language arts

Assigned reading, free reading, and raising readers

Assigned reading, free reading, and raising readers

My husband and I were both homeschooled and both read many books. My husband has many WWII facts memorized not from drilling or from chanting, but from reading and rereading and rereading his favorite books as a child. I read mostly Christian romance twaddle with a side of cookbooks and everything L.M. Montgomery. But after…

Cottage Press Review: Language Arts & Book of Centuries

Cottage Press Review: Language Arts & Book of Centuries

It’s time to be browsing curriculum materials for next year, and I am excited to share a few resources with you that you may not have heard about before. Kathy Weitz, owner of Cottage Press and keeper of The Reading Mother blog, produces some fabulous language arts resources. Yes, there are numerous writing programs out…

How We Homeschool Latin

How We Homeschool Latin

Updated to add: Please note that this was written in 2015. We’ve switched Latin programs several times and I’ve not yet done the same thing with any set of kids. Because we are following the classical model of education in our homeschool, we have added Latin to our average days. I have zero background in…