This 2019 edition of How To Tutor REPLACES the previous How To Tutor you have known and loved since it first appeared in 1973. It is IDENTICAL to that past version. SPECIAL NEW LOW, LOW, 2019 PRICE: ONLY $ 12.95. (Previously the SAME book was $ 24.95) You SAVE $ 12.00. How To Tutor, by famed writer Samuel L. Blumenfeld, first available 42 years ago has without change continued to be an outstanding resource to teach the Three R's. It has not changed because it works so well. It is a whole school in one book for a very low price. Its three parts are (1) Sam Blumenfeld's amazingly easy to teach systematic, intensive phonics READING instruction program. (2) His effective CURSIVE HANDWRITING program and (3) his equally effective ARITHMETIC PROGRAM. Has been used by 100,000's parents, teachers and tutors. Mary Pride, leading homeschooling materials reviewer, calls it a best value. 298 pages. How To Tutor works at ALL ages. Anyone who can read can teach the 3 R's with it. WHY IS HOW TO TUTOR IMPORTANT? Dr. Blumenfeld warns: Most parents wait until their child is having difficulty at school before they think of providing remediation. Sometimes the child is so far behind, so confused, so frustrated by not learning in the first two grades, that the remedial program looks long and difficult. However, proper tutoring at the preschool level or in the first two grades, as a preventive measure, can make sure that the child has the foundation on which to build achievement. How To Tutor provides parents and teachers with a complete instructional program: step-by-step lesson plans in the Three R's. It originally was to help public school students. Since then the continued decline in many public schools made HOMESCHOOLING much more important. Homeschool families discovered what a gem this book is for them. (1) READING: The big problem today. How To Tutor shows how to avoid the confusion in teaching reading that prevails in our schools today. 117 complete lessons. Contains everything you need to teach your student to be a top reader. You learn the dirty little secret professional educators keep from you: It is really EASY TO TEACH READING! There are only 44 sounds (Phonograms) you need to teach your student to build a high level of reading skill. (2) CURSIVE HANDWRITING: Grandparents today are often shocked to learn that in many schools cursive is not taught. With How To Tutor you are given all the tools you need to teach this important skill with ease. Here is another little secret: Cursive can be taught BEFORE printing (ball &amp; stick). It is also EASY to teach! There are only THREE basic strokes involved in cursive handwriting. Most children can learn these at a surprisingly early age. Learning about this will amaze you. 73 complete lessons. (3)ARITHMETIC: Quoting Dr. Blumenfeld: In teaching arithmetic it is important to convey the genius of the system itself. Next to the alphabet, it is the greatest mental tool ever devised by man. We should approach the subject with the excitement it deserves. Any teacher who makes arithmetic dull does so because he does not understand its beautiful simplicity, logic and facility which permits us to do so much with so little. HTT Arithmetic covers addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, weights, time, and the calendar. All this in 67 easy lessons. FINAL WORD: Anyone can use these lesson plans: students, parents, teachers, tutors, etc. Tutoring can be a good way to earn extra money while aiding people who need help to improve their reading, handwriting and arithmetic ability. Some of the claims we make may appear unbelievable. They are TRUE. We have heard from countless users who cannot say enough about HTT's simplicity and effectiveness. See for yourself. HTT also available on Kindle or: How To Tutor eBook - CD ROM version (ISBN 9780941995474- $ 17.95).

How To Tutor

Education & Teaching

BLUMENFELD, Samuel L.

Studying & Workbooks

Paradigm Company

This is the NEW 2019 version of Alpha-Phonics. Now at a SENSATIONALLY LOW, LOW PRICE. The ONE &amp; ONLY ORIGINAL Alpha-Phonics! Used by tens of thousands since it was introduced in the late 1970's. Alpha-Phonics is probably the simplest, most effective, wonderfully priced phonics instruction programs available. HERE IS WHY IT WORKS SO WELL: IT IS SIMPLE!! There are only 44 phonograms (Sounds) the child needs to learn in order to read. Reading, contrary to what you have been told, is easy to teach because all you have to do is teach the student to SOUND OUT the words they want to read. At first they sound the words out aloud, later they do it in their head silently. That is ALL there is to teaching reading. MOM get this: All 128 Lessons in Alpha-Phonics are covered in ONLY 14 pages of instructions for you. Students begin with short vowels putting together simple words (Like a with m = am or a with s = as) and progress to the more advanced words. With Alpha-Phonics the beginner can be reading simple sentences by lesson three, and that can even be on the first day! Other reading instruction programs try to do way too much. They inject grammar, pictures and other material, needlessly complicating the task. Alpha-Phonics just teaches reading only. Alpha-Phonics has as a BONUS: you teach SPELLING easily as you go (through simple dictation). Alpha-Phonics easily introduces over 3,500 words in its simple 128 lessons. Some students can learn to read in only months. Alpha-Phonics also works very well for older students, even grown adults who need remediation. Is there a negative about Alpha-Phonics? Yes. In the past 30 years we have heard only one criticism (Only a few times). It is: Some Moms say they think their child can become bored when taught by Alpha-Phonics. Why? Parents have been convinced that learning has to be fun-time. They have been led to believe games, card decks, cartoons/pictures, spin the needle tricks, etc., make it fun. They feel they have to entertain their kids while teaching. But, this unnecessarily slows down the process. With Alpha-Phonics the student can actually be READING simple sentences even day ONE! Students do see lists of words in Alpha-Phonics lessons, but they QUICKLY are actually READING those words; they are accomplishing, instead of being entertained. The Bells and Whistles in other programs slow the process and cost time and money $$. The huge sense of success in actually reading quickly overcomes any other consideration. We almost forgot the SUPER BONUS: Many ADULTS become BETTER readers while teaching their child! The lessons for the Student are in LARGE TYPE on 8 ½ X11 pages meaning you can instruct him/her DIRECTLY from the book. Nothing need be copied on separate paper. Makes everything much easier than if it were on 5 X 8 pages. Alpha-Phonic is highly recommended by leading Homeschooling curriculum reviewers such as Mary Pride, Cathy Duffy, Karen Andreola. There are TWO DIGITAL versions of Alpha-Phonics: CD Rom version and Flash DRIVE version sold separately on Amazon for only $ 9.00. CD ROM version ISBN: 9780941995184.The new Flash Drive version ISBN: 9780941995412. Both Digital versions contain everything you find in the book plus sound of the author reading the instructions. Amazon also has a set of practice Readers and a practice Phonics Workbook to accompany Alpha-Phonics. The Alpha-Phonics and How To Tutor Little Companion READERS (10 books combined into one handy book): $ 19.95 (ISBN 9780941995344). They are specifically designed to follow along with the Alpha-Phonics book as you teach from it. The other resource is The Alpha-Phonics and How To Tutor Phonics Companion PRACTICE WORKBOOK: $ 19.95 (ISBN: 9780941995337). Designed to accompany the Alpha-Phonics book as you go through the lessons.NOTE: THE DIGITAL VERSIONS ARE FOR WINDOWS ONLY.

Alpha-Phonics A Primer for Beginning Readers

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

NOTE: NEW LOW, LOW PRICE! ONLY $10.95. This is the 2019 edition of the Alpha-Phonics and How To Tutor (Phonics) Companion Workbook. The Alpha-Phonics and How To Tutor Phonics Companion Workbook is designed to be used with either of Samuel L. Blumenfeld's two great phonics reading instruction textbooks: Alpha-Phonics a Primer for Beginning Readers or his How To Tutor. This Workbook provides EXTRA PRACTICE work for your student using either of Sam Blumenfeld’s two phonics reading instruction books. Follows the phonics reading instruction of both teaching books lesson by lesson and provides a wide range of extra practice exercises for your student. Covers all lessons. Includes: fill in the word, match words, find missing words, matching words with illustrations or misspelled words and many more types of very reinforcing practice exercises. While optional, the workbook has been found by many to be very helpful in teaching phonics reading to students. You do not need to be an expert to use this Phonics Workbook. Just like Alpha-Phonics and How To Tutor, the reading instruction textbooks, anyone who can read can definitely teach anyone else to read. For sample pages and more details see Search Inside the Book or the Alpha-Phonics website. Written in 1995 by Sam Blumenfeld's long-time friend and colleague Barbara Simkus. Barbara was for many years a professional Tutor in the Detroit area. She felt the need for something extra to be used with some of her students. With Sam Blumenfeld's blessing, she created this Phonics Workbook to accompany Blumenfeld's two phonics reading instruction books. The Phonics Workbook has 53 pages and offers extra practice exercise for every lesson in either of the two instruction textbooks. Some special features of the Phonics Workbook are: (1.) General overall instructions, (2.) Numerous practice Tests plus Answers included (3.) Syllabication Section with 7 pages of instruction and practice on learning how to divide words into syllables (which is very helpful in learning to read and in developing an enlarged vocabulary), (4.) Sturdy Perfect Binding so the pages will not come out. (5.) Exercises include many interesting, reinforcing and skill building exercises like: fill in the missing word, find the misspelled word, circle the word that has a certain feature in it such as a silent (h), plurals vs. singulars, match words that go together from a list of words, circle a correct word after being given a clue, underline words containing a long vowel, determine what letter is missing from the word and many others. Noted Reviewer Cathy Duffy mentions the availability of this Phonics Workbook in her review of Alpha-Phonics found in her 2005 book: 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum. Young beginning reading students enjoy the exercises; even find it fun to do the practice. Available at special prices: ISBN for the Alpha-Phonics and How To Tutor Phonics Workbook: 9780941995337. Remember: Alpha-Phonics A Primer for Beginning Readers, the basic phonics reading instruction program, is available at Amazon.com. ISBN: 9780941995320 – now also at a very special price of only$ 22.95. Look also for the great How To Tutor by Blumenfeld: It covers all 3R's: Phonics reading instruction plus Arithmetic and Cursive Handwriting instruction, all in one book! ISBN: 9780941995290: $ 12.95). Amazon also offers in a single book form a set of 10 Readers designed (To accompany the two phonics reading instruction books) Readers ISBN: 9780941995344 (Only $ 10.95) The 10 Readers now in one bound book for convenience which follow lesson by lesson as you work through the Alpha-Phonics instruction textbook. Children really enjoy them; say things like: Mommy I am reading my own book! Also: Alpha-Phonics Book on CD ROM: ISBN: 9780941995184 &amp; on Flash Drive ISBN: 9780941995412

Alpha Phonics and How to Tutor Campanion Workbook

Simkus, Barbara J.

Schools & Teaching

NOTICE: NEW LOW PRICE! BRAND NEW 2018 edition: Now you can buy all 10 Readers bound together into one convenient book (Won’t lose any of the books and they won’t come unstapled!) The content is IDENTICAL to the Little Companion Readers you have known and loved for 25 years. This is the Alpha-Phonics and How To Tutor Little Companion Readers Book to accompany phonics reading instruction in either Alpha-Phonics or How To Tutor by Samuel L. Blumenfeld. Each of the 10 Readers contained in the NEW BOOK has a short story which is ideal for little beginners. The Readers are coordinated to where the student is as he/she progresses through either Alpha-Phonics or How To Tutor. First Reader covers short A lessons, Second Reader covers short E lessons and so on throughout the first 77 lessons. Very popular with teachers and students. Many children say even with the First Reader: Oh! Mommy, I am reading my own book! Economical, durable &amp; reusable. The Readers are in large type so as to be easy for little beginners and are short in length: 6 to 10 pages. They challenge the student without overdoing it. The Readers contain only the words the student has already learned up to that point. Eight have a complete short story that the beginners in particular really enjoy. The other two have lists of practice sentences. After the first 77 lessons the student, while still learning from the remaining lessons in either Alpha-Phonics or How To Tutor, is capable of working with a wide variety of outside practice reading books. The first five Readers in the Book deal with one short vowel each: a, e, i, o, and u. Book one for example deals with the first 12 lessons. Reader # 6: Short vowels with digraphs like ch, sh and wh, through lesson 35. Reader # 7 More Short vowels, through lesson 42. And so on. Reader #8 Short vowels mixed, through lesson 49. Reader # 9 Short vowels through lesson 57. Reader # 10. Short vowels through lesson 71. A BONUS is that the Readers aid in developing comprehension as you go. You just ask the student questions about what they have read in the story. What was the story about? What happened first? Last? You go from one Reader to the next as you progress through either Alpha-Phonics or How Tutor's reading instruction section. (More info about the READERS in a moment). Amazon also has available the Alpha-Phonics and How To Tutor Phonics Workbook (ISBN: 9780941995337- $ 19.95) to accompany Alpha-Phonics or How To Tutor. The Alpha-Phonics reading textbook itself program is available on Amazon.com (ISBN: 9780941995320 $ 24.95). This complete phonics instruction program works at all ages, especially little beginners. Just order from Amazon.com. The Readers and Phonics Workbook, while optional, are considered by many parents to be very helpful to do a great job teaching their children. A final product Amazon offers which really helps many Moms teach their children good, solid phonics is the Alpha-Phonics 128 Lesson Video DVD (ISBN 9780941995238 - only $ 8.00) This is a DVD of a 2-hour Workshop Sam conducted during which he went through EVERY one of the 128 Lessons in Alpha-Phonics and ALL 117 lessons in the How To Tutor reading instruction section. Mom can sit in her living room and have Sam take her through the Alpha-Phonics with the book in her lap just as if she were attending the workshop herself. Using some or all of these accompanying materials help make it easy to assure a complete success teaching children to be excellent readers. The Alpha-Phonics reading instruction program is highly recommended by leading reviewers Cathy Duffy and Mary Pride. Also recommended by the Robinson Curriculum people.

Alpha Phonics and How to Tutor Little Companion Readers

This HTT Cursive Practice Workbook REPLACES the previous edition. The CONTENTS are identical in both old and new versions. (To order new version go to Amazon ISBN: 9780941995382) New version is perfect bound (Glued pages, not comb bound).  THE HOW TO TUTOR CURSIVE WRITING PRACTICE BOOK is designed to accompany the Cursive Handwriting Instructions in the How To Tutor textbook. It is an Optional Practice cursive handwriting workbook which includes exercises to accompany Cursive Handwriting instruction section of Samuel L. Blumenfeld's celebrated book:  How To Tutor. It contains practice exercises for all the lesson material in handwriting instruction part of How To Tutor textbook. Parents, tutors and teachers find the Cursive Handwriting Workbook very helpful to reinforce the lesson work. The workbook contains no instructions (Instructions are found in the How To Tutor textbook) It is inexpensive, durable & reusable. The HTT Cursive Writing Practice Book contains cursive examples of all 26 letters of the alphabet in both capitalized and lower case versions.  The hand-strokes, as described in the instruction material in the HTT textbook, are indicated for each letter.  The examples are in wide-lined size that is best for young beginning eyes. The HTT Cursive Writing Practice Book includes 20 pages of blank wide-lined pages for teacher and student to use to practice creating the desired writing skills of the student.  The Cursive Practice Book contains everything the Parent needs in accompaniment with the HTT text book to quickly, easily and successfully accomplish creating a good cursive handwriting student. Why should parents want to consider teaching CURSIVE to their children? Because most public schools (and many private schools) do NOT even bother to teach cursive anymore.  They say in the digital age cursive is no longer needed. This is a big mistake for numerous reasons.  The most significant reasons are, first, that writing cursively, rather than typing on a keyboard has been found in research to aid in learning the material being written.  The student, when cursively handwriting material, is implanting the material in their brains far more thoroughly than when typing. They remember what they have handwritten better than when typing.  A second is connected to taking notes from a lecture course. It has been proven that cursive handwriting is far easier on the hand muscles than the so-called ball and stick printing.  In ball and stick printing the hand must pick up the writing instrument and put it down with every stroke needed to print.  But in cursive handwriting the hand only has to deal with three simple strokes of the pen or pencil.  The hand flows across the page, often without needing to raise up and go down for many complete words.  This is much less tiring on the hand muscles than printing. This will be especially important at the high school and college level where taking notes in class is very important.  Cursive allows the note-taker to have much more complete coverage of the material he/she is attempting to save for future study and exams. A special feature of Dr. Blumenfeld’s Cursive Handwriting instruction found in the How To Tutor Textbook:  There is a special section covering how to teach the LEFT-HANDED student. A little known fact is that teaching children who have never learned to print make the best cursive writers. Teaching children to print is much easier after you have taught them cursive.  Most people assume that the young beginner must learn to print before they learn cursive handwriting. This is not universally true.  If you have a student who has not been taught either cursive or ball and stick, try cursive first.  You might be very surprised to see how readily your student takes to cursive.

How to Tutor Cursive Writing Practice Book

NOTICE: NEW LOW, LOW PRICE! NOW ONLY $ 10.95. This workbook is the NEW 2018 VERSION ISBN: 9780941995399. . This 90 page Workbook is designed to assist in teaching the Addition and Subtraction lessons in the textbook: How To Tutor, Sam Blumenfeld’s great book that tells you how to teach the three R’s. Practice for ALL the addition and subtraction exercises in How To Tutor are available in this workbook format. There are three pages for EACH lesson. You no longer have to write out the exercises by hand. One page explains the lesson to the student, the second page is for the teacher and student to work on together – the teacher prompting the student with suggestions, the third page is for the student alone.The How To Tutor Arithmetic Workbook for addition and subtraction includes timed tests for great practice work. Each book is bound with tough, durable glue to make sure it stays together, even for more than one student to use. The pages are 8-1/2 X 11 size. Type and figures are extra large for easy reading even for the little ones. The HTT Arithmetic Workbooks were compiled to make your work a little easier. Answers are included for all problems in the Workbook. Space is left on many pages for the teacher to make up his/her own extra practice problems.For ease of use the workbook page numbers coincide with the actual pages in the HTT book. The HTT Addition and Subtraction Workbook does NOT contain the specific lesson-by-lesson instructions found in the HTT book itself, so it will be necessary to use the HTT Practice Workbook along with the HTT text book.The How To Tutor instruction textbook itself is available on Amazon.com by using this ISBN: 9780941995290. There is a second HTT Workbook devoted to assisting the teacher with the Multiplication, Division, and Fractions lessons found in the HTT textbook. It is available on Amazon.com by using this ISBN: 9780941995405.The How To Tutor text book, of course, covers all THREE of the R’s: Reading, Writing and Arithmetic- (Through approximately through 6th or 7th grade). If you decide to teach someone the Three R’s with How To Tutor, you will find several other resources that can be very helpful to you: To accompany the Reading Section of How To Tutor Amazon.com has 1.) The Alpha-Phonics and How to Tutor Phonics Companion Workbook (ISBN: 9780941995337), 2.) The Alpha-Phonics and How To Tutor Little Companion Readers (ISBN: 9780941995344), and .)Amazon.com has to accompany the Cursive Handwriting section of How To tutor: the How To tutor Cursive Writing Practice Book (ISBN: 9780941995382 For much more information on all these optional workbooks available to help you with teaching the Three R’s with the How To Tutor textbook please enter their ISBN on Amazon.com to quickly get there.

How To Tutor Workbook for Addition and Subtraction (The Blumenfeld Series)

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