Literacy Archives - Happiness is here https://happinessishereblog.com/category/literacy/ Documenting life without school and free childhood. Mon, 02 Oct 2023 21:35:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.5 74338626 Homeschool Daily Practices: Read Aloud Journals https://happinessishereblog.com/homeschool-daily-practices-read-aloud-journals/ https://happinessishereblog.com/homeschool-daily-practices-read-aloud-journals/#comments Sun, 28 May 2023 05:23:36 +0000 https://happinessishereblog.com/?p=24170 One of the main parts of our days at home as an unschooling family is read-aloud time. We currently do this over […]

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]]> https://happinessishereblog.com/homeschool-daily-practices-read-aloud-journals/feed/ 1 24170 12 Ways to Support Learning to Read That Don’t Involve Curriculum https://happinessishereblog.com/12-ways-to-support-learning-to-read-that-dont-involve-curriculum/ https://happinessishereblog.com/12-ways-to-support-learning-to-read-that-dont-involve-curriculum/#comments Sun, 05 Jun 2022 06:47:06 +0000 https://happinessishereblog.com/?p=22755 Chances are you’ve heard unschoolers say that their children learned to read ‘on their own’, right? Cue angry people insisting this is […]

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]]> https://happinessishereblog.com/12-ways-to-support-learning-to-read-that-dont-involve-curriculum/feed/ 5 22755 Everyday Unschooling: Supporting Your Readers https://happinessishereblog.com/everyday-unschooling-supporting-your-readers/ https://happinessishereblog.com/everyday-unschooling-supporting-your-readers/#comments Fri, 17 Jan 2020 09:18:15 +0000 https://happinessishereblog.com/?p=19607 Every day for the past couple of months, after lunch, we have all sat down together for some quiet independent reading time. […]

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]]> https://happinessishereblog.com/everyday-unschooling-supporting-your-readers/feed/ 5 19607 Enjoying Poetry with Children – And The Best Poetry Books for Kids https://happinessishereblog.com/enjoying-poetry-with-children-and-the-best-poetry-books-for-kids/ https://happinessishereblog.com/enjoying-poetry-with-children-and-the-best-poetry-books-for-kids/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2019 10:49:19 +0000 https://happinessishereblog.com/?p=18915 How to introduce poetry to your children and the most beautiful kids poetry books!

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]]> https://happinessishereblog.com/enjoying-poetry-with-children-and-the-best-poetry-books-for-kids/feed/ 11 18915 Children Who Don’t Go to School: What Does It Look like to Play All Day? https://happinessishereblog.com/children-who-dont-go-to-school-what-does-it-look-like-to-play-all-day/ https://happinessishereblog.com/children-who-dont-go-to-school-what-does-it-look-like-to-play-all-day/#comments Sun, 24 Jun 2018 03:49:05 +0000 https://happinessishereblog.com/?p=17979 It is a beautiful sight to watch children at play. But, how sad that it is still so devalued. I often have […]

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]]> https://happinessishereblog.com/children-who-dont-go-to-school-what-does-it-look-like-to-play-all-day/feed/ 13 17979 Brilliant Book Recommendations for Kids! https://happinessishereblog.com/brilliant-books-for-kids/ https://happinessishereblog.com/brilliant-books-for-kids/#comments Fri, 18 Aug 2017 10:22:16 +0000 https://happinessishereblog.com/?p=16469 I’m so excited to share with you some new books! We have been reading some really beautiful ones lately and I’m finally […]

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