Explode The Code

Explode The Code   When I was teaching my children to read I did find a little gem to help reinforce their phonics skills.  It was Explode The Code! These books were a surprise to me! Mostly because my children hate workbook type of learning. Whenever I have tried workbooks with my children it had been
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Co-ops; To Join or Not is the Question!

    Co-ops, are they a good fit for your homeschool? Is it worth the time? Is it worth the money? Do my kids benefit from them? Will they enjoy it? Will they learn anything? These are all good questions we ask ourselves when we consider to join a co-op or not.   First, for
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Character Building for Families

Character Building For Families   Here is a typical scenario in my house: One of my sons decides he wants to make “shooting sounds” with his mouth while he is drawing his civil war scene. My youngest daughter who is also at the table drawing gets annoyed with her brother and starts to tell him he needs to stop
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The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading

The Ordinary Parent’s Guide to Teaching Reading   As homeschool moms we will have to consider how we will teach our children to read. Teaching our little ones to read may seem intimidating to many of us. Many of us will read all kinds of theories on how to teach phonics. I also made this journey as a homeschool mom and yes,
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Handwriting Without Tears

Handwriting Without Tears:   “My Printing Book” “Printing Power” “Cursive Handwriting” “Cursive Success” “Can-do-Cursive”   Handwriting Without Tears is a handwriting program created by an occupational therapist. It is a 30 year program with proven success for thousands of students.   We started using HWT right from the beginning of when we started homeschooling. It has proven
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Teaching Textbooks

Teaching Textbooks: Math can be your friend too!   Math is the one subject that can make my children cry in my house! To tell the truth it is the subject that I least enjoy teaching. When one of my sons started having trouble in math I started shopping around for a new math program. I was looking for a program
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