What do you think? NO TELLING where I got the photo from if you know. It was sent by email with the subject line, "We are next in line." I'll let you know in a couple days or so where I found it. :]
Did you know that in the state of Missouri, homeschoolers must teach reading as a separate subject? I don't know how anyone could homeschool well without teaching their child to read... but OK.
I got many of my ABeka books used and collected them over time. I'm glad I came across these readers early in my homeschooling years. It teaches children to read step-by-step. I don't think I've seen a more effective reading program for the elementary years. The children love the stories, and what I appreciate about them is that there is a rich and varied language even in simple-to-read books in this series.
My set is pretty old, and some are even from the 1960's and no longer listed in the reading series. I think if I had to do things over again somehow, I think I'd just spend on a curriculum set and be done with it. That's the thing, though, with homeschooling. By the time you figure out what the perfect curriculum is for you, your children have graduate…
I got many of my ABeka books used and collected them over time. I'm glad I came across these readers early in my homeschooling years. It teaches children to read step-by-step. I don't think I've seen a more effective reading program for the elementary years. The children love the stories, and what I appreciate about them is that there is a rich and varied language even in simple-to-read books in this series.
My set is pretty old, and some are even from the 1960's and no longer listed in the reading series. I think if I had to do things over again somehow, I think I'd just spend on a curriculum set and be done with it. That's the thing, though, with homeschooling. By the time you figure out what the perfect curriculum is for you, your children have graduate…
Why bother with the question mark?
ReplyDeleteI'm just going to hold my culturally insensitive tongue so people can make clever jabs and feel self righteous.
ReplyDeleteBack to reading Mien Kampf for me!
Oops, meant to put "clever" in quotation marks. Guess I was too busy thinking racist thoughts.
ReplyDeleteActually, I *AM* reading Mein Kampf because of some comments on another blog... once I hear about how a certain book has dangerous ideas, I have to at least peek at it. LOL
ReplyDeleteSo far, it sounds like his dad wasn't giving the kid any say-so in his own education and he's mad. I'm in the first chapter. :]
Have updated:
ReplyDeletehttp://homeschoolnetc.blogspot.com/2008/12/endorsed-by-genuine-minority.html