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1930-1940s Children's Books

It occured to me today that I did not grow up in a home with a library. Nor were there shelve upon shelve of books. In fact, my memory of the library centers around Jane Van Drasek, the mother of my bestus...

4 comments    education children kids
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Learning to read with bedtime stories

Fluent readers underestimate the complex range of skills which go toward competent reading skills. A common misunderstanding is that simply knowing which sounds accord with which letters and groups of...

3 comments    children pictures kids
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Alice In Wonderland Quotes

Alice in Wonderland was written by Lewis Carroll almost 150 years ago in 1865. The actual name of the classic book is Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The story of the little girl named Alice who fell down...

14 comments    education children fun
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Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons by Siegfried Engelmann

The book Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons is the ultimate, inexpensive hands-on resource for parents who want to teach their 3-6 year old children how to read. Using 100 lessons, this book teaches phonics, decoding, and comprehension skills using the SAR DISTAR method developed by University of Oregon professor Siegfried Engelmann.

9 comments    teach child read dystar method
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Parents Guide to AR Books and Tests: What is Accelerated Reader?

Many parents are initially confused when their kids come home talking about the AR books they checked out of the school library or AR tests they took at school on a given day. Here are the basics of...

8 comments    education children books
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Free educational websites for children

Free educational websites supporting the school curriculum or homeschooling with useful exercises, information and games.

12 comments    education homeschooling
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Stories For Kids

MOMSWEB, Inc! faith-based organization reaching out to mothers from all walks of life. We are sharing the importance of FAMILY FIRST with mothers who work within the home and those working outside the home....

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Top 5 Tips for Teaching Children To Read

This hub is a response to the question "What are the top 5 tips for teaching children to read?" asked by frogdropping. Though I am not an educator by profession, I have taken the liberty of addressing this...

6 comments    homeschooling children read
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Best science books for kids

It wasn't easy to decide on the best science books for kids, as there are many very good science books out there. The books that I decided on do not just inform, they also entertain and inspire. This is a...

0 comments    science computer science
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Reading books for fun

From the time small babies are able to sit up they should have books to look at.  Reading books is an essential and integral part of our lives.  Even when there are no words in the books it encourages and...

0 comments    home education children
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