Let’s Talk Language Arts
This week’s Blog Cruise Question asks: What are your favorite resources for the ages and grades that you are teaching? I’ve decided that I want to explore my favorite resources for Language Arts. Language Arts as a subject might better be expressed as the Art of Communication. As a subject LA strives to teach the skills necessary for communication. We can categorize these skills into two very broad areas: Receptive and Expressive. Within receptive language skills we find reading and listening skills. Forms of expressive language skills include writing and speaking. For years I’ve tried to find a comprehensive Language Arts Curriculum that covered all the skills my girls needed to communicate effectively. After 14 years, I still haven’t found the one single LA program that “does it all” in a way that works for us. Instead, I’ve found that it has really helped to break down those skills and then seek products that work best for my family to teach those skills. Some areas l