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1. tribeofautodidacts, on March 27th, 2008 at 5:44 am Said:

   I love wikki sticks!

2. joann10, on March 27th, 2008 at 6:39 am Said:

   We use the Scrabble game to practice spelling. I love all of your new ideas though!

3. Andrea, on March 27th, 2008 at 7:47 am Said:

   I haven’t met a kid yet who didn’t like trying to form letters out of their own body. team up with a sibling to do the hard ones. Mom can stand on a chair and take a pic.

   also, you can take turns drawing letters with your finger on the other person’s bacK and they have to guess them.

4. Meredith, on March 27th, 2008 at 9:24 am Said:

   When Matthias was 3 he and I made a complete wall alphabet out of household/kitchen items glued to card stock, we still have it, although a few letters are surely missig few beans or pieces of pasta by now Love it!

5. Arwen, on March 27th, 2008 at 12:52 pm Said:

   What cool ideas. We are just starting on letter recognition. I made a giant “A” on the floor for my son with blue tape and showed him how to walk the path. He liked driving his cars along it too.

6. Amy, on March 27th, 2008 at 8:11 pm Said:

   How about a foggy bathroom mirror? That’s one of my kids’ favorite places to write.

   We were taught to spell words on our oldest’s back with our finger when she was in vision therapy.

7. Rhonda, on March 28th, 2008 at 8:06 am Said:

   These were some good ones Theresa. Thanks for sharing them. We have used many of the ones mentioned. My little one uses bathtub paints while she is bathing. Fun!

8. Carolyn, on March 28th, 2008 at 9:51 am Said:

   Theresa,

   I’ve been reading your blog for a while now, and I’m highly impressed/amazed at what you accomplish with your kids. I have 3 kids, (8, 6, and 4) and I’m interested in home schooling. (I’m also Catholic, and all my kids are in Montessori schools currently.) I’m just wondering how in the world you are able to do so many wonderful, creative lessons with your kids, while also keeping your home organized and no TV? Do you have your grandkids all the time, or just part-time? How much planning/preparation time do you take, and when do you do it? Do you have unlimited energy?

   I seem to get bogged down in household paperwork and chores, although I am able to get most done when my 4-year-old is in preschool 3 mornings a week. I can’t imagine having them all at home AND trying to keep everyone engaged in interesting activities, all-the-while keeping the home organized and running smoothly, PLUS planning for future lessons.

   Any tips?

   Thanks so much! You’re so inspiring to me!

   Carolyn
   Montana

9. lapazfarm, on March 28th, 2008 at 10:16 am Said:

   Carolyn, thank you so much and welcome! I want to address your questions thoroughly but am short on time right now, so give me a bit and I will be back with an answer for you. I’m so glad you decided to come out of “lurkdom” and comment! I love “meeting” my readers!

10. Carolyn, on March 28th, 2008 at 11:37 am Said:

    Thanks, Theresa!

    Actually, I am seriously needing a mentor — someone I can email and get advise/ideas from. Do you have time? I wouldn’t take up too much time, but it would be so wonderful to have someone experienced in all of this to help guide me.

    I think my biggest hurdle will be organization. I have so many ideas, and love getting ideas from others, but then I get bogged down and don’t know where to begin. I also have the problem of trying to keep everyone going at once, which has been a challenge, especially with my 4-year-old. He is to the point now where he can participate fairly well (but he does have some chronic health issues due to a birth defect). And then the challenge of still getting stuff done around the house, and maybe, possibly, have time to walk on my treadmill twice a week? It seems so overwhelming to me!

    Anyhow, my email is tandcplus3@msn.com. I won’t expect a reply from you — I know you must be so incredibly busy — but if you are so inclined, I’ll be thrilled!

    Thanks,
    Carolyn

11. Chrissy, on March 30th, 2008 at 4:45 pm Said:

    Great ideas!

    How about rubbing old crayons on paper that is laying on top of sand paper letters?

12. blessedmommy, on March 30th, 2008 at 9:32 pm Said:

    I LOVE your ideas!! Keep them coming:)

13. Kathy, on March 31st, 2008 at 1:00 pm Said:

    Your constant flow of ideas is a great source of inspiration! I’m going to try these ideas with my 5yo…she’ll be thrilled!

14. four little penguins, on April 1st, 2008 at 1:49 pm Said:

    We like to use alphabet stencils, and to add to the fun, we use them with dry erase boards. Also, I wrote the alphabet out on index cards, glued over the letters several times so that the letter was raised and give them paper and pencil to make “letter rubbings”.

15. Jimmie, on April 14th, 2008 at 5:39 pm Said:

    I love this post so much that I also blogged about spelling and linked to you here:
    http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Jimmie/507762/

    Although I don’t consider myself an unschooler, I always enjoy your blog posts and creative ideas. Thanks for sharing them.

16. Tammy, on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:12 pm Said:

    What a fun and resource filled blog! Thank you for putting your ideas out here for us moms! I’ll check back often-with an 8 year old and 3 year old, I need all the help I can get!!!

    Love it-keep up the awesome work!

17. Kathy, on February 3rd, 2009 at 7:53 am Said:

    Came here from a Squidoo lens. Why am I not surprised? There’s *always* something else to mine from your blog to bless my homeschooling. Thanks again!

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