You may remember our review of All About Spelling, a spelling curriculum we are currently using and highly recommend.  The Beehive Reader 1 is All About Spelling‘s (AAS) beginning reader that correlates 100% with their Level 1 spelling curriculum, but the Beehive Reader 1 may be used separately from the spelling program.  The reader is a durable, hard cover book that is beautifully illustrated (black and white) and contains 10 unique short sentence stories.  The stories are cute and entertaining – A‘s favorite is Cobweb the Cat (and he’s a busy/mischievous kitty).

A is learning her alphabet sounds and blends but is not yet at a beginning reading level.  This book is one that she has claimed as her own.  She is determined to read this by herself and even pretends to read it.  C is more than happy to read this book to A.  “Sure – I’ll read it to her.  It’s an easy one!”

Even J finds the stories interesting:

I’ve never seen the kids so engaged in a simple reader.  This makes AAS’ Beehive Reader 1 a real success in our family.

The Beehive Reader 1 is available for $19.95 from AAS’ website.

You can read more reviews of Beehive Reader 1 by my fellow TOS Crew members at the Old Schoolhouse Homeschool Crew blog.

Disclosure:  This product was provided to our family for free as members of the 2009-2010 Old Schoolhouse Magazine Homeschool Crew.  Reviews and opinions expressed in this blog are our own.