Practical Homeschooling for the Torah-Observant Family
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We have updated the Language Arts section of our website with suggestions for every grade level.
We have also produced a new Curriculum Overview Chart, to help you as you choose subjects for your family.
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Kathryn_D says
What age or level do you suggest starting this writing program with? It seems I would have to water down some of the assignments a good bit for my 2nd grader who has struggled with writing in the past.
Anne says
I think it’s hard for little ones to write until they’ve had time to be “filled up” a bit, with lots of reading and life experience. Also, if they are still “decoding” words for themselves or still learning handwriting, then writing will be tough. I would suggest waiting on writing until you start to see a child pick up a full-length chapter book *on his own* just for the fun of reading. That would be a good indicator that his mind is starting to fill up (like a sponge) and has some ideas that want to be squeezed out. 🙂 Until then, I suggest Level 2 of our phonics, which includes plenty of dictation, plus copywork (of Scripture). Does this help? (Going now to put this on the Introduction page, because others are asking the same question. Thank you!)
Kathryn_D says
Yes, very helpful! Thanks. Yes, he’s “full”… he reads the encyclopedia and the car owner’s manual for fun! 😉 I think at this point we’ll start with the copy work per your suggestion, and then go from there.
RebeccaHolland says
These links aren’t working.
Anne says
Good morning! Would you try logging out and logging back in again (top-right side of the screen)? And if this doesn’t fix it, will you let me know, and I’ll have one of our tech guys look into it? It’s working fine here on my computer, but I think I can see more than you just because I’m an “admin” on the site. Hugs, ~Anne
Jenn says
How do you recommend doing all the Language Arts subjects in one day? Since there’s Spelling, Grammar, Writing, etc., do you do ALL of these in the 30 min time slot for Language Arts? I’m having trouble figuring out how to do all those lessons in that short time. Maybe I’m missing something? Thanks!
edith grogg says
just a correction on your writing week 1 assignment, It should say to read Genesis: finding out roots starting on page 26, not page 28. No worries we found it 🙂
Anne Elliott says
Thank you, Edith! Would you be able to help me with something? I’m concerned there may be a new edition out of *Genesis: Finding Our Roots*. Could you check to see what year your book was published? Thank you so much!
Katy Angelo says
I’m trying to open the “student book” and it keeps coming up with a timed out link. Has it been updated?
CarmenKublik says
I’m having the same issue as mentioned in the last comment on this thread, the student book link times out.
CarmenKublik says
Oops! I just read the bold red comment at the top of the thread, I refreshed the page and got the student book download right away.
ErikaRuano says
Hi, Shalom everyone!
The links for the student book and the teacher’s Manual are not working.
Thanks!!
Kiersten Elliott says
Shalom, Erika! Throughout all these lessons, if you have trouble getting PDF files to download, simply try refreshing the page. Our website has a timer on all files to protect our lessons from being shared illegally. Hope that helps! 🙂