by Kandis | Oct 2, 2024 | Blog Posts, Learn, Middle School, Reading Comprehension, Think, Upper Elementary, Younger Elementary
Learning individual comprehension strategies like visualizing, schema, questioning, inferring, summarizing, predicting, connections and judgments is a great start. Unfortunately, having the ability to use each strategy in isolation not enough. Isolated strategy use is...
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 | 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...
by Kandis | Aug 9, 2024 | Become, Blog Posts, Do, Learn, New to Homeschooling, Not Yet School Age, Reading Comprehension, Think, Upper Elementary, Younger Elementary
One of the scariest thoughts parents have is “Where do I start?” Every parent asks this question what I have to imagine is thousands of times before their child is grown. Where do I start to teach him to sleep? Where do I start to help her learn good...
by Kandis | Aug 8, 2024 | Blog Posts, Do, Get Organized, Know, Learn, New to Homeschooling, Think, Upper Elementary, Values & Beliefs, Younger Elementary
Time. We all only have 24 hours in a day. No matter how long our to do list is or the number of people we need to care for or teach, our minutes are limited. You would be hard pressed to find someone who would tell you that time isn’t precious. BUT do we live...
by Kandis | Jul 30, 2024 | Become, Blog Posts, Learn, New to Homeschooling, Reading Comprehension, Upper Elementary, Values & Beliefs, Younger Elementary
There’s no doubt that it is an exciting day when a child first begins to read words aloud. As a parent, your heart swells with pride and you realize that doors of learning and entertainment are swinging wide open. What many don’t realize though is that...
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