Hearthside Homeschool Reviews...and More

AVKO is the company that brings us Sequential Spelling. While I have never used or researched that program myself, I have heard it highly recommended in the home school community. I didn't realize that they also offer a membership to their web site. You don't have to be a user of Sequential Spelling to benefit from this membership, although I'm sure it wouldn't hurt.

Membership provides you with a 25% discount on their products but there is plenty there at no additional cost as well. There are a number of e-books, including titles such as The Reading Teacher's List of 5,500 Basic Spelling Words ($29.95 value), The Patterns of English Spelling ($359 value), To Teach a Dyslexic ($14.95 value) which alone would more than pay for the membership. There are even more e-books available, including The Teaching of Reading and Spelling, Sequential Spelling Response Book, and If It Is To Be, It Is Up To Me To Do It.

There is also much supplemental material to be found. there are worksheets, handouts, puns, riddles, jokes, quotes, teaching tips, syllable rules, inspirational stories, poetry, puzzles, quizzes, and MP3 of a workshop recording, and more. There is so much here I can't begin to wrap my brain around it all. Part of the problem is that I find the site difficult to maneuver, but if these are topics of interest to you it seems to be worth spending a good chunk of time reading through everything and finding the gems for your family. I have little doubt that there are many gems to be found.

A one year membership to the site is $25. Check out their list of membership benefits to help you decide if this would be beneficial to your family.