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	<title>Comments on: Preschool Curriculum: Learn Your Letters, Learn to Serve</title>
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		<title>By: Leah</title>
		<link>https://dbd.kellytarr.com/2010/08/preschool-curriculum-learn-your-letters-learn-to-serve/comment-page-1/#comment-3557</link>
		<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2011 22:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another interesting reading program I recently came across:
http://simplycharlottemason.com/books/delightful-reading/]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Another interesting reading program I recently came across:<br />
<a href="http://simplycharlottemason.com/books/delightful-reading/" rel="nofollow">http://simplycharlottemason.com/books/delightful-reading/</a></p>
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		<title>By: Leah</title>
		<link>https://dbd.kellytarr.com/2010/08/preschool-curriculum-learn-your-letters-learn-to-serve/comment-page-1/#comment-3527</link>
		<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 05:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just stopped over from a comment on my blog..was glad to see you were popping in!  I agree completely with everything you said about Laura&#039;s program.  (Not surprisingly!)  I also do not use it the way I thought I would, but I do value it as a resource for project ideas to serve...sometimes my mind can get a bit stagnant with everything else going on!  She really did do an excellent job for those who are interested in a set teaching routine.  For a while, I was making it work for us by emphasizing the phonetic sound rather than the letter name, but soon found it easier to go in a different direction.  Would love to see a link for the program you just mentioned!  (It&#039;s late and I&#039;m feeling lazy..lol).  Blessings :)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just stopped over from a comment on my blog..was glad to see you were popping in!  I agree completely with everything you said about Laura&#8217;s program.  (Not surprisingly!)  I also do not use it the way I thought I would, but I do value it as a resource for project ideas to serve&#8230;sometimes my mind can get a bit stagnant with everything else going on!  She really did do an excellent job for those who are interested in a set teaching routine.  For a while, I was making it work for us by emphasizing the phonetic sound rather than the letter name, but soon found it easier to go in a different direction.  Would love to see a link for the program you just mentioned!  (It&#8217;s late and I&#8217;m feeling lazy..lol).  Blessings <img src='https://dbd.kellytarr.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Kelly @ Domestic by Design</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kelly @ Domestic by Design</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 13:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sure.  :)  It&#039;s interesting, b/c I was trained about 7 years ago through PhonoGraphix, which is a program that teaches reading through phonics.  They do not teach the alphabet, but rather sounds for the &quot;sound pictures&quot; (letters).  This way of teaching makes so much more sense to me.  I am currently looking into and probably pursuing Spell to Read and Write which seems to be an even better program that cuts out even more unnecessary clutter than PhonoGraphix does.  So, in one respect, this curriculum goes against, if you will, the method in which I am and want to teach my children to read.

Because it is nearly impossible to avoid teaching children letters - if I don&#039;t, someone will- I think that Learn Your Letters, Learn to Serve curriculum is good for a basic day to day structured program for a preschooler.  My personal opinion for our family is that I don&#039;t need to plan oodles of structured teaching activities.  I strive throughout my day to make the most of impromptu teaching opportunities--which means that without planning to or really thinking about it, math, science, history, reading, spelling, etc. does get taught.

What I love the best about this curriculum is the emphasis on serving.  It makes it more tangible and helps mom actually carry out good intentions.  By boiling it down to picking someone with the next letter in the alphabet to serve, and providing practical age-appropriate ideas on how do it, I think it&#039;s helpful.  If I ONLY do that from this curriculum, I&#039;m okay with that.

All of that said, I have not used it as much as I thought it would.  The Lord has given me a bit of a different direction to go.  But, I think that if you are looking for direction, it would be a great place to go.  Laura has really done an excellent, comprehensive job in putting it together!

I hope this helps!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sure.  <img src='https://dbd.kellytarr.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />   It&#8217;s interesting, b/c I was trained about 7 years ago through PhonoGraphix, which is a program that teaches reading through phonics.  They do not teach the alphabet, but rather sounds for the &#8220;sound pictures&#8221; (letters).  This way of teaching makes so much more sense to me.  I am currently looking into and probably pursuing Spell to Read and Write which seems to be an even better program that cuts out even more unnecessary clutter than PhonoGraphix does.  So, in one respect, this curriculum goes against, if you will, the method in which I am and want to teach my children to read.</p>
<p>Because it is nearly impossible to avoid teaching children letters &#8211; if I don&#8217;t, someone will- I think that Learn Your Letters, Learn to Serve curriculum is good for a basic day to day structured program for a preschooler.  My personal opinion for our family is that I don&#8217;t need to plan oodles of structured teaching activities.  I strive throughout my day to make the most of impromptu teaching opportunities&#8211;which means that without planning to or really thinking about it, math, science, history, reading, spelling, etc. does get taught.</p>
<p>What I love the best about this curriculum is the emphasis on serving.  It makes it more tangible and helps mom actually carry out good intentions.  By boiling it down to picking someone with the next letter in the alphabet to serve, and providing practical age-appropriate ideas on how do it, I think it&#8217;s helpful.  If I ONLY do that from this curriculum, I&#8217;m okay with that.</p>
<p>All of that said, I have not used it as much as I thought it would.  The Lord has given me a bit of a different direction to go.  But, I think that if you are looking for direction, it would be a great place to go.  Laura has really done an excellent, comprehensive job in putting it together!</p>
<p>I hope this helps!</p>
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		<title>By: Rebecca@TwoFootHome</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rebecca@TwoFootHome</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 03:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Would you be willing to share your thoughts on the Learn Your Letters, Learn to Serve curriculum now that you have had a chance to use it?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Would you be willing to share your thoughts on the Learn Your Letters, Learn to Serve curriculum now that you have had a chance to use it?</p>
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