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By Alessa|2020-07-12T18:58:40-04:00April 13th, 2020|Categories: Teaching|Tags: art, gym, health, music, p.e., physical education, specials|
Physical Education and Health The inside joke about homeschool PE and Health is that you cover it everyday when your child rides their bike and washes their hands. But, is there more you should be Read more...
By Alessa|2020-07-13T14:12:47-04:00April 13th, 2020|Categories: Math, Starting, Teaching|Tags: math|
Overview of Math Skills & Curriculum Unlike early reading instruction, early elementary math skills do not necessarily need to follow a specific sequence. Find out more about teaching your children addition to algebra. Read more...
By Alessa|2020-05-25T14:21:30-04:00April 13th, 2020|Categories: Reading, Starting, Teaching|
Essential Reading Skills Reading IS fundamental. So, how do you teach your child the most important homeschool subject? Let's start with the first 2 stages of the reading process: Phonological processing and phonics. Read more...
By Alessa|2020-08-21T12:23:52-04:00September 29th, 2019|Categories: Math|Tags: mastery math, spiral math|
You've read about the spiral versus mastery math debate. So, now the question is, which homeschool math curriculum uses what approach? SPIRAL MASTERY Bob Jones University Press Homeschool Math (Christian) Calvert Math Connections Academy, K-8 Math Read more...
By Alessa|2020-05-21T14:47:18-04:00September 29th, 2019|Categories: Math|Tags: mastery math, spiral math|
Math curriculum falls within two broad categories: spiral and mastery. A number of important differences exist in how math is taught by these two philosophical approaches. Understanding these differences, and knowing how well they may work for your child, Read more...
By Alessa|2023-09-03T09:25:21-04:00September 29th, 2019|Categories: Reading|Tags: comprehension, dyslexia, learning disability|
Many children easily master the basic reading process. They go from sounding out individual words to reading full sentences breathlessly. Some parents, however, discover that their child's reading comprehension doesn't quite match their reading level. The kiddo can read Read more...
By Alessa|2023-09-03T09:19:23-04:00September 29th, 2019|Categories: Reading|Tags: comprehension|
It can be discouraging, as a parent, to see a good reader struggle with reading comprehension. You can, however, take some 1-on-1 time to work at improving comprehension skills. Talking through comprehension questions with your child - after your Read more...
By Alessa|2023-09-29T14:06:05-04:00September 29th, 2019|Categories: Reading|Tags: comprehension, learning disability|
Reading Comprehension is the ability to easily and efficiently read text for meaning. It is the last step of the reading process taught to children, after they've acquired phonological processing skills and learned phonics, fluency, and vocabulary. Learn how Read more...
By Alessa|2019-09-28T22:56:18-04:00September 28th, 2019|Categories: Reading|Tags: fluency, silent reading rate|
Throughout the elementary years, we informally assess a child's reading ability by having them read out loud. As the child reads, we can listen for a number of indicators. For example: Does the child mispronounce specific letter combinations, like Read more...
By Alessa|2023-09-05T12:24:28-04:00September 28th, 2019|Categories: Reading|Tags: fluency, learning disability, miscues|
FUN FACT: Most good readers actually skip over about 30% of the words their eyes see on a page - yet they still come away with understanding what the text says. Decades of eye-tracking and reading ability studies tell Read more...
