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Trusting Your Child’s Teacher

My daughter’s teacher spends more time with her than I do. That’s life. At least that’s what I tell myself. My 6-year-old gets up at 7 a.m. Monday-Friday. We’re out the door no later than 8 a.m. in order to get to school on time. I pick her up from school by 3:30 p.m. and we’re together until she goes to bed at 7:30 p.m. That gives us a grand total of five waking hours together. Compare that to the 7.5 hours she spends in school with her teacher and classmates. Thank goodness I love my daughter’s first grade teacher. … Continue reading →

Third Grade Social Studies Curriculum Part 2

In part 1 of Third Grade Social Studies Curriculum, I provided a general outline for a third grade history curriculum as well as suggested reading and website resources. Here continues part 2 of Third grade social studies curriculum: Sources of food and clothing: These lessons can also be learned on field trips, and through picture books and websites. Shelters of animals and people: Look at sites like lessonplanet.com and animal habitat websites to learn about these kids of shelters. History and development of transportation: There are numerous books and websites you can use to teach your third grader about transportation. … Continue reading →

2006 in Review: Homeschooling Blog at a Glance

As a new homeschooling blogger at Families.com, I wanted to know everything that has been discussed to date. In response to my own curiosity, and in an effort to make perusing our articles easier for you, our readers, I have compiled all of the blogs for the year 2006. Deciding to Homeschool Why homeschool Am I qualified for this? Reasons that Homeschooling Works! My Most Important Advice for Homeschoolers. The Cost of Homeschooling Instead of standing up for their own kids, why not stand up for all kids? Disclaimer: I am hardly an expert in education. Did You Know? ‘Empirical … Continue reading →

What Your Third Grader Needs To Learn

Third grade is a really important year as students will finish their early elementary years. Foundational reading and math skills are necessary to have success in future school years. Make sure your student is working at grade level. If you think there may be a potential problem with keeping up, speak to your teacher and/or seek an outside evaluation. Utilization of a tutor or specialized reading program might be necessary if your child is having difficulty. You might see that your child seems to know it all this year, and if they think they do not, be ready to discover … Continue reading →

Fifth Grade Homeschool Basics

For the fifth grade, I like to move homeschoolers from passively learning to actively learning. This means I like to move from learning games to books and research. This of course can be done slowly over time. This following list details what a fifth grader needs to know. Fifth Grade Math Curriculum builds upon lessons learned in previous years, but with greater difficulty. In this post I listed websites that can help you teach important fifth grade concepts. In Fifth Grade Language Arts Curriculum Part 1, and Fifth Grade Language Arts Curriculum Part 2 , I discussed important grammar, reading … Continue reading →

Fifth Grade Language Arts Curriculum Part 2

Fifth Grade language arts skills once again build upon language arts skills leaned in previous years. Vocabulary words get more difficult, grammar gets more complicated, and writing gets more detailed. Here is part 2 of things your fifth grader needs to learn in language arts. Spelling: There are numerous workbooks and websites you can use for a fifth grade spelling list and exercises. I found a complete fifth grade-spelling list with lesson suggestions at YourDictionary.com Grammar for fifth grade teaches topics to make your child’s writing flow better and polishes their writing for ease of reading. These topics are plurals … Continue reading →

Fifth Grade Language Arts Curriculum Part I

Fifth Grade language arts skills once again build upon language arts skills leaned in previous years. Vocabulary words get more difficult, grammar gets more complicated, and writing gets more detailed. Here are the things your fifth grader needs to learn for language arts. Silent and oral reading: By fifth grade, a student should be able to read aloud and silently with fluency. They should be able to pick up just about any common piece of literature and read it. This includes novels, newspapers, magazines, and other publications. Types of literature: Literature opens up fifth graders to culture and exploration. Here … Continue reading →

“Hey Mom, I LIKE Gifted School!”

My eight-year-old son has embarked on his new journey into the gifted “spectrum” program in our school district. At first, he was very reluctant. He has several good friends who live within walking distance of our home who he liked to play with at school. Leaving those buddies behind was a little hard to face. “I don’t think I want to go to gifted school,” he said. Several readers urged me to have him attend anyway, because of the marvelous educational opportunity he had been given. Finally, somewhat hesitantly, he determined to give it a try. One drawback has been … Continue reading →

Historical Pups: Lewis & Clark’s Dog Seaman

Today the dogs and I had a breakfast invitation. We drove up to St. Helens, Oregon, a cute little town just north and west of Portland on the Columbia River. My friends Ken and Jen have a house with a fenced yard there, and they always welcome my dogs with open arms. After breakfast, we took a walk down to the waterfront. There’s a cute park in front of City Hall with a winding path made from tiles. Many of the tiles have quotes from the actual travel diaries Lewis and Clark wrote when they were making their way west. … Continue reading →

Homeschool Curriculum Glossary (The Young- Truthquest)

The Young Scientists Club is a website with materials for science experiments and materials. “Here the children can not only explore science topics and science experiments in depth, but can also e-mail Celsius the Science Bug™ with questions, results, and comments.” Timberdoodle Co. has provided resources to the homeschool community for over 20 years. They specialize in learning tools and games. Time4Learning is an online curriculum (that rivals K12) that teaches children through fun animations, and records test scores as well. It can be used as a full curriculum or supplement to another homeschool program. Times Tables the Fun Way … Continue reading →