by Kandis | Sep 24, 2024 | Blog Posts, Middle School, Reading Comprehension, Think, Upper Elementary, Younger Elementary
People often wonder why I insist that young readers learn to visualize – aka pay attention to their mind’s eye – since the books they read already have pictures in them. While it is true that most children’s books already have pictures, that...
by Kandis | Sep 18, 2024 | Blog Posts, Do, Learn, Middle School, Reading Comprehension, Think, Upper Elementary, Younger Elementary
Read the following words and then close your eyes for a moment. Quietly the child walked hand in hand with her grandmother down the seashore. There was no need for words – the crashing waves and squawking seabirds were carrying the conversation. This would be...
by Kandis | Sep 13, 2024 | Blog Posts, Do, Playful Homescholing, Reading Comprehension, Think, Upper Elementary, Younger Elementary
Learning to access your schema – what you already know – about something is an important skill to a thoughtful reader. To thoughtfully read something, you must compare what is in your current schema file about a subject to what is being communicated by the...
by Kandis | Sep 4, 2024 | Blog Posts, Know, Middle School, Reading Comprehension, Think, Upper Elementary, Younger Elementary
You and your child are now noticing when you are thinking as you read! That’s great! Happy Dance!!! I wish that I could say that was all you needed to do to raise a thoughtful reader. But, if we stop here, we are setting our kids up to miss out on a whole lot of...
by Kandis | Aug 30, 2024 | Blog Posts, Do, Middle School, Playful Homescholing, Upper Elementary, Younger Elementary
The science curriculum that we prefer has a million experiments, projects and “Try This” sections embedded into the textbook. This is part of what we love about it. It is also what has made me lazy. I love science and the doors it opens for exploration,...
by Kandis | Aug 28, 2024 | Blog Posts, Do, Learn, New to Homeschooling, Reading Comprehension, Think, Upper Elementary, Values & Beliefs, Younger Elementary
I don’t know about your family but our family was enthralled with the Olympics this summer. We watched bits and pieces of countless events. Everything from surfing to ping pong, high jump to water polo and all the things in between. One part we didn’t...
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