The boys recently completed a Creative Writing Workshop and published their finished product on StoryJumper, a free site where children
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Language Arts
Children’s Book Week 2013
I’m over at the Homeschool Classroom this week with a post on: How to Celebrate Children’s Book Week May
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5 Free Online Reading Resources
Progressive Phonics is a FREE all-in-one reading program. Registration is required. Users download the books (which can be printed or
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Celebrate Dr. Seuss with Seussville website
Dr. Seuss’ Seussville.com is a colorful and entertaining website for Seuss Fans of all ages. Interesting sections of the website
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Reading Reflex: the resource that helped my reluctant reader
Pumpkin has had all the skills necessary for reading for the past 1 1/2 years…but she hasn’t wanted to learn
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Magic Treehouse Mission Game Reward Codes
If your children enjoy the Magic Treehouse Series be sure to check out the website for additional activities such as:
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Review: Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel
I’ve recently started to embrace sharing audio books with my children. Although I will always be a fan of reading
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4 Resources for Encouraging Readers
Trying to find something to motivate and encourage your beginner or reluctant reader? Here are 4 online resources that you
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Cutie Pie is very excited to have her own special school time with Mom and is really enjoying her preschool
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Magice Tree House Study
We’ve started on the Magic Tree House series and the boys are really enjoying it. The first thing we did
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A writing adventure using 13 words
Lemony Snicket, author of: A series of unfortunate events, has a new book out: 13 words. If you aren’t familiar
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Dolch Sight Word testing
This week I decided to test the boys on the Dolch sight word list. While there are many different ways
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The Journaling continues
The boys write in their journals every day. I don’t always check what they’ve written each day. Sometimes days may
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A Gratitude Journal: Language Arts, writing and more
I view the home education of my children as a lifestyle choice. It is not a job that I hold
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Our favorite subjects in a word search
Word search has become a favorite game with the kids lately so I decided to make this online word search
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Reading Across the Continents: Africa
November 15-21st marks National Geography Awareness week. Interestingly enough our homeschool group started our geography co-op on the continents this
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