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The Phonics Road by Schola Publications

Encompasses the Orton-Spalding instructional approach
for spelling, handwriting and reading. For ages 4 to 15

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Reflections On School & Prison

By John Taylor Gatto (1935-2018)

My wife doesn't allow a television in our home, so when I'm traveling alone, as I often must, temptation sometimes overwhelms me and I find myself indiscriminately channel-surfing for hours, searching for what -- I don't know, perhaps a football game even in March or April, May, June, July, August.

It was on such a fruitless mission in April that I paused on the A&E; channel long enough to hear that a documentary about cults was in the offing. If I watched the thing, I was promised I would learn the six secret principles of cults, how to enslave the human mind beyond its power to escape, how to imprison the spirit, bending it to the discipline of the cult. Hey, my wife wasn't around, sounded "educational" to me.

In a dreamlike state in the Howard Johnson's motel in Norwich, New York I heard that the first way to recognize a cult was that it "keeps its victims unaware." 'Why, that's just what institutional schools do,' I said to myself; I've spent the last 10 years of my life traveling a million and a half miles to bear witness to that universal crime of forced schooling I had been a party to over a 30-year public school teaching career.

Schola Publications:

A Journey Along the PHONICS Road:

An In-Depth Look

Introduction: Beyond “ABC Guessing”

The PHONICS Road to Spelling and Reading is far more than a standard ABC memorization program. It sets itself apart through its foundation in the Orton-Spalding instructional approach, a proven, multisensory method combining spelling, handwriting, and reading, developed under the guidance of Romalda Spalding and rooted in the work of Dr. Samuel Orton.

Barbara Beers, instrumental in shaping the PHONICS Road curriculum, designed it to be a complete K–4 language arts program, offering instruction in speaking clearly, spelling correctly, writing legibly, and reading fluently, all while laying groundwork for advanced grammar study.

The Core Methodology: Hear-Say-Write-Read®

Central to the PHONICS Road approach is the Hear-Say-Write-Read® cycle, through which students actively engage with over 500 words as they progress through the curriculum. This multisensory method ensures that each word is deeply internalized, not just seen or heard, but spoken, written, and read.

Lies About Learning

By Carolyn Forte, www.excellenceineducation.com

Every day I meet homeschool parents who are trying their best to find the best way to educate their children. They vary greatly in the methods they choose to use but they all want their children to get the very best education possible. Often, they ask for help in finding a math, grammar, science or history book or “program” that will work better for their child than what they have tried before. Most of you have been in this situation. Sometimes the solution lies with determining the child’s learning style and picking materials that are better suited to that child. Sometimes it appears that the child may need some sort of professional help like vision therapy, sensory integration therapy, etc. However, there are underlying assumptions about learning and education that are hampering many children and leading to great frustration and anxiety on the part of parents.

Homeschoolers, just like the public at large, believe a number of lies about the nature of learning and schooling. As a child, I was vaguely aware of some of them. As I grew older, I became more and more frustrated by the contradictions I observed between the rhetoric of those in charge of my schooling and the reality I observed.