Tag: Beechick Basics
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Aldine Speller ~ Free eBooks
Students will have a much easier time remembering how to spell words as they are taught in context. The Aldine Speller takes this approach. Free
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10 Favorite How-Tos {2021–2022}
Ten reader-favorite how-tos from the 2021-2022 archives: Reading, notebooking, narrating & more!
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10 Favorite How-Tos {2020–2021}
Ten reader-favorite how-tos from the archives: Reading, notebooking, narrating & more!
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10 Favorite How-Tos ~ 2019–2020
10 Favorite How-Tos ~ 2019–2020 ~ from the archives.
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7 Lessons for Teaching Writing
We learn to write by reading and writing. This natural method of learning to write is actually the MOST effective way to learn.
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Interactive Number Chart {Free}
Free Interactive Number Chart. Hundred charts provide an excellent, visual way to become familiar with numbers.
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10 Steps to Build a Better Speller
If you were one of those students who could get A’s in spelling — without ever becoming a competent speller — this one is for you (and your students!).
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Letter Generator Interactive {Free}
Free Letter Generator interactive at ReadWriteThink.org is an excellent guide for the younger writer.
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Activity: Measure Length and Distance
Here are ideas for exploring measuring length and distance — in a natural way:
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First Year in Number {Free eBook}
First Year in Number is a free math book that takes a “real objects” approach, complementary to the ideas of Ruth Beechick.
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NASA Pre-K – 2 Educator Guide {Free}
Free, 104-page K–2 Educator Guide from NASA! 3…2…1…Liftoff! is a multi-discipline approach to science in the early years.
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Find: Blackline Math Masters {Free}
Over 200 pages of math-related downloads particularly suited to students in the “manipulative” math mode.
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Skill Subjects vs. Content Subjects {The Key to Simplifying}
Here is the key to simplifying home education — understand the difference between skill subjects and content subjects.
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6 Ways to Encourage Your Children to Pursue Their Interests
In the midst of academic basics, scopes and sequences, record keeping, and chores, here are 6 ways to encourage your children to pursue their interests.
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Making Wise Curriculum Purchases: Math
Math is one of those areas where we tend to struggle. Our frustrations in this area tend to stem from one of a handful of problems: A particular math curriculum just doesn’t seem to fit a particular child. There are too many activities associated with each lesson. Our child is not “getting it.” The material…
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Teach a Child to Read: The Natural Way
Simplify the process of teaching a child to read — try the natural way.
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3 Ways to Develop Critical Thinking Skills
In a chapter titled “Thinking Skills” in her book A Biblical Home Education, Ruth Beechick explains that we don’t need a “thinking” class. Instead we want our children to apply critical thinking skills to every subject. She relates an anecdote involving four children, five and under, whose mother has helped them think about the fact…
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The Arithmetic Primer by Frank H. Hall {Free eBook}
The primer lays the groundwork necessary to help a first-year student learn arithmetic.
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Language Arts the Natural Way: Dictation
Now that he is familiar with language and has been writing comfortably for some time, we can start dictation.
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Language Arts the Natural Way: Copying
As he is copying, he is learning a variety of writing skills — spelling, grammar, mechanics, and how to correctly form sentences, phrases, and cohesive thoughts.
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Language Arts the Natural Way: Narrating
Narrating employs all of the skills we use in writing — but without the pencil.
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Language Arts the Natural Way: Reading
Most great writers are great readers. Reading, then, is crucial to pursuing language arts the natural way.
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Language Arts the Natural Way: Introduction
In this series we offer tips and ideas for implementing natural language arts elements in your homeschool, no matter what educational approach(es) you use.
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Alpha-Phonics Workbook {Free}
Alpha-Phonics workbook free. We make reading more complicated than it needs to be.
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10 Ways to Become a Better Editor of Your Child’s Writing
What if I don’t feel competent to edit my child’s writing? 10 ways to become a better editor.
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How to Use Noah Webster’s Reading Handbook
Noah Webster’s Reading Handbook is an inexpensive option for those interested in a more natural method, but with lessons already laid out.
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