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Guest Post – Phonics and Learning to Read, Part 2

July 15, 2009 Homeschool Building Blocks

Day Two of our series with Misty Zaugg at HomeSchoolBytes! If you’re looking for a great series to help your beginning reader gain confidence and skill one word at a time, this is a great one: The “I See Sam” Readers Little Books Set 1 & 2 I learned to read from these little readers [...]

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Guest Post – Phonics and Learning To Read, Part 1

July 14, 2009 Homeschool Building Blocks

While I am busy packing and moving, one of my favorite blogging mommies and a great friend, Misty Zaugg, agreed to do a few guest posts for me. Today is the first in a three part series about phonics and reading. Enjoy! “Misty is a homeschooling mom of 5 in Michigan who, among other things, keeps bees [...]

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Who Else Wants To Teach Their Children A Second Language?

July 10, 2009 Homeschool Building Blocks

You may already remember this about our little family, but my husband was born and raised in Germany. English is actually his second language, though he has been speaking English primarily for so long that he feels like he is losing some of his native tongue. I would really love it if our kids were [...]

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Thirsty Thursday – Reading

June 25, 2009 Homeschool Building Blocks

I am in the second chapter of an absolutely FABULOUS book that I already think every mom and dad should read!! It’s called “How To Teach Your Baby To Read: The Gentle Revolution” by Glenn Doman and Janet Doman (father and daughter team). They talk about teaching very small children to read. But, this book [...]

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See How Easily You Can Homeschool On A Budget

June 22, 2009 Homeschool Building Blocks

One of the very first questions a family addresses when the idea to homeschool comes to the table is, “Can we really afford it?” In today’s public school of metal detectors, gangs, and extreme peer pressure regarding things like sex and drugs, it appears that we can’t afford NOT to keep our precious gifts at home. We have been homeschooling [...]

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You Don’t Have to Have Lots of Space to Be Organized

June 1, 2009 Homeschool Building Blocks

Whether you live in a large or small home, you may be cramped for space as you accumulate more “stuff” to help you homeschool successfully. But, suddenly all those things that were supposed to be a big help are now a burden because, “where in the world do I put it?” runs through your mind. [...]

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I Had Unexpected Company AND a Day Off – All Because of My Schedule

May 19, 2009 Homeschool Building Blocks

At the risk of boring you with the same old stuff, I wanted to tell you about my fun times this weekend! Just another reason that scheduling and doing away with the weekend mentality are wonderful additions to your life! Sunday evening at church, we were able to see some friends that we hadn’t gotten [...]

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The Benefits of Getting Children to Bed Early at Night and Up Early in the Morning

May 15, 2009 Homeschool Building Blocks

“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” Benjamin Franklin; US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer (1706 – 1790) In our homeschooling adventure, there have been periods of time that we sleep until we wake up and there have been periods when we wake up early each [...]

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Homeschool Humor

May 15, 2009 Homeschool Building Blocks

I needed a real good laugh today so I looked up a few! If you’ve homeschooled for longer than six months, you have probably heard these already, but I thought I would dredge them up again!!! Hope you enjoy the laugh and it lightens your day a bit! You Must Be Homeschooled If… Someone [...]

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How To Create Inexpensive Visual Aids for Teaching

May 11, 2009 Homeschool Building Blocks

“Give a man a fish and he can eat for a day, Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.” Isn’t that the essence of what we are trying to do with our children as we teach them day in and day out? We want them to be prepared for life, [...]

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