by Kay Chance | Building Family Relationships, Encouraging & Equipping You, How to Homeschool, Learning with Living Books, Teaching Writing
Do you have teens who are reluctant to write? Do they think they don’t have anything worthwhile to say? Maybe they are intimidated by a blank sheet of paper? Or perhaps they see writing as just another assignment to complete. Don’t worry! You can encourage...
by Kay Chance | Learning with Living Books, Teaching Language Arts, Teaching Writing
Writing for teens should go beyond just writing essays and research papers. Teach your middle school and high school students to write for the real world. [The following post contains affiliate links. You can read my disclosure here.] For me, high school writing...
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...