Thrift Schooling

All About Reading Level 3  is an incredible program that is part of Timberdoodle's Second Grade Kit . Don't let that fool you though. If you have homeschooled for any length of time—or talked to anybody who has—you know that the grade level on a curriculum does not matter. As the teacher, you have the option to choose exactly what your child uses based on his needs—which is beautiful. I have to admit, I thought I was pretty good at teaching reading because my older three were avid readers at a young age. I was wrong. They just picked it up and were excellent learners. Now that I am teaching a struggling learner how to read—it is a completely different ballgame—and it is all about having the right resources and dedicating the time to implement them.  After I had done a Google search for the best homeschool reading curriculum for dyslexia and All About Reading popped up in the top ten—I knew that I had to try it. I did and I have been hooked ever since. Level 1 was a struggle bu...

I have a confession to make. I used Abeka to teach my first three kids to read. I know, super creative. It was all I knew with my first two and by the time I had my third I figured it worked, so, I was boring. Not that Abeka is terrible, I enjoyed using their methods to teach my kids to read but my perspective has changed. I now only recommend it if you have one or two kids. Once you add more than that to the mix it is basically impossible. Too demanding. Now that I have been homeschooling for over a decade I have learned that Abeka is not the only method out there. I mean, I learned that quickly for other subjects when it was not working out after the first few years but when it came to reading I was afraid to branch out. I am not sure quite sure why. Now that I have a preschooler and first-grader in addition to middle and high schoolers I am ready to explore my options, and I am glad I did! Now enter  All About Reading 1 . Of course, over the years I had heard about this program ...