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Recommendations and reviews of books, reading activities, and curricula for homeschooled children.
Is your kindergartener ready to read? Are you preparing to teach reading to your kindergartener and wondering what to do? Grab a cup of coffee and settle in – I’m going to share with you what we do for reading in our kindergarten homeschool. Before homeschooling, I taught reading in a school for children with…
How to Teach Reading Reading is one of the most important skills that a person can have. This post is all about what reading skills are important to target, particularly if you are homeschooling your child. Disclaimer: This post includes affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases at…
Homeschool Kindergarten: Plans for 2018-19 It’s an exciting time in our household as we leave preschool behind, shifting into the next phase of our homeschooling: homeschool kindergarten! A few factors came together to produce this change: My son turned five at the beginning of the summer. So the people who’ve been asking us since Age…
Homeschool Reading: The Preschool Years Should I be teaching reading in my homeschool preschool, you ask? And how? This is Part 2, which delves into my recommendations for the best books, apps and games for emergent readers like your preschooler and mine. If you haven’t seen Part 1, it’s here. I explain my philosophy of reading and…
Homeschool Preschool: Reading Got a preschooler at home? Wondering whether to start doing phonics or sight words? Waiting to click “Add to cart” on those early readers and workbooks? Or maybe you’re worried about pushing too much, causing your child to hate reading forever? Should I be teaching reading in my homeschool preschool, you ask? Read…