Learn to Write the Novel Way promises to motivate “the student’s creative impulses”. It is designed for 5-12 grades and “incorporates writing a complete novel, a full year’s worth of English Comp with weekly lesson plans, grammar skills learned within the context of authoring a book, teamwork and the joy of a finished novel.”
Learnables Foreign Language is a “language immersion system.” The program encourages the learner to “think in the foreign language”. “Since 1976 two generations of home schooling families have selected The Learnables® for foreign language education. They have found that with The Learnables® the foreign languages can be learned easily and without the need of a tutor. No teacher guides or manuals are required.”
Learning Adventures is a history curriculum designed teaches history in a unit study style. “Each of the books in the Learning Adventures series will cover skills and concepts for grades 4 through 8, and each will include a year (180 days) of lesson plans for all subjects except math. “ This history is presented from an American viewpoint, and focuses on History as it relates to America.
Learning English with the Bible can serve as a teacher manual, or book for independent instruction depending on the student. There are several texts in this program. They are a systematic Approach to Bible Based English and Using Punctuation and Capitalization. There is also the English Grammar Diagrams Based on the Book of Joshua.
Learning Language Arts through Literature teaches grammar, reading, spelling, vocabulary, writing, and more in a cohesive manner. “By teaching these skills in the context of literature and writing, your student has the advantage of learning in a highly effective manner that basal programs do not provide.”
Lessons from History is a biographical approach to history. It is packaged as a tool to organize the child’s study of history through biographies instead of textbooks.
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