Three Desert Princesses

• Sep. 17, 2007
thoughts on Explode the Code

For the most part, dd has enjoyed the Explode the Code series. We're on book 6 now. One frustrating thing for her is that the vocabulary is larger than her own. Words like "harbor" and "battleship" are words she's never heard before (not words you use often when you live in the desert). So although she's able to read them, she needs a lot of one on one time with Mama to complete these pages because she just doesn't know what the words mean. Other new words recently have been "hornet", "bandit", "varnish", "dart", and "stork". It's great to learn new words, but it does make Phonics more difficult than it has to be.

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• Sep. 17, 2007
What is a Lapbook?

Posted in comments on resources

http://www.squidoo.com/lapbooking

and how to make really simple mini-books: http://www.squidoo.com/lapbooking/#module2314219

and a note about a lapbook resource:

I downloaded Cindy Rushton's Let's Make a Lapbook e-book. I paid $9. There are quite a few rather obvious suggestions ("you'll need to choose a topic", "You'll need scissors") as well as nineteen pages of advertising her other resources. I was anxious to see and use the instructions for making small books to attach to the lapbook. There aren't any. There is a list of links to other people's websites that tell you how to make mini books.

I do not feel this book is a worthwhile investment.

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