I tried Christian light reading because of your videos. My son is 12 and special needs. He loves it and he’s actually learning!!! Thank you!!

Your videos are the way we learned about CLE. I have two boys and they are loving it! We do their language arts, reading, science, social studies. I agree with the reading lessons tending to be really long. Some days, we only do one page in the lesson and just pick it up the next day. Flexibility. We'll likely start CLE math next year once we finish TGTB math since we already bought that, as I can see that it's not going to work out long term. I found your videos when I was searching for something other than TGTB language arts, as my boys were not progressing with it. They are 1st and 5th grade. I really enjoy the integration of morals and God's word in CLE, without any fluff. And I now have virtually no teacher prep time! Thanks for sharing!

I love, love, love CLE reading program 🤗 my girls are using it🙏💙

I obtained a copy of the CLE 5th grade reading and was really impressed with it! We didn't end up using it because we have 3 different reading curricula for 5th grade - ha! I plan to do a video comparing the 3 programs, so that's why I have so many... Anyway, I'm so glad I watched this because I was thinking some of the work in CLE was more busywork, but you made me see the value in some of those lessons.

You're just like me! haha I LOVE change toooo :) Thanks for this awesome review of CLE. Im going to add a few subjects from CLE next year so thanks so much!

We use CLE reading differently with our daughter who is on the Autism spectrum. We read one story a week broken up by our 4 day week. Then we use the worksheet method ( different from the light units ). She is doing wonderfully with it.

Thank you for sharing this curriculum. We will be starting it for next year. We will probably go down a level for one and two levels for my special needs child. My twins are strong oral readers, but need some help with vocabulary and comprehension. They may feel the readers are not very exciting also, but the lessons they will have for a lifetime will be worth a little bit of grumbling.

Yay CLE! I just ordered the LA for my 2 older boys and K2 for my 5 yr old :) ordering the readers now :) if our math doesn't work out we may try their math also!

I am thinking about getting this and I had to search for your videos because I know you are the CLE Mom. Thanks again

My son has add and we have used the good and the beautiful the past two years because this momma got sucked in. I love it but it is too much fluff for him. He is too distracted. I need a curriculum that is straight to the point. We ordered reading, LA, Bible, Soc. Studies, and Math. Thank you for your videos.

Thank you

ACE word building would be excellent second semester program, if you did finish early and did want another workbook based lessons.

You use this plus TGATB LA? I'm trying to figure out what I need to cover all the LA stuff for my 3rd grader and love the look of CLE

I appreciate this video as I'm really looking at this curriculum for a couple of my girls next year. They will be second and 5th grade at that time.

Thank you for sharing this curriculum! We are in our second year of homeschooling and unless you search for very specifics like “reading comprehension” you only stumble upon the trends! We love our new curriculum so far it’s clicking with my daughter 🙌 but I need more reading comprehension because my girl is a sloppy reader. She knows how to read the problem is that she wants to get it done… I need something that asks all the right questions and makes her think and that requires her to really take the time reading to be able to answer. This curriculum sounds like it is it! My daughter will be in 3rd grade/8 yrs old for when I’m intending to add this resource. Would you have preferred to start your daughter on the level 2 since you mentioned it was challenging and she wasn’t used to the type of reading comprehension questions or was she able to catch up? I really don’t mind the number on the cover of the book. I’m more concerned with skills. Do they offer a placement test or assessment? Thank you!

We use the books as readers but don't use any curriculum. We use Mom Delights blank pages and turn any book into language arts. I use a mix of Christian light readers, pathway readers,, mcguffeys, God is good series, scripture and alpha phonics. We don't use any workbooks in our homeschool for any subject. My kids are all different stages of learning from 1st to 11th grade.. We use alpha phonics and pathway readers for lessons for the younger kids. They read Christian light independently, scripture and mcguffeys for copywork, spelling comes from phonics flashcards, pathway readers or professor K spelling. All other books on our shelf and God is good series they can read at bedtime. When they are ready for writing we do lots of reading of short stories, poetry and speeches and do narrative writing from that. For that I use resources like book of virtues, Harp Laurel Wreath poetry and recitation, mcguffeys, and a few other books. We do Robinson curriculum and add in the reading list when they are ready. We do both readers, read alouds and Robinson curriculum booklist to make up 2 hrs of reading a day and slowly transition to 2 hrs of independent reading daily from the Robinson curriculum. All our vocabulary comes from Robinson curriculum books.

Random 😆 love the curriculum thank you, BUT what do you use for your nails? 😍 Also what age do you start CLE learn to read? My 5.5 yr old is starting on kinder 2 from cle, but wasnt sure if around age 6 is the right age for the Learn to Read from CLE?? Thanks for any input!

Hi! Does CLE go by grade or level? My daughter is in 4th grade but I think the 4th grade would be too advanced for her so I’m thinking of getting the 3rd grade set instead. Do you think this is ok? Btw we use CLE for math and love it and I’m hoping we love the reading too 😊

My boys think the readers in TGATB are boring too so I think it’s tough to find a Christian reading program with good morals that isn’t a bit boring to kids now 🤣

We just ordered CLE. Do you do all the things in the teachers book or just use it for the answers.

I don't like the pronunciation guide for CLE so when do they stop with this or don't they?

I can’t remember but did you use the learn to read ?

How would you say this reading program compares to Heart of Dakota's Drawn into the Heart of Reading program? We are using DITHOR right now, and I love that my girl gets to read "living" books/ novels. Do you kids miss out on reading "real books" when they read out of the CLE reader for their reading? (Sorry I feel like I repeated that word a lot 😆) We use CLE for math, and I appreciate how straightforward the lessons are. Considering getting other CLE subjects, particularly reading, language arts, etc. My other concern is that, with CLE being Mennonite, is that they probably teach pacifism/ non-resistance. My husband is an infantry veteran, so we obv don't hold to that view (we teach our kids fighting/ self defense is to be used as a last resort to defend oneself, not to beat up someone just because they takes their toy, just to be clear😉). How pervasive is this teaching in their reading program? Thanks so much, and thanks for the great video 😀

My child is doing CLE 3 but is advance in reading do you think I should do 3 or 4 CLE reading

so this reading curriculum is used on top of the Language Arts?

How many minutes on average does it take your 5th grader to finish a lesson?

Are the authors in these readers well known names that everyone knows?

They have goal charts to order.

I know you did this 2 years ago, but did you ever buy the extra readers from their website? It’s so pathetic, but I see old and hand drawn graphics and I assume they’re boring.