Homonyms and homophones are a fascinating and trying portion of the English language. In homeschool, your little learner should start tackling homonym recognition in first grade.
Homophone And Homonym Definitions
Homophones are two words that are not spelled the same but sound the same. They have different meanings.
Homonyms are very similar. They sound the same when read and have different meanings; however, they are spelled the same or very similar.
Many big box curriculums use homonym and homophone interchangeable.
How Do First Graders Start Learning Homonyms?
Homeschoolers learn so many topics in first grade. In fact, each curriculum varies a little. That is the beauty of homeschooling. You can hone in on what your child isn’t grasping and go lighter on the topics they understand.
If you follow most big box curriculums like Abeka Academy and others, your child will begin learning homonyms in first grade.
Homonyms are commonly integrated into English, phonics, and language lessons.
In first grade, students will work on the definition of a homonym and, more importantly, the concept that words that sound the same don’t always have the same meaning. Your learner may start spelling beginning homonyms such as right and write on spelling word lists.
Extra Help For Homeschool Students Struggling With Homonyms
Homonyms are tricky, especially if your child struggles with reading comprehension. Fear not, though. There are some creative ways you can help them practice this new skill.
- Take a homonym set, and have your child create a story about it in this cactus notebook
- Read a funny book containing homonyms and try to spot them
- Write homonyms on blocks or legos and have your child match them up
- Play homonyms bingo
- Do a homonyms puzzel
Ebooks To Teach Kids About Homonyms
Mommy Daughter Love is a publishing company that focuses on fun and educational content for first graders. You can read our silly book about homonyms, The Little Cactus Comes Home, for free with the Kindle Unlimited Program.
It is a fun spin on a commonly confused homophone, desert, and dessert. In the back of The Little Cactus Comes Home, you can find a helpful list of homonyms and a fun matching game to play with your first-grade students.
The Little Cactus Comes Home is an easy reader for first-grade girls that features easy-to-read speech bubbles, sight words, and fun pink pages to keep your daughters attention. It is the perfect educational, easy reader for kindergarten or first-grade girls.
The sight words in this book are:
- find
- home
- wait
- help
- will
- you
- me
- get
Matching Cactus Notebook For Homeschool
Your child can practice homonyms in a fun Kawaii matching cactus notebook. It is a pink wide ruled composition notebook perfect for young learners to write in. It works as the perfect lined notebook for the homeschool curriculum because it is pink, cute, and entertaining.
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Then, read The Little Cactus Comes Home with your first grader to work on homonyms.
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