by Kay Chance | Learning with Living Books, Teaching Language Arts, Teaching STEM
[The following post contains affiliate links. You can read my disclosure here.] Welcome to Day 2 of 5 Days of Poetry Teatime Inspiration. If you aren’t familiar with Brave Writer’s Poetry Teatime, start with Day 1 of this series. When you make Poetry...
by Kay Chance | Learning with Living Books, Teaching Language Arts
[The following post contains affiliate links. You can read my disclosure here.] Poetry. The word either makes a mother swoon with joy or strikes fear in the depths of her soul, the latter of the two being the most prevalent it seems. I have a feeling it has a lot to...
by Kay Chance | Building Family Relationships, Encouraging & Equipping You, How to Homeschool, Learning with Living Books, Teaching Language Arts, Teaching Tips
Homeschoolers seem to be obsessed with reading aloud, but how beneficial is simply reading books with your kids? Actually there are three major benefits that you may not have ever thought of. [The following post contains affiliate links. You can read my...
by Kay Chance | Encouraging & Equipping You, How to Homeschool, Learning with Living Books, Teaching Language Arts
When we started homeschooling copywork and dictation were completely new to me. Even though I was a public school English teacher, I never encountered these methods in any of my courses or reading. Kind of sad. Even in the public school setting, these would have been...
by Kay Chance | Encouraging & Equipping You, How to Homeschool, Learning with Living Books, Teaching Language Arts
Do you need a simplified approach to teaching Language Arts that works for multiple grade levels? Then use natural methods such as copywork. Copywork is when a student copies a letter, word, sentence, or passage. Don’t let the simplicity of the method fool you,...
