FOR HOMESCHOOL FAMILIES

Teach Reading at Home Without a Teaching Degree

The same brain-based phonics secrets used in 100,000+ classrooms, packaged for your kitchen table. No lesson-prep marathons, no guessing whether it is working.

🏆 ESSA Level 1 Evidence ⭐ 4.9 from 52,000+ reviews 100,000+ classrooms nationwide
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  • The Parent Bundle includes the book, flashcards, and songs in one box
  • Kids ask for the Secrets like they ask for bedtime stories
  • Works alongside any homeschool curriculum you already follow

One explanation that works for every child at your table

Homeschooling reading means teaching a child who cannot be grouped away or handed to a specialist. When a pattern does not land, you are the one who has to find another way in, often while teaching a sibling at a different stage on the same morning.

Secret Stories® gives you a reason for every tricky pattern in English, ready to use the moment it comes up. There is no teacher training to complete and no scripted lesson to follow. Because the Secrets are stories, a five year old and a nine year old can be told the same one and both take something from it.

Put the posters somewhere you actually work

Kitchen wall, school room, the back of a door. They become the shared reference everyone points at rather than something you have to fetch.

Tell a Secret when a child gets stuck

No sequence to follow and no daily requirement. The Secret arrives at the moment it is needed, which is when it is most likely to stick.

Reuse it with the next child

You learn each Secret once. It carries through every child you teach after that, which is what makes it worth the shelf space.

My own personal children learned to read quickly and my students too! So many struggles so many overcomes with secret stories!
Brea JimenezPreK, home and classroom

Common questions

Do I need training to use this?
No. The Quick Start Guide is enough to begin the same day it arrives. There is nothing to certify and no course to complete.
Will it work across several children at different stages?
Yes, and that is one of the main reasons homeschooling families choose it. The same Secret explains a pattern to an emerging reader and to an older child who is still spelling it incorrectly.
Does it fit the curriculum we already use?
It is a supplement, so it fits alongside any curriculum. Families use it with The Good and the Beautiful, All About Reading, Logic of English and many others without changing their existing plan.
What should we buy to start?
Most families start with the Parent & Homeschool Bundle, which is sized for home use rather than a classroom. The full Class Kit is the better choice for a co-op or a large family.
Is it worth it if my child is already reading?
Often yes, for spelling. Children who read well by sight frequently still guess when writing, and the Secrets give them the reasoning that fixes encoding.

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ESSA Level 1 Strong Evidence
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