Curriculum Resources for Language Arts

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Teaching your child to read can be one of the most rewarding parts of homeschooling, but can also be very intimidating. Frontline Phonics has created a program to make the task easier and more fun for both you and your child. It is a complete program that will take your child to a beginning 3rd grade reading level.

Veritas Press Phonics Museum program is a solid phonetic program which uses historic and biblical material to teach reading. The program is laid out very well, with teacher's manuals that walk the instructor through the program painlessly.

At first, I was a bit skeptical about this program. But as I rolled up my sleeves and explored the materials, I fell in love with it. Zoo-phonics takes reading that is very abstract, and turns it into something that is concrete and understandable through music, stories and games.

The Cut, Paste & Write Series by Edupress helps build word recognition, sequencing and writing skills. Children will love the charming pictures and fun ideas for stories.

Peggy Kaye shows you how to use 28 of the best children's books to help your child learn. This is an excellent resource and a great value!

Help children learn their alphabet and beginning phonics with these fun electronic games. These learning games will keep children entertained for hours with their cute characters, lights and sounds.

Being a good speller takes a solid phonics foundation and lots of practice. Here are some fun and educational spelling games that will help to build your children's spelling skills.

A fully integrated language arts program that teaches grammar, reading, spelling, vocabulary, writing mechanics, creative writing, thinking skills and more.

Kids will love filling the pages with pictures and recording the fun details of their lives! They will be creating a book that will be treasured for years to come.

Keeping a diary, or journal, is an important part of writing and a good way for homeschoolers to get in their daily writing practice. With these creative kits, kids can decorate and personalize their own diaries.

Keeping in touch with friends and relatives is more fun with these kits to create your own cards, stationery, address books and day planner. Letter writing is a great way for homeschoolers to practice their writing skills.

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A hands-on, interactive learning program that empowers you to lay the foundation for reading, teach your child to read, and nurture a life-long love of learning.

Grammar presented in a step-by-step, building block approach for ease of learning.  Increased mastery because materials are reviewed throughout.

Literature-based unit studies for children ages 2 through 12.

Find out about the Saxon Phonics program here.  Interactive phonics activities available online.

With Sing, Spell, Read & Write's easy-to-use materials, even the novice homeschool instructor can teach a child with confidence!

Children easily move step-by-step with phonics and learn the essential skills to blend the sounds into words. Built on this unique phonics foundation, children quickly start to read those words in fully illustrated stories.

WriteAtHome is an innovative middle and high school writing education program combining 21st Century technology with flesh and blood writing experts to offer challenging and comprehensive composition classes for middle and high school students. This is not a free program, but well worth the investment.