Sam Blumenfeld

The Man Behind Blumenfeld’s Alpha-Phonics

Samuel L. Blumenfeld is one of the world’s leading authorities on the teaching of reading. He has spent the last 30 years writing on American education and has lectured and held seminars in all 50 states as well as in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. He is the author of The New Illiterates, How to Tutor, The Victims of Dick and Jane, Homeschooling, A Parents Guide To Teaching Children, and other books on education. His articles have appeared in many publications, and he has been a guest on hundreds of radio and television talk shows. He is the Massachusetts chairman of the Reading Reform Foundation.

In 1983, Blumenfeld created his phonetic reading program, Alpha-Phonics, which has achieved enormous popularity among homeschoolers in the United States and abroad. His simple, logical, no-nonsense method has taught thousands of children and adults to become great readers.