Freebie Friday - Book Report Worksheet

My 2nd grader is going to be doing book reports for the first time on the novels she reads this year.  For us a book report is a process.  She'll read the book, fill out this handy worksheet I'm sharing with you, illustrate and color a book cover on a plain no-line index card and then put the card up on our reading board, then decorate half a poster board (where she'll tape or glue her book report form to).  Finally she'll verbally tell us about the book she read and all of the artwork she made.  I looked online and there were a lot of cute book report worksheets out there, but none that I really fell in love with, so last night I made one and decided to share.  I know I posted this on Saturday, but I made it on a Friday so it still counts for our Freebie Friday ;)

Resource Wednesday - Reading

On Wednesdays I like to give a list of resources (either free or cheap) for homeschoolers and their parents.  This week we're going to cover reading resources that I used to teach my daughter to read between the ages of 3 and 5.  We've got a great list for you today.

1) Starfall Learn To Read - I love Starfall, and after I'd taught my daughter to recognize each letter and it's sound, we began using these Starfall books, which are interactive.  Each day we do the two activities listed before the starfall story, followed directly by her reading the story, then we watch the video that comes after the story.