Sometimes, it can be exhausting locating educational resources for our young learners. There is so much content, so many things changing. How can one find an easy way to keep their child's education current? Honest History Magazine encourages learners to not just read about history, but engage with and explore it. Honest History Magazine - … Continue reading Awesome Educational Subscriptions
Summer Learning Journey
Perhaps the process of summer reading needs to be reframed so that students and parents alike can see the benefit from both having a summer learning goal and documenting the path to accomplishing it. I present to everyone: The Summer Learning Journey!
Tips to Expand Your Vocabulary
Have you ever given thought to the vocabulary you use? Are you cognizant of whether or not you use the same words all the time, or if you use unique vocabulary based on the topic of discussion at hand? If you have recently begun to think about these questions, chances are that perhaps you are … Continue reading Tips to Expand Your Vocabulary
3 Steps to Combat Writing Hesitancy in Middle Graders
Of the many hurtles writing students need to clear on the journey to becoming better writers, for some students, simply getting the words onto the paper is the biggest hurtle of them all. They are incredibly similar to a cautious toddler considering jumping into a pool for the first time, carefully measuring their approach. And … Continue reading 3 Steps to Combat Writing Hesitancy in Middle Graders
2022 Summer Classes
All classes below begin the week of July 11th and end the week of August 15. (6 weeks) Reading Classes Family Reading Club - Your favorite reading club is back on a new day! Gather the family around as we read a book on an elementary reading level, but about a topic everyone shares an … Continue reading 2022 Summer Classes
Learning How to Write
Learning how to write is not without its barriers. In essence, it is the final product of several other complicated thought and learning processes. Each writer, at any given time, may need to acquire any given set of language arts skills to perfect the piece on which they are currently working. Some writers are able … Continue reading Learning How to Write
Better Your Writing: Step 4 – The First Draft
"Ain't nothing to it but to do it." - Ronnie Coleman First Draft With road map in hand, look through the notes you have in your journal about this topic and enter those thoughts in the box of your writing road map that makes sense. Now its time to let go. As you think more … Continue reading Better Your Writing: Step 4 – The First Draft
2021 Summer Reading Club Descriptions
Read the descriptions of the clubs below and click on the links to register for the clubs. Family Reading Club Sundays at 1PM - July, August, September Elementary- level books, articles and other reading material are read and afterwards either individual families, or families come together to speak to each other about the story and … Continue reading 2021 Summer Reading Club Descriptions
Better Your Writing: Step 2 Build Your Vocabulary
What makes for effective writing is the combination of a well thought out point with an attention-grabbing delivery. Sentence variety plays a major role in that and one of the many ways to create a variety of sentences is to include a broad sampling of vocabulary. The best way to obtain the knowledge of a … Continue reading Better Your Writing: Step 2 Build Your Vocabulary
Grammar Attitude
The key to learning and working with grammar is to have the RIGHT attitude about it. If you look at editing for grammar as a tedious task that requires the memorization of some seemingly arbitrary rules about how to form sentences, then I can't blame you for filing grammar under the "don't even think about … Continue reading Grammar Attitude
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