What do all of these Spalding Method curriculum titles have in common? The Writing Road to Reading by Romalda Spalding Teaching Reading at Home (or) Spell to Write and Read (and companion WISE Guide for Spelling) by Wanda Sanseri Phonics for Reading and Spelling by Bonnie Dettmer Spelling and Reading with Riggs by the Riggs […]
Curriculum decisions (part two)
A real quick rundown of my plans for 7th grade: Math: Teaching Textbooks Math 7 (DVDs, textbook & solutions manual) English: Write Source 2000 Handbook & SourceBook or Skillsbook 7 (not sure which is best to go with); Total Language Plus literature units (titles undecided) History: BJU World Studies text Keyboarding: Typing Tutor 10 CDrom […]
Curriculum decisions (part one)
Okay, so curriculum isn’t my FIRST concern, but it’s right up there. As my husband and I have been talking, we realized that our 14yo daughter (who is attending 8th grade in public school this year–her first year of school) is NOT ready for high school. This was her first year of public school (other […]
Strange reactions to “Yes, we homeschool our kids.”
What are some of the strangest reactions you have gotten when you tell someone that you homeschool? There are always the common “Oh, I could never do that.” or “You must be SO patient!”. So tell us, what did the person/people say, who were they (your parents, the grocery store cashier, neighbor, etc.)? Please share! […]
He’s Reading!
D1 and I have been pretty faithfully working on his phonogram cards. He just finished List A in The WISE Guide for Spelling. We spent about three weeks on List A, doing half (10 words) at a time and working at it until he had the words completely. I pulled out our Christian Liberty Phonics […]