08/06/2024
**Edit to add: I have 3 spaces available for payment through barter. If you are interested, please PM me :)**
**Applications close THIS FRIDAY!!**
For those of you that are new to the group, welcome!
My name is Mandy, and I teach reading and phonics with For the Love of Learning. I am accepting applications for the 2024-2025 school year and would love for your family to join!
I am a certified teacher with a degree in Education (interdisciplinary studies). This is my 4th year teaching reading in a small group homeschool setting and I love it! I am scaling classes back a bit this upcoming year due to my own children’s schedules, but I do have 3 classes that currently have openings. Classes will be held in my home in the Dove Crossing neighborhood on Wednesdays. My classes are done in a group setting with a maximum of 8 kids per class. I will list current openings (subject to change) for each class below.
12:30-1:30 pm : Magic Tree House Book Study (3 openings) - For fluent and semi-fluent readers. This class is aimed at building students' confidence and reading independence. We will be reading through a few of the Magic Tree House books both in class as well as for homework. Students will be introduced to story elements, various forms of grammar and work on comprehension and fluency skills. **There is a small additional fee for this class to cover the cost of the book (usually $5-$8 per book- but I can sometimes find the books in small sets for less per book!) . We plan to do about 1 book per month. Various versions of this book have been published, so it is important that we all get the same version to match page and paragraph numbers.**
1:30-2:30 pm : Phonics Focus 2 (4 openings) - This class (generally ages 6-9) aims to increase student's confidence and reading skills in order to create fully successful independent readers. Students should have a basic knowledge of all individual letter sounds, blends, and a basic understanding of what long vowels are (that vowels make 2 sounds). The aim of this class is to bridge the gap between early phonics and fluent reading. This class is conducted in both a small and whole group setting.
2:30-3:30 pm : Phonics Focus 1 (3 openings) - This class (generally ages 5-7) aims to meet students on an individual level regarding phonics knowledge. Class will be done in both an individual/small group setting and whole group setting. This class hits multiple phonics skills beginning with blends, digraphs, long vowels, and vowel teams/combinations and continues to long versus short vowels, r-controlled vowels, and dives into vowel diphthongs, hard and soft letter sounds, vowel patterns and more. Students in this class will also add on to their sight word knowledge. *This class is perfect for students who completed Alphabet Awareness this year, or other students who know their alphabet and are ready to blend and read more than CVC words*
**Please note: students already enrolled in the 1st grade math/reading block do not need to fill out this form** Welcome! If you are new to For the Love of Learning, we are so glad you have found us! If you are returning, we are looking forward to seeing you and your child again this year! Please no...
