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002: Cultivating a Love for Reading

ByChantel February 15, 2023February 14, 2023

How do you cultivate a love for reading in your home? How do you encourage your children to enjoy good stories? What are some good books for them to start with? Today I’m giving you a few ideas! Listen to the podcast: Or watch on YouTube: LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS…

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homeschool basics | language arts | reading

HOW TO TEACH KIDS TO READ & tips for struggling readers

ByChantel March 23, 2021March 22, 2021

I’ve been asked many times how to teach kids to read, especially since I shared how we teach language arts without a curriculum and I finally got around to making a video about it. I didn’t want to just leave it at how I taught my kids to read, I also wanted to share some…

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language arts | reading

Phonics vs Whole Language When Teaching Reading

ByChantel November 28, 2018November 28, 2018

I honestly have no idea how I learned to read. I don’t know who taught me or what kind of process they used but I know that I have been a voracious reader since I was young. Since reading is such a big part of my life I want my kids to love reading as…

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Free Printable Sight Word Cards

ByChantel November 9, 2018October 15, 2019

Teaching my son to read has been an completely different experience than teaching my daughter. It is so much less frustrating in some ways and more frustrating in others. Pretty much exactly like parenting. One thing Ephraim has needed a lot more practice with than Raeca is sight words. I recently had a short but…

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audiobooks | books | reading | real homeschool stories

The Ultimate Guide to Using Audiobooks in Your Home

ByChantel May 21, 2018October 21, 2022

We are big into audiobooks in our home and I get a lot of questions about it. About a year ago I wrote a post about How to Incorporate Audiobooks into Your Homeschool Day but we’ve amped up our listening since then so I figured it was time to go big and share The Ultimate…

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