Learn to Read with EP: Part of the Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool (EP Reader Series)

This was a great addition to our learning with this curriculum. Easy and very useful in learning at home. My child caught on so quickly. I definitely recommend!

We used this for kindergarten with my 5 year old and she could read easy reader books by the end of the Learn to Read with EP book! Everyone is always so impressed with how she has sight words memorized and how she’s able to sound out new words as she reads new books. I’d highly recommend this learning book for new readers!

This book has been handed down to our next reader and I applaud the online instructions for parents for when any of the sight words become difficult. I have had to go back a few times to earlier lessons with my little ones to where they can read with confidence and this has helped us dodge every bullet of fear and anxiety and frustration as we reach those difficult levels again. It helps me as a parent be patient with my child and to literally watch the difference of one day having anxiety about reading to literally wanting to read more than one lesson the next day. It may be the longest book in kindergarten, but this is very easy for me to wedge into first grade lessons if they are still plowing through the phonics section while reading chapters from books in their current curriculum level. This book and technique definitely produces strong reading ability even before they dive into phonics which only strengthens their reading skill.

I have been a tutor for children with dyslexia and I have used various resources for homeschooling my own children who are not dyslexic. This book has become my favorite way to teach reading for a non-dyslexic child who does not need a very multi-sensory approach. One thing I love is that the font is nice and large! Some books I have used have had tiny font and the page was overwhelming to the child. The phonics section is in the back and the sight words and stories are in the front. I prefer to teach phonics first so we started in the back of the book. Once my child seemed ready we started going through the front section as well. (note: there is an Easy Peasy app so that you can do the words and stories that way if you want too. The app was a fun way for my daughter to get into this at first and find it fun). The stories are simple and old fashioned but promote good values and they are accompanied by a little picture. The book is so easy to use , we just do a page or two a day depending on how hard it is for my child. If she struggled with it we will revisit that page again the next day, or I will have her read the sentence a second time on the same day. For my last child, I am happy to have found a product that I like so much for teaching reading and I wanted to share!

This is a wonderful book! I’m completing this book with my 4 year old even though it’s recommended for 5 year olds. I don’t see the sense in waiting that long. However, I do move much slower than recommended. I honestly think I would have gone slower even at 5 years old. We spend about 2-3 days on each set of site words. I have a dry erase board that magnetically stays on my fridge. I put the words on there. He reads them in the morning and night. The afternoon is when he reads from the book. We don’t move on to the story until he knows the words. I spend two days on the part two section, but we still stay on the book schedule. We do this by reading two stories a day so he gets two days of reading the same two stories. Any words that need extra practice go on the fridge. I have the rule that if you get it right the first time of the day then you get to erase it off the fridge. If you get it wrong even once that day then it stays. I haven’t reached part three yet. For part three, I think I will either do one lesson a day with one Bob book or two lessons a day repeating the next day. A top is actually the old spinning top toy. I originally thought it was referring to a top hat. I hope this helps.

I just purchased this to help my 1st grader on her homeschool reading journey. I know the McGuffey readers are available for free online on the EP website and elsewhere, but I prefer to have an actual book, and this one is the most affordable. The EP first grade reader is much too advanced for her reading level (and in my opinion, probably too advanced for most 1st graders). My daughter did Kindergarten in public school and already learned phonics and sight words there. The first few lessons of the McGuffey Primer are too easy, so we will start part-way through it for review and go from there. I am grateful to get this at such a great price.

My family and I are on a budget and we needed a homeschool curriculum that was free and flexible. This is it! My daughter is 4 and we are now on our 4th week of the curriculum and she is doing great! She even has read her first full story by herself and told me that she loves reading. I can't wait to put up my actual review on youtube since there isn't many families who have reviewed it that I've seen. If you are thinking about using this book and the easy peast curriculum I highly suggest it! My kids love it!

Love this homeschool program. This is my 5 yr old and I's daily reader in our home school resources .

Awesome 💯

It is easy to follow. Bought it for my 4yo and received just a few days ago in mail. We're already on lesson 4.