If you are having trouble finding an assigned title for EWS, please let me know. When a book goes out of print, I choose an alternative and revise the curriculum as soon as possible. I always offer the updated curriculum free of charge to people who have purchased an earlier version. Details on how to…
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You certainly can! As a world literature program, EWS focuses on foundational stories that provide the inspiration for later works of literature, music, and art. While it is designed to be your main K-8 literature program, there’s no reason to limit your child when there are many wonderful middle grade and YA novels to enjoy.…
The short answer is to avoid religious bias. Bibles that include both the Hebrew and Christian scriptures are…Christian Bibles. It is important for students of all faiths (or none) to understand the Jewish tradition on its own terms, and including Christian scriptures in a study of Hebrew wisdom tales sends the not-so-subtle message that the Torah…
I recommend that families use a dedicated writing program alongside EWS at least through Level F (US grade 5). Why? Isn’t EWS “enough” for writing? EWS is a world literature curriculum, not an all-in-one language arts program. In the primary grades, EWS is scheduled for one lesson a week to allow students plenty of time…
Teaching students to write is a perennial concern for homeschooling parents. We all know how crucial writing well is, both in academics and in daily life. Yet many children—not to mention adults—struggle when asked to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard). Students need to be taught to write, and that instruction should be…
In the context of homeschooling, composition refers to instruction in writing, especially academic writing. Composition is one of the instructional areas within the English Language Arts. Using this term prevents confusion between several overlapping meanings of the more general word writing, which can also refer to the art of creative writing or the skill of…
Word study is the process of analyzing individual words by breaking them down into their component parts: prefixes, roots (bases), and suffixes. Word study helps students with spelling and vocabulary acquisition by making clear the structure of words and how it relates to meaning. This post is part of TLDR (“Too long, didn’t read”), a…
