Reviews

“I’m impressed by the professional quality of the product and the creative way that the material is presented with activities that engage different learning styles. My daughter, who’s 7, is still learning to spell many of these words, and she likes doing the worksheets and playing the card games. Suggestions are provided for teaching the meanings of the different words, though definitions and lessons aren’t included. You can easily incorporate the worksheets, crossword puzzles, graphic organizers, and games into your regular spelling or language arts curriculum.”

- Shauna R. of Treasure Seekers

“The first thing I want to say about All About Homophones is how impressed I am with the layout. The book is downright charming…I give All About Homophones a solid two thumbs up.“

- Dawn of My Home Sweet Home

“All About Homophones provides a wealth of resources that homeschooling families can pick and choose from to either put the spotlight on specific trouble-making homophone groups, or to put together a complete homophone course of study for grades one through eight.”

- Jennifer Bogart

“All About Homophones, by the folks who created All About Spelling, is an incredible tool kit to help your students learn and remember their homophones. In a very fun and engaging way, they present homophones through worksheets and activities so that your kids will remember them when they are writing.”

- Erica Burgan of The Sojourner

“You know what one of my favorite parts is? This book goes all the way up to grade 8. One book, one price and lots of fun learning.“

- Kristen Nitz

“Well, Marie Rippel did it again- she completely impressed me with a creative and fun approach to learning homophones.“

- Sheri Hagemann

“The plain with the American Idle in it crashed into the see.

Yikes! Have you seen similar erroneous sentences in your children’s writings? Do YOU struggle with its versus it’s or your versus you’re? I have to admit that those last two are my personal pet peeves in others’ writings. Struggle no longer! From the creator of All About Spelling comes a brand new offering to help with word usage dilemmas: All About Homophones…a great tool you can use with all your children for many years.”

- Bethany LeBedz

“I have to say I’m impressed with all Marie has put together in this kit. It’s well worth the money and what the kids learn will definitely stick with them.“

- Tajuana

“I printed out all of the worksheets for each of my kids’ grade levels and asked them to work on filling them out this week so I’d know what they knew and what they needed to work on. My 3rd grader brought me her papers last night and said she was finished. She enjoyed them so much that she did SEVERAL pages at a time. I like it when school work is fun!!!”

- Tina Brown

“I am definitely going to be including this program in my son’s language arts, as we have not run across any specific teaching about homophones in his regular curriculum. I found this to be a really simple, yet really excellent way to teach homophones.”

- Margaret Delle

“ This is a fun and easy way to add variety to your homeschool, while teaching an important spelling topic: homophones.

For review purposes, I intended to have each child do one worksheet per day, or every other day. I printed out 6 grade-level worksheets per student, and all of the crossword puzzles for their grade. The girls (13, 11, and 9 years old) enjoyed the worksheets so much, they gladly did one each day. After the third day, they asked me to print more of them … because they were FUN!”

- April Elcloud

“Marie’s love of language comes shining through this product! As with All About Spelling, All About Homophones is very hands on in its approach! My children and I LOVE it!“

- Jennifer @ Creative Learners

“I am impressed with the way this program reaches students of different levels and learning styles. Any family that is interested in homophones, or struggling with them will benefit from this helpful resource! You can use this program in any way that suits your curriculum or teaching style.”

- Carie Shinn

“Marie Rippel has outdone herself with this wonderful e-book All About Homophones. Incorporating grades 1-8 and divided into each grade, children can learn age-appropriate homophones. If your children are catching on pretty quickly, then you can adjust the levels to fit your students. In addition to the grade levels, there are also worksheets for writing sentences, definitions or drawing pictures to further reinforce the homophones being learned. Marie does a great job of defining homophones in the introduction and further explaining how to use her 240-page e-book for your family – including worksheets, games, additional reading material, etc. Some of the games include simple crossword puzzles, card games (like Pig, Go Fish, etc.).

For our family, we don’t use a formal language arts program but rather use a quasi-Charlotte Mason / eclectic approach. This format has fit into what we’re doing quite nicely and has been an added benefit to our studies this year.”

- Meredith Duke

“Having been totally thrilled with Marie Rippel’s All About Spelling curriculum, I was eager to see what her newest book All About Homophones Tool Kit would be like, and I was not disappointed!

This book is packed with worksheets, graphic organizers, crossword puzzles and card games, all of which work together to make learning homophones fun for children from first grade to eighth. Being a very visual person, I do tend to judge a book by its cover, and the layout of the pages. I love the clean, crisp, classy look of this workbook. It has just enough design to pique a child’s interest, without being distracting or too juvenile.”

- Christy at Mercy Every Morning

“All about Homophones is a great way to keep learning new words fresh and fun, and your student will come away with a good handle on these unique words. My son enjoyed doing them and was impressed with his own skill at how many of the homophones he recognized. It really gave him a boost in confidence!”

- Kathy Davis at HomeschoolBuzz.com

“Let me say that my son David is very anti-workbook. And he’s also very good at homophones…I have his punster Dad to thank for that:-) So, I thought he wouldn’t see much point in this book, but I was wrong. As long as you choose worksheets that are appropriate for your child’s reading level, I think they will find them engaging. David particularly enjoys writing tongue-twisters and he loves doing the crossword puzzles. (He also loves making up puns, though he was doing that before we started using this book.) The games are fun, too, not just “Memory” or “Fo Fish,” though those are in there, but some imaginative new games that aren’t too young for older kiddos. And we’ll never exhaust the Mega List, though we may try. All About Homophones is a fun little departure from your regular spelling/language arts studies that you might do once a week or on sick days, but it’s also a good resource to have when your child encounters a particular homophone in his reading.”

- Susan Anadale

“My son took an instant liking to the activities in this book. He’s not a worksheet kind of kid, but he enjoyed doing these. On his own, he even started mentioning homophones he’d find to me. There is a sheet included in the book for you to list homophones. So that is what we started to do. We’ve got a nice list going.

If you are looking for an easy way to incorporate homophones into your curriculum, this is the way to do it.”

- Heidi Miller-Ford

“My oldest daughter has been using All About Homophones and she is learning so much! We have been using the worksheets and she is understanding it! I am so happy! You don’t realize until you are put in the position to show your children the simple things that you learned and forgot.”

- Angie Foster

“The light clicked on my 5 & 7 year olds head and now they love to go about identifying homophones throughout the day (especially the 5 yr old)! They enjoyed everything we did from Marie’s book. They really liked the activity sheets and the books we read. They giggled and laughed over the possible mix-ups with these!

This is truly a fun supplemental guide you can add to your normal curriculum. It’s laid out very nicely and in a well organized fashion to make the introduction and review of homophones work out nicely. My daughters have thoroughly enjoyed it!”

- Wendy Stoller

“My dyslexic son has finally started making progress in spelling with the help of All About Spelling (read review here) and other resources. However, as his spelling improves, a new problem has surfaced. He’ll correctly spell a word, but not the correct one contextually. For example, he may write, “I went over to there house,” or “I want to go to.” For a child that is finally learning how to spell words correctly, it’s a bit frustrating to hear, “Well, that word is spelled correctly, but…not in the manner that you used it.” While I am ecstatic that my son is spelling well enough to have this problem, it has become apparent that I need to start teaching homophones.

All About Homophones has proven to be an excellent resource to help my son learn these frustrating sets of words that sound the same, but have different spellings and meanings. A couple of times a week I would integrate a worksheet right into our spelling lesson, either before or after. Since the worksheets and activities were short, he didn’t mind the extra task and it was easily completed while I was setting up our spelling materials for the day or cleaning up. We haven’t had the opportunity to try any of the games yet, but I’m sure they will be a welcomed addition. Furthermore, this tool isn’t just for beginning or struggling spellers. My 12-year-old daughter is a strong speller and writer, but there were many homophone sets included which she would benefit from the practice.

While I have seen short workbooks and picture books addressing homophones and other activities on the internet, this is the most comprehensive resource on homophones I’ve seen. All the work is done for you, there is no prep time, and it’s written in a direct and easy-to-use style. If you are teaching several students at different levels, this is one of those rare resources that can be used by all. It is also a great choice if you have a beginning speller, giving you the tools to teach homophones right along with your spelling and language arts instruction for many years.”

- Heidi Pair

“The book is full of great activities for teaching your children about different homophones: both their meanings and their spellings.

I have been using the worksheets with my 3rd grade daughter. She struggles with spelling in her writing, though she is able to learn words for spelling tests. I thought this extra practice with some tricky words would be beneficial. She has enjoyed the worksheets. They are short, but require thought to fill in the blank with the correct homophone. On each worksheet is a riddle, pun, or tongue twister that she has especially liked.

We also printed the cards and have tried playing several of the card games. I played Pig with my 5th grade son and 3rd grade daughter one evening. We truly enjoyed ourselves. My son kept saying, “This is so much fun!” We went through all the cards one time and they didn’t want to quit so we went back through them a second time. There are several other card games that we will be trying soon.”

- Kristen Hamilton

“At some point in their education, a child will begin to notice that some words which sound alike and have different meanings do not get spelled the same. The masterminds behind the popular All About Spelling program have launched a new product – All About Homophones. This can be used as a supplement to any spelling program out there as the focus is on differentiating between the different homophones.”

- Laura O’Neill

“I’m not sure that anyone has ever attempted the concept of homophones with my daughter who is on the autism spectrum. I certainly had not, and when I learned that I would be reviewing this product, I honestly did not know what to expect.

I love it! My priorities involve products and resources that my daughter and I can use together, guided participation style, and they need to be products that scaffold my part as guide, so that I can devote more time to the together part than the planning part. This product meets my criteria.

We will continue to use “All About Homophones” for a long time — I like that it covers 1st – 8th grades, and Rippel’s games are a fun way to incorporate learning into “between you and me” time!”

- Penny from Not New To Autism

“This book is one of the neatest and helpful learning tools I have to date. At 240 pages, it will “grow” with your child or children. The list of homophones and their corresponding worksheets grows with each learning level. At the back you will find a mega-list of homophones which I found helpful and made sure to print out.

We found this chock-full of activities and my daughter especially appreciates the card games. Mom loved the riddles and tongue twisters at the end. We love puzzles and thinking type games in this family, so the crossword puzzles inspired us to use our newfound homophone knowledge.

One thing I love is the book list Mrs. Rippel provides. You can check out these books at your local library or purchase them and they are very helpful in teaching homophones to your children. I know my kiddos are excited to be checking these out.

This is a great supplement, folks, and I urge you to get a copy. It adds a little important variety to your school days and is done in a fun, useful way.”

- Kelly Russell

“While homophones can be terribly confusing, they’re actually one of my favorite parts of speech (I like to walk on the wild side). However, despite my love of this twisted aspect of grammar, I had a hard time teaching homophones to my children.

Sure, the usual worksheets are pretty effective, but let’s face it–those babies tend to get really dry, really quick. Especially to my son, Ethan who’d rather slam his fingers in a car door than write out one more sentence using to, two and too.

Well, I’m thrilled to announce that Marie Rippel, the creator of All About Spelling (the fabulous program previously reviewed here), once again has my son’s back. Her terrific E-book titled, “All About Homophones: Your Complete Tool Kit” is nothing short of amazing.

This hefty 240 page E-book covers “more homophones than you can shake a stick at!” through the use of 101 printable worksheets organized by grade level, graphic organizers, crossword puzzles, tongue twisters, printable card games and more.

The children and I really enjoyed the crossword puzzles and card games which really helped make the word definitions stick, but my personal favorite was the Mega List of homophones at the back of the book. Talk about Word Geek Nirvana! :o)”

- Denise Dooley-Opper

“The pages themselves are visually-appealing and well done. I love that the author includes a book list, as I could see making a whole Homophone Unit with this book. There are worksheets for grades 1-8 (4th & 5th grade seem to have the most), which is helpful for homeschool moms teaching a number of different grades. The worksheets themselves do not list a grade level, making it even easier to pick and choose what works well for your children.”

- Lori Watson

“The information is presented in such a fun and interactive way that the girls forgot we were doing school – and to me, that’s what learning is really all about!“

- Jolanthe Erb

“You could re-use this year after year and your child would never know with all the activities to use and learn from in this!“

- Sarah Bailey

“My favorite part of this book is the list of games that can be played using the homophone cards that you can print out from the book. Once you have printed the cards onto cardstock (and laminate them!), you are ready to play 6 different games such as Go Fish and Old Maid! Once your child has learned new homophones, you can simply add new cards to the games. ”

- Jenny T in Florida

“I agree with the author that many homophones both can and should be taught in the elementary years. However, boring grammar workbooks have been tried before and usually have only limited success. The sheer genius of this book is in its use of crossword puzzles, card games, fun worksheets, tongue twisters, and riddles to reinforce these words and their meanings.

I honestly believe in the quality of Marie’s products, and this is one of a handful of products I strongly urge my readers to purchase, unless your budget is seriously limited this year. This product is worth many times this sale price. I have personally tutored many university students in these very same homophones. It cost the students, or their parents, hundreds of dollars to learn these same homophones. Although some of the students also had other difficulties with English grammar or written expression, homophones were a major stumbling block for many. Give your children the tools they need to excel in written expression with Marie Rippel’s outstanding products.”

- Michelle Smith

“I think our favorite time using this product was about a week ago. We had finished dinner, my husband had built a fire. We read some books together and the Bible. Then I started reading the puns, riddles, and tongue twisters that Marie included in this book. We all enjoyed it so much. And of course my brainy husband was able to answer all the riddles and puns, which made the children so excited. It was a fun time.

I believe this is one of the rare finds that is worth the time and the price to supplement homeschool curriculum. My son knows without a doubt what a homophone is. AND the book is geared for grades 1-8 so I will be able to use it again and again!”

- E.M.

“Marie Rippel confesses a lifelong love of word patterns, specifically homophones – I was tickled, because I am a closet homophone lover too! I tend to be a perfectionist and it drives me nuts when people mix up homophones, but hopefully, with the help of this fantastic book, your children will never be one of “those people”! LOL!”

- Shannon Ratcliff

“Not just your average black and white type printed pages, this little book is so cool! My first thought on this product was how very artistic and professional it is.“

- Christina Gunn

“All About Homophones is not only extremely thorough, but VERY fun! It is filled with games, activities such as crossword puzzles, card games, tongue twisters, and riddles, just to name a few! It also has 101 worksheets that are really pretty fun as well (we aren’t usually worksheet people!). ”

- Denice Gustafson

“While working through the worksheets together, I had my girls spell the correct word out loud instead of writing them in the blanks. I would read the sentence aloud and have them raise their hand to answer, or have them take turns. The sentences were so fun that they had a hard time answering due to laughing so hard! My youngest literally fell out of her chair from laughing so hard at one set of sentences! What a fun way to learn!”

- Gina McLeod

“What child does not love a good game? I know mine do. Card games are a great learning tool that we often use at our house. All About Homophones includes a set of cards that you can print out on card stock and use with many different games to reinforce the learning of homophones. These cards have provided hours of painless learning and fun at our house! I love it when learning can be fun and the whole family can participate. ”

- Hollie Eaddy-Kohvakka

“I loved how easy this book was to maneuver through the different levels. We needed to take our school on the road one day this past week and I needed something to keep my son busy while we were driving. I decided that it would be fun to print off all of the worksheets from each level and the crossword puzzles and put my spelling genius to the test. I was sure that some of the upper levels would be a little challenging for him. I placed all of the printed sheets into a binder and told him this was his homophones book. I only planned on having him complete a level or two that day. But he surprised me and attacked the workbook with a vengeance. He happily worked through the entire workbook, all 8 levels in one school day. And I am happy to say that it challenged him.

Now before you think that I had a quiet trip, I should tell you that I was treated to several giggles all day long. He took the opportunity to share each joke, pun and fact that was printed at the bottom of each sheet. He really enjoyed this workbook and I was treated to the sounds and actions of a happy child all day long. It was nice!

Currently, we are using the list of tongue twisters that are included as reinforcement for his speech therapy. Since his main problem is with enunciation, this has been a great fit. And instead of hearing groans about practicing our speech, he smiles and laughs when something isn’t quite right.”

- Brenda Emmett

“To me, this book has lots of “pros”. It’s unique in its singular focus on homophones, and it covers them with far more detail than any other resource I’ve seen.“

- Amy Anthony

“The familiar format makes the games easy to play. I particularly like the game called “pig”. It’s played just like a card game that my family loves. We try to play this game every summer while camping. I know my children would be tickled to play an educational game with the same rules.”

- Julie Ketter

“What I liked the most about the book? the puns and riddles, of course. They are really cute and can be so much fun. One that I liked and couldn’t stop laughing was:

      Q. What did the grape do when it was squeezed?
      A. It let out a little whine.

Now, isn’t that funny?

I recommend this book to anyone that might like help teaching homophones.”

- Mona Lisa Smith

“We really had a great time using this program, the games, riddles and puns really held my kids’ attentions. This is a fun resource to have to help your struggling spellers with those tricky homophones and homonyms.”

- Beth Cliff

“If you have read my previous review of All About Spelling then you will remember that I do not have enough words to tell you how much I LOVE the curriculum. True to the spirit of All About Spelling, All About Homophones is fun, creative, engaging and designed to reach children in the way they learn best. It is a breath of fresh air and wonderful supplement for any language arts curriculum. This is a tremendous resource!!”

- Regenia Spoerndle

“Homophones are those pesky words in the English language that sound alike, are spelled differently and mean very different things. Words like to, two and too or hey and hay. Teaching them also can be a bit tedious and the ordinary worksheet approach isn’t always the most engaging. They are important to teach, however, and here is Marie Rippel to the rescue.

The book is 240 pages long and intended to creatively teach students grades 1-8. Wow! 240 pages. I do like that when I am ready for the next section I can just go to my computer and print out the pages I need. I also found the worksheets to be interesting but without too much fluff that would overwhelm a couple of my students. The book also includes crossword puzzles using the learned homophones. I particularly like this feature as I have a few kids that love crossword puzzles.”

- Angie from Making the Grade

“I could rave all day about All About Homophones. I could outline the superb teaching method. I could tell you that the graphic organizers make so much sense that even children who struggle to define individual words in print will make the connection. I could point out that the games are fun and educational. I could even tell you that the list of homophones alone is worth the purchase price. But frankly, most of you aren’t convinced that there’s a need for something this elementary. Your homeschool hours are packed with enough learning, you say. He’ll just pick it up somewhere along the road (or is it “rode”?). I’m not making this an entire subject. I mean, really, MG. Have. you. seen. my. schedule?!?!

I may not have seen your individual schedule, but I have seen the fallout of homophones gone very, very wrong. Walk with me now, dear readers, as we encounter just a few examples of why you NEED All About Homophones. Read the rest of the review here.”

- Heather Schwarzen

“My final verdict: This is a fun workbook that can get kids excited about a pretty neat phenomenon in the English language! My daughter (grade K) enjoyed going through the activities for the homophones for grade 1 and some of grade 2. She even explained to her dad what homophones are and then quizzed him to see if he knows the difference between “be” and “bee” and “see” and “sea.” What a blast to see her learn it, review it, and then teach it to someone else!”

- Michelle L.

“A wonderful resource and a lot of fun. I am really looking forward to getting my son hooked on these, and I can see this as a resource that we will come back to year after year. In my family this book gets two thumbs up!”

- Diana Malament

“It’s easy for something like homophones to slip through the cracks in our teaching so I’m very glad to have a convenient list of what I need to teach, complete with all the activities to do it with, in one source. All About Homophones provides a valuable and easy to use resource at a very reasonable price. I printed out the pages we could finish this semester and put them in a notebook. We do one or two sets of homophones each week starting with the graphic organizers and continuing through the activity sheet and crossword for reinforcement. My student thinks it way more fun than regular grammar exercises and I admit there are a few homophone pairs I’ve always been confused about myself!”

- Diane Allen
  D. Allen Associates

““All About Homophones?” you might ask. “How much exactly is there to know about homophones?” Well, you might surprised to know that All About Spelling’s Marie Rippel has put together a 240 page book All About Homophones and it is quite a fun read! So fun, in fact, that I decided to suspend all of our spelling studies for two weeks, just to enjoy some time studying homophones.

The kids and I really enjoyed our Homophone Unit using the All About Homophones ebook. I decided to let them keep all of their worksheets in their own homophone folders which they decorated themselves:

Inside they kept a running list of new homophones they were learning:

Along with their completed worksheets:

We also enjoyed some fun homophone books, most of them suggested in All About Homophones. Using the books really rounded out the study. I can honestly say that the kids were excited every time I told them it was time to study homophones. It was like a game to them, but they were learning the entire time.”

- Shanna Clark

“I liked the mega-list of homophones at the back of the book (6 pages with 4 columns per page) and how each word in the book is indexed telling you what pages it is used in. So if you are having trouble with assistants/assistance, you can look in the appendix and see exactly which pages will help practice those words.”

- Janet Cox

“Yes, this is another curriculum, but it is a short and sweet, very necessary curriculum. Perhaps more necessary than most spelling lessons. Spell-check will catch it when you spell something wrong, but what about when you replace a word with it’s homophone? Spell-check sits back, nodding and smiling its approval. Even in this digital age, it is still very necessary to know your homophones. How many times have you cringed while reading Their/They’re/There mistakes? When my husband joined an online forum for computer technicians, he had to pass a required grammar test before being granted permission to join. Apparently, the administrators had read their fill of Your/You’re mistakes and were taking precautions.”

- Jennifer Harrison

“Big Sis has become a “homophone detective.” Not a day goes by that she doesn’t think of a new homophone on her own. For instance, today she said, “Mama, the bookshelves are made of W-O-O-D, not W-O-U-L-D.” She begs to do the worksheets and play the fun games. For a girl who already loves words, it’s saying a lot that this has so piqued her interest. It’s given her a new look at the English language and its quirks. She breezed through the Grade 1 level and asked for more, so we continued. Big Sis’ personal favorite homophone pair? See and sea. Our work (play) with All About Homophones led us into other grammar issues, too, like homonyms, and has made our Language Arts time a lot more fun. What a great springboard!”

- Sara at Embracing Destiny

“This little toolkit is quite versatile. I think my favorite was the tongue twisters using the homophones. We all laughed so hard that it hurt! Students learn and retain more when they laugh while learning. We need to bring the fun into more of our subjects.”

- Renee Walker
Wynfield Christian Academy

“Just today, while correcting an essay, I attempted to get our 11yo to understand that “there” is not “their” and “where” is not “wear.” You know how frustrating teaching can be when our English language has so many different spellings for the same sound! Later in the day, my review copy of All About Homophones came in my email inbox, and now I’m excited to teach our 11yo tomorrow.”

- Lori Seaborg

“My children liked All About Homophones and I found it easy on my part to teach them. It was very easy to understand, my children did not need my full attention studying it.“

- Michelle Padrelanan

“Homophones have been a huge difficulty in our language arts studies. Homo means same and phone means sound, so the word means same sound. For kids with learning disabilities, it gets very confusing.

This book makes it easy to learn Homophones. This 240 page PDF file contains an introduction to using graphic organizers in which the student can write the word, draw the picture, write the definition and use it in a sentence. There are worksheets according to grade level, crossword puzzles, homophone card games and a great section on teaching Homophones with books. It can easily be implemented into any language arts program.”

- Marya Mesa

“This book is a must-have resource for a complete vocabulary and spelling program.

One of the most effective tools in the curriculum is graphic organizers – ways of sorting information to better understand what you’re looking at. There are several types of organizers you can print out and use in your quest for homophone pairs. Some will give the student an opportunity to identify a word, give a definition and use the word in a sentence. Others use a similar approach to identify word pairs. The graphic organizers are beautifully designed and encourage creativity.”

- Tony Silva

“I personally used this with my 11 year old special needs son and he has so far enjoyed this book. It is easy to teach from and requires almost no preparation.“

- Angie at Eclectic Homeschooler

“I LOVE the games includes in this book! It has Go Fish and Old Maid and 4 other games. As you learn the homophones you can add new cards to your games. So CREATIVE! “

- Angela

“This program is very well thought-out and truly simple to use because kids will enjoy “solving” the worksheet questions themselves, filling in the blanks with the correct homophones. I’m thrilled that we found this program.”

- Misty Krasawski

“This playful approach is a fun way for your family to explore and delight in using language, and lends itself to creative expression.”

- Jean

“I sure had fun teaching my 9 year old son using the activity sheets, cross-word puzzles and games. My son had a riot with the tongue twisters and puns included. The homophones are organized in sections according to grade, from Grade 1 through Grade 8. Since my son is preparing for the upcoming spelling bee, we covered them all. Of course, you could also revisit this e-book from year to year focusing on only the words for your child’s particular grade. The entire family enjoyed playing card games such as matching and Old Maid. We printed the cards in the e-book on card-stock and off we went. My 5-year-old daughter particularly enjoys the matching game.”

- Kimberly C. from Nova Scotia

“My favorite section in the e-book is called Graphic Organizers. This is a collection of diagrams that helps your student to understand better how each word in a homophone set is used. For example, the one diagram that we have used the most has a place to write the word, its definition, its synonyms, sentences using that word, and even a “frame” in which to draw a picture of the word.

My son is having a blast with this course! To tell you the truth, I am too! We often find ourselves sitting together for dinner and seeing how many sentences we can make that include homophone sets.”

- Brandi Bush at Homeschool Hollow

“Do you remember reading about Amelia Bedelia when you were a youngster? She was hilarious. A generation later, my daughter, Jenny Rose, fell in love with the Amelia Bedelia books by Peggy Parish and Lynn Sweat. Amelia always got everything confused. When she was told to draw (close) the drapes, she got out a pencil and drew the drapes. If the list said to bring the mail in, she grabbed a male and brought him into the house. Asked to water the flowers, she poured water into the bag of flour. She got herself into one scrape after another!

Amelia had a problem with homophones. Her parents should have used Marie Rippel’s All About Homophones. This workbook/set of games & fun activities would have helped her learn all about homophones…those words that sound alike, but are spelled differently because they are different. Amelia could have used the kit from first grade all the way through eighth grade—that way she would have started with simple homophones (be/bee & sea/see) and worked her way through the harder ones (capital/capitol and idle/idol).”

- Meredith Curtis

“Marie Rippel has done a fabulous job of putting together a homophone activity book which has everything you need to teach this important concept for ALL of the elementary years. This is something the children enjoy doing and adds a little spice to the regular routine.”

- Kimberly Kovach

“My son is only in grade 2 and he had lots of fun to do the exercises and activities for his age. Since then, not only does he spot homophones while doing his homework in English but he also spots them in French! And he does it with a huge smile on his face. So nice to see that a lesson did went through his brain and that he applies it elsewhere.”

- Isabelle Lussier in Canada

“I hadn’t had the chance yet to teach my boy’s homophones so when I introduced them to this program they were excited. They loved the cute sentences to help them understand the meanings of each word, while learning the spelling of each word. They are blazing through this with flying colors and now they know exactly what a homophone is and now they can locate them in text outside this program.

This has allowed us a simple way to teach homophones and a wonderful addition to any spelling/ phonics program you are currently using. No need to put aside what you are already using to make this work. It fit perfectly with our existing spelling and phonics program. Little to no prep time needed. Just print out exactly what you want from the ebook and you’re ready to go.”

- Lynn Pitts