for each word family that we cover. Plan to keep these mini books so they can build a library that they can read as the year progresses.
Bible
Bible pages explore the Bible concept covered in the Teacher’s Guide more fully.
Explore the Series
Start where your child is and move forward skill by skill. Each nine-week book combines phonics, reading, math, Bible, science, art, and more in one connected learning experience.
Book 1 of 4 | 9 Weeks
Ready to Read 1
Burrows and Holes
Build a strong reading foundation with short vowel word families, CVC words, simple blends, and sight words while exploring the fascinating world beneath our feet.
- CVC words and short vowels
- Simple consonant blends
- Early reading confidence
Skills They’ll Build
Practice short a and e word families, CVC words, simple blends, sight words, handwriting, early fluency, and foundational math concepts.
Best For
Children beginning to blend sounds into words or needing a gentle review of foundational phonics skills.
Book 2 of 4 | 9 Weeks
Ready to Read 2
At the Pond
Strengthen CVC words, blends, sight words, and early fluency while discovering the plants, insects, animals, and ecosystems found in and around a pond.
- Continued CVC practice
- Stronger blending and fluency
- Place value, money, and time
Skills They’ll Build
Practice short i, o, and u word families, CVC words, consonant blends, sight words, handwriting, simple writing, and smoother reading.
Best For
Children who are familiar with short a and e words and are ready to expand their knowledge to more short vowel word families, greater speed, and smoother reading.
Book 3 of 4 | 9 Weeks
Ready to Read 3
Ice + Snow
Move beyond simple CVC words with silent e, long vowels, vowel endings, and longer words while exploring frozen habitats and the animals that call them home.
- Silent e and long vowels
- Four- to six-letter words
- Growing reading independence
Skills They’ll Build
Practice silent e, long vowel patterns, longer words, sight words, sentence conventions, fluency, comprehension, and continued math review.
Best For
Children who are comfortable reading many CVC words and are ready to decode longer words and new vowel patterns.
Book 4 of 4 | 9 Weeks
Ready to Read 4
On the savanna
Bring the year together with vowel digraphs, compound words, richer reading, and continued fluency practice while journeying across the African savanna.
- Vowel digraphs
- Compound words
- Fluency and reading mastery
Skills They’ll Build
Strengthen vowel digraphs, compound words, journaling, fluency, comprehension, and practical math skills such as time, money, tally marks, ordinal numbers, and skip counting.
Best For
Children ready to bring their phonics skills together through longer words, richer reading, and increasingly independent practice.
Online Academy
Need a little extra help?
Meet Miss Bri
A warm, encouraging teacher who helps early readers feel confident one lesson at a time.
Miss Bri teaches the Ready to Read Academy lessons with clear instruction, gentle pacing, and practical support for young learners. Her videos pair with the curriculum so your child can hear each concept explained, modeled, and practiced in a familiar routine.
Use her lessons alongside your Teacher's Guide when you want extra help, a fresh voice, or a simple way to keep phonics and reading practice moving on busy homeschool days.
- Short video lessons that follow the Ready to Read flow
- Friendly instruction for phonics, blending, and early reading
- Extra support for parents who want a guided teaching option