Wow!
A post actually about homeschooling!!!
What do you know? It is, after all, a homeschooling blog isn’t it???
Before I post the winner of Fred’s weight (aka: find a set of scales) I wanted to share a great tool with you. One of our kids does some tutoring work at Sylvan and he’s come home asking for Versa Tiles!
"What are Versa Tiles, son?"
"Oh mom, they are so cool! I LOVE them!"
Love?
Did I hear the LOVE word?
From my son? About school?
Where is my inhaler?
Anybody have some water?
This one son does not use the words school and love in the same sentence! EVER!!
So, I call my good friends at Sylvan and what do you know? There’s a website. There’s such a bugger called Versa Tiles!
And they are cool! Check it out here!
You can also see how they work HERE!
So here’s a quick version of how they work.
Your child has a a set of tiles and a workbook
They match the number of the question with the letter of the answer. For example: If the the answer to question 1 is "day" then you put the tile number one on letter E (day).
See how each answer has a letter and each question has a number?
If the answer to number 2 is letter B then the tile goes there:
This continues until all the tiles are placed on a letter.
After all the tiles have been placed the child closes the case, flips it over and opens it. Then a pattern is revealed.
If all the colors are together and the pattern matches the one at the end of the page then the child knows he got them all right! See the patterned blocks at the bottom left hand corner of the workbook page?? See how my pattern matches it?
If the pattern doesn’t match then the child knows he got something wrong and reworks the page. It’sawesome, self correcting and wonderful for independent work. They have Versa Tiles for each grade and sets for Math, Science, Kindergarten and Language Arts. Go check out their website!
Gotta run to Spanish…..
I think years and years ago when Joe was a little guy and I sold Discovery Toys that they actually had those tiles! I remember the whole "place the tiles on the answers, flip over the book, and check your answers" part.
Yep, Discovery Toys had a similar product, or even perhaps it was the same one. I have one of their old ones and had purchased every book I could get my hands on. My Autistic spectrum kiddo loves them!! And the checking yourself aspect is really awesome. I'm glad you found them. They can really be great for broad age ranges as well, buying books according to ability but using the same set. Pretty cool. Hugs!
Thank you for all your expertise Monday. And for the coffee! I am going to check out those reading lists and we have already instituted the 25 min a day thing of reading.
As for Bible study today…oh my, that is where I needed to be! And I can't believe I had just written my "life is hard" post and then she said "life is hard." Girlfriend, if Beth is preaching that stuff too then I know I'm in good company.
I am SO ready and SO needing this study.
You know I'd love to do coffee. When's a good time for you?
wow i now you like what i came up whith mom. it is awsome.