Simple Living, Homeschooling, Faith, Homemaking, & Books
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I attempted to do a wall timeline with Caroline a number of years ago. For a variety of reasons, it did not work for her. I think part of it was her age, part of it was her learning challenges, and part of it was the layout. However, I believe a timeline can be a very valuable tool for relaxed homeschoolers which is why I was excited to have the …
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There are two broad camps regarding teaching children to read - whole language and phonics. When I went through my teacher education program, I was exposed to both teaching phonics and using whole language, but whole language was definitely the thing. If you aren't familiar with the term, whole language means that children learn words as whole …
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Caroline is a visual learner and she is not an avid chapter book reader (yet!). Like most visual learners, she enjoys color, engaging comics, photos, and strong graphics. Those of us who parent children like this often find it challenging to keep them supplied with reading material that is age appropriate, contains quality content, and also …
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This year my curriculum post is going to be a bit different. (You can see my past ones here, here, here and here.) I'm writing about homeschooling a gifted/2e visual-spatial learner. Kind of specific, don't you think? And yet that is the world that we live in at our home. :-) We've undergone a significant shift in our homeschooling philosophy …
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I freely admit that I was skeptical about the value of Minecraft. Part of that was my own inherent bias since I've never been inclined to play video games. But after reading more about it, we decided to load the Minecraft - Pocket Edition onto our Kindle to see if Caroline would enjoy it. (She was seven and a half at the time and is now almost …
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Congratulations! You have a right-brained child! You have one of those wonderfully creative children who learns differently and looks at the world differently. If you are a right-brained person, then you already have some idea of what life is like for your child. If you are left-brained, you may feel completely bewildered about what to do with …
