Cores D & E | Preparilli Press

Are your kids starting Sonlight’s Core D this year? You are going to LOVE this year of Sonlight. It is the first year that the readers and read-alones have a meaningful role in the Language Arts assignments.

This will be our fifth year using Core D. And I am excited to share with you some great supplements that will help your children accomplish their work independently. In our home of eight children, independent seat-work is essential (to my sanity :)!

DAY 1: DICTATION DONE RIGHT for THIRD

This year, your children will transition from copywork to dictation. I have found the three-step method of Dictation Done Right to work well for all of my children. It helps them to get the most out of dictation–and to understand why and when they need to punctuate or capitalize a word.

Click on the Three-Step picture above to view the steps in detail. After your children complete Dictation Done Right they will be ready to listen to you read the passage as they write it.

DAYS 2-4: A YEAR of CREATIVE EXPRESSION for THIRD

I know it is difficult to get your kids to write a paper each week— we have had our share of tears around here.

Writing should be FUN!

I have found that my kids needed a bit more structure to help them get their creative juices flowing. That is what I have poured into every page of A YEAR of CREATIVE EXPRESSION for THIRD. Would you like to see the preview? You can here! It is wonderful how, with the right tools, your children can think through their writing assignments independently!

Enjoy the last few days of summer and have fun this year in Core D–you’re going to LOVE it!

**There is no affiliation between Sonlight Curriculum and PreparilliPress.**

SigBlk5

As we enter the last month of our homeschool year, I find myself making mental notes about next year, and getting nostalgic about this one. Another school year is coming to a close. Yes, it is good to be nearing the finish line, but I want to capture where each of my kids is right now and bottle it up. What if I forget the joys from this year? And the struggles that motivated us to work harder and dig a little deeper? I want to be able to look back years from now and reminisce about our homeschool journey. So, this week I had my kids record this year’s favorites and look ahead to our summer break. Here is a look at what we used:

There is one for the boys and another for the girls. All of my children enjoyed filling in their favorites. My first grader needed a bit of help spelling a few things she wanted to write, but otherwise had fun on her own filling it in and coloring it! (The recording sheets in My Favorite Things are printer-friendly,black-and-white, and can be colored by your kids). There is also an autograph page, so you can record all your students’ signatures. Click on the picture below if you’d like to grab them to use with your kids.

Record This Year’s Favorites

SigBlk5