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.
In the ’80s, I was an elementary school student. In kindergarten we learned our letters and numbers, very basic sight words, and spent most of our half-day of school learning through play. Being a nun was the only requirement needed to teach in Catholic school. That nun told my parents I wasn’t good a student and …
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 …
Summer Reading – A Little Something for Everyone When you think about summer reading and your child, the goal should be to read for enjoyment more than anything else. Books can be at grade level, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with reading an “easy” book if your child enjoys it. Encourage your children to read anything …
