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Everest Academy is sponsored by Everest Family Ministry in the Birmingham Metro Area. We offer freedom along with quality resources, information, activities and support to those homeschooling in Alabama. We believe that the parent has the best interests of their children at heart. We believe that the parent is the first and only teacher that a child needs. In keeping with this philosophy, we wish to be a very hands-off cover school and allow the parent to lead and guide their children in the direction and at the pace they feel is best suited to their children. We ask only for what the law requires while offering support along with quality resources to aid families in their efforts.

FREE Reading Program

Free Reading Program: Full Reading Curriculum for K-3rd

Free Reading is literally a free reading program for students who are learning to read, specifically children in grades K-6th.  This is not an online, interactive program for the student to do alone.  Instead, it is is a teacher-driven program full of hands-on activities and detailed lesson plans.  The program runs 40 weeks, 5 days per week, with one 30-minute lesson each day.
ReadingHere is a description of Free Reading, from the site:
FreeReading is a high-quality, open-source, free reading intervention program addressing literacy development for grades K-6. Schools and teachers everywhere can use the complete, research-based 40-week program for K-1 students, or use the library of lessons to supplement existing curricula in phonological awareness, phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing. The site is also filled with free, downloadable supplemental materials including flashcards, graphical organizers, illustrated readers, decodable texts, audio files, videos and more.
How to Learn More:
The first week of lessons can be viewed, here.
Visit the FAQ page to learn more about the program
How to Get This Freebie:  Visit Free Reading, where you can begin right away