It's so fall feeling with the cool weather it just makes the kids want to do school! We discussed spelling and the consensus is that Excellence in Writing's Phonics Zoo really does teach spelling better than anything else we have used. I had Calvert's spelling CD last year to give them a break from the same old, same old and they tell me they didn't learn anything from it. They tell me they always refer back to the rules they learned in Excellence in Spelling anyway. Well, good. We still have it and we shall continue! Their spelling really has improved over the years. I have seen huge growth but none of them are natural spellers. I picked up a book from Costco called Painless Spelling. I was reading it and it's quite interesting. It talks about words in a fun way. I think we will go through the book together and see what we can learn. I also have Rummy Roots and I think we should play around with that some, too.
I enrolled in the 2008 -2009 Blogger Friend School and I am participating in their Back to School Giveaway. See, I think Brianna would LOVE those nature journals!!! I can always learn something new.
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Posted by BFS on Friday, August 29, 2008 at 09:11 - Link
Hi Angela~ Thanks for signing up for the BFS. I'm sure you'll enjoy the assignments and meeting fellow BFS'rs.
Mrs. Nancy
BFS Teacher
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 29, 2008 at 10:18 - Link
Hi Angela, I do have 6 kids.. 3 big boys 16, 14, 12 and three little kids 4, 2 and 1 month.. and life sure is exciting. Thanks for joining Blogger Friend School.
I read your list for preparation for Africa.. I'm a Canadian too - in Saskatchewan. Tanzania sounds like an exciting place to go!
