As a homeschool mom, I was thrilled to be able to help promote this product. Grammarics is a unique and wonderful program which helps teach young children grammar in a way that will help children be able to learn at a quicker pace, in my opinion.
This book has wonderful and easy to follow grammar rules but what I liked the best were the pictures that went along with the rules and descriptions. The pictures make the learning process so much easier, especially for visual learners.
Here is an example of one page of the book:
See how well it puts the picture together with what the sentence reads. I really wish this program had been around when my son was learning grammar. Not only does this book make it easy to understand, but it makes learning fun! Great for homeschool, but also a great help for kids who might need an extra look at a specific part of grammar that might be confusing.
A big irritant for many people is when the following is used incorrectly. Here is a great way to help kids (anyone really!) remember which way is correct:
Disclosure: I received an ebook copy of Grammarics in order to do my review. I was not required to do a positive review. My reviews are always honest and my opinions are my own.
As a homeschool mom, I have always worked at finding curriculum which makes learning fun. When my son, who is now in high school, was in elementary school, he loved to watch the Magic School Bus videos. Every time we would go to the library our bag would undoubtedly end up with mostly the Magic School Bus videos and books.
When he was in first grade we were searching for a science program which would lend itself to his learning style. He enjoyed being able to be hands on and doing activities. What we found is that there was actually a science program through scholastic.com which allowed us to use Magic School Bus stories along with activity books, and extras which came in the package. One of his favorites was the book called Baked in a Cake where the kids were put into a cake at the bakery to see how Chemistry works in baking. The kit actually came not only with the book, but also activity book and muffin tins and recipes for baking at home. This actually spun into a love of cooking which lasted many years. At age 15 he still loves to bake pies(and is really good at it!).
Magic School Bus series is a collection of so many different scientific areas. It offers books on everything from chemistry to space, environment, human body and much more.
In our current homeschool co-op, I am teaching the elementary science class and I get to teach the Magic School Bus stories every week. You never really outgrow these and i've had so much fun re-reading the stories and re-watching the videos. The series has so much detail and great information. Kids learn in a way that gets them interested without it coming across as "school learning". I love it when they get excited about what we are going to study and beg for experiments and more for each subject! One week we read the book on volcanos, and then went outside and I helped the kids make their own volcano erupt. They had so much fun and wanted to do it over and over...which we did:).
This week is friction and force..and relating it to baseball....how could this not be fun?!
As Miss Frizzle says "Take Chances, Make Mistakes, Get Messy!" What a great quote for kids. What kid wouldn't love to hear mom say that?! By doing this exact thing, you put all the ideas of perfection out of your mind, and focus on the real learning, and enjoying it
check out the theme song preview of the videos!
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you can find the books and videos at scholastic.com or www.amazon.com
This is exactly the book I wish was available when I started to homeschool. When we started to homeschool 15 yrs ago, we were without a lot of support. We didn't have any groups close by, friends that homeschooled, everyone told us we were crazy and no idea what we were doing!
This book covers all the questions you might have when beginning the process of deciding to homeschool. The author answers even the tough questions such as "Can I really do this?" with such confidence, that you really feel her support. The answer is "Yes", First grade is not that difficult, You can do it! She helps to alleviate any fears you might have starting out. You begin to understand that you know your child best, you know how they learn the best and shows you ways to teach to that learning style.
The author gives great advice on how to homeschool legally, the variety of curriculum options, and what to teach. You are encouraged to make your child a part of the process, to find out their interests, how they think they can learn the best, and gives you wonderful helps for creating your own ideas how to teach.
You have to read this book, It is written in straight forward language which makes it very easy to follow and understand. You will feel more confident about your choice to homeschool after reading this book!
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