04 January 2010 ~ 12 Comments

Reading And Not Reading

Reading And Not Reading

When Evan first started learning to read we did word lists and rhyming word book. He loved it, it was fun, and it helped. After a while though, it became a hindrance. He didn’t want to do the books, the lists of words bugged him, and he showed this by purposely reading simple things wrong [...]

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02 November 2009 ~ 2 Comments

November Is Family Literacy Month

November Is Family Literacy Month

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I remember being little and having my own big book of children’s stories. It was a mixed lot stuff, from classic stories to newer ones. I fell in love with Richard Scarry in that book, everything he wrote seemed to be made of magic. I was lucky that I had family members [...]

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14 July 2009 ~ 3 Comments

Reading Together

Last week Dearest came home with a box of books for Evan. He had stopped at a music/book shop after work and found the Reading Together: Green Box Level 4 on sale, so he thought he would bring it home and see what Evan thought.
There are six books in the box: 1 funny rhyming book, [...]

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25 February 2009 ~ 6 Comments

5 Books That Influenced Me To Homeschool

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Since it’s a common known fact that I’m a book worm and that my used book love knows no bounds I wanted to share a few of my favorites. The books that have a special place on the shelves and that I turn to over and over again. I’ve been emailing back [...]

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