I signed up for a local Meetup.com home school group in my area. They arranged a field trip at a local fire station. We met up at 10:00 am- our group contained mostly younger aged children- my daughter was the oldest at seven years. There were about 18-20 kids in all and around 8-10 adults.
The [...]
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Read-Aloud will be launching it’s new website soon. It will offer free drawings, videos, book clubs and other great resources for getting your children to read and for home educators.
Look for it coming soon! Send an email to launch@read-aloud.org and we’ll let you know as soon as it’s launched, as well enter you in our [...]
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Raise Money and Kids’ Reading Levels!
The Usborne Reading Is A Gift book fair program was developed by Usborne Books to encourage reading and at the same time, raise money and/or free books for your school or organization. We understand the needs and challenges faced by organizations trying to raise funds so we’ve [...]
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We live in an amazing age of technology. Never before have we had so much information available at our fingertips (literally). We have the convenience of cell phones, laptops, video phones, instant messaging, texting, iPhones, email and more. If you ever have a question about anything you can Google it, and if you want to [...]
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Make a love of reading be your most important education goal for your children. Children who love to read will excel in everything they do
Show your children that you value reading, don’t just tell them. Let them see you reading
Make reading a daily activity
Take outings to the bookstore
Give books as gifts
Always have time to read [...]
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Reading is wonderful because it introduces your children to ideas, experiences and concepts that they might not get otherwise. It provides fuel for the imagination and the seeds of new ideas.
My children have rarely been to the doctor, except for a couple of emergency room visits. As a result, they seldom, if ever, play doctor. [...]
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The best way to learn is to create a fun environment in which the individual is interested in what is happening. This can be applied to any subject- make it fun, and your kids will be interested and will learn faster and easier.
There are so many tools available to us today to assist in guiding [...]
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Spelling Ideas and Lesson Plans
Spark Interest in Spelling
Spelling Ideas!
Word Find
Create Your Own Spelling Lists or Game
Play Games or Create Lists
Teach Spelling as a “Word Study” instead of unrelated words
Books
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