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The Irish Mom who gave her Son a Voice
Tragedy Leaves a Young Girl without a Family “At the time many children were playing on the street as several women from the tenements sat on the pavement watching on. Yet within minutes the scene was one of screams and dust … Continue reading
Posted in Cerebral Palsy, Christy Brown, education, homeschooling, My Left Foot, Phonics, Reading, Reviews of Alpha-Phonics, schools, special education, teaching, tutoring
Tagged Alpha-Phonics, Dyslexic no more: Saved by the ABC's, Homeschooling, How to Tutor, teaching reading, Teaching Reading in the Homeschool, teaching reading with love
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Censorship & Propaganda – The Theft of Voice
If you have spent much time around children, especially quarrelling children, you may have observed disputes over who gets to explain what just happened. Here are some examples which I have witnessed. Children rushing toward me with their mouths full … Continue reading
Posted in education, homeschooling, Homescoolers academically perform very well, Phonics, Reading, schools, teaching, tutoring, Uncategorized
Tagged Ain't I a Woman, Alpha-Phonics, frederick douglass, History of American Education, Homeschooling, josiah henson, propaganda, reading, reading and writing, Samuel Blumenfeld, slave narratives, Sojourner Truth, systematic phonics, teaching reading, Uncle Tom's Cabin, voice, you can teach your kids to read at home
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Reading, Writing & Endangered Voices
I shall never forget my first attempts to learn to spell. I was about thirteen years of age, when I nearly lost my life because I made an effort to gain this kind of knowledge. Josiah Henson A Murderous Uprising … Continue reading
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Tagged Ain't I a Woman, Alpha-Phonics, dictators, Dyslexia no More: Saved by the ABC's, frederick douglass, freedom of speech, harriet beecher stowe, josiah henson, propaganda, slave narratives, Sojourner Truth, systematic phonics, you can teach your kids to read at home
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A Convicted Murderer, a Columbia Grad, and a Missionary
IT IS LIKE A MIRACLE… for a man, who never knew a letter, to walk out of our school in an hour able to read a whole page of his own language with Roman letters. We see that miracle happen over … Continue reading
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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Reminiscences of Teaching Three Generations to Read
Testimony of a classically-trained Grandmother who taught three generations using Systematic Phonics (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 sure you … Continue reading
Homeschoolers on the Horizon of America’s Future
I’M STAYING WITH A HOMESCHOOL FAMILY, AND IT’S LIKE LOOKING BACK IN TIME WHAT AN AMAZING WORLD! Traditional virtues are taught. Reading, writing and arithmetic are amplified with stories of early American pioneers, lessons from Creation Science research, Bible lessons, and … 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
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