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Phonics: The Path to Reading

by Janice Price | Jun 21, 2023 | Workshops | 0 |

Follow Janice Price as she guides you down the path to reading instruction and simplifies the...

Growing Language Arts Skills… like Grapes!

by Ruth T. | Mar 18, 2021 | Academics, Unit Studies | 0 |

Will you go with me to a vineyard and pick grapes? We’ll pick some fruit and maybe even make some...

Can One Style Of Curriculum Meet All Learning Needs?

by Lisa Asanowicz | Dec 3, 2020 | Schools of Thought | 0 |

Curriculum can be a major investment! If you are like me, in my early homeschooling days, I spent...

When Reading Isn’t Fun

by Gina Burmeier | Nov 5, 2020 | Academics, Blog | 0 |

Teaching children to read is truly a rewarding experience. I still remember teaching my...

Reading Lessons Through Literature

by Janice Price | Mar 2, 2016 | Phonics | 0 |

What does a busy homeschooling mom of several children want when it comes to teaching reading? How about a . . . 1). Pick-up-and-go. 2). Strong, phonics-based instruction. 3). Reasonable price. 4). A focus on the beginning reader. 5). Lists of spelling words. 6). An easy-to-find set of stories to read.

Alpha Phonics

by Tonia Clark | Oct 9, 2015 | Phonics | 0 |

A complete, sensible, lesson-by-lesson phonics program by Sam Blumenfeld, an ardent advocate of literacy through phonics.

Hooked On Phonics

by Tonia Clark | Oct 2, 2015 | Phonics | 0 |

This fun, colorful and easy to use phonics program has been updated and repackaged several times since we first offered it.

Why Do We Say “Phonics”?

by Janice Price | Sep 30, 2015 | Academics | 0 |

The goal is reading, right? We are teaching our children to read. And yet, with a few notable exceptions, when we start talking the nitty gritty of how to do so, we end up talking about phonics. Why?

Explode the Code

by Tonia Clark | Sep 28, 2015 | Phonics | 0 |

A phonics program, utilizing workbooks, covering letter sounds and most phonograms.

6 Mistakes We Make Teaching Reluctant Writers

by Merry | Feb 12, 2014 | Academics | 0 |

When I was 7, I wrote a story that my mom liked so well, she submitted it to Cricket magazine for publication. Yes, I received my first rejection letter in second grade! But that memory lingered with me and gave me a false impression of what’s “normal” for second grade!