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Mas Spanish: The Ultimate Homeschool Spanish Solution | Featured Favorite

See why parents love Mas Spanish, the game-changing online curriculum making Spanish learning effortless and engaging for homeschoolers. With a focus on minimal parental involvement, it’s tailored for middle and high school students, offering video lessons, interactive games, and worksheets. This approach transforms Spanish education into a thrilling adventure, empowering students to master the language with joy and ease.

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Graphic Novels And Manga Encourage a Love of Books Plus Many Other Benefits

Graphic Novels And Manga Encourage a Love of Books Plus Many Other Benefits

You undoubtedly know what a comic is, so a graphic novel is a novel written in a comic strip form. That’s easy enough. There are also a lot of books I would consider graphic novels that don’t have a traditional comic strip form but are mainly illustrations with little text on each page. Now manga is similar except it is a Japanese-style comic book or graphic novel.

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How to Encourage Creative Writing in Your Homeschool

How to Encourage Creative Writing in Your Homeschool

Creative writing is a skill that can be a bit challenging to teach. However, it is also one that is pretty critical since writing is a major component in college. The process of learning creative writing will also instill in your child a variety of transferable skills, such as thinking outside of the box, resourcefulness, problem-solving, enhanced vocabulary, persuasive skills, communication skills, organizing ideas, and (of course) imagination. Strictly adhering to a forced curriculum can kill that spark — and we don’t want to do that! Here are some tips on how you can encourage creative writing in your homeschool in a relaxed way.

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Top 10 Places to Read Aloud

Top 10 Places to Read Aloud

In order to raise readers, you must expose your children to a variety of positive reading experiences early on and often. These early experiences will foster a natural love of the written word. Read aloud early. Read aloud often. Read aloud even when your children can read independently.

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How to Make Grammar Lessons Stick

How to Make Grammar Lessons Stick

Most grammar curricula is repetitive. In fact, about half of the material taught each year is review. This repetition can inadvertently communicate to students that grammar isn’t something they have to remember. After all, they’ll be covering it again next year! If you want to make grammar lessons stick, you’ll want to adopt a new approach—regardless of the curriculum you’re using. I have three strategies for you.

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