Melenie Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 We are doing K this year and I would love to read about what others are doing in both K and 1st. Is there a way to search for it or are you willing to let me read yours? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TolleLegeAcademy Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I'm not very consistent with blogging, but I do have some of our year up here. (And I'm still going to aim for more weekly reports! :) ) HTH, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakblossoms Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I'm teaching my first official K-boy. My older two went to public school for K. I'm not blogging though, mostly because I've been so sick from my pregnancy. Now I'm not so sick-but-oh-so-tired:tongue_smilie: I'm interested though. My older two had so many problems with reading when they came home (both in 1st grade) that I thought I would just wait till my youngest was ready to read. I have a feeling public school did something wrong because my youngest is doing well with reading:D which I decided to try anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SophiaH Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I don't post on my blog that often, but I have a 1st grade girl. You're welcome to check it out: http://drawnbyhislove.blogspot.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Alfred Academy Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I have a Ker and am blogging about our experiences. Might be different though because I also have a 2nd grader that he tags along with. BUT I also blogged about my second grader last year when he was in first. You are more than welcomed to read mine. The link is in my signature. Another way you could search is by looking in people's signatures to look at their kids' ages and then clicking on a blog link if they give one. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 We're doing K and I just started a blog. I haven't posted a lot of homeschool stuff yet. It's more of a blog about everything (or nothing) than a homeschool blog. I'm at http://www.supratentorial.wordpress.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber in AUS Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 We are blogging K/1st grade this year. She isn't there age wise but ability wise no problem at all. I try to blog at min once per week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Pip Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I blog about my 1st gr 6yo dd, and my 2nd/3rd gr 8yo dd. My weekly report is up for this week. www.teachafish.blogspot.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melenie Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 Thanks for your replies so far. I am going to have to check them all out tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 My youngest dd is in 1st grade this year. I group her for several subjects with my ds 3rd grade, and a friend's son I homeschool also 3rd grade. I have only done a weekly report once..it is a big post, but I want to do it more often, and I do post here and there about what we are doing. For her 1st grade year, I am doing Headsprout phonics, abeka K cursive, Math U see Alpha, Tapestry of Grace with STOW mixed in, Song School Latin, Abeka health reader 1 and we are doing Noeo Physics II as a group with all 5 kids-but it is not going well, it is too high for the littles...going to jump to Sonlight 3 Science next week. my blog is in my signature below. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I'm a terribly inconsistent blogger, but here ya go: http://2alyn.blogspot.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAM Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 We're doing K & 2nd this year. Link in sig! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alabasterflask Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 One of my favorite bloggers in this age group is Heidi over at Mt. Hope http://mthopeacademy.blogspot.com/ She posts beautiful photography as well as homeschooling and other stuff. She recently did a great series on all her school stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristiana Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I have a K'er this year too, as well as a 2nd grader, so he gets folded into a lot of what my 8yo is doing. I blog about lots of stuff, but try to do a weekly report on homeschool every weekend. I've been blogging since my oldest was in Kindergarten, so you might find something helpful in my archives. We were mainly using FIAR then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi @ Mt Hope Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 You made my day. :) If you want to go straight to the post where I've listed a very basic daily schedule and links to details for each subject, click here. My oldest is technically in 1st grade, but his birthday is January 1st (he just turned 7), which makes a convenient starting point for a new school year. So, we are working more on a 2nd grade level. Boy #2 is technically pre-K (he turns 5 in May), but reading above grade-level. And I have a crazy 2yo (boy) to add to the mix. :willy_nilly: I'm a fairly consistent blogger (um, like more than one post a day...), but my blog isn't strictly homeschool content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracyR Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I have a Ker and your welcome to read our blog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I'm interested though. My older two had so many problems with reading when they came home (both in 1st grade) that I thought I would just wait till my youngest was ready to read. I have a feeling public school did something wrong because my youngest is doing well with reading:D which I decided to try anyway. The school probably taught with sight words, in my testing of hundreds of children, schools that teach with sight words (the majority of public schools and some private schools use sight words, a very small percentage of homeschoolers use them) end up with 30 to 40% of their students with some degree of problems reading. I don't blog because I have a website, I couldn't keep up with both! I do read a few blogs and occasionally post to them. On my website that will probably be of interest are pages on how to teach a beginning reader, a remedial reader, and how and why not to teach sight words. (You can teach all but 5 of the most commonly taught 220 sight words phonetically.) http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Reading/newstudents.html http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Reading/remedialstudents.html http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Reading/sightwords.html If your older children still need help with their reading, you could try my online phonics lessons (linked below.) If you're really ambitious, you could try Webster's Speller with all your children, here's a thread about how to use it: http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=70153 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keptwoman Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 DD is in K. We just started last week. I don't blog terribly much about her K work but there is the occasional post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Governess Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 We just started K and I hope to update my blog in the next week or two. I have some pre-K stuff up there right now, but the curriculum we were using was mostly K anyway, so may be useful to you. There's a link to my blog in my siggie. :001_smile: I'm going to be bookmarking some of these sites too, I'm glad you asked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homeschooling6 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I'll have start blogging more about my K & 1st grade students :glare:. My blog is in my siggy line. Blessings, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing lioness Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I have a K-er, too :). I am also homeschooling a 3rd, 9th and 12th grader so my posts and WR are a mish-mash. K's are such fun!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 (Alice! Love your blog! Didn't know you are pregnant! Miss you!) OP, there are a few samples on my blog (I think) of first grade work, but you have to go back to the beginning. Not very helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Add me to the "I don't blog often" camp, but I've got a first & a Ker this year. My blog's in my signature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Closeacademy Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I'm a weekly reporter and I am doing first grade. You can even just click on the Weekly Checkin tag that I have at the side to just get those posts.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Lynx Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I'm teaching 1st and 2nd. My blog tends to focus more on my older students, though (5th and 7th). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonia Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 K'er here too :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damselfly Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I also have a K'er and am blogging at: http://tinroofschoolhouse.blogspot.com/ I tend to only find time once a week to blog, even though I had such good intentions of blogging daily. I'd rather read everyone else's blogs than type in my own I guess!! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springmama Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Great thread! I can't wait to check out all of these links later! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConnieB Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 So IS there a way to do a search at blogger or another blog website? I have some other interests that I would love to read people's blogs about, but other than luck of someone posting something I can't figure out how to find these wonderful blogs, lol. I tried doing a yahoo/google search of "subject" "blog" but that didn't seem to work either. Of course lately my google/yahoo searches come up with more choices that have little or nothing to do with my search and more to do with selling me something. Sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama2girls Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 This is a great thread, I love reading about ideas for Kindergarden and 1st. We are only in PreK now, but I LOVE to plan ahead!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookmomma Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 You can check out my blog to see what my 1st grader is doing this year. I do keep it updated, but it is a general outline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melenie Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 The school probably taught with sight words, in my testing of hundreds of children, schools that teach with sight words (the majority of public schools and some private schools use sight words, a very small percentage of homeschoolers use them) end up with 30 to 40% of their students with some degree of problems reading. I don't blog because I have a website, I couldn't keep up with both! I do read a few blogs and occasionally post to them. On my website that will probably be of interest are pages on how to teach a beginning reader, a remedial reader, and how and why not to teach sight words. (You can teach all but 5 of the most commonly taught 220 sight words phonetically.) http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Reading/newstudents.html http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Reading/remedialstudents.html http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Reading/sightwords.html If your older children still need help with their reading, you could try my online phonics lessons (linked below.) If you're really ambitious, you could try Webster's Speller with all your children, here's a thread about how to use it: http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=70153 I have never heard of the Webster's speller, but love what I have read so far. I am going to read the site tonight, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vita Passiva Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 I have recently started a blog recording our journey and we are half way through our kindergarten year. I also have a tag along 3 year old pre-k. You can see our journey here. Thanks for the question....I am going to add some of these posts to my reading routine.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makita Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 My DD is 1st grade and I am an avid blogger. Homeschooling. Oregon Style. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5ray2006 Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Keep them coming, ladies. I enjoyed reading your blogs. I've gotten a lot of info. for my K'er next school year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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