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Picture Word Wall Search

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Here’s an activity that we just started doing with our Picture Word Wall and I believe it’s helping NJoy’s letter sounds stick.  Yay!  Plus, it’s fun and interactive and…he really likes it.  It greatly helps that I grant him permission to play with a yard stick…usually a no-no.  That in itself makes this activity exciting. 🙂 We go on a…
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Q is for Quilt

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Here are the fun things we did with Q is for Quilt: Q Work: Introduction to Q’s Sound with my sound tub.  In it, I have a queen, quarter, piece of quartz, question mark, & a quilt.  I pick up each object and say, “This is a /kw/, /kw/, queen,” emphasizing the Q sound at the beginning.  Then, I have…
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Integrating 3-D Shapes and Literacy

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Right before our Christmas break, ALuv finished up a unit on 3-D shapes.  I wanted to share some of the simple ways we integrated literacy into our unit. A 3-D Shape Hunt I took a piece of large construction paper and folded it in half hot dog style.  I cut six slits and wrote the name of six 3-D shapes…
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My Homeschool “Curriculum” & Planning

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I’ve been asked lately to post what I do with ALuv (age 6) in each subject area.  Since I didn’t purchase a homeschooling curriculum, I thought I’d highlight what we do in each subject area.  If we continue to homeschool in the upper elementary grades, I will probably buy a curriculum.  But since I taught in the lower grades, I have…
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Z is for Zebra

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We’re chugging right along with our letters of the week!  Here’s a look at our Z fun.  Z Work I introduced the Z Sound with my Z sound tub.  It contains a zebra, zipper, a zoo sign, & zero. Z pom-pom work-good for fine motor Z Do-a-Dot Zipper D0-a-Dot from Carisa’s Z Tot Pack Starfall. com’s Z show: He’s really…
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