Starting at Square One

A FREE E-Book Available to AVKO Members Only

Starting At Square One is a complete curriculum for handwriting and keyboarding that uses the AVKO method of teaching reading and spelling AS we teach the alphabet, as opposed to teaching it afterwards.

To view the Table of Contents for Starting at Square One, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 or later.

Starting At Square One PDF Table of Contents

We offer it FREE as part of a package to encourage membership in the AVKO Foundation.

If you have comments about this website or additional summaries of specific spelling research along with citations, questions concerning spelling, phonics, learning disabilities, homeschooling, etc., you are encouraged to e-mail DonMcCabe@aol.com.  We appreciate any comments that will help us make this website even more useful. 

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