The one thing I thought was scary about homeschooling was teaching my kids how to read. I taught first grade, and an entire class full of students how to read, and yet I still found the idea scary. Probably because learning how to read is so fundamental to everything we do. I … [Read more...]
How to schedule an All About Reading lesson
When the boys entered Kindergarten I spent hours researching the perfect reading curriculum, and then it failed horribly. Part of the way through their 1st grade year they came out with All About Reading 1, and it was love at first sight. There are a lot of components in All … [Read more...]
Let your kids be comfortable when reading
In honor of All About Reading Level 3 coming out today (that’s an affiliate link, and I may or may not have driven everyone crazy I know telling them it’s coming out today). I’m just a little excited. I wanted to share with you a post I’ve been gathering pictures for over 6 … [Read more...]
Teaching Reading to Multiple Kids
{This post contains affiliate links. See my full Disclosure statement for more information} Despite the fact that my boys are twins, my kids are at three different levels in reading. Superman is almost done with All About Reading 2 {affiliate link}, and his brother and … [Read more...]
Learning about Compound Words
Back when I was teaching 1st grade one of my favorite lessons was our compound word lesson. I found the most amazing book to teach on this and I’ve been waiting for my kids to be old enough I could share the book with them and they would get the humor. So when Batman reached … [Read more...]