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Teaching
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Handwriting
Handwriting
AN A TO Z RESOURCE
Help introducing children to form letters correctly as printing,
italics and cursive.
Strategies
for Dealing with Dysgraphia
Educators expect students to learn from the process of writing,
yet dysgraphic students find that the process of writing actually
interferes with learning. How, then, can they adequately learn
to use the process of writing to express their ideas?
Wonderful
Writing: From Runes to Romulan
There's more than one way to write. These days there are, in
fact, well over 150 ways to write worldwide, including phonemic
alphabets that use symbols to represent individual vowel and
consonant sounds. By Rebecca Rupp, HEM J/F 07.
Reading
Helping Your Child Learn to Read
AN A TO Z ARTICLE
Learning to read is an exciting time for children and their families.
For many parents, helping their child learning to read establishes
a pattern for their involvement in their child's academic education.
PBS - Taking a Reading on Children's Reading
AN A TO Z ARTICLE
By Drew B. Saunders, PBS. PBS, in addition to creating great
on-air programs like Sesame Street and Reading Rainbow to help
young readers flourish, also has free online resources for parents
and teachers all about guiding students as they learn to read
and write.
Pre-Readers
AN A TO Z RESOURCE
Children can't read? Links to help parents teach reading.
Teaching and Relating to Your Child's Learning Style
AN A TO Z ARTICLE
How to teach anyone to read once you have
identified their learning style. By Lorraine Peoples, author
of You Can Teach Someone to Read.
Getting Beyond the Lord of the Rings
How to parlay an obsession with the Lord of the Rings into an interest in English literature. The reality…and the familiarity…of the stories comes from the fact that they speak to universal themes which we all know, even if few of us could articulate them to ourselves. By Martin Cothran.
Have a Homeschool Library Day Each Week
Every Monday is our homeschool library day. When I first began
homeschooling I never even thought to use the library as a resource.
Now, however, I don't think I could homeschool without it. Libraries
are very important to homeschoolers and there are many reasons
as to why.
Heart of Reading
This is a christian-based parent group designed to provide support
for homeschooling families as they move through the process of
teaching a child/children who struggle with various aspects of
reading.
How Our Daughters Helped Plan Their Education
When we realized Amanda was reading, Amanda realized her frustration
at not being able to read more complex books didn't have to be
just the way the world works for four-year-olds. Her adults would
help, immediately. She was delighted.
Introduction to Reading Theory
This 30-minute streaming e-seminar presented by Dr. Richard McCallum
covers the basics of how children and adults learn to read and
the variables that affect their learning processes.
Learning to Read In Our Own Way
What if learning to read does not have to follow the book? What if it does not have to happen 'on time' by age 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or beyond? What if learning to read does not have to look like a series of steps from one level to another?
Reading Coach Online
A great resource for parents and others that are interested in learning how to teach kids to read so they can read to learn!
Spelling
Unspelling
AN A TO Z ARTICLE
Unspelling™ works like this: one person
picks a source word. Then, in turn, each of the players must
spell this word incorrectly, but with a basis in a sound-analogy
with the way another word (or words) is correctly spelled.
How
to Teach Any Child to Spell
Let's start our discussion on teaching spelling by dispelling
a few myths. Deep down inside you may have known all along these
were myths, but if you're like me, you were afraid to trust your
gut instincts. By Gayle Graham, M.Ed.
Spelling it
Right
To improve and develop their spelling children need to develop
an interest in words, feel safe about trying new words, learn
about the way words are built up using syllables, basic spelling,
patterns of English, memorising strategies, the meanings of words,
prefixes and suffixes, and write for their own enjoyment without
the fear that they will be criticised. From an English English
teacher, which is why the British spellings appear in this description.
Writing
No More Writer's Block
AN A TO Z ARTICLE
Using multiple intelligences to help young writers, By Laurel
Schmidt.
Building
Writers for the Next Millenium
Barbara Smith has had the privilege to "facilitate"
a great group of young people - writers for the coming millennium
- who are homeschooled.
How
to Motivate Your Children to Write Well
Your children need to see you smile in excitement when they write,
no matter the quality. You can (and will) work on improving the
mistakes. But at first make sure to give them the praise they
need.
Something
to Say
Lisa Bugg's delightful article in HEM will help both you and
your kids learn to be writers.
Ways
to Encourage Reluctant Writer
Beyond storytelling, writing is a valuable skill - for taking
notes, organizing thoughts, communicating ideas. So how do we
get our reluctant writers to write? Sue Smith-Heavenrich, HEM
J/F 99.
What
Can Inhibit Writing Development?
Writing problems rarely occur in isolation, and improvements
in writing go hand in hand with the development of other non-writing-specific
skills. Misunderstood Minds, PBS.
Wretched Writers Welcome
Rebecca Rupp talks about how to learn correct English writing by having a good laugh at the very worse. HEM M/A 08.
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Citizens' High School
Citizens' 9th - 12th grade English Language Arts curriculum may be taken one course at a time, if you wish.
Reading Recomendations
Teaching Children to Love
by Childre, Doc Lew
80 games & fun activities for raising balanced children in
unbalanced times. 1996 Paperback
- What Do I Do Monday? (Innovators
in Education)
by John Holt
- A wonderful book about teaching young children the basics;
reading, writing and math.
The Heart of Learning
Spirituality in Education
by Glazer, Steven
Essays about healing, about integrating spiritual development
into learning. For all interested in educating from the heart
and soul. 1999 Paperback
Every Child Is a Genius
365 Fun and Easy Ways to Develop Your Child's Gifts
by Griffith, Elise M.
This is a great collection of activities for enhancing every
child's education. 1998 Paperback.
- The Teach Narnia Guide to The Lion, the Witch
and the Wardrobe
by Joanna Steer (Author), Warren Hinkson (Author)
- Unveil the literary and cultural richness of the most popular
stories of the western world to your children: The
Chronicles of Narnia, Boxed Set
- by C.S. Lewis, Pauline Baynes (Illustrator) or just The
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Full-Color Collector's
Edition)
- by C. S. Lewis, Pauline Baynes (Illustrator)
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