Recommended Reading: Getting Started in Homeschooling
We are often asked which books we recommend for a new homeschooler. Here is a small smattering of the books we consider to be some of the best. Continue reading
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Posted by AussieHomeschool | May 30, 2009 | Book Lists, Getting Started |
We are often asked which books we recommend for a new homeschooler. Here is a small smattering of the books we consider to be some of the best. Continue reading →
Read MorePosted by AussieHomeschool | Aug 18, 2008 | Australian Home Education, Book Lists, Resources
These booklists have been compiled by the members of the CM&Friends-ANZ email group and as such remain their property. Feel free to use the booklists at your convenience but please do not copy and paste elsewhere on the Internet without express permission. Continue reading →
Read MorePosted by AussieHomeschool | Aug 18, 2008 | Australian Home Education, Book Lists, Resources, Subjects
This booklist has been compiled by the members of the CM&Friends-ANZ email group and as such remain their property. Feel free to use the booklist at your convenience but please do not copy and paste elsewhere on the Internet without express permission. Continue reading →
Read MorePosted by AussieHomeschool | Jun 10, 2008 | Ages & Stages, Featured Slider, Learning Environment, Teaching Approaches & Methods, Teaching Tips |
THE BEAUTY OF READING ALOUD by Virgina Knowles Reading aloud is a child’s first introduction to good literature. Why is this so important? Reading aloud connects parent and child. It links you together in a personal way around interesting ideas and words. Young ones are soothed by the sound of our voices. I tend to be so much more calm when I am snuggled up on the couch enjoying a great book with them, rather than chasing them around the house trying to keep them out of mischief. Reading aloud builds warm memories, too! What will they fondly remember looking back to their childhoods — pages upon pages of worksheets or the great stories they read with Mom? Reading aloud gives your child a splendid vocabulary. Good literature is rich in descriptive vocabulary. Your child can gain an impressive arsenal of new words to use in speaking and writing. A child can encounter a word in print, and even know what it means, but not know how to pronounce it. Is the word charade pronounced CHAIR-ray-dee or shuh-RAID? If he hears you say it while he is looking at it, he can make the connection and hopefully remember it the next time. Reading aloud prepares a child for learning to read. Study after study has shown that being read to often as a young child is one of the...
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