I am always on the lookout for ways to make the homework completion part of our day a little bit easier and I am sure there are a ton of things out there to support this...so I figured we could brainstorm and share the materials that we're using.
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We have:
pencils
dry erase board and markers
letter magnets ( magnetic poetry alphabet)
10 frame magnet set (learning resources)
dry erase paper pockets (slip worksheets in to practice)
scissors
glue stick
alphabet letter stamps and ink pad
Pop Sight words game
Learning Resources cardsI love that we can get so many things on amazon, it's my new obsession, basically!
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I bought a set of Frixion pens like the ones they use at school because DS doesn't usually bring his pencil case home. I also bought a small white board with pens so that I can write things or show him examples. Other than that, he brings home the notebooks he needs each day and we haven't needed anything else so far.
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@looch: are these supplemental materials you have on hand for learning resources or things actually required for school homework? Right now her homework has just been worksheets. Mostly just needing a pencil but one was cut and paste.
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@T.H.O.U.: They're materials that I bought, most of it was never intended to be used to support homework.
The stamps for example, were mine from scrapbooking days. We got a worksheet for homework that came home and the activity was trace it, write it, stamp it.
The dry erase boards are great because he can practice on them or I can show him an example so he's not messing up his papers.
The other stuff I bought over the summer to try and get a jump on learning sight words, but he just HATED them so I stopped and now, since they're doing sightwords in school, we have them as supplements to the homework and he loves to use them.
He'll wake up at 6 30 in the morning and ask what work he can do.
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@lamariniere: that's interesting that pens are used....we're using pencils, markers and crayons. I don't have any idea when they introduce pens here.
Aren't the small white boards so great?
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also
highlighters, crayons and colored pencils
pencil sharpener
tray with a folder to hold important notices and handouts I don't want to stick on the fridge
just added blank notecards and colorful envelopes -
@looch: they are erasable pens! They are actually pretty cool. They also use pencils, but I've noticed pens seem to get more use. We also had to provide markers and colored pencils at the beginning of the school year.
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@looch: what's your ten frame set like?
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@lamariniere: my brother had a thing growing up that he couldn't stand writing with the texture of a pencil. So he was allowed to use erasable ink
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@T.H.O.U.: it is this:
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@T.H.O.U.: I didn't even know erasable ink existed until I had to buy these pens.
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@looch: that frame thing is neat! My son has similar exercises in his math workbooks.
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@lamariniere: I like it because it is tactile and my son likes to manipulate things when he learns.
It also allows him to practice and build his confidence.
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pencils
pencil sharpener
crayons
scissors
glue stick
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@looch: ooh I bet I could DIY something like that!
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@T.H.O.U.: Also there are free printables online for samples to get started.
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@T.H.O.U.: Oh totally. I find once I know what I am looking for, I can figure out ways to DIY.
I also really like laminating pouches, those are great to give things a little more weight. I am going to laminate some math triangles ( i don't know the right name for them, but if you look on amazon, you'll eventually come across them).
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