Founders (Early Elementary) Reading Materials 2025-26

This package includes all of the books and texts you will need to teach your student Math, Reading, History, Literature, Bible, and Science. You will have the option to customize your package based on the Reading and Math level of your student, as well as the Science course that you prefer to complete during the upcoming school year. 

 

If you are already using another curriculum for Math, Reading, or Science you can select "None" and the price of your reading materials will be adjusted accordingly.

 

List of reading materials available in the Founders 2025-26 Book Order:

 

English:

Take the Placement Test

• Pathway Readers
  • Beginning to Read (K) - OR -
  • Early Reading (1) - OR -
  • Second Grade Language Arts (2)

 

History

• A Child's History of the World
  • Hillyer
• The Usborne Book of World History
  • Millard/Vanags
• Granny Han's Breakfast
  • Groves
• Catching their Talk in a Box
  • Hockett

 

Literature

• Richard Scarry's Please and Thank You Book
  • Scarry
• Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales
  • Milbourne
• Grimm's Fairy Tales
  • Gillian Brocklehurst
• Happy Times in Noisy Village
  • Lindgren
• The Family Under the Bridge
  • Carlson
• The Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook
  • Lankester Brisley
• Uncle Wiggly's Storybook
  • Garis
• The Velveteen Rabbit
  • Williams
• Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille
  • Freedman
• Mrs. Piggle Wiggle
  • MacDonald
• A Beatrix Potter Treasury
  • Potter
• Winnie the Pooh
  • Milne
• The Adventures of a South Pole Pig
  • Kurtz
• Poems for Memorization
  • Pathway Readers
• The Good News Must Go Out
  • Davis

 

Math

Take the Placement Test

• Math-U-See
  • You have the option to select a "Universal" or "Level-Up" set of materials from Math-U-See in your book order. If you are new to using Math-U-See, you will likely need to order the Universal Set. Learn more about Math-U-See materials by visiting their website.

 

Science

• Apologia: Chemistry and Physics (textbook only)