McGuffey Readers Roundup and Announcement

When I discovered the McGuffey Readers I was on the verge of burn out from trying to use the Charlotte Mason method with seven or more children at one time. It was difficult to find appropriate passages of poetry and prose for everyone on his or her particular level. It was even more difficult trying to keep track of their work when it was done. McGuffey gave me a break. Included in each reader was a collection of the greatest literature, both prose and poetry, of the English language. No more searching, no more having to compile everything myself and then watch my hard work disintegrate before my eyes as my children and I both lost track.
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[@landofkakiakahomeschool]

Thank you for the mention Sherry! I can’t wait to see your manuals! Love the artwork.

[@MomDelights]

You are very welcome! You are doing an amazing work encouraging other mommies❤️

[@SouthernCouture4]

This is such an incredible announcement. The drawings are incredible. Such talent! I can't wait for these to come out.

[@MomDelights]

Thank you! I'm so happy to be working on them😁

[@jessicamd4092]

Hi Sherry, I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart! I strayed away from the McGuffey’s for a moment,(thankfully only a month or so) but I’m back with McGuffey and just purchased your lessons books like a week ago. I’m also using the math you recommended. You have been such a blessing for me and my family. I’m thankful for heart for us moms and I can’t wait all all your new products and ideas. Thank you again and God bless you! ❤ P.S. I absolutely love your channel!

[@MomDelights]

My pleasure entirely, glad to be of help💗

[@unraveledmotherhood]

Thank you I just found your channel in preparation for our second official homeschooling year, this year with my 6yo & 5yo (3yo & 1yo in tow) and I just want to thank you for being the wise Titus 2 woman. I do not have anyone in my church currently who is a former homeschooling mama and can speak into my life in that way,, so I am glad I found you!

[@krystlebratton1212]

This is so exciting to hear about the new items you are working on! I am so thankful for your work. You have truly blessed our family. I will pray over your work.

[@boxlove7283]

I’m SO excited to hear of this new curriculum. We love Mcguffeys and your lesson books. Commonplace sounds great. Math , yes yes yes! Praying for you.

[@MomDelights]

Thank you so much for your prayers--more creative ideas just dropped into my mind this morning..:D

[@AndersonChronicles]

I am so happy hearing of all you've been up to!!!❤ I just felt the Lord saying no to spending so much I'd planned to redo our subscription for a popular CM curriculum. I organized our home library snd just felt Him saying with His help, I can be frugal and still give a great school year to our children with what we have....McGuffey❤😊 I'm going to be buying fresh lesson books, anything new you get out:) and history with Nicky Truesdale❤ thank you. You bless me so much!

[@MomDelights]

Yep--just like Moses you are using what He's already put in your hands, praise Him❤️

[@jordan-kristina2014]

Wow! I’m so excited for all the new ideas; especially the commonplace books and the McGuffey lesson plans and the mom encyclopedia. Thank you for seeking to bless so many mamas. The Lord is using you! -Kristina C.

[@MomDelights]

Thank you for these sweet words :)

[@deannahazelwood9751]

I cannot wait for the encyclopedia!!!

[@MomDelights]

I'm glad you like the idea!

[@clarkclips8015]

I'm so excited for your future projects! God has definitely blessed you with the ability to put together quality resources to help moms homeschool using the best! I have used the McGuffeys off and on with my boys, but never bought your lessons books till just recently. I was printing the free versions or using notebooks, but pages would get lost, work was sloppy and disorganized, and I felt frustrated (my boys all hate drawing and writing and keeping their work organized!). Now with the purchased version of the lesson books, each child has their own cute book and keeping everything together is so much easier! The kids know what to do and I don't make them draw if they don't want to. It's less overwhelming!

[@MomDelights]

Oh, that makes me so happy!

[@jcav7]

Your new stuff sounds really good. I love that you’re being obedient to the LORD in this. Your math idea is definitely needed. There is only one program I know of that’s even close to what you describe. It is called Learn Math Fast. Have you heard of it? I think volumes 1-3 or 4 cover up to pre algebra. Anyway, I believe there is a need for your version and I’m excited for it to come to fruition. Thank you for your hard work and dedication.

[@MomDelights]

I'll have to check that one out, thanks❤️

[@kariquick5148]

What a blessing! So excited for all of it!! ❤❤❤

[@MomDelights]

Me, too!

[@WyldCamellia]

Thank you for sharing! Just purchased the McGuffey Readers and watching your videos makes me so excited to start.

[@MomDelights]

I hope you enjoy them!

[@katysuemarfil2148]

That will be SO Amazing and helpful Sherry!!! God bless you in this project!!! Praying for you and can’t wait to get the final product in our hands. You are such a blessing to so many of us!!!

[@MomDelights]

Thank you for your sweet encouragement:)

[@mahabiru]

Can you please do a video explaining they WHY of copywork and dictation? I have never been able to implement this simple learning\teaching technique even though I've known about it for years, watched lots of tutorials and loads of research. It may be the age old challenge I have of wanting to know why. As in how does it work in the brain for learning? What is it doing that creates the learning? If that made sense and you think you can explain this, it would be a huge help to me and may solve years of puzzlement in my brain. Thank you again for all you do. I share your blog with every homeschooling mom I meet because it has been the biggest blessing in my life.

[@andreaboyd111]

👍the book of lists is a super cool idea!! Beautiful drawings too🎉. I am excited for this to be available.

[@MomDelights]

Thank you--I can't wait, either

[@JMU2512]

This sounds delightful! I’m so excited to see the new system and commonplace books.

[@MomDelights]

Thank you, me, too!

[@daniellemccall9273]

I am in love with your artwork! I have a while yet before we start officially homeschooling as my oldest is only 4 but your channel has given me so much confidence in knowing what path to take. I have already purchased some Mcguffeys and some of your books. ❤ I am thrilled to hear your new ideas and vision and selfishly pray it comes before we get started! 😅 You are such a blessing!

[@MomDelights]

And so are you❤️

[@handsathome]

Wow, Sherry!! This is all very exciting. I am looking forward to your new resources. Any tentative dates for the commonplace books and the Mom’s Encyclopedia? One suggestion I have, as you described having a page for the facts/outline and then lines on the back for their narration/composition. I was thinking it would be great if the pages were side by side instead. That way the child doesn’t have to flip their paper over to look at their facts/drawings as they’re trying to come up with sentences. And for the Mom Encyclopedia could you add a section on high school. How to award credits with an eclectic/CM approach. Booklists, keep high school records, write course descriptions, creating elective courses like home ec, life skills, career exploration, personal finances, etc or make videos on those topics for us. What resources did you use, tips/ideas/advice. Very much excited for that Mom Encyclopedia and what you described. I will buy it for sure!

[@MomDelights]

Thank you for all of your valuable suggestions! This is what I dearly need😁

[@markholder4944]

I’m so excited and looking forward to the math program. Praying for your success and can’t wait to buy it.

[@MomDelights]

Thank you! I can't wait to get it together!

[@RevivalAcres]

Thank you so much for the shout-out! I’m honored! Can’t wait to see your new helps 😍. Such great ideas! In regards to your math ideas, have you seen Learn Math Fast? It sounds like what you’re thinking and was made by another homeschool mama. Praying for your endeavors! 🙏

[@MomDelights]

My pleasure! Someone else mentioned that math, I'll have to check it out. Thank you for your prayers💗

[@jennifermcleod8176]

You are such a gem! We have used your Lesson Plan books for a couple of years now. My children really enjoy them. Your artwork is beautiful and the math curriculum sounds fantastic. Those Matthew verses have been my favorite verses for decades. Thanks so much for sharing! ❤

[@MomDelights]

Thank you for all of your sweet comments!

[@besim3916]

I love the covers. Great work! I look forward to them.

[@MomDelights]

Thank you!

[@mycrazyfamilyid]

I have my children use the McGuffeys for speech practice with a little speech therapy phone (it looks like an old phone but is hollow so they hear how they sound to everyone else). It is helping and... They are learning good old-fashioned values and manners. Sometimes they pick their copywork passages from the "McG". :) Win-win-win!

[@MomDelights]

What a great idea..that phone sounds like a great tool, a few of our grandchildren could benefit from it😁

[@mycrazyfamilyid]

@@MomDelights It's called "Lakeshore Hear Myself Sound Phone". :)

[@linchuc6130]

Thank you for reminding us to rest in Christ. This is so wonderful. Thank you for all your hard work. It's all so beautiful.

[@MomDelights]

Thank you! Yes, only in rest is there power in Christ❤️

[@linchuc6130]

@@MomDelights Amen

[@katiegoff8800]

Your resources are a huge blessing to our family! Thank you! Your artwork is stunning!

[@MomDelights]

Thank you so much :)

[@Takingitbackhome]

Your art is awesome! I am looking forward to these new resources. Thank you for sharing. I have learned so much from your videos.

[@MomDelights]

My pleasure, glad to be of help💓

[@loriwalker8306]

These resources look wonderful! Your videos and resources have blessed me and my family so much ! My oldest son has finished the last level of Gentle Grammar and we are ready to move onto Harvey's. Have you ever done a video on using Harvey's Grammar?

[@MomDelights]

Um, I'm not sure :P I probably should do something like that...

[@ezekielfenjavandehei3189]

So awesome! You are such a blessing!❤ excited for the math! We have tried a mix of workbooks and math journaling this last year and the workbooks were so dry but so helpful to have a spine and all the necessary concepts and the journaling was where I felt my daughter really learned. Your gold nuggets at the end are always my favorite part❤

[@MomDelights]

Aww, so glad that blessed you! What kind of journaling are you doing for math? Any specific resources?

[@ezekielfenjavandehei3189]

I use First Year in Number a little bit, but mostly we just do something related to what we learned with First Lessons in Numbers: Oral and Written by Maglathlin and I just make up something to journal but it's not very automated, I'm struggling to make an SOP like you have mentioned. It's hard to use older math books after being in the public school system all my life.

[@haleyfink6325]

Hi Sherry! Love the idea of the common place! Thank you for your faithfulness! Your creativity is inspiring(: I’m wondering if you could please link the one page sheet that you mentioned you used with your more distracted daughter?

[@jessicamd4092]

momdelights.com/index.php/2021/10/26/free-simplified-lesson-sheet-for-mcguffeys-readers/ momdelights.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Mcguffeys-lesson-pages-for-Patience.pdf

[@MomDelights]

I must have forgotten! Here it is: momdelights.com/index.php/2021/10/26/free-simplified-lesson-sheet-for-mcguffeys-readers/

[@oursweetiebirdshome]

Sherry, Thank you SO much for the mention. Your resources have been such a blessing and have brought so much peace to our home. This new notebook sounds incredible! ❤

[@MomDelights]

You are so welcome! You mentioned me first, after all😁. You are doing such a great job, keep up the good work💗

[@helloharrishomeschool9554]

This is such an exciting announcement! I love all that you have created so generously and look forward to anything else you put out!

[@MomDelights]

So glad, thank you for your support!

[@cinderellaluv1]

I just want to say I followed your instructions and started over with my son and two weeks into your method I have seen tremendous improvement in his reading. The math book sounds excellent and I’m looking forward to using it

[@MomDelights]

Wow, that's so wonderful to hear! I'm so thankful to God that He left us some materials that really work!

[@Junethird2006]

I always love your videos. I especially appreciate how you make them in a way to be listened to while working (and how you say it every time). I save your videos till I have a kitchen job or I take the kids to the park or am doing some other job where I can just listen while working. After following you for years I now use the McGuffey readers for reading practice and copywork for my younger kids. I used to have them choose a certain number of sentences to copy. They always chose the shortest ones! So after much thinking about typing out their copywork etc. I decided that was not the best use of my time. Now I highlight the sentences right in the book that I want copied. Saves me tons of time and I can choose better, more meaningful sentences. I can’t wait to see the commonplace books you come up with. 😊

[@MomDelights]

What a grand idea! I hope to have them together soon!

[@jessicabrown6943]

I’m so excited about these ideas!! What amazing resources these will be. I can’t wait to get them. I’m adding your projects to my prayer list. I know this is a huge job. Thank you for doing this for us Mommas!! ❤

[@MomDelights]

My pleasure--I was stuck this morning on what direction I should go with the interior, and so I prayed and rested, and then new ideas came--praise Him!

[@homeschooledaroundtheworld4660]

I love the color of your hair!!!!❤❤❤

[@MomDelights]

Aww, thank you!

[@twingardeners]

Hello, I LOVE these videos! Also, I purchased a lesson book for my son last year when I started homeschooling him. He is in 7th grade this year and we have another one! To those who are unsure about the lesson book, I HIGHLY recommend! It is a keepsake! One of the most precious homeschooling materials we use. Thank you, Sherry!

[@MomDelights]

Aww, thank you for your sweet recommendation!

[@samanthagraveswalters8443]

You mention my sweet friend from Land of Kakiak !! I am so happy. Yes bring on the math !!!

[@MomDelights]

She is so sweet :)

[@captain7471]

I’m so excited for the new books! Do you know when we should expect them? Your videos gave me the confidence to use the McGuffey readers, and I’m so glad we did as now we absolutely love them! Thank you for the wisdom and all the wonderful help you give us!

[@MomDelights]

I'm so glad you have been encouraged to use the McG's! I am enjoying working on these for hours each day. So far I have about two-fifths of the pages created, and then will be the digitalizing and editing, then the submission to the publisher. It could be another 6 weeks or more.

[@rikkib7636]

Hi Sherry, thank you for doing this video! I’ve been considering purchasing the MacGuffy’s readers for my children, so this is very timely. Your artwork is lovely 💕 The math idea sounds fantastic!

[@MomDelights]

I hope you enjoy them!❤️

[@ThisEnchantedHour]

Thanks so much for the mention, Sherry. ❤️ We also use the Lesson Books with the McGuffeys as well. It makes it so simple to incorporate all parts of language arts from the readers.

[@vee9133]

Are you going to post any new KZbin content, your channel looks very helpful also. ❤

[@ThisEnchantedHour]

@@vee9133 if I can ever find the time in this current season of life, I do plan to share more content soon. :)

[@kazmynjohannes5163]

You have a beautiful heart. I’ve been utilizing the weebly site a lot lately. I’ve found they show exactly how to use that original speller. I also like the ideas they give in their LAH program for the second book and how to flesh it out to a full program. With topics for further discussion and research. It’s way more than I could use, but I have so much more confidence to sift through resources like that and not stress about what I don’t use because of your encouragement and guidance ❤!

[@MomDelights]

Aww, God does His greatest miracle when He transforms our hearts💓 Interesting to hear from someone enjoying the Weebly sítě.

[@emchats]

Looks lovely!! Thanks for sharing your expertise and talents with us 💕

[@MomDelights]

My pleasure❤️

[@redfury8980]

Sherry I love you and everything you do. Because of your videos and support we have been using the McGuffeys for a number of years. My kids have wonderful vocabularies, are great spellers, and k ow their grammar. Once they hit high school though I really dont know where to go with composition. They haven’t taken off naturally with essays and I always end up spending gobs on curriculum I hate and don't use. Do you know of any McGuffey resources that would be geared more for high school and composition? I feel like everything is for littles. I want my youngest to finish out the McGuffey series, but feel the need to switch to a more structured (and pricey) language arts program for high school.

[@MomDelights]

Have you heard of Seven Sisters Homeschool? We used a poetry resource from them.

[@jessicabrown6943]

Oh and the art is gorgeous!!! You are doing amazing. I love drawing too. ❤

[@MomDelights]

Thank you! Drawing is so soothing and fun, isn't it?

[@Mamasimple]

Thank you Sherry! I can't wait for all your ideas to come to fruition. Just a quick question. Do you do Splendid Spelling and the McGuffey's Lessons with the Lesson Books at the same time?

[@MomDelights]

Yes, actually it could be really helpful as they are beginning to write out their narrations and compose original sentences.

[@josselleW]

Looking forward to seeing your new project coming soon.

[@MomDelights]

Thank you--I hope it's soon, too :)

[@Dreblueskies]

Sherry you offer the most amazing resources for us! I will definitely be purchasing your newest book amongst your others. You are such a blessing to us homeschool mamas. 🩵

[@MomDelights]

Aww, thank you so much for your support!

[@NikkiSchumacherOfficial]

You’re awesome. I have enjoyed McGuffey readers. I would be stoked to see your math system.

[@MomDelights]

Thank you! We have a daughter we call Nikki, spelled the same way❤️

[@katerinaheqakheperra9313]

Beautiful ❤ what a blessing. Thankyou Sherry

[@MomDelights]

Thank you ❤️

[@copyingthemaster]

Love all the ideas! Thank you for doing what you do :)

[@MomDelights]

My pleasure entirely ❤️

[@backtoschool1611]

Sherry, great ideas! I have found books from the books I am studying from. Its amazing all the stuff we are not taught today.

[@MomDelights]

I totally agree! We spend so much time and money filling children with useless information. My heart aches for the children, so I try and do my little bit via encouragement and helping mommies in their important work😁

[@backtoschool1611]

@@MomDelights I did not learn much of anything in school, avfew years ago I had stubbled onto your channel and learned about the ecclectic books for math and reading, andbother subjects, history, music, elicution, etc. I started "relearning" these subjects, and my channrl is all about my real time learning. I started with Math as that seemed a bit easy to comprehend, little did I know!! I am now on my second year, and I am learning alot like basic neasures, and what fractions are. I just do not remember this stuff going to public school!! As a selftaught musician, rhythm was a big problem as what it all ment, but know that I understand what a 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 are, Ivam understanding rhythm much better! I still dont understand multplication and division well, bu we are touching on them and going through and reviewing concepts at differant parts in the verius books is helpful. All in God's time! I thank my God, that I can learn properly the things that mater. Thank you for sharing!

[@aebialka]

Hi Sherry, my 3rd grader was just diagnosed with dyslexia and adhd. Very reluctant writer. Would you still recommend the McGuffey readers or more of the Orton Gillingham approach? Thank you for all you do. I enjoy your content!

[@MomDelights]

Actually, my daughter (who has appeared here on my channel) has a few dyslexic children and has been looking into being an Orton-Gillingham tutor. From what she has told me, my free reading program goes well with that approach, and the McG's dovetails nicely with both, since it is so logical and emphasizes the basic phonics principles and repeats them over and over.

[@anggonz9503]

Delightful Learning is a good title too ☺️

[@MomDelights]

Yes, it really is! Thank you for the suggestion :)

[@miluskahakkel886]

Hi Sherry, We speak Czech/english/ Spanish in our home…I have the McGuffeys readers and I am planning on using them for my K level…can you tell me the name of the devotional/Bible you have in Czech? ❤ Thank you ❤

[@MomDelights]

Dobře, výborně! I would like to practice my Czech with you. Ta knihu se znamená "Bible v Obrázcích Pro Malé Děti."

[@StephanieMT]

there is a pioneer village near me in indiana and they take kids to the school house and give them a lesson out of these books. havent made it up there yet though

[@MomDelights]

I think I've heard of that. There are actually private schools that use the McG's.

[@Jss766]

I want to use mcguffy readers for a child who knows his letters, letter sounds, etc. Were ready for blends and small words. However he is too young and not ready to write. Will this work verbally only?

[@sheilamaree]

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