Copywork is a strategy made popular by the Charlotte Mason style of education. A student copies a piece of well-written work onto paper or into a notebook. While this may sound like handwriting, it is much more than that....
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Unless you were in certain teacher education classes in the early nineties, you may not realize that there was a full-out war that took place on phonics. My professor came to class in a t-shirt bearing the words “Hukt on Foniks Wurckt for Mea” in bright colors. My classmates and...
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Have you ever had a pen pal? Pen pals can not only be a great deal of fun, they can also help you learn about places you’ve never been!...
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Stories have a structure. Stories have an emotional logic. There are tried and true ways to say something meaningful without being cliché or preachy....
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Who says school has to be boring? Shake things up a bit with these language arts bingo games!...
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When I was growing up, spelling practice meant writing my spelling words five to ten times each, Monday through Thursday. On Friday, I took my spelling test. This was not the most engaging way to learn to spell, but it was the way things were done. This method didn’t work...
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Say a nonsense word like nim, or gop, and ask your child to write it. Chances are that many children will have difficulty with this task because children are being taught to memorize the shape and sight of whole words rather than learning to use the alphabet code....
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If you have a reluctant writer, you know how hard it is to get one to complete writing assignments, much less enjoy them! The key to helping our students love writing is to make it a fun, natural extension of our school day. You can take the pressure off learning...
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Does your child need help with spelling? Whether you use a published spelling curriculum or plan to teach spelling naturally along with reading and writing, the following tips may be helpful. They are organized according to the developmental stages that all children move through as they learn to spell....
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