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Lisa ...
I'm bumping this up because I was reminded of something this morning.
Latin (and other languages) are helpful with this.
We were watching our Latin lesson today and the concept of 'nouns' were introduced. We are using Song School Latin with kids ages 3-8. It was introduced in a very natural way and related to the concepts and vocabulary introduced over the last lessons. Having already talked about nouns with my kids they all looked at me wide-eyed, amazed that they knew what the instructor was talking about.
Another idea to add to your mix.
Wendy
My youngest is a boy. He is 6 3/4 (the 3/4 is very important ). He is doing things differently through the trial and error of his older siblings, two of whom are boys. I mention gender because I notice that girls and boys learn differently from others, written language and reading coming latter for my boys than my daughter.
For Language Arts development we implement the following for him:
Hearing - he listens to a wide range of read alouds. This includes:
what we're doing in science, history, etc.. listening with the big kids,
snack time read alouds - currently Thornton Burgess
leisure books I read to him specifically at his level
Reading - he is starting this. It is a slow labour of love, but I'm much more patient and calm than with his older brothers! I know it will come and I don't need to stress about it.
He has started simple readers with me - McRuffy Press, really simple First Step Readers. These are teaching the initial vowel sounds, consonant blends, etc...
Explode the Code level 1 (new to us this year, simple, inexpensive, avoided it before, he loves it, works for him!)
He loves to pick up a book, sit with daddy and "read" (often much older level - like one of daddy's books and see what letters/words he knows, look at pictures, etc...) just a good habit of observing and pausing long enough to sit and relax!
Telling
he tells back to me what he has understood from the various read alouds after reading times
he is working on simple memorization passages from the Bible - for ex. Genesis 1:1-5 - I record it on the ipod, he listens various times throughout the week and then recites on Friday's with his other siblings who all recite their passages respectively
Writing
His copywork is part of his Bible journal. After he illustrates the morning Bible passage, he tells me what he drew and we write it out together, he writing the words he has learned from his readers/Explode the Code, etc.., me writing the rest and expanding from there as he learns more. He copies the date and the passage read from.
Explode the Code - 1 page per day
This is what works right now, in this season, for this particular little guy. I hope this helps!
As I was writing out my response I realized that it was more of a blog post because of it's length than a reply here so if you don't mind clicking over to my blog you can read what Languages and Language Arts looks like here.
As a preamble - I find our homeschool to be very intertwined, so some of the decisions I have made are in direct relation to other areas of study or development of habits in preparation for later. For example, I’ve set up a reading chart and presentation piece in preparation for the work flow design of Diana Waring’s History Revealed program that we will start in the next couple of years.
You wondered if my kids have a grasp of grammar? They are all 8 and under. Grammar is abstract. They can identify nouns, verbs and adjectives. Pretty good I suppose. This mostly from reading, talking and I did get out a few books from the library about these parts of speech to more explicitly identify them. But as for a program - nada. We are learning several foreign languages - both living and dead - so I imagine that grammar will become more clear as we continue to learn.
Also, I don't have a particular timeline or age frame for most of our learning. As long as I have a trajectory then we can start and tweak as we go along. I have a 5.5 year old who reads more fluently than her older siblings but hates copywork. I have a 3 year old who adores copywork but can't read what she is writing. No one size fits all - just a general direction. In that vein, I choose resources that are open so I can use it over and with many.
That sounds encouraging.... Oh I would love details. How are you finding your kids grasp on grammar? Are you encorporating any thing structured or are they picking it up by simply being in quality reading and copywork material?
Lisa!
I've taken a CM approach to this. Reading. Reading. Reading. Narration. Narration. Narration. Copywork. The overarching ideas here are that :
1. reading good (meaningful, language rich, idea full) literature will steep children in good language skills
2. narration causes the child to develop meaningful, thoughtful and cohesive telling that once established orally will easily translate to written
3. copywork followed by transcription followed by dictation creates good writing habits and exposure to big thoughts, grammar, etc.
These are my over-riding principles. If you want to know the details - what that looks like here - let me know.
Wendy
Hello! Would love to get everyone's input on when and how they started to teach their kids writing and composition skills and the pros and cons of the approaches you have used, are using or found didn't work for you. So much to choose from.
). He is doing things differently through the trial and error of his older siblings, two of whom are boys. I mention gender because I notice that girls and boys learn differently from others, written language and reading coming latter for my boys than my daughter.