Since beginning home schooling with my youngest daughter, I’ve learned what a vital role phonics plays. Sometimes, worksheets and early readers become rote and boring. In looking for resources for practicing phonics concepts, I came across a handful of free resources online. 1. vocabulary.co.il This extensive site can be used from preschool all the way to [...]
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Our family was recently able to try a fun product called The Trip Clip during our long drive home from Florida (after our December Florida adventure). It seemed like kismet when when Molly from The Trip Clip contacted me about advertising and this giveaway right as we were starting to gear up for our 13 [...]
Back in January, I found the Funnix Phonics Program, which we love. I was thrilled to find that Funnix also has a brand new beginning math program for preschoolers, called Funnix Beginning Math. Divided into 100 computerized lessons, skills covered include counting, regular addition, and regular subtraction as well as algebra addition and subtraction. The [...]
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When people ask me where to start with homeschooling little ones, I always recommend Rod & Staff preschool/kindergarten books. It’s where I have been starting for 9 years now! In fact, it is THE ONE piece of curriculum that has stayed constant in all my homeschooling years. That, my friends, is a big deal! So, [...]
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The thought of teaching three small children to read fills me with trepidation. I’ve worked on letter recognition with my youngest daughter (almost 5), but didn’t know how to proceed from there. Luckily, I’ve found a program that works for us. I found Funnix through one of the hundreds of frugal blogs that I read. [...]
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In my corner of the homeschooling world, February seems to be the month when everyone begins planning for the next year. Our support group’s e-mail group is abuzz with “what should I use for __________ next year?” As the resident grammar fanatic, I enjoy participating in any discussion about language arts. Contrary to expectations, my [...]
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