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Carpenters, Musicians & the ABC’s
Consider carpenters. Before starting projects, they must understand their tools and how to use them. Consider musicians. Before joining orchestras, they must understand notes and how to follow them. Consider readers. Before reading, they must understand letters and how to … Continue reading
DYSLEXIC NO MORE: Saved by the ABC’s — Research names PHONICS the Winner
Mandates, Dollars & Paper Trails (From the Upcoming Book: Dyslexic No More: Saved by the ABC’s by Meg Rayborn Dawson) “It was clear to me that we did not really have a clear idea or understand how children should be taught … Continue reading
Posted in education, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Reviews of Alpha-Phonics, Synthetic Phonics, teaching, tutoring
Tagged A Apple Pie, Homeschooling, How to Tutor, National Reading Panel, National Research Council, Phonics First, Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children, Reading Wars, Sally Shaywitz, Samuel Blumenfeld, Teaching Reading in the Homeschool, Why Johnny Can't Read, you can teach your kids to read at home
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The Grandmother who taught Three Generations to Read
This is the testimony of a classically-trained Grandmother who recommends Alpha-Phonics for teaching reading. (from Mary Beck Rutkowski, September 2021) I was blessed to hear this grandmother’s story. She granted me the privilege of sharing her memories here, which I’m … Continue reading
Reading: Road to Freedom (Be a Hero. Teach a Child to Read, #4)
“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” ― Frederick Douglass “Learning to Read and Write” from Frederick Douglass’ autobiography (1845) gives a detailed explanation about how he learned to read and write. These skills equipped him … Continue reading
The Cost of Teaching? Two toes? A finger? (Be a Hero. Teach a child to read, #3)
“The alphabet is an abolitionist. If you would keep a people enslaved, refuse to teach them to read.” (Harper’s Weekly, Nov. 9, 1867, quoted from “Literacy as Freedom” in the Smithsonian) Nat Turner’s Rebellion and Laws against Reading Instruction In … Continue reading
The Man who Taught the World to Read (Be a Hero. Teach a Child to Read, #2)
Ever heard of Dr. Frank C. Laubach? “The man who taught the world to read”? This one man is credited with helping over 100 million people to read. How did he do it? Working as a missionary, Dr. Laubach … Continue reading
Reading War Champions & How to Teach Reading – Flesch & Blumenfeld
“According to the U.S. Department of Education, 54% of U.S. adults 16-74 years old – about 130 million people – lack proficiency in literacy, reading below the equivalent of a sixth-grade level.” (Forbes Magazine, September 9, 2020) How can we … Continue reading
Learning before we Teach (What I learned from Sam, #5)
Samuel Blumenfeld (author of Alpha-Phonics: A Primer for Beginning Readers) was an independent thinker on a solitary quest, and a master at research. (The indexes of his books will show this.) Devoted to improving American literacy, he became a dedicated … Continue reading
Old Foes & New Conflicts in American Schools (What I learned from Sam, #4)
or… New Battles in an Old Conflict Educational battlegrounds, in our present-day public schools, stem from similar conflicts from our Colonial days. Originally, Massachusetts Puritans enforced Biblical teaching in support of a Calvinistic worldview. Eventually, these beliefs … Continue reading
Who Taught George Washington? (What I learned from Sam, #2)
Who taught George Washington? How about Benjamin Franklin? Thomas Jefferson? Do you care to guess? Lawrence A. Cremin (author of “American Education: The Colonial Experience 1607-1783”) describes the signers of the Declaration of Independence and of the U.S. Constitution as … Continue reading
Posted in Declaration of Independence, George Washington's education, homeschooling, Thomas Jefferson, tutoring, U.S. Constitution
Tagged Colonial schools, History of American Education, Homeschooling, How to Tutor, Samuel Blumenfeld, Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Signers of the U.S. Constitution
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