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Our Homeschool Journey: Teaching Grammar

June 28, 2012 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 12 Comments

Nouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions, phrases/clauses, synonyms/antonyms/homonyms, prefixes/roots/suffixes, etc., etc., etc. Grammar is an important skill to master for proper speaking and writing. It can also be confusing if taught incorrectly. Anyone remember having to diagram sentences? Okay, so I LOVED diagramming sentences because I am a geek. See? Sorry! I couldn’t resist showing off my […]

Filed Under: Homeschool Encouragement Tagged With: english, grammar

Easy Writing Activities for Summer

June 9, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 3 Comments

School is out for most people. We are taking a little break too. Not a big one as we want to keep to our year round schedule (so we’ll be off the first month after the baby is born). Whenever we take a break, we never really take a full break. There are still some […]

Filed Under: Language Arts Tagged With: english, writing

Figures of Speech

June 3, 2011 by Montserrat {Cranial Hiccups} 9 Comments

Simple and short homeschooling post today (and very, very, late). We have been painting the dining room! Today’s post comes courtesy of my 8th grade English teacher. She wrote this simple poem to help her students remember basic figures of speech and to help keep them straight. A simile is like a song It’s as […]

Filed Under: Language Arts Tagged With: english

Hello, I'm Montserrat. I'm a farmer's wife, mother of eleven, homeschooler, chocoholic, music lover, and like to play a good game of Scrabble. You can read more about me here. . .

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