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What We’re Reading in Our Homeschool: Feby 2020 (Part 2)
Last week, I was telling you about how we had finished reading The Thanksgiving Story, The Bears on Hemlock Mountain, and The Courage of Sarah Noble all by Alice Dalgliesh. I think we all have found ourselves sad to not have access to more books by Alice Dalgelish. I know others exist, but seem to be out of print and hard to find. These are all recommendations of many different curriculum providers we follow, but especially on various grammar school levels of Memoria Press. If you’re new here, February 2020 is a month of free shipping with Memoria Press and while my coupon code doesn’t affect your shipping, by using the code:…
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What We’re Reading in Our Homeschool: Feby 2020 (Part 1)
While I haven’t finished reading Mary Poppins or listening to the dramatized version of Peter Pan, but I have been reading a whole bunch and thus I figured that February was just going to have to have two or more of these updated posts! I hope you are enjoying reading them as much as I am enjoying writing them. As I’ve been trying to keep up with blog writing, my reading list has gotten away from me. With people finally mostly healthy (aside from a runny nose or sinus here or there – but what is one suppose to do when it is 80 one day and snowing the next?)…
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Logic of English: Essentials 2nd Edition, Volume 1 {Review}
The Logic of English: Essentials 2nd Edition, Volume 1 review was originally submitted to The Old Schoolhouse Magazine website. (Affiliate link) Reposted on CreativeMadnessMama.com with permission and images added. It’s here! Starting in Spring 2016, it is finally here, the NEW Logic of English Essentials 2nd Edition in a complete set for Volume 1 with a second volume to come in the next year. This complete set includes: Essentials Teacher’s Guide, 2nd ed., Volume 1 Essentials Student Workbook, 2nd ed., Volume 1 Spelling Journal (one per student) Basic Phonogram Flash Cards Spelling Rule Flash Cards Advanced Phonogram Flash Cards Grammar Flash Cards Morpheme Flash Cards, Set 1 Two sets of Phonogram…
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Logic of English: Foundations, Level D (Science of Reading) {Review}
I think that it is an easy statement to say that one of my favorite product reviews that I have been introduced to through the blessing of participating in the TOS Crew is from Logic of English ~ (https://www.logicofenglish.com/) and today that blessings has continued in the form of the latest level of their primary school program in Foundations Level D. Link back to Foundations A and you can read my extremely verbose post on our original thoughts about LOE Foundations. We still love “Dragon Phonics”! When we started using LOE Foundations, I got the full kit including the supplemental Doodling Dragons book and iOS phonogram app. You can read more about those in my…
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What materials do you use to teach reading?
Hello friends! As of January 2019, I have an affiliate account with Memoria Press. If you’re here, you know how passionate I am about Memoria Press. Please bless my family by using our links. Learning how to read is possibly the first essential skill in education, but how to teach it? How do you teach reading? There are programs, and curriculum galore available. There is just using phonics or alphabet flashcards. There are interactive apps for mobile devices and websites. There is the option to just read to them and point things out here and there. And there are also educational DVDs. Which direction to go? This doesn’t even touch…
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Top Ten Places I search for our next Read Aloud (Book Lists)
Hi, my name is Margaret and I’m a book-a-holic. You caught me. I am without excuse a complete bibliophile, a book nerd, collector, and I missed my calling as a classical librarian. One of my utterly favorite things to do since I caught the homeschooling bug is to make book lists. I have book lists for reading aloud. Book lists for required student reading. Book lists for enrichment and unit study purposes. Book lists for taking our studies a bit further. Book lists for entertaining and educating and book lists for just plain escaping into the pages of a story. I am delighted to discover a new book list source!…
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Real-Life Homeschool in the Creative Madness Blossom School {Blog Hop}
Today and the days during this week upcoming are special, it is all about Real-Life Homeschool. Because knowing me, you know that everything is always peachy right? For one, we never get sick and have incredible immune systems and energy to jump right in and study the day away! We read multiple books daily and my kids are about ready to become tutors themselves. Okay, now that is farfetched ‘eh? Now, now, before you harass me, stick around this week and get a peek into the Real-Life Homeschool of the Creative Madness Mama Blossom School as we participate in the TOS Blog Crew Blog Hop. Right now for us life…
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Logic of English: Foundations, Level A Cursive (Science of Reading) {Review}
(This is a long post... I've debating breaking it into parts... but oh well.) Today, I get to share with you a new treasure to our family in our homeschool curriculum and I'm delighted to review this new-to-me program that I definitely want to stick with on further levels in the Logic of English ~ (http://www.LogicofEnglish.com). I was granted the blessing to obtain and use Foundations, Level A as well as a set of reusable resources, and the iOS Doodling Dragons App. I was curious about the curriculum, but had no idea the delight that we were in for on this adventure! Logic of English Review The Logic of English:…