Teaching Reading – literacy for pleasure. Children Learning To Read: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly!
If children groan and grumble when having to read with you or anyone else you might want to reflect on these strategies and think about how you approach ‘reading time’. The best things you can do when helping a child learn to read. Devote time to it. Make it a quality experience. Show your own interest and pleasure.Talk about both your responses to text.Respect the text as the teacher. Some of these sound rather technical. Allow for some errors/miscues – and give time for child to self-correct.Return to miscues later – at the end of a page or chapter. The absolute worst things you can do when helping a child learn to read. Rush the experience.Ask children to read text they haven’t chosen for themselves.Control the reading.Focus only on the text! Let me expand on what constitutes ‘thinking in deficit terms’. “A. still not looking at more than initial sound. Think about what is happening as well as what isn’t. Like this: Like Loading... Meet Google Drive – One place for all your files.
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Then make sure you like Natural Living Ideas on Facebook here where we share not only our blog posts, but the best natural living ideas from around the web. Are you ever stuck for ideas when it comes to giving gifts? Whether you need to give your loved ones, friends or colleagues a special gift, we have the answer for you… MAKE IT YOURSELF! We have compiled 112 of the best DIY gift ideas from around the blogosphere so you can make everyone you know a thoughtful gift that they will actually want to receive. DIY Beauty Gift Ideas Make someone feel special by giving them a homemade beauty gift. 1. 2. Etceteras: yarn bowl. Day 3 of my paper mache paste craft-a-thon.
You can see my first two projects here and here. After I finished both of those projects, I still had plenty of paper mache paste left. So, I threw a bunch of yarn into the paste to make this bowl. I remembered reading about making yarn bowls by wrapping the yarn dipped into glue around a balloon. I wanted my bowl to have more of a bowl shape and flat bottom so I wrapped saran wrap around the outside of a mixing bowl. I let the bowl dry overnight and carefully removed the saran and yarn from the mixing bowl. In case you missed it, here’s the recipe for the paper mache paste.
Combine ½ cup flour and 2 cups cold water in a bowl. Boil 2 cups of water in a sauce pan and add the flour and cold water mixture. Bring to a boil again. Remove from heat and add 3 tablespoons of sugar. 645 workshop by the crafty cpa: return on creativity: paint sample coasters. I've had this map coaster tutorial in my inspiration file for awhile.
I wanted to make a set of map coasters for my brother; one coaster for each city he has lived in. The plan was to use an old atlas I had lying around, but all the cities were in the middle of the state, right where the atlas folded in two. Sigh. So I decided to make paint sample coasters instead... All you need is tiles, Mod Podge, spray acrylic, paint samples, and cork or felt. Would you believe that this project was the first time I ever used Mod Podge in my life! My paint samples had rounded corners, so I first squared them off. Then I measured the samples to fit the tiles and cut them into squares. Don't you just love a project where even the scraps are pretty? 101 Green Handmade Gift Tutorials.
These crafty green gift tutorials are going to make you recycle, reuse, upcycle or repurpose like never before…you’ll see.
Whatever you want to call it, going green is the way to go! There’s a little something for everyone and I know you are going to find the perfect gift for your neighbor, brother, mother, sister…you get my drift…there are 101 tutorials here, people!!!! They’re not just ideas and pretty photos, but these links will lead you on the path to creating fabulous green gifts that are simple and require minimal supplies. You might need to grab a few extra recycling bins, but it’s worth it! If you’re looking for Green Home Decor Tutorials, don’t miss the end of the post! Why spend a ton on gifts when you can go green??? If you love creative links, please subscribe to Everything Etsy! Thanks so much for all your tweets, stumbles, Facebook likes and pins on my 101 Simple Handmade Gift Tutorials and Free Printables posts…you are the coolest crafty friends! ~Kim.