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How I Made $ From Home Ebay Tips 1. Sell What is Free-   Look around your house for like new items, and just old things laying around that you no longer need and are willing to start selling. Books, children’s clothes, handbags, collectibles etc. will all sell well. You would be amazed by what people will buy on Ebay. I always am! 2. Honest Photos- Take honest photos of what condition the item is truly in and have that reflect in your written description as well. Ebay will make you refund if the customer is unhappy with the product. All of my items that were damaged I still sold I just took pictures and explained in the description. 3.  Compare- Look at multiple sold posts and compare to see what you think is reasonable for your item to sell for. You can do this by searching a description of your item include brand, color and style if applicable; on the left side bar under the filter section you can check a box that says sold. This

All About Spelling My Half Way Through the Program Review Review of the All About Spelling Level 1 My Background I have taught reading, writing, math, organization, and social/emotional/behavioral in a special education classroom for 4 years. For the 2017-2018 school year I decided to work part time and home school my 7 year old son who has autism.   Which sent me into the world of home school curriculum.   How we Found All About Spelling My son has grown in the area of reading with the All About Reading program so I was excited to see that they also had a spelling program. The website recommended starting the spelling program once Level 1 of The All About Reading program was completed. I decided to start the spelling program when my son was about 75% of the way through the reading program. The timing was perfect, I think he could have even began it sooner. He has had previous spelling instruction so it was an easy transition for him. What I Pu

50% Income Decrease How We Survived My Top 5 Money Saving Tips 1. No Cable -  We asked our internet and cable provider to take off our on demand cable service. This took $70-$100 off of our bill and that money went to other things. We have Nextflix ($10 a month) that we can watch on our TV and our family enjoys watching YouTube together. 2. No Name Brand Clothing -  This was a huge change for me. I enjoyed buying my 8 year old son clothes from Mini Boden and Tea collection because the quality was amazing. I cut out name brand clothing for my son and replaced it with cheaper options form Target and Old Navy. The only exception to this rule is that I do buy name brand jackets and shoes for my son (which are great for resale on eBay). His clothing expenses went from $400-$800 per season to $150-$300 per season. 3. No Eating Out -  When I was working full time it was really convenient to pick up fast food a few times a week and we would go out to a sit

All About Reading Level 2 First Impressions Level 2 I saw a lot of success when I used the All About Reading Level 1 with my son .   I jumped at the opportunity to purchase the Level 2 materials before we even finished level 1. I wanted time to review the materials before he needed to use the program. Check out my first impressions video on YouTube . What it Included ·          All About Reading Level 2 Materials o    Teachers Manual o    Student Pack (includes leap into reading activity book) o    Who am I decodable reader o    Queen Bee decodable reader The teachers manual, student packet and decodable readers.  What I Already had ·          Basic Reading Interactive Kit My Initial Thoughts Level 2 appears to have many of the same materials as level 1. This will be great, because it will keep a consistent routine and structure for my sons reading instruction. Check out my revi ew on The All About Reading Le

Review of the All About Reading Level 1 All About Reading is Amazing! My Background I have taught reading, writing, math, organization, and social/emotional/behavioral in a special education classroom for 4 years. For the 2017-2018 school year I decided to work part time and home school my 7 year old son who has autism.   This sent me into the world of homeschooling curriculum.   I FOUND ALL ABOUT READING! My Sons Growth This program has helped my son not only learn to read but has helped him love to read. All About Reading creates a firm linguistic foundation for students to develop strong reading ability. My All About Reading Experience When I had first looked at this curriculum I was happy that they offered a free placement test to help me know where to place my son.   I started All About Reading Level 1 with my son in October 2017. The curriculum guides the parent/teacher through a step by step process for each lesson. At the top of each lesson it

Why Multisensory Works Every person learns in their own unique way. So why do school expect students to learn in the same way? You might be thinking, what is multisensory? Multisensory is an approach to teaching that gives students the opportunity to learn from more than ones sense. These senses would be seeing, hearing, moving and touching. And for me as a teacher this equates to hear it, see it, say it, build and/or write it. The multisensory approach relates to Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligence. Which categorizes “intelligence” into 9 different categories spatial, naturalistic, musical, logical-mathematical, existential, interpersonal, bodily-kinesthetic, linguistic, and intra-personal.   This theory supports the idea that different people learn in different ways, and show their “intelligences” through different avenue of interest and expertise. For example a therapist and a famous musician would both be intelligent but would have different areas of e