The ABCmouse First Grade Reading Curriculum
Designed for First Grade Learners (Age 6)
The ABCmouse Reading Curriculum provides a structured, step-by-step learning experience that helps children grow into fluent readers. Grounded in the Science of Reading, ABCmouse develops first graders’ literacy skills through engaging activities and personalized instruction. Plus, research shows that ABCmouse boosts early literacy skills with 2.5x growth in phonics compared to peers.*
*Age of Learning study; PreK kids; min. 2 day/wk & 1 hr/wk usage. See aofl.com/research for more info.
What Your Child Can Learn with the ABCmouse First Grade Reading Curriculum
⭐ Understand and read words with
consonant blends, digraphs, vowel
teams, and r-controlled vowels
⭐ Expand vocabulary and language
skills through books, games, songs, and
guided lessons
⭐ Study the writing process, text
features, and story elements
⭐ Strengthen reading fluency and
comprehension with fiction, nonfiction,
story elements, and main ideas
⭐ Practice grammar, sentence structure,
and parts of speech
⭐ Develop spelling and word-building
skills through engaging literacy activities
⭐ Grow into a confident, independent
reader with personalized learning
⭐ And so much more!
Why Parents Choose the ABCmouse First Grade Reading Curriculum
❤️ Structured first grade reading curriculum created by education experts
❤️ Builds advanced phonics, reading fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension
❤️ Personalized learning paths in reading and math that grow with your child
❤️ Over 13,000 learning activities across reading and other core subjects
❤️ Ideal for first grade homeschooling, after-school learning, and skill reinforcement
❤️ Includes educational games, books, songs, videos, puzzles, and printable activities
❤️ Backed by research and chosen by 40+ million families
❤️ Supports confident, independent readers
How ABCmouse Strengthens First Grade Reading Skills
ABCmouse helps first graders become stronger readers through meaningful, interactive learning experiences. Children practice advanced phonics patterns, expand their vocabulary, improve reading fluency, and deepen reading comprehension while exploring engaging books, games, songs, videos, and guided lessons designed to support continued reading growth.
Learn
Children are introduced to new reading concepts through guided lessons, interactive instruction, books, educational videos, and engaging activities.
Practice
Interactive games, reading activities, and writing exercises provide opportunities to strengthen phonics, vocabulary, grammar, and comprehension skills.
Apply
Children use what they’ve learned to read longer texts, understand fiction and nonfiction, apply reading strategies, and complete more advanced literacy activities.
Reinforce
Important reading concepts are revisited across books, games, songs, and videos to strengthen fluency, comprehension, and long-term retention.
How ABCmouse Strengthens First Grade Reading Skills
ABCmouse helps first graders become stronger readers through meaningful, interactive learning experiences. Children practice advanced phonics patterns, expand their vocabulary, improve reading fluency, and deepen reading comprehension while exploring engaging books, games, songs, videos, and guided lessons designed to support continued reading growth.
Learn
Children are introduced to new reading concepts through guided lessons, interactive instruction, books, educational videos, and engaging activities.
Practice
Interactive games, reading activities, and writing exercises provide opportunities to strengthen phonics, vocabulary, grammar, and comprehension skills.
Apply
Children use what they’ve learned to read longer texts, understand fiction and nonfiction, apply reading strategies, and complete more advanced literacy activities.
Reinforce
Important reading concepts are revisited across books, games, songs, and videos to strengthen fluency, comprehension, and long-term retention.
Reading Skills for First Grade
The ABCmouse First Grade Reading Curriculum helps children strengthen the literacy skills needed to become confident, independent readers. Through interactive books, games, songs, videos, and guided lessons, first graders build phonics, vocabulary, reading fluency, comprehension, grammar, and language skills while developing confidence with increasingly complex texts.
Phonics & Word Study Skills
ABCmouse helps first graders practice
⭐ Consonant blends
⭐ Digraphs
⭐ Silent e words
⭐ Vowel teams and patterns
⭐ R-controlled vowels
⭐ Soft c and soft g
⭐ Inflectional endings
⭐ Contractions
Phonics Skills Your Child Can Learn
Children strengthen decoding skills by learning more advanced phonics patterns that help them read and spell unfamiliar words with greater confidence.
Examples include:
| ✅ Decode words with blends and digraphs |
| ✅ Read words with vowel teams and long vowels |
| ✅ Recognize common spelling patterns |
| ✅ Read unfamiliar words with increasing confidence |
Sight Words Reading Skills
Kids build abilities with
⭐ More advanced high-frequency words
⭐ Improved automatic word recognition
⭐ Using sight words in context
⭐ Reading with accuracy
⭐ Expanded sight word vocabulary
⭐ Independent reading
Sight Word Skills Your Child Can Learn
First graders strengthen reading fluency by building automatic recognition of high-frequency words commonly found in early reading materials.
Examples include:
| ✅ Recognize common words automatically |
| ✅ Read connected text more smoothly |
| ✅ Improve reading accuracy |
| ✅ Build reading confidence |
Reading Comprehension Skills
Children explore
⭐ Fiction and nonfiction
⭐ Main idea and supporting details
⭐ Story elements
⭐ Text features
⭐ Fact and opinion
⭐ Reading strategies
⭐ Asking and answering questions
⭐ Reader’s Toolbox strategies
Reading Comprehension Skills Your Child Can Learn
Children develop comprehension strategies that help them understand, discuss, and think critically about a variety of texts.
Examples include:
| ✅ Identify story elements |
| ✅ Find the main idea |
| ✅ Answer comprehension questions |
| ✅ Understand informational texts |
Vocabulary & Language Skills
ABCmouse introduces
⭐ Academic vocabulary
⭐ Compound words
⭐ Parts of speech
⭐ Grammar
⭐ Sentence structure
⭐ Pronouns and prepositions
⭐ Contractions
⭐ Writing process
Vocabulary & Language Skills Your Child Can Learn
Children expand their vocabulary while learning how words, sentences, and grammar work together to communicate ideas clearly.
Examples include:
| ✅ Learn and use new vocabulary |
| ✅ Identify parts of speech |
| ✅ Apply grammar in sentences |
| ✅ Strengthen reading comprehension |
Reading Fluency Skills
Children build fluency through
⭐ Guided reading
⭐ Interactive stories
⭐ High-frequency word practice
⭐ Repeated reading
⭐ Reading accuracy
⭐ Reading with expression
Reading Fluency Skills Your Child Can Learn
First graders strengthen reading fluency through practice with increasingly challenging texts, helping them read more accurately, smoothly, and confidently.
Examples include:
| ✅ Read with greater accuracy |
| ✅ Read with appropriate expression |
| ✅ Recognize more words automatically |
| ✅ Read longer passages with confidence |
What’s Included with the ABCmouse Reading Program
Your ABCmouse subscription includes a complete first grade reading curriculum designed to help children become confident, independent readers. Along with the First Grade Reading Program, your subscription also provides access to math, science, social studies, art, music, and health activities. With more than 13,000 learning activities, ABCmouse gives children opportunities to learn, practice, and reinforce new skills through guided lessons, books, games, songs, videos, puzzles, and printable activities. Families can use ABCmouse as part of a homeschool first grade curriculum, alongside classroom instruction, or for additional reading practice at home.
ABCmouse is a Comprehensive Curriculum
Your ABCmouse subscription includes a complete first grade reading curriculum along with math, science, social studies, art, music, and health for children ages 2–8. With more than 13,000 learning activities, ABCmouse supports classroom learning, homeschool first grade, and independent practice through engaging lessons, books, games, songs, videos, puzzles, and printable activities.
ABCmouse is a Comprehensive Curriculum
Your ABCmouse subscription includes a complete first grade reading curriculum along with math, science, social studies, art, music, and health for children ages 2–8. With more than 13,000 learning activities, ABCmouse supports classroom learning, homeschool first grade, and independent practice through engaging lessons, books, games, songs, videos, puzzles, and printable activities.
ABCmouse Premium
- $14.99/month or $45/year
- Unlimited access to 13,000+ learning activities
- Personalized Learning Paths for up to three children
- Full Reading and Math Learning Paths unlocked
- Full access to Parent Tools
- Safe and 100% ad-free
ABCmouse Basic
- Free
- Limited access to a curated selection of up to 10 learning activities per day
- Only one child profile
- Safe and 100% ad-free
Tip: Premium subscribers can add on access to the ABCmouse Assessments Center (at an additional fee), which provides a clear view of your child’s reading and math progress through short assessments that highlight strengths, growth, and areas where additional support may be helpful.
