Homeschool Spice Contest Winner!
Ta-da! We are pleased to announce the winner of our Homeschool Spice Contest. Tami, a reader, send in this idea:
I read an idea last year and implemented it with my son who has poor visual memory skills and ADHD.
I take his spelling list and some markers and plain white paper. I write one word on each page, and I use the markers to designate the different syllables of the words. Here is an example:
“chocolate”
chocolate
I try to use colors that are good contrasts beside one another, and I write with large, block letters. Each day, I have him look at each word for 30 seconds. Then we read it, spell it, read it. And then move to the next word. This gives him a picture in his mind of each word, and then we also have the audio portion for him, since he is stronger in that sense. I will also have him write the words once a day with his handwriting practice.
Thanks for the great idea, Tami! You will be receiving a copy of my book, Homeschooling the Challenging Child (Broadman & Holman, 2005).
Thanks to all the readers who sent in ideas. Let’s do this again sometime!
Christine M. Field practiced law for eight years before becoming a full-time Mommy. She and her husband live and home school their four children in Wheaton, Illinois where her husband serves as Chief of Police. Three of their four children are adopted, one through a private adoption and two are from Korea. She is the author of several books, including Coming Home to Raise Your Children (Fleming Revell, 1995), Should You Adopt? (Fleming Revell, 1997) A Field Guide to Home Schooling (Fleming Revell, 1998), Life Skills for Kids (Harold Shaw/WaterBrook, 2000), Help for the Harried Homeschooler (Harold Shaw/WaterBrook, 2002) and Homeschooling the Challenging Child (Broadman & Holman, 2005). Her next book, Homeschooling 101, written with husband Mark Field, will be published by Broadman & Holman in Spring 2007. She serves as senior correspondent and Resource Room columnist for The Old Schoolhouse Magazine. Her articles on life skills have appeared in Focus on the Family Magazine and Single Parent Family.
Christine loves to encourage others. She has spoken to many groups, including small fellowships and large conventions. To contact her about speaking to your group, you may email her at christinefield@sbcglobal.net or visit her website at www.HomeFieldAdvantage.org. Her mailing address is The Home Field Advantage, P.O. Box 261, Wheaton, IL 60189-0261.
She also moderates a Homeschool Message Board for Lifeway. Go to forums.lifeway.com, scroll down to homeschool and come join in the conversation!
