The GreatSource Education Group, a Houghton Mifflin Company, has produced a variety of academically useful and reliable handbooks. Chief among them are the writing handbooks, including Writer’s Inc. and Write for College. Both books are intended for high school students. They present writing in an orderly manner, complete with lots of examples. These two handbooks
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I have been using Growing With Grammar with my daughter and youngest son for the past three years. This review will focus on the Growing With Grammar curriculum generally, as we have used several levels of the program. Growing With Grammar provides a thorough education in grammar, including sentence diagramming. Sentence diagramming is included starting in
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When I was a child, my younger sisters studied grammar differently than I did. They learned something mysterious called ‘diagramming’ and had very interesting textbooks. Many years later a friend of mine was selling some books, and in the pile I found Rod and Staff grammar texts. Exactly what my sisters had studied! Of course
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I have yet to meet a homeschool family that did not love books. On my quest to find wonderful books to be read to or by my children I have read quite a few ‘books about books’. One volume has earned a place on my personal shelf to be used often. That book is Read
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Institute For Excellence in Writing- Teaching Writing: Structure and Style DVDs By Andrew Pudewa Feeling Empowered as a Parent/Teacher Many of my blog readers have been asking me to write a review of Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW) for a long time. I have hesitated to write the review since we are still very
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My last review I shared about my search for a grammar text that would finish our study of grammar. I found Our Mother Tongue, and I am pleased with the way it teaches grammar. But, it doesn’t include sentence mechanics. (There is an appendix for the topic, but I don’t find it adequate.) It doesn’t
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HOMESCHOOL DAD AKA THE PRINCIPAL Mug Coffee Cup 11 ozThis high quality ceramic mug makes a great gift for anyone! The design is on both sides of the mug! The image is adhered through a heat process that makes it durable and long lasting. The colors won't fade, so the mug can be enjoyed for years to come!
The Wonder Pets!: Save the AnimalsTeam up with the popular classroom pets Linny the Guinea Pig, Ming-Ming Duckling and Turtle Tuck : Help a Bengal Tiger, Panda Bear and Chimpanzee in ... Read More >
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