This booklet describes the creation of a community education course to provide the one-to-one teacher-student ratio for adults and children who require it to learn to read and spell proficiently. The booklet begins with a discussion of arguments against establishing such a class, including: (1) parents cannot teach their own children; (2) teachers…

Noting that only the combination of ingredients could be said to be unique, this booklet describes the SITDOWN technique for reading improvement. The booklet begins with background information, noting that students' reading difficulties can be approached through the "back door" of spelling. The booklet presents a week-long schedule for sequencing…

Intended to help students overcome their reading and spelling difficulties, this booklet describes teaching reading and spelling using the notion of five types of English words and presents extensive word lists to teach each type of word. The five types of words discussed in the booklet are "simple" (words that follow regular phonic…