Don Potter and Intensive Phonics

by | Oct 10, 2006 | Intensive Phonics

There are four new documents on the Don Potter web site. 1. Analysis of the 1979 Open Court Headway Program. This is the first part of a comparative study of the old and the new Open Court programs that I am preparing. They are vastly different. 2. No-Frills, easy to...

The Phonics Page

by | Oct 5, 2006 | Intensive Phonics

Dear Bluedorns, I’ve recently completed a draft version of my Spelling Lessons. I’m hoping you can share these lessons and a request for feedback with your e-mail group. There are 5 lessons, each under 30 minutes long. They are free, but you need to...

Switching from Co-op to Homeschool

by | Oct 5, 2006 | Homeschooling

Mark is twelve. He is in the 6th grade at a parent-coop school (3 days on campus; 2 days homeschooled). We started school a year late with Mark because he is very small framed and because he was having trouble with peers. Mark is now very outgoing, well-liked, an...