Founders (Early Elementary) Reading Materials 2026-27

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 2026-27 Book Order:

 

Reading

Take the Placement Test

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

 

History Books

• Our Star-Spangled Story Part 1
  • Notgrass
• Our Star-Spangled Story Part 2
  • Notgrass
• North American Indians
  • Gorsline
• Three Young Pilgrims
  • Harness
• How We Crossed the West
  • Schanzer
• Civil War on Sunday
  • Osborne
• What Do People Do All Day?
  • Scarry
• Your Life as a Settler in Colonial America
  • Troupe

 

Literature

• All-of-a-Kind Family
  • Taylor
• American Tall Tales
  • Osborne
• Five Minute Stories: Over 50 Tales and Fables
  • Cottage Door Press
• Henry Huggins
  • Cleary
• Homer Price
  • McCloskey
• In Grandma's Attic
  • Richardson
• Just Dance
  • MacLachlan
• Little House in the Big Woods
  • Wilder
• Mother Goose Treasury
  • McCafferty
• Owls in the Family
  • Mowat
• Phoebe the Spy
  • Griffin
• Pippi Longstocking
  • Lindgren
• The Boxcar Children
  • Warner
• The Light at Tern Rock
  • Sauer
• What's the Big Idea Ben Franklin?
  • Fritz

 

Math

Take the Placement Test

• Math-U-See
  • You will need to purchase the full set of materials for one level of Math. You can learn more about Math-U-See materials by visiting their website.

 

Science

• Apologia: Botany - OR-
• Apologia: Earth Science