The different approaches to teaching reading: Your pre-reader is showing the signs and the interest in learning to read, so it’s time to start, right? There are two main approaches to reading: phonics and sight word. There is also a third approach which combines the two. I tend toward the third approach, with a little more emphasis on the phonics. First, let’s take a brief look at each. What is …
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School at Home
School at home – that’s self explanatory right?
Reading Readiness & Pre-Reading : 10 Days of How to Teach Your Child to Read
Ten Days of How to Teach Your Child to Read The one and only education class I took in college (before switching to a different major, which I also never finished) was a class about the fundamentals of reading. I remember thinking, “what’s the big deal? Is it really that hard to teach reading?” Fast forward a dozen years or so and I find myself teaching my own children to …
Homeschool Mother’s Journal ~ October 5, 2012
The week with the break that wasn’t all it cracked up to be… In my life this week… Monday began with our usual routine of a little extra house cleaning before beginning school, when suddenly I remembered: “Wait?? Is this a school break week??” Yes, yes it was! I immediately had all these hopes and expectations for all the house cleaning, bookkeeping and organizing that would get done. One of …