English
These are English grammar, vocabulary and writing-themed books and materials we've used or will refer to when the need arises (in our early learning years, i.e. Years 0 to 4) :
These are English grammar, vocabulary and writing-themed books and materials we've used or will refer to when the need arises (in our early learning years, i.e. Years 0 to 4) :
My post on our English/ Language Arts curricula choices (June 2010).
Bookmarks
Brave Writer - writing and language arts curricula and online classes
Diagramming Sentences - help and guides on sentence diagramming. Also, this page from the English Grammar Website
English Grammar Revolution - Elizabeth's O'Brien's diagramming help and e-books
Grammar Land - This "old-fashioned" text by ML Nesbitt was one of our favorite Grammar resources when the kiddo was in Years 1-2. Here are some Grammar Land practice worksheets created by a homeschooling mom.
Mr Gunnar's AP English Language and Composition help pages.
NACLO - Linguistics Olympiad reading list.
The Lukeion Project - for online English grammar and Latin junior high and high school classes, should kiddo's interests head that way.
Winston Grammar - we may or may not use this in the future...I'm still in two-minds whether we should use a curriculum for Grammar.
Wordsmithery - Free creative writing lessons
Foreign Language
Resources we are using for German and Japanese:
Resources for learning German
PowerSpeak - for German (he prefered beginning with the middle school program)
Rosetta Stone - for Japanese
Irasshai Videos - search Irasshai and start from video #201
We supplement with these books and audio programs:
Bookmarks
Brave Writer - writing and language arts curricula and online classes
Diagramming Sentences - help and guides on sentence diagramming. Also, this page from the English Grammar Website
English Grammar Revolution - Elizabeth's O'Brien's diagramming help and e-books
Grammar Land - This "old-fashioned" text by ML Nesbitt was one of our favorite Grammar resources when the kiddo was in Years 1-2. Here are some Grammar Land practice worksheets created by a homeschooling mom.
Mr Gunnar's AP English Language and Composition help pages.
NACLO - Linguistics Olympiad reading list.
The Lukeion Project - for online English grammar and Latin junior high and high school classes, should kiddo's interests head that way.
Winston Grammar - we may or may not use this in the future...I'm still in two-minds whether we should use a curriculum for Grammar.
Wordsmithery - Free creative writing lessons
Foreign Language
Resources we are using for German and Japanese:
Resources for learning German
PowerSpeak - for German (he prefered beginning with the middle school program)
Rosetta Stone - for Japanese
Irasshai Videos - search Irasshai and start from video #201
We supplement with these books and audio programs:
