After struggling to find a middle-grade writing program, we’ve found the one that works best for us – Writing & Rhetoric from Classical Academic Press. The Writing & Rhetoric Series The Writing & Rhetoric Series from Classical Academic Press is a 12-book series (at the time of this post, the first eight books have been released) using the classical progymnasmata method. The ‘progym’ is a
One Year Adventure Novel – A High School Elective – My Review
Note – This post may included affiliate links to products that we love and have used or would use in our own homeschool. Please see my disclosure policy. Are you looking for a fun high school elective for your homeschooled teen? And something that would encourage them to love writing? One Year Adventure Novel is a high school fiction writing curriculum through which the kids write
Writing & Rhetoric Book 7: Encomium & Vituperation – A Review
Writing & Rhetoric Book 7: Encomium & Vituperation – A Review Today I want to share a new-to-us resource that my high school freshman is loving this term. I am also using the very first book Fables with my youngest and you can read my review of it here. Writing & Rhetoric Book 7: Encomium & Vituperation by Classical Academic Press This is the seventh book
Homeschooling Encouragement for Fall
Homeschooling is hard, sometimes isolating, work. We can all use encouragement and an outside perspective. Throughout the month of September, Julie Bogart, the creator of Brave Writer, read an essay a day from her book A Gracious Space, Fall on Facebook Live. Even though you can’t tune in live, you can still watch the replays. They are available on the Brave Writer YouTube channel. It’s
Writing & Rhetoric: Narrative II
Classical Academic Press is one of my favorite homeschool curriculum providers. They have wonderful language programs, Bible study books, reading resources, and language arts books. We have enjoyed everything we’ve used. One of our favorites? Their Writing & Rhetoric series. Writing & Rhetoric Writing & Rhetoric is a series of 12 books (7 books are currently available) for grades 3-9 that teach the basic skills
Creative Writing with A Beka – My Review
Are you looking for something to help build up your children’s writing skills? Have you ever thought of doing creative writing? Learning how to write stories can be very beneficial for children, and they are already natural story tellers… A Beka Books offers a great way to introduce your children to story writing. It is called Creative Writing – with Penmanship Skills, and it is
Writing & Rhetoric: Narrative I
It’s no secret that I LOVE the Writing & Rhetoric series from Classical Academic Press. We’ve tried many different writing programs and this is at the top of our favorite curriculum list – even my daughter would agree! The second book in the series, Narrative I, focuses on using stories like fables and myths to teach various writing principles. Take a peek at the program
Writeshop I for ESL Homeschool
Getting children to write is not easy. Moreover, it is more difficult when they have to use their second language. Creating sentences is not easy. It is even more complicated when we have to think about the English of certain terms translated from our native language. If you learn other languages than your native language, you should understand better what I mean. It has come