Comments on: Phonics the cheapskate way http://inashoe.com/2008/10/phonics-the-cheapskate-way/ the methods and madness of one family of 12 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:10:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: 4 Moms 35 Kids: we go live! | Life In a Shoe http://inashoe.com/2008/10/phonics-the-cheapskate-way/#comment-27777 4 Moms 35 Kids: we go live! | Life In a Shoe Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:54:58 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=2843#comment-27777 [...] of telling her how to spell each word, I encourage her to sound out the easy ones.  We call this phonics the cheapskate way.  We enjoy a cantaloupe snack, although we really should be preparing [...] [...] of telling her how to spell each word, I encourage her to sound out the easy ones.  We call this phonics the cheapskate way.  We enjoy a cantaloupe snack, although we really should be preparing [...]

]]> By: Kristen http://inashoe.com/2008/10/phonics-the-cheapskate-way/#comment-19054 Kristen Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:47:20 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=2843#comment-19054 This came at the right time for me! Today we were doing a writing assignment and I found myself thinking we needed to go back to a basic phonics program. However, I actually do the same thing that you do in talking them through the spelling. I am curious how long it takes for it to click though. I am not seeing the fruit yet! Thanks for sharing. This came at the right time for me! Today we were doing a writing assignment and I found myself thinking we needed to go back to a basic phonics program. However, I actually do the same thing that you do in talking them through the spelling. I am curious how long it takes for it to click though. I am not seeing the fruit yet! Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: maryjo http://inashoe.com/2008/10/phonics-the-cheapskate-way/#comment-19003 maryjo Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:34:11 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=2843#comment-19003 can you please explain in a bit more detail how and what your homeschooling day includes? do your kids have a set curriculum? do they have to devote so much time to learning per day. do they take tests? how do you keep each one on grade level or beyond? how do you know they are up to par with regular schooled children? can you please explain in a bit more detail how and what your homeschooling day includes? do your kids have a set curriculum? do they have to devote so much time to learning per day. do they take tests? how do you keep each one on grade level or beyond? how do you know they are up to par with regular schooled children?

]]> By: Leticia http://inashoe.com/2008/10/phonics-the-cheapskate-way/#comment-18996 Leticia Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:36:43 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=2843#comment-18996 I taught that in a very similar way. And I have great readers but on the other had I was taught the memorization method and am an excellent reader myself. I never liked to make them sit down and plug away at it. We addressed the rules as they came up. I taught that in a very similar way. And I have great readers but on the other had I was taught the memorization method and am an excellent reader myself. I never liked to make them sit down and plug away at it. We addressed the rules as they came up.

]]> By: Andrea http://inashoe.com/2008/10/phonics-the-cheapskate-way/#comment-18992 Andrea Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:03:46 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=2843#comment-18992 So, I'm curious to know, based on this post, would you call yourselves "unschoolers"? Or do you actually use and follow a curriculum? We use a curriculum, but I don't make them do absolutely everything in the curriculum. It's more of a guideline. (Although, I still feel a little guilty sometimes when I don't make them do everything.) I certainly believe every day life is filled with learning opportunites, you just have to capture them! So, I’m curious to know, based on this post, would you call yourselves “unschoolers”? Or do you actually use and follow a curriculum? We use a curriculum, but I don’t make them do absolutely everything in the curriculum. It’s more of a guideline. (Although, I still feel a little guilty sometimes when I don’t make them do everything.) I certainly believe every day life is filled with learning opportunites, you just have to capture them!

]]> By: Mother Hen http://inashoe.com/2008/10/phonics-the-cheapskate-way/#comment-18991 Mother Hen Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:44:52 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=2843#comment-18991 Tag, you're it! Again! Tag, you’re it! Again!

]]> By: Amanda http://inashoe.com/2008/10/phonics-the-cheapskate-way/#comment-18989 Amanda Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:31:58 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=2843#comment-18989 Our teaching styles are very similar. Real life is the best way to learn whenever possible, and it's much more fun for everyone! (Too bad that approach doesn't get us as far with math!) Our teaching styles are very similar. Real life is the best way to learn whenever possible, and it’s much more fun for everyone! (Too bad that approach doesn’t get us as far with math!)

]]> By: Janel http://inashoe.com/2008/10/phonics-the-cheapskate-way/#comment-18986 Janel Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:32:01 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=2843#comment-18986 Ok. As a child who learned to read via the look-see method of memorizing 98294654 million words in the public school back in the 80s, where does one find a nice condensed list of spelling rules like that? I've googled several times and haven't found anything suitable. We're using Jesse Wise's Ordinary Parents Guide to Teaching reading with #3 & 4. I like it so far. I'm making #2 go back through it, but we haven't gotten to the end yet. She's got some rules that I'm trying to incorporate as we go. Seriously? I would love to have a spelling program like the one Professor What's His Name used with Akeela in Akeela & the Bee (movie.) Haven't found that either. Ok. As a child who learned to read via the look-see method of memorizing 98294654 million words in the public school back in the 80s, where does one find a nice condensed list of spelling rules like that?

I’ve googled several times and haven’t found anything suitable.

We’re using Jesse Wise’s Ordinary Parents Guide to Teaching reading with #3 & 4. I like it so far. I’m making #2 go back through it, but we haven’t gotten to the end yet. She’s got some rules that I’m trying to incorporate as we go.

Seriously? I would love to have a spelling program like the one Professor What’s His Name used with Akeela in Akeela & the Bee (movie.) Haven’t found that either.

]]> By: Cindee http://inashoe.com/2008/10/phonics-the-cheapskate-way/#comment-18985 Cindee Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:20:37 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=2843#comment-18985 Not the cheapskate way but the FRUGAL way. :-) This sounds like a post for Frugal Hacks. You could call it Frugal Fonics...or Phrugal Phonics. But maybe that's just to weird to mess up the spelling on purpose when writing about phonics! Not the cheapskate way but the FRUGAL way. :-) This sounds like a post for Frugal Hacks. You could call it Frugal Fonics…or Phrugal Phonics. But maybe that’s just to weird to mess up the spelling on purpose when writing about phonics!

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