We believe that so much of what we call “Language Arts” is much easier learned in the context of actual language.Not only will your children learn all the separate components of language, but they will also see how real words operate in real-life writing.…
Handwriting
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We have agonized over handwriting in our house. We have two seemingly conflicting viewpoints: First, we don’t consider handwriting “busy work.” Rather, we think handwriting should be incorporated into the other subject areas your children are learning, such as Bible, history, science and literature. …
Teaching Grammar
April 29, 2009 by 13 Comments
We have fallen in love with a very unique method of grammar, called the K.I.S.S. Approach and designed by Dr. Ed Vavra, a professor of English grammar at Penn College. We encourage you to visit his website and read more about the K.I.S.S.…
Creative Writing
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Writing is one of the tools God has given us to communicate with others. Not only can writing be a more permanent form of communication (than, say, speech), it is also more closely evaluated than speech. For instance, if we make a grammatical error while we’re telling about our visit to the mall, most people won’t even notice. …
Over 200 Summertime Activities
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Since we don’t use the phrase “I’m bored!” in our home, we don’t hear our kids complaining about being bored during those long days at home during the summer months.…
Why One Mom Loves to Homeschool
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by Laura Q. — used by permission
I’m not patient, I’m far from organized, and I’m not disciplined. But guess what? We’re doing great! It would be very very hard to do worse than the public schools in educating your child.…
Hints for Homeschooling a Kindergartener
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(Originally written in 2001, when my oldest son was in kindergarten, to give some advice to a friend …)
Hi, friend…
My dishes are done and my laundry is folded, so now I can play for a few minutes. I’m going to try to write down my favorites for homeschooling in every area I can think of, to help you get started. …
free stuff for homeschoolers
April 17, 2009 by Leave a Comment
In case you don’t know about this wonderful site, I wanted to tell you about http://HomeschoolFreebieoftheDay.com. I’ve set my Google reminders to tell me every morning to go visit this website. They post something FREE for homeschoolers every weekday! I’ve found quite a few things for our homeschool, and I’ve also discovered some wonderful homeschooling companies as a result.…
