Children's University

About Children's U.com

Children's U.Com was founded by Dr. Stephen Guffanti to create K through 12 curriculum that teaches three times faster than what is standard. Our first product is Rocket Phonics.

Stephen Guffanti, a medical doctor, and his wife Maureen, a former English teacher, developed Rocket Phonics after teaching their daughter, Stephanie, to read. Home schooling parents, the Guffantis recognized problems with ordinary phonics. For instance, there was "o" as in "no"; "o" as in "not"; "o" as in "to", and "o" as in "of". Rocket Phonics eliminates the confusion in learning to read.

Besides the confusion other methods created, the Guffantis found their content to be  "dumbed down". Many books cover this subject. (The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America by Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt and Dumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto are two.) The Guffantis didn't want to write another analysis of the problem; they wanted to do something about it. The Guffantis wrote Rocket Phonics for their daughter Stephanie – and for parents like yourselves.

Here's what the Guffantis have to say:

"We lavished quality into this book. While many of our competitors use only 300 of the most common words, we put in 600. While others give you one or two grade levels in a book, we put in seven. The values of our culture are found in works such as Aesop's Fables, which we have treasured for centuries. We put in classic children's stories from Aesop's Fables to Cinderella to help our children understand the fabric of our culture. And we include much, much more.

"While our first edition met with resounding educational success, we went back to the parents who used it to ask how we could improve it. After listening to their suggestions we developed and tested a second and this, our third edition, so that you will have a program that is easy to use and gets the results all children deserve. From our family to yours, we hope you enjoy Rocket Phonics."

We welcome your comments.