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By Alessa|2020-05-27T15:40:19-04:00May 25th, 2020|Categories: Reading|Tags: guided reading level, lexile|
Matching Book Levels to Reading Ability Finding appropriately challenging books for children to read can be, well, a challenge. Because reading levels are measured in different ways, you'll find that the same book may be classified for Read more...
By Alessa|2020-05-27T15:00:33-04:00May 25th, 2020|Categories: Reading, Special Education|Tags: comprehension, DRA reading level, fluency, guided reading level, iReady, lexile, reading level|
As children learn to read, it is important to provide them with optimally challenging reading material. Books that are too hard will cause a child to give up because they can't read the words or understand the sentences. Give Read more...
By Alessa|2020-05-21T15:33:43-04:00May 21st, 2020|Categories: Math, Starting, Testing|Tags: placement test|
Using free online math placement tests can help families pick the best grade level material for their child. [Jump below for a list of free math placement tests from some of the top homeschool math curriculum available.] Print-Out Read more...
By Dr. Sharon Summers|2020-04-20T13:57:03-04:00April 20th, 2020|Categories: Reading, Special Education|Tags: convergence insufficiency, reading disability, vision therapy|
Some students who experience reading problems do not have a learning disability. Instead, the muscles in their eyes do not focus well when they are reading things up close. These students may have 20-20 vision but still complain Read more...
By Alessa|2020-04-20T13:41:30-04:00April 20th, 2020|Categories: Teaching|Tags: kindergarten, scope and sequence|
By Alessa|2020-05-07T10:06:36-04:00April 19th, 2020|Categories: Psychology|Tags: teaching with movies|
Whether you want to bring your psychology curriculum alive with movies that explore essential concepts - OR - you just want to talk more deeply with your kids about the movies they love to watch, then we've got a Read more...
By Alessa|2020-04-19T21:19:25-04:00April 19th, 2020|Categories: Math, Special Education|Tags: algebra|
To teach Algebra 1 or not. It's been a long debate in the homeschool community about whether our kids must take Algebra at some point during their high school years. Parents can find ample advice online insisting that homeschoolers do not have to Read more...
By Dr. Sharon Summers|2020-04-19T17:04:05-04:00April 19th, 2020|Categories: Reading, Special Education|Tags: convergence insufficiency, dyslexia, reading disability, vision|
In a quest to find help with a child's reading problems, many parents turn to vision specialists for answers. Google vision problems and dyslexia and you'll find many a web page dedicated to telling you how vision therapy will Read more...
By Dr. Sharon Summers|2020-04-19T17:03:52-04:00April 19th, 2020|Categories: Reading, Special Education|Tags: convergence insufficiency, dyslexia, reading disability, vision|
Convergence Insufficiency is a vision problem that happens when a person's eyes don't focus correctly when they are looking at a book or another up-close item. The ability of both eyes to turn and work together is called binocular Read more...
By Alessa|2020-04-15T21:12:22-04:00April 15th, 2020|Categories: P.E. & Health|Tags: self-injury, social emotional needs|
Self-injury is the "deliberate, repetitive, impulsive, non-lethal harming of oneself". Self-injury can take the form of: Cutting Burning Punching one's self or objects Certain types of hair pulling Picking scab or interfering with healing Other types of harm to one's Read more...
