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Phonics Saves a Struggling Reader — She’s now a Global Change Agent

“Unfortunately, I not only know about the reading problem in our schools, but I am well aware of how it feels to be labeled a reading failure. Feeling is a lot more acute than just knowing.” Mary didn’t start out … Continue reading

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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

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How to PREVENT or HELP a Child Discover READING

I found an old self-printed book which has some very useful information about teaching reading and I think some of the ideas presented there are worth sharing. The book contains a list of things you shouldn’t do when teaching reading. … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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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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

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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

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Author Donna Fletcher Crow and Alpha-Phonics

Alpha-Phonics is honored and proud to list among its friends the well-known author Donna Fletcher Crow. Mrs. Crow’s impressive bibliography lists more than 50 books, mostly mysteries and historical fiction and most of those taking place in England. Her most … Continue reading

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