NOW READ THIS: THE THRIFTY PRINCIPAL

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"What I like about it is the 'self help' interactive way one can sit down for half an hour in a spare moment and go through some of the lessons in a repetitive way to reinforce stuff already approached."

"... my student fully appreciates the importance of learning all the sounds."

"... my opinion is one of excellence and my student feels the same way as he sits down regularly every morning to work through the initial stages."

"... at the age of 65 ... he never had the fundamentals taught and so realises that he has to start at the beginning to understand and pronounce the unfamiliar words."

from Jon and Carmel

Hi,
over the past decade we have worked to make a digital literacy programme that closely follows a method that Jon's uncle worked out way back in 1956 when he was a school teacher. From 1956 till now that programme has been in constant use!!!! In schools and in adult and migrant education centres.

Geoffrey W Falkenmire originally called his programme "Now Read This - Learn to read in 10 difficult lessons" GWF has a great sense of humour. To find out more about this very inspiring teacher listen to his interview with Margaret Throsby on Classic FM.

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Now Read This was re-printed and re-titled "Highway to Literacy" in 1984. The books are now out of print, but this digital version has it all, and more.

NOW READ THIS

contains 567 interactive units. Each one covers a different topic. It is suitable for complete beginners, teaching the learner to read and write the alphabet. It caters for learners at every level, even very advanced learners with in-depth information on grammar, parsing and analysis, poetry and many other topics. Every unit has a corresponding printable page that can be reproduced and used as a worksheet. This means that Now Read This also contains 567 black line master reproduceable student worksheets.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

THE THRIFTY PRINCIPAL

THE THRIFTY PRINCIPAL

    He's been thrifty with his praises
    All his life.
    He's been thrifty with the dough
    He gave his wife.
    Now he's going to retire,
    It's the cold he feels, not fire,
    'Cause he's been just too damned thrifty
    With his life.

    He was thrifty with his tolerance
    And tact.
    And humanity was one more thing
    He lacked.
    So it isn't any wonder
    That he feels he's going under,
    That the dice are loaded
    And the cards are stacked.

    If the Sermon on the Mount
    Means anything,
    Then we'll have to have him back
    Inside the ring.
    We don't have to call him 'dear’,
    But, let's buy the man a beer,
    'Cause he's just an old bee now -
    Without a sting.

Another poem GWF from the 1994 book "Verse you can read" - The chapter called 'On Pedagogy'