Great Books ForumPhonics, English, and Grammar
New American Cursive
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Memoria Press
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Level: k-6
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“New American Cursive is an easy-to-follow resource for teaching beginning cursive. It presents simplified letter forms, using multi-sensory methods to aid in the learning of motor skills necessary to write well. Developed by Iris Hatfield, with over 35 years of experience in the handwriting field, the book improves the process of teaching handwriting and allows students to start at a younger age.” – Memoria Press
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Our Mother Tongue
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Nancy Wilson, Exodus Books
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Level: 7-12
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“The study of grammar is the study of the rules that govern a language. Nancy Wilson asserts the best place to start for a thorough understanding of the English language is English grammar, and in Our Mother Tongue: A Guide to English Grammar she articulately outlines and explains those rules. Good communication, she maintains, is the result of familiarity and comfort within the structure of the language. There’s nothing flashy here—just straightforward grammar instruction—but the idea is for students to become intimately acquainted with the mechanics and form of our language, not to keep them entertained. Instead, this is a clear introduction to a too often neglected subject.” – Exodus Books
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Phonics Museum
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Veritas Press
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Level: k-3
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“Why such a big phonics program? You can get a simple book for much less. But learning to read and enjoying the process is the most foundational principle to all of learning. Setting the stage for children to love reading and be good readers is arguably the most important place to invest time and money in their education. The Phonics Museum is an award-winning program that will have your child read a simple book in a few short weeks, building their interest and confidence. It will then take them on a journey through learning that will establish a love of reading. Join Percival, a boy knight, as he takes children through an art museum, learning letters and sounds along the way. Your child will want to keep learning as they set out on this adventure. Using classical, time-proven methods, your child will learn to love reading. Easy-to-follow scripted teachers manuals give you everything you need to teach with confidence. Also included are alphabet flashcards using fine art, games, music, worksheets, great stories, art projects, and much more—all to teach using a comprehensive multi-sensory approach. Phonics Museum goes beyond simply teaching letter sounds and reading skills. This powerful program will inspire your child with a life-long love for learning! The Combo Kit includes everything you need for one student for Kindergarten and First Grade. For additional students, add the Individual Student Kits for each grade. Call for special pricing on classroom kits for schools.” – Veritas Press
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Primary Phonics
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Memoria Press
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Level: k-3
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“Primary Phonics Readers give focused phonetic reading with specific phonograms. Each set not only gives practice with a new sound but also reviews sounds previously covered. These black and white readers are the perfect supplement for a blossoming reader, and beg to be colored!” – Memoria Press
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Shurley Grammar
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Christian Book
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And Veritas Press
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Level: All Grade Levels
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“Shurley English is an English language arts program for grades 1 through 7 that covers grammar and composition. It does NOT cover phonics, reading, spelling, or literature. Children memorize jingles to learn some grammar basics. They learn a “question and answer flow” whereby they learn to attack sentences by asking exact questions to determine subject, verb, direct object, etc. Workbooks carefully present sentences with particular elements, adding questions to the “question and answer flow” as sentences become more complex. The combination of visual, verbal, and written activity helps children with different learning styles. Children become proficient in identifying parts of speech and their syntax, and they also learn proper usage (e.g., verb tenses), capitalization, and punctuation. Once children have mastered enough grammar, they begin writing, constructing sentences according to “formulas”—(e.g., article, adjective, subject noun, verb, adverb). From there they go on to paragraph construction and longer compositions.
This program is highly structured. Lessons are taught with continual teacher-student interaction. Students then complete worksheets or writing assignments from their workbooks. CD’s present jingles and the question and answer flows for different types of sentences. The teacher’s manual explains the methodology and offers useful teaching tips and some creative ideas.” – Cathy Duffy Reviews
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Sing, Spell, Read and Write
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Christian Book
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Level: k-3
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“This multi-sensory, sequenced curriculum uses fun songs, interactive charts, games, readers, and workbooks to teach homeschooled students how to spell, read, and write. Covering two years’ worth of language arts instruction, thirty-six steps divided between Kindergarten (15 steps) and Grade 1 (21 steps) cover the alphabetic principle, phonics, sound/letter correspondence, short vowel sounds, blending, and eventually how to read single and short-vowel words.” – Christian Book
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Spell to Write and Read
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Christian Book
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Level: k-6
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“Wanda Sanseri wrote Spell to Write and Read, a guide for teaching the first four years of language arts—phonics, penmanship, spelling, reading, composition, logic, and introductory grammar—using methods originally presented by Romalda Spalding in The Writing Road to Reading. The Writing Road to Reading has a challenging organizational structure that makes it difficult for parents to use without assistance, so Wanda came up with her own easier-to-follow presentation.
The heart of Spell to Write and Read (SWR) is the phonograms which children practice saying, writing, seeing, and reading. Phonetically-taught spelling is the primary tool used for teaching writing and reading rather than a skill to be picked up later through reading.
The program uses its own system for marking the phonograms and highlighting rules in spelling words. Students internalize spelling in a way that naturally blends into reading.” – Cathy Duffy Reviews
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Spelling Workout
Publisher/Author
Memoria Press
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Level: 1-7
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Spelling Books for grades 1-7.
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The Grammar of Spelling Series
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Logos Press
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Level: k-6
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“Our simple spelling program is a no-nonsense approach to this often vexing subject. It was developed and used at Logos School.
This program contains an overview of our spelling program as a whole, 36 lessons with tests, weekly word lists, worksheets, and dictation exercises to be used in the classroom or at home.” – Logos Press
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Traditional Spelling
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Traditional Spelling
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Level: k-3
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“Memoria Press is proud to introduce the Traditional Spelling series. It is a comprehensive, phonetic approach to teaching spelling, and is the culmination of our primary Reading & Phonics program. It is designed to follow completion of the Kindergarten Curriculum Package or First Start Reading Books A-D, which ensure students have mastered reading “consonant-vowel-consonant” words with short vowels. Paired with StoryTime and More StoryTime Treasures in first grade, or with the literature study guides in second grade, Traditional Spelling provides your student with an extensive mastery-based study of phonics for spelling and reading. Begin this program with Traditional Spelling I.” – Memoria Press
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