The Homeschool Hut

School Pics

4:09 PM

We will officially be counting school days August 1st! What better way to begin than by taking pictures! Along with some things that they love :)

Little Miss
Loves everything Mommy

Nugget
His favorite color is red
Loves Pizza

Foot rubs

Science Guy

His favorite color is rainbow

Power Rangers

Nugget was very upset that Science guy had a schoolbook and he didn't! So, we went out and got this today! I'm not really into workbooks for very young kids (he's 3 if you didn't know) and rather do hands on practice, but he really wanted it! If he does well with it and continues to ask for workbook work i'll get him a bigger one. This one is for letters, but they also had the alphabet for letter sounds, and numbers!

Stickers

Sample of inside

More stickers!

Stop and smell the asphalt

8:39 AM

Not everything is learned at a desk or kitchen table. Sometimes the best things are learned at random! Like when you see the guys fixing the road in front of your house!

Stop the Tot.

6:58 AM

We are about to start book 3 of the SPRP. Lei is reading both 1 and 2 with ease and a good speed. I'm just going to show you how I introduce sight words and phonics with each book. Book 3 marks the end of the first set of books. There are 4 sets in Stage 1 of the program. Each set includes 3 readers and a game to play at the end. After I introduce these words to Lei we will start playing the game! Stop the Tot is a bit different than the first 2 books. There are no picture prompts in this book. What I do first, usually on Saturday night, is write up flashcards. I also make little cards with the letters to make words. I introduce these on monday, and work on them through out the week. We also start reading the book on Monday after going over the cards a few times.

Scholastic Phonics Reading Program

6:51 AM

Lei is 6 and starting to read, so when a friend of mine suggested I use this program with Lei I didn't think twice. She used it with her boys and her boys read well and read a lot!

The first box in this 5 step program is Step 1. Inside the box are 4 packages. In each package is a workbook, 3 readers, stickers, and a game.

The 1st book of the program is Go, Go, Go. Lei read this book really well since he knew most of the words already. I also like how the beginner books have picture prompts. So for example, a line in the book reads " I see (insert picture of muffins)." "I see (insert picture of milk)." This is really gives the child confidence as he reads as these words are harder and they don't have to actually read them.

We are moving onto the second book this week. I am going to do each book for 2 weeks. The first week i will concentrate on the words for the book. I make flash cards and we work on recognizing and spelling the words. When we get to the book he knows the words and can read the book!

I honestly feel like this program will be a success for Lei! He didn't moan and groan when i said it was time to do his reading...and because the story is exciting he actually reads with emotion! Go, Go, Go!

The New Scholastic Phonics Reading Program

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VocabularySpellCity

6:18 PM

Hey you...yes, you! Thanks for coming to my blog :)
This post is dedicated to the website www.spellingcity.com or also known as VocabularySpellingCity. I've been asked to do a review on this website and i'm super excited!

Yay!

Ok guys, VocabularySpellingCity is a site where students of all ages can improve their spelling skills and expand their vocabulary. The website's approach is to reinforce literacy skills through a variety of interactive learning games and activities.

This will be an awesome trial for Leijah. He's learning to spell and I am beyond ecstatic for him to get started! Do you think 9pm is a little to late? Maybe I should wake him up. ;)

I'll be posting reviews periodically, so keep a lookout for them!

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Eat, sleep and breathe basketball

9:44 AM

Hey people! Looks like I have some future NBA super stars on my hands. We got this basketball court absolutely free from a friend of my brothers. The boys are loving it. They pick teams and everything. Right now Michael Jordan, Dwayne Wade, and Lebron James...better known as Lee Brown James... are the names they talk about most. Pretty amazing how much they learned about the sport so far. Enjoy the pics!