Hi Dorris, that is so hard to answer without knowing more about you and your kiddo. I think both are strong programs, but I would lean towards Read Bright if you could afford it. The reason why is the set of readers they sell that matches up with the curriculum. ETC does not have a reader set and I was always frustrated about that. If you can’t afford Read Bright, look into Primary Phonics. It is similar.

Hi Courtney! I did hear about the All About Spelling color editions, but I didn’t know they were extending them into their reading products! I like AAS a lot, but the reading program was very slow and boring for us. All of the steps to get a lesson completed were exhausting. I feel like Read Bright is much more streamlined and flexible. AAR definitely has more pieces to manage with the flashcards. Hope that helps!

I briefly did AAR several years ago, and I would say this is very different. AAR lessons were too long and boring for us. These lessons are shorter, more colorful, and they still get the job done. They are about the same pricewise.

How would you compare this to All About Reading?

Hi Meg, I have used TGATB. You can read my review of it here, if you’re interested. I do find it makes reading boring for kids because the readers have no plot and are painfully dry. I was using Primary Phonics before Read Bright. I had no issues with it, but we had worked through 4 levels of the curriculum and we were just getting a little tired of it. If I wasn’t a blogger, I would have just had her power through. But since I love writing about curriculum…I had no problem checking out something new 🙂