Posted in Fun, games, Preschool, reading on Mar 3rd, 2013 No Comments »
Here’s an example of how we play with words to help our kids learn to read. This is a game Alex and I played yesterday. I’ve done something similar with all of the kids and it always works well and is fun. I wrote and illustrated 15 sets of words (drawings on blue, words on [...]
Posted in Middle school, Quotes, reading, Teens and high school on Oct 21st, 2012 No Comments »
“Writing notes in the margins of books is fine if it’s done neatly and beautifully–books should be handled with respect. Numbers, letters and underlining can be used to help spot points and to save the needless work of writing out notes. Let the student write out a half dozen questions about the passage studied. He [...]
Posted in reading, Teens and high school, Victoria on Aug 5th, 2012 1 Comment »
The new school year hasn’t started yet, but Victoria has already read two of the books on her 9th grade reading list and she loved them both. Read so far… Farenheit 451 Lord of the Flies Recommended reading for 9th graders is so chipper, isn’t it? She’s also been reading a ton of regular YA [...]
Posted in Anna, Book Recommendations, Goals, Middle school, reading on Jul 30th, 2012 2 Comments »
I’ve just started on a suggested reading list for Anna’s 7th grade year. Here’s what we have on it so far. Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgenson Understood Betsy, by Dorothy Canfield Fisher Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain Adam of the Road, By Elizabeth Janet Gray Across [...]
Posted in Book Recommendations, Goals, reading, Teens and high school, Victoria on Jul 10th, 2012 2 Comments »
We’ve finished up our 9th grade suggested reading list for Victoria for next year, with input from various friends online, web sites, my own suggestions and Victoria’s requests. She does not plan to read all of these, just a good portion. We’ll discuss them as she goes and she may write reviews for sites like [...]
Posted in Anna, Book Recommendations, Middle school, reading, Teens and high school, Victoria on Aug 18th, 2011 6 Comments »
I’m not doing much homeschool planning right now because the baby will be coming in early October (October 10th is the official date!) and I’m not naive enough to think I’m going to stick to a rigorous homeschool schedule with an impending birth or new baby. That said, I’m doing up some general goals for [...]
Posted in deep thoughts, reading on Jun 4th, 2011 9 Comments »
It’s summer time and summer reading program are springing up in every library, book store and web site. And my response is… meh. I have never been a fan of summer reading programs and my kids are pretty lackluster about them too. Some of the reasons: My kids love reading for the pure sake of [...]
Posted in Book Recommendations, Quotes, reading on Jan 12th, 2011 2 Comments »
Did you know… There are only forty-four sounds in the English language. And all of those forty-four sounds – every ending, blending, and diphthong – can be found in Goodnight Moon and Make Way for Ducklings and Charlotte’s Web. -The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease (Incidentally, The Read-Aloud Handboook is book I loved so much [...]
Posted in geography, Grammar, history, Links, math, reading, science on May 25th, 2010 No Comments »
This: Victoria found this article about albino animals. It’s pretty neat to look at with the kids! I’m not sure it’s all the best scientific information, but it’s a fantastic springboard to find out more. She’s also taught me some fancy word for an animal that seems albino but isn’t, but I’ve forgotten (I have [...]
Posted in art, cool sites, Daily log, Fun, math, pictures, reading, Victoria on Mar 19th, 2010 5 Comments »
Here’s a bit of what we’ve been up to… 1. We celebrated Pi Day with crafts, activities and foods. I know it’s been a few days but I never shared the pictures so I wanted to put some up. 2. We started logging our books for the 100 books a month challenge. Here’s page one. [...]
