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Learning to Play Again – Adding Imagination to your Homeschooling
Pretend play, it seems, is under attack from a fast-paced digital world. Maybe it’s time to start changing that. Prior to the electronic invasion of our homes, it was not uncommon to encounter a wide variety of play activities. Building … Continue reading
Women Shouldered Most of Kids’ In-home Schooling Needs During Early Pandemic
(We don’t think this comes as much of a surprise…) February 21, 2024 By Laurel White Women took on more education-related childcare responsibilities than men during the first several months of the COVID-19 pandemic, and this disparity was even sharper for some … Continue reading
Hey! It’s National School Choice Week!
Every day has at least one thing for which it is a “National Day” – there are hundreds, if not thousands, of them. And, of course, every week is a “National Week” for something. Most are frivolous attempts at marketing … Continue reading
The Savant who Knew His Mother’s Love (part 1/3)
Joe and I are different from other people. We just accept things when God puts them before us. It’s like accepting what you have to do in life. Things come at you, and you don’t say, “Am I going … Continue reading
Learning to Read Versus Learning to Love Reading
[We found this very interesting and valuable article on the website “Tulsa Kids” and would like to share it with you!) December 27, 2023 Dr. Anita Ede Learning how to read is a major accomplishment for a child. Once achieved, … Continue reading
Posted in education, homeschooling, Phonics, Reading, teaching
Tagged Alpha-Phonics, Homeschooling, How to Teach Reading, phonemic awareness, phonics, Phonics or Whole Language??, reading, Samuel Blumenfeld, systematic phonics, teaching reading, Teaching Reading in the Homeschool, you can teach your kids to read at home
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The Special Reading Group & Phonics Cards for Christmas?
In 1955 Rudolf Flesch published his book, “Why Johnny Can’t Read”. He blamed the reading programs of the day. He explained that English is an alphabetic language, and that in order to learn to read efficiently students must learn to … Continue reading
Posted in education, education reform, homeschooling, Phonics, Reading, Reviews of Alpha-Phonics, schools, teaching, tutoring
Tagged Alpha-Phonics, Anna Gillingham, Homeschooling, How to Teach Reading, phonemic awareness, phonics, Phonics or Whole Language??, reading, Samuel Blumenfeld, systematic phonics, teaching reading, Teaching Reading in the Homeschool, you can teach your kids to read at home
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Book Review: How to Tutor Reading, Writing & Arithmetic (by Samuel Blumenfeld)
“It is not necessary to have had formal teaching experience to become a tutor. If you have enjoyed reading to children and answering their questions, then you should enjoy tutoring. With the proper instructional materials, anyone who enjoys children can … Continue reading
Multiculturalism & the Loss of Americanism
Exploring the Homeschooling Arguments of the 80’s & 90’s – Reviewing old Editorials in the Light of our Present Day The Blumenfeld Education Letter Revisited Vol 1, No 1 (pt. 1) – Sept. 1986 (NOTE: The following editorial has been quoted … Continue reading
Posted in Americanism, education, education reform, God Bless America, homeschooling, Multicultural Education, multiculturalism, Phonics, Reading, teaching, Teaching Moral Anarchy, The Blumenfeld Education Letter, tutoring
Tagged Alpha-Phonics, History of American Education, Homeschooling, How to Teach Reading, phonemic awareness, Samuel Blumenfeld, systematic phonics, you can teach your kids to read at home
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The Stigma of Dyslexia
Sometime, somewhere, within the history of American education, it was decided that it was not good to write with the left hand. Writing this way was often punished. I learned of just such an example, in the most unusual of … Continue reading
Posted in Dr. Neil Alexander-Passe, education, homeschooling, left-handed punishment, Phonics, Reading, Stigma of Dyslexia, teaching, tutoring
Tagged Alpha-Phonics, Dyslexic no more: Saved by the ABC's, Homeschooling, How to Teach Reading, Samuel Blumenfeld, systematic phonics, you can teach your kids to read at home
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Miss Cora & the Kentucky Mountain People
The Kentucky Girl (commencement speech on graduating from teacher’s college) While other girls were posing, their charms being exhibited, their characteristics discussed. There has lived and walked, among the evergreen pines and the sturdy oaks, of the mountains of Kentucky, a creature … Continue reading
Posted in education, homeschooling, Phonics, Reading, teaching, tutoring
Tagged adult illiteracy, Alpha-Phonics, Cora Wilson Stewart, Dyslexic no more: Saved by the ABC's, Kentucky Moonlight Schools, Meg Rayborn Dawson, Samuel Blumenfeld, systematic phonics, you can teach your kids to read at home
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Alpha-Phonics
The Alphabet Song!
Water on the Floor
Alpha-Phonics the Book on CD Rom
Blumenfeld Oral Reading Assessment Test
How To Tutor
How To Tutor Cursive Handwriting Workbook
