As a person...I just think you have such a beautiful spirit.

Another great, informational video!! Thank you! I'd love one about the Harvey's Grammar as I plan to use that after your Gentle Grammar. Again, thank you for being a Titus 2 woman and sharing your knowledge on practical and spiritual levels! ❤

This was very useful. I wish i had seen your videos sooner! Thanks for sharing so much information.

What I have done with my kiddos this summer is start right at the lowest book oldest to youngest. I felt the stories and language was not to be missed and figured they could go very quickly through them until they made it to the instruction level. The olders completed the first 2 books in a week and then I am having them do 1 lesson a day until they reach true instructional level...then I will move to 1 lesson weekly as daily rereading and studying spelling and vocabulary is great to review... Thank you again for such an awesome video. I just love Ruth Beechick...she will have a lot friends she never knew as we reach heaven😉🤗😊

Thank you so much for all your insight. I was wondering if you could make a list of what books go with different grade levels. I know you mentioned it in the video. I have never used these books, and it is hard to see and understand what books go with suggested grade levels. There is no criticism just trying to gain a clear understanding ☺️

My 7 year old daughter loves the McGuffey readers. It really shocked me how she much ask to read them. We are in the primer and she is flying through it and giving her great confidence. We plan to continue with the Raiders throughout our education.

I’ve been using McGuffey for a couple of years and thought I’d share what’s worked for spelling ... now my dd is15 but has delays so we just finished the 2nd reader .. when she begins a new lesson I test her Orally on the lessons words so that she only has to work with the ones she missed .. she writes them 3x each ..midweek I test her Orally on those words and repeat the process .. thus far it’s working and her spelling and vocabulary has improved greatly ...❤️

I’m so glad I’ve found your videos! I have the original McGuffey’s and I’m thinking I’m going to switch my 3 kids to them. I’ve been using TGATB and IEW for Language Arts, but I’m starting to think I should go back to the basics. I believe my son, who has learning difficulties in LA, would benefit from these readers. I’ve been trying to catch him up to “where he should be” (🙄 I know.) I need to take a step back and simplify it for him. I think that’ll benefit him tremendously. Also, implementing more of God and morals in his reading can never be a bad thing, right?! 😂 Thank you for making these videos ❤️

Thank you! I ❤️ the videos!

Thanks so much. This helped so much.

Thank you so much for this video! It really helped me decide on where to start my oldest.

So I have never used or even seen a mcguffey reader in person and I have been homeschooling for 9 years...I know crazy 🤪 right. So I have tried every method with our homeschool and we fall somewhere in the relaxed unschool CM style of learning and I have done my best to give time to middle son on his reading journey. I admit in the beginning I laid it on to thick for a 5 year old, but after a few harder than necessary years I let go of the pressure and slowed way down and went at his pace ever since. He is now 12 1/2 years old and refuses to read...! We I ask why I get "I don't like too, the words are too small and I'm not wearing glasses plus I just don't like too read unless it's a comic book that's in color." He listens to an audiobook everyday mostly the same one over and over. So I'm looking into this whole world of mcguffey readers wondering if this would help his like to read. By this video I'm thinking the 2nd readers would be a good place, but all the marking over the word is so confusing even I don't know what they mean. I'm still a struggling reader myself...product of public school...🤷‍♀️ We do all the things like read alouds and listening to audiobooks and copywork. I love the idea of good rich reading but I'm a little intimated by these McGuffey readers, but starting at the beginning looks even more intimidating than the 3rd and 4th readers. Do the original have all those markings and are the better than the revised. It's about $85 is for the whole set of original McGuffey readers and free to download and print. But the print version is the revised and they look so confusing to be honest my brain is like...what?...just not sure what to next step is for this child going into the middle school, but not willing to read... Granted at his age I only read what I absolutely had to. I hated to read and didn't really know howuch less read well, but I was willing to try so I could complete my assignments. Any advice is welcome. Thanks for you videos so much well need advice!!

Are there answers to the questions at the end of each stories?

I’m a touch confused as to how to implement the use of the McGuffey books. How often to narrate/dictate? Do you do vocabulary lists from the books as well, and if so how often? Thanks!

Sherry do you have any videos or blog posts about your Gentle Grammar books? Amazon has a decent sample of book one, but not really of book 2. I'm curious about the different levels and what they contain. Thanks!

Just a random question. How many copies of the mcGuffey do you have for you and your children to use. I homeschooled 5. When all of them where schooling I found that I needed one set for me and then 2 other sets for the kids. Do you do the same? P.S. Thank you, for doing the video on the readers. I have tried to help other homeschoolers with using the readers. Now I just send them to your page.

Do you think it's ok to place a child in a book that's easy for them to read? My 6 year old just got done with our phonics program and reads pretty well, but does not spell well. To give you an idea, she can read the NKJV bible out loud to me pretty well. We do Robinson Curriculum, so she would be going through that booklist, but I'll be using the McGuffeys for the writing portion of RC. I just started her on lesson LVIII of the pictorial primer, but she whizzes through it.

You said there’s too much of a big leap between the eclectic second reader and the third so you recommend the revised third reader instead. Do you ever go back to do the eclectic third and fourth readers and when?

What do you recommend to teach structure of paragraphs and poetry? What about writing a term paper?

What would you recommend for a highschool writing curriculum ?

Thank you for this! I’ve seen this video about 3 times and I am still unsure of where to start my upcoming 5th grader. I would say she is at her level maybe a little above her grade level. I purchased the Original second reader and the revised 3rd reader. I don’t know if I should start her in the middle of the second reader or just start the revised 3rd reader. Could you please help me figure out where I should place her? Thank you!

In your opinion which one would you recommend first The original second reader OR the revised second reader.

I do not have the original McGuffey only the revised. Is it necessary for the originals and the revised? Or can you make either or work?

Can you help me please? I have an older child who reads well but doesn’t spell higher than a second or third grade level. Placing her is so hard because her reading/spelling don’t match. Do you have any suggestions please and thank you

I used how to teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons with my last daughter, she is now 7 and doing well. Now my slower learner Im really just having a struggle with choosing what to use. I tried the same book, but she just isn't ready. So im wondering if she just needs more read alouds and the McGuffey primer with handwriting? She knows how to write her name and other letters. I really don't want to spend a couple hundred to find a right fit. We are a family of 8 so budget yay!! She is using easy peasy at the moment and it works on letters and sounds but I want something more … Thanks so much.

Thank you for these videos. You are so encouraging! Where would you recommend starting a 12th grader who can read the words, but still struggles with comprehension?

Can you confirm for me the appropriate grade levels for each Mcguffey Readers?

Do you think it is necessary for me to purchase the original Mcguffeys if I can only find the revised

Do you have links to purchase the McGuffeys?

Do you think that children need to know the rules of spelling?

I ,ove your videos but I can hardly hear you with my speakers and volume as high as it will go