First Grade: BOB
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Bob Books
Asked by B.R. from Dallas
on December 27, 2011
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A friend of mine's sons preschool is using the BOB books to help with reading. Are these books a good purchase to help with reading at home? Are there any other book...
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- My personal experience is to read a large variety of books to your child everyday. Both of my daughters just started reading to me one day without me 'teaching' them ...
- I have the BOB book ap on my iphone and my 4 year old daughter loves it. My son used BOB books in his pre-k program, but he learned to read very rapidly and quickly o...
- BOB books are fantastic! Both of my boys are excellent readers (and I am an English teacher), and they started with BOB books. I highly recommend them, and yes, chec...
Homeschooling Curriculum 3Rd Grade
Asked by K.C. from Washington DC
on March 23, 2011
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I am Seriously considering homeschooling my son next year, he will be in the 3rd grade, (and then I suppose our other children, too (3 and 18 months)) By seriously co...
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- I do a hodge podge. I have a 7th and 4th grader My Grammar for 3rd was Shurley Grammar, it's the series the Christian school uses in town and I really like it. By...
- Hi K., I am so, so excited for you! Oh, I wish we could sit down with a cup of tea and chat! You might want to look at Veritas Press (veritaspress.com) I know, not un...
- Perhaps contact the county's board of ed to make certain that your efforts will culminate in a diploma.
Second Grade Curriculum for Homeschooled Kids
Asked by Y.F. from Orlando
on February 12, 2009
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Hello everyone. I asked this question before and some of you misunderstood my question so here it goes again. I homeschool my son who is going into 2nd grade the nex...
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- Hi Y., I've only used one "all-in-one" curriculum and that was Switched on Schoolhouse when my first daughter was in second grade. My home was overwhelming at the t...
- I have heard good things about My Father's World from other homeschooling friends as well as Sonlight. A good resource for as they grow older is book Jumping Ship by M...
- Hi - have a look at this site: http://www.classicalconversations.com/StateManagers/SMJackieBartlett.html - there are classical conversations groups that meet around th...
My 1St Grader Is a Struggling Reader: Need Suggestions
Asked by A.R. from Houston
on February 24, 2008
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I have a 1st grader who is struggling with reading. He is falling behind in this subject only. Every night he has assigned books to read to me. He hates it and its a...
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- The main thing is to read, read, read. My daughter struggled in reading in the 1st grade as well so I made it a point to read with her for 1 hour every day and I mean...
- Hi, A.!! I own a tutoring company in Waco, TX and am a certified Phono-Graphix instructor. You have a lot of great advice!! I think getting testing done on eyes, t...
- I have a daughter in first grade that was struggling to read just a few months ago. The teacher at her school put her in a special reading group with kids at her readi...
What Tv Shows Do You Let Your 1St Graders Watch?
Asked by S.F. from Madison
on February 24, 2011
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I have a 7 year old daughter who is in 1st grade. I have never let her watch shows like Hanna Montana or iCarly. I know that these are popular in some households. T...
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- Most of the television my 6 year old watches is qubo or pbs. qubo is a 24 hour childrens channel on one of the digital ion channels. All the programs are educational...
- Our kids, 1st and 3rd, love Phinneas and Ferb & Johnny Test. We also watch other shows as a family like American Idol. Pretty much anything on Food Network goes as w...
- My kids especially my 6 y/o LOVE Planet's Funniest Animals and America's Funniest Home Videos. He laughs so hard his belly hurts. He asks me to record new shows all t...
Halloween Baby and 1St Birthday Party
Asked by T.A. from Chicago
on July 22, 2008
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Just thought I would throw this out there as you all have amazing ideas! My daughter was born ON Halloween, much to my dismay, so now I need to start planning her 1st ...
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- Hi T., Both of my children are October babies, 3 years apart though. My son on the 12th & my daughter on the 24th. I have bought tiny gourds to decorate the house ...
- First of all I think you're going way overboard for the child's 1st birthday. She's not going to remember it and going anywhere like a pumpkin patch is going to be to...
- My son is 4 and was born on Halloween. I love it. We have a library with a community room that we can rent for free. That is where we have had 3 of his parties. La...
Upper Case or Lower Case Alphabet First??
Asked by S.P. from Dallas
on January 26, 2009
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I am going to start working on my son everyday learning all the letters of the Alphabet. He turned 4 in September and knows a couple but I really need to start an ever...
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- Hi S. I was a Preschool teacher for over 15 years and no matter what you are teaching you son, the most important thing is to make it fun so he will look at learnin...
- 1. I love the talking letter factory by Leap Frog (less than $10 at wal-mart). This progresses into the Talking word factory and the story book circus - fantastic li...
- I taught Kinder before I stayed home. I taught upper & lowercase at the same time. I didn't use any special program to teach. I had a Word Wall in the classroom. We...
1St Grader Reading
Asked by C.T. from Memphis
on August 24, 2006
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My daughter is having a hard time reading and gets easily frustrated. She enjoys hearing stories when I read to her but she has a hard time associating the words toge...
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- Being a single mother myself, I completely understand your frusrtrations. I started teaching my son to read before going to kindergarten by using several techniques. T...
- Hello, I used to be an elementary school teacher in 2nd grade and also did some work with title 1 reading programs. It is great that you even find the energy to re...
- Try the Leapfrog Learning videos. My kids (4 and 2) love them. The Letter Factory teaches the letters and the sounds they make. The Word Factory teaches putting sim...
Good Books for My Son to Stay on Track in reading..He Will Be Going into 1St G
Asked by S.C. from Detroit
on June 30, 2011
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My son loves to be read to, but doesn't like to read (if it seems to be more like work) I don't know if I agree with the sight word way of learning but I do agree wit...
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- Try the Elephant & Piggie books by Mo Willems. He is a wonderful author, he wrote the Pigeon books (ex: Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus). I didn't realize that he h...
- I wouldn't worry to much about memorizing, that sort of is part of the process if you think about it. The goal sould be that when his eyes see the word he knows it au...
- I have the first set of B.O.B. book and my daughter has the first few memorized so I set them aside and she reads the next level and so on. We also bought the Scooby D...
First Time Mom-to-be Overwhelmed with All the Products!
Asked by D.N. from Raleigh
on July 15, 2010
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Hi Moms,
I am a first time mom-to-be (14 weeks) and have been researching the many products out there for babies. I am basically seeking advice about any and all p...
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- There were lots of products years ago but nowadays it is unreal the number of products and gadgets out there. I think if you stick to the simple basics you can't go ...
- I loved the Boppy pillow. My son and I got the point that we used it for all feedings. I used Playtex dropins bottles for daycare which also fit the lansinoh storage...
- Get all your safety stuff (outlet covers, etc.) that are appropriate for your environments - yes, environments, including grandma's house, etc. Don't skimp on baby gat...
