Knitting Socks Scrapbooking beaded bookmarks making earrings making chunky votives
Family Read Alouds
Kingdoms Dawn by Chuck Black
Our Curriculum
On my night stand
Bible
Reread Heart of Wisdom by Robin Sampson
7 Habits of a Healthy Home by Bill Carmichael
Learning In Spite of Labels~ Practical Teaching Tips and a Christian
Perspective of Education by Joyce
Our Father Abraham~ Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith by Marvin R.
Wilson
A Family Guide to Biblical Holidays by Robin Sampson and Linda
Pierce
Good and Angry by Scott Turnasky and Joanne Miller
Having Mary Heart in a Martha World by Joanna Weaver
A Parents Guide to The Spiritual Mentoring of Teens ~Building Your
Childs Faith Through the Adolescent Years by Joe White , Jim Weidmann
Wild Days ( a book about language arts and nature journaling) by
Rackliffe
How to Create Your Own Unit Studies by Valerie Bendt
The Power of Parents words by H. Norman Wright
How to read the Bible for all it's worth by Gordon D Fee and Douglas
Stuart
Say Goodbye to Whining, Complaining, and Bad Attitudes in You and your
kids by Scott Turnasky and Joanne Miller
You Can Teach Your Child Successfully Grades 4-8 by Ruth
Beechick
A Strong Start in Language
An Easy Start in Arithmetic
A Home Start In Reading by Ruth Beechick
Any Child Can Write by Harvey S. Wiener
" This is what the Lord says: "Stand at the crossroads and look: ask for
the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you
will find rest for your souls."
Jeremiah 6:16
Mar. 17, 2008~ Tightwad Tuesday~ Saving in ... Language Arts ~
My tip for saving money for homeschooling in the Language Arts department.
I have to say this is a department that I have spent A LOT of money in. If I was to start all over again in my teaching language arts in my homeschool . I would have bought this set and stayed put. Plus ....Karen Andreola's "Charlotte Mason Companion" and went no further. This is a area that I am not confident in and have spent more here then I care to admit.
But... I am also someone who is willing to spend a little time and with prayer to pick a wonderful and natural way of learning how to write. This audio is jam packed with great ideas ! Here is what Cindy Rushton says about her Language Arts ...The Easy Way.
Language Arts...The Easy Way!
You won’t want to miss this one! This is our most popular title. If you are finding yourself at a loss for where to begin teaching your children about how to write, this is our suggestion. In this book, Cindy inspires and equips you with the basics that you will need to prepare and encourage your young writers. This book is great for any and all ages as it gives encouragement for the process of writing...and ideas for anywhere along the process!
Chapter Titles include...
Encouraging Your Young Writers
The Process of Learning
Tips for Encouraging Our Young Writers
Language Arts the Easy Way
Using Whole Books in the Homeschool
Copywork: Answers to Your Questions
Dictation In Charlotte Mason’s Dictation Class
Narration Beyond the Test
Binderized: The How-To’s of Notebooking
Scrapbooking: Using Skills in a Fun Way
Writing a Process of Our Lord
Samples from Our Children’s Pen (YES! Scanned samples of some of their work!)
Ideas to Get You Going (this chapter is extensive with some recommended Bible verses, gems, songs, quotes, and definitions...all to help get you going!)
Recommended Resources Plus! Much, Much More!
I suggest to go to Cindy Rushton's site or go HERE (the second one is her e-books ) and check it out and save yourself a lot of money in this area of homeschooling.
I hope you have fun visiting all these gals and their terrific Tightwad ideas.
Remember the best way to get a comment is to GIVE a comment.
Hi Mary! Seems like I haven't been over here in forever! :-( I hope everything is going well for you. Not keeping yourself too terribly busy, I trust? :-P
In today's world ,with inflation jumping higher than a kite, prayer and hard work to find good educational material for your children is a necessary task. I'm glad that you were able to do this.
Blessings and Hugs, Mama Karen
Those are great ideas for Language Arts. I,too, have struggled to find something that would work with my son in this area because he does not like to write at all. I finally found a curriculum that he likes, but it took quite a while to accomplish it!
Pam
I have heard of the author, but haven't heard of that book. Maybe I can thumb through it at this year's homeschool convention.
Thanks for sharing, I need all the help I can get saving money on homeschool books.
The Happy Housewife
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Glad to hear that worked for you. I looked into to those items, but knew they wouldn't be a good fit for us. Isn't it nice when you finally find something that really "fits" where curriculum is concerned?
Isn't that the truth. I've spent more on Language Arts than any other subject. I wonder why it is so hard? I think I will check out this site. Thanks. BTW, I am not sure I'll get a TT up today. I am running out of ideas!
Jenn
Good Tuesday Morning Sweet Mary!
Good Post - it's nice to see someone actually post about something related to homeschooling - and to have "homeschooling" and "save money" in the same post is unheard of...LOL. Glad you found something that works for you!
Thank you! It is so late, I almost didn't post a Tightwad Tuesday post, but I squeezed it in... Now, you have given me another LA choice to ponder. I've been looking at the new Susan Wise Bauer Writing program. Wonder how they compare? Hmmm... time to go check out samples.
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a wife to my Handsome of 17 years. A mom of 4 on the go boys 15, 13, 10, and 8. I grew up in the states but married my Canadian sweetheart and moved up north.
We live in the southern part of British Columbia , Canada on our homestead. We have homeschooled our four boys from birth and plan to go the distance till all four graduate from our homeschool. I teach with a Charlotte Mason style and use the Heart of Wisdom Approach. I love to craft! I am a beader, knitter, x-stitcher, quilter. We have been on a journey of being apart of building "The House that God Built". I have been recording our journey on my blog. Go to my links and you will find it. I know God has a lot more instore for us and we just need to follow where our Lord takes us.
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If I was to start all over again in my teaching language arts in my homeschool . I would have bought this set and stayed put. Plus ....Karen Andreola's "Charlotte Mason Companion" and went no further. This is a area that I am not confident in and have spent more here then I care to admit.
Remember the best way to get a comment is to GIVE a comment. 
First , I am a daughter of the King almighty and a
a wife to my Handsome of 17 years. A mom of 4 on the go boys 15, 13, 10, and 8. I grew up in the states but married my Canadian sweetheart and moved up north.
We live in the southern part of British Columbia , Canada on our homestead. We have homeschooled our four boys from birth and plan to go the distance till all four graduate from our homeschool. I teach with a Charlotte Mason style and use the Heart of Wisdom Approach. I love to craft! I am a beader, knitter, x-stitcher, quilter. We have been on a journey of being apart of building "The House that God Built". I have been recording our journey on my blog. Go to my links and you will find it. I know God has a lot more instore for us and we just need to follow where our Lord takes us.
