How to Prep Math with Confidence - So it’s REALLY open and go
Learn how I prepare and organize the Math with Confidence curriculum for my homeschool room. Using a 3-ring binder and a photo storage box, I gather almost everything I will need for the math curriculum before we even start the year so that it is TRULY Open and Go!
Tips for Teaching All About Reading
After using All About Reading (AAR) for several years, I have picked up a few tips that I hope might help someone else just starting out….Check the front of each workbook…Prep the student workbook…Make the fluency review fun…
All About Reading Curriculum Review
All About Reading, the brain-child of Marie Rippel came about as she struggled to help her dyslexic son learn to read. Hers is a phonics-centered (Orton-Gillingham based) curriculum for early elementary students. All About Reading (AAR) includes four levels as well as a Pre-Reading curriculum. At the time of this writing, I am part-way through level three with my oldest and feel like I can finally say IT WORKS with some authority. Check out the All About Learning Press website here.
Why I Chose a “Dyslexic Curriculum” for my Non-Dyslexic Child
As Denise Eide says in her book “Logic of English” – why do we save the best and deepest phonics training for the kids who are already fallen behind? We put the reading specialists as the last resort for kids who can’t read…why not train the majority of teachers in a rigorous phonics education so that they – the ground work force – can teach the kids from the get go?