Since I have a struggling reader, I am always looking for tools to assist her achieve Ooka Island is not…
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Phonics
K5 Learning
To be honest, when I was approached about writing a review for K5 Learning, I was going to pass. We…
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Explode the Code Review
Explode the Code is a phonics based program I consider invaluable in helping my daughter learn to read. The series starts with three pre-literacy primers then progresses to a series of 8 books for children grades 1-4. A Curriculum Choice Review
Primary Arts of Language: Writing
This review is Part 2. If you haven’t already read my review of Primary Arts of Language: Reading, please do…
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Primary Arts of Language: Reading
Wow. What a curriculum! Primary Arts of Language: Reading by Jill Pike of Excellence in Writing has put together a…
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The Ordinary Parent’s Guide To Teaching Reading
This school year I am teaching my 5 year old, Evan, to read. In my short two years as a…
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Train up a Child Publishing
Train up a Child Publishing is literature based Charlotte Mason approach to homeschooling using the Bible and great children’s literature to teach Bible, History/Reading, Science, Language Arts, and Fine Arts together in one educational plan. A review from The Curriculum Choice.
Beginning Readers from All About Reading
My beginning readers are children who have been raised on a wide variety of literature, from Dora the Explorer books…
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Slow and Steady Get Me Ready
Today, after three-year-old finished her page from Color, Count and Cut, we pulled from our Slow and Steady, Get Me…
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Spelling is a Zoo!
Ever since my daughter was in Kindergarten she has struggled with spelling. We had a few good years due to…
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All About Spelling
Spelling is one subject I’ve never enjoyed teaching. (And my son has never enjoyed learning.) This is probably because I’ve…
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Letter of the Week Curriculum Review
I have to admit that I am not able to be creative every minute of every day. I just do…
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