An Amish reading program which portrays a life style in which people cherish Christian traits, and in which children gain insights into how to behave! Families are large and stories are centered around the family and farm. The stories are interesting to children, if our kids are any indicator! One of my favorites is a story from First Steps in which little Rachel discovers, after attempting to help mother shell peas, that watching baby Miriam really is a good way to help mother with meal preparations!

Although many of our customers use the readers as a standalone, we carry the complete reading program, including teacher’s manuals and workbooks. Please note that the teacher’s manuals are necessary for Before We Read, First Steps, and Learning Through Sounds 1 and 2.

Customer Reviews

 
Dawn F. from St. Simons Island, GA wrote the following on 01/18/2005:
These readers are amazing. My daughter is interested in reading them, and she is now reading fluently. The stories are interesting, and there are new words listed at the bottom of each page, so that you can discuss them before a child tries to read them. Also, the companion workbook is great. It reinforces spelling skills as well as reading comprehension. This is an extremely well done set, and I expect us to continue using it up through the last one.

 
Sherry G. from Arizona wrote the following on 01/16/2008:
My daughter loves this book. The words in the story are repeated many times, which puts it at her level, and it reinforces learning new words. Yet the stories are still interesting, which is really important with my daughter's learning style. She really enjoys the stories about a big family on a farm. I have had a struggle teaching her to read, and was surprised to see her take this book with her in the car to read on her own! I highly recommended it.

 
Monica C. from Glenwood Springs, CO wrote the following on 11/29/2009:
We love the Pathways Readers. They are morally sound, well planned, and interesting. My older children polished their reading through fifth grade with this series, and my youngest child is enjoying her foray into "real chapter books." She is beginning to read fluently and is excited! These stories leave lots of room for critical thinking and discussion, as much is left unsaid and the illustrations are not overwhelming. My daughter has become quite good at using inference to flesh out the stories, and to anticipate the character's reactions.

 
Cathy B. from Margate, FL wrote the following on 04/16/2010:
I bought these for my 5 year old to practice reading. He is finishing a phonics program and uses Pathway to enhance what he is learning in phonics. We have about 2 chapters left! He loves them and loves to show all his siblings how he can read! I really like them and think they are very helpful for beginning readers. This is truly one of my favorite homeschool purchases! I do not have the workbooks as I was simply looking for some wholesome, intelligent readers and these are exactly what I was looking for. They do not talk down to your child!

 
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Elizabeth B. from Baltimore, MD wrote the following on 10/07/2008:
We are on our third year of using the Pathway readers. They have been very easy for me to use, as a homeschooling parent. For other curricula, I haven't found the teacher's guide to be of help, but with the Pathway guides, even I am learning better grammar from using them. Financially speaking, I think that these sets are an exceptional value, with most of the readers under seven dollars and the workbooks and teacher's guides ranging from $2 to $4.

 
Pam K. from Crowley, LA wrote the following on 07/06/2009:
I absolutely LOVE this reading program! I started homeschooling two years ago and bought the Pathway readers for two reasons: first, the price was very reasonable, and second, I knew that the values presented from an Amish perspective would be in line with mine. However, after 13 years of teaching in traditional elementary classrooms, I did not expect to be overly impressed with this series, but boy was I wrong! This series does have great stories, but it also has good reading comprehension questions, vocabulary development, phonics, and grade-appropriate sight words for lower grades, with practice for all of these skills in the workbooks. I personally always use the workbooks, but the books are so well-written with such warm and real characters, that they're also wonderful on their own. One note, the teacher manuals are necessary for the first few books, but not mandatory after that. I truly believe that this is the best reading series for the money, hands down!

 
Kim S. from Minnesota wrote the following on 08/20/2009:
I was impressed with these readers from the very first moment I began using them. I have used them with all three of my homeschooled children and plan to use them with our forth next year. They are easy to use and self explanatory. I do use the workbooks and they are very useful and kept our kids' attention (which is important). My kids have different learning styles, but they have all learned to read and have benefited from using Pathway readers. I did not use the teachers manuals until the older grades, but I believe it is a personal preference and depends on how much time you are willing to contribute to "finding" the answers in the stories. I highly recommend these readers for children learning to read and for reading comprehension.