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I use McGuffey in my school,in the Individual Tuition Unit where I run the program. I have made some videos to go along with the readers - they are read-along, so the student can see the text, hear my voice, and read along aloud or silently. I have also made separate spelling videos to accompany the readers. So far I have finished Book One, and part of Book Two. You can find these listed on the index page for my YouTube videos. They are free, use them as you wish.

Hi, I made a series of videos for my own teaching cursive handwriting, and have uploaded them to YouTube. I use the letterforms I was taught in South Africa in the 1970's. I also studied lettering at the City and Guilds of London Art School. In the videos I write with a steel nib, as this made the shapes clearer. My students have been able to learn from these videos with minimal input from myself, although I do look over their work and correct errors. I also make a point of circling their best efforts. The videos are free, use them as you wish.

You might find the free series of YouTube videos for cursive I made for my own teaching practice are useful - Each letter gets one video, and there is a separate lesson for the Capital Letters. The material is free, use it as you wish. I have found that my students can learn quite well from these, they seem to find the instructions clear.

I made a series of videos to avoid the repetitive aspects of teaching cursive - you can find them on my youtube channel index page. I use these in my computer lab, for students who join the school but who have never been taught cursive - they attend sessions until they can master it. I simply supervise their output, and annotate and correct their work- but the teaching itself is done via video. The videos teach the way I was taught cursive at school in South Africa in the 1970s. When using the videos, or when teaching handwriting in general, it is really helpful to circle the best letters the student forms - positive reinforcement goes further here than negative - or the well-formed parts of letters, if you cannot find a whole well formed letter. In my School, where I teach in the Senior Department, I visit the Junior School once a week, and teach cursive to the two upper classes. (Year 5 and 6 - 9 and 10 year olds). The expectation is that the students will have the ability to write in cursive by the time they reach Senior School. I don't use the videos in these classroom session, but the whiteboard, the old fashioned way. I also write sample letters in the students' books.

The English language resources and maths I have made for my own teaching - I teach in a room with eight computer consoles, and deal with students from a variety of year groups, who come to me for differing numbers of hours per day - so I can't teach a 'class' as such. My solution was to video the courses I wanted them to study, and formalise the work they need to do within the videos themselves. My job then changes to monitor ( as a result, I have minimal behaviour issues) and can give much more personal attention to each student where it counts - i.e. when they encounter difficulty. These videos could easily be used by a home school parent.

Hello, I have produced a series of videos for use in my classroom practice - where I teach small groups of pupils a diverse range of subjects. These are teaching videos, and the student is expected to produce work, which I then mark. I ring a bell, indicating the student should pause the video, and perform the assigned task. I mark their work immediately it is completed, and my teaching time is used for correcting and explaining work to individual students, not delivering the actual lesson material. I recently have started to produce two texts I have previously adapted - Kerl's 'English Composition' - and also Kellogg's 100 Lessons ( The book with sentence diagrams). I have tried to use Kellogg's original text, but it is too old fashioned in appearance for modern students, even though the content is excellent. I have also recorded McGuffey's first reader, and made separate spelling test videos to go along with it. I am part way through recording the second reader. This will also have separate spelling tests. I have not yet put my Kellogg material on YouTube, but will do so when I have sufficient material recorded. I find the Kellogg work helps some students immensely when it comes to writing their own compositions - as you can say - why not insert a clause here, or a noun phrase there....the students write much richer prose after studying Kellogg. I have also made a series of spelling videos - using Osgood's text - where the student self-marks their work, and repeats each lesson until both spelling and definitions ( these I check orally) are correct. I only give definitions for words I think will not be familiar to my students. There are some similar videos for multiplication. The index to the videos is here ( English language material is near the bottom of the left hand column) The material is on YouTube,and is free, use it as you wish. Evan der Millner

I made some videos teaching cursive - which my students use, with supervision: You can find the playlist here: The vids are free. Enjoy.

I'm currently recording McGuffey's readers - these are on YouTube Here is the link to the playlist as it stands: Enjoy

You might find the new free course I am putting up on YouTube useful as part of a homeschool Latin language education project: The London Latin Course It is accessible for all age groups.

Hello. After producing some 300 episodes on YouTube as an audio-visual course for Latinum in Latin only, which has had a very positive reception, I have decided to retrace my steps somewhat, and re-teach the material, using English, as over 70% of the users of the course are from the USA and England, and many users in other countries can use English. The course is totally free - the youngest regular user of the Latin-only course is an addicted 2 year old (His father tells me he regularly asks to 'watch Latin', and apparently he his picking things up). Here is the link to the Latinum course on YouTube: The playlist with the English language course is clearly marked. The course has extended oral exercises, that build more systematically than the exercises in Adler, although I am following the structure of Adler's textbook, so that students can use the lessons in the textbook as a reference. I am also posting my own teaching notes as google documents, linked to lessons where appropriate. I hope some of you may find this new (free) resource of some use, either as a stand alone course, or as an adjunct to material you are already using. Molendinarius.

Hi You might wish to try supplementing your chosen course with the audio visual materials of the Cursum Latinum, which is available free on YouTube, or for money on DVD. I know quite young children are using the course, as well as quite advanced adults - the course begins from zero, and teaches Latin in Latin. http://www.youtube.com/user/evan1965 I am also putting together a course of Latin readings, using interlinear texts, these are on a channel called lectionesprimae, there is a link on the Cursum Latinum Youtube page. For more advanced or older students, the materials on Latinum ( also free) might make a useful supplement: for example, the Comenius Vestibulum and Orbis Pictus. These can just be put on to play in the background while the kids are doing other stuff, so they get to hear Latin as much as possible. http://latinum.mypodcast.com

If your kid is very bright, start to work your way through the Cursum Latinum on YouTUbe with them. the course progresses in Latin, using oral methods - taught in Latin - with props, glove puppets, etc, and if your child uses the course, they will end up being able to speak a bit of Latin, and read quite well. The course is new - I only started loading it online 2 months ago, but I have been producing Latin audio courses for over 3 years. http://www.youtube.com/user/evan1965

If you don't want to pay, thereis now a growing free resource of Latin audio-visual material over at the Cursum Latinum - over 270 lessons, that is several DVD's worth of video, of a carefully constructed complete Latin course ( It isn't finished yet, I project it will have over 3000 episodes when the first stage is completed). After a month and a half online, the course has picked up over 900 subscribers. So, if you don't want to pay for audio visual Latin materials, start to use the Latinum materials along with your course. The course uses spoken Latin, but is grammar intensive. Everything is taught using only Latin. http://www.youtube.com/user/evan1965

You might want to have a look at the Cursum Latinum - a free high quality course available on YouTube. I am putting a lot of effort into it, and so far, over 270 lessons are available. After a month and a half online, there are over 900 subscribers, and I know some parents from here are using the course, either as a supplement, or as the main course of study. As the course is totally in Latin, it forces the student to engage fully. Parents do not need to follow along - the course for the most part is self explanatory, lots of props are used, and development is gradual, so that a solid foundation is constructed. http://www.youtube.com/user/evan1965

Whatever program you use, you might find supplementing it with the free audio visual materials of the Cursum Latinum will help speed up progress. The course is a stand alone Latin course, and is aimed at providing a very complete foundation in Latin. I started producing this course a month and a half ago on youtube, and it already has over 900 subscribers. The course is fun - feedback I have received is that children are enjoying it as much as adults - I use glove puppets, etc, and a lot of props. This course is unique, as it is totally in Latin. So far over 270 lessons are available, most are very short, suitable for use with quite a young child, although most users of the course are aged over 50. http://www.youtube.com/user/evan1965 I will always respond to questions and requests for assistance as you use the course.

If they already have some Latin, you might find they enjoy working through the online (free) Latin-in-Latin course I am putting together. You just need to sit down and play the recordings. Vocabulary and forms are intensively reviewed. Used with young children, I think this method will result in a high level of fluency, if followed through to the end of the course ( there will be a couple of thousand lessons by the time it is completed) Over 270 lessons already available, they need to be followed in order. The course is proving popular, after only a month and a half online it has over 900 subscribers. http://www.youtube.com/user/evan1965

Even cheaper, is the course I am building on YouTube, which can be used as a useful supplement to any course you are using, or used a complete course in and of itself. The course is free. It has a lot of grammar, and a lot of examples. Everything is in Latin, but it isn't as impossible as it sounds. Some quite young students are using the course, as well as a lot of adults. I only started to make it a month ago, oner 250 lessons are now available. http://www.youtube.com/user/evan1965

I know you have not / are not considering Latin - but have a look at the audio visual course I am putting together on YouTube - teaching Latin as a Modern Foreign Language - you might be intrigued. http://www.youtube.com/user/evan1965

http://www.youtube.com/user/evan1965 I forgot to give the link.

Hi Rosie - you might find the YouTube Latin course I am putting together is really useful - it teaches Latin through Latin, starting from nothing, and working your way up very slowly. You might find is more easy to progress though a series like this, than with a textbook - perhaps keeping a log of which lesson you are up to. I have uploaded over 250, there will be a few thousand by the time I am finished, and we are reading Cicero.