My name is Beth Garcia. DH and I live in El Paso, TX. with our 2.5yr old son-Diego. Diego has Sensory Integration issues and a Speech Delay. At the moment I do...
Beth, Welcome! It sounds like www.letteroftheweek.com might be a good place to look at. It is a really great program that teaches letters, numbers, shapes,...
I really like the set up of letter of the week :) My "pattern" side is wanting to come out though and move Airplanes to week 1 when they do the letter A :) ...
I found a set of books by this author at our library. I checked out My "a" Book, My "b" Book and "My 2 Book" (they didn't have My 1 Book). The books actually...
I love the Moncure books! I direct parents to them all the time at our library! The type is nice and large and simple, not intimidating at all like some easy...
We are really trying to increase Diego's Spanish vocabulary. Using Letter of the Week, do you think it would be too confusing to have the word, color, etc. in...
ARRGH!!! I showed DH this site for teaching the Spanish alphabet http://www.primeraescuela.com/themesp/alfabeto.htm and, while he really likes it, he feels we...
Current research indicates that the younger you begin teaching a foreign language, the better. Young brains are "wired" for language. Apparently children...
I share your frustration. I've been after my German-speaking husband to teach German to my girls (just turned 3 and almost 5), and I can't for the life of me...
Isn't hard when philosophies and ideas regarding child rearing and education are not completely shared with the spouse? I feel a lot of that! ... From: Bob and...
If I remember correctly, for 7 and up. Getting a divorce was the best thing I ever did, lol. I talk so much more Russian with the kids, and we added simple...
For those of you that know me, know that I am the worst about taking care of myself, but after I read this tonight I thought I had better start before "burning...
I am trying to come up with "Letter of the Week" ideas for Diego (2.5). I thought we could more easily tie in the Spanish if I used words that start with the...
The quickest of details, as long as the kid is distracted by a bowl of grapes... me: Kristen, 30, stay-at-home parent cohorts: husband David, kid Trixie [age...
Hi Everyone! I am a stay at home mom to two beautiful girls, ages 3 years and 15 months. We have not decided yet whether we will homeschool in the elementary...
I used to plan activities both boys could do. Not at the same level of course, but the project was available to both. Things like: a bean/rice mix in a...
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Hi, Kristen. Thanks for letting us know about the yahoo group for hsing onlies...I've been searching for just such a group for months./ How that one passed me...
Hey Ashley, I just started that Yahoo group less than a month ago, I'd guess, which is why you hadn't seen it before. And as much as I would like to take ...
Hi Everyone! I have a 3 1/2 yr old ds and a 15 month dd. We have decided to homeschool our son but I have no idea where to start. We have always encouraged...
Amanda, Welcome and congratulations on deciding to homeschool. I have twin 3 1/2 year olds that I have been homeschooling for awhile now. I don't do anything...
Hi, I have homeschooled 4 of my kids at that age (one is not yet 3) and I must agree with hands on being very important at this age--lots of play, lots of...
Amy, Congratulations on your decision to homeschool! I have a dd 2 1/2 and we are having a ball. We aren't doing anything formal yet, just reading and...
Thanks so much, Everyone, for all the great advice, links and information!! What a wonderfully supportive group!!! I will be checking out all the links and...
Hi everyone: I'd like to suggest a few sites too: www.preschoolexpress.com www.first-school.ws We've used the letter of the week one before just tailoring it...
I have a 21/2 year old daughter. My husband and I have been recently been talking about homeschooling. We have mentioned it to our families but I don't think...
In a message dated 6/6/2005 10:42:42 P.M. Central Daylight Time, cphillips_011699@... writes: How hard will it be for her to get into college with her...
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