Today I’m excited to share a Bible songbook for kids — it’s packed with 100 original songs! We love to sing at our house. It’s kind of evident when you step in the door because we have three pianos. When we got married, I had one. My husband had two. Now we have three. But you know what? We don’t even need a piano for these songs because they’re all set…
How Do Kids Learn to Spell? (Word Study, Part 2)
Do you teach spelling? It’s important to understand the stages of spelling development. Let’s take a look! In my last post I shared a better way to teach spelling. Children learn best from a developmental, research-based approach to spelling instruction. It’s called Word Study. It’s for kids from preK through high school. It’s inexpensive. It’s hands-on. It works. Can you tell I love it? But before I get into the how…
A Better Way to Teach Spelling
There are so many ways to teach spelling! How do you know which one is best? Here’s what we recommend. (This post contains affiliate links.) What’s the best way to teach spelling? What was spelling instruction like for you? If you’re like most of us, you had a weekly list of words from a textbook. Sometimes the words were related – and sometimes not. You were taught to memorize each…
Family dinner out + a book! – an end of the school year tradition
Years ago, when my oldest was just a toddler, I read about an end of the school year tradition I knew I wanted to try. I wish I could credit the original source, but I don’t remember where the idea originated – just that I loved it and couldn’t wait to use it with my own family. Since we keep our kids home for preschool, our daughter’s year in kindergarten…
How to Get Kids to Love Writing
As a teacher I found that two subjects always found themselves at the center of instruction: reading and math. These subjects deserve to be at the forefront. But with the ever-increasing expectations for classroom teachers, other subjects get pushed out of the spotlight. I’m thinking of one subject in particular. Writing. When teaching writing becomes a 15-minute chunk of time (and let’s be honest, it’s really 12 minutes) in which…
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