My daughter has no problems at all with reading. She reads above her level, has great reading comprehension, and truly seems to enjoy reading. And for all of that I am extremely grateful! One of her best friends, who is also homeschooled, is on the opposite end of that spectrum. He struggles with dyslexia, and [...]

So, how is your school year going so far? Have you started the hard work yet? We are just beginning to start the part of school that my daughter considers the “hard work”. Of course, if it is related to language arts at all she things it is hard. And some of that is harder [...]

It is a commonly held belief that learning phonics helps children become better readers, spellers, and writers. Phonics are usually taught early on, in kindergarten and first grade, as the student is beginning to learn to translate spoken English to written English. Since my child is an accomplished reader, I thought we were past worrying [...]

It has been a long battle to get my daughter to spell better, and it has been a frustrating one, considering the fact that she is able to read anything she wants to. I worried a lot when we first started home schooling because I pulled her out in the middle of her first grade [...]

“When do they make the 1st graders cry?” This is the question my daughter asked the first day of first grade. I didn’t know what she meant. I asked for clarification. She replied, “You know, Mama, it’s like a whole week when the 1st graders cry every day, I saw them do it last year.” [...]