tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28417002649646425962024-03-04T23:30:55.882-08:00HomeMade-School!Well this blog will be about homeschooling, how we go about it, why, and well you never know what i'll put on here!debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866986722474422694noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841700264964642596.post-66156290197663497652013-09-03T07:45:00.000-07:002013-09-03T07:45:14.504-07:00An idea for younger ones while you homeschool older onesWhen you need a half hour or so to teach a child one on one here's away that I use to keep a younger(1-4) child occupied.<br />
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what you'll need is a bag or box(shoebox)<br />
some kind of toys, candy (dollar store) or rocks, something the child loves playing with<br />
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Put or wrap up the toy/candy/? in the bag or the shoes box.<br />
Tape it up so that it will be hard for child to get open it for a while.<br />
Now when it's time for you to teach your older child give the present to the younger child and let him/her try to tear it open! Usually by the time its opened you will be done with the instruction of the older child.debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866986722474422694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841700264964642596.post-20702535053903883662012-09-05T10:36:00.003-07:002012-09-05T10:42:49.000-07:00Teaching preschool, kindergarten and younger!<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
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to them, teach and show them that learning is fun!! enjoyable!</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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letters of theirs names and let them paint them! Let them use a stick and write
in the dirt, in the sand, etc</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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letter on a metal cookie sheet, teach her the sounds of her name if it’s easy!
Using index cards start with simple letters, write <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">d</b> on one card<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> a</b> on
another and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">d</b> on another one, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">m</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">o</b>,
same way! Just simple stuff at first, put ABC's on the wall, when the kids learn
a sound look for items in the house that start with it,etc but make sure they
want to learn to read and don’t force it. When they read their first word make
a big deal out of it! Be encouraging! </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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item has a number(that will help the kids later in math) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Show subtraction<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>by gathering 2 rocks and take 1 away and now
there’s 1 left! simple things, put numbers on the wall, colors, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>as they start to learn counting, gather items
together found in house or outside and let them count them.</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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bring a drawing pad, and crayons, look for bugs, animals leaves, rocks to draw
and talk about , and when you get home look them up on Internet and check out
some library books, let the kids dig holes, teach them to feed your animal,
look for birds, watch the clouds, look at the stars at night,</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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live, then follow it by walking!</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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hardly anything, so you don’t need a curriculum to teach your kids! </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #444444; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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above only takes about an hour or 2 a day and that’s all they need, since its
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</span>debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866986722474422694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841700264964642596.post-58245590648857732262012-01-21T09:20:00.000-08:002012-09-05T10:41:26.663-07:00How I started homeschooling with young kidsWhen I first started homeschooling this is what we did. Since we couldn't afford to buy any curriculum. <br />
The kids were 4, 2,1, and baby. I started with my oldest daughter,we did lots of art stuff like:<br />
<strong> gluing, cutting</strong> with her own special scissors(she's left handed)<br />
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<strong>scribbling on large paper</strong>(we bought newspaper ends from the newspaper office in our town, they were very cheap and very large). The younger kids would love scribble on it also with large crayons. <br />
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I had over the years collected used and cheap crayons, melted them down and made bigger crayons. This <a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/ReUse-ReMake-Crayons/" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow;">site</span></a> tells how to do that. All the kids loved scribbling on that large paper! I would then use the paper to wrap any presents we gave to people.<br />
For my oldest as she got more sure of her coloring, I would draw squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, different shapes, letters, numbers, on the paper and tell her to color them in. More of a controlled coloring. This helped a lot for when she started handwriting. <br />
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I made<strong> puzzles</strong> out of boxes and hard stock paper for them to put together, here's a <a href="http://www.howcast.com/videos/167-How-To-Make-a-Jigsaw-Puzzle" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow;">site </span></a>that shows how. All the kids liked doing the puzzles but the one year old loved it! I made number puzzles, ABC puzzles, Animal, plant, color, puzzles. Some of the pictures I tore out of magazines or catalogs I would get free at the library.<br />
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to be continued!!!! Gotta go wash dishes!hahaha<br />
<br />debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866986722474422694noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841700264964642596.post-35075278162909621392011-09-02T14:39:00.000-07:002012-09-05T10:42:34.928-07:00Help for children 3-5 for reading readiness!Here's some ideas I've tried with my kids and others to help them learn to read, or get ready for reading. These activities help the eyes get accustomed to seeing difference in color and shapes, like they would in learning phonics and letter or numbers.
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1. Teach the child colors, use nature, or put up colored shapes on your walls.
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2. Make some dot to dot pictures for the child to do, they are a lot of fun. The child can then color them in with the colors you call out! They will also learn some numbers! Also make a game by using little cars to go from number to number
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3.Have the child copy a sequence of colors that you make, example : draw with a crayon three different colors on a piece of paper, next have the child pick out the right crayon colors and do the same thing. Use socks, blocks, marbles, buttons, etc.
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4. Make a poster or scrap book of each color, let the child color pictures of that color or cut out pictures and place them on the poster or in the scrap book.
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5. Draw the child some shapes like square, triangel, circle, rectangle etc. Let the child identify them with words or another object of the same shape.
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6. Make some easy puzzles with different shapes and let the child put them together.
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7. Once you've gone over different shapes with child ask him to visulize in his mind the shape and then draw it on a piece of paper, once the chilld can do this you can add color to the object your telling him to draw.
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8. Put a bunch of colored objects on a tray or table and ask the child to pick out the colors you call out, this works for shapes also.
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9. Hiding objects around the house while child is watching and then doing another type of lesson for 10 min. When done with that lesson ask the child to find what you have hidden. Also can have the child hide the objects. Do another type lesson and have him find the objects when done.
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10. Placing 4 or 5 objects on a counter, ask child to look the other way while you take an object away. Then ask child what object is missing. You can make a game out of this and both of you can play it!.
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debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866986722474422694noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841700264964642596.post-57535761741704832142010-03-30T10:34:00.000-07:002012-09-05T10:43:11.548-07:00<strong>Teaching young children math</strong><br />
ruth beechick talks about this in her book 'an easy start in arithmetic"!<br />
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The best way to begin teaching a young child math is with manipulative, such as bugs, rocks, pennies, marbles, m & ms, socks, any objects you can count with. It can be taught anytime throughout your day, when your doing laundry, putting socks together, counting them, setting the table, counting the silverware, glasses, plates etc. Remember to make it fun for you and the child!!<br />
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Using manipulative like this, the kids can then figure out some very hard problems! Just holding and seeing the objects clicks in their young brains. When most kids are young they don’t think of a math problem as we do 1+3=4 , they need something more hands on so they can touch it and feel it to understand its value, once they learn this way of doing math the other steps wont be as hard. This is the first step of how other types of math will be understood.<br />
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After the child gets use to using the manipulative she/he will be able to picture the things in their head, he/she will be able to see them and work out the easier problems. When he/she is ready to move on to the next step, you’ll know because the child will not be using the manipulative as much, she/he will start picturing the problem in her head, finding a faster way to figure math problems out!!! Then it’s on to step 2!!!<br />
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<strong>From ruth beechick booklet "an early start in arithmetic'</strong><br />
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Levels of thinking about (example 3 + 2 = 5) or any other numbers<br />
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Real objects, with touching and moving: three plates or spoons, marbles, jacks, rocks, bugs etc, put two more with them. now there are five<br />
Real objects, with only sight: 3 jacks in this group, 2 jacks in another group, there are 5 all together<br />
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Pictures: picture of 3 jacks in a group and 2 in another group. 5 total<br />
Symbolic pictures: 3 dots in this group and 2 in another group. 5 total<br />
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<strong><br />Mental image mode</strong>- <br />
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Touchable objects: think of 3 jacks and 2 jacks. they make 5 all together. (story problems)<br />
Non-touchable ideas: a team won 3 games and lost 2 games. they played 5 games all together.<br />
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Digits only: 3 and 2 are 5<br />
Digits and signs: 3 + 2= 5debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866986722474422694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841700264964642596.post-83964350722165805262010-03-12T12:46:00.000-08:002010-03-12T12:48:25.437-08:00Kinetic Learners!!!<strong>Kinetic Learners!!!</strong><br /><br /><strong>How to tell if your child is kinetic! </strong><br /><br />They are very active<br />Not able to sit still long<br />Talks with body language and gestures <br />They like to show you better than tell you<br />Always touching and feeling things<br />Good at mimicking others<br />They like those amusement rides unless they make them sick, then they avoid them<br />Naturally athletic and loves sports<br />Sometimes they are labeled with attention deficient disorder<br />Remembers what they do very well <br />They remember best by getting physically involved in whatever is being taught<br />Acting out what you are reading<br />Enjoys making and creating things<br />Will take notes to keep busy but will not often use them. <br />Enjoys using computers<br />Has trouble staying still or in one place for a long time, hates lectures!<br />Enjoys hands-on activities<br />Seems to want to fiddle with small objects while listening or working<br />Likes to eat snacks while studying.<br />Is not great at spelling <br />Does not have great handwriting <br />Likes science labs, hands on work! <br />Studies with music on <br />Likes adventure books, movies <br />Likes role playing <br />Takes breaks when studying <br />Easily distracted by activity around them<br />Has good coordination<br />Best ideas and energy will come when engaging in some physical activities<br />Likes spending free time outdoors<br />Working with jigsaws puzzles<br />Some prefer to take an engine apart and put it back together, than do any reading or looking at diagrams about how it works.<br /> They tend to lose concentration if there is little or no external stimulation or movement with what they are learning<br />They can remember how to do things after they've done them only once (motor memory). <br /> Have good motor coordination. <br />They remember best the things they experience<br /><br /><strong>How kinetic kids learn! </strong><br /><br /> They must do things for themselves to have the best chance of learning. <br />When they are listening to lectures they may want to take notes just so they can move their hands. <br />When reading, they like to just scan over the material first, and then check out the details of it.<br />They might use color highlighters and take notes by drawing pictures, diagrams, or doodling. <br />Play music, when appropriate, during activities. <br />Be sure to use colored markers to show main points on charts, chalkboards and white boards. <br />Give them lots of stretch breaks <br />Make sure they have toys such as Koosh balls or Play-Dough to give them something to do with their hands. <br />Give them colored pencils, markers, highlighter pens to use<br />They are most successful when totally involved with the learning activity<br />They will receive information fastest when participating in a science lab, drama presentation, skit, field trip, dance, or other active activity. <br />Be sure to use touch, action, movement and hands-on work in your learning activities<br />Use real objects as much as possible. <br />Let the child touch what ever they are learning about as much as you can.<br />Flashcards can help them memorize information because they can touch and move them around. <br />Also remember that writing and drawing diagrams are physical activities, so be sure to let them use these activities<br />Use big sheets of paper and large color markers for your diagrams. <br />To remember a phone number some learners may remember the pattern of their fingers as the press the numbers. <br />Let them studying in short sessions<br />Take them on field trips, library, museums<br />They like to study with others<br />Use memory games to teach with <br />The worse things for them to do is to take long tests or do essays<br />How they learn best is with fill ins, multiple choice, short definitions<br />To help them with memorization let them pace or walk around while reciting to yourself or using flashcards or notes. <br /><br />Things they enjoy doing, making dioramas, working with modeling clay, scrap booking, using a color book, crafts, dance, demonstrations, games using the body, needlework, rocking and reading, making a video, making posters, dressing up as characters, anything on the chalkboard/whiteboard, charades, pantomimes, plays, calculators, puzzles, walking and reading, puppet shows, workbooks, musical performances, labs, cut and paste tasks, making mobiles, making displays<br /><br />They might study better laying on their stomach or back, or in a comfortable chair or bean bag<br />When they are trying to memorize info, have them close their eyes and air write the info or on a surface, also tell them to try to hear the words in their heads.<br />Try not to do just one thing only , let them do various things like drawing, playing board games, following instructions to make something, movement activities, <br />Working in a standing position might help<br />Letting them chew gum while doing school work will help keep them doing their work<br />Kinetic learners learn while they are walking around while listening.<br /><strong>Vocabulary</strong><br />Kinesthetic Vocabulary Charades: Help your child make a list of words and their definitions. Take turns with your kinesthetic child selecting a word and acting it out silently, so the other can guess which word is being dramatized. If you go first, select a word, act it out, and have your child guess which word you are acting out. Then have your child select a word and act it out, and you guess the meaning. Points can be awarded for each correct guess. http://ezinearticles.com/?Kinesthetic-Vocabulary-Activities-Accelerate-Learning-for-Kinesthetic-Learners&id=1132036<br /><strong>Spelling</strong><br />use those magnetic letters to teach spelling, they can touch the letters and move them around so that makes it easier to remember for them. Also let them trace the letters with their fingers.<br />Be sure to keep the lessons short and offer 5 min. breaks<br />spelling games will work, use flash cards, <br />Having them write their spelling words on flashcards will help<br /><strong>Language arts </strong><br />use computer, typing helps and its movement<br />Use word tiles to make sentences<br />Sentences strips to make paragraphs<br /><strong>Math</strong><br />also use computer, games online <br />write problems on chalkboard/whiteboard<br />teach them math by using manipulatives! so they can move things around and touch!<br />they can also learn math by writing out the facts<br />Using everyday situation will help with teaching math, like shopping, cooking<br /><strong>Reading/Phonics</strong><br />Let them walk around while reading or some kind of movement<br />Letting them act out the store while they listen might help<br />Teach phonics using hands on games, let the child handle any cards etc you use, use recipe cards with sounds on them, let them build works with them<br /><strong>P.E</strong><br />sign them up for some sports, they love it!debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866986722474422694noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841700264964642596.post-38891024522707748972010-02-19T08:56:00.000-08:002010-02-19T08:57:40.184-08:00First Steps in Reading!!<strong>First Steps in reading</strong><br /><br />Its funny but you dont have to know the names of the letters to lean to read. To read <br />you just sound out the letters like in c a t. So you dont have to teach the names of <br />the letters when you are just starting out with reading.<br />Start out by teaching the child the forms of the letters and the sounds they make!<br /> (one less burden on the child.) A good word to start with is the childs name!<br />So lets say you childs name is Sam, be sure to print it with the capital S (and the <br />other letters with the lower case.) Tell the child what the word says 'Sam' . <br />Let the child trace it with their fingers or a crayon or whatever you want to use.<br /> Have the child look at it, even copy it if he/she is able. (Dont force it.) <br />If this is the first time you might have to guide the childs hand. Make the sound of<br /> the 'S' as the child is tracing it. and say the name Sam.<br />A. while child is tracing letter<br />B. Say the sound of the letter(not the name remember)<br />C. and say the name out loud to child<br />when she/he starts recognizing her/his name and can also print it, you can add <br />more words beginning with that 'S' . After the child starts to recognize the <br />letter 'S' go on to other words!<br />Dont worry about using lined paper, just let the child form the letter freely on blank paper.debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866986722474422694noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841700264964642596.post-47933078035991779242009-10-06T17:46:00.000-07:002009-10-06T17:48:12.101-07:00Free File Folder Games and Printables!!!<strong>Free File Folder Games and printables!</strong><br /><br />File folders- ive heard there good for kids with autism also!<br /><a href="http://www.filefolderfun.com/">http://www.filefolderfun.com/</a><br /><a href="http://filefolderheaven.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1_9">http://filefolderheaven.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1_9</a><br /><a href="http://www.positivelyautism.com/downloads_foldergames.html">http://www.positivelyautism.com/downloads_foldergames.html</a><br /><a href="http://www.fastq.com/~jbpratt/education/theme/filefolders.html">http://www.fastq.com/~jbpratt/education/theme/filefolders.html</a><br /><a href="http://www.webeans.net/hutt/ffgames.htm">http://www.webeans.net/hutt/ffgames.htm</a><br /><a href="http://www.mormonchic.com/crafty/filefolders.asp">http://www.mormonchic.com/crafty/filefolders.asp</a><a href="http://www.positivelyautism.com/downloads_foldergames.html">http://www.positivelyautism.com/downloads_foldergames.html</a><a href="http://www.filefolderheaven.com/files.html">http://www.filefolderheaven.com/files.html</a><a href="http://www.geocities.com/phonicgames/">http://www.geocities.com/phonicgames/</a><a href="http://www.preschoolprintables.com/">http://www.preschoolprintables.com/</a><a href="http://www.squidoo.com/filefoldergames">http://www.squidoo.com/filefoldergames</a><br /><a href="http://www.montessoriforeveryone.com/Free-Downloads_ep_35-1.html">http://www.montessoriforeveryone.com/Free-Downloads_ep_35-1.html</a><br /><strong>Printables<br /></strong>For preschool-kindergarten scroll down- <a href="http://www.childcareland.com/free.html">http://www.childcareland.com/free.html</a><br /><a href="http://www.learningtreasures.com/">http://www.learningtreasures.com/</a><br />lots of bible printables, just scroll down- <a href="http://www.christianpreschoolprintables.com/BibleColoringPages.html">http://www.christianpreschoolprintables.com/BibleColoringPages.html</a><br />how to make file folder games- <a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_5202808_make-games-use-subject-areas.html">http://www.ehow.com/how_5202808_make-games-use-subject-areas.html</a><br />Nice printables!- <a href="http://www.learningpage.com/free_pages/gallery.html">http://www.learningpage.com/free_pages/gallery.html</a><br /><strong>Craft Recipes</strong><br />Homemade chalk- <a href="http://www.makeplaydough.com/chalk/">http://www.makeplaydough.com/chalk/</a><br />Edible play dough recipes- <a href="http://www.makeplaydough.com/edible_play_dough/">http://www.makeplaydough.com/edible_play_dough/</a><br />Goo recipes- <a href="http://www.makeplaydough.com/goo/">http://www.makeplaydough.com/goo/</a><br />Make up recipes- <a href="http://www.makeplaydough.com/make_up/">http://www.makeplaydough.com/make_up/</a><br />Play dough recipes- <a href="http://www.makeplaydough.com/play_dough/">http://www.makeplaydough.com/play_dough/</a><br />Silly putty recipe- <a href="http://www.makeplaydough.com/silly_putty/">http://www.makeplaydough.com/silly_putty/</a>debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866986722474422694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841700264964642596.post-53803207319669084032009-09-09T11:27:00.000-07:002009-09-09T12:16:35.805-07:00How to write a paragraph!<strong>How to write a Paragraph!</strong><br />1. A paragraph is a group of sentences dealing with a single idea.<br />2. Indent the first word of every paragraph.<br />3. Start a new paragraph for each new speaker.<br />4. Do not leave part of a line blank unless it is the end of a paragraph<br />5. Every paragraph should contain a topic sentence. A topic sentence is a sentence which clearly states the main idea of the paragraph<br />6. Use a transitional sentence between paragraphs. A transitional sentence points out the relationship between two paragraphs.<br />7. Include only one main idea in each paragraph.<br /><br /><strong>Great page on <a href="http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/fwalters/para.html">learning about paragraphs</a></strong><br /><br /><br /><strong>What is a sentence??</strong><br />A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought when we write or speak.<br />Every complete sentence has two parts: the subject and the predicate.<br /><br />The complete<strong> subject</strong> of a sentence is the part of the sentence that is being talked about. The subject must include a noun, pronoun or words acting as nouns or pronouns.<br /><br />The <strong>predicate</strong> of a sentence is the part that tells something about the subject. The predicate must include an action verb or a linking verb.<br /><br />A <strong>noun</strong> is the name of a person, place, thing or idea.<br />A<strong> pronoun</strong> takes the place of a noun.<br />A <strong>verb</strong> is a word that tells action.<br /><strong>Linking verbs</strong> are verbs which connect the subject with a word in the predicate that names or describes the subject. Linking verbs do not show action.<br /><br /><strong>Examples:</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Subject Predicate<br /></strong>The car/ drove down the road.<br /><br /><strong>Subject Predicate</strong><br />The cat / jumped on the table!<br /><br /><strong>Types of sentences</strong><br /><strong></strong><br />1. A <strong>statement</strong> is a telling sentence. It must end with a period.<br />We are walking to town.<br />The water is warm.<br />2. A <strong>question</strong> is an asking sentence. It must end with a question mark.<br />What time is it?<br />Where do you live?<br />3. An <strong>exclamatory </strong>sentence shows excitement or strong feeling.<br />Its must end with a exclamation mark!<br />We won!!<br />My mom and dad bought me a car!<br />4. An <strong>imperative</strong> sentence gives a command or makes a request. It must end with a period.<br />Roby, go clean the kitchen up.<br />Turn on the light.<br />Please bring me my shoes.<br /><br />debbie<br />sources: learning grammar through writing by sandra bell and james wheelerdebbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866986722474422694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841700264964642596.post-72259450528383940532009-09-04T09:13:00.000-07:002012-09-05T10:43:54.211-07:00What to Teach your Little Ones, before they sit down and do school!!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8rtoEKLfG_HC06TESeaA2WDHIrfdOhm86I5gD1EiC7rzwVGC5CPFsp5iZWQ1CYOA9JgmAExPYCmon9-FV6JNS1-aaXf9Zsp4BV-WzPBHdz-PKtCMxrqKQp56XbZpN-R_A5dpktyaOD4qn/s1600-h/debbie+pictures+066.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377647599266716802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8rtoEKLfG_HC06TESeaA2WDHIrfdOhm86I5gD1EiC7rzwVGC5CPFsp5iZWQ1CYOA9JgmAExPYCmon9-FV6JNS1-aaXf9Zsp4BV-WzPBHdz-PKtCMxrqKQp56XbZpN-R_A5dpktyaOD4qn/s200/debbie+pictures+066.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><br />
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<strong>What to teach your little ones! Before they sit down and do school work!!</strong> (months-4)<br />
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Teaching children with <span style="font-weight: bold;">joy</span> will enable the kids to <span style="font-weight: bold;">love learning</span>!!! Have <span style="font-weight: bold;">fun</span> teaching them, don’t make it an effort! If they don’t want to do it, then stop and do something else.<br />
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When the kids are younger (<span style="font-weight: bold;">months – 4</span>), they have a very <span style="font-weight: bold;">short attention spa</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">n.</span><br />
Here are some of the things I would do with my kids when they were younger; I guess you call them pre-schoolers.<br />
We’d dance, sing, run, and jump! memorize<br />
Go on nature hikes, count bugs, rock, flowers, berries, etc! They learned to count, add and subtract this way (<span style="font-weight: bold;">no paper and pencil involved</span>) and it was fun.<br />
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Be sure to always <span style="font-weight: bold;">read</span> to your child, they do enjoy it, and if they are able, have them tell you about the story you just read them.<br />
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Let them help you <span style="font-weight: bold;">cook</span>! My kids loved mixing and washing the dishes.<br />
Play games with them!!! one of our favorite ones was the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Concentration game</span>(I call it that) I’d make up on recipe cards 2 matches of something, could be pictures, letters, colors, numbers, flowers, etc. and then we’d lay them out on the floor, and the kids would take turns finding matches. They sure loved that game! We continued to use this format even with our <span style="font-weight: bold;">times tables</span> as the kids grew older.<br />
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Just sitting a child down on a big piece of paper and giving them a crayon then letting them color and <span style="font-weight: bold;">scribble</span> is very helpful. Not forcing them to do anything, just letting them feel free to scribble. Eventually you can show them what the first letter of their name is and let them draw it, then the second etc.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Digging</span> was other things the kids loved to do when young; they’d help me plant and dig my garden. Great for eye and hand coor<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtiFdKMi6Lw9u01_BfadOzPL-7wVx79jxZe31e18FLnyDd-oxNhFMZIXnLRNmamCF-IGl9gVkWKZIWH2NTtMqzd4FKj5RmJBZtb4stSefPmILwGRJe4ZkHOjQjOzs8QtM4SiJ68ZHFkNvg/s1600-h/debbie+pictures+068.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377647749233016034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtiFdKMi6Lw9u01_BfadOzPL-7wVx79jxZe31e18FLnyDd-oxNhFMZIXnLRNmamCF-IGl9gVkWKZIWH2NTtMqzd4FKj5RmJBZtb4stSefPmILwGRJe4ZkHOjQjOzs8QtM4SiJ68ZHFkNvg/s200/debbie+pictures+068.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a>dination!! Then counting the worms we found! Making sure they don’t eat them of course!!<br />
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Another good thing for hand eye coordination is using a play hammer and those bolt things, and when they get older getting them a <span style="font-weight: bold;">real hammer and nails</span>, I think that’s what made my sons handwriting so good, pounding all those nails in wood when he was younger. He could print or do cursive better than the girls.<br />
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You can teach them <span style="font-weight: bold;">letters or numbers</span> in sand or dirt, finger paint, etc!!<br />
Coloring on large pieces of paper they loved, I’d draw a large circle or something big and they’d color inside it! Or outside it! Haha<br />
Teaching them to write their name on a large piece of paper was fun. They loved to print big.<br />
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Letting them<span style="font-weight: bold;"> cut or tear</span> pieces of paper up and using the cut up or torn paper for making one of those hanging Chinese fish things. Or just gluing the pieces of paper inside something I made out of hard stock.<br />
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Another thing I’d always taught the kids was about <span style="font-weight: bold;">chore</span>s, all the kids had their own squirt bottles and rags, while they were younger all they’d get in the bottle was water. Everyday they would have their chores to do. Like cleaning the frig, they’d squirt it and wipe it down, or the washer, or some other area that could handle water.<br />
Their chores for the day would be to clean their room, make their bed, and use their <span style="font-weight: bold;">squirt bottle</span>. Of course they weren’t the best at it, but they were learning that we all had chores to do everyday to keep a house running.<br />
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debbiedebbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866986722474422694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841700264964642596.post-55114097057462560332009-08-11T14:48:00.000-07:002009-08-11T14:49:32.225-07:00How I do NoteBooking!!<span style="font-weight: bold;">How I do NoteBooking!!</span><br /><br />Notebooking is like scrapbooking! I've been doing it my whole life and didn’t know it was called this (gardening notebooks, cooking notebooks, homemaking notebooks, preserving notebooks, etc!<br /><br />Its gathering all your info you are learning and putting it in a notebook or binder, adding pictures and decorating so it looks good. Your kids can put in anything they want!<br /><br />Also you can download or make worksheets for the notebooks, online there some great sites!!<br /><br />Another way to notebook is ask the child what he/she wants to learn, then let the child research all the info they want about the subject and put in a notebook. You can have rules like has to be neat, creative, etc.<br /><br />Some of the things we put in our notebooks are drawings they make, maps, poems, stories or essays they write, copywork they do, worksheets, timeline stuff, math work, science work, pictures they’ve taken, pamphlets, napkins, etc!<br /><br />We generally notebook by subject, so we have history notebooks, science notebooks, handwriting notebooks, etc.<br /><br />They are fun to make, and helps lighten up things when you’ve just got done with a hard test, or learning something that you are having a hard time understanding, just take a break and do some work on putting one of your notebooks together .<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> What we use to notebook</span><br />3 ring binder, we use the 1 inch for each subject or whatever is available!<br />When I buy them I get the ones with the clear plastic front so the kids can slide a decorated page into it, (and you can always reuse the notebook for something else)<br />Any color, usually we get them at Wal-Mart, or thrift stores<br />I also buy those clear sheet holders (page protectors) if I can find them cheap (Wal-Mart again)<br />Glue<br />Scrapbook pages<br />Pencils, pens, markers, crayons, paint<br />Tape<br />Paper punch<br />Hard stock works well<br />Lined paper<br />These things aren’t all necessary, just nice to have! Sometimes I've just used plain note books not binders and we glued everything to the pages already there!debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866986722474422694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841700264964642596.post-16864794194280368962009-06-17T12:05:00.000-07:002009-08-26T09:52:14.565-07:00Some Free education sites!<strong>Phonics for free</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.thephonicspage.org/index.html">http://www.thephonicspage.org/index.html</a><br />is a free service offered . It has information about improving <a href="http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Reading/onreadinglinks.html">reading</a> and <a href="http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Spelling/onspellinglinks.html">spelling</a> with <a href="http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Phonics/onphonicslinks.html">phonics</a>. Free <a href="http://www.thephonicspage.org/Phonics%20Lsns/phonicslsnslinks.html">phonics lessons</a> and <a href="http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Spelling/spellinglessonsl.html">spelling lessons</a> for adults and children in the 2nd grade and older<br /><br /><a href="http://www.oldfashionededucation.com/reading.htm">http://www.oldfashionededucation.com/reading.htm</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.societyforqualityeducation.org/index.php/stairwaytoreading">http://www.societyforqualityeducation.org/index.php/stairwaytoreading</a><br />This is a one-on-one remedial reading program for students of any age who have already re-ceived some reading instruction but who are struggling with reading. It was not originally designed for beginning readers, although it can be used for this purpose<br /><br /><a href="http://www.starfall.com/">http://www.starfall.com/</a><br />online games<br /><br /><a href="http://www.phondot.com/">http://www.phondot.com/</a><br />Phondot is a revolutionary system for teaching reading to beginning English readers. The system indicates pronunciation in English text without requiring that the text be respelled. The goal of the system is to make English as easy to learn to read as languages like Italian, Spanish, or Finnish.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.catphonics.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/contents.htm">http://www.catphonics.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/contents.htm</a><br />A day-by-day programmeof systematic, synthetic phonicsfor all ages<br />Also by same author: Myths of reading <a href="http://www.catphonics.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/mythspt1.htm">http://www.catphonics.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/mythspt1.htm</a><br /><br /><a href="http://call.canil.ca/english/index.html">http://call.canil.ca/english/index.html</a><br />In this site thousands of English words have been painstakingly grouped according to their sounds and their spellings making the patterns obvious. This is the most logical and systematic method to learn English. It doesn't rely on rules to teach reading and spelling; instead, repeated exposure to a sound/letter pattern allows your brain to recognize the pattern intuitively and internalize it.<br /><br /><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=ny0aCYqeQFcC">http://books.google.com/books?id=ny0aCYqeQFcC</a><br />A Complete Manual: Synthetic Method of Reading and Spelling. This is perhaps the best phonics method ever published in the history of reading in America. It is certainly the most beautiful. The stories, poems and maxims are of the highest caliber. I highly recommend downloading the Googlebook.com PDF.<br />Also:<br />Here is Pollard's <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=LFsXAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA104&dq=pollard%27s%2Bfirst%2Bbook%2Bfor%2Blittle%2Bfolk#PPP5,M1">First Book for Little Folk</a><br />And Pollard's 1895 <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=e5AAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=first%2Bsynthetic%2Breaders">First Synthetic Reader</a>, <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=cpAAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA7&dq=synthetic%2Breaders#PPA1,M1">Second Synthetic Reader</a>, <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=55IAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA5&dq=synthetic%2Breaders#PPA1,M1">Third Synthetic Reader</a> Here is the 1897 <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=GZoAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA10&dq=pollard%27s%2Bsynthetic%2Bspeller#PPA1,M1">Primer</a>. Free spelling is also available.<br /><br />Elizabeth Burnz' 1892 <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/stepbystepprimer00burn">The Step-by-Step Primer</a> in Burnz' pronouncing print. Correct pronounciation shown without new letters or change of spelling.This looks like a good way to teach phonics. Also read: <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=bcMRAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA5-IA6&dq=kindergarten%2Bphonics#PPA12,M1">Pure Phonics for Home and Kindergarten</a>,<br /><br />This is more of a hands on way to teach phonics sounds! I<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=ZLNDAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=phonics%2Bwith%2Bphonics&as_brr=1#PPP5,M1">llustrated Phonics: A Text-book for Schools</a> (1909).<br /><br /><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=dW0XAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=beacon%2Bphonics&as_brr=1#PPP7,M1">The New Beacon Primer</a> 1921. This was a very famous and successful phonics method. Here is the <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=-W0XAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=beacon%2Bprimer&as_brr=1">1912 edition</a> which has the phonics charts in the front of the book, they were moved to the back in the 1921 edition. Here is the <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=ymwXAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=beacon%2Breader&as_brr=1#PPA1,M1">Second Beacon Reader: Folk Tales</a>. Hazel Loring's <a href="http://donpotter.net/PDF/Reading%20Made%20Easy%20with%20Blend%20Phonics%20justified.pdf">Reading Made Easy with Blend Phonics for First Grade</a> was influenced heavily by the Beacon method.<br /><br /><strong>Readers for free</strong><br /><strong></strong><br />15. <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=A_sIAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=first%2Bsteps%2Bin%2Breading&lr=&as_brr=1">First Steps to Reading</a> by J. S. Lauria (1862).<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bartleby.com/">http://www.bartleby.com/</a><br />great site for free book classics Online<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mainlesson.com/main/displayarticle.php?article=feature">http://www.mainlesson.com/main/displayarticle.php?article=feature</a><br />Old Children's books<br /><br /><a href="http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/">http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/</a><br />e-books<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/text-idx?idno=00acy5488m;view=toc;c=nietz">http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/text-idx?idno=00acy5488m;view=toc;c=nietz</a><br />McGuffey primer<br /><br /><a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/13853">New National First Reader</a>by Charles J. Barnes and Various<br /><br /><a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/10294">Verse and Prose for Beginners in Reading</a>by Horace Elisha Scudder<br /><br /><a href="http://www.oldfashionededucation.com/reading.htm">http://www.oldfashionededucation.com/reading.htm</a><br />scroll down till it says readers!<br />.<br /><strong>spelling for free</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dwcummings.com/">http://www.dwcummings.com/</a><br />is an inductive spelling program for elementary and middle school students, consisting of eight books of 48 short lessons each<br /><br />Here is the 1896 edition of Rebecca Pollard <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=dpIAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA5&dq=pollard%27s%2Bsynthetic%2Bspeller">Pollard's Synthetic Speller</a>. Here is the 1887 edition of <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=zcEBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=pollard%27s%2Bsynthetic%2Bspeller">Pollard's Advanced Speller</a><br /><br /><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=VOQAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA3&dq=pronouncing#PPA2,M1">The National Pronouncing Speller</a> by Richard G. Parker and J. Madison Watson. A masterpiece! I have not seen their National First Reader: Primer of Word-Building<br /><br /><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=2rUAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA3&dq=alphabet%2Band%2Bspelling%2Bbook&lr=&as_brr=1#PPA1,M1">And Ear and Eye Spelling Book: A Book on Word Study for the Primary Grades</a> by Albert R. Sabin (1904). This is for 1st-4th grade. Here is <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=U-hEAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=progressive%2Bspeller%2Bsever&lr=&as_brr=1">The Progressive Spelle</a>r (1994) by F. P Sever. Very good speller!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.resourceroom.net/readspell/guidespell.asp">http://www.resourceroom.net/readspell/guidespell.asp</a><br />help learning how to spell! Very good idea!<br /><br /><strong>Other ways to teach phonics!<br /></strong>(Some free and some not free!)<br /><br />whole-word dyslexia- Phonics Pathways by Dolores Hiskes<br /><a href="http://www.dorbooks.com/readingpathways.html">http://www.dorbooks.com/readingpathways.html</a><br /><br />dyslexia- <a href="http://www.toe-by-toe.co.uk/">http://www.toe-by-toe.co.uk/</a><br />A Highly Structured Multi-Sensory Reading Manual for Teachers & Parents<br /><br />Edu-Steps by Pat Doran<br />. The program was developed by professor Pat Doran of Gilbert, Arizona. Her program is called <a href="http://www.edu-steps.com/pages/1/index.htm">Phonics Steps to Reading Success</a>. It is a fast-paced word attack system for developing and improving reading skills. Pat has over 30 years experience working with students with reading problems. Dramatic results have also been reported by other teachers using the program. It is appropriate for ages 10 to 100. Here is a short essay by Pat:<a href="http://donpotter.net/PDF/Edu-Steps%20Letter.pdf"> Steps to Reading Success</a>. The Teacher's Manual is included right on the transparancies!<br /><br /><a href="http://donpotter.net/PDF/How%20to%20Cure%20Dyslexia.pdf">http://donpotter.net/PDF/How%20to%20Cure%20Dyslexia.pdf</a><br />Samuel Blumenfield article!<br /><br />Dyslexia competency test-<br /><a href="http://www.dyslexia.com/library/symptoms.htm">http://www.dyslexia.com/library/symptoms.htm</a><br /><a href="http://www.dyslexia.com/dyslexiatest.htm">http://www.dyslexia.com/dyslexiatest.htm</a><br /><a href="http://www.dys-add.com/testing.html">http://www.dys-add.com/testing.html</a><br /><br /><br /><strong>Misc. phonics ideas and helps for free!</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://donpotter.net/PDF/Mary%20Johnson%27s%202%20Sentence%20Test.pdf">http://donpotter.net/PDF/Mary%20Johnson%27s%202%20Sentence%20Test.pdf</a><br />Mary Johnson’s Two Sentence Reading Test is a cleverly devised assessment for determining if<br />students can read by the analogy from memorized sight-words (phony-phonics).<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nrrf.org/readtest.html">http://www.nrrf.org/readtest.html</a> - Reading Competency Test<br />How well is your child reading? Print out The National Right to Read Foundation's Reading Competency Test and find out today- here it is in pdf form <a href="http://donpotter.net/PDF/Reading%20Competency%20Test%20-%20Groff.pdf">http://donpotter.net/PDF/Reading%20Competency%20Test%20-%20Groff.pdf</a><br /><br /><a href="http://english.glendale.cc.ca.us/phonics.html">http://english.glendale.cc.ca.us/phonics.html</a> - Practice Quiz on Phonics<br />a list of phonics rules to print- <a href="http://english.glendale.cc.ca.us/phonics.rules.html">http://english.glendale.cc.ca.us/phonics.rules.html</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.illinoisloop.org/anon_thankyouwl.html">http://www.illinoisloop.org/anon_thankyouwl.html</a><br />a funny article on whole language learning , not the best way to teach children to read!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.resourceroom.net/homeschool/index.asp">http://www.resourceroom.net/homeschool/index.asp</a><br />Good resource for spelling, phonics and a few other subjects!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.geocities.com/yamataro670/readinglab.htm">http://www.geocities.com/yamataro670/readinglab.htm</a><br />information articles with self-grading comprehension tests. Great for reading practice!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flashcardexchange.com/">http://www.flashcardexchange.com/</a><br />phonics flashcards to print plus many more flashcards for other things!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Phonics/historyofreading.html">http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Phonics/historyofreading.html</a><br />History of reading, very interesting! Makes you consider how you teach your children to read!<br /><br /><strong>Handwriting Learning for Free!!</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.peterson-handwriting.com/Publications/ReviewAccess.html">http://www.peterson-handwriting.com/Publications/ReviewAccess.html</a><br />Handwriting, A Complete Guide To Instruction<br /><br /><a href="http://www.iampeth.com/lessons.php#ornamental">http://www.iampeth.com/lessons.php#ornamental</a><br />Here you will find a wealth of material for learning calligraphy and penmanship. Cursive handwriting, Ornamental Penmanship, Copperplate, Spencerian script - we have lessons on these and much more.<br /><br /><a href="http://donpotter.net/PDF/Cursive%20First.pdf">http://donpotter.net/PDF/Cursive%20First.pdf</a><br />How Should We Teach Our Children to Write?<br />Cursive First, Print Later!<br />By Samuel L, Blumenfeld<br /><br /><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=WZwBAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=manual%2Bof%2Bfree-hand%2Bpenmanship&lr=&as_brr=1#PPA3,M1">Manual of Free-hand Penmanship</a><br /><br />Where I found lots of this stuff!!<br /><a href="http://donpotter.net/ed.htm">http://donpotter.net/ed.htm</a><br /><a href="http://oldfashionededucation.com/">http://oldfashionededucation.com/</a><br /><br />debbiedebbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866986722474422694noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841700264964642596.post-65210773413146766302009-05-06T11:36:00.000-07:002009-05-06T12:47:05.049-07:00This is How I write a Unit Study!!<strong>This is How I write a Unit Study!!</strong><br /><br />Ive done these for years, even before they were called unit studies!! so if you like to do research making units are very fun!! I generally make all mine in the summer, since we don’t do any school stuff then.<br /><br />I use internet, library, make up worksheets, video, tapes etc.<br />I always do a time line so kids can place what we are doing on it. Keeps it straight in there minds and mine!<br /><br />You can do plays, tape books and put sound effects on the tape, about the subject you do. these are fun to do!<br /><br /><strong>Lets see, how about doing one on turtles!</strong><br /><br />First i ask the kids what they know about the subject, i either write it on the chalk board or have them write it down on a piece a paper, then i ask them what they would want to know about the subject we will be doing.<br />Next i find info on turtles from lib., internet, videos, tv, etc. set it all out in front of me(i use my huge kitchen table to work on) then i think of how i want to go about giving info to the kids! i try to answer the questions how, why, what, where who, when,<br /><br /><strong>heres some ideas i use:</strong><br />You can find out how many different types of turtle there are and have kids do research on some<br /><br />you can make up little booklets with activities for the kids (younger kids love this) to do just staple all the pages together. In these booklets you can have comprehension pages you make up, puzzle pages, counting (math) pages, looking up certain things, spelling words/vocab, writing essay pages, coloring pages, art pages, cooking turtle soup or making turtle cookies, bits of history and science etc!<br /><br />We always keep a notebook on our units of what we drew, made, wrote, etc..<br /><br /><strong>Spelling and Vocab:</strong><br />use words having to do with turtles, take the words out of what you are teaching, make up booklets just for the spelling and vocab so the kids can writing them in there.<br /><br /><strong>Writing:</strong><br />the kids can write stories, poems, jokes, about turtles, they can research certain turtles and write essays. For some of the younger kids i write facts down and they can read and copy on another page.<br /><br /><strong>English or lang. arts:</strong><br />I just use workbook for this subject.<br /><br /><strong>History and Science:</strong><br />the kids can look up and tell the history of a few turtles, what they were used for, where they originated, how they hatch, how long they live, etc. what Indians used them for, what medicinal qualities they have, how are they used for food, buy a turtle and keep as a pet, how to take care of a turtle, what they eat. Watch some videos about turtles,<br /><br /><strong>Art:</strong><br />make posters of different ones, draw pictures to put in there notebooks, turtle crafts<br /><br /><strong>Reading:</strong><br />the kids can read books about turtles and tell someone about what they’ve read, (keeps it in there brains!) write a book report, read to younger brother or sister about turtles.<br /><br /><strong>Math:</strong><br />depending on how old the kids are, for the little ones you can make up worksheets on counting turtles, measuring turtles, find some turtle manipulatives, turtle pencils, etc or just use a regular math workbook or book.<br /><br />Well this is just a few ideas and the way that I do my units. You can add as much and as little as you like. As my kids got older I had them make up unit studies to teach each other. we sure have a lot of fun with unit studies, and learn so much!<br /><br />debbiedebbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866986722474422694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841700264964642596.post-72561736266237027032009-05-05T14:30:00.000-07:002009-05-05T14:37:27.015-07:00Oceanography Unit Study<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1sKOO7dEi7LAdVM__MgJAbdoQEZ4WSeeTrn5iZsAHnWaNq_Do0QVVCYYLKknOdCP2N-9SJN5a-9C5C7DTVE0Hm_UQq7BmEl8ntdgtJoFo5BlEGrjmLaYhCAXiF5PAUqBwfIY9HyS0pBPv/s1600-h/debbie+pictures+010.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332456660716088642" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1sKOO7dEi7LAdVM__MgJAbdoQEZ4WSeeTrn5iZsAHnWaNq_Do0QVVCYYLKknOdCP2N-9SJN5a-9C5C7DTVE0Hm_UQq7BmEl8ntdgtJoFo5BlEGrjmLaYhCAXiF5PAUqBwfIY9HyS0pBPv/s200/debbie+pictures+010.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5m8Sqd1Ut5wpHE6PKEwUFx1H94yREtqX0Fpr0-WKznR4Gh8PVgYvKlLHOakoFdUuHdWJFFqWD6UoYMnn9QrlZwcvMSpfZbeX0jBEAtfCp0PWFQxPJEsQb0QAXq73hp7I9pBZOPmKfXfeK/s1600-h/oceanog.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332455472205402626" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5m8Sqd1Ut5wpHE6PKEwUFx1H94yREtqX0Fpr0-WKznR4Gh8PVgYvKlLHOakoFdUuHdWJFFqWD6UoYMnn9QrlZwcvMSpfZbeX0jBEAtfCp0PWFQxPJEsQb0QAXq73hp7I9pBZOPmKfXfeK/s200/oceanog.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div>heres a couple of pictures of our coral reef we are doing, we are doing a oceanography unit study and right now learning about coral reefs! the kids did all this work. i bought the background paper from a place called 'Learning Palace', a school supply store we have here. All the kids had to learn about coral reefs, what they do, how they work etc. kids are 8,9, 11, 12,12, 16,16, and 17.</div><div>we are in the process of putting a volcano on it also and some more turtles , hump back whale, its an on going process!! and sooooo fun!</div></div></div>debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866986722474422694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841700264964642596.post-12850985075778683712009-04-11T08:32:00.000-07:002009-04-11T08:45:24.307-07:00Auditory Learners!!Auditory learners learn the best by listening to what others have to say and by talking to people. Here’s how some auditory learners learn!!! Not all, just some of the ones I've been teaching. Most kids have a mixture of different learning styles, and sometimes there is one style that sticks out more than others.<br /><br /><strong>How does an auditory learner, learn??</strong><br /><br />Hums or talks to themselves!!<br />They like to listen to wordless music while learning<br />They spell most of the time correctly<br />They can read pretty well<br />Most are musically inclined<br />Most of them remember names, and dates<br />They like to play word gamesLove to do oral reports<br />Good at grammar<br />Like to act in plays and such<br />Notices sound effects in movies<br />They will sometimes talk while they write so don’t be alarmed!<br />Their eyes tend to move down and to the right when listening to someone talk<br />They like to listen to others but are impatient to add their two cents!<br />They like to talk on the phone<br />They prefer verbal instruction, good idea to always tell them orally what you require of them<br />Like to talk to peopleMake up great stories!<br />Explains things good<br />Good at foreign languages<br />Read slowly<br />Likes to read out loud to themselves<br />Is not afraid to speak in class<br />Has a hard time keeping quiet for long periods of time<br />Like to be in groups with othersVery good at oral exams<br />They remember things they hear during lectures or conversations with others<br />Good vocabulary<br />They can carry on interesting conversations and get their ideas across very clearly<br />In music they can hear tones, rhythms, and individual notes clearly<br />They express themselves best by written and oral communication<br />They do best by working on one task at a time<br />They like quiet when learning<br />They don’t care too much for hands on projects<br />When listening to a speaker sometimes they don’t seem to be paying much attention to the speaker but they are hearing what is being said<br />Great in class discussions or debates<br />They enjoy being read to<br />Enjoy the performing arts<br />They like to talk lot!!<br />Their descriptions are usually long and they repeat things over and over!hahaha<br />They seem to use words in there speech such as ‘listen, tell, and hear’!! (So true!)<br />They don’t notice new things to quickly!<br /><br /><strong>What they have trouble with</strong><br /><br />They have trouble learning visually<br />Might even need to read aloud to understand<br />They forget faces, but remember names!<br />Their writing is not always legible<br />Pictures are something they don’t care for<br />Games are not a favorite with them<br />Written down info usually doesn’t mean anything to them unless they read it out loud<br />They have a hard time when reading passages and answering questions and being timed!<br />They tend to take poor notes cuz they want to listen!<br /> Let them write there notes down later<br />Not good at reading silently<br />Doesn’t usually notice the illustrations in books when reading<br />Hard for them to keep quiet for prolonged periods, they just gotta get up and talk!!!hahah<br />It’s hard for auditory learners not to express themselves emotionally<br />Have poor comprehension when reading silently<br />Find it difficult following written directions<br />Does not like reading from the computer, especially when there’s busy backgrounds<br /><br /><strong>What curriculum should you use??</strong><br /><strong></strong><br />Things with tapes, or DVDs, things with oral assignments, anything that includes groups or learning out loud! Discussions<br /><br /><strong>How to teach some auditory learners</strong><br /><strong></strong><br />Read instructions out loud with them<br />They love audio tapes, and watching videos<br />During a test they should read the question quietly to themselves and speak the answers like they are hearing them out loud, then write it down<br />Using repetion will help them remember factsRepeating facts aloud with their eyes closed will help<br /><br /><strong>Language arts</strong><br />Narration, discussions and oral presentations are better for the oral learner then written assignments.<br /><br /><strong>Reading/Literature</strong><br />Letting them work with others is very helpful<br />Repeat verbal instructions and have them write them down<br />Let them use their finger or a book mark to avoid skipping lines or words when reading<br />They read dialogues and plays very good<br />They like to stop and summarize what he/she just read when reading out loud<br />They like to learn to read with phonics<br />Also helpful would be to teach reading by using rhyming words<br />Before having them read a chapter, let them look at all the pictures, and titles. Then try to guess what the chapter is about, and then read out loud if possible, if not try to hear the words as you read them in your head<br /><br /><strong>Spelling/Writing</strong><br />Verbally review spelling words<br />Repeating out loud their sentences before writing them when doing a paper or essay is very helpful<br />Also when writing a paper or essay putting their ideas on tape for the paper (brainstorming) will help<br />Saying words in syllables helps with spelling<br /><br /><strong>Math</strong><br />In math they might not see the math signs and get confused with numbers that are alikeBe sure to explain orally the way a problem is to be solved<br /><br />How to solve a problem<br />1. look at the problem<br />2. repeat it out loud<br />3. close eyes and repeat it out loud<br />4. write the answer<br /><br /><strong>History/Science</strong><br />Read written material out loud<br />Making up songs or rhymes to go along with what you are teaching helps<br />Using a video or audio tape to listen to<br />Plenty of discussions<br /><br /><strong>When using flashcards</strong>:<br />Using flashcards that have the problem on one side and the answer on the other, first read both sides aloud, then close eyes and recite both problem and answer several times aloud, then after doing a few of them this way , turn the over to the problem side and see if they can come up with the answer.debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866986722474422694noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841700264964642596.post-76159344484315164152009-04-07T16:50:00.000-07:002009-08-18T09:17:33.995-07:00Can't Memorize the Times Tables?Hi!!!! just had to put this here, shes one of my favorite writers and educators!<br /><br />this is a really good article by <strong>ruth beechick</strong> and it works!<br /><br />Problem: Can’t memorize the times tables.<br />Solution: Don’t blindly memorize; teach meaning instead.<br /><br />Teaching Tips<br />April 1, 2009<br />How To Master the Times Tables<br />by Ruth Beechick<br /><br />Here is an easy solution to what has become a major problem among homeschoolers.<br /><br /> Problem: Can’t memorize the times tables.<br /> Solution: Don’t blindly memorize; teach meaning instead.<br /><br />This article explains how to teach meaning. Meaning stays with children for life; blind memorizing does not last long without constant review. Meaning fascinates and engages the mind; blind memorizing bores the mind.<br /><br />Begin the meaning route by giving children a good mental picture of our number system. Make a hundred chart for this.* This is a chart of squares, ten by ten. In the top row of squares print the numbers 1 to 10. In the second row print the numbers 11 to 20, and so on to 100 in the bottom row. Children could make this chart as a large poster.<br /><br />Now, forget for a while that you’re on multiplication. Just work at first to build understanding of the number system. Have your child point on the chart with his finger or a short pointer everything you ask him to do. First show that adding is nothing more than counting forward.<br /><br />• Point to 4. Add 3 squares. Where do you land?<br />• Point to 14. Add 3 squares. Where do you land?<br />• Point to 54. Add 3 squares. Where do you land?<br /><br />Repeat with similar examples a few times each day. These examples each remain on one row in the chart. Stay at that level until you see that the child sees clearly that adding counts forward in the numbers. Then switch to subtraction, or take-away if your book uses that term. Subtraction is simply counting backward. Remember to have the child always point off squares on the hundred chart. This builds his inner visualization of the number system and that’s what you’re after here, not simply answers. When the above addition and subtraction problems are mastered, pose some problems that move from one row to the next. This is called bridging, bridging from one decade to the next.<br /><br />• Point to 8. Add 6.<br />• Point to 18. Add 6.<br />• Point to 38. Add 6.<br /><br />Later you can mix up the problems and not stay with one pattern like adding 6. When your child masters moving down the rows, begin counting by fives. Make him point, always point as he counts and says “5, 10, 15, 20, 25” and so on through the chart. Then:<br /><br />• Count by 2s. (Every count is an even number.)<br />• Count by 10s.<br /><br />Counting by fives, twos, and tens is relatively easy compared with other counting jumps. But if your child can do it try counting by fours. That’s twice the jumps of 2. If he does this enough he may catch on that in one row the counts end with 4 and 8, and in the next row the counts end with 2, 6, and 0. Then it’s back to 4 and 8 again. That two-row pattern continues all the way to 100. Your child should be seeing patterns everywhere by now. That’s part of the understanding he’s building. When all the above is extremely easy for your child, try doing multiplication problems, still having him point out everything on the chart. Count by twos as above. Then:<br /><br />• Show me two 2s. Where do you land? (Points to 2 and 4.)<br />• Show me three 2s. (Points to 2, 4 and 6.)<br />• Show me four 2s. (2, 4, 6, 8)<br />• Continue to ten 2s.<br /><br />When the child does this well, have him write 2 x 2 = 4 horizontally, or vertically if that’s the way his book does it. Then write 3 x 2 = 6 and the others all the way to 10 x 2. He should refer to the chart when needed. This is not a memory assignment or memory test. He’s learning to visualize the number system any time he refers to the chart. Count by fives to 50. Then:<br /><br />• Show me two 5s. (5, 10)<br />• Show me three 5s. (5, 10, 15)<br />• Continue up to ten 5s.<br /><br />Try teaching what is called the law of commutation: Show me two fives. Now show me five twos. Oh, the same answer both ways. Write both on your paper.<br /><br />Another example: show me three fives. Now show me five threes. Oh, it’s 15 both ways. Write both on your paper. Either way you turn the numbers, the answer is 15.<br /><br />Write the table of fives in a list from 2 x 5 = 10 all the way to 10 x 5. Beside it write a list that commutes the numbers, beginning with 5 x 2 and 5 x 3 all the way to 5 x 10. Do similar double lists with the twos and with the tens.<br /><br />By this stage a child will know quite a few multiplication facts and he hasn’t spent any time with straight, boring memory. He spent his time thinking and understanding what goes on with the numbers. Now when he gets to larger numbers that he can’t visualize easily, he at least understands what happens when he multiplies them.<br /><br />Some larger multiplication facts are easy if you relate them to already known facts. For example, teach the table of nines by relating it to the tens. What is 9 x 6? First think that 10 x 6 is 60, so subtract one 6 and get 54. Another example: What is 9 x 4? First think ten fours is 40, so subtract one 4 and get 36. Try a few each day until the nines are easy. Remember to commute when it helps. If a problem is 8 x 9, turn it to 9 x 8 and proceed by relating to 10 x 8.<br /><br />After the nines are mastered, use the same system with the sixes. Relate each to the fives. For 6 x 4, think 5 x 4 plus another 4. For 6 x 7, think 5 x 7 plus another 7. Adding that 7 requires bridging, so those early steps of addition are necessary now for multiplication. To add 7 to 35, most people probably visualize that 5 takes them up to 40, then 2 more makes 42. If your child has trouble with this, go back to practice bridging on the chart. That’s adding a number that requires moving from one row to the next. Children who catch on easily to the meaning system will figure out more meaning for themselves and you don’t have to teach everything. For children who don’t catch on, go back to the early stages and teach again, moving slowly.<br /><br />After a child masters the practices described above, he could fill out a sheet (don’t call it a test) that has all the multiplication facts. Don’t push for speed, and tell the child he can skip ones he does not know. By this time there should be only a few he skips, if any. He can learn those few by relating them to nearby facts. Or he can memorize them. It will be a small memory task, nothing like if you had started by saying, “Now you must memorize the times tables,” and you drilled and drilled each day. Children taught only by memory may have no way to figure out a fact they forget. Children taught by meaning can always find an answer some way or other.<br /><br />It used to be important to achieve high speed in multiplying, but in our calculator age, speed does not matter in life applications. Use your judgment on how much speed to aim for.<br /><br />For children near the early stages of multiplication, use the suggestions in this article in order and slowly and thoroughly. For children further along in their arithmetic book who bump into multiplication problems, use a part or parts that will iron out those problems. Careful teaching in basic arithmetic carries through life and helps immensely with all higher math.debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866986722474422694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841700264964642596.post-19141602726029207002009-03-25T13:01:00.000-07:002009-03-25T13:10:37.611-07:00Learning Math Facts X + --<strong>What I do to help the kids memorize Math facts</strong><br /><br />is make it into a game,<br /><br />i write the facts<br />(1x2, 2x1, you can do this with subtraction or addition also, etc)<br />on recipe cards<br />(i only do 0-3 at first and then add more facts as they need, and take out the easiest ones)<br />and play a game called <strong>concentration. </strong><br /><br />Its where you take turns turning over the cards to find matches, it works so good!<br />You can start where the child is, like the older kids i start at 3s or 4s since most of them know the other facts.<br />Be sure to write the facts 4x2 and 2x4 also 1x8 would be a match. I stack them when i write them out instead of side by side but either way works!<br />You can play this game with all the kids no matter what age really, even younger ones ( just to be include they learn something)debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866986722474422694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841700264964642596.post-52831052752772804882009-02-23T11:38:00.000-08:002011-09-28T15:30:04.051-07:00CreativeWriting help!CreativeWriting help!<br />
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1. Talking of making learning fun, here’s a fun thing we like to do for writing(i read this on internet a long time ago)<br />
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I have the kids make up a map any shape they want it to be of an island, then I tell put in towns, cities, mountains, rivers, forests, volcanoes, any kind of map features etc. all these will have to have a name. They love using there imaginations on coming up with names!! This idea helps a lot if they don’t have any ideas what they want to write about!<br />
Next they get to decide who lives on the island. It could be people, animals, made up creatures, tribes etc. now (it does help if for the first time you do a sample map with names of places)<br />
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Now I have them come up with 1 or 2 main people for the story. (It could be whole family)<br />
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Next is how they come to the island, they could be ship wrecked, vacationing, dropped off, visiting the island, or time traveled there! haha that’s how the story can start! And the kids can change it any way they want! They like to go on and on, adding more maps and people!!<br />
This is very creative and fun for the kids and us!!<br />
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2. Another creative way we get our imaginations working is: To write out sentence using the ABCs, we can start anywhere in the alphabet but the sentences has to go in alphabetical order<br />
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These are so fun!! We read them out loud also!!<br />
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3. Now another thing we do is tongue twisters on paper and then read them out loud we laugh so hard!!<br />
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4. This is like the 2nd one but we use the whole alphabet to keep writing a sentence, cant stop till we use the whole thing!<br />
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5. One other thing we do for creative writing is to go on short walk and find something on the ground we want to write about, it could be anything, from a leaf to a piece of paper!!<br />
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well these are simple things but they sure help us get our ideas going! It works for the older kids and the younger kids!! and moms!hahahadebbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866986722474422694noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841700264964642596.post-58392169488265170942009-02-18T14:11:00.000-08:002009-03-19T09:48:14.441-07:00More ideas to teach our young kids!!<strong>More ideas to teach our young kids!!<br /></strong><span style="color:#00cccc;"><span style="font-family:arial;">These games and crafts are fun to play with the younger kids and will keep them busy while you teach another child. Of course you’ll have to have some one playing with the child and helping him/her. I have one of the older kids do this if I need to help another child. I used these games and crafts on my kids.</span><br /></span><br /><strong>Matching ABC game!</strong><br />Make a matching alphabet game! Make out of recipe cards, print small case letters and upper case letters on the cards. If you can see through the backs of card just color with a crayon. Now mix up the cards and lay them face down 5 across and 5 down or anyway you want, then have child and you take turns turning over and matching uppercases with lower case letters !! Be sure to have the child say the letters! Give a prize at the end of game!<br /><br /><strong>What letter is in the bag game!!</strong><br />Fill a bag with different things that start with sounds you want to teach your child. Things like ball, book, pin, doll, car, rock, apple etc. now show the child all the items in the bag, put them back in the bag. Next tell the child to find something in the bag that starts with an A in the bag and ask the child what sound(s) the A makes. Let the child reach in and try to find the Apple by touching it only, not by seeing. ( if the child doesn’t know the sounds tell him/her)<br /><br /><strong>Counting around the house!</strong><br />Find a bunch of stuff you can put in a bag and count! Like buttons, rocks, pins, pencils, spoons, paper clips, erasers, etc. then let child dump bag out on tray or table and count how many objects of each there is. This is good for younger children especially, helps them put a number with objects.<br /><br /><strong>ABC Bingo!</strong><br />Make your own bingo cards with construction paper. Write the ABC’s on it like in a bingo game. Use upper case and lower case letter also can mix in numbers! Learn two things in one game! Now to play the game call out the letter or number and the child can put a marker on the letter or number you call. When the child calls out bingo you can give the kids a prize! This also works with states and capitals or times tables.<br /><br /><strong>Tissue paper letters</strong><br />Using a large poster board draw a letter on the board and let the child tear up tissue paper and decorate the letter. Also can use finger paints to paint a letter on the poster board! Nice and messy!<br /><br /><strong>Counting Book!<br /></strong>This is fun, make a counting book together. Buy one of those blank books at the dollar store or make your own with construction paper stapling the pages together or lacing them. On each page have the child trace or print a number. Now have the child draw that many items on the page! Also fun to find items and glue them on the page. These can be make of material also, just use hot glue. Also if you have a large family you can use pictures of the family to use as objects to glue on the pages! Also can do this with the ABCs!<br /><br /><strong>A B C collage!</strong><br />Buy a large piece of poster board(1$ at dollar store) and look through magazines, pictures, newspapers, etc for letters that begin with a,b,c,d,etc. make it a month long project! By looking for a letter a day and then paste them on the poster board with the letter under it! Hang it on the wall so everyone can see it. Also works with newsprint.debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866986722474422694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841700264964642596.post-24011965170767119512009-02-13T13:47:00.000-08:002009-03-03T15:49:29.633-08:00Some ideas i use for the younger kids<strong>Some ideas i use for the younger kids<br /></strong><br />1. using giant piece of cardboard or poster board, draw roads for there little cars, can draw in mountains, trees , people and houses. Mine would play for hours with this.<br />2.stencils, my younger kids would love to put stencils on rolls of newsprint (big paper we would get from the newspaper)then they would color them in. we did themes sometimes, using the little dover stencils, I used them for wrapping paper.<br />3. Using colored chalk on black or dark colored construction paper was always fun.<br />4.also using chalk on a side walk, or basketball court,<br />5. lacing with buttons, using these for learning how to count was fun also, and sorting them into different colors.<br />6. catching a bug in a jar and letting the child watch the bug, close up!<br />7. also stringing fruit loops cereal.<br />8. playing balloon ball with balloons<br />9. trying to jump rope<br />10. laying a large piece of paper on the floor, and letting kids color on it.<br />11. laying the child on a long piece of newprint and drawing there body, then let them finish!<br />12. include the child in what your studying, make him up his own little book or math or coloring etc and he only does this workbook when your kids do.<br />13. being consistant with not letting the younger ones interrupt the older ones helped a lot, they need to know there bounderiesdebbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866986722474422694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841700264964642596.post-2932013832916668002009-02-06T11:10:00.000-08:002009-03-03T15:49:51.591-08:00Some Visual Learners!!!!<span style="font-size:85%;">Now this is how some visual learners learn! We usually have more than one way of learning in us, but some of us have more of one way!! does that make sense!? I came by this from teaching kids, reading and myself!!! This is just a few ideas.</span><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Visual Learner-</span></strong><br />Means the child will learn through watching. They try to visualize words. They don’t care for sitting and listening to someone talk for long periods of time! They (we, haha) seem to forget names but remember faces, and can see likenesses in faces; they like to meet people face to face. Some visual learners when reading or listening like to pause and imagine what a story is telling.<br /><br />They like descriptive writings, they love maps! And charts! They like to dream! Watch movies! They like to draw and use colors, watch demonstrations, look at posters! When learning how to do something new they look at both the directions and the picture, they like to doodle while listening to lectures or on the phone! They can remember better what they see, than by listening. Remember visual learners rely most of the time, on their sense of sight to take in information, understand it, and remember it.<br /><br />As long as they can "see" it, they can understand it. Most have a good sense of direction.<br />Most Visual learners seem to be creative, dramatic, artistic, musical, good with their hands, good at building things, solving puzzles, and solving problems.<br /><br /><strong>Sample of vocations for the visual learners</strong>: visual art, architecture, photography, video or film, design, planning (especially strategic), and navigation.<br /><br /><strong>Tips</strong><br />They like computer graphics, online games!!<br />If they have to listen to a lecture have them take lots of notes and then recopy them,<br />Let them use highlighters, colored pens on papers and books,<br />Fancy fonts they like<br />Using hands on teaching will help the visual learner better than just telling them.<br />When its time to study they like to do it in a quiet place, no interruptions!<br />For these children, remembering how letters and sounds fit together to make up a word can be challenging<br />Visual learners need to see the whole goal before the can start.<br />They learn best by seeing relationships between things, rather than facts alone<br /><br /><strong>Language arts</strong><br />Use workbooks<br />Board games<br />Charts<br />Posters<br />Books with color and pictures<br /><br /><strong>Reading<br /></strong>While you are reading to the visual learner give him/her pencils and paper to draw along while you read.<br />They like to read silently<br />They prefer written directions,<br />Studying independently<br /><br /><strong>Writing</strong><br />Keeping a journal<br />Essays<br />Make lists<br />Have them keep a planner and write down what they have to do for school in it and cross it off as the finish.<br /><br /><strong>Phonics</strong><br />It is important for visual learners to see the whole word as a picture first, and then it is easier to remember how those letters and sounds fit together to make up that whole word-picture.<br />If you are teaching reading with flashcards, each card should have a word that represents something that the learner can see. It’s easier for a child to see an 'apple' than to see and remember the word 'that'. Say the word so that the child hears very clearly how the word should sound.<br />For phonics use picture cards<br />Reading rocks for the visual learner-http://www.readingreallyrocks.com/thevisuallearner.html<br />Use lots of color for the visual learner, they love it!<br />Spelling and vocab<br />To help with spelling they should look at the word, look away, then to visualize the word in their head, and write it down.<br />Showing them spelling words on paper will help them learn.<br />Practice writing the words<br />Use flash cards for vocab also<br />Teach them to spell by picturing words in their heads<br /><br /><strong>History and Science</strong><br />Movies videos<br />Field trips<br />Coloring pages<br />Books with lots of pictures<br />Diagrams, charts maps,<br /><br /><strong>Math</strong><br />Teach math by writing the problems on paper or make some flashcards, so they can memorize them and write them down.<br />It’s been suggested that visual learners like Singapore math<br />Using an abacus is helpfuldebbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866986722474422694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841700264964642596.post-83953235466515139122009-01-21T15:40:00.000-08:002009-03-03T15:50:15.919-08:00Teaching young children math<strong>Teaching young children math</strong><br /><br />Step 1<br /><br />The best way to begin teaching a young child math is with manipulative, such as bugs, rocks, pennies, marbles, m & ms, socks, any objects you can count with. It can be taught anytime throughout your day, when your doing laundry, putting socks together, counting them, setting the table, counting the silverware, glasses, plates etc.<br /><br />Remember to make it fun for you and the child!!<br /><br />Using manipulative like this, the kids can then figure out some very hard problems! Just holding and seeing the objects clicks in their young brains. When most kids are young they don’t think of a math problem as we do 1+3=4 , they need something more hands on so they can touch it and feel it to understand its value, once they learn this way of doing math the other steps wont be as hard.<br /><br />This is the first step of how other types of math will be understood.After the child gets use to using the manipulative she/he will be able to picture the things in their head, he/she will be able to see them and work out the easier problems.<br /><br />When he/she is ready to move on to the next step, you’ll know because the child will not be using the manipulative as much, she/he will start picturing the problem in her head, finding a faster way to figure math problems out!!! Then it’s on to step 2!!!<br /><br />debbiedebbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866986722474422694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841700264964642596.post-19679170782128382162009-01-05T15:31:00.000-08:002009-01-05T15:32:58.867-08:00This is How I write a Unit Study!!This is How I write a Unit Study!!<br />Ive done these for years, even when they weren't so popular!<br />so if you like to do research making units are very fun!!<br />I generally make all mine in the summer, since we don’t do any school stuff then.!!<br />I use internet, library, make up worksheets, video, tapes etc.<br /><br />I always do a time line so kids can place what we are doing on it.<br /> Keeps it straight in there minds and mine! You can do plays, tape books and put sound effects on the tape, about each subject you do.<br /><br />Lets see, how bout one on turtles,<br />find info on turtles from lib., internet etc. like how many different types of turtle there are, you can make up little booklets with activities for the kids to do just staple all the pages together.<br /><br />We always kept a notebook on our units of what we drew, made, wrote, etc. .<br />(spelling and vocab.) use Words having to do with turtles, take the words out of what you are teaching,<br />(writing) the kids can write stories, poems, jokes, about turtles, they can research certain turtles.<br />For (English or lang. arts) I just used workbook, <br />(history and science) tell the history of a few turtles, what they were used for, where they originated, how they hatch, how long they live, etc. what Indians used them for, what medicinal qualities they have, how are they used for food, buy a turtle and keep as a pet, how to take care of a turtle, what they eat. Watch some videos about turtles,<br />(art) make posters of different ones, draw pictures to put in there notebooks, turtle crafts(reading) they can read books about turtles and tell someone about what they’ve read, (keeps it in there brains!) write a book report, read to younger brother or sister about turtles.<br />(math) depending on how old kids are, little ones you can make up worksheets on counting turtles, find some turtle manipulatives, turtle pencils, etc or just use a regular math workbook or book.<br /><br />Well this is just a few ideas and the way that I do my units. You can add as much and as little as you like. As my kids got older I had them make up unit studies to teach each other.<br />debbiedebbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866986722474422694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841700264964642596.post-23835591926685994462008-12-11T09:04:00.000-08:002009-03-03T15:50:52.125-08:00Teaching A Young Childthis is what i did with my kids when they were young and just starting to do some academic learning, its funny but it was just everyday stuff that went right along with chores, cooking, living!<br /><br />i started oldest daughter when she was around 4 with some academics so our subjects we did(i guess you could say) were phonics, reading, handwriting, math, bible, science, music lots of art, play!<br /><br />I bought a lesson plan booklet, (sometimes I use just notebooks also,)In my lesson plan booklet it has blank squares, so I labeled the top of the squares with the subjectsOn The side I put the days of the week( i needed to do this because i would forget what i wanted to do, so i write every thing down! but if we didnt get to it that day, that was fine theres always tomorrow.<br /><br />Alot of the time the kids would just start doing something like looking at the globe or map on the wall and start asking questions so we'd be doing geograpy for a while! well one thing is out of geography you can teach all the school subjects!<br /><br />well anyway heres a sample of what we would do dailyMonday(We started at 9am usually, after breakfast and morning chores)<br />Phonics- practice 3 letter sounds ab and cI will write each one on a recipe card so she can see them individuallyPractice the sounds of the 3 letters with herLet her form words if she canUse each letter and look around the room to see if we can find something that begins with that letter(I write it down in my notebook)Let her trace the letters with her fingers, (if there was steam on windows I would have her form them on her own on the window.) a chalk board works good also!<br /><br />Reading- ( I made little booklets up with words and latter senctences for her to read using recipe cards.)Read the words or the sentences,I would also read her a short story and let her follow along with meThen we would read the little booklet again(sometimes throughout the day she would go over and over that booklet!)Ask her to tell me what the story was about and she'd tell someone else what she read just to anchor it in her mind. that seems to help them remember.<br /><br />Handwriting-Teach her to write bou’(I wrote it on a large piece of paper so she could trace it,)On same paper have her write her name with crayons, doesn’t have to have lines, I just let her be creative about it.She would draw a picture using her name(usually she just wrote her name a bunch of different ways!)Also on large paper with her name I would have her write the letters we learned in phonics abc, separately and in words( when all the kids were older i taught them the italic method of writing)<br /><br />Math-(I made up math problems for her)Count from 1 to ?How many fingers and toes ?How many pennieshow many rocks or bugs or...........................How many pieces of candy are here? And when I take 2 away now how many are left(Stuff like that) (if you want to use a math book rod and staff have some great ones that teach the same way.)<br /><br />Bible-She would learn to memorize a bible verse a week, kids this age are very good at this, I would give her a prize at the end of the week.(on Friday )<br /><br />Art-She’d do some kinda craft or drawing, whatever she wanted to. Sometimes I’d have certain things but others I just let her do what she wanted.<br /><br />Science- run around out side looking for bugs, plants, digging in the dirt for worms for dh, picking berries, feeding the animals, collecting eggs, planting the garden, etc<br /><br />music- we'd learn songs, the other kids all had an instument they learned, we only did practise for about 5 min. at a time. its worked! they can all play piano, guitar, manolin and violin.debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866986722474422694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841700264964642596.post-79670880058782749292008-10-20T18:45:00.000-07:002009-03-03T15:51:10.819-08:00How we are studying the states.<strong>How we are studying the states.</strong><br /><br />I send for all the tourist info i can about the states, using the internet. Make up a few worksheets for matching capitals with states, filling in the info of each state chart and a labeling the map worksheet. we make the flag out of felt, color pictures of the state bird and state flower, (these all go into a notebook)<br /><br />i copy off a couple of maps, one to label and one to cut out for the BIG map on the wall.We play state bingo game and a game where the kids go by 2s and run to find the state im calling out on the huge map on the wall, they have to tell me the capital to get 2 points.They also play the matching capital to state game at http://www.yourchildlearns.com/owlmouse.htmWe go through library books, finding out what the states are popular for, famous people, sometimes i just have them do a report of the state or any people from the state that are interesting, and they do a presentation in front of us or a powerpoint. i like to switch it around on them!<br /><br />if i can find a movie about the state we will watch it, but they have to go tell someone what the movies was about.when we are done with each state we make a poster out of it. I cut the state out of poster board(so its a big state) then have the kids look on the interent for the state bird, flower , pictures of things from that state, pictures of the places in that state, we use all the info we sent for to find pictures and whatever we want to put on our poster and we glue them to the poster board where they belong. we put on a compass and a small info chart at the top or bottom.On the game map on the wall i put north, south, west and east in the right places, so when we play the running to the map game i can help them, get to the right area.<br /><br />Evenually they dont need that help.I have another blank map that we do the same game with except they cant read where the states are, more challenging!we also use a timeline where they put the state on the right date it became a state and anything else thats interesting in the state.ive also made a state puzzle out of hard stock, i used the church transparency machine to make my map big on the wall and traced it on hard stock.debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17866986722474422694noreply@blogger.com1