HOW I TEACH LANGUAGE ARTS WITHOUT AN ALL IN ONE CURRICULUM

This is the first video I see that actually gives good tips on specific subjects that I need. Thank you

I used to not be huge with poetry, although I do like it. I have found choosing a poem per month to learn as a family during morning basket has been really great!

I love how you broke it down by daily and weekly. Having that view really helps when planning.

This was such a great video! Love your videos! Thank you!

I want to cry. This has been so extremely helpful!!!

Love how you broke things down! I love your narration journals!

Loved hearing about how you cover Language Arts in your family! And yes, reading aloud to the parent is so important in those early reading years.

Great tip regarding the dictation... I might do that!

This video is SO helpful and exactly what I needed to see. We are heading into a different phase with ELA, as my oldest is now no longer learning to read, but reading to learn. So we are focusing more on composition and spelling and grammar and it all feels new and overwhelming still! But these tips were helpful. Thank you!

This video is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.

This is great. I'd like a list of the resources you mentioned

This video was so very helpful! Thank you!

Thank you for your video. I have many ideas to try with my 2nd/3rd grader. Happy homeschooling ❤❤

This was such a helpful video! Thank you so much for taking the time to break everything down so nicely. :)

This is great and going to be so helpful for those planning their Language Arts.

Thanks for this video! There are so many parts to LA and so far I haven't liked the All in one curriculums so this is a very helpful video trying to figure out how to piece stuff together.

This was super helpful and encouraging! <3

Thank you so much for taking the time to put this video together. All of the information you offered was so helpful. I also really liked the curriculum suggestions you mentioned and may give them a try this year. The tip about dictation was phenomenal. My kids (4 to 8) love to tell stories all the time but when it comes to writing them down they get lost in the spelling and function that it takes away from the experience. I am going to use the typing suggestion for sure. What we did prior was they would draw a picture in relation to what we read, but again I love the dictation idea. Thank you very much!

The Little House series was our language arts curriculum last year. My kids retained more than any other year. This year we will be using Farmer Boy as our science and history book for the majority of the year along with a small vegitable garden we will be digging, shaping, tilling, fertilizing, planting, and harvesting throughout the year. Homeschool truly is all about growing our kids into good, strong, God fearing people who can go out into the world and care for His children.

I agree wholeheartedly with everything you said. I have an eight year old son who I have not pushed grammar or writing with, and he has just naturally learnt to write. He has written books with cute interesting characters. I have only just started getting him to do some handwriting practice. I love Rod and Staff, I think it doesn't get enough attention or recognition, and everyone talks about the 'new' curriculums, you should do a video on R & S spelling :) I have been considering starting the grade 2 book with my son because I used it for my two older children and already have the teacher books (not that you really need them) but I do like how simple and easy it is. Is there a reason why you don't do their spelling in the younger grades? just curious :) But I am also considering the 'All about reading', he is an avid reader, but I do think he needs some phonics as I was slack and didn't do much of that with him, is 'All about reading' only for children who are learning to read? or do you think it's not too late to do phonics if you feel they need it? I have also contemplated getting the 'Learning Language Arts Through Literature' which is another Charlotte Mason inspired curriculum that teaches all the language arts through literature; but then I think it's going to be too heavy for my son. He reads lots of good quality literature and I am not ready to impose a lot of grammar onto him just yet. I like having different things for the different parts of language arts, and I will often make a lot of stuff up through the literature we are reading, similar to what you are doing. I love your style. Thanks for the video. :)