Grade R – Grade 5
Learning to read is one of the greatest adventures we embark upon and yet for so many children it becomes traumatic and simply horrible. This can stem from them not being emotionally ready, not having the necessary pre-reading skills in place, not yet having developed the habit of attention and observation as well as many other factors. Having studied and taught as a remedial teacher and then homeschooling my own 7 children I have been fascinated at this process of grasping literacy. Added to this is my own journey of never having been able to spell until I taught my own children at the age of 35 – everything suddenly fell into place. The beauty of this was that I could really understand what had been missing and why it had been such a struggle and I am then fully able to explain to parents exactly what their child is experiencing when they struggle.
Being an educationist and passionate about literacy I was always fascinated to see how Charlotte Mason’s method of teaching reading would work out if it was used instead of newer methods. With my older children I pulled it in when I could amoungst other programs. With the younger 2 I have written a full reading program based on her philosophy and am using only this to teach them to read. It has been a fascinating journey and one that we are all really enjoying . They love every reading lesson and daily come ready to learn their new words. It has been slower and yet I am seeing layer upon layer laid and a solid foundation being built – one that they have truly understood, internalised and now own. Above all I am seeing their learning to read bloom as naturally as they learned to walk and speak. It’s just a part of their quiet growing years. It has been such a beautiful journey. My only regret is that I didn’t fully trust her method earlier.
I just want to say it is amazing. My little one really enjoys doing his work in the morning. His [21 month old] brother…also tries to do what his brother does…it is helping him as well.
It works so well. I really can’t thank you enough. He is going to do this full time.
Esme (homeschool mom) commenting on using the Level 1 Fun Days program with her 7 year old son.
View A Family Feast Reading Lesson below.
As seen in the videos above we love using our wooden letter boxes and highly recommend these resources. You can find out more about the below.
Recommended Wooden Box Resources to use
with the Family Feast Reading Programs
| Spelling Box | Digraph box | Sand Box (sand not included) | Chalkboard | Play Dough Board | |
| Level 1 ~ Fun Days | Coloured Letters | X | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Vlak 1 – Dae-vol-Pret | Spel Box / Coloured letters | X | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Level 2 ~ Explorers | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Level 3 ~ Adventurers | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Level 4 ~ Discoverers | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Wooden Box Resources
These high quality resources, made from laser cut wood, make reading, spelling and maths fun!
By being able to build the words with physical letters, makes it so much easier for children to be able to visualize how words are made up. Sounds, made up of more than one letter demonstrate to children who are learning to read and write how the sounds are made – making spelling that much easier.
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