Everything Your Child Needs to Learn to Read
From CVC words → multisyllabic words → confident reading
A complete reading curriculum built on the trusted
Orton-Gillingham, enhanced with the insight of tutors,
psychologists, and SLPs. Paired with the warmth of classic
literature. Everything you need is already built in.
Just open the guidebook and begin.
- Structured, research-based reading lessons that prevents learning gaps
- Short, scripted lessons (just 10 – 20 minutes) that lead to successful reading
- Joyful, easy activities in every lesson
- Student-paced with built-in reviews to make sure nothing is lost
- Phonemic awareness to ensure no gaps in foundation
- Cognitive skills to help every type of learner
- Classic literature, poetry, and fables
…All built into one guidebook, so you don’t have to juggle anything.
Phonics around the Campfire teaches letters, sounds, and phonemic awareness.
Reading around the Campfire then builds fluency from CVC words to multisyllabic reading
(skills traditionally taught through early 2nd grade).
A complete reading package (teacher’s manual + activity book + charts + decodable readers and fables) organized into one guidebook. Includes a Campfire-adapted Velveteen Rabbit and an activity extension packet. No printing required (unless you want it). We put it all together, so all you had to do was flip the page.
Real breakthroughs and real joy.
I’m already seeing huge breakthroughs! … We tried McGraw Hill, TGTB, AAR, Explode the Code and Reading Eggs and nothing was really helping a whole lot… We’ve been doing Campfire for 3 weeks and she just read a page of initial consonant blends correctly! She’s so excited, I’m so excited! … Thank you, thank you, thank you for making this program! It’s making such a huge difference already.
This is an awesome curriculum!! We have used multiple others and none can hold a candle to the thorough, fun way that they teach these things…it’s been the best!!!
“…my daughter just turned 12 years old and is SEVERELY dyslexic. We’ve tried at least 5 different curriculums over the past 6 or so years, and we’ve never made it through level 1 of anything.
This was my last attempt before we started a much more expensive and time-consuming private tutoring program.
Now, she’s doing AMAZING!!! We’ve never made this much progress on ANY curriculum we’ve ever tried…
As a former teacher, the lessons were laid out in an easy to follow format. The extra parent notes were helpful for me to understand the background of the program… I would highly recommend this.”
How we teach:
OG + applied learning science + clinical insight + real tutoring experience
This is a research-based phonics and reading program. It’s what we like to call OG+.
No one begins teaching their kindergartener wanting tears at the kitchen table or a worry in the back of their mind, asking: Am I missing something?
Parents of littles hope for cozy celebrations and a growing love of stories.
Parents of dyslexic or older, struggling readers crave structure and confidence, hoping there is something to help when other attempts have failed.
Research-based methods like Orton-Gillingham (OG) are powerful for both. The model is proven to prevent gaps and build strong skills. That’s a huge win, and something every parent wants.
But lessons founded on OG can be repetitive or exhausting, and even with solid OG instruction, we’ve found it doesn’t always guarantee retention.
So… what if you could keep the structure and reading success but not have the overwhelm? Or, for those with struggling readers: what if you could have that “missing piece” that helps it all click?
That’s why Campfire Curriculums created the OG+ method. Click here to read the full philosophy.
A Beautiful, Living Curriculum
Inside, you’ll find
Everything you need is built directly in: scripts, charts, optional games,
decodable readers aligned with each bracket, access to classic texts,
activities, song links, and more.
- OG structure: structured and scripted, multisensory program
- Zero prep, no guesswork
- Multisensory learning
- Classics, poetry, and fables
- Short lessons
- Mastery pacing, to follow your child’s speed
- Grammar and vocabulary
- Reading comprehension
- Built-in tutor tips for the parent
Your Child
Will begin with:
- CVC words
- Beginning blends
Then progress to:
- Consonant clusters
- Open and closed syllables
- Syllable division strategy
- Multisyllabic words
Bonus: oral-motor processing, cognitive strengthening activities, and strategic review built in.
Explicit instruction in phonemes, graphemes, and phonograms.
Bonus Activity Extension Pack – Included for Free
For families who love crafts, games, and tactile reinforcement, the optional Activity Extensions Pack adds MORE skill-based activities designed to deepen mastery (many are already in the main unit itself–no printing required). Use it for review days, extra reinforcement, Fun Fridays, or skip it entirely. You stay in control. We have options for both younger and older students.
Why Families Choose This Over a Printed Program
Most printed phonics programs are one-time use. Once written in (or spilled on), they’re done. This program isn’t. You purchase it once and use it again and again within your immediate family. For multiple children, across multiple years, and at your own pace. Everything is built into the unit and ready to use immediately. No lost pages and no waiting for shipping. It is a forever purchase.
- Teach from a tablet, laptop, or even on the road… and print only what you want.
- Need extra practice? Reopen it.
- A child needs review? Reuse it.
- Teaching a younger sibling next year? It’s already paid for.
Designed for families who want results without rebuying the same curriculum year after year.
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Our Four Pillars
Tap each pillar to expand, if you want our full philosophy.
1) OG+
2) Joy & Movement
3) Protective Pacing
4)Classics & Connection
OG Structure + Science: We use a strong OG foundation to make sure every child can succeed with proper techniques… but we don’t stop there. We strengthen the method with strategies informed by psychologists, tutors, and speech-language pathologists.
Over the years, we’ve gathered insight from many corners—speech therapists explaining how children retain sound patterns, tutors describing what finally “sticks” after months of effort, and research on how memory and recall actually work. We studied them and put them into a parent-friendly system layered onto strong OG structure.
This means shorter lessons (no overwhelm), wins built into every week, more support than traditional OG, and additional help from other research-proven models (ontop of OG). Your child’s excitement will continue to grow as they begin to believe, “I can do this.” Earlier lessons are more scripted, with lighter scripting as you progress.
“Multisensory” often means something like this:
- flashcards (for seeing)
- hearing the sound (for auditory)
- touching the flashcards or tiles (for touch)
- moving the flashcards or tiles (for movement)
That’s not quite how we do it. The theme above is based on manipulatives, but we believe there is an even better design.
We don’t do away with the basics. We include them, and then we use different techniques to enhance them.
We care about pacing that protects children.
- Phonics around the Campfire includes a unique 10-step process built into each lesson.
- Reading around the Campfire includes Campfire’s Bracketed Mastery System™ that adapts to your child. Each bracket includes 2–4 related skills. Mastery is shown through built-in reviews. After three successful blocks, you move forward. If the skills aren’t solid, you follow a guided support path already built in.
The purpose is to strengthen core skills and prevent the boredom or shame children often face when their learning curve doesn’t match a calendar.
Partner reading and Campfire-abridged classics are built into the unit, to intentionally allow children’s classics to be part of the process.
It should feel like sitting close, taking turns, laughing together, and seeing your child light up when they make progress.
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Pair with the Phonics Program to complete the full reading pathway.
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