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When Your Child Wants a Pet: Persuasive Writing with Purpose

September 25, 2018 by Lisa

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  When Your Child Want a Pet: Persuasive Writing with Purpose This summer, our daughter started asking for a pet rabbit. I didn’t want to give her a flat out “no” when I really knew nothing about rabbits. It didn’t seem fair. We needed to make an informed decision. A pet persuasive writing project was […]

Filed Under: Persuasive Writing, Teaching Writing Tagged With: middle school writing, persuasive writing, research writing, upper elementary writing

Butterfly Literacy Theme for Preschool

September 15, 2018 by Lisa

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This post contains Amazon affiliate links. If you click through one of my links and make a purchase, I will receive a commission. This butterfly literacy theme for preschool is one of many units I’ve put together for preschoolers that’s literacy-focused and easy to implement. Each unit has ideas for shared reading, read aloud, shared […]

Filed Under: Literacy Themes for Preschool, Preschool Reading, Preschool Writing

How to Make a Homeschool Memory Book

June 19, 2018 by Lisa

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  How to Make a Homeschool Memory Book Do you ever wonder what you were like as a child? I don’t have many mementos from my childhood. I’m not sure if my parents didn’t keep things, or if my things got lost over the years. Either way, it’s disappointing not to have some written documentation […]

Filed Under: Record Keeping, Teaching Writing Tagged With: end of school year, memory book

Does Pencil Grip Matter?

May 10, 2018 by Lisa

dynamic tripod grip

  Does Pencil Grip Matter? Over the years in the classroom I saw a lot of handwriting that was less than ideal. Some kids had poor pencil grips. Was there a correlation? Does pencil grip matter? I assumed pencil grip played a big part, so I tried my best to encourage a proper grasp. But […]

Filed Under: Preschool Writing, Teaching Writing Tagged With: handwriting, pencil grip, Preschool writing, teaching writing

Helpful Tips for Teaching Letter Formation

May 3, 2018 by Lisa

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  Helpful Tips for Teaching Letter Formation   I asked my son to write his name on his grandfather’s 80th birthday card. He insisted on doing it all by himself. I backed off and watched him as he carefully formed each letter of his name. I was proud of his efforts, even when he wrote […]

Filed Under: Preschool Writing Tagged With: handwriting, letter formation, Preschool writing

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