Topic
Logic Of English
3 issues
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The K-3 skill subjects: handwriting, spelling, and the foreign-language timing question
The core stack is decided, and what is left is the ring of skill subjects around it. Handwriting splits between vertical and slanted letter styles. Spelling splits between the families that teach rules and the families that argue a separate spelling course is unnecessary in the early grades. Foreign language is not a program choice at all in K-3 but a timing question. Plus the Texas ESA disbursement due July 1, and which of these subjects an account will actually pay for.
Issue 09 finished the K-3 core with history and geography, which leaves the skill subjects that sit around the core: handwriting, spelling, and foreign language. These reward less deliberation than reading or math did, and the issue says so. Handwriting comes down to two decisions: which letter sty…
Curriculum Review·Handwriting·Spelling·Foreign Language·Handwriting Without Tears·All About Spelling - Curriculum ReviewMay 25, 2026
All About Reading vs. Logic of English, and Tennessee's Education Freedom Scholarships
Two scripted phonics programs, graded on the same rubric. Plus Tennessee's Education Freedom Scholarship status, the ALEKS-versus-Khan Academy self-paced-math read, and Florida's one-application rule.
Issue 04 paired Brave Writer and the Institute for Excellence in Writing on the same rubric. Issue 05 covers the elementary reading-and-phonics decision tree: All About Reading from All About Learning Press against Logic of English Foundations, graded across the rubric's eight criteria. Plus Tennes…
Curriculum Review·All About Reading·Logic Of English·Phonics·Tennessee·ESA - Curriculum ReviewMay 4, 2026
TGTB Level 3 vs. Logic of English Foundations
Plus a one-page guide to picking math curriculum and Wisconsin's annual October 15 homeschool filing date.
The promised first full curriculum review: The Good and the Beautiful Language Arts Level 3 against Logic of English Foundations Level D. A one-page decision tree for choosing elementary math curriculum, and a note on Wisconsin's annual PI-1206 filing date.
Curriculum Review·Good And Beautiful·Logic Of English·Language Arts·Math Curriculum