by Language Arts Lady | Feb 9, 2023 | Our Homeschool HIstory
(1.) Within a few months of homeschooling Lisa, we went to a character training seminar held at a local church/Christian school This was taught by Ron and Rebekah Coriele almost forty years ago. Mrs. Coriel told a story about the oldest daughter who told her friend...
by Language Arts Lady | Feb 7, 2023 | 10 Minute Grammar
One of my favorite topics to help students write about is people. Writing about people is a great starting point for early writers to use sources, an excellent way to give passages of material for kids to write from, and can even challenge upper-level high schoolers,...
by Language Arts Lady | Feb 2, 2023 | Our Homeschool HIstory, Uncategorized
This week’s episode of “Our Homeschool History” is more about those “Dailies”—specifically what Dailies looked like for us over the past forty years! (1) My history of discovering Dailies. (2) If I can’t keep up with the dailies, how will I do harder and harder...
by Language Arts Lady | Jan 31, 2023 | 10 Minute Grammar
Today I’m taking a little detour from grammar and language arts to share three ideas (based on three products—one is free for the first two weeks of February!). Stay with me—you don’t need these $2 or $3 downloads to do these ideas. Three Family Valentine’s Day Ideas...
by Language Arts Lady | Jan 26, 2023 | Our Homeschool HIstory
Welcome to Our Homeschool History Episode #5: My Organization Insanity comes to a head—and I start learning about Dailies! If you have followed me for a while, you have probably heard me talk about organization and systems (um, just a few times!). Well, believe it...
by Language Arts Lady | Jan 14, 2023 | 10 Minute Grammar
Welcome to Part II of II of Subordinators! (Part I is Episode 16) In this episode, I review my first two tricks for teaching students lists of subordinators: (1) First seven subordinators learned in rhyme: Since, when, because, though As, if, that, although! (2)...
by Language Arts Lady | Jan 11, 2023 | Our Homeschool HIstory
Welcome to Episode #4 of Our Homeschool History. I love this episode so much as I dig into one of my favorite topics—-littles! Oh, how I love the littles! Here is the scoop of today’s episode: -How we knew that homeschooling would become our life -How we learned...
by Language Arts Lady | Jan 4, 2023 | 10 Minute Grammar
This episode includes tips and tricks for helping kids ages three to twelve create/write Christmas thank-you cards—using my inexpensive downloadable sets or creating them easily yourself with today’s tips. Pre writer Three years to second grade Colored or child to...
by Language Arts Lady | Dec 30, 2022 | Our Homeschool HIstory
Welcome to Episode #3 of Our Homeschool History. This episode delves more deeply into our first year of homeschooling—when I was twenty years old; was married for a year and a half; had a one-year-old toddler; had just graduated from Ball State University with an...
by Language Arts Lady | Dec 14, 2022 | Our Homeschool HIstory
Welcome to Episode #2 of Our Homeschool History. I don’t talk much about politics—ever! But our beginning to homeschooling was very politically and socially-driven (complete with home visits, principal meetings, and much more!). So this episode is about...
