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Review: Kids ABC Trace App

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By Amanda Pelser

Jonathan and I have been playing with another app we’d like to share with you. Kids ABC TraceĀ is an iOS app for iPhone that focuses on two skills: Tracing letter in both uppercase and lower case. Learning each letter name. Take a look at David’s (former teacher and creator of the app) daughter using the…

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Filed Under: Homeschooling Tagged With: homeschooling, iOS, review, technology

Teach Them Diligently and a Big Giveaway from Vision Forum

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By Amanda Pelser

My family is heading to Teach Them Diligently Convention March 15-17 in Spartanburg, SC. We’d love for you to join us! Teach Them Diligently is a brand new convention. Here’s a word straight from David and Leslie, the couple making this amazing convention come together:

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Filed Under: Homeschooling Tagged With: convention, giveaway, homeschooling, Teach Them Diligently, TTD, Vision Forum

Review: Bubbling Math App

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By Amanda Pelser

Bubbling Math Screenshot

We have another great math app to share with you! Bubbling Math from TappyTapps!

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Filed Under: Homeschooling Tagged With: homeschooling, iOS, iPad, math, technology

How to Have a H.E.A.R.T. for Your Kids – Chapter 1

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By Amanda Pelser

Thoughts and reflections on chapter 1 of How to Have a H.E.A.R.T. For Your Kids: Moms, we need to be responders, not reactors. What’s the difference? A reactor acts in reaction to the the situations around them. If the surrounding environment is screaming and chaos, the reactor acts with the same – screaming and adds to the chaos. Responders act from within. They pour out what’s inside them to add peace and calm to a situation. It’s about being intentional and that starts with taking care of mom and our relationship with God.

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Four Things to Remember When Teaching an Early Reader

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By Amanda Pelser

When my son Jonathan was about three and a half, he started showing an interest in reading. He knew all his letters and most of their sounds. He would flip through books and “read” the ones he’d memorized or make up the story for those he didn’t know. And then, he started asking to learn to read.

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Filed Under: Homeschooling Tagged With: contributor post, early reader, homeschool how to, homeschooling, reading

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