The ABZ'S of Writing QED
Communications, 1910 South Pollard St, Arlington, VA 22204, 800-974-8386,
secondary level, step by step program, reports to email
Academic Therapy Publications 20 Commercial Blvd, Novato, CA 94949,
800-422-7249 High Noon Books, encourage reluctant readers with high interest
level, easy reading materials, support materials
Alex Catalogue at Berkley
English literature, American literature, and Western philosophy
Alpha Omega
Alpha-Phonics Literacy Unlimited,
1725 Windsor Lake Parkway, Loves Park, IL 61111 , 888-922-3000, from Samuel
Blumenfeld, complete kit, with telephone support line, for children and older
learners. The web site has a Real Audio showcase for the program.
Amazing Writing Machine is a CD-ROM by Broderbund with five writing
projects: Essay, Letter, Story, Poem and Journal. Each project offers special
templates and sample projects to support your students' writing endeavors:
Create Impressive Essays (combine photographs, illustrations and text) with
samples; Keep in Touch through Letter Writing (write to friends and family, or
check the database of celebrities, organizations, and heads of state worldwide);
Write and Illustrate Storybooks (compose storybooks in full page or folded book
size with space for students to import graphics); Compose Five Kinds of Poems
(write in a variety of poetic forms with a built-in rhyming dictionary) and
samples; Keep Track with a Journal (capture ideas, feelings and daily events in
words, photos and pictures that can be secured with a password).
AVKO Foundation 3084 W. Willard Rd, Suite W,
Clio, MI 48420-7801, 810-686-9283, materials focused on teaching reading to
dyslexic and other poor readers, spelling, handwriting, vocabulary, phonics
Back Home Industries Box
22495, Milwaukee, OR 97269-2495, (no phone orders), features "Teaching
Reading at Home", a step by step guide to The Writing Road to Reading, many
other reading related items, also Bible, history and economics
Baggetta Ware 177 Adams St, Agawam,
MA 01001, (413) 786-8241, interactive software studies of selected individual
works, also Holistic Valuator to review your writing samples
Ball Stick Bird Publications Box 13,
Colebrook, CT 06021, (860) 738-8871, a different style phonics based reading
programs for dyslexics, learning disabled, slower learners, uses goofy science
fiction adventure themes to enhance interest in lessons
Bartleby Project books published
online and available for purchase
Bradrick Family Enterprises Box 2240-T, Port
Orchard, WA 98366 Understanding writing, grades 1-12
Bright Start Leap into Phonics, pre
k -1st grade, P.O. Box 803, Evanston, IL 60204-0803, 888-777-7003
Common Sense Press Box 1365, 8786 Highway
21, Melrose, FL 32666 352-475-5757 sells through local dealers (see Family
Learning Center in the General Vendors section for their retail outlet),
Learning Language Arts through Literature, more
Critical Thinking Press -
Editor in Chief books have sentences or articles with spelling, punctuation and
grammar errors in them. The child marks the errors and then re-writes them.
Cygnet Press HC12, Box 7A, 116 Hwy 28, Anthony, NM
88021, 505-874-3306 Alexandra Swann's Writing for Success
*Davidson (maker of Spell It
Deluxe, Reading Blaster, Math Blaster, KidWorks Deluxe, Word Blaster and other
computer education programs) can be reached at Sales/Customer Service
1-800-545-7677
Davidson & Associates, Inc P.O. Box 2961 Torrence, CA 90509
(This link is broken, but you can find Davidson products from many sources)
Design a Study 408 Victoria Avenue,
Wilmington, DE 19804, 302-998-3889, Books etc. "The Natural Speller",
Greek and Latin roots, also math, science, history guides, convention tapes
Eagles' Wings Educational Materials
Box 502, Duncan, OK 73534 580-252-1555, Alphabet Island series, creation focused
materials
Easy Grammar ISHA Enterprises, Box
12520, Scottsdale, AZ 85267, 800-641-6015, includes Easy Writing, Daily Grams
(guided review aiding mastery), simplify teaching and learning of English
English Plus PO Box 203, Shelton, CT 06484,
features Grammar Slammer software, handy online grammar tutor, spelling also
Essential Learning Products PO Box 2590, Columbus,
OH 43216-2590, Language practice books also Simple and Fun science series, math,
geography, etc
Estella Graphics RR3, Box 369,
Montrose, PA 18801 570-278-4504 Pencil Playground, creative writing
FTC Publishing 1605 G. E. Rd, #20,
Bloomington, IL 61704, 888-237-6740, features Student Report Writer,
interactive writing program using prompts to guide students through writing
reports, 50 templates included or make your own, Grades 3-12, free online demo
Great Books Tutorial Escondido Tutoring
Services, 2634 Bernardo Ave, Escondido, CA 92029 760-746-0980 Classical
education with teleconference or online support
Greathall Productions Box 5061, Charlottesville, VA
22905, 800-477-6234, Jim Weiss, storyteller on cassettes and CDs, Shakespeare to
fairy tales
Grammar Key Box 33230,Tulsa, OK 74153,
800-480-0539, grades 4-12, complete course
* Gutenberg Project An online
project to post materials in the public domain for everyone's enjoyment.
You'll find a large variety of reading materials for reading, searching or
printing.
* Handwriting without Tears - a great
recommended program. Used successfully with children with many special
issues. I got mine on 1/23/01, and I'm already thrilled.
Everything's clear, easy and simple. The teacher's guides have way to much
instruction for just about anything that could go wrong, ever. This woman
is an Occupational Therapist, and discusses several different issues. It
is rather pricey for what it is (black and white workbooks with stapled
bindings) - but if it goes on like it started, it will be very worth it!
How to Tutor Sam Blumenfeld's
inexpensive combined phonics, handwriting, and mathematics program, other books
by Blumenfeld as well, The Paradigm Co, PO Box 45161, Boise, ID 83711,
208-322-4440
The Hunter Writing System Hunter and Joyce Publishers, 21 Turner Lane,
Loudonville, NY 12211, 800-745-3377, Grades 5-12, Sentence Sense Writing System
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
Institute for Excellence in Writing PO
Box 96, Fort Valley, VA. 22652, (800) 856-5815, Structure and Style writing
program, a classical education approach to writing, more structure and direction
than free-form creative writing, allows an orderly development of skills.
Institute for Multi-Sensory Education
1000 S. Old Woodward, Suite 105-49, Birmingham, MI 48009, 800-646-9788, features
Sensational Strategies for Teaching Beginning Readers, a balanced,
phonics based program to enhance reading, spelling, and writing, for beginning
readers
Italic Handwriting Series Continuing Ed. Press,
Portland State Univ, School of Extended Study, Box 1394, Portland OR 97207
800-547-8887, ext-4891
Jumpstart
Language Arts from A-Z Kay Milow,
5508 So. 169th St, Omaha, NE 68135, a 35 week program which incorporates
spelling, grammar, handwriting, reading and vocabulary with an intensive phonics
approach
Language Tune Up Kit at Home JWor
Enterprises, Inc. 4729 Maize Road, Columbus, OH 43229-6315, (888) 431-6310, a
remedial reading multimedia phonics software program for children 7 and older,
teenagers and adults using Orton-Gillingham approach, CD based phonics, money
back guarantee, demos available
* Learn to Read in 100 Easy Lessons -
both sight and phonics based program that breaks parts of language into related
units, stressing reading out loud, and reading success immediately. Most
children do not finish the book before they are reading. Plus, I've found
sites that offer worksheets that people have independently made up for this
program - I'll keep looking for those.
Linguisystems 800-776-4332, products for phonological awareness, oral-motor,
autism, and nonverbal learning disorders, games, online newsletter, advisors
available by phone
Listening Library One ParkAve, Old
Greenwich, CT 06870-1727, 800-243-4504, An impressive collection of tapes/CDs of
complete books from kids to adult classics, also selected stuffed animals/toys
matching the books
Mastery Publications 90
Hillside Lane, Arden. NC 28704-9709, 828-684-0429 Mastering Math series (K-6+),
Language arts games, Happy Handwriting
National Geographic has a very
complete site with news from their magazine, tv specials and current
expeditions. More than enough to keep the uninterested reader quite
interested.
National Writing Institute 810 Damon
Ct, Houston, TX 77006 800-688-5375, Writing Strands, composition skills
Newport Publishing 100 North Lake Ave, Pasadena, CA
91101, 800-579-5532, Family Classics Library, classic stories on audio tapes
* Newberry Award Winning
books (contributed by Suzy)
Open Court Publishing 220 E. Danieldale,
DeSoto, TX 75115, 888-772-4543, division of SRA, various math and reading books
PhonicsTutor® CD 4:20 Communications, Box
421027, Minneapolis, MN 55442, 888-420-READ, based on Alpha Phonics, for Mac and
Windows 95, 30 day guarantee, $5 demo available
PECCI Educational Publications 440 Davis Ct, #405,
San Francisco, CA 94111, 415-391-8579, Super Seatwork series on phonics
The Phonics Game A Better Way of
Learning, 150 Paularino Ave, St 120, Costa Mesa, CA 92626, 888-802-7323, also
Phonics Game Jr, Math Game, Phonetic Readers, 60 day money back guarantee,
widely advertised
Play N Talk 7105 Manzanita St, Carlsbad,
CA 92009, 800-472-7525, Comprehensive, multisensory phonics, audio
Progeny Press 200
Spring St, Eau Claire, WI 54703, 1-877-PROGENY, Study Guides examine classic
and children's literature from a Christian perspective, grades 1-12
Read, Write and Type is a CD-ROM that teaches phonics, typing and writing, and
it is FUN. It's made by the Learning Company, (800) 716-8503 at http://www.learningco.com
Reason for Writing Concerned
Communications, Box 1000, Siloam Springs, AR 72761 501-549-9000, K-6 Christ
centered handwriting series
Riggs Institute 4185 SW 102nd Ave,
Beaverton, OR 97005, 503-646-9459 Complete phonics approach, Spelling and
Reading adapt and extend the Writing Road to Reading
Rivertree Productions Box 410, Bradford,
NH 03221, 800-554-1333, storytelling CDs and tapes with Odds Bodkin, ages 3-8
and up, workshops, samples online
Saxon Phonics 2450 John Saxon Blvd,
Norman, OK 73071, 800-284-7019, new, K-2nd grade, free CD sampler available,
from the folks who produce Saxon's famous math program
Scholastic has websites for books and
teaching.
Sing, Spell, Read and Write International
Learning Systems, 1000 112th Cr. N., Suite 100, St. Petersburg, FL 33716,
800-321-8322, a multisensory phonics-based program that takes your child through
36 carefully sequenced steps to learn to read, write, and spell, uses the fun
and power of music to reinforce phonics reading skills with youngsters ages 6-8.
Small Ventures 11023 Watterson Dr, Dallas, TX
75228, 972-681-1728, general catalog, Christian, phonics, timeline
Smith Hand Writing Methods
N11492 Oakwood Rd, Daggett, MI 49821, 906-639-2299, true cursive writing, uses
fine motor skills, one semester course. compatible with other courses
Spelling Doctor PO Box 1326, Camden,
ME 04843, 207-236-8649 , variety of full programs, student guides, reference and
topical works
Spelling Power Castlemoyle Publishing,
PO Box 520 Pomeroy WA 99347, 888-773-5586, also Writing Power (composition,
grammar, usage, and punctuation). Spend 15 min/day mastering 5000 words
misspelled most often, add your own words, grow to college level, curriculum
manual, placement tests
Start Reading Phyllis Haddox, Dept.
TYC, Box 10459, Eugene, OR 97440, (541) 485-1163, "Teach Your Child to
Read in 100 Easy Lessons", direct from the author, a reasonably priced,
phonics based, complete package, uses the direct instruction teaching method,
also supplemental materials
Terry's
Big Booklist
University of Akron
texts online - very slow to load.
University of Pennsylvania
Books Online
11,000 listings
Wordsmiths 1355 Ferry Rd, Grants Pass,
OR 97526, fax-541-474-9756, Jensen grammar, Journey through Grammar Land, more
writing related materials and articlesgrades 5-12. For home schooling, private
and Christian schools
Write Guide web based individualized
writing instruction, proofreading services, full curriculum or one time help
available, stress on letter writing and the revision process
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