Learning to read, step by step

Is there a Christian homeschool curriculum that teaches reading with systematic phonics?

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Yes. Letters & Devotion teaches reading as systematic phonics in a K-2 course called Learning to Read: Systematic Phonics, five units long, from First Sounds, First Words to Real Reading. It sits alongside a King James Bible course every year, and a young child works with a grown-up beside them.

The five units, in order

First Sounds, First Words. Words With More in Them. The Vowels Grow Up. The Tricky Vowels. Real Reading. The whole course is published in the scope and sequence, so you can read every unit and skill before your child meets it.

One course across kindergarten to grade 2

It is a single K-2 course of 9+ hours, not a separate course for each year. You set your child's grade and can change it at any time, so you can start a child where they are in reading.

How a young child answers

A kindergartner hears every question read aloud and answers by tapping, never typing. For a child too young to type, a grown-up can type what they say.

Mastery paced

Reading is taught step by step, and the course slows down when a child struggles. When an answer is wrong, Clara, the teacher in every lesson, explains what went wrong instead of only marking it.

Beside the Bible

The Bible course in kindergarten is read aloud together at the table, so a child who cannot yet read still meets Genesis every week while phonics builds toward reading it.

What this is not

It is a screen-based course. A young child who is still learning to read cannot run a lesson alone, so plan to sit with them.
It is not an intervention program and does not diagnose a reading difficulty. If you suspect one, an evaluation by a qualified professional is the right step.
It is one course of 9+ hours. It is the phonics core, not a full literacy library of picture books and read-alouds.

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Before your child starts: what we collect and why

We collect only what it takes to teach your child: the first name and sign-in you choose, their answers and progress, and their chat with Clara (written by Anthropic's AI, read aloud by OpenAI). Nobody trains AI on it or sells it, and you can see or delete it any time. You create your child's account yourself. Ticking the box below is how you, as the parent, give consent.

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Your consent is needed before we collect anything from your child, and we collect nothing without it. You create your child's account yourself; they never sign up alone.

What we collect from your child: the first name and sign-in you choose, their answers, time on lessons and progress, and their chat with Clara. Used to run the lessons, build their transcript and show you how they are doing.
Who else handles it: Anthropic writes Clara's replies from the chat, the lesson and your child's first name. OpenAI turns lesson text and Clara's replies into the read-aloud voice. Spoken answers are turned into text on our own server and never sent anywhere. Our email provider sends you reports. Nobody sells your child's data or uses it for anything else.
Your rights: see everything collected from your child, have it deleted, or stop further collection at any time, from your account or by emailing our support address. If you refuse the sharing above, Clara cannot teach, so the service cannot run. Chats are deleted after 30 days.
Safety: if your child writes something suggesting they may be hurt or in danger, we email you and the owner of Letters & Devotion the same day.

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Questions parents ask

What is the phonics course called?

Learning to Read: Systematic Phonics, a K-2 English Language Arts course of five units.

Does my kindergartner have to type?

No. Every question is read aloud and a kindergartner answers by tapping. A grown-up can type for a child who says an answer.

Can I read the lessons before I buy?

Yes. Every unit, skill and objective is published in full with no account and no card, and the first 30 days are free.

Is the Bible part of reading time?

Every grade includes a King James Bible course. In kindergarten you read a short passage aloud and your child tells it back.

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