Homeschool Favorites- Word Walls Review and Giveaway

We have a neat product to share with you this week for our Homeschool Favorites- Product of the Week. Word Walls, created by MRM Classroom, are a new method of helping young children learn sight words in a creative and interesting way.

Word Walls are collections of 100 frequently used sight words embedded in a graphic design. The student is instructed to color the graphic design to reveal the word that is hidden. This helps the student learn and practice these very important words.

There are currently Word Wall packages for First, Second, Third and Fourth graders. MRM Classroom has also created teacher's kits and ABC pads to assist to take the Word Wall lessons even further.

Our Experience:

We were given a first and second grade Word Wall Kit to try out with our little learners. I do not have a second grader, so I asked a few friends in my homeschool community to try that set out with their students as well.

My little guy was intrigued with the pages as soon as I presented them to him, but being a typical ADHD little guy he had a bit of trouble with the follow through of completing the picture. He found the words right away and colored those first, so I know he had the practice with the words that he needed, but he didn't actually finish any of the pictures.

My little darling is only in preschool so I didn't have much hope that she would get much out of them except to have a good time coloring. Boy was I wrong- she LOVED them and actually finished a lot of the pictures I gave her. It was good practice for her to find the letters- name them and tell me the sound they made. She also learned a few of the words and remembers them even a few days later.

I got a few mixed reviews from my second grade parents- two of them LOVED the Word Walls pages and both of their daughters really enjoyed the whole process. I did have one parent who felt the words in the Second Grade kit were to simple for her son- he has always been a super reader. I also had one parent who was concerned that her child would not have a good experience because of his visual processing issues- and she was right. He was not able to work on them at all.

Overall- I think this would be a good addition to many homeschoolers (and even non-homeschoolers who are looking for some extra practice for their little learners) curriculum.

We give Word Walls

TWO THUMBS UP!!

To Buy:

Visit the MRM Classroom website and find the Word Walls kit that best works for your little learner.

To Win:

MRM Classroom has generously donated a first and second grade Word Wall kit to two of our lucky readers.

To Enter:

• Visit the MRM Classroom website and take a look around. Leave us a comment letting us know if you would like to win the first or second grade kit. Please be sure to include a valid email address in your comment.
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That's it!! So easy!!

Giveaway is open to US Residents only.

Giveaway ends 2/20 at midnight. Winners will be chosen by random drawing and notified by email. Winners have 48 hours to respond to the email with their shipping information or a new winner will be chosen in their place.

Good Luck!!