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home schooling

03.12.07

Exploring letters Joy of parenting, Life, home schooling | (5)
Sweet Bear and I sit together at the kitchen table. I ask her to tell me something about apples since this was a word that starts with a. A for apples. Sweet Bear has no problem coming up with a sentence about her favorite fruit. "I love apples!", she exclaims. So, I draw lines for each word in the sentence that match the length of the word. This allows children to visualize that the words are a group of letters. On top of each line I write the word. Afterwards, Sweet Bear drew a picture of apples above the sentence. She has ...