Two years ago, I started my student teaching in high school physics. A year and a half ago, I got my teaching credential and began working part time for a California charter school. Last summer, I decided that when school started in the fall, I was going to try working full time while still ...
Reading/Writing
Reading Chains
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There is one goal that I have as a homeschooling parent that rises above all others. Okay, I mean, as a PARENT, I have lots of other goals that I think are more important....that they become empathetic adults, that they know how to work hard, that they visit me on holidays....However, as a ...
Uppercase Printing Sheets
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A few months back (where does time go???), I shared some lowercase printing sheets I made for my dyslexic kiddo. I finally got around to finishing the uppercase sheets! This summer, I'm planning to make him some cursive sheets, so sign up for my email list if you want to be notified! Maybe they ...
Digital Dotted Notebook
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For the past few years, I have been trying to go paperless. I converted my paper planner to a digital planner. I started using my phone to make digital versions of documents to save in Evernote. Everything from water bills to my kids' drawings. One of the big remaining sources of paper in my life is ...
Lowercase Printing Sheets
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A couple of my kiddos have a tendency to write their letters bottom to top. One of them, who is dyslexic, also sometimes writes his letters right to left. In the long run, do I think it's really going to matter if they never outgrow these habits? Not really. I think they'll be fine. However, I think ...
Fun Ways to Use Wall Letter Posters
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It is the end of an era. My youngest child finally knows his alphabet well enough that these homemade wall letter posters no longer make sense to display in my home as if we were a full-time preschool. Before I take them down, I thought I would share some of the ways these wall posters have worked ...
How to Have Your Child’s Book Professionally Printed
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If you have written a child's book and want to sell it, this post may not be for you. Basically, the way this story begins is that my 10 year old wrote me an awesome book for Christmas. It was only about 10 pages long, and I LOVED it. I loved it so much, I wanted to have it printed. I also did not ...
Illustration Paper for Kids
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My kids are always wanting to write their own stories. For awhile, I was typing them up as they told them to me, printing them, then letting them draw pictures underneath. (You can see some examples in this review of a binding machine.) However, using this illustration paper for kids, they can be a ...
Alphabet Star Charts
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When I made a multiplication star chart for my 8 year old and a sight word star chart for my 6 year old, I didn't want my 3 year old to feel left out. I decided to make him this uppercase and lowercase alphabet star chart so that he could learn his letters and be rewarded for his hard work as ...
Sight Word Star Charts
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My 6 year old is so excited to read. With my oldest, I never really made a big deal about sight words. At 8 years old, his spelling might not be the best, but he learned all the standard sight words just through reading. I don't think there's anything wrong with using this "organic exposure ...
Michelle has a PhD in Engineering from Stanford University and a Bachelor's Degree from the California Institute of Technology. 