Arkansas EFA Homeschool Families: Literacy Packs for Every Grade, 1–6
Arkansas EFA Homeschool Families: Literacy Packs for Every Grade, 1–6
For the 2025–26 year, Arkansas listed curriculum as a preapproved reimbursable expense under its Education Freedom Account, so literacy materials are a sensible place to look. The Grades 1–6 Literacy Skills Curriculum bundles 24 grade-level packs in grammar, writing, phonics and reading for $49.99. Check the current EFA rules for 2026–27 before you buy, since the program decides what it reimburses.
Open the literacy bundleUnder Arkansas LEARNS, the Education Freedom Account covers homeschool costs, and curriculum was a preapproved reimbursable expense for 2025–26; confirm the current year's rules yourself. The Grades 1–6 Literacy Skills Curriculum ($49.99) gives you a grammar pack, a writing prompts pack and a phonics or word study pack for each grade from 1 to 6, plus six reading comprehension stories. Teach Lessons is not an approved EFA vendor.
The resources
Grades 1–6 Literacy Skills Curriculum, Grades 1–6
24 resources in one download: $49.99 instead of $95.76 bought separately.
Start with the first resource; the others are optional add-ons. Open any cover for the full contents and price.
Grades 1–6 Literacy Skills Curriculum | Grammar, Writing, Phonics & Reading Packs for Every Grade
Grade 1 ELA Pack | Grammar, Writing Prompts, Phonics, Reading & Vocabulary
Grade 3 ELA Pack | Grammar, Creative Writing, Phonics, Reading & Vocabulary
Grade 5 ELA Pack | Grammar, Writing Prompts, Phonics & Two Reading Stories
ESL Newcomer Curriculum Bundle | Everyday English, Grammar & Vocabulary | 9 Resources | Grades 2–6
The real problem
Six grades of reading and writing at one kitchen table
The Education Freedom Account created by Arkansas LEARNS covers private school, homeschool and other education costs, and for 2025–26 curriculum sat on the list of preapproved reimbursable expenses. As of the 2026–27 school year, families still need to check how that list reads now and how reimbursement works before counting on it. Reimbursement also means you usually pay first, so it pays to buy something you will actually use. Literacy is where most homeschool parents feel the pressure, because a child who struggles to read struggles everywhere else. The harder part is that siblings rarely sit at the same level. A first grader still needs phonics and simple sentences while a fifth grader should be revising paragraphs and studying word roots. Buying a separate boxed program for each child gets expensive, and mixing free printables from different sources leaves gaps nobody notices until later. Families also run into the child who is between grades, ahead in reading but behind in writing. What helps is grade-level practice for each skill and each year, from one source, so a parent can give each child the right page and move them up or back a grade in one skill without starting over.
Why it fits
How the 24 packs fit an EFA homeschool
The bundle is organized by grade and by skill, which makes it easy to match each child to the right material.
- Grammar packs for Grades 1 through 6 move from nouns and verbs to sentence types and parts of speech.
- Writing prompts for every grade start with sentence practice and story starters and end with editing tools.
- Phonics and word study run from phonological awareness in Grade 1 to roots and prefixes in Grade 6.
- Six reading comprehension stories, including The Lighthouse Mystery and Daisy the Brave Little Duck, add reading practice.
- A child can work at Grade 3 in grammar and Grade 4 in writing using the same bundle.
- One $49.99 purchase keeps the receipt simple if your EFA asks for documentation.
Getting started
A simple way to put the packs to work
These steps start with the EFA check. The weekly rhythm is a suggestion, not a rule.
- Confirm the 2026–27 EFA rulesLook up whether curriculum is still preapproved, how reimbursement works and what documentation the program wants. Contact the program if you are unsure whether an online store purchase qualifies.
- Place each child by skillPrint a few pages from the grammar, writing and phonics packs at your child's grade and the grade below. Where they work easily, move up; where they stall, stay put.
- Build a short daily literacy blockOne option is fifteen minutes each of phonics or word study, grammar and writing, rotating which skill gets a longer session on different days of the week.
- Add a story each few weeksWork through a reading comprehension story together, then let the child answer the questions on their own. Talk through any answer that misses the point of the text.
- Save samples for your recordsKeep a few finished pages from each pack. They show progress across the year and help if you need to document what your child has studied.
What to buy
The full set or a single grade pack
With children in more than one grade, the Grades 1–6 Literacy Skills Curriculum at $49.99 is the practical choice; the 24 packs cost $95.76 bought separately. With one child, a single grade pack may be enough: the Grade 1 ELA Pack is $12.99 (parts $17.95), and the Grade 3 and Grade 5 ELA Packs are $13.99 each (parts $19.95). The Grade 1 and Grade 3 packs also add a vocabulary trainer. If a child is still learning English, the ESL Newcomer Curriculum Bundle ($79.99, parts $159.91) covers everyday English, grammar and vocabulary for Grades 2–6.
Honest limits
What to keep in mind
These packs are not written for Arkansas and contain no Arkansas standards codes, so compare them with the state's English language arts standards yourself if you want that match. Teach Lessons is not an approved Education Freedom Account vendor; check the program's rules and reimbursement process before you buy. Homeschool rules can change, so confirm current requirements with the state or a homeschool legal resource. The packs are practice and teaching material, not a full reading program with books. Co-ops sharing one purchase should message Teach Lessons first. Within 7 days you can exchange the bundle for store credit if it does not fit.
Good to know
Frequently asked questions
Is this an approved Arkansas EFA purchase?
Curriculum was listed as a preapproved reimbursable expense for 2025–26, but approval and reimbursement belong to the program. Teach Lessons is not an approved vendor, and the packs are not aligned with or endorsed by the Arkansas standards or the program. Check the current Education Freedom Account rules before you buy.
Does the EFA pay the store directly?
For 2025–26, curriculum was described as a reimbursable expense, which suggests the family pays first and then submits the cost. Whether that still applies, how it works in 2026–27, and what documents you need, is set by the program. Ask the Education Freedom Account office if you are unsure.
My child is in Grade 4 but reads at a Grade 2 level. Does that work?
Yes. Because the bundle holds packs for every grade from 1 to 6, you can give your child Grade 2 phonics and reading practice while using Grade 4 grammar or writing where they are ready. Move them up one pack at a time as they gain confidence.
Is this a full reading curriculum?
It is skill practice by grade: grammar, writing prompts, phonics and word study, plus six reading comprehension stories. It does not include novels or a library of books, so plan to pair it with read-alouds and library books of your own choosing. Think of it as the practice side of literacy, with the books coming from you.
What do the reading comprehension stories include?
There are six stories across the grades, including Mia and the Moonlight Garden for Grade 3 and The Secret Garden Door for Grade 5. Each comes with questions. Read the story together first, then have your child answer on their own, and talk through any answer that misreads the text.
How do I get the files?
Right after purchase a download link arrives by email, and the files stay in your account under Orders, which also gives you a record of the order. If the bundle does not suit your family, you can exchange it within 7 days for store credit of equal value.
Grade-level literacy for every child at home
Twenty-four grammar, writing, phonics and reading packs for Grades 1–6. Check your EFA rules, then open the bundle page.
Open the literacy bundle