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BookTubeathon 2014 – This is amazing!

by Shonna | Jul 15, 2014 | reading challenge, Teaching Reading, Teens Doing Cool Things

So at one of my signings I met a YouTuber who introduced me to BookTubers. My life has not been the same since. BookTubers video-blog about reading/books/their bookshelves, etc. And then I found out this week there is a read-a-thon going on. A reading marathon with a...
Surprising Tool for Teaching Reading and Writing Successfully

Surprising Tool for Teaching Reading and Writing Successfully

by Shonna | Oct 3, 2013 | Teaching Reading, Teaching Writing

New parents are always getting advice. Some unwanted. Some ineffective. Some so spot-on you’ve got to pay it forward. I don’t remember where I heard it first, but early on, I picked up the idea to read to my kids. But not just read to them until they can read for...
Surprising Tool for Teaching Reading and Writing Successfully

Teaching Reading and Writing in the Early Elementary Years

by Shonna | Sep 17, 2013 | Teaching Reading, Teaching Writing, Uncategorized

I’m working my way through my teaching philosophy regarding reading and writing. Last blog I covered some of the ways we introduced our kids to books from the time they were babies, up through preschool. The most radical method involved severely limiting electronics...
Surprising Tool for Teaching Reading and Writing Successfully

From Baby to Preschool: Create a Book-Rich Environment

by Shonna | Sep 11, 2013 | Teaching Reading, Teaching Writing

Developing the Reader/Writer Series (Part 2) While some couples can’t wait to take their kids camping or surfing or to soccer games, my husband and I pictured vacations filled with bags of books being trotted out poolside followed by hours of sustained silent reading....
Surprising Tool for Teaching Reading and Writing Successfully

Developing the Reader/Writer Series

by Shonna | Aug 25, 2013 | Teaching Reading, Teaching Writing

An overarching goal for my homeschool is for my children to develop a love of learning. Central to this is a love of reading and writing. If my children love reading, they will naturally expand their worlds. If they love writing, they will wrestle with ideas as they...

SHONNA SLAYTON is the author of the Fairy-tale Inheritance Series of young adult novels, beginning with Cinderella’s Dress. She edited curriculum for an education company before homeschooling her own children using literature-based whole book learning. She’s taught writing using fairy tales in school classrooms and workshops, as well as in public libraries as a writer in residence. Instead of seeing her in person, you can get the Lessons from Grimm Series which includes a writer’s guide and workbooks for writers to learn fiction techniques through fairy tales.

What I'm working on now:

River Kelpie prequel novella
Phase:Proofing
10%
River Kelpies Book 2
Phase:Writing
58.8%

LMV is now up on Goodreads. Add it today:

The Little Mermaid's Voice (Fairy-Tale Inheritance, #6)

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