SWR Asof April 2012
We are using Spell to Write and Read. (This is our first year of "real" homeschooling. Our oldest is in first grade.) SWR has its roots in The Writing Road to Reading, which my parents chose to teach me back in the 80's. It is a phonics program with spelling lists that go through the first year of college. The lists are arranged by frequency of use. The first six lists (of twenty words each) include more than 40% of all we read and write. Add seven more lists and you have over 60%. Curt Bumcrott of Basic Skills Assessment and Educational Services told me that Spell to Write and Read is the Cadillac of phonics programs. Sounds expensive. I don't know how it compares price-wise to other programs because I knew that this was the one I wanted to use. Hansome consented, so I did not do any shopping around. What I can tell you about the price is that once you have paid for the curriculum (and the highly recommended training), there is one notebook to purchase per student