This simple test for figuring out a child’s reading level helps parents and teachers avoid the reluctant reader syndrome and encourage reading fluency.
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From Reluctant Reader to Fluent Reader
Posted in academics, home schooling, reading, teaching kids, tagged fluent reader, late blooming reader, reading fluency, reluctant reader on March 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Hundred Chart
Posted in academics, home schooling, math, teaching kids, tagged additon, hundred chart, math patterns, multiplication, number recognition, subtraction on October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Hundred Chart is a simple tool that parents can use to help their children learn math. There are as many ways to use it as there are numbers on the chart, from teaching simple number recognition to learning addition, subtraction, multiplication and figuring out basic math patterns. Recently I gave my friend Mellissa a [...]
Why Kids Get Stuck in Math
Posted in academics, home schooling, math, teaching kids on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Note: a shorter version of this post will be published in the September 2009 issue of the Southwest Homeschool Network newsletter “My son has trouble with division,” a young mom told me once. “I think it’s because he hasn’t memorized his multiplication facts.” She explained that her child had figured out his own method for [...]
Pinecone Art, Crummy Neighborhoods, and Other Elements of a Successful Reading Lesson
Posted in enrichment, home schooling, reading, teaching kids, teens, Uncategorized, tagged art, conversation partner, crummy neighborhood, fancy cake, makeshift sandbox, pinecones, reading lesson, reluctant reader, safe place, Southwest Homeschool Network, trust, Vatos on April 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The Southwest Homeschool Network asked me to give a presentation for parents of Reluctant Readers for their conference last weekend. I don’t live with a reluctant reader anymore (he turned into a book-lover, grew up and left home) so I am lucky to have one who comes and visits me to remind me all about [...]
