I just wanted to share with you two really cool things that I have encountered this week.
If your child is anything like mine, she could use a little extra handwriting practice. I’ve looked into some of those programs that say that they can teach handwriting without hysterics. I’m sure they work, but I’m not sure they will work for us. Everything is an hysteric moment if it doesn’t go exactly as planned. My child doesn’t do calm, simple, or easy!! I know, sometimes I sound like she is impossible. And sometimes she is. But I have to add the disclaimer that sometimes she is awesomely wonderful , too!
That is, as long as it doesn’t involve writing, as in creatively composing with words, or penmanship, as in, “I would love to know what that says, if I could read what those letters were”. I think that having handwriting and spelling words combined in the same assignment would be great, killing two birds with one stone, so to speak. I may have mentioned this before, but there are printable handwriting worksheets from your saved lists available. What that means is your child can practice writing the words that are relevant to his or her particular assignment this week.
One other thing I wanted to mention to you this week was that a great site, Homeschool Literature, is going to have a virtual book release party on November 16th. It will last all day. The site features books written by, for, and about homeschoolers, so your home schooled child might just find something on there that featured a kid just like them. Check out the party online on Wednesday for games, and give-a-ways. It looks like it could be a great diversion for a midweek bit of fun!!
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