This next book from The Thinking Tree was put together by Anna Brown (Sarah's daughter)!
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100 Words To Read, Write, Spell, & Draw is also perfect to use with beginning readers, struggling readers, struggling spellers, and children with dyslexia. 100 Words uses the Dyslexic Font.
This book teaches the 100 most common words through cute poems about animals. Your child will learn how to read and spell words like: are, blue, clouds, house, eight, eat, snow, snack, wild, and more in a fun way. Kids might not even consider it as school learning because the book is not only fun but is smaller than your average workbook making it different from other schoolbooks.
The next Grey Squirrel pages has your child fill in the blank.
Platypus pages. This animal would be fun to research more.
All these animals can be found and researched using the show Wild Kratts too!
Watch the Platypus video on Wild Kratts.
Some words like kangaroo and raccoon may be hard to fit in the spaces for some kiddos. Make it fun and challenge the child to write small but also let them know that it's okay if the word goes into the next box. This is their book and it's absolutely okay because they are unique and so is the book they are creating here!
With the pages shown below your child can write short sentences or a story like, "See the shark has sharp teeth" or make shark plural and talk about adding the "s". The child can write, "See the sharks sharp teeth?"
Have fun with it. Depending your child's age see how many words your child can use in one sentence, can he use most of the words on one page to write a short story?!?!
Your child can draw and write, create their own little stories and poems making their own little book!
Right now I'm having Lance use this book - some words are review but others like eight and please he still needs to learn. So we are using it as a fun way to review words and sneak some of the ones he hasn't mastered in his homeschool day.
About the author: Anna Brown
Anna is 15, the oldest girl in a family of 10! She loves art, music, animals, nature, sister-time, babysitting, baking, and serving as a missionary in Ukraine. She has a baking ministry here.
Anna has Dyslexia and learned to read when she was nine after being the first child to use Dyslexia Games.
Anna majored in art from age 5 to 9 because she was unable to read and write. She has contributed artwork to the following books:
A Day Like Tomorrow
Teach Yourself to Draw: Puppies, Playful Pets, and Forest Animals
To Wear or Not to Wear
Dyslexia Games Series B
Teach Yourself to Read, Write, and Spell 100 Words.
Having dyslexia allows Ann to think in 3D and helps her to have a big imagination. Though reading and writing sometimes makes her tired after a few chapters, she loves books, and she loves creative writing.
Her latest book is full of cute little poems about animals to help children learn to read, write, and spell. Anna enjoys creating books for other kids with dyslexia and learning challenges. Her books are so much fun that they are becoming popular with homeschoolers in general, not just dyslexics.
Take a peek inside!
Here are some of the books that Anna has helped with!
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Every time I visit, I love seeing all the different uses for these journals. I'm still in prayer over possibly implementing them in the coming school year, but we have so many changes unfolding in our lives that I'm not sure I'm ready for the challenge :)
ReplyDeleteI love how they are flexible. You don't have to use them daily. I am really liking her spelling books. I'm using them with Ethan and Lance to reinforce words and learn some of the ones that have slipped through the cracks :)
DeletePraying for you sweet friend!
Um... I may have to stop linking up here! Each week I find something new to add to my wishlist! :) Another great book!
ReplyDeleteI hear you, I still have stuff in my wishlist. I want to get a few coloring books still. This one: http://www.amazon.com/Coloring-Book-Sketch-Journal-Delightful/dp/1523200928/ref=as_sl_pc_tf_til?tag=traini06-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=ZD7G45H3ZVVHDXIO&creativeASIN=1523200928
DeleteAnd a few more journals, oh so many pretty ones too!
Thank you for linking up.