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Piecing Together a First Grade Education (2012 Curriculum Fair)

by Hillary
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Written by contributor Hillary Boucher of infinite learners Ages of my children: 7, 4, & 1 Educational philosophies I pull from: Unschooling, Literature-based, Enki, Montessori We are a young homeschooling family and have only recently started to explore formal curriculum. In the early years we find that focusing on a healthy and enriching home environment [...]

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curriculum

Curriculum Choices: 5 Phonics/Early Reading Options

by Jamie
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(Disclosure: This post contains five popular reading resources. I haven’t used them myself, unless I share otherwise. This is not a paid review, and Simple Homeschool has not accepted any funds in exchange for this post.) I don’t know about you, but the idea of teaching my children to read struck me as both thrilling [...]

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methods & philosophies

Choosing Good Books for Your Children

by Jamie
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Today let’s talk about what we should read to our little ones. With thousands of children’s books published each year, choosing can feel overwhelming. Poor quality literature may entertain, but it’s also mind-numbing. High quality literature is thought-provoking as well as entertaining. It inspires greatness and character development, and doesn’t shy away from dealing with [...]

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methods & philosophies

The Importance of Reading to Children: Where?

by Jamie
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Last week I began a series about reading aloud to children. In my first post I wrote about why we should read to our children. This week I want to discuss where we should read to our little people. Where we read to them? Does it matter — isn’t the sofa a good spot? Yes, [...]

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The Importance of Reading to Your Children

by Jamie
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I recently finished The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease, which has sold over one million copies. Amazing! This book furthered my passion for children’s literature, and inspired me to begin a series on the importance of reading with our children. Not that it’s tough to excite me on this topic – as a former English [...]

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