One early elementary goal we have is to help our kids enjoy reading and have early success reading independently. One of the main tools I have used is All About Reading. {You can read my first review here.} This week my daughter will finish All About Reading Level 1. (She doesn’t know it, but Level […]
Chunk that Word! Reading Decoding Game
My oldest son (currently 1st grade) had been reading along so well. We had studied short vowel patterns, blends, digraphs, bossy r patterns, and some long vowel patterns. Then he hit a little road block. Many of his independent reading books began introducing multisyllabic words and he simply froze. Because the words were longer, they […]
Dyslexia Tutoring with Lexercise
My daughter has been receiving dyslexia treatment with Lexercise for over 5 months now, so I thought I’d share how things are going with this program. Our first step in the whole process was to see if she even had a problem. I wrote about the beginning of our journey here: Screening for Dyslexia. After […]
Learning to Read
We started All About Reading Level 1 several months ago with 5yr. old dd. She knew all her letter names and sounds, so this was the next step for her. After a couple lessons though, we put it aside for awhile because she just wasn’t ready to continue. She was having some difficulty understanding how […]
Organizing with a Bag
This year I’ve had a hard time keeping up with school curriculum, lesson plans, and materials for my 6 children. I love organizing things, but for some reason I could not get certain subjects and their materials under control. Then my mom got an organizing tote from Thirty-One Gifts and my organizational wheels started turning. […]
