Hi everyone, I am always thrilled to be able to offer you a giveaway from All About Learning Press, and today I have a $50 gift card for you that you can use on any of the AALP products that will benefit your homeschool!
As you know, we’ve used All About Spelling for several years and recently added in All About Reading as well. I continue to love the hands-on aspect of this program, as well as the explanation of phonics rules.
One of my favorite things about the units are the colored flashcards that we review daily. They are very effective in helping kids retain the phonics rules, and enable me to remind them if they’re needing help with spelling a word. For example if they need to spell the word dodge, I’ll simply ask them a few questions instead of giving them the answer. Like this:
“What are your two options for the ‘j’ sound at the end of a word? Okay, which one follows a short vowel? There you go, now you know how to spell that word.” I find this much more effective than simply memorizing the word (which they inevitably forget right after the test is over) and it also enables them to figure out how to spell words on their own.
And since they know all of these handy phonics rules, they can also read the words as well because they’re so familiar with seeing the special sounds on the cards and repeating all of the sound choices that those letters can make.
I’ve found that AALP programs teach reading concepts in a logical order, and review constantly so that kids aren’t forgetting things as they go. We use their magnetic letter tiles, as well as our iPad chalk board, stamps, and other spelling manipulatives to help make it more fun as well.
I am also loving the phonogram cards (yellow ones) that come with the program. They make it really easy for me to review all of the phonic blends and letter sounds each day. My absolute favorite ones though are the blue key cards. My kids actually think they’re playing a gam each time we review all of the rules!
Giveaway Time!
I know that many of you all enjoy All About Learning Press products too, and so I’m happy to offer you a $50 gift card to use at their store however you see fit! To enter, simply fill out the raffle copter below!
More AALP Giveaways!
All About Learning is hosting another giveaway for any level of All About Reading now through March 12, 2013!
AAS! We are currently doing Lev2 and Lev4.
I really enjoy the AAS program – talking about rule breakers, round up R, pickle, open, closed syllables and more make the concepts easier to explain and understand. And my children enjoy it!
We love the homophones workbook!
Great giveaway! I would love to get the All About Reading Pre Reading for my oldest, I’ve heard great things about it!
I love All About Spelling and how it systematically goes through spelling rules and strategies.
I would love the Pre-reading program for my 4 year old. He wants to read so badly, but it’s just not clicking with him like it did with his sisters.
Done planning out our curriculum choices for next year and AAS level 1 is on the list! This would be great to win.
I love the All About Reading curriculum. I’m doing the Pre level with my son who will be in Kinder in the fall. It’s a great review of what he already knows and he LOVES the games. I will be starting AAS after we do AAR1 in the fall.
I love how systematic it is! I am a grammar and spelling junkie and want to impart some similar…err…attention to detail to my children! 😉
All About Spelling! We’ve not done much spelling this year and we need to!