English Grammar Skills

Blaze New Trails is a comprehensive guide using nature and your community to connect life with learning. Includes nine unit studies in a ready to use format, practical tips and ideas along with encouragement for mom. Holly weaves history, science, literature, family stories and resources in this creative approach to lifestyle learning. This book serves as a complete science for the younger years and activities for families to enjoy for years to come. The Student Companion is designed for children in grades 3 thru 8 to use as a complete science curriculum for one year making Blaze the teacher book. The Companion is filled with lapbooking, notebooking, art, extended hands on projects in all subject areas, yet the focus is science based.

Vocabulary Without Memorization Word Web Vocabulary groups words in a new way to teach vocabulary in elementary grades through high school. Part of each lesson presents a Greek or Latin root word, prefix or suffix in a web format of related words, making retention possible for students without memorization. Two other vocabulary elements are part of each week’s lesson: The Real WorldWord® and the Wicked Word of the Week®. Its multidimensional lessons provide sequential structure to its weekly words. Word Web ties together spelling, grammar and usage, reading and writing, speaking and listening into an existing language arts curriculum.

Switched-On Schoolhouse is a comprehensive, Christian homeschool curriculum that offers computer-based learning for grades 3-12. With animation, video clips, and other fascinating multimedia, Switched-On Schoolhouse is the perfect Christian homeschool curriculum for today’s generation. With this flexible, best-selling curriculum, you can customize student learning to fit individual educational needs.

Products are available as a 5-subject core curriculum package or as individual subjects.  Subjects include Bible, math, science, history and geography, and language arts.  Additional courses in French and Spanish are also available.

What does the Old Testament have to do with Jesus? How is His story woven throughout the Bible? Explore the answers to these questions and learn more about who Jesus is in The One Year Devotions with Jesus. Featuring a range of kid-friendly topics, from practical life lessons that Jesus taught to the essential theological truths of His character and deity, The One Year Devotions with Jesus will encourage young readers and help them to know Christ better.

Designed for Grades K-2, Song School Spanish is a fun introduction to the Spanish language. Each lesson features songs, relevant vocabulary, illustrations, hand-writing practice, stories, games, and activities; a musical CD is also provided. Students learn basic vocabulary and how to count by tracing new letters with accents, practicing with the singable songs on the CD, taking dictation, writing the correct Spanish word next to a picture, and other fun exercises.

Lessons move quickly from pronunciation to writing and reading words within short stories to simple translation, helping to provide motivation as students swiftly progress. As lessons move on, earlier lesson concepts are reinforced. Song School Spanish lesson themes include practical elements of the classroom, waking up, eating, and other activities. 173 non-reproducible pages, softcover with Audio CD included.

Freewriting exercises can help even students who don’t like to write produce amazing, creative work — no preparation work is required; simply set the timer for 15 minutes and get writing! An introduction is given, and is followed by a “journey” that sets the stage for the writing assignment, which asks students to describe the scene, background, dialogue, and incorporate the senses into their writing.

Some exercises are taken directly from the Philosophy Adventure course and are based upon a Greek philosopher; additional exercises based upon The Wise Woman by George MacDonald and Scripture are also included.

52 non-reproducible pages, spiralbound softcover. High School. ESV Scripture used.