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Tag Archives: reading instruction
Why We Stayed with Classical Education and the Classical Conversations Homeschool Community
The reasons we started attending a Classical Conversations homeschool group sometimes make me want to laugh because our joining seems almost haphazard and accidental! (I wrote about hwy we joined in Why We Chose the Classical Conversations Homeschool Community.) But the … Continue reading
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Tagged CC, challenge, Classical Conversations, co-op, essentials, home school, homeschool, reading instruction
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Why I Chose the Classical Conversations Homeschool Community for My Little Boys
Why do people choose Classical Conversations—at the overwhelming rate at which they have? (125,000 students!) I can’t answer the whole of that question, but I can for my small family. The reason I chose it for my kids is … Continue reading
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Tagged Classical Conversations, co-op, homeschool, reading instruction
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Why I Continue to Homeschool
As I mentioned in 8 Reasons Why I Started Homeschooling, my choice to homeschool began as a temporary thing. I planned to do it for 2-3 years. But here I am, going into year 8. THIS was not the plan; … Continue reading
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Tagged challenge, classical, Classical Conversations, essentials, foundations, gifted, home school, homeschool, reading instruction
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8 Reasons Why I Started Homeschooling
I’ve been thinking about this post for years. I read others’ posts on this topic a lot. It’s always interesting. I am entering my eighth year of homeschooling; I now have three pupils, and each has always been homeschooled. But … Continue reading
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Tagged boys, Classical Conversations, homeschool, kindergarten age, reading, reading instruction
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Review: Phonics Museum Reading Program
Confession: I looked into the Phonics Museum curriculum, originally, because of its theme. Not because it was classical ( a very specific philosophy of education I did not espouse at the time). Not because it was made by Veritas Press … Continue reading
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Tagged classical, corpus callosum, curriculum, history, phonics, Phonics Museum, primers, reading age, reading instruction, review, veritas press
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A Late Reader a Gifted Reader?
Why does our culture think “earlier equals better” or “earlier equals smarter” when it comes to kids reaching milestones? Do we really think that babies who walk at 10 months are smarter than babies who walk at 14 months? Does … Continue reading
Personalized Theme Alphabet for Preschool/K
About assigning pictures/objects to a letter for its sound: it’s much more effective to have that object form the letter shape. Arrows make A, a dragon makes the D shape, etc. The image making the shape reinforces the their acquisition of the alphabet and phonics in the way kids’ brains naturally process information. Continue reading
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Tagged alphabet, alphabet art project, homeschool, kindergarten, phonics, preschool, reading, reading instruction
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