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Modern Curriculum Press Phonics, also referred to as MCP Plaid. I use The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home (Third Edition) as the basis of homeschooling for my children. We started teaching reading with The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading. It is a great program, but my kids just didn't care for it like …
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As most of you know, we began our homeschool journey this year. Homeschool preschool quickly became homeschool kindergarten. Both older kids were quickly beyond what I considered to be a preschool level. And since they both enjoy "doing school" we kept going with Kindergarten. I started with both kids working together, but they quickly split …
As you know (well, maybe you don't), The Pastor and I have begun homeschooling the Goblins. We have been very fortunate that most of our family, friends, and church family are familiar and supportive of homeschooling. That, in and of itself, is a blessing. It is difficult to start down a path when you know …
We officially started "Homeschool Preschool" a couple weeks ago. I had planned on waiting to do anything "formal" for another year, but the kids were begging me. (When can we learn to read? When can we do that book? When can we have school? Will you teach me?) I had read A Well Trained Mind …
Notes From the Parsonage 