First Time Mom and Losing It

A few weeks ago I posted my Preschooler Sliding Sight Word Reading Cards. We are deep into homeschooling and using an amazing iPad program called Learn with Homer. I wanted to reinforce what she learned with the app so I created the sliding cards. It makes it easier for her to focus on one letter and one sound at a time and then she puts it together and reads it. I love this method of reading because she has become so independent with reading and doing the lessons herself.


Last week she went through a little stage of not wanting to do "Learning Time" so I just took out the cards whenever we had a free moment. I gave her a little break from new lessons and worked on getting the cards I made for her in the first round right. When I was confident that she knew these words we continued the lessons on the app. Here are second batch of words that she learned.

Sliding Sight Word Reading Cards 

• Slider 
• Word Strips 3
• Word Strips 4
• Word Strips 5
• Cardstock 
• Printer
• white glue

Step 1: Download the template files and print out the files using the "fit to page" option.


Step 2: Cut out the letter strips and set aside. Cut out the slider on the solid black lines.


Step 3: Fold over on the dashed lines. Put a little bit of glue on the folded sides and then place the rectangle part on top carefully lining it up. Press down firmly and allow to dry for at least an hour before using.

Step 4: Insert one letter strip and show the child how to pull out the letters one by one and help them sound it out.

Click on the link to download the words from the first round and to see a picture tutorial on how to make them. 

My three year old has been using the Learn with Homer iPad Program for over a month and a half now and she is already reading! I never would have imagined that she would be reading so quickly. My daughter was a really early talker so I knew she had it in her but it still amazes me to see my little one reading. Super proud mommy moment!

I wanted to reinforce the words she already knew how to read so she wouldn't forget them so I made some sliding sight word reading cards. I made a card for all of the words she has learned so far and will continue to make them as the list of words gets longer. I love the way the Learn with Homer app teaches the kids to sound out each letter one by one to read the word. I took the idea of creating a sliding card where kids can just pull the tab and see one letter at a time so that they can sound it out and put it together.



Sliding Sight Word Reading Cards 

• Slider 
• Word Strips 1
• Word Strips 2
• Blank Word Strips
• Cardstock 
• Printer
• white glue

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I have been homeschooling my 3 year old for over a year now loosely and for about a month now more structured. I found a curriculum I like and I wasted paper and ink on tons of sheets and activities and bound them up. It was hard for my 3 year old to sit still while I went through the curriculum. When I heard about Learn with Homer I jumped at the opportunity to try it out with my daughter. Learn with Homer is a learning program that was developed by top literacy experts and proven to give results. The program is perfect for children ages 3-7.


She has been expertly using an iPad even before she was one so I thought the Learn with Homer program on her iPad would be more interesting to her. I asked her to hand me her iPad and went to the app store to download the Learn with Homer. She was excited that I was getting her a new app. I asked her if she wanted to play with me and she quickly agreed.


I logged in and set up her profile. She loved that she got to take a picture of herself and pick a hat for her profile picture. Then we went to the sections of learning and picked learn to read first. The first lesson was the "ah" sound and with the colors, cute characters and fun lessons my daughter surprisingly got all of the answers right. At the end she had fun recording her voice and listening to herself say the "ah" sound.


We continued to work on the lessons, read the stories and poems for a while and then I was the one to tell my daughter she can have a break. She was having so much fun learning with the Learn with Homer app that she didn't even realize that we were doing a learning activity. I love that she can begin to learn to read without my help. It is more than just practice drills like most of the reading apps out there. It actually teaches the basics of reading and doesn't assume that she already knows certain things.


The Learn with Homer program offers more than 1,000 lessons and activities including stories, games, history, science, art and music and real world context. The program is even better now with a new navigation set up and an introduction of a new interactive themed world.

The Learn with Homer is available for free 30-day trial from learnwithhomer.com or on the App Store on iPad. Unlimited access to the entire curriculum is available for $7.95 per month or $79.95 for a full year’s membership. Use my link to get 50% off of one year of Learn With Homer.