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 | 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
[The following post contains affiliate links. You can read my disclosure here.] Sitting down to plan out my children’s schedule for the year, I was suddenly overcome with how long one particular subject would take. Language Arts had so many components! Spelling,...
by Kay Chance | Learning with Living Books, Teaching Language Arts
Let’s not make teaching Language Arts more complicated than it needs to be. The natural approach simplifies how you teach it, but that does not mean it is ineffective. In reality, teaching Language Arts naturally is powerful and even fun. [The following post contains...
by Kay Chance | Learning with Living Books, Teaching Language Arts, Teaching Writing
Language Arts doesn’t have to be boring! Here’s a fun assignment that helps teens combine literary analysis, academic, and creative writing—because blogs are simply essays in disguise! [The following post contains affiliate links. You can read my...