Struggling to teach writing in your homeschool? This middle school writing curriculum includes sanity-saving videos, checklists, and rubrics to take the guesswork out of teaching writing! Writing is, without a doubt, the most challenging subject in our homeschool. And let’s be real here: the challenge comes from the fact that…
Help your kids learn and apply language skills in a meaningful way with this literature-based language arts curriculum. I’ve always believed that isolating language arts from other subjects is the least effective way to develop language skills. Repetitive grammar worksheets, random spelling lists, rote memorization of vocabulary words—none of these…
These easy-to-use high school English workbooks are a convenient option for independent learners. One of my biggest surprises as a new homeschooler was finding that my kids actually LIKE workbooks and worksheets. Who would have guessed? It definitely wasn’t what I expected. I had planned hands-on activities to make learning…
Learning to read doesn’t have to be drudgery! Even for a child who may be struggling to master reading skills, online reading lessons can provide extra reading practice and a healthy boost of self-confidence. Reading Eggs: Online Reading Lessons for Kids Reading Eggs is a website with fun online reading…
Teaching my children to read has been one of the highlights of homeschooling for me. I’m so thankful I’ve had the opportunity to watch them learn and develop their reading skills! Several of my children were natural readers that taught themselves to read before their fifth birthday. A couple of…
Writing. Without a doubt, it’s the most challenging subject in our homeschool. The problem isn’t that my kids are incapable of writing. The real issue is that I can’t seem to actually teach them how to write. Over the last few weeks we’ve been trying out a new homeschool writing…
I’m almost ashamed to admit this, but . . . we have never read or studied Shakespeare in our homeschool. At all. The main reason? I somehow got through high school AND three semesters of college without studying Shakespeare, so I felt I didn’t know enough about his works to…
Why We Love Easy Grammar and Daily Grams When we first began homeschooling more than 11 years ago, I found that one of my children was struggling to grasp even the simplest grammar concepts. Nouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions – recognizing and labeling all the words in a sentence was confusing…
My tenth-grade son, Devin, has always been a reluctant writer. No matter how much I tried to encourage him, he never felt that he had the ability to write well. After watching Kaylee increase her writing skills and confidence last year through the Essay Rock Star online writing course, I decided…