Good morning, welcome to our series sharing Homeschool Resources: Reading. I would like to ask you to take a look at the website and let me know if you’ve used these resources with your students or not. Or is there another resource you use for Reading. As I’m looking for a website to use with Charlie who is 14 and studying 6th through 8th Grade.
Achieve3000 Literacy is designed to increase students’ ability to read, comprehend, apply, and communicate information derived from complex text. Web-based technology determines your child’s reading level and delivers reading materials that match their learning needs precisely.
My Audio School: Audio Literature
The creator of this website is a homeschooling mom of 4 boys. She originally created My Audio School for her dyslexic son, but had such a tremendous response from it that her family had spent a Summer quadrupling the content and putting together a professional, user-friendly website. My Audio School is great for children with print disabilities, but all kids can use and enjoy it.
My Audio School is an audio site for children’s educational content. It is set up in such a way that parents can easily find the content they need on educational topics for their kids, and kids can easily use the site.
It is a “freebie” in the sense that over 25% of the content (over 200 full-length audiobook resources and almost 250 additional audio resources) are available for free.
Click this link to access everything that is currently offered for free: My Audio School offers a wide array of educational audio content in a beautiful, easy to navigate format: *Unabridged books, organized by title* Additional materials (poetry selections, kids records, podcasts, video clips, radio theater, etc)
My Audio School puts hundreds of educational audio resources at a parent’s fingertips. My Audio School was originally created to give dyslexic children access to high-quality literature, but children of all ages and abilities can benefit from the site.
There is a subscription for just ($14.99) that unlocks the full site, which has almost 200 full length, unabridged classic audio books and over 250 additional audio materials. Enter the full site here: Whether you are homeschooling a special needs child, or just looking to add classic audiobooks to your homeschool curriculum, My Audio School offers something for every home educator.
Grammar in a Nutshell is an online resource that teaches all aspects of English Grammar, allowing teachers and students of all ages to learn English Grammar in an engaging and exciting manner in their homeschool.
The Literate Mother Book Reviews
This website that provides parents with free subject matter ratings of books for youth and young adults. The mom-owners of this site objectively screen and rate literature for:
- Language
- Violence
- Sexual Content
- Adult Themes
As explained at the website:
“Whether you have a sensitive child who you want to steer away from certain topics, a voracious reader you would like to guide toward more appropriate books, or just want to be informed on the subject matter to which your young reader is exposed, we hope you will find help at TheLiterateMother.org.”
When you get to the site you will see recently reviewed book reviews. You can search by title in the “Book Search” field at the top left of the screen or use the three options at the left of the screen to search by “Recently Reviewed”, “Browse By Title”, or “Browse By Genre”.
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These reviews provide parents with information to “discourage certain books, discuss sensitive material or simply strike up a conversation with a child about the book he or she is reading.”
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
