Why Homeschool Families Choose Reading Eggs

You've already made the decision to homeschool. Now you need a reading and maths curriculum you can count on. One that’s proven to work for homeschooling families and built to grow with your whole family beyond just the early years.

Reading Eggs gives you one subscription for up to four children, no matter their ages or stages. You get a structured curriculum that's personalised to each child's level, from ages 2-13, so your children never outgrow it. And it’s proven to work: 93% of children improve by at least one whole reading level in just six weeks.*

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Teach Your Way With Complete Control

Reading Eggs starts by finding the right lesson level for your child through a quick placement test.

If lessons become too easy or too hard, you can adjust them anytime. Your child can progress at their own pace, so you're not locked into a rigid schedule. And since you can see exactly what they're learning and how they're progressing, you’ll have full visibility without needing to supervise every lesson.

You also have full control over your child’s library, so you can curate exactly which book titles they see.

It's designed to support your teaching, not replace it.

A specialist reading and maths curriculum

Most homeschool programs spread thin across every subject. Reading Eggs takes a different approach: it goes deep on reading and early maths, the subjects that matter most in the early years.

Reading Eggs is an online homeschool curriculum that builds reading, phonics, and maths skills for children from ages 2 to 13 (maths for ages 3 to 9). It's a blended approach: online programs are paired with printable worksheets, an online library of 4,000+ books, and optional workbooks for offline learning. Most homeschool families pair Reading Eggs with their own resources for science, social studies and other subjects. That's by design: the library includes themed social studies and science book lists to support reading across subjects, with thousands of non-fiction titles your child can use for cross-curricular reading.

The reading programs are grounded in the Science of Reading: the body of research that identifies how children learn to read. For a deeper look at the methodology and what's taught at each level, visit the Curriculum page.

Reading Eggs for Ages 3–7

Reading Eggs grows with you child from first sounds to first chapter books. Grounded in scientific research, your child will move through a structured learning path that teaches the five essentials of reading: phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension. Lessons meet your child where they're at, so they can start strong and progress at their own pace from learning to read with confidence to reading to learn.

Fast Phonics for Ages 5–10

A dedicated systematic synthetic phonics program that works alongside the core Reading Eggs program. Ideal for beginners and older readers who are struggling at school, structured lessons build decoding skills from letter-sound recognition through to blending and spelling.

Mathseeds for Ages 3–9

The maths program in the suite. Mathseeds covers early numeracy, addition, subtraction, patterns, shapes, and problem solving through structured, interactive lessons. Like Reading Eggs, it adapts to your child's level.

Blended Curriculum

Together, Reading Eggs and Mathseeds form a blended curriculum: not just an app. Online lessons, offline worksheets, a library of thousands of books, and optional workbooks give you the flexibility to teach the way that works for your family.

Proven results, backed by research

Backed by independent research

The 2025 Thriving Learners Study, one of the largest independent studies of Reading Eggs to date, tracked nearly 500,000 students across three terms. The findings: children using Reading Eggs for as little as 20 minutes a week exceeded a full year of expected literacy growth. Mathseeds users showed similar gains, with the vast majority of students making measurable progress in maths.

The study was conducted in schools, not homeschools, but the program your child uses at home is the same one that produced these results. The recommended daily use of 15 minutes a day adds up to over 100 minutes a week: well above the threshold for the research used.

What progress looks like at home

As a homeschooling parent, you'll see the results for yourself. In an independent six-week study, 93% of children improved by at least one whole reading level* — and 9 out of 10 parents notice a difference in just the first few weeks of regular use.

Progress is built into how the program works. Your child completes regular assessments as they move through each map, and your family dashboard shows you exactly where they are — lessons completed, books read, quiz scores, and estimated reading age. You'll also receive emailed progress reports so you can track what they're learning without needing to sit beside them for every lesson.

Online and offline learning options

Learning with Reading Eggs doesn’t just happen on the screen. Our program pairs online interactive lessons with offline, hands-on practice. So, your child can get the best of both worlds.

Every subscription includes over 500 printable worksheets. Covering reading, spelling, maths and handwriting. Plus, access to an online library of 4,000+ levelled e-books your child can read on screen or listen to. These come with your subscription at no extra cost.

For families who want dedicated offline material, the Reading Eggs Bookshop offers grade-based Essential Skills workbooks: for example, Essential Reading Skills for First Grade or Essential Maths Skills for Kindergarten. These are structured, lesson-based workbooks that reinforce each program and can be used as standalone resources if your family prefers more time away from screens.

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One subscription for your whole family

If you're homeschooling more than one child, you don't need a separate subscription for each. One Reading Eggs subscription covers up to four children; making it an affordable homeschool curriculum for the whole family.

Each child gets their own profile with their own placement test and their own personalised learning path. A 5-year-old working through early phonics, a 7-year-old building reading fluency, and a 9-year-old tackling comprehension and spelling can all use the same subscription, each with their own profile that is designed to meet them where they’re at.

The included library of 4,000+ levelled fiction and non-fiction e-books gives every child plenty to read as they grow. And because the suite spans ages 2 to 13, you're not buying a new curriculum for every child or every year. One program grows with your family.

Start your free homeschool trial

Join over 20 million children who've learned with Reading Eggs. Start your free 30-day trial today and your child will get full access to all six reading and maths programs for up to four children, each learning at their own level. When the trial ends, you can choose the plan that works for your family. There's no obligation. If it's not the right fit, you can cancel before the trial period is up.

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Multi-award winning

Reading Eggs is recognised by the homeschool community, not just the broader education industry. That matters, because homeschool families have different needs, and the awards that carry the most weight are the ones given by people who understand those needs.

Parent Tested Approved Winner

Best Homeschool Curriculum, Products & Resources Award Winner 2024-25

Mom's Choice Awards Gold 2020

Homeschool Review Crew Blue Ribbon Award

award top 100 education resources 2019 outline

Homeschool.com Top 100 Educational Resources

Homeschool.com Seal of Approval

Academics' Choice Smart Media Award

Tillywig Brain Child Award

EdTech Impact Pedagogical Quality Certification

Beyond the awards, here's what homeschool parents say about why they chose Reading Eggs

I'm really grateful for Reading Eggs. I would recommend it for the mum that feels like it's too much and she's failing because you can have help and it doesn't have to all be on you.”

– Nakia Biles, Homeschool Mum

We shy away from screen time so much but it's a part of our lives. Our kids do need to learn to function on screens and on apps. What better way to do it than something like this?”

– Kayla Knicely, Homeschool Mum

Frequently asked questions

Reading Eggs is a specialist reading and maths curriculum, not an all-subjects platform. It goes deep on the subjects that matter most in the early years: phonics, reading, comprehension, spelling and foundational maths. Most homeschool families pair it with their own resources for science, social studies and other subjects. If you're looking for a program that does reading and maths exceptionally well, with the expertise and proof to show real progress, that's the Reading Eggs advantage.

Reading Eggs has been used by homeschool families for over 15 years. The program launched in 2010 and has been refined continuously since then, with input from educators and families. It's now used by over 20 million children worldwide, including a large and growing community of homeschoolers, particularly in the United States.

Yes, many families do. Reading Eggs works well as the reading and maths core of a broader homeschool plan. The self-paced lessons fit around other subjects, and the program's structured progression means your child keeps building skills consistently even on days when the rest of your schedule shifts.

Yes. Reading Eggs has received awards from multiple homeschool organisations, including the Homeschool Review Crew Blue Ribbon Award and the Best Homeschool Curriculum Award from HowToHomeschool. It's also listed on Homeschool.com's Top 100 Educational Resources and holds their Seal of Approval.

The suite covers ages 2 to 13 for reading and ages 3 to 9 for maths. That breaks down as: Reading Eggs Junior (ages 2–4, pre-reading), Reading Eggs (ages 3–7, core phonics and early reading), Fast Phonics (ages 5–10, systematic phonics), Reading Eggspress (ages 7–13, comprehension, vocabulary, spelling and grammar), Mathseeds (ages 3–9, foundational maths) and Mathseeds Prime (ages 8-11). Most digital reading programs stop around age 8, but Reading Eggs covers your child well beyond that.

At the end of the 30-day trial, you can choose a subscription plan to continue. If you decide not to subscribe, your child's progress is saved. So, if you come back later, they can pick up where they left off. There's no obligation during the trial.

Want more teaching tools? Try Reading Eggs Homeschool Max

Reading Eggs covers your reading and maths curriculum. Homeschool Max gives you the tools to take your teaching to the next level.

With Homeschool Max, you get everything in the standard subscription plus teacher-level features designed specifically for homeschooling parents: set assignments, access detailed progress data aligned to your state standards, use the read-aloud fluency tool, and get full access to the Teacher Toolkit – including curriculum guides, printable resources, and teacher worksheets.

If you want more structure and more control over your child’s learning, Homeschool Max is the upgrade for you.

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* Lowery, L. D. (2017). Effects of Reading Eggs on Reading Proficiency Levels: https://readingeggs.co.uk/about/research/

** FY25 Reading Eggs Parent Survey (916 respondents)