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Category Archives: Phonics
Curriculum Review: Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
We finished another curriculum! Sort of. I guess technically we didn’t finish. I decided to quit after we reached about lesson 80. Alex no longer needed the instruction of this book and is reading on his own. Mission accomplished. … Continue reading
FREE Funnix Download Now Through February 16th!
I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that Funnix is offering their phonics program as a free download right now through February 16th, 2012. I have been using this program with Alex and we just began Funnix 2. … Continue reading
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Making Lessons Active
Anyone out there with boys (of which I will soon have three!) knows how much energy they have. Their bodies are a constant blur of motion. Sitting down to do schoolwork for more than twenty minutes at a time can … Continue reading
Free Phonics Resource for Sight Word Fluency
A few weeks ago, I stumbled across these phonics resources from The Positive Engagement Project. The program that I have been using is called Flash Fluency 10-10-10. Flash Fluency 10-10-10 10 Tests. 10 Minutes or less. 10 Mistakes or less. … Continue reading
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What’s In The Box Wednesday: Kindergarten
I can’t believe that we are already halfway through Kindergarten! I have enjoyed this homeschool thing so far. The boys seem happy, too. Here is a look at our Wednesday: 1. Handwriting – Alex already completed his capital letter O … Continue reading
Pin ItWhat’s In The Box Wednesday: Kindergarten
Here is a closer look at our super simple day. And I apologize for the terrible photos. I am going to have to stop taking photos of these items inside the drawers. The lighting is atrocious. 1. Phonics (Beginning ‘R’ … Continue reading
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What’s In The Box Wednesday: Kindergarten
It has been a few weeks since I gave everyone a peek at Alex’s workboxes, so here they are. Not too much has changed curriculum wise, but I will be making some phonics changes in the next couple of weeks. … Continue reading
What’s in the Box Wednesday: Kindergarten
If any workbox families out there have any brilliant ideas about how to keep toddlers from digging through the older children’s boxes, I would much appreciate the advice. Distraction isn’t working. Here were Alex’s boxes last Wednesday before Ryan got … Continue reading
What’s in the Box Wednesday: Kindergarten
Here is a look at Alex’s workboxes one day last week. He still loves them. Beginning from the top left, going across, then the second row from the left: 1. A word family sorting game from The Moffatt Girls Ready2Read … Continue reading
