She sounds willing to sign off on anyone's grant request -- apparently sight unseen.. as long as you sign up for her workshops. I have no clue what a "Four Blocks" school might be.
She also recommends a book written by someone she saw on the Today show.
1 posted on
04/04/2003 3:59:08 PM PST by
lainie
To: lainie
How do we ask for "homeschool" to become a choosable topic?
2 posted on
04/04/2003 3:59:54 PM PST by
lainie
To: lainie
"Four Blocks" is teacher-speak for a certain educational approach, which my daughter (a 4th grade teacher) calls a dismal failure.
Some people will sign on to anything for a lucrative consuting contract. Look at all those retired generals on TV.
3 posted on
04/04/2003 4:02:25 PM PST by
bcoffey
(When Paula Zahn left FNC for CNN, the average IQ of both organizations soared)
To: lainie
What readers are you looking for?
4 posted on
04/04/2003 4:02:36 PM PST by
Slyfox
To: lainie
NJ just changed the minimum GPA to get a teaching license from 2.75 to 2.5...guess they felt the 2.75ers were too bright!
6 posted on
04/04/2003 4:09:49 PM PST by
Ed_in_NJ
To: *Homeschool_list; 2Jedismom; homeschool mama; BallandPowder; ffrancone; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; ...
ping.
8 posted on
04/04/2003 4:12:53 PM PST by
TxBec
(Tag! You're it!)
To: lainie
A Beka (Christian homeschool curriculum publisher in Pensacola, FL) has books that are very traditional and combine sight reading & phonics.
To: lainie
My son started school while we were living in the Cayman Islands.
They taught phonics, but also sight reading.
I think the sight reading text they used was called "Ladybird" books. They were printed in England. Anyway, the readers were numbered and each book in the series added more vocabulary. He really liked the stories.
When we came back to the states I started homeschooling. This was many years ago, he a teenager now, so I don't know if those books are still in print.
15 posted on
04/04/2003 6:02:52 PM PST by
dawn53
To: lainie
"Sing, Spell Read Write" for grade (1), We used McGuffy Readers (outstanding) and a good phonics program.
To: lainie
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