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review – All About Spelling

December 4, 2009 By: amyswanderingcomment

Spelling wasn’t something that I had to really think about with my first child. She is a natural speller and any ol’ workbook did the trick. Child #2 is another story. She can do the work perfectly, but it does not transfer over into her writing. I just knew that All About Spelling would work for her!

All About Spelling is a hands-on curriculum. The lessons are simple to teach and the student follows along with the lesson using letter tiles. It is mastery-based, not grade level-based,  so students of any age can jump in at whatever level is needed. Continual review ensures that the lessons stick.

I also use this for my 7 yr. old beginning speller. The short lessons, daily review, and hands-on work keep him from getting bored and distracted.

I do our lessons on a magnetic whiteboard that I bought at Walmart. A magnet board is not a necessity for this program, but it saves a lot of time since the letters do not have to be lined up each day. I definitely recommend purchasing the magnets for letter tiles. It was so much simpler than cutting my own.

Level 1 covers:

  • How to say and write the first 32 phonograms
  • How to segment words into their individual sounds
  • Short and long vowel sounds
  • How to identify and count syllables in a word
  • How to choose between c and k at the beginning of a word
  • When to double f, l, and s
  • How to spell /k/ at the end of a word
  • How to form plural words by adding s or es
  • Compound words
  • Open and closed syllable types

Level 2 covers:

  • The open and closed syllable types
  • How to divide words into syllables
  • How to spell multisyllable words
  • When y can say /î/
  • How Silent E can make a vowel long
  • The vowel-consonant-e syllable type
  • Two spellings for the sound of /z/
  • The two sounds of long u
  • The difference between hard and soft c and g
  • Ways to spell long e
  • That English words don’t end in i, j, u, or v
  • The most common way to spell the sound of /er/
  • When to use oi/oy, aw/au, and ow/ou

The Nitty Gritty:

  • Starter Kit (letter tiles, magnets, phonogram cd-rom) $26.95 – used for all 6 levels
  • Level 1 teacher & student   $29.95
  • Level 2 teacher & student   $39.95
  • items can also be ordered individually

Things I Like:

  • hands-on
  • easy to teach
  • concepts are taught in a logical order
  • works for all ages instead of grade-leveled
  • my kids don’t dread spelling!

Value: Spelling is one of those subjects that is worth every penny if it works for your child. This on is particularly budget-friendly for a big family like mine since it is non-consumable.

See what my TOS Crew Mates have to say about All About Spelling!

I recieved All About Spelling levels 1 & 2 and the starter kit free for the purpose of writing this review. No other compensation was given.

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wfmw- printable gifts for kids

December 2, 2009 By: amyswanderingcomment

Today’s WFMW theme is Best Gift Tips. I posted these links last year, but they are sooo good that I want to share them again. There are two categories – Coloring Books and Paper Toys. I will be updating the list with more links as I have time, so bookmark this post & check back!

New links are marked with  *

Have I got a treat for you!! I know many of us are having to get creative this year when it comes to Christmas presents, so how about letting your computer help you out. I’m making big fancy-pants coloring books for our girls. Our son will be on cloud nine with the paper airplane patterns. You could print out several of the models, add a glue stick or two and top it with a bow – you’re done! Below, I’ve linked to some very unique coloring pages and lots of paper toys to make. There’s something for everyone!!

COLORING BOOKS

Mary Engelbreit

Animals of the World really beautiful

Garden Fairy

Beautiful Fairies

More Beautiful Fairies

Santa Clause Parade vintage

Popular Characters Disney, superheroes, cartoons

A White Horse for the horse lover

More Horses

Art Museum

Fine Art

Natural History Notebooks beautiful

Wildflowers

Camouflage Animals really cool

Imagination Coloring

Silly Monsters

National Geographic

Stained Glass

Jan Brett

Quilt Blocks

Amazing Alphabet very detailed for older kids

Animal Alphabet you could make an ABC book, or a cute craft by spelling the child’s name

Abstract *

Patterns for Colouring *

Fancy Block Alphabet *

Funky Trees *

Beautiful Bible Verses *

Snowflakes *

Runt Farm Pals *  so cute!

Runt Farm Posters *

The Space Race *

Bob Ostrom Cartoons *

Butterflies & Moths * check out the links at the bottom for birds, lizards, frogs & more

PAPER TOYS

Innovative Paper Planes we had so much fun with the samples at the bottom of the page – we are going to buy the rest of the patterns & make a book for our son, only $3.oo!

3-D Manger

Build A Paper Rocket

Papercraft a huge list of paper toy sites

Vintage Paper Dolls

Amazing Paper Airplanes

Spacestation 42 big list

Tangrams

Business Card Size Airplane Models

Cuckoo Whistle

Canon’s Creative Park wow!

PaperPino very complex

Paper Microscope

Gianormous List of Paper Toys

Paper Modelz

Space Exploration Fleet

Artists Helping Children alphabetical list

Vintage Airplane Models

The Toymaker

Hermes Purse *

Gameboards *

HP Creative Studio *

Yamaha * Amazing! – motorcycles, animals, seasons & more

Gingerbread Baby board game *

Tower of Cows *

Paper Robots *  Transformers, Spiderman

Jennifer’s Dollhouse Printables *

Movie Models *  Star Wars, Star Trek

Toy-A-Day

Run on over to We Are That Family for tons of great gift tips!

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legend of the candy cane

December 2, 2009 By: amyswandering1 Comment

The Legend of the Candy Cane read and discuss  (another version here)

Candy Cane Notebook Page older kids write the legend in their own words

Candy Cane Notebook Page younger kids trace/write the following: their name, candy cane, red, white, Jesus

Watch the candy makers at Disneyland make their famous candy canes

Craft:  Snowman Candy Cane Ornaments – We used these for our inspiration. The kids got creative and we also ended up with a caroler and a penguin candy cane ornament.


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the symbols of christmas

December 2, 2009 By: amyswanderingcomment

We like to do Funschool during the month of December, so we are spending the next few weeks studying the history behind the symbols of Christmas. We are having a blast!

I will post a lesson plan for each day, and you can find all of the links on my Symbols of Christmas Page.

Here are the resources I used if you want to come up with your own:

A Blessed Christmas

Christmas Symbols Index

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christmas countdown printables

December 2, 2009 By: amyswanderingcomment

Have some fun with these printable countdowns so you don’t have to keep answering the “How many days until Christmas?” question!

Christmas House

Nativity Scene

A-door-able Calendar

Decorate a Tree

Happy Birthday Jesus

Christmas Story Coloring Book

Santa’s Beard

Christmas Alphabet

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