Archive for the 'Reading' Category

Comic Books and Creative Learners

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

I had an article published in Home Education Magazine back in January-February, 2008, and I finally got around to putting it up as a page on my blog. It is continued support and guidance for those with creative learners as it pertains to their reading path in joy.
So many creative learners become fluent readers […]

What I’ve Been Reading

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

I’ve not done a post like this, but have had some fun and/or informative reading choices lately, so thought I would share. The book series I’m reading aloud to the littles is this:

I’m one of those people who don’t like to reread things, and during the season of my two older children and […]

My LWOS Post: A Great Creative Learner Introduction

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007

Since I posted a couple pages about how the right-brained, creative child learns to read, I wanted to follow it with the post that inspired them. During my insomnia night I posted about, I was able to create a post to some questions asked at the Life Without School blog that flowed from my fingertips […]

Reading and the Creative Process: Two Pages

Monday, June 4th, 2007

I have been putting together some handouts to help explain to those parents concerned about their right-brained learner coming to reading later why this happens. In my pages section to the right, I have a page called Typical Right-Brained Reading Traits that lists the typical traits that right-brained people tend to exhibit when they are […]

My Reading Foundational Beliefs

Monday, December 4th, 2006

Stephanie from Throwing Marshmallows has an excellent post about the ins and outs of learning to read. She starts with a comment from someone else that said thus:
What is your take on unschoolers who don’t teach their children to learn how to read until they’re “ready”? This can mean 8, 9, or 10 from what […]

What to Read?

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

Faith over at Dumb Ox Academy wrote a post called “Teens and good choices” that got me thinking about how my children have come to make good choices as it pertains to reading material. She wrote:
I have been thinking about censorship and how homeschooling moms often have the job of prereading their kids books […]