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Here's what you'll need for Level 1

All About Reading Level 1 Materials

$159.95

Package includes: one Teacher's Manual, one Student Packet (Activity Book, Flashcards, Stickers), and three readers.

Why do I need this?

This materials set is the core of the Level 1 reading program. It contains the student and teacher materials needed to effectively teach Level 1.
The teacher's manual and readers in this set are non-consumable. However, if you are using Level 1 with more than one student, you will need an additional Student Packet, Reading Review Box, and Reading Divider Cards for each student.

Reading Review Box

$17.95

This is a one-time purchase (per student). Flashcards NOT included. Includes tabbed Reading Dividers and foam spacers.

Why do I need this?

The Reading Review Box includes the Reading Divider Cards and provides the ideal solution for organizing the Phonogram and Word Cards used for daily review.
Only one box is needed for each student. This box will be used for all levels of All About Reading.

Letter Tiles

$25.95

This is a one-time purchase per household. Includes every tile needed for both AAS and AAR, magnets, and two storage bags.

Why do I need this?

The Letter Tiles are used for both reading and spelling, so if you already have a set of physical Letter Tiles or the Letter Tiles app, you do not need to buy an additional set.
For a digital alternative, scroll down the page to read about the Letter Tiles app for tablets. It can be purchased from your favorite app store.

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All About Reading Level 1 Teacher's Manual

Included in the Level 1 Materials.

$50.95

All About Reading Level 1 Student Packet

Included in the Level 1 Materials. Contains: Activity Book, Flashcards, Viewfinder Bookmark, and stickers. Purchase a Student Packet for each additional student.

$67.95

All About Reading Level 1 Activity Book

Included in the Level 1 Student Packet.

$42.95

Smiling Star Stickers

Included in the Level 1 Student Packet.

$1.49

Run, Bug, Run! Reader

Included in the Level 1 Materials.

$22.95

The Runt Pig Reader

Included in the Level 1 Materials.

$22.95

Cobweb the Cat Reader

Included in the Level 1 Materials.

$22.95

Reading Divider Cards

One set of divider cards is included in the Reading Review box.

$5.95

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Reading Games with Ziggy the Zebra

Reading Games with Ziggy the Zebra is a supplemental product that can be used with All About Reading Level 1. This full-color book with perforated pages features nine file-folder games that reinforce the skills taught in All About Reading Level 1. Your...

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Premium Review Book Bundle

Includes Snug as a Bug, Birds of a Feather, and Something Fishy Stock up on quality hands-on reading and spelling activities and save when you purchase all three of our premium review books together. Each colorful edition in this collection includes 16...

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Snug as a Bug Review Book

ISBN: 978-1-959954-11-8 If you’re looking for a way to make learning more fun, invite a hoard of bugs into your kitchen. Whether it’s “eew!” or “ah!”, bugs are the bee’s knees when it comes to making reading and spelling review more fun and memorable...

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All About Reading Level 1 Materials

Get ready to make reading your student's favorite subject of the day! This is a delightful, developmentally appropriate method for learning to read. All About Reading is a full-color, scripted, open-and-go program developed for busy parents,...

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All About Reading Level 1 Teacher's Manual

Softcover: 399 pages Illustrations: full color ISBN: 978-1-935197-78-2 Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 inches The comprehensive All About Reading Level 1 Teacher's Manual thoroughly teaches the five key components of reading through...

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$50.95

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Something Fishy Review Book

If you've ever wished for more activities to help your child review the concepts taught in All About Reading or All About Spelling, this book is for you! This new 136-page book includes 16 full-color activities designed to help students review reading...

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$19.95

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All About Reading Level 1 Student Packet

ISBN: 978-1-935197-63-8 The Level 1 Student Packet contains: The full-color Blast Off to Reading! activity book, which includes an astronomy-themed progress chart to track your child's progress; illustrated...

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$67.95

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Birds of a Feather Review Book

If you've ever wished for more activities to help your child review the concepts taught in All About Reading or All About Spelling, this book is for you! This new 150-page book includes 16 full-color activities designed to help students review reading...

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$19.95

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All About Reading Level 1 Activity Book

Softcover: 340 pages Illustrations: full color ISBN: 978-1-935197-76-8 Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 inches The 340-page Blast Off to Reading! activity book is a component of the All About Reading Level 1 Student Packet...

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$42.95

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Smiling Star Stickers

Use these smiling star stickers on your student's All About Reading Level 1 space-themed progress chart! Each sheet contains 90 colorful stickers. The complete set of All About Reading Level 1 materials contains one sheet of these coordinating stickers...

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$1.49

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Run, Bug, Run! Reader

Hardcover: 221 pages Illustrations: full color ISBN: 978-1-935197-71-3 Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 inches A phonics-based reader, Run, Bug, Run!: a collection of short stories contains charming stories with beautiful,...

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$22.95

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The Runt Pig Reader

Hardcover: 251 pages Illustrations: full color ISBN: 978-1-935197-72-0 Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 inches A phonics-based reader, The Runt Pig: a collection of short stories contains charming stories with beautiful,...

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$22.95

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Cobweb the Cat Reader

Hardcover: 211 pages Illustrations: full color ISBN: 978-1-935197-73-7 Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 inches A phonics-based reader, Cobweb the Cat: a collection of short stories contains charming stories with beautiful,...

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$22.95

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Reading Review Box

Includes:Reading Review BoxReading Divider Cards Store your All About Reading flashcards in our Reading Review Box! This box is large enough to hold the Phonogram Cards from all four levels of the program, plus the Word Cards from the current level you...

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$17.95

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Letter Tiles

The Letter Tiles kit includes all tiles needed for all levels of both All About Reading and All About Spelling. This set wil be used for the lifetime of both programs. Also included are: Magnets Tokens for segmenting Syllable tags 2 zip bags for easy...

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$25.95

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Magnets

Letter tiles play an important role in the All About Reading and All About Spelling lessons. Attach these magnets to the back of the color-coded letter tiles to enhance letter tile storage and use. Magnetic tiles are easy to prepare and use. Magnets...

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$6.95

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Reading Divider Cards

Keep your reading card box easily organized with this set of 6 reading divider cards. These cards feature laminated color-coded divider tabs, sized to fit the All About Reading flashcards so that everything stays nice and neat. These divider cards are...

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$5.95

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Reading Tote Bag

Store your All About Reading books and supplies in this sturdy tote bag. It helps keep you organized! When you are ready to teach, just grab your tote bag and go. Made of stain-resistant polycanvas, the tote bag features an open main compartment and a...

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$9.95

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Teaching Multiple Students?

All About Reading makes it easy to teach multiple students! If you're teaching more than one child, you'll need to purchase a few individual products for each child.

Level 1 Student Packet Reading Review Box

Letter Tiles App

Price $19.99

The Letter Tiles app for tablets can be used in place of or in addition to the physical Letter Tiles. The Letter Tiles app can be purchased from the app store of your choice and is available for iPad, Android, and Amazon Fire tablets as well as touch-enabled Chromebooks.

Build and divide words into syllables
Quickly and easily hear the sounds of the phonograms
No more lost letter tiles!

Placement for Level 1

Please note that the level numbers on our books do not refer to grade levels. Our lessons are mastery-based, not grade-level-based. This means that students are placed according to their current ability rather than their age or grade level. The book may be labeled "Level 1," but this is not meant to indicate that it is appropriate for all first graders. Some kids may begin the program when they are five, while others may begin when they are older.

Complete this placement test to determine if your student is ready for Level 1.

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Have Questions?

Choosing the right reading program is an important decision! Check out our Frequently Asked Questions.

Have Questions about Level 1?

Level 1 has 53 lessons. Please know that the lessons in All About Reading are not meant to be completed in one day.
In fact, some lessons may take a week or more to finish. A number of variables contribute to how quickly a lesson can be completed, including your student’s age, attention span and prior experience, the difficulty of the concept being taught, and the length of the stories.

For a complete overview of how to prepare to teach All About Reading Level 1, see the detailed "Preparing for Level 1" information on pages 7-31 of your Teacher's Manual or watch the Level 1 Preparing to Teach All About Reading videos.

If you are teaching more than one student at a time, you will need to order additional Student Packets for each student. The Level 1 Materials contain enough for teaching one student.

If you will be reusing your Level 1 Materials for future students, you can reuse the Student Packets. Download extra consumable components of the Level 1 Student Packet here:

Yes! You can download them here:
Color Edition:

Second Edition:

First Edition:

Our Letter Tiles are designed to be used for both All About Reading and All About Spelling and include all letter tiles needed for every level of both programs. You will only need one kit per household. If you purchased your Letter Tiles before April 2023, see additional information in the "Previous Editions" FAQ section below.

Yes. Each box comes with divider cards, and these are different for reading and spelling. Also, you will want a separate Reading Review Box to store and organize the flashcards that come in your All About Reading Student Packet. If you are teaching multiple students, we recommend purchasing separate review boxes for each child.

Previous Editions

The older kit did not include specialty tiles (Syllable Tags, prefixes, and suffixes). Instead, these were included in the Level 2-4 Student Packets as needed. The Level 2-4 Student Packets will continue to include specialty tiles to ensure customers still receive all the tiles needed for the program. However, there have been multiple improvements to our new Letter Tiles kit that might benefit you, such as:

Every tile needed for all levels of All About Reading and All About Spelling including prefixes, suffixes, Greek word parts, and Latin word parts
Tokens to use with All About Spelling Level 1
Updated Syllable Tags that will be used for both programs
2 zip storage bags for easy organization

Yes you can! See our correlations chart.

No. The main difference is that the new materials are all in full color now.

No, the First Edition of Level 1 cannot be mixed and matched with other editions. Since so much new content was added to the Second and Color Editions of Level 1, it would be very difficult to use part of the newer versions in conjunction with the First Edition of Level 1. For example, you can't use the First Edition of the Teacher's Manual with the Second or Color Edition readers. Learn more about the changes from the First Edition to the Color Edition here.
All Editions of Level 1 (First, Second, and Color) will blend seamlessly into All About Reading Level 2.

The Second Edition and Color Edition both have hundreds of new pages throughout the materials:

The Teacher’s Manuals in each includes 4 new lessons and over 100 additional pages of material.
The Blast Off to Reading activity book has 30 additional activities, 52 Warm-Up Sheets, and nearly 150 pages of new material.
The readers contain a total of 17 brand-new, fully decodable stories and feature expanded page counts.
The Student Packet contains 19 new Word Cards.

Learn more about the changes from the First Edition to the Color Edition here

We're sorry, First and Second Edition materials are no longer available.

We've made purchasing even easier! Due to customer feedback, we have phased out our Interactive Kits. Instead, the Letter Tiles now include all tiles and magnets needed for all levels of All About Reading and All About Spelling and are purchased separately as a one-time purchase. The divider cards are also now included with the review boxes.

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All About Reading Level 1

All About Reading Level 1

Here's what you'll need for Level 1

Why do I need this?

Why do I need this?

Why do I need this?

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Optional Products

Teaching Multiple Students?

Letter Tiles App

Placement for Level 1

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Table of Contents

Scope and Sequence

Level 1 Teacher's Manual

Level 1 Activity Book

Run, Bug, Run! Reader

The Runt Pig Reader

Cobweb the Cat Reader

Have Questions?

Have Questions about Level 1?

Previous Editions

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