tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80740997062386300212012-01-11T09:48:31.644-05:00Sharing the resources and methods that have built a "love of learning" in my children.Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12161734643160107684noreply@blogger.comBlogger491100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074099706238630021.post-19129018686344025352009-11-24T18:04:00.003-05:002009-11-24T19:11:54.697-05:00

I often recommend "none" when asked for a Latin program recommendation for the elementary years. I think the best use of the time spent on Latin in the K-6 years is to memorize all of the basic information that will need to be learned in a high school program. In keeping with the classical education model, this means that students are learning the grammar that they will need to become dialectic

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We desire, as do most other homeschoolers, to raise children that want to continue learning throughout their life. I have seen various methods proposed for achieving this, and I want to share what seems to be working in our home. I do only have children twleve and under, but given that free time here is happily spent in creating tricky math problems for each other, reading, or discussing history

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Writing and reading are closely related and, some would say, inseparable. Better writers tend to be better readers, and better readers produce better writing. (from the National Writing Project)I have often rejected the premise, repeated often in homeschooling circles, that all a child needs to do to learn how to write well is to read many books. It is simply not true. However, in addition to

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Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. ~~Sir Francis BaconThe difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug. ~~Mark TwainIf you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing. ~~Benjamin FranklinLearn as much by writing as by

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An effective family read-aloud should increase family ties. It should give the opportunity for a deep discussion, or it should launch silly "in jokes" that provide many giggles together. Here are books that can fill this need, in order of my own personal preference:The Pilgrim's ProgressThe Swiss Family RobinsonThe Lion, the Witch, and the WardrobeLittle House in the Big WoodsThe

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Some of our favorite family games:Scrabble - Scrabble is long division practice: first you multiply, then you add. Striving to work the numbers over in our heads to figure out what we need to roll to win is the big contest here.Boggle - This is the favorite at our house. It's the game that never really gets put away, because someone is almost always playing it. My almost-6 yr-old learns to create

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Veritas Press has recently added summer book lists to their site. They contain the books already featured in their catalog, but in list format.K-2 List3-6 List7-12 List

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Any of the following books which have not been read by this time:The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnThe Adventures of Tom SawyerAnimal FarmAround the World in Eighty DaysBlack BeautyThe Call of the WildA Christmas CarolThe Chronicles of Narnia seriesFahrenheit 451Great ExpectationsGulliver's TravelsThe HobbitJohnny TremainKidnappedLittle WomenOld YellerOliver TwistPeter PanThe Prince and the

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At the CiRCE blog, the conversation about Deconstructing Penguins has continued. I am humbled by Andrew Kern's kind words for homeschool moms and encouraged by yet another author who shares one of my passions and writes on it more proficiently than I do. (There's a reason I steal away bits of my book budget to buy CiRCE conference CDs.) If you want to be inspired to read quality literature aloud

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I recently asked around for links to free audio books and stories for children. I have sifted through them all to find the most useful:Free Classic Audio Books - several classics read aloud, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, Pilgrim's Progress, Treasure Island, Alice in Wonderland, The Wind in the Willows, The Secret Garden, Shakespeare's Sonnets, and HeidiHomeschool Radio

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[This post was originally a response to a question on practical ways to raise children who desire education, in response to my defense of a rigorous education not being difficult for children who have had an appreciation for it kindled in them. It goes without saying that the ultimate use of any education is to serve and enjoy the Lord.]In no particular order, thoughts on creating lifelong

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Friends have sometimes asked me where to start a home library. My attempt at a list of books, besides the Bible and Pilgrim's Progress, every family with children age 12 and under should own; not borrow, not read once, but actually have as a friend who lives in their home:The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-the-PoohAesop for ChildrenDaulaires Book of Greek MythsFavorite Poems Old and NewThe

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If your children (or you) are planning to read through the Bible starting in January, I found a helpful resource. At the bottom of the page are bookmarks to print out and place at four spots in your Bible. They contain a list of each day's readings to take you through Scripture in one year, reading from four different sections each day.

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Worthwhile books to keep a kindergartener busy at the table while mommy teaches older siblings...Helping Yourself workbook, part of the Pathway Readers series, includes cut and paste, writing, and alphabet skillsA-B-C Series of workbooks, by Rod & Staff publishersKumon workbooks, full-color and variedFine Motor FunThe Never-Bored Kid Book by Evan-MoorAlso, some online resources:Enchanted Learning

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I came across a recommendation for Deconstructing Penguins: Parents, Kids, and the Bond of Reading, and I was happy to find that our library carried it. If you have ever wanted a book that tells you how to have a conversation with your children about books, complete with word-for-word examples, this is it. It details the authors' experiences leading parent-child library book groups and shares the

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Glencoe Literature Library (good pdf guides, many high school level classics)Multnomah County Library (not many classics, very limited guides)Harper Children’s division (good guides, but few classics, Little House series guides which include activities and music)Mrs. Donn’s links (links to one or several guides for each book listed, many classic high school level books)SparkNotes (good guides for

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Just in time for Christmas shopping, I find that I am a November customer review contest winner over at Rainbow Resource Center! ("Angela H." for Horizons Phonics & Reading K.) Yippee!! We are still loving the phonics program, too, which is worth more than the prize.

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I've found a few great sites to help make Christmas more memorable. TeachingMom.com's Advent Calendar has a list of songs, crafts, games, books, art, and more for each day of Advent. This list of Holiday Etexts inlcudes many classic Christmas stories, available online. Many families enjoy creating a Jesse Tree, and I found this set of directions and patterns helpful (under "Jesse Tree Kit.")

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A few years back, I created a literature-rich introduction to art history. We studied 16 artists. I'm sharing it here, in case anyone is interested in a short-on-time-for-extras approach to building an appreciation for art in their children. I added activities from Discovering Great Artists or the back section of How to Teach Art to Children when we had time.

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My favorite books for teaching art in the elementary school years are:Discovering Great Artists by Maryann F. Kohl (also check out her book Preschool Art)How to Teach Art to Children by Evan-MoorDrawing with Children by Mona BrooksThe internet is also a great tool for art appreciation and instruction. Beginner's Curriculum has free art lessons online to teach elements of art, and Bright Ring

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I mentioned in another post that I created my own book report form for our homeschool. We use it for third and fourth grade. I finally have it available to share:Book Report Form The first page is the cover page of the report, with a space for an illustration of a title character or a favorite scene, and the second is directions for writing the report. After it is written, the report can be

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Aphthonius' Preliminary ExercisesAn outline of the Preliminary ExercisesSome ideas from the author of Classical WritingWriting Assessment Services: The ProgymnasmataSilva Rhetoricae: Progymnasmata

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The one subject I feel inadequate to teach is... home economics. A kind woman on a message board some years back recommended Training Our Daughters to be Keepers at Home for me to learn with before starting to teach my girls. I have come to really appreciate TOD-KAH. I have since added in more help from Polished Cornerstones, a Keepers of the Faith group, and Christian Light Education's Home

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Some reading comprehension strategies:aNarration (telling back what you have read or heard) - read more here aOutlining (especially for older students)aVocabulary preview (searching for unfamiliar words ahead of time and looking up their definition)aQuestions to answer while reading (be alert for questions to predetermined questions while reading) - for example aMany more ideas here, here, here,

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We are three weeks into our new school year, so I just finished planning it all out a few weeks ago. Some of the resources that were invaluable:Donna Young's site: I don't use any of the specific forms or calendars here anymore, but they were the basis for the lesson planner I have perfected for myself over the years. This year, also, the Apologia science lesson plans were helpful.Yahoo groups:

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I added a link to the post on free online literaure guides. I found a new site (Literature Based Reading Lessons) with vocabulary and questions from 20 books, including Little House in the Big Woods and Stone Fox.

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My three favorite sites for online texts:The Baldwin Project 417 children's books from 1880-1922Project Gutenberg "...the oldest producer of free ebooks on the Internet."University of Michigan's 'Making of America' These are arithmetic books we enjoy using for extra problems, but the whole project includes 10,000 texts from 19th century America.

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Some of the math centers (that's a fancy way of saying plastic tubs and/or drawers) we have created:Time/ money/ measurement: thermometer, clocks with gears, measuring cups, rulers and folding yardstick and metric stick, timers, plastic money, hamemade games (clock faces to match to times, pictures of money to match to maounts, mostly made form old workbook pages), balance, scaleGeometry: compass

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Here's my says-it-all quote for yesterday (from Playpen to Podium by Jeffery L. Myers, which is a great resource): "Studies in behavior demonstrate that children will more frequently do as the parents do, rather than what the parents say, if the two are inconsistent." Yes, that about sums it up! I already had put it in place as far as education goes, and it has worked so well for us. Why I never

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So, my last post was about resources and ideas to teach reading comprehension skills yourself, making it up to go with whatever books you are reading. If, however, you want to buy something ready-made, here are some of the options available, including (1.) full reading programs, which generally provide a full year of reading instruction, and (2.) guides for specific books, which are used just to

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You can only read so many books! Sometimes, you also need to use the time spent doing chores or driving to learn how to educate your children, too. My favorite (really worthwhile to listen to) speaker topics for literature and reading skills, with my own notes on each:Dr. James Taylor from CiRCE Institute's 2003 conference -- Good to Great: Teaching Literature from Grammar to RhetoricAn excellent

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More from the reading comprehension hand-out... It is easy to get stuck in one type of literature (historical fiction and biography for us,) but it is important for our children to be familiar with a variety of written works. (I am certainly no expert, so these are not exact categories, just a list to inspire a search for different types of works.)o narrativeo speecho essayo lettero mysteryo

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A list of quotes I have been keeping as I read materials about teaching children (and myself) to Read (not just read)...“If…you ask a book a question, you must answer it yourself.” (Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren, How to Read a Book, p.15)“Good books, like good companions, should broaden a student’s world, encourage him to appreciate what is lovely, and help him discern between truth and

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A break from reading comprehension, to post a copy of our "Bible Memory" list, similar to our poetry master list which I posted earlier.Books of the New TestamentBooks of the Old TestamentLord's PrayerPsalm 23Apostle's CreedJohn 3:16-18Days of CreationTen CommandmentsLuke 2:4-16Colossians 3:12-171 Corinthians 13Psalm 100Proverbs 3:1-12Matthew 5:1-16Galatians 5:22-26Philippians 4:8Romans 12:9-

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I accumulated a list of online classes while trying to decide on one to use for a class or two for 6th grade (which didn't happen, and now will be an online class for 7th grade - most likely VP's Scholars or Memoria Press.) Below I have collected all of the possibilities I found in other lists:Agnus Dei Junior ProgramAlexandria TutorialsPA Homeschoolers AP Test Prep ClassesAPEX

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More from the reading comprehension handout - this time a list of resources to use to introduce reading comprehension skills to young children (besides narration, of course!)Before Five in a Row (ages 2-4) Beginning Literature from Logos (1-3) First Favorites from Veritas Press (K-3) Five in a Row, volumes 1-4 (PK-2nd) Games for Reading and Games with Books by Peggy Kaye (PK-2nd) Language and

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We rarely visit the "real" library any more, except for research, as we have built a great home library. Many of the books we covet, our public library has long since thrown out, sigh, so library trips were becoming less and less productive. Our home library didn't cost a lot of money. The main sources were:(1.) Used book stores ($1.00 – half-price)(2.) Library sales ($.10 - $1.00)(3.) Homeschool

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The next few posts come from handouts I am creating for a talk on reading comprehension my husband is doing for our homeschool group.Three ways to find quality reading material:Internet:1000 Good Books List Great Books Academy Summer Reading ListMy lists! Picture books and Grade-level list Catalogs:SonlightVeritas PressBooks:The Book Tree: A Christian Reference for Children’s Literature (

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We are sometimes asked, because of my husband's career, to make recommendations for homeschool children with special needs. Here is a list of resources I compiled from friends to hand out at a talk he gave:Homeschooling Children with Special NeedsVery lengthy list of resource sites, online groups, and local and national organizationsAbout.com’s Special Needs Homeschoolers PageTen Steps to

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I want to share the list I compiled a few years ago of "picture books every child should read" (according to me!) I have used this with my oldest two and am getting ready to start reading through it with my youngest. I also use it as a shopping list as I build the library of my little ones or choose gifts for young family and friends. They are in increasing order of reading difficulty, so the

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This is how I plan out our year using the Institute for Excellence in Writing method, which I learned from the Teaching Writing: Structure and Style materials. It is not the way to plan for everyone, but hopefully there is something helpful here for someone.First, make a spreadsheet (Excel or paper) with six columns. The first column is weeks of the school year. The second column is the IEW unit

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To keep our then 6 and 4 yo daughters quiet during the times I sat in the OB-GYN and other doctors' offices, I created activity buckets for them.We started wtih plastic containers with handles. Ours look like little old-fashioned lunch boxes except made of clear plastic, but I think something like these would work, too, if smaller. We personalized them and put on some stickers. A small clear

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I have a living math book list that we have used for years, but it pales in comparison to the Living Math site. For K-2, we try to read a living math book each day (4-6 days a week.) After that, the books are longer and involve projects and problem solving exercise, so we aim for one a week.

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This is a list I made for my children, to follow the picture books list posted previously. I used several Classical curriculum and catalogs, a few classical school book lists, and some "good" book lists (see the links to the left.) For each grade, I have marked the books (*) that made almost every list I consulted. I have also ranked each year's books into three categories, based on the frequency

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I like to keep a few poetry books on hand for reading aloud or copywork. The most-used here is Favorite Poems, Old and New. This is one of those books that every homeschool should have! Another great resource is Poems for Memorization by Rod & Staff Publishers. Finally, we added last year a book and CD set called A Child's Introduction to Poetry by Michael Driscoll. We have other poetry books,

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Here's another book list I share often. I created it for the boys in my husband's class for summer reading, after a parent asked about classic books. It is aimed at boys just getting into longer chapter books. I haven't created a similar girls list (most lists seem to be for girls anyway!) but I will survey my "girl book" girl and make one up. My oldest daughter actually helped create this list -

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I have a form I created for book reports. It results in a one-page report with a picture. I like the consistency of the reports, which makes a lovely scrapbook of books read. Here is one site for book report forms. I also like to use other ways to explore a book we have read...First, my favorite literature guides:Logos School MaterialsTotal Language PlusVeritas PressProgeny PressAlso, my favorite

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This is a list of the "best of the best" math-related sites I made to hand out at a homeschool meeting on teaching math.Math-U-See DrillCustomizable, online math drill page from the publisher of Math-U-SeeHomeschoolMath.netArticle - “Choosing a homeschool math curriculum” (with links and descriptions.)Math ForumTeacher resources for mathMath PlaygroundFree math games to play online – includes

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I wrote a master list a few years ago of the poetry I would like my children to learn. I like to have a list to work from, saving me the time and effort of digging through books each time we need a new poem. My list follows. Most are available online and are linked below. [I have edited this list 4/10/07. I removed a few of the easier rhymes and replaced them with some short poems, and I

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