So now your children know how to read. Congratulations! That’s a major step, but does it mean that their reading instruction finished? Not at all, we’ve found. How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading teaches the average reader how to understand, analyze, and learn from books. It takes students beyond [...]
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Review: Short Vowel Phonics
Some children understand reading easily and quickly. Others struggle, needing a lot of support. Inevitably, parents of struggling readers look for helpful resources, but it?s surprising how little is available for those who truly need help. To fill this gap, Patricia J. Norton, a physician, mother of a struggling reader, and reading tutor created the [...]
Review: Time4Learning
As I mentioned earlier, we have been trying out Time4Learning free for a month in order to review it. Our month is finished, and all three of the children have learned a fair bit. They also have some strong opinions to share. Summary Time4Learning is an interactive online learning package for Preschool to Grade 8. [...]
Homeschool Crew Review: Ideal Curriculum Preschool Kit
Learning happens. It need not be formalized and organized at an early age. If loving parents read to their child, spend time outside together, encourage him to help in the kitchen and yard, take him along on errands, and just generally live alongside their child, he will develop optimally and at his own pace, [...]
Homeschool Crew Review of a Phonetic Reader: What Am I?
What Am I? A Collection of Short Stories is a beautifully illustrated phonetic reader and the third TOS Homeschool Crew product we received from Marie Rippel. Earlier we looked at the Beehive Reader 1 (now called Cobweb the Cat), and All About Spelling: Levels One and Two. What Am I? is the second reader [...]
Homeschool Crew Review: Beehive Reader 1
When I opened the package containing All About Spelling’s Beehive Reader 1, I was so surprised. This is a real book, beautifully hardbound with over 150 pages of creamy thick paper and lovely illustrations. Despite the fact the Beehive Reader 1 is a first phonetic reader, the stories are remarkably interesting. ‘At the Pond’ [...]
Homeschool Crew Review: Homeschool Library Builder
As a member of the Homeschool Review Crew I’ve been asked to tell you about Homeschool Library Builder. Fill Your Bookshelves without Emptying Your Wallet. This is the motto of an online bookstore run by two homeschool moms. Julie and Gayla wish to help you find excellent literature to stock your library, educate [...]
