Boring Homeschool Language Arts? Make it Come Alive: Part 1 of 3

2024-01-05

We see a pattern with the kids that we have taught in the past, with our own children, and with the kids we presently teach, which is: Interest-led educational experiences drive creativity, bolster motivation, and instill an intrinsic love of learning -- especially in Language Arts, as it is the foundation of the learning process. A few years into our homeschool journey, we heard this declaration from a veteran homeschool mom: You are the master of the curriculum, it is NOT the master of you! This is a de...

We see a pattern with the kids that we have taught in the past, with our own children, and with the kids we presently teach, which is:

Interest-led educational experiences drive creativity, bolster motivation, and instill an intrinsic love of learning -- especially in Language Arts, as it is the foundation of the learning process.

A few years into our homeschool journey, we heard this declaration from a veteran homeschool mom: You are the master of the curriculum, it is NOT the master of you! This is a declaration that we wish we would have heard earlier. It gave us peace of mind to switch it up when things weren’t going well, to embrace our freedom in curriculum choices.

We understand that even when an educational approach, method, or curriculum has become boring, burdensome, and/or bothersome, it’s easy to listen to fear and stay in that space because it feels safe. We have been victim to the idea that we needed to plow through in order to not “miss any targets or create gaps,” because “don’t the curriculum developers know better than we do?”

We are here to encourage you that if it’s not working, it’s ok to break out and make connections between your child’s passions and the topics they study. This is a great way to learn, and fun to teach, and we’ve got specific ideas to help you accomplish that.

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Need to know where your child is at w/ language arts skills? We can ⁠find out your child's skill levels of early literacy development.⁠ Listen to our podcast episode wherein we discuss quality reading assessments.

Our Blog related to this podcast series: ⁠8 FUN Interest-Led Activities For Homeschool Language Arts⁠

Link mentioned in the series:

Info about our classes wherein this workshop and the DIY books similar to "I Like Candy" are housed in our community

Our Blog article about Paper Bag Books

Our podcast episode about Paper Bag Books

FREE download of the Sweetie Treatie Scavenger Hunt Reading Activity

Other resources we have that are related to this topic:

Our Blog article about Enrichment Activities ⁠

Our podcast episode about Enrichment Activities

Our podcast episode about the reading and writing connection w/ Love2Learn2Day,LLC

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