Language Arts

An Apple a day will help keep your spelling woes at bay! Apples is designed for the older student (junior high or high school) who struggles with spelling. Have you ever felt like taking your older student back to the beginning with phonics - but hesitate to do so because the available phonics books are so....elementary!? 

An Apple a day will help keep your spelling woes at bay! Apples is different than any other spelling program out there, taking into consideration the unique needs of poor spellers. Once a week your student is introduced to a spelling rule (called a clue). He will study that rule for the entire week, applying it in all kinds of spelling situations: puzzles, fill-in-th-blank, complete-the-Bible-verse, etc. Some of the clues break a word down into syllables. 

This is the answer key for Wordly Wise 12 in which homeschool students are presented with 300 new vocabulary words, organized in manageable lessons, with 15 words per lesson and 20 lessons per book. The flexible format makes this is an easy fit into any curriculum. Lessons include: Word study with Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, suffixes, antonyms, synonyms, and analogies;  Using context and syntactic clues;  Content area reading selections;  Dictionary-style word lists; and Understanding multiple meanings.

Beyond the Code Book 3 uses engagingly illustrated stories such as: Kids Need Pets, What’s the Fuss?, Day Care for Dogs, A Fish That Can Fly!, and Kate and the Ten-Speed Bike. Introductory exercises teach word families and vocabulary, while follow-up questions develop students’ understanding of the stories and encourage their reasoning abilities. Drawings accompany many of the new words to help students understand the vocabulary. After each story, students can complete illustrations by adding their own drawings. 

All four levels of Writing With Ease workbook contain a complete teacher's guide...but perhaps you want additional help. You can get additional teacher's help in this book, Writing With Ease, Strong Fundamentals. This book contains teacher helps for all 4 levels of Writing With Ease. There are guidelines for approximately what a child should know at each level, how to individualize the program to your child, and additional script for you (the teacher) to help teach writing. There is also a troubleshooting section if your student is struggling. This one book will get you through all 4 years of Writing With Ease. 

This new series by Mary Ellen Tedrow, is just wonderful! Patriotic Penmanship features a traditional D'Nealian script, elegant and classic.  These consumable workbooks teach penmanship in such a logical manner.  Using famous quotes and Bible verses, your student is first introduced to an entire quote.  A portion of the quote is presented as copywork. Your student then copies words and phrases from the quote several times, and finally the entire sentence.

This new series by Mary Ellen Tedrow, is just wonderful! Patriotic Penmanship features a traditional D'Nealian script, elegant and classic.  These consumable workbooks teach penmanship in such a logical manner.  Using famous quotes and Bible verses, your student is first introduced to an entire quote.  A portion of the quote is presented as copywork. Your student then copies words and phrases from the quote several times, and finally the entire sentence. 

Targeted areas covered: Adverb, Adjective & Noun Clauses, Gerund, Participial & Infinitive Verbals. Gerund, Participial, Infinitive, Prepositional & Appositive Phrases

This new series by Mary Ellen Tedrow, is just wonderful! Patriotic Penmanship features a traditional D'Nealian script, elegant and classic.  These consumable workbooks teach penmanship in such a logical manner.  Using famous quotes and Bible verses, your student is first introduced to an entire quote.  A portion of the quote is presented as copywork. Your student then copies words and phrases from the quote several times, and finally the entire sentence.

This new series by Mary Ellen Tedrow, is just wonderful! Patriotic Penmanship features a traditional D'Nealian script, elegant and classic.  These consumable workbooks teach penmanship in such a logical manner.  Using famous quotes and Bible verses, your student is first introduced to an entire quote.  A portion of the quote is presented as copywork. Your student then copies words and phrases from the quote several times, and finally the entire sentence.

Targeted areas covered: Subject/Verb Agreement; Regular and Irregular Verbs; Modifiers; Prepositions & Case; Possessives & Contractions; Plurals; Active & Passive Voice; Comparative Forms; Word Usage; and more.

This new series by Mary Ellen Tedrow, is just wonderful! Patriotic Penmanship features a traditional D'Nealian script, elegant and classic.  These consumable workbooks teach penmanship in such a logical manner.  Using famous quotes and Bible verses, your student is first introduced to an entire quote.  A portion of the quote is presented as copywork. Your student then copies words and phrases from the quote several times, and finally the entire sentence.