Teaching children how to use proper grammar seems to have dropped by the wayside in the public school system. Our Pastor’s wife is a sixth grade public school teacher (she is a cheerleader for homeschoolers!) and she recently informed me that they NO LONGER TEACH GRAMMAR to children in her district. WHAT?! First cursive writing becomes a lost art and now grammar instruction joins ranks. It’s no wonder why children fail to speak using proper grammar.
I place a huge value on proper word usage and correct grammar. I am often correcting my daughter’s speech and word usage and am “reminded” that we are not “doing school.” For me, that plays no part in my correction of her grammar; I want my children to be intelligent in speech and writing at all times!
We use Easy Grammar in our homeschool and I firmly believe that this is the best homeschool grammar curriculum on the market. My daughters will attest that it really is easy to learn and I too have learned so much teaching it. It’s pretty open & go, and I love that approach!
Sometimes it’s fun to add in some hands-on activities and supplements to help memorize things like the parts of speech or prepositions. This week we have a special free offer brought to you by Real World Learners. Sandra holds a Masters in Teaching and left the public school system to homeschool her children. Her love of teaching birthed Real World Learners where she creates helpful tools and resources homeschoolers and educators love to use with their students.
You can grab this FREE Parts of Speech Grammar Lapbook now through 2/15/19. Children will create a fun lapbook that they can use alongside their grammar lessons to help them master the parts of speech. You can click here to visit her shop and get more details about what’s included, but you will need to scroll down to get this lapbook for free.
This FREE Grammar Resource covers:
- Nouns (with plural, possessive, and plural possessive nouns)
- Verbs (with irregular “to be” verbs)
- Adjectives
- Adverbs
- Pronouns
- Prepositions
- Conjunctions
- Articles
My daughters have always loved crafts and hands-on activities, although I pretty much hate them. I know “hate” is a strong word, but am am truly anti-crafty and would rather read to them and have them do written narration for any subject. When it comes to science experiments, that is what co-ops are for!
What I like about lapbooking is 1.) I can handle the hands-on aspect of them and 2.) it gives the false impression that I helped them accomplish something “crafty.” Lapbooks are what we start out with before my kids are ready for notebooking. The very first lapbooks we ever used were from Homeschool in the Woods. They’re like lapbooks on steroids that truly made our projects look like I had some skill.
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Be sure to check out these grammar resources:
- Daily Skill Building Vocabulary & Spelling – open & go language arts curriculum for elementary and middle school students
- Language Arts Curriculum Reviews
- 132 Language Arts Curriculum & Resources
- FREE Grammar Pack: Learning About Prepositions {instant download}
- FREE Young Learner Gentle Grammar Curriculum
- Daily Grammar Archive – Over 400 FREE Grammar Lessons
- FREE Elementary Grammar Resources
- FREE “Cheat Sheet” for Your Elementary Students (Math, Writing, Grammar)
- FREE Interactive Grammar Notebook
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Carrie is the owner & operator of Homeschool Giveaways. She has been homeschooling for over a decade and has successfully graduated her first homeschooler. She has two girls and works side by side at home with her awesome husband. She has been saved by grace, fails daily, but continues to strive toward the prize of the high calling of being a daughter of the Most High God.
