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The late Sam Blumenfeld was one of the first in the country to recognize that America’s children were being deliberately dumbed down through government schools.  It wasn’t something most parents wanted to hear in the mid-1960s.  Through his writing, speaking engagements, and the hard evidence, some parents took action.  Initially, Sam worked with local groups of parents to start private schools around the country.  He even helped to start Hyde Park Academy in the mid 1970s-one street over from us where we used to live in Boston although I didn’t formally meet Sam until 1988.

Sam started to promote homeschooling long before it became as widely accepted as it is today.  He is regarded as a pioneer in the homeschool movement.  Sam passed away in 2015 and willed most of his papers, books and recording to me.  Thanks to the efforts of our camp newspaper editor Mark Affleck, who spent hours digitizing Sam’s work and our webmaster Eric Conover, the Sam Blumenfeld Archive was created.  It contains most of Sam’s writings including his Alpha-Phonics and cursive lessons.  You can use the archive to teach phonics.  Since its creation in 2015, we have people all over the world but mainly in the U.S. that are using it.  A school in Zimbabwe and a teacher South Africa are using Alpha-Phonics with excellent results.

While we have promoted the archive at homeschool conventions, events where we are invited to speak, promotional; spots on a few radio stations, and homeschool groups, most of those who come to the site are by word of mouth.  A link to the spot ad:

https://youtube.com/shorts/CC7MaLHpQPQ?si=F49jmBVYyUYL0vEk

We are asking our readers to visit the archives, sign up and then tell others about it. Here is a link to the archives:

http://blumenfeld.campconstitution.net/main.htm

The Blumenfeld Archives