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Prevent the Summer Slide with Education.com Learning Games

Education.com sponsors this post, but as always, all opinions are completely my own. You all know I only share resources that we actually use and love — and honestly, I’d be telling you about this one even if they weren’t paying me to write about it! Summer break is finally here, and after a busy …

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A Better Way to Teach Close Reading: Why We Love Guided Editions of the Classics from Telemachos Publishing

I received complimentary copies of several Guided Editions of the Classics from Telemachos Publishing for review purposes. All opinions are my own. If you’ve ever handed your teen a classic novel and been met with that look—you know the one—you’re not alone. Classics are rich, meaningful, and worth reading… but they can also feel dense, …

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Christmas Picture Books to Read Aloud

Spending time as a family is an important part of the holiday season. Spending time reading Christmas picture books together is definitely a favorite pastime. As I began to go through the list of Christmas picture books that we have read over the last few years, I am in awe of the writing and illustrations …

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A Homeschooler’s Review of BuddyBooks

BuddyBooks is an online reading program that aims to improve reading fluency. The program allows the student to read a passage, broken into chunks, where they read a section, and then a section is read to them. This takes the mental load off of the student and keeps the text from feeling as overwhelming. Since the child is reading every other section, they can read at their interest level instead of the reading-skill level.

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Teaching Developmental Spelling

Have you wondered what the best homeschool spelling curriculum is?  What if I told you there was a way of having just one spelling curriculum that would ultimately work for all of your children at their developmental stage?   Luckily, during my classroom teaching experience, I worked in two school districts that allowed the classroom teacher to …

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