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The Spell to Write and Read
Companion CD set
comes complete with:
- Audio CD set that covers all spelling
sections of the Spell to Write and Read Program
- BONUS CD Included that covers the diagnostic
tests as well!
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- A convenient six disc CD case to hold the
program
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- A CD index guide to make accessing specific
spelling sections easy!
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ALL THIS FOR
ONLY $39.00! |
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Dear Fellow Users of Spell to Write
and Read:
Spell to Write and Read has been a
provision from God to our family. I am so grateful to
Mrs. Sanseri for her program. I am excited to be able
to share with you these CD's that were originally developed
in our family as a tool to help us get the most our of this
great program. Following are excerpts of a letter I sent to
Wanda detailing our journey before and since finding
Spell to Write and Read and where the idea for the
Companion CD’s for Mastery and Review started.
Dear
Mrs. Sanseri,
I would like to share with you how the Lord
has used your program to tremendously benefit our family. I
began home schooling six years ago when I felt the call of
the Lord to do so. I had no training on how to teach my
children to read, write, etc. With our oldest, I stumbled
through many reading programs and found them either
confusing or frustrating to myself and my child. We were
putting forth great effort, but not seeing much fruit. A
friend introduced me to your program when my oldest was in
third grade. Praise the Lord! It was as if a light bulb
had gone off for both of us! It truly unlocked the mystery
of it all. He proceeded to gain great skills in spelling
and reading. (We also began to utilize the McCall-Crabb
books at your suggestion and enjoyed the benefits of that as
well). I began to look at written language in such a
different way – I knew the WHY! Part of me wondered though,
if it wasn’t the fact that my son was mature enough to grasp
the reading and spelling concepts and that all the work we
had done in the past had prepared him. I wondered if “the
pump had been primed” and any program would have had results
because he was ready.
Over the next year, I began introducing my
two younger daughters into our school routine. In all
actuality, they had been over-hearing our phonogram practice
and I knew we were onto something when my 3 ½ year old
pointed at the Cheerios box one morning and said, “E double
E always says E”. I could not have been more wrong in my
thinking that any other program could have facilitated the
great improvement with my son. I have one daughter who has
some learning challenges and I know we would not be where we
are today with her reading and spelling had it not been for
your program. I have another daughter that naturally picks
up these concepts and she is excelling. Thank you, thank
you for the time and dedication that you have put into
thinking through all of these aspects and presenting it in
such a way that trains the home schooling mom. I truly feel
that you have been a mentor to me in this area. I now have
the tools to teach reading and spelling; something I could
never have gained from following any of the other reading
curriculums available.
While
I think this is the best program available, one aspect I
have struggled with is the teacher/time intensive aspect of
mastery work and review. I have also heard many other home
school mothers voice the same concern. (I have recommended
this program to anyone who will listen!) I understand why
you do not recommend teachers tape-recording a reading of
the spelling lists. I agree that the missed teacher-child
interaction and visual cues given during dictation etc. are
critical. What I found as a struggle with having three
children fully using this program, was finding the time to
review so the children could gain complete mastery over
their words. The reading of the spelling lists over again
at three different levels was very time-consuming for me.
This past year, following one of your suggestions, I did
place my daughters on the same level to save some time.
However, I still found the frequency of review was not at
the level I thought it should be for complete mastery of the
lists that had already been covered.
To remedy the situation, I decided to tape
myself reading the spelling lists and recording them on a CD
for my children. We still do the initial dictation process
on the new list/s together every Monday. We then work on
the enrichment activities together throughout the week.
After we are done with our activities for the day, I am able
to instruct them to go to the CD, listen to the particular
track for that lesson and practice spelling their words. We
are also able to go back to any lesson that we have done in
the past and review it to ensure they are maintaining their
spelling skills.
I believe this idea of providing a CD that
has the spelling lists read aloud will increase the
student’s mastery and independent learning skills. I am
convinced that this CD would be well-received by both the
home school community as well as school groups. In both
situations, there is usually one teacher and many students
at different levels. This product will facilitate both the
student and teacher to see progress as they strive to
glorify God in their studies.
It is my prayer that these CDs benefit
you greatly as you strive to glorify God while teaching your
students!
Blessings,
Jennifer Schroeder
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